The house was really cold when I woke up this morning, 60° cold. I turned up the heat and nothing happened. I cursed a bit then decided to check the red on/off switch: it was on. I next checked the thermostat, and it was off. Glory be, no repairman needed! I turned the switch to heat and the furnace responded. The house got warmer than outside. I know radiators aren't the most attractive decorations for a house, but when I was a kid, I always took comfort from the hissing of the steam as the water coursed through [...]
Happy First Day of Spring! We welcomed spring this morning by watching the sunrise on the beach. We arrived about 6:15, and when we got out of the car, the smell of the ocean filled the air the way it does on some mornings. A bank of fog covered the houses behind us on the bay, but the ocean was clear. It was the warmest first day of spring I can remember. At first, we were the only ones on the beach. There we were, the three of us, sitting in our beach chairs as if it were [...]
Craig Finn - No Future I find realization through coitus. Through [the] conjugal I am angelic somehow. The only problem is the navigation of two vastly different psychological states - the per-ejaculatory male psychology and the post-ejaculatory male psychology. I'm a different person after I've cum. Before I cum, I'm kind of saucy, filthy, dirty, animal-man thing. I'll do it out. 'Yeah, let's get lost together; let's become one. We are the flesh! Try the sewing machine, the anaconda, and introducing: the matrix. They're all there. I'm going [...]
Mein Mailordner quillt mal wieder über vor lauter Promomails - es sind so viele, dass ich eh nicht alle lesen kann. Aber ein paar Perlen sind mir doch ins Auge bzw. ins Ohr gefallen, und diese will ich mal an Euch weiterreichen. Da wären zum einen Field Mouse (nicht zu verwechseln mit den legendären Sarah-Poppern Field Mice!) aus Brooklyn mit ihrem hübschen Dreampop-/Shoegazesong «Happy» – und der ältere Track «Glass» ist auch super und sogar kostenlos herunterzuladen: &a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp ;amp;lt;a href=" http://fieldmouse.bandcamp.com /track/glass"& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Glass by Field Mouse& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;lt;/a&am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; [...]
It's a New Year and time for some new bands. First on my list is Saturday Sun, the first signing to the brand new Lazy Butterfly Records. A duo from the south west peninsular Purbeck, Saturday Sun have created some stunning music for the past two years helped by Alex Hedley's brilliant and powerful vocals and the melodies put with them by Bill Merrick's guitar. Read more..
Sophie Barker - who? She's the bird who had the breathy vocals and co-writing on Zero 7's timeless hits 'Waiting Line' and 'Destiny' - so now you know. Bloody talented, she is too. The female force that is Sophie Barker has a double A-side sin... Read more..
Sophie 'the one who sang with Zero 7 when they were good' Barker has a new single out, the second from her latest album "Seagull". It's called "Bluebell" and is a predictably summery, funk-infused number which has Radio 2 written all over it. Whilst this is not necessarily a criticism - after all, the terminal decline of Radio 1 and the perpetual rubbishness of commercial radio have meant that on the rare occasions that I actually do something as archaic as turn on the radio, Radio 2 is my first choice - it is slightly telling that your average Jeremy [...]
Pitkään hiljaiseloa viettänyt Damn Seagulls on jälleen aktivoitunut. Syksyn aikana helsinkiläisbändi järjestää Bar Loosessa kolme A Night with Damn Seagulls -teemailtaa, joiden aikana yhtye esittää uutta materiaalia, vanhoja hittejään, harvinaisempaa tuotantoaan ja lainakappaleita sekä kutsuu lavalle vierailijoita. A Night with Damn Seagulls – Yes, they are back! / Pe 9.9. Yhtye esittää pääosin uutta ja toistaiseksi julkaisematonta materiaalia. A Night with Damn Seagulls & Afghan Whigs / Pe 29.10. Yhtye keskittyy merkittävän esikuvan Afghan Whigsin kappaleisiin. Damn Seagulls soittaa coverien lisäksi myös [...]
Finnish act Damn Seagulls are back with a new (old) drummer, new music, and new live dates. More here: http://www.fullsteamrecords.co m/sitenews/view/-/nid/426/ngid /3
DOOMSTAR! - Sea Gull Don't let the name fool you. Generally when I see/hear the name Doom in a band name it's easy for me to mistakenly assume they have this heavy, big red worshiping connotation. Luckily these Cambridge residents don't live up to that. They're previous works have this straight out of the garage psychedelic rock sound. Just dirty, fuzzed, rumpin' good time. With Sea Gull it seems when they took a break from wailin' they looked up in the sky to see a sea gull straight chillin' and decide to slow things down [...]
Earlier, during my deck, coffee and paper time, there was a lovely breeze, but it has since disappeared. The sun is bright and warm, but every now and then it hides behind an errant cloud. The Weather Channel has sent an alert that the Cape should expect rain with thunder and lightning between 4 and 8. I'm hoping it happens. We could use a little rain, and I love the thunder and lightning. No mice to report today. I thought I heard one in the eaves in my bedroom around 4 this morning so I sneaked over to [...]
The day is dark and perfectly still. The leaves are barely moving. I only hear birds. It rained this morning for a while, a short while. Before I went to breakfast, I turned off the AC and opened the windows even though today will be in the 802s. Gracie was tired of being stuck in the house, and I missed the sounds of the street and my little world on the deck. Later, when it hits the 802s, I may have to turn on the AC again. Starting tomorrow and for the next few days, we'll have a summer reprieve. [...]
Anfang 2009 gründeten 4 Jungs aus San Diego eine Band. Sie nannten sie Little Deadman . Echogetränkter Pop-Punk, der sich wohl wie eine frische Brise unter der drückend heißen Sonne Kaliforniens anfühlen muss. Eine 73 EP soll in Kürze auf Single Screen Records erscheinen. Eine LP Anfang 2012. Little Deadman - " Shooting Seagulls " [...]
Little Deadman are from San Diego. This track of theirs, 'Shooting Seagull', has hints of the beachy vibe one might expect of a band from that town. However, Little Deadman's sound suggests something a little more sinister than some of that other fun-in-the-sunshine-indie-lo-f i stuff that's been so popular these last few years. There's some darkness to what Little Deadman do; "I've been close to the fire," as one lyric goes, "shooting seagulls with our smiles," "looking for a fight," as some more go. In a way, 'Shooting Seagulls' suggests some shadows casting over the sandier [...]
Today is much like the last few days: cloudy, chilly and damp. It will stay in the 502s, but I'm okay with that. Hot days will come soon enough. I have a list of errands today, none of them fun or exciting. Gracie would disagree. The dump is on the list. My father loved his town dump. He went every Sunday and always tried to get one of us to go with him. Any weekend guests, including friends of mine from school, were generally coerced to take what we used to call the tour. The dump in those [...]
Little Deadman San Diego's Little Deadman recently released their debut EP Shooting Seagulls . Check out the title track from the EP below. Little Deadman - "Shooting Seagulls" The band - Spencer Rabin, Anthony Levas, Brian Dall and Tyson Wirtzfeld - is working on their full-length debut which is scheduled for release early in 2012.
New Terrors // "Seagulls" Thanks to Stephen Dorman (who you'll remember as Surf Siberian ) for this tip. This video is just one of a live set that Stephen shot for New Terrors . Watch New Terrors play it cool as he performs his catchy noise pop track "Seagulls" and then head to Flannelgraph Records bandcamp where you can download the single for free. Nestled underneath the thick haze of noise are some Caribbean drumbeats and bassline. The whole thing dredges up imagery of a tropical storm witnessed [...]
43 of rain fell yesterday. It started raining the night before then poured all of yesterday. We even had thunder to give the rain a bit of spice. Today it's 50°, and the sun is lurking behind light gray clouds. Gracie is busy watching the men clean the yard across the street. Their blowers were the first things I heard this morning. Today is one of Gracie's favorite days: dump day. We'll go as soon as I finish loading the car with my cardboard, bottles, magazines and newspapers. Did I mention the trash? She would have loved the old dump [...]
It really blows me away how many different ways music comes into my life. My sister Michelle turns me onto new stuff, I Shazam stuff I hear in stores, my sister Michelle turns me onto stuff, I see someone open for another band that I go to see, I hear new stuff all over XM and sometimes my sister Michelle turns me onto new stuff. This track came in yet another way. I was in a store and a song started playing that I was half listening to. I caught some of the opening lyrics that were about a seagull [...]
MP3: Never Trust a Seagull in Penguin Pajamas (5.8 mb) Thanks for listening! This blog entry simply provides a feed for the iTunes podcast. If you'd like to get the full scoop about this song and many more, please visit the marble tea webthing . Rock on.
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