YAWN.

Who's lazy? This guy. I've got nothing, really. Maybe some advice.

Watch Treme - new show from the creator of The Wire, David Simon. Only one episode has aired, but it looks like he's got something promising on his hand. It's about a post-Katrina NOLA, to be extremely general. What's that? You don't have HBO? Well neither do I. Get crafty.

Peep the new Minus the Bear album, OMNI. It's taking a lot of criticism for being "soft". I realize that they've had their fair share rocking tunes, but I've always considered MTB to be feel-good music - shit to chill to. Anyways, people are stupid and the new one is dope. And most of its detractors are claiming Planets of Ice to be the best MTB album. Noobs. Highly Refined Pirates and They Make Beer Commercials Like This, for the win.

Don't read any Dragonlance. Just terrible. Sorry Gibbs, I tried. Way too much Mormon propaganda. Both in the text and annotations. Regardless, the story is atrocious. It was unintentionally humorous for a couple hundred pages. But after about 400 pages, the charm wears off and it becomes painfully obvious that this stuff was written by/for D&D nerds. I feel like I should have been reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy instead.

Here's some other things I have been listening to lately.

Supermachiner - The Rise of the Great Machine (Ambient/Industrial side-project between Converge's Jacob Bannon and Kurt Ballou. Reminiscent of Swans, Mogwai, Earth, Depeche Mode, etc. Came out awhile ago, but didn't hear until recently. Definitely a mash-up of ideas. Some work really well, while others feel undeveloped. Still, a cool listen for fanboys like myself. Bannon has continued in this direction with Dwid from Integrity for another project, Irons, which I'm stoked on.)

The Get Up Kids - Simple Science (New EP. Picks up where Guilt Show left off, which isn't a terrible thing. But I can't say it's great either. Whatever. It is what it is. There will be no Something To Write Home About part two. So take it or leave it.)

Propagandhi - The Recovered EP (John K. Samson, good call on leaving these guys and starting The Weakerthans. You are not punk rock. Your vocals on "Leg-Hold Trap" are one of the most awkward things I've ever heard. Time to go back to your indie band.)