Oh hi everyone, in case you hadn't noticed, we are currently on hiatus due to very busy personal schedules. Once everything calms down, we'll be back with new episodes.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Episode 4: We're Just Slapping Babies Here
Episode 4 is now available for download:
Episode 4: We're Just Slapping Babies Here
Dave and Logan discuss various news stories, such as:
Download it now!
Episode 4: We're Just Slapping Babies Here
Dave and Logan discuss various news stories, such as:
- Marvel vs. Disney
- Selena Gomez owns your television
- Fun with Baby Slapping
- Kevin Federline is a giant fatty
- Levi Johnston in Playgirl
- Lil Mama and Vogue Evolution
- Japan's new Hello Kitty First Lady
- New Zealand is on the move
- Dave's Trip to New York
- Education, Republicans, and Religion
Download it now!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
New and Notable: The Postmarks: "Memoirs at the End of the World"
I know it's been a while since the last episode, but we're shooting for a new episode tomorrow night or Friday. For now, here's the first installment of a new semi-occasional site feature. Enjoy!
The Postmarks may very well be the most interesting band in the world. Mixing lush 60's and 70's pop orchestrations with a subtle irony and a surprisingly perceptive eye for love and all its many blemishes, they straddle two vastly different worlds and just seem to make it work.
More...
In 2007, this Miami-based band released The Postmarks, an album of slightly melancholy yet very sunny Burt Bacarach-inspired pop. They followed this up with By The Numbers, which took this winning formula and added an admittedly silly premise: every track was a cover of a song that had something to do with the track number. That the album was a smashing success and garnered them a lot of attention is telling of just how much talent this band possesses.
So now it's 2009, and they have released Memoirs at the End of the World, which is strangely both a departure from their previous albums and a honing of the sound they've had all along. Bacharach is still very much there, but they seem to have added Ennio Morriconne to their stable of influences, and Memoirs is all the better for it.
The album starts with the stunning "No One Said This Would Be Easy," which I'm pretty sure is going to be the theme song to the next Bond movie. Lead singer Tim Yehezkely (it's a girl's name - see? interesting!) coos lyrics about love too ethereal to last over a propulsive spaghetti-Westernesque arrangement, most closely resembling some weird alternate-universe Old West Ladytron.
The excellent "My Lucky Charm" is less Morriconne and more Manilow-by-way-of-Motown, with catchy call-and-response vocals bolstered by a great piano-and-horns backing. "Go Jetsetter" has a similar feel, although it lacks some of the lyrical punch of the rest of the album.
The two real departures on the album are the deliciously psychedelic "All You Ever Wanted" and the almost disco-glam stomp of "For Better... Or Worse?" - both of which are still firmly rooted in the Postmarks world, despite how different they are. "All You Ever Wanted" combines an easy-going shuffle and a sitar in the verse with a straight-up Bacharach strings-and-piano chorus, complete with multi-tracked vocals and handclaps. "For Better... Or Worse?" almost crosses over into full-fledged glam, and the Ladytron comparison I made earlier would be even more appropriate here.
The slower moments on the album are also worth mentioning. The exquisite arrangements on "Thorn In Your Side" and "I'm In Deep" are gorgeous, and show the amazing depth this band has. Once again, Yehezkely's voice is the star, buffeted into the heavens by orchestral arrangements that would have made film composers in the Golden Age of Hollywood weep. Even the little touches on the album are impressive. "Don't Know Till You Try" moves subtly between suspended notes and a whole-tone scale in the verses and a more straightforward payoff in the chorus.
All in all, Memoirs at the End of the World is easily one of the best albums of 2009 and is a third album any band should be proud of.
The Postmarks may very well be the most interesting band in the world. Mixing lush 60's and 70's pop orchestrations with a subtle irony and a surprisingly perceptive eye for love and all its many blemishes, they straddle two vastly different worlds and just seem to make it work.
More...
In 2007, this Miami-based band released The Postmarks, an album of slightly melancholy yet very sunny Burt Bacarach-inspired pop. They followed this up with By The Numbers, which took this winning formula and added an admittedly silly premise: every track was a cover of a song that had something to do with the track number. That the album was a smashing success and garnered them a lot of attention is telling of just how much talent this band possesses.
So now it's 2009, and they have released Memoirs at the End of the World, which is strangely both a departure from their previous albums and a honing of the sound they've had all along. Bacharach is still very much there, but they seem to have added Ennio Morriconne to their stable of influences, and Memoirs is all the better for it.
The album starts with the stunning "No One Said This Would Be Easy," which I'm pretty sure is going to be the theme song to the next Bond movie. Lead singer Tim Yehezkely (it's a girl's name - see? interesting!) coos lyrics about love too ethereal to last over a propulsive spaghetti-Westernesque arrangement, most closely resembling some weird alternate-universe Old West Ladytron.
The excellent "My Lucky Charm" is less Morriconne and more Manilow-by-way-of-Motown, with catchy call-and-response vocals bolstered by a great piano-and-horns backing. "Go Jetsetter" has a similar feel, although it lacks some of the lyrical punch of the rest of the album.
The two real departures on the album are the deliciously psychedelic "All You Ever Wanted" and the almost disco-glam stomp of "For Better... Or Worse?" - both of which are still firmly rooted in the Postmarks world, despite how different they are. "All You Ever Wanted" combines an easy-going shuffle and a sitar in the verse with a straight-up Bacharach strings-and-piano chorus, complete with multi-tracked vocals and handclaps. "For Better... Or Worse?" almost crosses over into full-fledged glam, and the Ladytron comparison I made earlier would be even more appropriate here.
The slower moments on the album are also worth mentioning. The exquisite arrangements on "Thorn In Your Side" and "I'm In Deep" are gorgeous, and show the amazing depth this band has. Once again, Yehezkely's voice is the star, buffeted into the heavens by orchestral arrangements that would have made film composers in the Golden Age of Hollywood weep. Even the little touches on the album are impressive. "Don't Know Till You Try" moves subtly between suspended notes and a whole-tone scale in the verses and a more straightforward payoff in the chorus.
All in all, Memoirs at the End of the World is easily one of the best albums of 2009 and is a third album any band should be proud of.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Brilliance!
We're working on topics for the next episode, but for the time being, here is an absolutely brilliant ad for marriage equality in Ireland:
I hope someone does something similar for people here in the US. It puts everything in perspective.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Clickity Click
Behind the cut are some links to some of the things I talked about in ep.3. I know in most cases, the descriptions weren't necessary, but I like to be thorough. Please click, explore & enjoy!
More...www.themat.com/ - The Official Site of USA Wrestling
www.wwe.com/ - World Wrestling Entertainment
www.tnawrestling.com/ - Total Non-stop Action Wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling - Pro Wrestling Wiki
http://dasharpshooters.com/ - "DaSharpshooters" - my favorite wrestling podcast
http://www.sosofficial.com/ - Sheamus' Official site
www.chrisjericho.com/- Chris Jericho's Official Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena - John Cena's WWE page
www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/ -IMDB's Fifth Element Page
www.ryanreynoldsonline.com/ -A Ry-Re fansite
www.thecrimsonmoon.com/ - the cafe's website
http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/communities/north_georgia/ -A Tourist guide to N. GA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena_-_Warrior_Princess - Xena Wiki
http://xena-ubers.blogspot.com/ - currently my favorite Xena podcast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollhouse_(TV_series)- Dollhouse Wiki
http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/ - Official Dollhouse site
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml -America's Next Best Dance Crew
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/better-off-ted/- ABC's BOT website
http://www.thevisitors.info/ -Unofficial V site
http://www.zero7.co.uk/ - Zero 7's official page
http://www.robinthicke.com/ -Robbie's official site
http://www.outkast.com/ - The best rap group of all time (IMHO)
http://www.ghostintheshell.tv/ -Ghost in the Shell series official site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Girl_Utena -Utena wiki
http://www.sonyclassics.com/savingface/ -Saving Face Official Website
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367631/ -D.E.B.S. imdb site
http://www.shinchanshow.com/- Shin Chan Official Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple- The Color Purple wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(TV_series)-La Femme Nikita the tv series wiki
http://www.petawilsonsite.com/- Peta Wilson fansite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchblade_(TV_series)- Witchblade the Series
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000319/- Yancy Butler
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/- Red Sonja
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/- Street Fighter the movie IMDB
http://www.kylie.com/home - Kylie Minogue's Official Site
http://www.danniimusic.com/-Dannii Minogue's Official Site
I forgot to mention Phineas and Ferb, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb , currently my favorite cartoon.
More...www.themat.com/ - The Official Site of USA Wrestling
www.wwe.com/ - World Wrestling Entertainment
www.tnawrestling.com/ - Total Non-stop Action Wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling - Pro Wrestling Wiki
http://dasharpshooters.com/ - "DaSharpshooters" - my favorite wrestling podcast
http://www.sosofficial.com/ - Sheamus' Official site
www.chrisjericho.com/- Chris Jericho's Official Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena - John Cena's WWE page
www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/ -IMDB's Fifth Element Page
www.ryanreynoldsonline.com/ -A Ry-Re fansite
www.thecrimsonmoon.com/ - the cafe's website
http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/communities/north_georgia/ -A Tourist guide to N. GA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena_-_Warrior_Princess - Xena Wiki
http://xena-ubers.blogspot.com/ - currently my favorite Xena podcast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollhouse_(TV_series)- Dollhouse Wiki
http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/ - Official Dollhouse site
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml -America's Next Best Dance Crew
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/better-off-ted/- ABC's BOT website
http://www.thevisitors.info/ -Unofficial V site
http://www.zero7.co.uk/ - Zero 7's official page
http://www.robinthicke.com/ -Robbie's official site
http://www.outkast.com/ - The best rap group of all time (IMHO)
http://www.ghostintheshell.tv/ -Ghost in the Shell series official site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Girl_Utena -Utena wiki
http://www.sonyclassics.com/savingface/ -Saving Face Official Website
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367631/ -D.E.B.S. imdb site
http://www.shinchanshow.com/- Shin Chan Official Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple- The Color Purple wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita_(TV_series)-La Femme Nikita the tv series wiki
http://www.petawilsonsite.com/- Peta Wilson fansite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchblade_(TV_series)- Witchblade the Series
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000319/- Yancy Butler
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/- Red Sonja
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/- Street Fighter the movie IMDB
http://www.kylie.com/home - Kylie Minogue's Official Site
http://www.danniimusic.com/-Dannii Minogue's Official Site
I forgot to mention Phineas and Ferb, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_and_Ferb , currently my favorite cartoon.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Episode 3: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Episode 3: "A Few of Our Favorite Things," is now available for download!
Click the link! And donate to our PayPal account using the button on the right!
Music Credits:
Intro Music: "Tommy Gun Angel" by Bardo Pond
Outro Music: "Push" by Dannii Minogue
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Episode 2: Bad Concerts and Worse Strippers
Episode 2 is now available! Highlights include:
*) Fallout 3
*) Bad and great concert experiences
*) The time Dave broke a girl's nose and didn't realize it
*) Terrible strippers
*) And many more!
*) Bad and great concert experiences
*) The time Dave broke a girl's nose and didn't realize it
*) Terrible strippers
*) And many more!
Download the newest episode from iTunes, or link directly to it here:
Music Credits
Intro Music: Janelle Monáe - Many Moons
Outro Music: The Postmarks - Pinball Number Count
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A little quibble
Let me start out by saying that though I am a very loving, kind, patient individual, I have hate in my heart for many a thing. From time to time, I'll expound on those things.
Today, the thing I hate that I'd like to talk about is "smacking". Yes, the phenomena created when folks decide it'd be cool to let the world see what they're chewing. I hate that sound. I can't stand it. It drives me up a wall. And it's funny, I don't mind the sight of people doing it, just the awful sound that they make makes me want to scream. I know I can't be the only one driven to near lunacy by "smacking". Alright, that's enough complaining for today, methinks.
Have a good one.
Today, the thing I hate that I'd like to talk about is "smacking". Yes, the phenomena created when folks decide it'd be cool to let the world see what they're chewing. I hate that sound. I can't stand it. It drives me up a wall. And it's funny, I don't mind the sight of people doing it, just the awful sound that they make makes me want to scream. I know I can't be the only one driven to near lunacy by "smacking". Alright, that's enough complaining for today, methinks.
Have a good one.
An Oldie...
Since this is my first post, I want to give you a quick taste of what I'm about. There are different ways to do this. I could give you some horribly embarrassing story. I could give you my views on reproductive justice and gender issues in society. I could give you a list of my favorite things. Instead, I'd like to share my favorite video clip of all time.
I have seen this thing at least a hundred times, but there's just something about it. Maybe it's the way I can simultaneously identify with the poor woman trying to press on despite adverse conditions and the people who can't stop laughing at her misfortune. I don't know, but I love this.
Enjoy and nice to meet you.
I have seen this thing at least a hundred times, but there's just something about it. Maybe it's the way I can simultaneously identify with the poor woman trying to press on despite adverse conditions and the people who can't stop laughing at her misfortune. I don't know, but I love this.
Enjoy and nice to meet you.
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