http://www.thegauntlet.com
http://www.loudside.com
http://www.shoutweb.com
http://www.uraniummusic.com
http://www.soundnova.com

also band of the week on http://www.blistering.com/

thanks guys for participating!

Sue’s in town, so I’m taking the whole week off of work. Well, that and there isn’t gonna be anyone at work, so…

We might go see Garden State again… Also here are some other movies I’m looking forward to:

Natalie Portman (again) in Closer
The “existential comedy” I ♥ Huckabees
The decidecly Mamet-esque The Last Shot
The CTHD rip-off Hero. Just kidding about that last part.
The CGInime of Appleseed
Here’s some other stuff I’ve had sitting in my queue:

- Engadget explains why Sony Electronics is bass-ackward (no comment)
- In music news, the creators of one of my favorite songs of last year All Of Me Watashi-Wa have apparently broken up.
- The very cool new video from Soulwax for Any Minute Now
- An interesting NPR piece on radio stations jumping formats to something cooler
- The UK is just so cool with their britcoms and their Noah’s Ark of DNA.
- What must be my favorite grouphug.us post ever. Hey kids, when you get bored at work, go through random postings and see if you can guess which of your coworkers wrote them!
- Gadget of the Week: Type in a phrase, and musical artists will free shell account?
- More than meets the eye hits the big screen
- Errrr yeah, I’m gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday as well, Luke Skywalker
- You can take Britney out of the swamp, but…
…And last but not least, the story of the IMDB. Anyone else remember www.msstate.edu/Movies/? Damn, I’m old.

In case you didn’t already know, George Dubya Don’t Play. (originally via in8.com which appears to no longer exist.)
If that doesn’t get your goat (whatever that means), you can watch the new mediocre Prodigy video, a part of the new mediocre Prodigy record, other than that track that rips “Thriller”

woot.com sells one product a day until they’re out of it. And theres an RSS feed, too! [via Signal vs. Noise]

Josh and The Upwelling boys were fantastic as I assumed they would be. Plus I got to meet his dad. Hometown shows are the greatest. Pictures and video are forthcoming.

I went out to Trash where my buds Alex and Jess spin, where i ran into Jerry and Logan who I hadn’t seen in ages, before heading to Flamingo East where we ran into Aronne and Alex, neither of whom I’d seen in awhile.

It’s always interesting going out clubbing after having not done in awhile, it reminds me how many people I know are still stuck in club kid mode, which seems a little sad to me, being that its at least 6 years since any of them started. But I guess it’s not my place to judge. I found myself over it and depressive by the time I stealthed home.

Anywho, Upwelling were good. So are The Birthday Massacre

As for the title of the post, its a meager attempt at the theme from The West Wing, of which I’ve been gorging myself on the DVDs of all weekend. Hows that for a mangling of the english language?

That is all.

First of all, Garden State is easily my #1 movie of this year. It totally speaks to my generations current apathy about all things anything and search for meaning and passion in life. Even though I’m not typically a Natalie Portman fan, she did what the story required of her admirably. Zach Braff has quite a future ahead of him, if this movie is any indication. I’m not ashamed to say there was some welling up toward the end.

Speaking of welling up, my favorite unsigned band of the moment The Upwelling will be playing Mercury Lounge tonight at 11pm, so y’all should come by and check them out!

Oh, by the way, the soundtrack for Garden State is equally amazing. It sounds like the best mixtape you ever created, and includes a dramatic Nick Drake-esque reinterpretation of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine. In my top 10 of this year at #2, can’t really see anything knocking it out.

Thats all for me for now.

Seacrest out!

P.S., if the governor of New Jersey is gay, how come its such a hole? Wouldn’t there have been some redecorating done by now?

P.P.S. R.i.P. Julia Child.

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In the vein of Requiem Remixes and Six Feet Under remix, composer/producers Synchronic release their remix of the theme from M. Knight Whatshisface’s new shaggy dog waste of time The Village

why do i always get creepy old goth girls from the south sending me msgs on myspace wanting to be my ‘friend’. is it just me?

In case you missed it, the two most impressive speeches of the DNC (in my humble opinion)

The self-proclaimed Skinny Guy With A Funny Name (But one hell of a speaker… He must’ve clinched his nomination with this one) Barack Obama
Part 1:

Part 2:

And, of course, former prez Clinton never disappoints