Stephen Malkmus “Gardenia” Video

Pitchfork.tv just posted a new Stephen Malkmus video for Gardenia that features several cameos: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of the Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, the dudes from Ratatat. Its mostly a yawn, but the sequences that animate the cover art from the LP are kind of cool.

Stop Smiling D.C. Issue

Idolator has a quick piece on the new issue of Stop Smiling that covers a bunch of DC topics, including music;  “George Pelecanos and The Wire’s Anwan Glover (a.k.a. Big G of local go-go heroes the Backyard Band). Pelecanos, of course, was deeply involved in The Wire, but the best bits are about music. Take a look at Pelecanos’ roster of D.C.’s greatest acts:

Marvin Gaye. All the go-go bands, starting with Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers through Trouble Funk and Backyard Band, and newer ones like UCB. Minor Threat, Fugazi, Bad Brains, Slant 6, Circus Lupus, Nation of Ulysses. There are too many great punk bands to name. Jawbox. Tommy Keene. The Nighthawks. Root Boy Slim. Not to mention all the soul acts from the Sixties who lived and cut records here. And then you have to talk about the acts that were huge in DC, like Maze, the P-Funk axis, and Little Feat, who did not come from here, but were honorary Washingtonians.”

The Cassettes w/ Stamen & Pistils tonight at Black Cat

I wanted to mention the show I’m playing this evening in DC at Black Cat with Stamen & Pistils. We’re opening for our good pals The Cassettes and it should be a damn good time.

Flying Lotus “Parisian Goldfish” Video Directed by Eric Wareheim

I’ll let this video speak for itself, but I’m a big fan of work by both Flying Lotus and Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show (Great Job!) Eric Wareheim so this is a fantastic match.

(Disclaimer:  Video contains some NSFW elements and lots of flashing lights)

The Rosebuds “Life Like” Out Now

I must take an opportunity to plug the new LP out this week by my good pals The Rosebuds, and also drop a link to my brother’s review in the Durham NC publication Independent Weekly.

My band Metropolitan shared a bill with the Rosebuds for the very first time back in 2001 in NC to an audience of about 4, and I’ve enjoyed following their meteoric rise ever since.

They’ll be appearing in DC on Thursday October 23rd at the Black Cat.

New Kanye Video Debuts on Ellen

I find it pretty amusing that Kanye debuted this video on the Ellen Show of all places but I’ve been digging on the song so much lately that I had to see the visuals.   Definitely some interesting things going on here, and not entirely what I would have expected from Mr. West.

Source: Hypebeast

Sarah Silverman iTunes Sneak Peek

“Sarah’s back, and it’s kind of a big deal. This season, she finally lives out her dream as a contestant on Cookie Party, loses Doug after being caught in ‘unlawful human-initiated interspecies relations,’ and continues her on-again, off-again love affair with God. In every episode, Sarah learns something a little new and a little disturbing about herself.” — iTunes Store

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Episode Summary
Get a sneak peek of the new Sarah Silverman Program episodes coming to Comedy Central and iTunes this October.

Ovechkin ‘09

Ok so I’m not a big sports guy at all unless it deals with DC, and this ESPN cover caught my eye at my local 7-11 the other day.  I must say this Ovechkin cat really has quite an interesting look, and he owns a house right across the street from some of my best friends in Arlington.

Don’t call it a comeback

I finally got rid of the terrible Movable Type and installed WordPress today – so not only am I posting from my iPhone, I believe this is a new Trigger Cut beginning.

I shall celebrate by posting this photo of a bizarre haunted Harley rider.