Blog: Sensory Overload

I am still kind of in shock -- I mean, how did I not know that Rosie Thomas and Sufjan Stevens are an item? It makes sense, both being amazing musicians that toured together (read this UK Show Review ) and they are each from the state of Michigan. And, I was super excited to learn that they have a yet to be released album they worked on together -- but apparently they have done more than make beautiful music together, ahem. . . Yes, it is [...]

This Sunday night @ The Beachland Ballroom we are going to go see Mates of State , with the fabulous Maria Taylor and local opener the HouseGuest . Check out this very cool video for the Mates of State single "Fraud in the 80's" from their great new album Bring it Back .

Donnie Darko is one of our favorite movies. When we first started dating it was one of the things we quickly realized we had in common besides our love of Idlewild . If you have yet to visit the Donnie Darko website you should. It makes you think just like the way the movie does and is a great way to kill time while at work. Speaking of killing time at work, this afternoon I was viewing the Torture Garden , which is an excellent Irish music blog and found this awesome list: 88 reasons [...]

Random picture, but reminds Kelly of two years ago when she (as well as Megan and Jeni ) were in Prague taking their tourist shots of " Fred and Ginger " themselves... But for now, we just wanted to post our top 5 songs of the week: 5. [Mp3] Assembly Now - Out on 24's Jose likes their "emo breakdown" 4. [Mp3] Land of Talk - Sea Foam Steered to them by Central Village 3. [Mp3] [...]

Today in The Plain Dealer they had a story about how Desagana Diop is coming back to face The Cavs tommorow night (who are only 2 games away from clinching their playoff spot) @ the Q. For those of you that do not know Mr. Diop, he was the # 8 pick overall of the cavs in 2001 NBA draft. This past summer he signed with the Dallas Mavericks and has become and important role player for them. He never had the opporunity to flourish here due to litany of circumstance: lack of experience, being overweight, [...]

Today I am super excited for two main reasons, the first one being The CAVS have already qualified for the playoffs for the first time in nearly 1o years and they are taking on the Miami Heat today @ 2pm EST. The second reason for my excitement is tommorow night THE TRIBE starts off their season against THE HATED DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION WHITESOX @ 8:05pm on ESPN2. This game will mark the opening of the 2006 season for major league baseball and should be a great matchup. I have been waiting months [...]

Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer , is this endearing film starring Elijah Wood as a "collector" on a "rigid search" for a woman who is ultimately responsible for his existence. At times hysterically funny and at others heartbreakingly sad -- the fact that the characters are so well portrayed and developed truly makes this story come to life. We both will admit to being leery about a film (of this sort) having the potential to drag, however if anything it felt as though it ended all too soon. [ [...]

Tom Jones was knighted today -- congrats to our favorite welshman. [ List of Honorary British Knights ] [Mp3] Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?

I was just thinking about how there hasn't seemed to be a movie worth visiting the theatre for in quite some time -- that is, until I was reminded of Brick . This film, directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt , has been receiving tremendous praise ever since its appearance at Sundance last year (winning "Originality of Vision"). [ Trailer ] [ Official Website ] [...]

Kelly split town again. She is in Oxford seeing friends and her sister. So tonight I will be attending The Editors, Stellastarr* and Mobius Band show @ The Agora with Erin (she has a blog, you can check it out here ). I am pretty excited to finally see all these bands, and all on the same bill no less. I never imagined when first hearing The Editors album last spring that 1 year later I would get to see them in C-town. While we are on [...]

Serena Maneeseh are coming this Thursday to the Grog Shop w/ Cleveland's very own The Volta Sound . Serena Maneesh are from Oslo, Norway and spent last fall opening for the Dandy Warhol's throughout their European tour. Their debut s/t album was recorded in Olso, New York and Chicago @ Steve Albini's famed Electrical Audio Recordings. It's also worth noting that Sufjan Stevens was involved with the recording of their album. Sadly, Serena Maneesh are victims of the same circumstance that The Editors experienced, playing shows in the United States without a [...]

Last night The Editors/Stellastarr* and Mobius Band show was a good time. Prior to the show I was still deliberating whether or not to go see them in C-bus again on the 12th but after seeing all the band's performances, it made it very a easy decision. As it turns out, South is also playing that date, which makes it even better because I have been trying to see them for a few years but keep on missing them. Back to the show, I was especially impressed with The Editors. I thought they [...]

While Jose is enjoying a "decadent" dinner at Bridges Restaurant and seeing his buddy Lebron play at the Q , I thought I would make a quick post before I meet my grandma for coffee. . . Bring it Back , was finally released yesterday -- although, thanks to a few mp3 blogs (ahem, Kristi ) many of us had access to it much earlier. When first listening to Bring it Back , I immediately was drawn in by [...]

(this is my st. patrick's day post from last year please note the mp3's have been re-upped) Arg. I already typed this post once but I didn't save and of course blogger had to misbehave and freeze up anyways here I go again: It is now St. Patrick's Day as I type this, the first time I typed it was not. This morning I am preparing for the day as I listen to the sounds of The Pogues while I watch highlights of the NCAA tournament from yesterday (BC almost ruined my brackets, close [...]