1. Of Montreal (Granada)
One of the great second generation Elephant 6 bands. Enough said.

2. Lost Generation w/ DJ Mwanza (Cavern)
After the Of Montreal show, stop by the Cavern for a night cap. Mwanza is out of town, but I'm sure he got someone good to fill in for him.

See you at the Granada.

First, we want to say sorry to the person that emailed us about not being able to get in to the "Why We Fight" screening because some sort of special pass was required and the event appeared to be sold out. Not sure what the deal on the "pass" thing was, but the theater did appear full. Guess we need to do a little more homework next time.

And you really shouldn't worry about it anyway because those that didn't see the movie tonight will surely get to in the weeks and months to come. We know this for sure because there is no way that Why We Fight will not be immensely popular. It was one of the absolute BEST political documentaries we have seen in YEARS, and we've pretty much seen em all. But JR, you're a loud mouth liberal pussy communist, aren't you? Yes, I am. But this is no Michael Moore movie.

Basically, the film revolves around Eisenhower's farewell address in which he discussed the (then) new formation of a "military-industrial complex" in the United States and its dangerous potential in a representative democracy. The film spends most of the time explaining in a level headed and clear way how Eisenhower's vision has rapidly become reality, culminating in the Bush presidency and the neoconservative philosophy that guides it, and seen most clearly in the lead up to and execution of the war in Iraq. If you don't have any clue what I'm talking about, then you should go see this movie ASAP. If you do, then you are probably excited because you know that there hasn't yet been a good documentary film covering this subject in a reasonable and informative manner. Until now.

And for all you republicans, conservative thinkers are featured just about as much as liberals in the film, and NO democratic politicians are interviewed at all while both John McCain and Richard Perle are featured throughout. Its a pretty balanced look, even though you will leave the film knowing that the filmmaker doesn't think much of George W. Bush. But that doesn't mean that he is a partisan, it just means that he has half a brain.

Go see this. You won't be disappointed.

So all the hippies in Austin can get pretty annoying, but sometimes they come up with some good ideas like this one for a community owned pub. Um, why can't this happen in Dallas? I'm sure 100 people with 100 dollars could be found in our little music community. Sell good beer, rent out some shitty place in a shitty part of town, put on shows and Dj nights there.... and bam! You've got the next hot spot. Or maybe we just don't understand business.

1. Eugene Jarecki's Why We Fight (film screening @ the Angelika)
Starting at 7pm, a screening of Jarecki's new award winning documentary about the US military industrial complex and its implications on foreign policy, with a director q and a session to follow. No its not a music event, but if music is the only thing you care about then you are dumb. Here is more info and a preview of the film.

2. Good Records Good Mornings with Dj CEE PEE (Cavern)
Playing all the new indie releases for your ass.

This is a repost of a Myspace message that we got today. I believe that this is the same band that was charged for DMF tickets that THEY were supposed to sell for an event that they weren't being paid to play at. And if the fact that the entire festival was about as cool as Fred Durst's movie collection didn't leave a bad enough taste in your mouth... The Veldt had their instruments stolen from them. Something tells me that the organizers of this "festival" aren't going to feel that they are in any way legally responsible for this... So the next time this shit train comes to town, lets all make sure that no one jumps on board. At least no one we like.

SO, NOT ONLY DID THE VELDT PLAY THE DMFU,BUT WE HAD SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT LIFTED FROM US.IT FEELS GREAT TO GET FUCKED ROYALY AT AN EVENT WHERE WE WERE ALREADY GETTING SCREWED.WHAT'S GONE? WELL, HERE'S THE LIST...

ADAM'S FENDER AMERICAN STRATOCASTER
JEREMY'S THUNDERBIRD BASS
ADAM'S ENTIRE PEDAL BOARD (I'LL GET THE DETAILS)&
BRENT'S MIXER

Someone associated with the Doublewide emailed us to tell us that there would be a free Strange Boys surprise show at Doublewide tonight at 11pm. Um, its free, so you should go after the big game.

Hmm, not much going on tonight other than Wild in the Streets at Haileys, where they play mod, garage, soul, and other 60's stuff. I heard that there is some kind of sporting event going on tonight on the television.

So for the love of god we're finally done with all these damn record reviews for 2005. We never realized how difficult it is to talk about music that you love... but it is, and we hope that you have mostly enjoyed our thoughts on some of our favorite new music. Anyway, here is a full list of the albums we reviewed and the links to the original reviews, as well as some other records we liked this year that didn't quite make the cut. Oh, and for some reason our #1 post about Caribou was published down the page a little bit, so scroll down or just click the link to take a look.

1. Caribou: Milk of Human Kindness Review
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: s/t Review
2. Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary Review
3. Animal Collective: Feels Review
4. The Clientele: Strange Geometry Review
5. Spoon: Gimme Fiction Review
6. Deerhoof: The Runners Four Review
7. Serena Maneesh: s/t Review
8. Broadcast: Tender Buttons Review
9. Mahjongg: Raydoncong Review
10. LCD Soundsystem: s/t Review

Some other records we liked, in mostly alphabetical order:

Akron/Family: s/t AND split w/ Angels of Light (These both would have been on the list if we hadn't got into them so late in the year. Groundbreaking stuff.)

Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Worn Copy

Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (we know, you're like SO over these guys)

The Boy Least Likely To: The Best Party Ever

Broken Social Scene: s/t

Castanets: First Light's Freeze

Clor: s/t

CocoRosie: Noah's Ark

Dead Meadow: Feathers

Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom: The Days of Mars

Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow (good, but not as strong as the last two)

The Double: Loose in the Air

Doves: Some Cities

Dungen: Ta Det Lungt (actually came out in 2004, but we listened to it all this year too)

Engineers: s/t

Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic

Gang Gang Dance: God's Money

Jens Lekman: Oh you're so silent Jens

Jose Gonzalez: Veneer (probably would have made the top ten but we got into kinda late)

The Joggers: With a Cape and a Cane

The Juan MacLean: Less than Human

Konono No. 1: Congotronics

Koushik: Be With

MIA: Arular

Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger

The National: Alligator

Of Montreal: The Sunlandic Twins

Old Time Relijun: 2012

Oneida: The Wedding

Out Hud: Let Us Never Speak of This Again

The Ponys: Celebration Castle

Rogue Wave: Descended Like Vultures

Russian Futurists: Our Thickness

Sigur Ros: Takk

Six Organs of Admittance: School of the Flower

Skeletons and the Girl Faced Boys: Git

Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft

Tapes N' Tapes: The Loon

The Warlocks: Surgery

We Are Wolves: Non Stop Je te Plie en Deux