i'm not crying, it's just been raining... on my face

lately this blog has been little more than me talking about lamely funny movies and east indian interpretations of popular singers and bands. i realize this is totally lame and probably only entertaining to me and maybe a few of my good friends. all 2 of them.

so, to break the stride, i've decided to bring it all back home by... posting about this awesome tv show i just saw: flight of the conchords.

yeah, seriously. but it's different this time! i swear. this one is actually about "the trials and tribulations of a two-man, New Zealand digi-folk band as they make their way in New York City." see? it's about music! kinda. whatever. i've got nothin' new to say. everyone knows i'm only listening to bob dylan right now, anyway.

as most of you (and by most, i mean a select few) know, i lived in new zealand in 2004 and did a bunch of cool shit. while there, i developed a great love for new zealand bands, films and culture in general.

so when i heard about the new hbo show "flight of the conchords" that stars jemaine clement and bret mckenzie, two new zealand "celebs" that i came to know and love during my stay down under, i naturally had to tune in and see if down was the new up. check it out:





binary solo! be sure to check out the full length episode here. it premieres june 17th. anyone got hbo and wanna tune in and invite me over?

and to those wondering about my futurama adventure, unfortunately, i can't talk about it, as i was sworn to secrecy by fucks, er, i mean fox since the last of the episodes won't be airing until 2009. all i can say is matt groening, you rule.

and yes, billy west, you and your voicing talents did contribute to a large portion of the reason why i turned out to be a completely corrupted product of the 90s. thanks again, dude!

good news, everyone!

as previously mentioned, friday i went to the autolux/deerhoof show at the natural history museum in downtown la.

there, we spotted everyone from that one dude in nin to karen o of the yeah yeah yeahs to vincent gallo. and of course, the usual "hip" crowd of silverlake and echo park bohemian transients. museum + hyped indie rock bands = pretentious artistic types galore.

the show very different from their performance at the glass house in pomona a few weeks ago. this set was more along the lines of "ethereal aurual ambience" sprinkled with some new takes that they seemed to be experimenting with (hint: light on the vocals). eugene closed the show with "thanks for spending the past 45 minutes with us underwater." if you weren't there, you missed out! oh yeah, and to the dude who was recording the set with a 4-track... post that shit, already!

tonight i'm gonna go check out the burning brides kick off their month-long residency at the echo. it's free every monday in june starting at 9p so do yourself a favor and go. also, make sure you pick up their new album "hang love" out on june 19th when you're out grabbing the new white stripes cd "icky thump." check it ouuuuuut.

burning brides live in tex-ass on 03.26.05:



for those of you out of the indie-music loop, you may have heard/played the burning brides song "heart full of black" at some point on guitar hero. ...yeah. that's all i'm gonna say about that.

moving on... i've been watching futurama on dvd again. that show was amazing, why the hell was it ever cancelled? here's a clip from the episode "bendin' in the wind" (fuck yeah! dylan reference!).



tomorrow i get to go sit in on a cast reading for futurama. my friend joe matt knows the show's creators david x. cohen and matt groening pretty well, so he invited me to go along with him.

this goes without saying: my friends fucking RULE.