I came across this video today and thought it was hilarious. Re: Will we ever see Donny, err, Steve Buscemi at a Big Lebowski festival?!? Stop dancing around the issue, already!
There was an awesome site that came about on the interwebs last year that was ultimately shut down by the RIAA called Muxtape. As much as I was heartbroken about the news, the blow seemed to be cushioned by copy cat sites that were starting to spring up left and right after its demise. Now, some of the functionality of said sites were nowhere close to the muxtape, so I've held up hope for another worthy opponent.
Lady and Gents -- enter Mixtape.me. It has all the advantages of the former, with one big exception, it doesn't house any of the mp3's on its site. Rather, it compiles songs already available on the web which can be easily put into a playlist. One big difference here is that you cannot upload your own songs. Instead, there is a mp3 URL link where you can add songs that doesn't appear from the default search engine*. Note: this is still in Beta, so keep that in mind when using the site.
I have a link above that you can tag if you join, otherwise, check out my playlist that I created here: My Perfect Playlist. Enjoy!
* It appears that functionality is not working right now.
"Let's all play in the key of C to get the levels right." Those were the words uttered by front man Anton Newcombe when they first took the stage last night at the Crystal Ballroom here in Portland. Having been to a few shows myself, it was a bit odd to have a band "check the levels" upon taking the stage (that's what the roadies are for, right?!?), but this isn't any ordinary band. Anton is a notorious control freak that has boasted more than 40 to 50 band members in it's existence. For any of you that are unfamiliar with his antics, I highly recommend picking up the documentary "DIG!"
After playing a few bars, they proceeded to rip through their extensive catalog of psychedelic, shoegazing, garage rock. The second song of the set was Vacuum Boots, one of my all time favorites, and with that they had me hooked for the rest of their 2 1/2 hour set. After a dozen more songs, Matt Hollywood broke into Oh Lord and almost brought the house down.
This was almost a DIG! reunion of sorts, with the familiar cast of Hollywood, and the hilarious Joel Gion on tambourine. When they played Not If You Were the Last Dandy On Earth, Zia from The Dandy Warhols (Portland natives) came out on stage to join the party. "Bah, bah, bah...take my money!" The return of Hollywood was great, because he played such an important part in their early recordings, and I think lasts night show would have wrung hallow otherwise.
The show ended with the encore of That Girl Suicide, which is truly one of the best songs ever. If you need a song to download from iTunes, look that one up. It was a perfect ending coming from a band that has somehow eluded me for more than six years. Sans the in-between song diatribes from Anton, it was one of the better concerts I've seen lately. It definitely ranks up there with some my tops -- Radiohead, U2, Wilco, Sigur Ros, and the Smashing Pumpkins to name a few. Not bad company guys, not bad at all.
New lovebug developments:
- sits up on his own
- chats it up like his name is Kathy
- loves him some apple sauce w/rice cereal
- is starting to get the hang of the jumperoo
- smiles like crazy
I give him another month to month and half before he starts crawling, but right now he seems pretty content with his new tricks. Every day I wake up and realize how lucky I am to spend the day taking care of him and I try and take it all in as much as I can, but at the same time, it's still hard to believe that it has been seven months already -- wow!
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