The Mae Shi broke up?
Ah man, they were fun. Not life-changing or anything, but I think there was room for one spazzy pop punk writing evangelical songs about the apocalypse.

I did get a steampunk vibe off it, but it seemed way more cyberpunk. Lots of Victoriana, but the actual tech seemed a lot more stream-lined and modern.

I agree people should be allowed to do what they want at their weddings, but if family is putting up $20,000 or whatever for the ceremony and reception, and the groom's suddenly decided it should be Star wars themed or whatever, I think they're well within their rights to tell him to fuck off.

In other Iron & Wine/Jose Gonzales wuss cover news
Sun Kil Moon does a pretty nice cover of The Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse on Tiny Cities.

Fair play, it's categorised as an inventory, but it was blatantly going to be a little throwaway piece.

It's a blog post not a feature, man.

Hahaha, oh my god, this video is jawdropping.

Also how he turns into a giant robot WITH LASERS FOR EYES

It does make a difference. It's tough to explain, but it feels different listening to his stuff now he's dead. I guess we do separate the artist from the person though, or at least fans do. Elvis Presley married a 14 year-old when he was 24, Jerry Lee Lewis married a 13 year old, Jimi Hendrix attacked a woman with a…

Also, I've got to try and get my money back from ticketmaster now. That's going to suck.

I'm feeling Michael Jackson's death way more than Princess Diana's. When she died it was a shock, because royalty doesn't usually die in car accidents, but it wasn't like she had a major effect on my life.

Scratch that, just checked amazon.co.uk again, and they've revised the 6th of July release date back to… today. And they're playing in London on my actual birthday.

I've turned into a total Spencer Krug fanboy recently, to the point where I've avoided all leaks of this album. Just had Idiot Heart on repeat, waiting for this to come out on June 22 so I could buy it on cd and play it in my car.

Good call man, they're playing at the Garage, which is an awesome little dive of a punk venue. It's just opened again after being refurbished, I'm terrified they'll have cleaned the toilets or something.

Record labels seem to have this really sleazy tactic of targeting their lawsuits at single parents who never personally downloaded a thing and can't afford it.

Wow, what with a new Sonic Youth album, an Animal Collective interview and now some Radiohead news, it's been a busy and tiring week for the anti-hipster hipsters, huh?

Survivor Type scared the hell out of me when I was 12. Spent three days in a state of abject terror after I finished it, could barely sleep.

Crying of Lot 49 melted my face off when I read it, would always recommend that as a starting point for anyone wanting to get into Pynchon.

I love Underworld, it's probably my favourite DeLillo book, I like all the digressions. It's like Infinite Jest, you could easily cut like a third of it out without losing much of the plot, but it's so well written you don't mind meandering through.

Ah man, I last saw that movie on Betamax.