I am posting this because there are a few people who will get a kick out of it.

This is the most amusing censorship news I have seen since I saw the kid at the Omaha Quest center have his "Edge Sucks" sign taken away (Edge being the wrestler the WWE brands "The Rated R Superstar").

Pirates you can bring home to meet mom



If there's not already a stronger argument that garbagecanmusic  needs to blog more- he just hit back-to-back home runs.

Oh, and I still have a hard time believing GCM is talking about a 'friend' who likes to use profanity.  Ok, I believe him, but it's about as credible as me saying I have a 'friend' who has a pantsuit fetish.

Around here, we get by with a little help from our friends.

NL is the indie-rock friend with the ear to the pulse of the.. well, you know, the guy who knows all the cool new bands.

I told him that American Music Club was coming to town (something I considered a bit of a coup), and he told me he had just seen Fishboy.

I didn't know the name, but sure enough they're pretty cool.  The references in their reviews mention Spoon and Daniel Johnston, and that's not a bad place to start.

Lo-fi Texas pop.  Check them out here.

RM is the wrestling fan, and an Obama supporter.

The election continues, and we have some choices, though America seems lukewarm towards all three.

Maybe, there is someone else who will appear on the scene, and have everything the others lack.

And now there is.  Whoo!!!!

Happy Birthday to one of my favoritest people in the world,

garbagecanmusic

Plug-ola!

An old friend of mine has his Live 365 station up-and-running again.  It's pretty cool, and I always like to advertise for friends.  He plays alot of cool spoken word stuff (Bukowski!) that you don't hear everyday, alot of cool electric/dance stuff, some of his faves like Hendrix and some great jazz. 

I hung out with him for about a year, and probably should have tried harder to kept in touch with him.   Shortly after that, there was a time for a year or so that I just about disappeared completely. 

He's a Saluki, though we're talking probably 1998 or so, later than anyone here would have been.

Anyway, check it out.  You can say you were listening to Kimo's live365 station way back when.

OK, I have returned.  I had to get a new hard drive.  My friend J built a computer for me four years ago now (wow!) and built himself one, too.  His didn't last very long, and I constantly had crashes.  So word of warning, stay away from Maxtor hard drives.  He also had ordered computers for a university, and unknowingly ordered some Maxtor hard drives (from Dell, I think)and they weren't long for this world.

Well, I've been gone for about half of month and have alot to say, but wanting to pace myself.  I guess, I will start first off by saying how lucky I was to see Project .44 over Memorial Day.  I was going to spend the weekend in Iowa City anyway, and found out they were playing Davenport on a Friday night.

Project .44, by the way, is my dear friend garbagecanmusic 's band.  I had seen them a few weeks earlier, and the sound at the club was piss poor.  So, it was finally, good to see them without any annoyances or distractions.

Plus, they're great.  Would I have liked them if my friend wasn't up there banging away.  I sure would.  I would like to think that I would be a supportive friend, and if GCM was in a band that sucked, I would like to think that I would throw my full support behind him all the way.  However, that's probably not really what would happen.  I would probably razz the hell out of them.  I have moved away from the flippant young 19 year old Moz creature I used to be, but I haven't grown up that much.

GCM has music in his soul, too.  He's played in bands that maybe weren't going in a direction he would have picked, or bands with influences/styles different from his own.  GCM's gotta have the music, though.  he'd be like Charlie Watts, I'm sure, longing to be playing jazz, but catching a ride with the Rolling Stones instead.

I hope that GCM doesn't mind I took some liberties there, and maybe, I'm wrong about the above.  However, I just wanted to make two points here.  First, the band is good and is something to be proud of.  I don't say that as ten-plus years of friendship, but as a harsh music critic-in-exile who has seen it all before and is not easily impressed.  Second, I think it's the perfect band for what GCM wants to do.  I think it's something that will satisfy him in the long run, and that's important.

Anyway, Project .44 are quite good.  You have to see them if they come near you, and look for the new album on Invisible Records.