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president obama on nbc, commenting on the daschle debacle:
wait, what was that? a chief executive admitting he made a mistake? a president coming before the people that elected him to admit he was wrong, but that he would learn from his error and keep trying? what?!? are they even allowed to do that? apparently they are. i guess i'd always just assumed that the patriot act had made presidential fallibility and executive accountability unconstitutional. color me ignorant. -d
ramona falls: INTUIT
after 'air aid' knocked me all kinds of sideways, menomena pretty much got a carte blanche from me. that extends to their side projects as well. like this one. trust well placed, folks. this is *truly* unique music. (*****)
asobi seksu: TRANSPARENCE
sometimes i struggle w/ female vocalists. i don't know why. but the title track of this little EP hits home for some reason, like i've known the song forever. i don't know why. (****)
the avett brothers: I AND LOVE AND YOU
so the boys got signed to a big label and got assigned a snazzy producer. all cause for concern. concern that was quieted as soon as i turned up the music. rick rubin, you may repair the damage you caused by bringing 'system of a down' to the world. but this is a good start. (****)
shuta hasunuma: POP OOGA
heard 'power osci' the other night on garth's show on kcrw and tracked the rest down on emusic. glitch pop at its purest. staccato never gets so fractured as to lose site of the melody, and the melody never wanders so far into the pop camp as to alienate the folks who would download a glitch album in the first place. 'power osci' is a great place to start. (****)
band of skulls: BABY DARLING DOLL FACE HONEY
don't be scared. it's not as hard as it sounds. saw them a few nights ago at a tiny club in echo park. and yes it was loud. but these brilliant little bits of melody kept breaking through the noise in a way i've never really heard before. and the album does them justice. check it out. (****)
christopher moore: LAMB: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BIFF, CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD PAL
ok, before you send the hatemail, let me say that this book is actually a pretty cool idea. follows the 13-30 section of christ's life that the bible leaves out, and does so very creatively. that said, not for everybody. (sorry ching) but it did make me laugh really really hard. thanks todd. (****)
adam gopnik: paris to the moon
a gift from pere, and so so good. i shamelessly aspire to his writing style, which made magical montagnes out of however-you-say-molehills-in-french, and was somehow humanistic and uplifting at the same time. (*****)
