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8.22.2003
new rock/old rock
kings of leon. bought this the other day at the virgin megastore (val's attempt to cheer me up on a pretty bleak day) and i am in love with it. three brothers and their cousin, raised by a touring pentecostal evangelist, tear it up in an old-fashioned rock 'n roll style. i've seen it called "southern rock", and that's there (see the allman brothers band, ccr, the films of cameron crowe), but there's a great vibe running through it that feels more like the more recent back-to-basics feel of the strokes/hives/white stripes/coral/music crowd. rolling stone loves them; pitchfork thinks they're treading water; see the video for "molly's chambers" (in real audio format). splendor
a good friend of mine has a really wonderful interview with harvey pekar, creator of the comic book american splendor and the subject of the semi-biographical movie of the same name.
yes, i know it's at ain't it cool news. trust me when i say it's worth a look. 8.19.2003
hero of the beach
http://cosmo7.com/safety/safetyriaa.jpg
rude and more than a little tasteless, but i laughed. not really worksafe (unless your coworkers enjoy crude foul-mouthed parody.)
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