I’d like to see the whole band, but I just got confirmation that CYHSY singer Alec Ounsworth is playing in Philly tomorrow night! It’s only $5 to get in, too. Here are the details. Alec Ounsworth + Feathers + Viking Moses 8:00PM / $5 cover Kensington South CDC The Putnam Building 1627 North Second Street…

Pitchfork Media gave Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s debut album a 9.0. It’s time to get off my ass and pick it up.Clap Your Hands are a five-piece from Brooklyn who’re known to break out both harp and harmonica. They’ve recently been garnering rave press in their home city, and, over just the past two…

Some great stuff on the web this week. The Onion gives us an issue from the future. ————————– Mr Waxman takes the country by storm (bid on him). His birth was as follows: feeling that my ears could use a bit of maintenance, and, lacking a Q-Tip or anything sufficently swablike, I DIY’d myself a…

Note to self: When staining unfinished furniture, stir the stain before applying.

June 17th marked the 3rd anniversary of this site. I started it after getting increasingly PO’d at mp3.com (has since been bought, sold, gutted, resold, etc.). I’ve enjoyed using this site as a vehicle for various projects over the past few years and I plan to keep it going as long as possible. Thanks to…

I’ll preface the review with some important background information. I know I keep bragging about how I briefly met CHYSY singer Alec Ounsworth at The Fire in 2003 and got his demo, but it’s important to the story. His lo-fi demo with the all-time-cheesey casio drum beats ended up getting played in my car about…

The first tie game in Odd Man In history occurred last night when Mr Charcoal made a failed assassination attempt against someone, leaving Mr Sapphire (Gobby) and Mr Brown (vitamin_g) as the final two. Since they both had the same score and the same number of shots against them, a tie was called. I need…

For any Kingdom of Loathing players out there, you should check it out again if you haven’t been. You can now defeat the Naughty Sorceress and ascend into heaven where you can then decide to start over again as a new class. Once you do that there’s all sorts of new content just for people…

I’ve mentioned Clap Your Hands Say Yeah before and it seems like they’re getting a lot of attention on the web these days. The latest is Pitchfork’s 4 star review of their track, In This Home on Ice.this MP3 from their website promises great things. Jangly, processed guitar, shimmering cymbals, and vocalist Alec Ounsworth’s chorused…

Tonight I stopped by the Treehouse to catch performances by Bob Michel, Rob , Kelly Rickets, and some other guy who had us imagine the killer bass lines that usually accompany him with his full band. I also did some video taping for something I’m working on and Rob (from the Rec Dosage) helped me…