Ok, I truly am sorry about abandoning you for so long, guys. It's been a busy week and frankly this is again my last words for a while on account that I will be taking a much needed retreat to Jamaica starting Saturday. It's been a trial of a year which I am pleased to announce that this will be the marking point for the end of the old and the start of the new. What helps usher in such a change, you ask? All inclusive drinks and a sunny beach, that's what. So, when you think of me throughout out the span of next week just know that I'm happily half-drunk on the sandy beaches of Jamaica. But enough about me, let's say we get to some real hot writing action? I like my writing and I honestly hope it's decent entertainment for the 5...4...3...2....1 of you that actually make the effort to read this every so often. I plan on big things for this now that my days aren'tm quite as full. So........WATCH OUT!!!!

Firstly, I would like to address the issue of the so-called "Live 8" concert being held across the world in hopes that Africa's debt will be forgiven. I really only have one thing ot say about this: Bob Geldof is an attention whore. Obviously he gets no monetary gain out of this (I fuckin hope so, at least) so all he's really after is us remembering him and his damn Boomtown Rats. C'mon he readily admit to only giving a shit about africa EIGHT times!!! It's in the name of the concert!!! Plus, I heard Freddy Mercury got his AIDS during his little Live Aid stint....for which we should all hate Bob Geldof.

Next on my funny little agenda before I piss off for a week I have a memo to anyone who sits near me in a movie theater: Please be quiet and remain seated until the credits roll at least. In the past week I've seen two films, which I suppose I can speak on in the next paragraph, and at both showing people won't be quiet. I'm not talking the traditional whisper whisper bullshit, I'm talking about full on conversations, be it with a person with them or a person on their cell phone. Good lord, if you wanna talk go buy the shitty bootleg from that guy in front of the Farragut West metro station (I was watching his copy of Madagascar the other day and it was amazingly crisp on his little portable player) because oyu obviously don't care about actually seeing the film. This makes for three fights I managed to almost get into when I told people to shut up. Why everybody gotta be hatin'? To irritate me just that little bit more people leave super early now too. As Batman came to a close the movie has a few scenes to tie up ends. At the end of the first one of these, which still left a good 5-10 minutes left in the film, half the damn crowd got up and started leaving. WHAAAAA?!?!?

But before I really start sounding like a full-on Andy Rooney I must say Batman and Land of the Dead were both totally amazing. Ii was completely happy to spend some dough on both.

Now, some music for all y'all hip kids. First up is Stephen Malkmus' new album Face The Truth. I haven't totally digested this one yet, but I can say thus far that it is really good. It does have a little bit of the old flair that Pavement had but its definately got it's own shiney, hot-boys flair. Plus, if he realeased a Pavement-y album these days people would just yell at him for sounding like Weezer. Next is a classic which really needs no "blah-blah" which is The Misfits Static Age. It's just forever hot. And to finish up some truly odd Japanese psych-freak out courtest of Acid Mother Temple. And it's too late for me too talk about it so just listen and get frrrrrreaked.


Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
The Misfits - Static Age
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - In C | 2 | 3

good night and i love you all. I'll catch you in a week and be thouroughly relaxed. Most likely that shall mean no more Andy Rooney impressions.