I found out today about Bernie Mac, and then my mum was reading CNN and told me about Isaac Hayes. Truly sad.

Isaac Hayes Wikipedia Entry

So, it seems I’ve been notably absent from LtM.  It’s been my turn to be busy and unable to update.  The last week of July I moved into my new apartment, and I finally got my very own computer but I no longer have internet access at home.  The new apartment is occasioned by me getting married this past Tuesday.  I’m still technically on honeymoon, so this will be short.

I don’t know when I’ll be back up to full updating power, but here’s hoping.  I’m going to see Chris Conley (of Saves the Day) and Matt Pryor (of the Get Up Kids) do an acoustic show tonight.  I should bring you word of that when I rejoin the real world on Monday.

The other really exciting news is that I’m in a band now.  It’s pretty slammin’.  We’re called Birds Without.  We’ve got a website.  I’m not on any of the recordings yet, but I’ll be playing in all the upcoming shows.  The songs are great, and I really like our live arrangements.  I play guitar, mostly, but also shaker.  It’s good times.

Anyhow, honeymoonin’.  Gotta go.  I love you all.

Birds Without official | Birds Without MySpace

So this year’s Twilight Concert Series is shaping up to be absolutely buck wild.  The Knux and the Roots played tonight, and all I have to say is that you need to see the Roots now.  Like, right now. Check out this picture on the right.  See that sousaphone?  That’s not a gimmick.  That’s genuine low end.  The show was incredibly entertaining, mad mic skills, a classic hip hop medley (featuring “Just a Friend”, “Nothin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”, “This is Why I’m Hot,” and a lot more), and an incredible jam on Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” that flowed into Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” into a roaring drum solo by ?uestlove, after which everybody left the stage, then came back for another verse of “Masters.”  The encore jam was likewise amazing, Captain Kirk Douglas laying down some vicious guitar, Owen Biddle putting down some rumbling bass, Black Thought spouting at the speed of sound.  Incredible.  I had to write this while I’m still riding it.  Seriously people.

p.s. New Orleans rappers The Knux were good, too.  But The Roots blew me away.

One Died Simply has two new Coldplay tracks up, check them out.

Coldplay - Two unreleased tracks! (Viva la Vida + A Spell a Rebel Yell)

Well, I’d post something I’d called a Tuesday Lovin’ It Mix, but it appears that my internet connection has taken a perverted shit on my back porch. So instead, I’ll link to someone else’s mp3 file and call it a day. Check this song out. Disco done right, as I quote the b-friend.

 Electric Feel - MGMT: Play in Popup | Download

So, I got my car registered yesterday, and in honour of that, I present to you “DMV” by Primus. I’m actually surprised I didn’t do it when I got my driver’s license because I sure played it on the Exposure Box. It really wasn’t a bad experience; it took forever but I went to Subway for a $5 footlong instead of sitting around with the dregs of society that always seem to be at the DMV on their lunchbreak. It’s the oddest thing. Anyhow, this song is pretty kickin’, from the start and spacious Pork Soda album. Rock it, okay?

 Primus - DMV [4:58m]: Play in Popup | Download