Fri 24 Sep – The BlackDiamondSkye Tour

Honestly, if you're an extreme computer noob and cannot use a computer, for fuck's sake please do realize it's only so far we can help you out until you're just dragging tech support down with you. I understand that it's help desk's job to help you poke around your computer and whatever, but dammit when your beyond hopeless and are very aware that you are, yet still expect empathy beyond the 90th minute; I hope the next time you get on the phone with help desk you'll get some bastard of a prankster…

No, really. Go try it. Play some Left 4 Dead 2 and have last.fm playing you some Godspeed You! Black Emperor radio. Good vibe.

Yeah, I've been listening to Pokemon this week! Fuck you!

Tue 3 Aug – The Dead Weather

Openers were kinda fail. They just need to find a unique melody and I think they'll be find\e. They came off like a generic Greenday and wound up sounding like a – you guessed it: generic Greenday. Which isn't bad, but did make me have some audible 'meh' moments.

Dead started with 60FT Tall and ended the show with Treat Me Like You Mother. What's interesting with the Dead is the dynamic amongst band members- I haven't seen this much variation within a circle for as far as I care to remember now.…

Mon 14 Sep – Kings of Leon, Glasvegas

It was a two hour drive from upstate New York (Peekskill), but the concert was worth it. Nassau Colosseum is close in proximity to Hoftra University. Looking around though, you couldn't so easily tell. The Colosseum from a distance even looks like it's stranded in the middle of nowhere. Once inside the neighborhood district, where the restaurants are and where we had a pre-show lunch, that thought was immediately pushed back with a plethora of college students dining and hanging around. Was this a prior show crowd or a normal day?

Waiting…

So, I heard you like Grizzly Bear. So I put Jay-Z in your Grizzly Bear so you could see Grizzly Bear while seeing Jay-z while hearing Grizzly Bear.

http://www.nme.com/news/jay-z/47064

Nine Inch Nails latest free LP is so AWESOME!!! It's got duet tracks with Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys.

http://www.nin.com/strobelight/

>:3
-Midnight Ravers

Wed 25 Feb – Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Harlem Shakes

Started off with Harlem Shakes. Took me two songs in before I got what they were about. Not bad, reminded me of Barenaked Ladies strangely, if that makes sense >_>. Definitely an Animal Collective vibe going on here, too.

Born Ruffians' turn. First song, did the job here. What's pretty interesting was there being only three guys on stage compared to HS's 7 (or something), but it almost felt like moar. Big sound, condensed group.

Finally, the Canadian Strokes, or Tokyo Police Club, whatever you wanna call them. Every…

Fact is, I fucking do. I also like covers-sometimes. Joy Division is one of my favorite bands from the 80s and I stumbled upon this cover of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' a while back. The artist is named Emma Russack (http://www.last.fm/music/Emma+Russack). She's an Australian underground artist. Her take on the song is original, mostly how you would imagine and expect an acoustic version would sound-slow and melancholic. But there is one problem, Youtube, in its ongoing effort to piss people off with censorship and bitching about copyrightin' and shit, pulled it off. Or it could be something else. Whatever,…

Now fucking suck it. >: 3