My favorite book when I was five, now in crappy HTML slideshow mode. My mom used to read it in Grover’s voice. Parents always get mad props for reading in character.

Everyone keeps raving about We Are Scientists. I picked up their record and I have to say that it succeeded only in making me feel old and incapable of “getting” whatever it is they’re trying to do. I love the dance punk revolution just as much as the next person, but I swear I heard these guys on The Real World once. Ick. In my humble estimation an appearance on that show is not the cred builder it once was. Anyway.
Bob Pollard’s new album should be a work of genius, as usual, and I’m set to see him here on the 27th. That should more than make up for the middlebrow scenestering of We Are Scientists.
I should also mention the new m83 record, which is pretty excellent and has something for anyone who loves this “new shoegazer” stuff coming out right now. The production is even tricked out to sound a little like vinyl.