Lost In GroVont

The New Tragedies

Like most new bands, I rarely remember where I first heard about them. Usually, I listen to a track on a blog and notice that the cd is only $10 when purchased directly from the band site, and I order it. Two weeks later when it arrives in the mail, I look at the return address, shrug, and tell Mailbox Guy that I have no idea what this is. He replies, "Well, then it's like getting a present. It's your birthday and you didn't even know it!" (He's an overly chipper Mailbox Guy.)

With The New Tragedies, I probably first read "...from Kansas City..." and immediately went to their website hoping they didn't suck.

I feel as though I should know about all the bands from the Kansas City/Lawrence area since I'm from there. (Unless the band was a hit in the college bar scene in the late 90s, I'm probably not the first to know any more.)

And here a few tracks from their album VanityVanity. Think Ryan Adams with Jenny Lewis on backup vocals with a little bit more rock than pop stirred in with the country. It's good and slightly different than anything else I'm listening to right now.

Talk To Me (mp3)

Monday Morning Makeup (mp3) (Remind me to include this in a songs about Mondays post later.)

Webisodes

The sky is an ocean blue currently. The Office recently released the last episode in the 10 webisode series so we can find out who "stole" $3000 from Dunder-Mifflin.

The SciFi channel is also adding webisodes to their website, including Eureka and Battlestar Galactica. Unlike the other webisodes, Eureka's 2 minute blips include members of the staring cast. Other shows use peripheral characters in the shorts. Battlestar Galactica is connecting the gaps between seasons and releasing webisodes twice a week until the season 3 premiere on October 6th.

It would be nice to see Rob Thomas hop on the bandwagon and produce some Mac-centric Veronica Mars webisodes.