...I Got Nothin'...

Sunset Rubdown in Atlanta - Lenny's Bar 9/30

2006-10-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

Playing host to what I only hoped they realized was one of the best shows to ever hit their town and by far that strip mall of a bar, the golden gods of Sunset Rubdown graced Atlanta and overwhelmed Lenny's Bar.....I don't know what to say other than thank you, thank you, thank you...and to those who missed, well...you missed...and I truly am sorry...i usually not sorry when a show is missed, but this time....I am....the highlight - "The Took A Vote and Said No" (if you made me choose)

Beast Moans

2006-08-21T15:37:00.000-07:00

Not saying this is for everyone....

all fires

great song and will be an amazing record.....

"you have a father, there is another.
you have a sister, there are no brothers.
you have good friends, you have a lover
when frienships end, you'll still love her...

...i've said it before, i'll say it again
All Fires have to burn alive, All Fires have to burn alive

From near his heart, he took a rib, all fires have to burn alive to live...."

Datrotter session

2006-06-13T10:19:00.000-07:00

This week Daytrotter's session comes from no other than our favorite Sunset Rubdown.

Check out the unreleased track Winged/Wicked Things....if you like we are friends, if not then not

Music that belongs

Bring on The Revolution...we'll all Remember The Titans

2006-04-30T16:52:00.000-07:00

after making the short 14 hr move from houston to sunny nashville....my once Houston Oilers became the TN Titans....Since that day i found it harder to buy in to Titan's football....and by buy in i mean like.

As of April 29th, i've become a titans fan.

Vince Young - a.k.a. The Revolution

Bring it

the fact that Matt L didn't get drafted till the 10th overall....didn't hurt my smile Sat morn.

"Us Ones In Between"

2006-04-26T11:21:00.000-07:00

Its not often I do this, in fact I don’t do this….i’m not even sure what this is below but I don’t do it….ok, I do do it, and i have..well, for this song, this one time…yes, but I can’t help it…beautifully obtuse and at times obscene while still remaining elegant and interesting…Spencer Krug…brilliant you Canadian…brilliant

I read on some promo piece somewhere that Sunset Rubdown is what happens when Spencer hangs up his Wolf Parade hat, has a few drinks and walks around his apartment in his underwear....fascinating, yet most people who are reading this are thinking Tom Cruise lip-singing in whitey tightys...oh well, that comparison may not be bad....Tom turned out absolutely, perfectly, completely normal...

Us Ones In Between - Sunset Rubdown

(As I understand them to be..)

You are a waterfall waiting inside a well
You are a wrecking ball before the building fell
And every lightening rod has got to watch the storm cloud come

I’ve heard of prizemen, I’ve heard of dirty things
But you don’t often hear, of us ones in between

I’ve heard of creatures who eat their babies,
I wonder if they stop to think about the taste

I saw the sun go down outside of Arkansas
And I saw the sun come up somewhere in Illinois
And In the darkness, I taught myself to hate
But where were you, oh where were you, and where’d the F***ing sun go?

I am a creature, I am surviving
And I want to be alone, but I want your body
So when you eat me…mother and baby
Oh baby mother me, before you eat me

And you should always pass, when you’ve got the inside lane
Don’t pull your hair out; I won’t pull my hair out
For I have never, seen a sun, that did not burry its head in the side of the world when the day is done

You are a waterfall waiting inside a well
You are a wrecking ball before the building fell
And I will mother like a lover, who speaks in tongues, well he speaks in tongues.
Well, I speak in tongues

Rites and Wrongs Of Spring

2006-04-25T22:07:00.000-07:00

A concise, in-depth look at all the gos - April 21-22, 2006

Rite: My Morning Jacket playing to the underage, the overly-intoxicated, and the hippies…hmm…fascinating

Wrong: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah playing an outdoor show….keep it locked up inside da club fellas….

Wrong: Someone told me Blue Play…Cold Merle…and Glad That Was Your Last Freakin Show played, but I was napping. Bummed I missed that.

Wrong: Me, not attending the Saturday sessions featuring Bone Thugs (don’t really know where the harmony went…just Bone Thugs) and Secret Machines

Wrong: trying to decide where to eat outside and enjoy the wonderful Nashville weather. I’ve heard stories of some people traveling from SatCo to 12th avenue to Rumba, then sitting inside after changing tables…..and all b/c someone had bought movie tickets….I’m convinced never making a plan is the best plan ever…either that or committing to be non committal on all plans/activities requiring a commitment

Rite: A certain someone was busted by the Vandyroo authorities for the act of smuggling 16oz cans in instead of 12oz cans…. you know the rules: 6, 12oz cans per person, in a bag tied with blue and white ribbon and the words “this is beer” stenciled on the outside…..oh yeah, in red ink…and you need a note from your mom and your doctor…no, not that doctor…that’s just sick…

Wrong: There is no squeaky clean spring mix to ring in the rites of spring...what’s that, 3 years straight?….and no, sending an iTunes iMix doesn’t qualify nick - wah, wah, wah

Rite: $2 foot long, seemingly-illegal, hot dogs...but leave the cash under the napkins and don't tell anyone...shhh...are they looking....take the mustard and go

Rite: ROS is now dubbed Vandyroo (thanks benji)….i’m sure sorority girls are still washing the puke out of their skirts…and no, that event is not open to the public

HELP!!....

2006-03-02T09:19:00.000-08:00

....There is a 50 year old woman walking past my office window with a hat the size of a sombrero and a black fanny pack…

hmmm…wonder if she’s keeping any sort Twinkies or cupcakes in there…

hmm.....

2006-02-02T11:01:00.000-08:00

10 things I wish my dog would chew up this Thursday:
1. Fall Out Boy
2. Ringside
3. Tom Cruise
4. James Blunt
5. Katie Holmes
6. Jump Little Children
7. Nicole Richie
8. Luke Doucet
9. Grandaddy
10. Jennifer Garner

I’m sure you all really are nice and proper lads & lasses...

....

2006-02-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

This little piggy went to the market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
And…
This little piggy cried wee, wee ,wee all the way home

WTF does that MEAN!!! That is about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard…..it makes absolutely no sense...i'm sure you prob had this same converstation in your head when you were about 10...

SCRUBS

2006-01-03T13:16:00.000-08:00

We have missed you Scrubs....

Welcome back.....with Back to Back new episodes tonight starting @ 8pm & 830pm (central)

"I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities."
-Zach Braff

The reality of this quote seems somewhat romantic, a little dreamy, possible makes one even appear amicable……until you find yourself talking to yourself in the mirror or accidentally telling yourself something in your head, but forgetting to tell your vocal cords to shut the hell up….next thing you know, your asking the girl beside you if there was a man talking to those two Labradors in the woods last night…wait, that was someone else….

Top '05

2005-12-19T14:12:00.000-08:00

…on our way to the end of 05…
My mom still doesn’t understand how AOL instant messenger could possible work

My dad has learned how to text message…scary

I finally got a DVR and a puppy…don’t know why those are on the same line

6 feet under made me want to kill myself….whats new?

I learned what being chuffed means, what the genre of Vag rock is, and that there is a 4th trimester

Sausage from the stand next to the church that is actually a raving/ragging disco club in Atlanta may be the closest that church has ever been to heaven

Sam’s is back..True or False?

I flipped(or flicked depending on place of birth) off a guy my dad’s age driving a ’82 mazda sports car outside my girlfriends apartment…solid

Everyone moved way too much

Some became obsessively obsessed with conspiracies..however believable they may be

I’ve seen Lindsey Lohan’s ex-boyfriend IN PERSON…someone even said she may have been there …

I learned that iPod rip works……..rips the hell out of your iPod

I have seen U2 live….it is ok now for me to descend to where the streets have no names… no, really in Atl the streets have no names...really, they don’t…no I get the joke, really…I was just saying

We won a flag football game…maybe even 2 I can’t remember…little blurry

And…..I still did not play Ultimate Frisbee

...it could go on and on, but I’m really getting bored enough to open this window and attempt to fly…

Eartastic 5(10) of 05
(In No Particular Order except for the first 2, but those aren’t in order either..they are just the first 2)

1. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
2. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy & Appendix
3. Mi and L'au - S/T
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
5. Koushik - Be With
6. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
7. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
8. The Boy Least Likely Too – The Best Party Ever
9. My Morning Jacket – Z
10. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment

And still, there is way too much….

Not including the year round ear candy listed above….. here are my seasonal Best To's …(although I have not experienced some of these in their associated season I am anticipating my utter and pure, passionate, delight….ok…I take back passionate…that’s just weird)

Best To Listen During Winter
1. 13 & God – S/T
2. Des Ark – Loose Lips Sink Ships
3. Songs Of Green Pheasant – S/T
4. Ryan Adams – 29
5. Vashti Bunyan – Lookingaftering
6. Sigur Ros – Takk…

Best To Listen During Spring
1. Cloud Cult – Advice From A Happy Hippopotamus
2. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
3. Archie Bronson Outfit - Fur
4. Josh Rouse – Nashville
5. The Futureheads – S/T
6. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow

Best To Listen During Summer
1. The Sun – Blame It On The Youth
2. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
3. Spinto Band – Nice And Nicely Done
4. Beck – Guero
5. Louis XIV – The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
6. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

Best To Listen During Fall
1. Broken Social Scene – S/T
2. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl
4. Black Mountain – S/T
5. Stars – Set Yourself On Fire
6. Coldplay – X & Y

Record I’m most looking forward to in ‘06
Sherman – Wanna Play House?

Will Ferrell's Harvard Address

2005-12-16T09:56:00.000-08:00

I don't recommend watching this with anything in your mouth....believe me, i've spent the last hour wiping the Apple Cider off my computer screen
Fast Forward to 1:30:39

Puckett's Grocery Lunch

2005-12-14T13:53:00.000-08:00

Waitress: Are you ready to order?
Me: can you give me a minute?
Waitress: sure I’ll be back in a sec
(waitress leaves for 5 minutes)

Waitress: are you ready?
Me: sure, I’ll take the fried catfish sandwich with lettuce, tomato, mayo….
Waitress: so you want everything but onions?
Me: Yes, I mean no…..I mean, yes I want onions and yes I’ll take everything thanks.
Waitress: great, can I have your menu?
(waitress leaves table for 5 minutes)

Waitress: sir, (taps me on the shoulder)
Me: yes?
Waitress: sorry, we are out of the catfish today
Me: oh, ok, that’s fine
Waitress: (pen and paper ready) so….what would you like?
Me: well, can I see a menu?
Waitress: sure, here you go. Do you need a minute?
Me: yes, please
Waitress: ok, I’ll just wait
Me: Ok, I’ll just have the BLT w/ fries
Waitress: ok, will do
(waitress leaves for 5 minutes)

Waitress: Sir, I’ve spoken to the chef and he would like to make you the Club sandwich.
Me: um, ok, can I see the menu
Waitress: oh, its not on the menu, it’s a specialty item he has offered to make for you. Its $8.99
Me: well, the BLT was $4.50, I don’t know that I want the….
Waitress: well he has offered to make it for you
Me: Um, ok I guess

(5 minutes pass – Chef walks by)

Chef: (awkward nod, smile & wave in passing) hello (basically communicating “you are welcome”)

Me: (silence – attempted awkward nod – thinking “nice chef pants”)

-I pay $8.99 for a sandwich I didn’t want

Disappointed with Royalty

2005-11-12T14:14:00.000-08:00

The Kings Of Leon

I like this band and always will
I love the albums,
I love the shows.
I love the guitars
I love the fro's

I once seriously considered skipping my little sister’s wedding reception to see them
....I just saw them @ Vanderbilt

..they sounded really bad… i am sad
I am not happy
I am not mad
I am not smiling
I am just sad

Rosa Parks

2005-10-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

At age 92, the woman responsible for helping to shape the civil rights movement died yesterday. I'm sure this won't get near enough attention in our screwed up media today, but RIP Rosa....her courage and simple act of defiance helped shape our world today, pushing to make it a better place for all….

Encore! Encore! Eh?

2005-10-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

By now you heard of The New Pornographers, eh?

Typically Canadians put on a well-nice show, eh?

well....2 encores for The New Pornographers, which as a matter of fact, I don't believe I've ever seen in Nashville since my arrival to the middle of middle TN....And which i think is incredible ballzy, if they wouldn't have demanded the "respect"(Ali G hand motion), I would have gone to watch something really, super-super entertaining like hockey...eh?

…Highlights included “Sing Me Spanish Techno”, “Use It”, “The Bones Of an Idol”, "Bleeding Heart” and the mercy lounge provided a perfect frame for the next go tell all your not-as-indie-Top-40 friends about and feel cool before they really blow up band, eh?

Rating: 8.6 (no “eh?”)

All good Questions....

2005-10-15T22:09:00.000-07:00

Question 1:
Friday Night – Nashville, TN
Devendra Banhart and The Hairy Fairies or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?

These 2 shows decided to stop by Nashville, TN on their way to a much more vibrant city I’m sure. Both very good at what they do…..

One plays indie rock the way it should be played……dirty and just down right flawless. Although it was at the Basement, and the wait was somewhere in the timeframe of 2 hours before the New York band took the stage…. Everyone left clapping their hands and (drum roll)…. saying yeah…I just don’t know why aimless never really wanted to go in the first place…..who doesn’t buy a ticket to this show….luckily the past can help ….

The other jumps around on stage like a true hippie not allowing a single deodorant-free person in the crowd to sit still….you should’ve seen aimless and mnt hippie hoping around with huge smiles on their faces….like one big party…amidst a upsetting break in the set where there was a very awkward intimate 3rd and Lindsey-ish take your shoes off and….yawn, yawn……brrdrrp, brrdrrp….zzzzzzzz…and the frightening and downright uncomforting lyrical genius of a man with a band called the Hairy Fairies….
The rest of the show was amazing…and Exit In proved itself as the superior venue for a show…at least this round
….bandanas and all….yes, that was a bandana, not a torn off shirt…sorry Vags

Rating:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – 8.9
Devendra Banhart – 8.3

Question 2:
What does this line really mean?......”I see so many, Little Boys I want to Marry”

Another good question…..please ask this guy

Question 3:
What is the Chicken Sausage and where can I order it?
…Good question

….order another marnagrita and the Vags can show you the way….everyone’s made out of little thin lines

Question 4:
Why is it that every park has a Johnny Blaze?

….I’m not harping on anyone here, I’m sure I’ve been classified as the same, but it seems that subconsciously someone at every park is willing to fill the role…..Johnny B…I will never forget you…you made my Sat…and those new faded jeans looked great, I can tell the girls you were harassing loved them….

Question 5:
In an absence of aimless on a beautiful Nash day, what is there to do?

Take it to the mattresses….well, lay on the mattresses, watching them battle…..

Texas Longhorns – 42
Colorado Buffalos – 17

Houston Astros – 4
St Louis Cardinals – 3

preciate cha Subway

2005-10-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

Brilliantly I get the idea to go to subway after a night of debatably too much Rolling Rock with trivia and whatever that was we drank in our attempt to play Golden Tee with Vivian (who?.....exactly)…by the way, I think that machine ate my $10…..no, not you Vivian.....anyway, I have this coupon (I’m getting sorta in to coupons and its starting to freak me out)……

…..So, following the very successful aspirations of the beloved Jared, in my effort to correct the toxins I put in my body last night, I think it may be good to get a nice healthy sandwich….not really to my surprise…the first thing my stomach (which is my eye at this point - not saying i only have 1 eye, I was just trying to be grammatically correct, although I’m not sure if I was) sees as i walk through the yellow & brown unwashed doors is the meatball sub which seems to be screaming eat me, eat me like it belongs in the little shop of horrors or whores…whatever

...to justify the meatball sub, I’ll use the coupon to get a free club and eat half the meatball and half the club….its all about balance ….and I’m all over it….

Liking this plan, I step up the Luby’s-like counter and it unfolded exactly like this….

Can I help you sir?
Yes ma’am…..i’ll have a meatball sub please
What type of bread?
White
What would you like on it?
uh….mustard and cheese…and put some lettuce on there, and some banana peppers too…ooh, and make that spicy mustard
that it?
no I have a coupon….its buy one get one free….
Ok, what else would you like sir
Umm…I’ll have a club sub please (assuming I’ll take this home and eat it later )…..
oh sir, I’m sorry you have to get the same sub with this coupon…
really? the coupon doesn’t really say that, it says equal or lesser value
No, it has to be the same sub sir…what would you like?
Really?
Yes, sir…same sub
I’ll pay for the club and get the meatball free, if that helps
No sir, it doesn’t, what would you like on your other meatball sub? Sir, there are people waiting
Uh…ok, I guess the same thing then
Great(smile), white or wheat?
White

…ok, so I’ve never even tried one of their meatball subs and now I’m walking out the door with 2 full of meatballs (if you can call them that), spicy mustard, lettuce, cheese, and banana peppers.…..
Again, i’m starving, and I start eating the first and realize that the marinara makes it a little soggy if you let it sit too long, so begin devouring this as I’m driving home to let my dog out…..I’m biting into these chunks of meat that taste like their the little bubbles that form on the backs of Gremlins when they encounter water…..i’m loving it….feed me

….i down the first….look over to the passengers seat and realize that the 2nd is getting soggy and I won’t be able to save it till tonight….I must eat….i tear in to it, and I’m right, it was soggy, but that doesn’t stop me….i devour it right down to the last 2 bites and realize what I’m doing…I can feel the balls of meat in my toes....i feel like hurling….

I’m at home now....getting very dizzy and losing my eyesight slowly…I tried to walk, but can’t seem to hold myself up…I seem to be losing consciousness….I can no longer see colors….i think I can see Blu and he looks glorious…..if someone reads this, please call for help….

….damn coupon…damn subway...damn meatballs..cost me 18 weight watchers points…and i don't even know what that means

...and another

2005-10-13T07:55:00.000-07:00

Just when the world is getting settled in to their new iPod nano's...Steve Jobs does it again with these freaks of nature

....I hope you know this changes everything....kinda makes you tingly inside....

House!!!

2005-10-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

...Jamaal Charles takes it to the house....breaking the Sooners of Oklahoma off for a 80 yrd TD run in the Texas Longhorn victory

Texas - 45
Oklahoma - 12

...hook 'em

Rita....

2005-09-23T11:02:00.000-07:00

Many thoughts and prayers go out to those about to be affected by Rita....