I Don't Want To Waste Your Time
Sorry for the lack of updates this week. I have a supermega important project at work that has to be done on Monday. I suspect I'll be spending most of my weekend staring at my office walls.
My new co-worker gave me his extra ticket to go see The Strokes last night. The show was good (not great) and confirmed most of my opinions about the band. First Impressions of Earth has a few good songs but most of it is cheezy metal solos (that don't sound any better in a live setting under rows and rows of strobe lights). Is This It is a classic but for my money Room On Fire is where it's at. Dceiver has a full review that's much more fun to read than mine was over at DCist.
I might be interviewing John Vanderslice for DCist tomorrow or Saturday. Stay tuned.
Cheesy metal solos? Nothing on the Strokes' last album made me think of Keel or the Vinny Vincent Invasion. Which brand of metal are you talking about?
Vinnie Vincent. Sorry for the spelling mistake.
It was more CeCe DeVille than anything else.
leaf, 1st impressions is by far their most complete, well rounded & therefore best effort. finally show some effort & challenge themselves/ their fans w/ some variety--yet they don't depart from their classic strokes sound altogether. they got their shit together & released the bovs all over our collective tees. saw them a few wks back & they were topps, much better than on RoF tours.