What A Waster
Coherent thoughts are understandbly few and far between right now so let's go to the visual evidence from last night:
OK...so The Libertines. I know Kegzies swears that these guys are the real deal so for that reason alone I went to see them last night. Our crew was rolling mad deep and I did have alot of fun overall but the gig was very, very oridnary. I think with this band you either get it or you don't. I obviously don't. A big reason why is the inordinate amount of press this band has recieved across the pond. It seems like they are on the cover of NME every damn week, and honestly I have no idea why. I liked this better when it was called The Jam. Their tunes are incredibly same-y (I joked that by touring with Radio 4, who are stricken with the same affliction, they could have called this the "All Our Songs Sound The Same Tour") and just ran together. I think this bugged me most of all. This band hasn't written a Live Forever, Common People, Parklife, Connection or anything near as good. Hell, they haven't even written Good Enough or Brimful of Asha, yet the press slobbers all over them. They were a tight live act and my toe was tapping throughout but those aren't exactly traits of the rock elite now are they? The 930 Club was close to capacity though and I do have to say that I'd much rather people listen to The Libertines than Good Charlotte. But I digress...
Yo, when I say Ted Leo effing rules, this is what I really mean. An incredibly well written article and a must read for Ted fans. [Thanks Catherine]
Noel joins King Monkey Ian Brown onstage in Manchester.
UNC pretty boy Rashad McCants opens his big fat mouth again. Didn't homeboy learn his lesson from last time? Apparently not.
I bought a CD last weekend! Been a while since I've done that. I picked up Stereloab's ABC Sessions and it's just brilliant. I'm really liking the cover design too. Turns out the guy who did it also did XTRMNTR.
Will a Yank soon be in control of Man U?
Don't even get me started about tonight. I'm still recovering from last night. This I know:
Joe Buck is a douchebag
So is A Rod (see the video)
So is Tim McCarver
Curt Shilling pitched his ass off
Marky Doodles was due for a big hit
Manny is due for one tonight, and
ALL the pressure is on the Yankees right now.
I couldn't agree more about the Libertines, very concise analysis.
PS
The Bambino is effin with you, seers, he's effin with you.
yet another in complete agreement with your libertine's opinion
I have to third the Libertines (and Radio 4) opinion. My roommate is head-over-heels about them for reasons I have yet to comprehend. Apparently she is blown away by the "sha la las" despite the fact that she could listen to anything that came out of Motown and have the exact same experience, including the pretty hair.
I say long live Ted Leo, the true savior of rock 'n' roll!
Not that I've seen them live, but I'm down with the Libertines. But I didn't go in believing the hype and expecting the world from the band.
On the other hand, Radio 4's latest album--and their recent live performances--are painfully dull.
You hang in there tonight for Game Seven. I am not jinxing anything. Just hang in. Curt Schilling's going in the book as one of the greatest sports heroes EVER. I've got my Dropkick Murphys CD cued up and ready to go...
i talked to my mom today, and she referred to belhorn as 'marky doodles' - again.
couldn't agree any more w/ your libertines analysis. simply put, worst of all time.
i had this weird experience of randomly picking up a copy of the NME with these guys on the cover, and being riveted by the story of drugs and people getting kicked out of the band and little girls crying on street corners because the libertines were the important band of their generations or whatever. and i read every word of the (several) articles before i realized: i had never even heard OF this band, much less heard their music. so i checked out "up the bracket," and it just sounded like the generic sound of every good looking british band of the last 15 years. there's no clash. there's no jam. i kind of like a song or two. the rest just seem kind of tame and copycatty. but, you know, as they say in the music biz: great story...
i had this weird experience of randomly picking up a copy of the NME with these guys on the cover, and being riveted by the story of drugs and people getting kicked out of the band and little girls crying on street corners because the libertines were the important band of their generations or whatever. and i read every word of the (several) articles before i realized: i had never even heard OF this band, much less heard their music. so i checked out "up the bracket," and it just sounded like the generic sound of every good looking british band of the last 15 years. there's no clash. there's no jam. i kind of like a song or two. the rest just seem kind of tame and copycatty. but, you know, as they say in the music biz: great story...
i had this weird experience of randomly picking up a copy of the NME with these guys on the cover, and being riveted by the story of drugs and people getting kicked out of the band and little girls crying on street corners because the libertines were the important band of their generations or whatever. and i read every word of the (several) articles before i realized: i had never even heard OF this band, much less heard their music. so i checked out "up the bracket," and it just sounded like the generic sound of every good looking british band of the last 15 years. there's no clash. there's no jam. i kind of like a song or two. the rest just seem kind of tame and copycatty. but, you know, as they say in the music biz: great story...