The Blue Kaffee show last night was, as I expected, a flop. I don't really know what the real reason for the severe lack of participation but I would guess that it's a combination of everyone going to the other show, people taking BK for granted and an unreliable revenue gathering system. You can't rely on one show every few months to cover all the costs. If you do, you get situations like this where your event busts and you're shit out of luck.

I came across Scrubs the other day and don't think I've ever seen any show that so addicting. After watching Season One in a single sitting it's been hard to not watch 8 episodes in a row.

In local news: We're getting some of the fallout of the Williams/McCarthy debate on the sealing industry about now. Williams dominated the debate. No one was expecting any of the debaters opinions to change but I was kind of expecting some of McCarthy's arguments to be more then a poorly defended "animals are people too" and the same old stock propaganda that people have been using for years without realizing how wrong it is. Link:

And as for music this week: I finally started to enjoy Guided By Voices. I think I over did myself on Neko Case and The Sadies and My Morning Jacket last week so I'm making up with some good old 90s rock.

The Eels - With Strings: Live at Town Hall - What can I say. It's Eels with strings. Nothing really new here but I always like hearing orchestral renditions of music I like. I'll probably won't be listening to this over and over but It reminded me of the good old days of Shootennany.

Scrubs Season One Soundtrack - Everything on this counts as a guilty pleasure. It's like the OC soundtrack. Lots of poppy little songs that I either really like or at the very least are catchy.

See You on the Moon! Songs for Kids of All Ages - Lots of my favourite artists singing childrens songs. Sufjan Stevens, Great Lake Swimmers, Broken Social Scene, Mark Kozelek, Kid Koala, etc. This album hits a lot of different styles and works as an introduction to the styles. The Broken Social Scene song, Puff The Magic Dragon, is probably the saddest version of it ever made, though.

The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mysics - About what you'd expect after Yoshimi. It's great and it feels like they're being a bit more preofessional with their production. Free Radical is flat out addicting and Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung feels like something straight out of Pink Floyd. Highly Recommended.