A Frames were on the bill at the first show I went to at Ralph's Corner Bar after I turned 21. They played with the band FM Knives. I'd read about the show in the paper, and had nothing else going on that night, so I went to take in a night of punk rock. A Frames completely blew me away. Their music is tight, angular, driving punk. They work with a very tight set of themes for their music; most deals with dystopian societies and/or technology. Erin has a really great, monotone voice that works well with the subject matter. Continue reading A Frames – Chemical→
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Dirty words abound, so consider yourselves warned.
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Curren$y is probably my favorite dude working in rap today. He's from NOLA and went through quite a bit of major label drama before finally breaking out with the Pilot Talk albums. He's around my age, which is nice in an age where a lot of the dudes coming out can't even drink legally. And most of all, he has a tireless work ethic. Last year he released fourmixtapesfor free in addition to his really great full length The Stoned Immaculate.
This is one of my favorite songs from The Stoned Immaculate. It's pretty much right in his zone: raps about cars, women, and weed. Yeah, he works with a pretty narrow selection of subject matter, but he's dope. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, check out those tapes. They're all good (especially Cigarette Boats).
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It's my week at the controls, for better or worse. I figure that we will start the week on a bit more of a subdued note. This is my favorite song from the most recent Chromatics album, Kill for Love. Their music always reminds me of the haze that rolls around in your brain when you're up late at night (which I love) or when you're up early in the morning (which I loathe).
Seeing as most Monday mornings are lost in this haze, I figured this would be a fitting way to kick off the week. I hope you enjoy.
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This one was a laugher. I went to a friend's to lend him my DVDs of <em>The Wire</em> right around when the game started. I got out of the car with runners on 2nd & 3rd, one out, and Konerko at the plate. When I got back to the car, Mr. Provus said the Twins were "leading by 4." I assumed that Diamond had wriggled out of the jam in the first inning and the Twins had a nice couple of innings. Then he said it was the bottom of the second, and the Twins were up 7-3. I was a bit sad I missed the first offensive outburst in... I can't even remember how long. But I turned the game on at home. Thankfully I was witness to that glorious 5th inning. I can't describe how wonderful it was, so I'll let the box score do the talking:
1. Justin Morneau walks. 2. Ryan Doumit singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Alex Rios. Justin Morneau to 3rd. • Pitching Change: Leyson Septimo replaces Dylan Axelrod. 3. Chris Parmelee grounds out, third baseman Kevin Youkilis to first baseman Paul Konerko. Justin Morneau scores. Ryan Doumit to 2nd. • Pitching Change: Philip Humber replaces Leyson Septimo. 4. Trevor Plouffe triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Alex Rios. Ryan Doumit scores. 5. Eduardo Escobar singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Rios. Trevor Plouffe scores. 6. Ben Revere singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Rios. Eduardo Escobar to 3rd. 7. Jamey Carroll out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Alex Rios. Eduardo Escobar scores. 8. Joe Mauer walks. Ben Revere to 2nd. • Coaching visit to mound. 9. Josh Willingham singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Rios. Ben Revere scores. Joe Mauer to 3rd. 10. Justin Morneau walks. Josh Willingham to 2nd. 11. Ryan Doumit singles on a line drive to left fielder Dayan Viciedo. Joe Mauer scores. Josh Willingham scores. Justin Morneau to 2nd. 12. Chris Parmelee homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Justin Morneau scores. Ryan Doumit scores. 13. Trevor Plouffe singles on a line drive to left fielder Dayan Viciedo. • Pitching Change: Brian Omogrosso replaces Philip Humber. 14. Eduardo Escobar flies out to left fielder Dayan Viciedo.
I tuned out before Swampsludge gave up a bunch of runs, thankfully, so in my mind this game was even more one sided. That was fun.
I stopped listening to tonight's game loss after Diamond gave up the three run bomb so I could listen to Swans and finish my studies for the evening. I just got home, and my friend shared this link with me.
For those of you who don't want to just click a link sight unseen, this is Ken Rosenthal, obviously in the midst of a slow day, wondering if perhaps now that they freed up some salary the Red Sox might try to trade for Joe Mauer.
Instead of recounting the Twins' 16th loss in their last 19 games, let's laugh at what a moron Rosenthal is.
I went to bed early last night. I was awake long enough to hear Plouffe hit into a double play and the A's take the lead. I went to bed hoping I woke up to read about a thrilling late innings victory. No such luck. Given how three game series seem to go (win the first game, lose a close one in the second, get blown out in the last game) I'm not expecting a fun game this afternoon. I hope so, though.
Two Twins wins in a row. Is that a winning streak? I don't know, I'll take it over watching them get destroyed by one of the weakest offenses in the AL.
Fun game last night. It was definitely the Joe Mauer show. I'm glad he's back. I was going to write this whole recap about him today, but SBG pretty much summed it up in today's CoC.
It's going to rule when the Twins win 14 more in a row and get back to .500.
Since I've been out of town since Saturday, and worked crazy hours all of last week, I haven't seen a game in some time. Last night, I followed on my phone. That's more than I've done the last few games. I can't give a detailed recap, but I can list some things I know to be true:
- Nick Blackburn sucks. I hope he's never on the 25 man roster again.
- Joe Mauer is awesome. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
- Trevor Plouffe is ridiculous.
- This team is fun to follow again.
Hopefully, when I can watch a game again (Friday?), it's still fun. If not, you all can blame me.
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