Don't Keep Shelly In Athens, Share Her

Yeah im diggin this band haaard, one of the many Last.fm finds over the last year that I haven't really kept the blog informed. For a while now I have been on this suuuuper chill Balearic quasi-heaven Quaaluude fluffy stuff trip if you can swallow what im shootin, I don't know it's like my ears need physical therapy after subjecting them to years of teen angst and mid-2000's screamy skronky wankery(that's looking at you 31g and GSL) Ive dug on Air France, and the chillwavers like Washed Up(real good live at FYF last year beeteedub) and even some minimalist weirdness ala DJ Sprinkles...but what ive really always been wanting is Keep Shelly In Athens....this is it folks. You can see the steam rise from the sewers of a darklit and damp street circa 3am with possibe ladies of the night ducking into alleys and an old man coughing or so...basically it creates a whole world super cinematic inside your head. It also makes me want to get down on some real weird romance like taking a bunch of Diazepam and just laying in bed with a girl for like days straight not doing a damn thing, barely knowing either of us are there, doesn't that sound tight? i wish i had literally months of my life to blow on super silly projects like that.

annnnnywaaaaaaays research up on this band, and America! lose your pretensions so we can all live on the Iberian Coast of the mind! and also don't find any of Europe's pretensions either.

Dum-ditty-dum

yeah yeah im real big on the Dum Dum Girls and the new ep that comes out on March 8th is floating around on the usual channels, I love where they are going, they cover the Smiths perfectly, and overall the sound is just a lot fuller without going too overboard. Actually I hear a little New Pornographers up in the mix, if that piques or quells your interest at all. Im stoked im gonna be down in Tampa bay in march and it's looking like ill be able to sneak a peak!

More VDAY

Most people think of Valentine's Day as being ROMANtic but come on you know I gotta do my best to keep it GOTHic.

A lil Mix compiled for all y'all

But on the real tip, Love is way cooler theoretically than practically you get all the benefits of inspiration without having to literally waste your time on someone else. bah humbug, i guess this holiday brings the best out of me haha

RIP Trish Keenan

I know I know this is a week late, but Ive been tied up for the last week and just found out, what a bummer super tragic...at least she will always live on through her great great music. She will most deservedly go down as one of the contemporary greats.

"Get the hell off that jet-ski, Blonde Ambition Tour!"

just some ideas, super high on this shit called "blue dream" i highly recommend it. Sierra Nevada has a new beer out its 30th anniversary Bock. that too is also i recommend. much better than bud light with lime and clamato. all reno all white trash event inspired works. from the birds and the bees, fly honeys and the love of it all. oh yeah with a little bit of Gummo mixed in but still, its one in the same. get some head, smoke some weed look at some drawings, do some drawings but still. the canvas witht the bat is called "Circus, Circus" and is a tribute to austin pratt, all the colors i used were lifted from an earlier painting austin did and gave to me, . it was almost 50 individual colors. the two brown, black , red pieces are my favorite so far.

Sour Patch Kidz

Bay Area raize up! Fuck yes, I am seriously seriously crushin' on this band baaad. Homeboy Jack from Don't Trip(Rest In Pot my brothers) was bumping this on a recent trip up here. After a spin or two I had to know who the hell this was. Well for the last month or so I have bumping this at least once daily, which is saying a whole damn lot. I don't even eat everyday, or anything. No bull, straight up Pop, with punk tendencies. I refuse to call it pop-punk because it just doesn't do this shit justice. I am a songwriting guy, regardless of the type of music, I just care that their is some thought and effort put into the craft. Perfect pop music sounds instantly familliar. That's all it really takes, and every song hits you like a bad case of Deja Vu. Like that time you smoked salvia and swore up and down that you were married to your friends Grandmother in another life. I swear that happens. Anyways I got a soft spot for this shit for some other reasons too. I am a sucker for literally anything with a female vocalist-From Walls of Jericho to the Wizard of Oz soundtrack. Punk rock romance is also a fun subject to dwell on. Sometimes I get tired of all the vegan potlucks, and bike rides down by the river. But honestly that shit beats bangin' your dick on a chicks tailbone in a drunk, sweaty frenzy at Tonic........sike. Lastly, there is something about the Bay Area punk scene that I just have always had an affinity for. Probably the proximity. Anyways, I relate to this shit faar more than other stuff(call me a regionalist). There you have it. I love this band and this damn cd. Just cuz it's technically a demo I won't call it my favorite release of '09. But 2010 better watch out cuz they are scheduled to drop something proper at the end of the year. Speaking of which, they'll be taking pre-orders soon so get on that, it's seems like a pretty good package with a tote bag and all. Pre-Order Full Length





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