So Tired

So, indeed, it has been a few days. My first excuse is this: I don't do weekends. My second excuse covers me for the Monday delay: I was still recovering from my Saturday night. You see, on SAturday night I attended Femi Kuti's concert at the 9:30 club....along with the entire student body of Howard. It was a hell of a time, jam-packed Afro beat madness. I believe his Nigerian fanclub (DC Chapter) was right next to me because they were kickin' it bat-shit crazy! So yeah, his TWO AND A HALF HOUR long set really took it out of me. In fact I'm still pretty damn tired.

In other amazing news, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince came out on Saturday. I'm about 200 pages in and it is yet again, for lack of more grown up language, totally awesome! There's a few suprises already. I dig the pretty dark tones that have been dominating the latest books, very Empire Strikes Back. But I can't really talk about it too much without giving a few things away, soooooo BUY IT!!! Totally kickin' ass!

In the "Things You Care About" category, we've got one download from me today. I've got to slow down, otherwise I'm gonna exhaust every album by the fall. Not really, though, I'm just lazy today. Anyhow, we're taking a look at The Dismemberment Plan's Emergency and I today. Based in beloved Washington DC, the now defunct Plan put out an album fairly ahead of its time. Drenched in electronic noises, oh so common in today's musical landscape, and sharp angular guitars, also common, Dismemberment Plan made this killer album 6 years ago. I don't really feel like talking about this album too much but I will tell you this, "The City" is one of my all time favorite songs, and that's saying something. I blew this album off for such a long time, when it came out in high school I was heavy into my Oi! days, wary of anything that wasn't sung by angry short haired boys. But I grew older and wiser, and I want you to join in on the party. So kick it DC indie-rock style, and enjoy this album which is oh so aware that it's listeners put more than just indie-rock albums on the deck.

The Dismemberment Pan - Emergency and I | TWO

Love,
John

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