There's No Better Way To Sum Up This Day

Than to share this picture of my old room. This poster is fittingly taking the spot of my poster of the album cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Evil Empire".



Don't worry, I still have that poster at my new place though.

Hump day Helper -- DUEL! Edition

Because it's Wednesday, and we all need a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the week in our respective hells, WDR is providing some fun.

I have been listening to Apologies to the Queen Mary religiously for the past month, and it has affected my day-to-day life. I'm constantly singing random keyboard noodlings, let out random yelps, and am concerned with the impact of ghosts on my daily life. I have also realized that in a year with some spectacular releases (Z, Silent Alarm, for example), this debut will be remembered as one of the great albums of 2005. And now that I have a bootleg copy of their upcoming June release, I'll only have more opportunity to get obsessed with Wolf Parade. How can you not love a band that writes "Now we'll say it's in God's hands/But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?"

For the video selection, I decided to go with this goofy take on 17th century chivalry. Maybe it's because I recently saw Barry Lyndon, but I really dig the goofy take on the practice of dueling. The performance of a chicken halfway through the video also makes it a particularly memorable video. As for a description of the music, think of a more psychedelic version of Modest Mouse taking on the theme from Cheers. If that doesn't strike you (though it should), perhaps you should sample a song done by the group's other vocalist, like "Modern World" (and enjoy a goofy video while you're at it).

Give me your eyes
I need sunshine...