I Spit Out Tiny Fires All Day

For me this is my first Monday back. Its sort of painful. Kind of feels like doing yardwork in the respect that at this moment I am semi miserable, but when it is finished I will have an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. Here are a few songs to get us through today...

Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned [mp3]The Seattle Song
Great Lake Swimmers [mp3] Moving Pictures Silent Film (live)
Marissa Nadler [mp3] Honey Bear

Flashback Friday

This song is hard, right. Is that right?..."hard".
"so fuck charlie manson
I'll snatch him out his truck
hit him with a brick and I'm dancin"

DR DRE AND ICE CUBE- NATURAL BORN KILLAZ

New Mountain Goats Song Called Sax Rohmer Number 1 Is Badass Awesome

Wow this song makes me happy today.
The Mountain Goats [mp3] Sax Rohmer Number 1

Juno

"Hi George Michael I am pregnant with your child"

I have made a vow to myself in this new year, that I will go see more movies. The problem, for some time now, has been the amount of horseshit films thrown onto the big screen. Going to the movies will always be one of my favorite things to do. Try to catch a few good ones here and there. Rocket Science was pretty entertaining. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was close to great. And Juno. I don't exactly know where to put Juno. I was entertained for sure. Ellen Page did a good job as a cynical and matter of fact pregnant 16 year old. I didn't realize this but she played in Hard Candy and I thought did a pretty nice job in that one. Michael Cera is awesome and he will always be George Michael to me. He plays his role well. Funny akward kid who unbeknownst to his classmates, will one day be a popular person as an adult. At times the dialogue of witty banter was great while other times it seemed a little much. You know what I mean...a little too cutsie...a little too Gilmore Girls-esque. The soundtrack was good... Belle and Sabastian amongst others...got a little annoyed with the musical references...Iggy Pop and the Stooges and so forth. But overall funny and entertaining. I recommend that you check it out, but only after you make sure your girlfriend knows you are going...because she probably wants to see it and because lying also can mean not offering up the truth.

From The Radiohead Laboratory

VIDEOTAPE

AND THE WINNER IS....

I would like to thank the 6 people who voted for album of the year...and the two who voted twice. It is my priveledge to announce the winner of the The Sun Sets On Indiana's Album of the Year. Just edging out Bright Eyes by one vote is Band of Horses-Cease to Begin.
I apologize for only giving 90 days to vote for the album of the year...tomorrow we will start voting for 2008's album of the year.

A New Years Guide to Beating the Post Holiday Blues

Happy New Year!!! 2008, huh? I don't know what to say about that. A little disappointed that we don't have flying cars and full meals in tasty pill forms yet, but I guess we are doing alright. Ipods and Nintendo Wii and all.
The post holiday blues. They are tough to get through. And if you can't write a song about it then you need this guide to get through those dreadful months called January and February. Anticipate the absence of sunlight from your life. Periodic weepy moments remembering all the fun you had this holiday season. The early morning dry heaves when thinking about going in to work. And worst of all getting used to that empty space where the Christmas tree used to be.

***THE GUIDE***
1. THROW OUT THE TREE! If you have to just pick up the tree out of the stand, ornaments and all, and throw it out your back bedroom window, you must do it.
2. Exercise. Everyday. No excuses. Go to the gym and punish yourself for all the fun you had.
3. Find three good books to read. Jitterbug Perfume, Elliott Smith's Biography, and, I dont know, maybe Ramona Quimby Age 8.
For old times sake.
4. A little New Years cleaning. Throw out old shirts and boxes and things you don't use.
5. Start writing letters again. Send them to your friends and family. (everyone likes getting mail...if you send it..more times than not you will get a reciprocation soon)
6. Finally, its not wrong to supplement happiness with merchandise. Go buy yourself something. A new pair of slacks, a kitten called Terminator X, five new cds, a PSP game. Whatever you like. Pick out something nice.

New Years resolutions are not bad things. You only have to do those things you promise to do for two months. Once you get to March everything is good again and goes back to normal.
If all else fails think about Professor Peanut Butter and his modest nod.

This song was thought to be the best of the year in a few publications. What do you think? Best song of the year or just different enough that music elitists love it to make you feel that your musical taste is "simple"?

LCD Soundsystem [mp3] All My Friends