Science News You Can Actually Use: The Beer Cozy Experiments

This is the kind of important research I think we can all get behind.

[via Thighs Wide Shut]

Bonus MP3: Slim Cessna's Auto Club ~ This Is How We Do Things In The Country

Theme Song

Well, it's KTM's 50th post. Who'da thunk it? I'm pretty sure the over/under was 3 1/2 posts (I took the under). KTM would like to take this opportunity to thank Drivin N Cryin for giving the blog its name, and also for just being a kickass band to grow up listening to (until Fly Me Courageous).

MP3: Drivin N Cryin ~ Keys To Me

(From their 1986 debut Scarred But Smarter)

The Bottle Rockets - Zoysia

America needs more Brian Hennemans:

If your neighbor gets the zoysia grass / buddy you get zoysia too / and maybe if you hurt yourself / he'll mow your lawn for you

MP3: The Bottle Rockets ~ Zoysia

The Bottle Rockets

Buy Zoysia: eMusic || Amazon

Sunday Funnies: Colbert's Eulogy For Ralph Reed's Political Career

Bonnie Prince Billy - 'Cursed Sleep' Video

I don't care what your position on Mr. Oldham is, you must see this.


[Thanks to the tip from Mr. Aquarium Drunkard]

Wake Up, You've Got A Lot Of Things To Do

[Photo by Karin Partin]

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - The Dust Of Retreat
Drifting in and out of consciousness on a trip to Vegas and back last weekend, this became my band of the moment. I had downloaded four albums from eMusic specifically for the journey, but somehow never made it past this one. If someone, no matter how eloquent, were to try to describe to me what they sound like, I'd probably take a pass. It's more about the mood, really, and this album puts me somewhere between The Dismemberment Plan's Emergency & I and The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving, though stylistically it's not all that similar to either. When it can't be justified, it's true love, right?

Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
Band Bio

MP3: Margot & The Nuclear So & So's ~ Quiet As A Mouse
MP3: Margot & The Nuclear So & So's ~ Dress Me Like A Clown

Buy: eMusic || Amazon

Zoe's Radio Show

Um, where were the girls like this when I was 15?


Update: Here's a NYT piece on Zoe. [reg. req.]

Zoe got her start last year when her father, Ian, a former Beastie Boys Webmaster who has extensive music-business connections, posted a mix she had made to his personal Web site. A friend who has an Internet radio station saw it and suggested that Zoe have a show, an idea she took to immediately: "I got to talk about whatever the hell I wanted to talk about...

Slacker, 15 Years Later

Easily one of my all-time favorite movies; I can't believe it's been 15 years. Salon has a nice retrospective, involving many of the key and not-so-key players. If you've ever seen the movie, it's worth a read (and even the rigamarole Salon puts you through to read it if you're not a subscriber). I particularly like Richard Linklater's quote at the end:

"...paranoia plus a generation equals pretty much the world we're living in today."

Spoon: Small Stakes Video

When Galaxies Collide

Introducing "El Picante"

(AP Photo/Morry Gash)

In a move sure to add fuel to the fire of the already heated immigration debate, the Milwaukee Brewers are adding a fifth contestant to their famous sausage races.

Chorizo said through an interpreter his dream has come true.

"I am very humbled to be in the presence of so many world-class wieners, but hopefully I can bring a little something new to the table, and Brewers fans will welcome me into their hearts and grills," Chorizo said in a statement that was read in both English and Spanish.

The Fear That Has No Name?

Sunday Funnies, Four Days Late: Still On The Canada Tip

How to score free beer, courtesy of Bob & Doug McKenzie:

The Battle Of Atlanta

Turns out, this weekend is the 142nd anniversary of the Civil War battle for the South's crown jewel. Some people are celebrating.















[link via Metroblogging Atlanta]

Few people recognize that Atlanta is the only major American city ever to be destroyed by war. Even fewer, apparently, realize that if you move here from 'up north' only to complain about what the city is lacking compared to where you came from, you just need to go the fuck home.

Bonus MP3: The Fall ~ Peter And The Wolf

Going To See Live Music On A School Night So You Don't Have To

Scorecard:

The Preakness: Solid B
I never get to see local bands. If this is any indcation of what's out there, I need to get out more often. Think Blake Babies suckling on Rainer Maria's bosom.

Cold War Kids: A
Lest this become a CWK fanblog, I won't say anything else. The Great White Hope.

Sound Team: I
I left early, so it would be unfair of me to pass a grade.



Thanks to Rich from Cable and Tweed for the tip about The Preakness.

The Big Lebowski -- Short @$#&*!^ Version

Sunday Funnies: Canada Abandons The Monarchy (Kids In The Hall)

If You Try To Steal The Beat, The Beat Will Steal You

Broken Social Scene: Great band, fabulous videos.


Talking points:

1. Making mixes was a lot more fun when you had to commit to tape.

2. Show anyone under, say, 21 an audio cassette and you might as well be showing him/her whatever is in Marcellus Wallace's briefcase.

3. I wouldn't kick Leslie Feist out of bed. Then again, if ever I were to find Leslie Feist in my bed it would most likely be because she had been hit by a car on the street outside of my apartment, in which case I would call an ambulance immediately.

The Ambassador Of Mirth

Someone's made a short documentary on Baton Bob:
















[photo via The Brother Love]


If you live in Atlanta, you probably already know Baton Bob. If you live elsewhere, hopefully you have someone like him around.

Thanks for the mirth, Bob. We owe you.

(Watch the video at least to the middle, the audience participation is the best.)

There's An Advantage To Having A Plan

Snow Scenes Level Lonely Bastards

Marvin, He Was A Friend Of Mine

Hang Me Up To Dry

The Way That He Sings