I get some NEW FUCKING GLASSES THIS WEEK!
What could be more exiting then getting a new face!!

I started playing Trauma Surgeon to fulfill my need to flip between a dozen different things while studying/working but my patient keeps exploding. Every time I think I get everything under control and start fixing things another part of him blows open! Being a doctor sucks.

News
In a few days (Feb 2) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is going to come out with their paper that pretty much says "the better part of 600 scientists from around the world think that global warming is real" so all those big bad politicians won't be able to say there's not enough proof to act on it and get around to making our cars and machines run on the love of children and a smug sense of self-superiority or whatever the current green fuel is.

They're called "Hobbits." Apparently fossils discovered in Indonesia are distinct enough to be considered a new species of human "Homo floresiensis."

Sweden opens a Second Life embassy

The International Criminal Court gets its first case!!! They should give Dyilo a prize! (and then can his ass for building an army of 10 year olds.)

Music
I figure I'd be doing all you lovers of waily females with acoustic guitars a disservice if I didn't throw some attention over towards Marissa Nadler (Link from Gorilla Vs Bear). It's pretty much Vashti Bunyan scaled down a bit with nods towards Leonard Cohen.

Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) has a new one out. It's pretty good, if you were into Animal Collective.

There's a new Arcade Fire single too. "Black Mirror".

And I'll finish off with a reminder that Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer? is probably one of the best things they've ever done. DAMN!!!

The View - Hats Off to the Buskers - Review - Stylus Magazine

The View - Hats Off to the Buskers - Review - Stylus Magazine

This is such a great idea. There really needs to be one for American Indie Rock as well, though it could probably some of the more generic items.

I particularly like " 19. Band’s production is based around the challenging tactic of “turning volume on all instruments to 10. And that's it.”" and "21. Band releases most radio-friendly single in January sales lull to fool gullible public into thinking band are more popular than they are."

NME.COM - News - Fall Out Boy speak out about leak

NME.COM - News - Fall Out Boy speak out about leak

"This could be the worst leak in the history in music.

"This could potentially be one of the biggest leaks there is. If you think that every year computers, iPod, internet music grows exponentially and we're probably one of the biggest bands in rock music on the internet."

- Pete Wentz

Do I even have to comment on how stuck up and full of shit this is?


The DEMO version of Radiohead's Hail to the Thief leaked MONTHS before that came out and I'm pretty sure that Radiohead are slightly bigger then a group of mascara wearing, inarticulate, shrink-wrapped emo bitching. Hell I remember hearing TV on the Radio's Cookie Mountain probably 6 months before it was released and even longer for Red Hot Chili Peppers' By The Way.

I suppose it's good that I think Fall Out Boy have absolutely no redeeming credentials or else this might just make me think less of them.

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha Leeks

IT'S HERE!!!

Tomorrow is going to be a great day! I'll get up a review as soon as I can.

Andrew Bird makes everything shiny.

Ford has its largest loss in 103 years

globeandmail.com: Ford has its largest loss in 103 years

Poor Ford. They've spent decades making gas guzzling muscle cars, SUV's and huge trucks. The times have not been good to them it seems. Everyone is trying to save their own personal rain-forest or at least not go into debt trying to pay the gas bill. It looks like they dug themselves in a little deep -- 3.7 billion deep -- trying to restructure trying to meet the challenges of a world that's going to spontaneously combust any day now.

I'm starting to expect a real watershed in terms of what car companies sink and which swim in the next decade. We'll probably have a world full of cars with a max speed of 100mph that run on fairy dust and love. I'll miss you BMW and Porsche.

Rodrigo y Gabriela 2006-12-18 (Letterman)

Rodrigo Y Gabriela, you are fantastic.

When was the last time you felt your pulse race after just a few phrases? These two make me feel alive. I want to grab my guitar and bang away on it until either it breaks or I do.

I came across them via AOL's spinner site. I was actually looking up the name of a certain Rogue Wave song but this caught my eye on the sidebar. They were kind of shuffled in after TV On The Radio and The Hold Steady but company matters so I let YouTube be my guide and nearly had a heart attack after stumbling across Tamacun. The rhythm just hits you like a punch in the chest and only gets more electric as the song continues. Apparently these two used to be in a Mexican metal band together before moving to Ireland to pursue more spanish classical influences. They were discovered by Damien Rice while working as buskers and have raced to the top of the Irish charts.

I need to find out more. This is just incredible.