Well you're up all night--praying for a little bit of salvation

I was out of town and couldn't update new releases on Tuesday. There are a few CDs you should not be passing up.

Spoon--Gimme Fiction
Spoon continues to build one of the most consistent, and distinctive, bodies of work in indie rock so while this isn't my favorite CD by them it sounds just like Spoon should sound. That makes me happy. Get this then dive into the back catalog my friend--the music is nice.


DMB- Stand Up
This CD is a holding pattern. It fails to solve the central question of where does the Dave Matthews Band go next, it suggests that even though they are aware of the problem, they haven't really pondered what to do about it. For must of us that is more than enough. Cool cover art too.


Sloan--A-sides Win: The Best of Sloan 1992-2004
Sloan is one of the finest power pop acts of its time. If you don't know Sloan this is a perfect time to get introduced to someone you will kick yourself for not finding about sooner. Let me put it this way--If you like Matthew Sweet click on the link below.


Bullet in the Brain. A cool short from 2002.

on this day in history
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his historic major-league hitting streak (56 games). The New York Yankees got Joltin’ Joe off to a rather bad start, however, as they lost to the Chicago White Sox 13-1 at Yankee Stadium.

1964 - The Smothers Brothers, Dick and Tom, gave their first concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Ever want to smack up a celeb? Well here's your chance. It is a british site so just in time for the FA Cup they have a special lineup for us Yanks. Remember when they say Football is it our soccer.

How bloody cool is this. Duct tape suits people wore to the prom.

Secret wall pics. An artist goes into a hotel. Removes the artwork then leaves something for us.

Virtual drums in case you fancy yourself a drummer. Good luck.

...and that one looks like. Remember when you were little and you'd search the skies for clouds that looked like something? No...well people did do that. My o my what kind of childhood did you have. Nevermind I don't want to know.

Conspiracy theorists and collectors, take note: A section of fencing from the infamous grassy knoll in Dallas' Dealey Plaza is going up for auction.
The weather-beaten picket fence, along with its metal posts, goes up for bid Sunday at the Lelands.com online auction house. Bidding on the fence from the scene of President Kennedy's Nov. 22, 1963, assassination runs through June 16.
"It's an iconic item, in a macabre sort of way," said Simeon Lipman, director of Americana at the Long Island-based auction house.
The fence was rescued from the junk heap five years ago by Dealey Plaza tour guide Ronald D. Rice. When a construction crew began dismantling the fence to replace it in January 2000, Rice grabbed four sections each nearly 6 feet long and 4 1/2 feet high and put them into storage.
When the storage payments were not made, the fence was sold at public auction to Daniel Moses, who approached Lelands last year about selling it off, Lipman said.
Although the section of fence is indisputably from the Dallas location, there are questions about whether it's the fence that was standing on Nov. 22, 1963. The curator at the Sixth Floor Museum overlooking Dealey Plaza says many of the fence's wooden pickets were replaced over the years.
Lelands agrees that pickets snatched by souvenir hunters or ruined by the weather were replaced, but maintains "the wooden cross members that make up the main frame and the metal posts are original and predate 1963."
Several of the pickets have JFK-related graffiti, including the message, "Oswald Was Framed." Conspiracy theorists have long suggested a second gunman might have hidden behind the fence.
The minimum opening bid for the fence is $5,000, although Lipman acknowledged he had no idea what kind of bidding might ensue. "It's impossible to say with such a unique item," he said.

Beulah has a doc coming out on DVD and If you're in the Cincinnati area, you'll be able to see A GOOD BAND IS EASY TO KILL at the Lite Brite Indie Pop & Film Test July 29-31 at the lovely Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky.

More later
Bro

The title of the post is from "another wasted night" by Bishop Allen.