Lost in GroVont : a blog

SFist: Where Have All the Fliers Gone?

The picture here was taken about 10 feet to the north of my apartment building. It is no secret that I have no digital camera. (My camera phone takes shitty pictures.) So when I find a picture of my neighborhood, I'm going to steal share it.

SFist: Where Have All the Fliers Gone?.

Where have all the fliers gone? Long time pasting. According to the story, there's some dude who has been taking it upon himself to clean up the neighborhood by going around and tearing off all the fliers and handbills that have been taped onto walls, barricades, and streetlights. The dude, Gideon Kramer, is backed up by both state and local laws banning the posting of fliers.

I have only seen a woman tearing down fliers and posters, but she could be one of Gideon's minions. I actually saw her today wearing navy sweatpants and an ugly red sweater vest. The polls will not stay bare for long.

Dwight Schrute's Schrute-Space

Dwight Schrute's Schrute-Space.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CAST OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CRASH LANDED ON THE ‘LOST’ ISLAND???!!! First of all, they would have lasers.  Adama would quickly secure the  hatch for his crew.  The survivors of the Oceanic flight 815 would be  herded up like little children and inspected like cattle.

While reading the entire blog entry, I giggled. I think I have a geeky giggle which is different than my regular laugh. The geeky-giggle is a mixture of pleasure, embarrassment, and WTF? all vocalized with a smile. Hee.

stop hitting on girls

I have this terrible habit of comparing a band very few people have heard of to another band equally as obscure. Montreal based Land of Talk, for example, reminds me of Controller.Controller and Sarah Slean. Now, the Sarah Slean reference is a little obscure, but Elizabeth Powell's vocals occasionally resemble Slean or Chan Marshall. What is important to know is that Powell's voice is sexy and she has a band behind her playing rock music I want to listen to on repeat (which is what I did this afternoon).

Land of Talk's Applause, Cheer, Boo, Hiss was released in April by Dependent music and is a necessary addition to any indie rock fan's collection.

The highlights:

Speak to me bones (mp3)

Summer Special (mp3)

Two Seconds

Imagine if Sleater-Kinney and the White Stripes mated and produced a spinoff band. The teenaged "Sleater-Stripes" venture would resemble the Bay Area band, Two Seconds.

With drums and a guitar, Sierra Frost and Lily Faden put together thirteen songs on To Pass The Time from Popsmear Records. Call 'em pop bursts since all but two of the tracks clock in at under 2 minutes and are littered with lyrics overheard at the skating rink or lemonade stand. Nothing resembling Colin Meloy here, but it is fun and catchy and that's all that matters with a pop song.

Give these tracks a listen (a little higher quality than what you'll hear on their MySpace page) and look out for what happens on their next record.

Steadfast Kickdrum (mp3)

Pull The Plug (mp3)