LOCAL TOP 5

1. Mom - Mom
2. Voot Cha Index - The Talking House/Cradle 7"
3. Koji Kondo & Eat Avery's Bones - Split 7"
4. Midlake - Milkmaid Grand Army EP
5. Red Monroe - Red Monroe

OVERALL TOP 20

1. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. Blonde Redhead - 23
4. Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
5. Joanna Newsom - and the Ys Street Band
6. Andrew Bird - Andrew Apocrypha
7. Hold Steady - Live at Fingerprints
8. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
9. Menomena - Friend and Foe
10. Spank Rock - Fabriclive.33
11. Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey EP
12. Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart
13. Cocorosie - Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
14. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
15. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
16. OOIOO - Eye Remix
17. Cornelius - Sensuous
18. DNTEL - Dumb Luck
19. Shearwater - Palo Santo (Expanded)
20. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

Please tell me you at least laughed a little as well. I did.

I see your post and I cringe. And shake with disgust.

Check. Mate.

You win.

My mom isn't a goatboy. That would probably be a plus, actually. She's a cross between a red-headed stepchild with heatrash and a Komodo Dragon. Dwell upon that and cringe.

I love her though.

Your mom is a Goatboy.

Bill Hicks would never touch your mom.

Goatboy on the other hand......heh-heh-heh-heh-heh......

Your mom is perfect for Bill Hicks.

Oh, and Bill Hicks.

Dumb and Dumber quotes are perfect for this blog.

dude i love putting lemurs in my peenhole.

Welll...looks like we got ourselves a reeedaah.

Our pets heads are falling off!

You are right about the animal names thing though, 8:52 AM. 20% of last weeks "overall top 20" is comprised of bands with animals in the title.

Arctic Monkeys
Panda Bear
Deerhunter
Andrew Bird

What the fuck is going on here?!!

Hi. I'm in a band. We're called Lemur Eyes. We fucking WAIL.

I don't think it's strange at all. Wolves are fuckin' cool.

Kyle

I think dallas is still in its "Fake Brian Jonestown Massacre" stage.

Lots of animal names in the last few years - especially ones using wolf:

Wolf Parade
Wolfmother
Wolf & Cub
Wolf Eyes
Peanut Butter Wolf
Patrick Wolf (probably his real name, but still)
Peter and the Wolf
AIDS Wolf
Guitar Wolf
Wolf Colonel

And I'm sure they all put some thought into it too, but still - kinda strange. And even stranger that Dallas doesn't have it's own Wolf band yet...

Chief Death Rage is the name of an actual Native American Chief. I think it's a great name. They didn't just pull the shit out of thin air, they actually put some THOUGHT into it.

What the fuck is the name of your band?

Band names these days are like Oligopolies in industry. There are like 2 or 3 similar band names all over the place. The Arcade Fire. The Theatre Fire. The Black Keys. The Black Angels. Man Man. Tapes N' Tapes. Cry Blood Apache. Chief Death Rage.

Does anybody think about anything anymore?

From Merriam-Webster
Purse Strings: financial resources; also : control over these resources

As in "Congress controls the purse strings for funding the Iraq War."

Perfectly acceptable.

Really enjoying the new Blonde Redhead record. I've never heard them before, but "23" is good stuff.

" Oh... and rest assured somebody else will quickly grab the purse strings and it won't be a Lonestar-and-Beam drinker from any of your "scenes." It will be someone of priveledge whose first car at 16 was a red convertible Porsche. So, no reason to be jealous of your Converse-black-jeans-and-tee-shirt wearing brothers and sisters."

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

what about purses?
Your mixed metaphor makes you sound like an idiot!

glad to see people are still buying that menomena cd. what a great record.

Yeah, no competition. Nobody "makes it" in music anymore. That's a 70's concept. No reason for jealousy. Art may not be dead, but the music industry and everything surrounding it is (or at least dying fast). Sure, things will come around again, but in a way that none of us have thought of yet. Oh... and rest assured somebody else will quickly grab the purse strings and it won't be a Lonestar-and-Beam drinker from any of your "scenes." It will be someone of priveledge whose first car at 16 was a red convertible Porsche. So, no reason to be jealous of your Converse-black-jeans-and-tee-shirt wearing brothers and sisters.

6:25
midlake was on top of yo momma all night!

haha, just kidding i hate those fagholes.

It's not a competiton by any means, i just felt like being immature becasue my musical expierence commodified was more "in demand" than they're musical expierence commodified.

Really I wish them the best, I'm certain that they could break out of the ratrace with their music and sustain themselves creating which would be ideal for any group o' dudes.
They're just boring is all.

I bet The Arctic Monkeys make a lot of people really happy. I didn't mean to dis on them. I think PB&J and Mom are doing what they like to do, and I say cheers to them. Midlake too. I bet they really enjoy what they're doing and I think most of us are probably just jealous because they're getting so much attention.

It's not all a fucking competition either.

I really liked what the Arctic Monkeys were doing until the singer opened his mouth. That seems to be a big problem these days. Great instrumentation/horrible vocals. It's like the staple for most emo/indie rock bands.

It's all a fucking competition.

i know it doesn't mean much, but it feels pretty good to be on top of midlake.

no more mom jokes.

PB&J return. Where's the anon. screamer that hates that record????

Arctic Monkeys?!! Pshaaaw. It's all about The Fucktarded Sea Elves. Temperate Donkey is pretty good too, if you like a good snakejob. Don't ask.