heard that sound

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Some recent finds on Pure Volume...

Adam Richman - "Mary Anne"
Amber Pacific - "Gone So Young"
Dynamite Boy - "Man of the Year"
Monkey Jacket - "Hello Solo"
Never Heard of It - "Hard Headed"
The Loved Ones - "100K"

The Netflix Queue

Movies I'm watching.

concert

Guilty by Association
Cheyenne Saloon, Las Vegas

First rule of punk is if you can't be good, be loud. And dear sweet Jesus, were they loud.

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The Lovemakers
Times of Romance

I would say this is the best bit of Euro-dance-pop I've heard in a while. Except they're from Oakland.

There's the Duran Duran new-wave dramatics ("Prepare for the Fight"), synth-bass that Fischerspooner would be proud of ("Is It Alright?"), and the requisite don't - go - breaking - my - heart song ("Falling Apart"). Streams.

concert

Sic Waiting, Flight Risk
Cooler Lounge, Las Vegas

I haven't been writing much about the smaller shows I go to -- mostly because they suck. That, and it looks a lot cooler when I have a ticket to post. Occasionally there will be a standout performance -- the Cooler brought me Manda and the Marbles last year. But usually all I'm counting on these shows to deliver is music that's loud and fast. And that was pretty much the case tonight. Sic Waiting was a little off -- I think they were missing a few band members. But Flight Risk was definitely firing on all cylinders.

Blog of the month: Boingboing

Boingboing is a general all-purpose blog, with a handful of regular contributors, one of whom is Cory Doctorow, my new favorite science-fiction writer. Self-described as "a directory of wonderful things", topics are all over the place, but they seem to center around...

• San Francisco
• Blogging
• Wi-Fi
• Sci-Fi
• Any type of "community" presence or effort
• Sticking it to The Man
• Open Source
• Networking
• Mobile lifestyles
• Any creative, quirky, or otherwise interesting web content

If you're a fan of Wired, or your name is Craig and you have a List, you'll feel right at home here.

http://www.boingboing.net

Google envy?

For the most part, I'm trying to stay out of the Google vs. The World debate, but I can't help but draw attention to Yahoo Search. Even when someone tries to emulate Google's minimalist design, they can't help but %*@# it up with needless page elements, like these news headlines.

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Thank you D.H.T.  for bringing Roxette into the 21st century!

five things

Five terrible fake Dickens characters
1. Henrietta Troubleknickers
2. Jackson Splotch
3. Prof. Wiggenstodgy
4. Pennyfarthing Mushroomwater
5. Felch Cracksbottom

Five bands I don’t think I’m enjoying as much as I’m supposed to
1. Radiohead
2. PJ Harvey
3. Sleater Kinney
4. Liz Phair
5. Scissor Sisters

Five terrible names for local retail stores
1. Pricey McMarkup’s House of Suspicious Deals
2. Hot Fence Electronics Village
3. Kostly Kornerz
4. Chez Ripoffski: A Retailerié
5. Misleadington’s Big Box

www.5ives.com

Updated:

1. The stupider your ringtone, the longer it will take you to answer your phone.
2. The twin miracles of childbirth and pet ownership render you unable to share one photo of anything.
3. If your vanity license plate makes any reference to the make of your vehicle, the people you work with despise you.
4. Ph.D.s who ask to be called “Doctor” should be prepared to refer to every college graduate as “Bachelor.”
5. If you own more than one Enya record you might as well buy all of them and make a little fort.