Perhaps a bit much?

So....not sure where to start with this.

Thanks to Audio Perv for the video

Ariel Pink & Co had their network TV debut on Jimmy Fallon last night (in the battle with Conan for the quest to be more indie)and despite his recent shitty performances, this wasn't horrible.  But it wasn't "Oh man, I'm gonna blow up now that I'm on NBC" good.  I could barely get through that last sentence without laughing, NBC stinks on ice.  Maybe its that they look like a sequence version of The Turtles or the fact that their bassist looks like a real live black haired version of Janice the muppet from the Electric Mayhem band or that Ariel Pink stole my Nana's glasses and looked bored as hell.

I heard they didn't even write they're own songs.

Oh shit.  Thats a guy. Sorry Tim...

Regardless, that song is still amazing and the CD is great but this live act thing is a train wreck in my opinion.  Thanks to Phrequency & Gab Bonghi for putting this on my radar.  Get it together Pink! 

(I wanna make a Dazed & Confused reference, but I'll hold off)

Been So Funkin' Busy

A lot has happened, that is of interest to me, in the last week.  Phils have gone on a tear as of lately, finishing up a sweep of the Rockies today.  Training camp started for the birds.  Union, betrayed me, and played their biggest game of the year against Man U in a stadium other than the one that was built for them.  Those S.O.B's...see what I did there?  You can't teach that.

More to the fact, while most summers are normally devoid of concerts I'm pumped to see.  This summer has been jam packed full of them.  In the last week I jumped in on Kid Sister & GANG, unfortunately I missed majority of the xPonential festival which had some real good acts over 3 days, saw the spectacle that is Die Antwoord while being pleasantly surprised by Midnight Juggernauts at Vuvuzelafest 2k10, sweated my ass off at Deadmau5 (he apparently plays better when he's angry - Adv. Rusko), and capped it off by perusing the mart at the Punk Rock festival.  Some general thoughts:

• GANG played a kick ass set which included a cover of "Killing in the Name Of".  You pull off Rage, you win in my book.  Kid Sister will be a big deal soon enough, IMO.

• I'm over Die Antwoord, I'll admit I bought into the schtick but after Making Time on Friday, I have no doubt that they are not for real.  God bless the hype machine built around the Ninja & Co. but it's not cutting it.  Don't agree and think their sliced bread good, go read someone who may/may not also care.

• Wearing an American flag mau5head was a bunch of dreams come true all at once.  They include loving/repping America hardcore, wearing costumes for no reason, and generally being the most awesome you can be at all times.  And yes, that's a Triple P shirt, that is how I roll.

To hear about the future read on...

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti live at Viva Radio

This one will not please everyone, and guess what...I could care less.  Start your own blog!  I am totally digging this band, they sound like something you'd hear in the 70's on AM radio.  All I hear is Alan Parsons Project "Eye in the Sky".  Great tune and from what I've heard of the album, could be a sleeper album this year.  Was completely thrown off by the illustration attached to this "Round & Round" track.

What dude aggressively makes out with a fox/dog like that?  And what does that have to do with this song?  Are you trying to scare the anti-beastiality people, i.e. EVERYONE, away from listening?  Other than that, check out this video of the band at VivaRadioOnline - You Tube Channel: