The Big Green House

Oh dear

Why Vampire Weekend Is The Most Punk Band Of 2008

Um, OK.

Pointing out that “today’s indie rock is dominated by upper-middle-class, liberal arts college-educated youths” is much like pointing out that fish often have gills and like water. While I guess I salute Vampire Weekend for not trying to be something they’re not, I gotta say that Talking Heads did the same thing, better, twenty-some years ago. Just because VW fans are somewhat, er, clueless, that doesn’t mean that the band themselves are even remotely “punk”. Fact is, they’re not all that different from (and certainly no more interesting than) the Decemberists. On the other hand, at least those guys are doing their own schtick.

Sheesh. Kids today.

Jukebox Jury

Well, I had intended on regaling y'all with new fave band, Radio Massacre International. That's gonna have to wait, though, 'cause I gotta go do some jury duty for the next couple of days. Hopefully no more than that, but I guess we'll see. My last experience on a jury truly sucked, and not in a good way. I'll save that story for another day, since I'm trying to go into this as open-minded as I can. Cross your fingers for me.

Egg extenders

Not much to say at the moment. I've been busy re-adjusting from the lackadaisical ahhh of vacation to the soul-crushing relentless slog of everyday life. Yes, I could have it much worse - refugee camps, toxic labor conditions, etc., etc. While I'm truly grateful for the goodnesses that I have, I can't help but feel that I'm slowly being ground into a fine powder sometimes.

Anyway, here are some pictures.