New Feature! New Feature!

I've been meaning to break this out for a while, but summer hours on Fridays kept messing up my schedule. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce you to information leafblower's new Friday feature, Forgotten Favorite, where I'll be highlighting some random old track that I happen to be rocking out to that particular week.

I don't know about the rest of you, but sometimes I find it completely overwhelming to listen to the ginormous amount of new music available in all corners of the internets, and sometimes I just want to curl up into the fetal position and seek out the comfort of my iTunes library for something that takes me back, or, like the title suggests, some awesome song I used to love but have all but forgotten. So here we go. Our first installment will feature two songs, and it's brough to you by the letter "V".

Velocity Girl: Forgotten Favorite (MP3) - My new feature's namesake is a song I used to rock out to all the time in college. I was introduced to Velocity Girl when I purchased Copacetic (what was once Sub Pop's second best selling record EVER) on a whim after reading about the band in Spin. I liked what I heard and eventually sought out their first EP, which included this song. I must have seen this band like 6 times in college (which, keep in mind, I attended in BFE North Cackalack, so I didn't exactly achieve the concert going volume that I'm used to today), trailing only the mighty Archers of Loaf and the dearly departed Buffalo Tom. Velocity Girl ruined most of the other female fronted indie groups that I've heard since (Rilo Kiley for one). To me, VG is better and I'd rather give Simpatico! a spin.

The Verve: Gravity Grave (Live From Glastonbury, 19911993) (MP3) - Fuck Joe Dimaggio, where have you gone Captain Rock? The music world in general is worse off since the demise of The Verve and Mad Richard Ashcroft, one of the most engaging performers I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. I've recently come around on his depressingly domesticated first solo record, but nothing will ever beat the drugged out, drunk and severly fucked up musings of Ashcroft back in the mid-90's. He was all about attaining the groove and keeping it, witnessed here at the end of the track as he implores the corwd "We got one minute left, C'mon! One minute, C'mon!". The Verve at their sloppy cosmic best.

I uploaded a bunch of photos of Mr. Pink last night, so if you've been jonesing for them lately, you're in luck. I've got him learning to DJ, close up, sleeping, sleeping some more, breaking stuff, and interrupting my flow! More than one person has commented that I only seem to take pictures of my cat lately (so true), but that should be coming to an end now that my week of hell has begun. So expect pictures with humans in them soon.

Very glad to hear that Red Auerbach is feeling better.

The Sports Guy trades email with the OC dude. I yawn.

Roger Avary has aquired the lifetime movie rights to Glamorama.

Drool.

Don't forget, Bluestate on Saturday! We have giveaways and guest DJs! And Me! andnatalyatoo. :)

And don't make plans for next Thursday!