Philly Weekly's excellent Summer Guide is online. Great concert, book, film previews and lots of other stuff.
Listen to Unmade Bed from the new Sonic Youth album Sonic Nurse here
Summer Movie Preview
Friday, May 28, 2004
Friday, May 21, 2004
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Best indie folk album of the year, Laura Veirs (as noted by Sterogum) He recommendes CLOUD ROOM and RAPTURE for fans of Mirah, Cat Power, Suzanne Vega.
Minus The BEAR
So tired to write anything, aparently, but all I can say is GO FLYERS. Wow what a game. ANd where I saw it was great too. Jon, the drive was worth it. How many beautiful girls do you know. It was hard to divide my starring between the Game and them. Just kidding. You all know the game won. Can you believe it. We owned that Overtime. I am so glad that I decided to watch the game instead of going to a design meeting.
Thursday, May 20, 2004
I’m a big fan of Pavement. I like his drawl and his nonsence lyrics, (much the same way I like Beck) But have recently become aquainted with Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg. His off-kilter guitar skills and keen songwriting acumen (which provided a less ironic, more anthemic, but still quite warped counter to Malkmus) were crucial to the band's idiosyncratic genius. In the later, less happy years of Pavement, Kannberg became less involved with the band, contributing no songs to the group's swan song, Terror Twilight (leading some to describe the album as a Malkmus solo album). After Pavement's split in 2000, Kannberg let the world know what he'd been up to, in short succession founding a label, Amazing Grease, and forming a new band, Preston School of Industry (named for a school for juvenile offenders near his hometown of Stockton, CA). Here is a sample.
Yo La Tengo
Guided by Voices-live
Badly Drawn Boy_The demo tapes and live shit
Modest Mouse unreleased
Foo Fighters - live
Eagles of Death Metal
Let's create a discussion.
Flyers- Anybody interested in going w/BoBo to the Watch-over-ya Center.
If not, were are we going (not Steppy's... yet. been to busy to get my new ID). I don't have class so I'll be ready to go and play B-Ball if we want. I want to go to Nippers. I believe in Luck and they kicked their ass 6-2 last time I was there, plus eating some crabs sounds pretty tempting along with $1 domestic.
Ross' new-found sobrity-will it last, or not (no offense.)
Should I go to my meeting- I have a designerd meeting that I don't want to go to, but it might help my career by meeting people, however I really just want to watch the Flyers. I knew about this meeting for awhile, but thought I was going to have class tonight, but they are closing the school for the graduation ceremony. Kind of lame though, closing down the school for only an Associates degree.
I really should be more outgoing when it comes to meeting people, in business and socially... I mean those girl at Montco are hot and they live so close. But it's not like college, where everybody has down-time and wants to party.
Anybody else got something I'll add it to this page so we can discuss. My hotmail is getting hard to manage.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their newborn baby Apple.
Apple? You kidding? Does this name carry some lineage in the Paltrow home, or at least some sense? Chris Martin of Coldplay is very vocal about his opinions, so has to be careful that his message is clear, so I’m very confused as to why he would name his kid Apple. Almost reminds me of George from Seinfied wanting to name his kid Soda.
There are some very important things in life, and I think your name is one of them. You carry it for your whole life, and if there is history behind your name it gives you a sense of pride. Names are pivotal, they can be associated with leaders, or made into a rhyme that can destroy a kid’s mentality at an early age. I feel bad for kids stuck with names their parents think are witty or clever. So many times I’ve gone to the supermarket and heard Mom’s yelling for their baby-girl “Mercedes” or “Lexus” (I wonder if back in the eighty's if a kid was named Dilorian?). These are product names! Unless Apple Paltrow is endorsed by Apple Computers then she will fall victim to the same fate as the rest of these kids – a hatred of their name.
ohhh well... that kid is beyond rich, and we will grow accustomed with her name because of Hollywood. Some people probably do like that name. It is original, and that I like, but the association with original sin makes it really bad. Hopefully she does something worthwhile and can bring that name into a good light, but if she does nothing with it then she will come to exemplify the dangers of naming your kid after a fruit.
Michael Chabon’s Escapist
Michael Chabon’s best-selling 2001 novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" is the story of two cousins, thrown together by fate in the 1930s, who create one of the first great comic-book superheroes: a master escape artist and champion of the downtrodden known as the Escapist. Now the Escapist is finally free to tell his own tales. The first issue of a new quarterly devoted to his exploits, "Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist," just hit the racks at your local comic-book store.
I highly recommend for everyone to read this book. It tells the story of the bond that develops between the cousins Josef Kavalier and Sam Clay, and the woman who becomes central to both their lives. But it’s also an unabashed valentine to the comics, and a celebration of the real-life Kavaliers and Clays who created a new, vibrant and uniquely American art form.
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
who's watching the Flyers at Nippers? I might show up. getting pretty busy with class and freelance though.
IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED
STATES DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY
AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD
CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.
AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH
A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS
THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES. THEREFORE MAY
19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT TO THEM DAY"
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE
DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.
WAITING ON THIS ADMINISTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL
THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB
NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?
REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE
GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO
RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO
RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING
THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING
MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END?
WE DO!!!
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE
MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN–thanks Ross
Well I was listening to y-100’s top 7 at 8, and was grateful to hear Muse’s new single. not bad, but sounds like the rest of their stuff. I’ve heard better by them, but at least they finally found some airplay. I also was surprised to hear Modest Mouse in the number 5 spot. Makes me reconsider my opinion of that station, But then I heard the rest of the top 4 and it was the same crap. I thought I was listening to The Used at one point, because the singer sounded exactly like Bert McCracken but the song sucked. And how popular are New Found Glory that every other band has to sound like them? So much so that 2nd and 3rd place sounded the same. which surprizes me because his voice is one of the reasons I don’t like them. The same is true for Saves The Day.
So... just when i hate this station all over again and start falling into a great depression about how there are no good Philly radio stations and how Clear channel runs the airwaves and chooses what I want to hear, I hear the new Cure single. It’s good. I’ll buy the new album (out sometime soon I think).
By the way.. Ch-check it out (B-Boys) was number 7. not bad, but that looping beat is bugging me because it sounds familiar and I can’t place it.
I just found out that Trey will be playing the last night in Bonnaroo. Good luck to all in Leonis’ RV (and don’t fool yourself, it is his RV, because he will let you know it when he wants to leave at 4:00 that Sunday) He hates Mr. Anti-pasto. Only guy I know who went to a Phish show, didn’t face the stage and wouldn’t stop yelling that Phish was a Grateful Dead cover-band. Hence my comparison yesterday. i wonder if he wrote that e-mail... nah. He’s opinionated, but not a tool.
Jr. Sr. _MOVE video
Morrissey: Why the fuss?
Stress reliever of the month
Japan-ROCK
PJ Harvey wanders around in her underwear- watch here.
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Monday, May 17, 2004
If you don’t like this part, then scroll past. Don’t waste your time on my site if you don’t like it, and don’t waste even more time by letting me know. I can’t believe I have to tell you this. It’s like going to a concert with the intention of Boo-ing the arist.
So whoever sent me that e-mail about your hatred of this site,
I have one thing to say:
Because I’m not getting paid, I’ll write about whatever the fuck I want!
Lollapalooza has a new website.
And it's crock of shit. Here's why:
That promo clearly makes it seem like both Pixies and Wilco are playing the second day! In fact, the Pixies are playing only two shows and Wilco is playing three. And neither of those amazing bands will be at the Camden Tweeter Center show! I know it says "selected dates" in really small print, but this is ridiculous! People are going to think that the second day is actually worthwhile. Without those two bands, it's a bunch of crap.
WHAT THE WORLD SEES
Someday, when Iraq is peaceful again (and that day will come), tourists and Vets will want to see the square where the Saddam statue toppled, the spider hole he hid in and, of course, Abu Ghraib Prison. It's too early to know exactly which of the unspeakable pictures from the torture sessions will come to represent this sickening chapter in the book of superpower superembarrassments. Will it be that prisoner wearing the hood with electrical wires attached? Those stacked naked bodies with smiling guards above? Lynndie England leading around a naked man on a leash?
The assumption last week in Washington was that the damage from this fiasco in the Arab world will last for 50 years, as Sen. Jack Reed put it. For all the power of the humiliating images to confirm the worst assumptions about the United States and strip away its moral authority, this seems exaggerated. Pictures play powerfully on emotions, but emotions—when they don't involve immediate family—are not often enduring. They can change depending on the next pictures and the next sequence of decisions and events. The images from Vietnam—searing as they were—were ultimately a reflection of the policy failures, not the cause of them, and the hatred expressed by Vietnamese toward the Americans who bombed them lasted only a few years. The same goes for Iraq and the Middle East. Just because the damage is done doesn't mean that it cannot, over time, be undone. The problem is whether we have the right leadership to undo it.
RANDOMNESS
Ukraine Wins Eurovision Song Contest
Homer CAR!
The Taciest house in the World
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Apollosunshine
live
Friday, May 14, 2004
What the fuck!
Lil Jon to create crunk rock. He also has a talking doll coming out!
Wow. Lindsay Lohan in Vanity Fair. Personally, I wish she'd stop downplaying the freckles, I dig 'em.
Nike redesigned the Syracuse logo, and are working on a dope collaborative art project called The Art Of Speed (more on that soon).
Lawrence.com's Turnpike offers archived Quicktime interview with THE SHINS
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Smashing Music
01. 2xl Introduction
02. Console : Contin.ue (14 Zero Zero)
03. Autechre : Milk DX (Peel Session)
04. Barbara Morgenstern : Dr. Mr. (Eine Verabredung)
05. Solvent : Basildon (Solvently One Listens)
06. Chubb Rock : Don't Drink the Milk (I Gotta Get Mine Yo!)
07. Push Button Objects : FM Science (SKA 011)
08. Styrofoam : Heaven is Burning Pt. 1 (The Point Misser)
09. Atmosphere : Scapegoat (Overcast EP)
10. Phil Collins : In the Air Tonight (Miami Vice Soundtrack) / DJ Design : No Games Instrumental (Gatha Round)
11. Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf : Methods (Methods Pt 1 & 2)
12. Styrofoam : Dead Air (The Point Misser)
13. Broadcast : Laughter Go (Extended Play)
14. Anti Pop Consortium : Nude Paper (Tragic Epilogue)
15. Prefuse 73 : Nuno (Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives)
16. Styrofoam : It Was The Earth He Was Standing On That Was Moving (The Point Misser)
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Yes! oh, Yes! I found the Sonic Youth Bonnaroo Set. My site’s existence has been justified. The value of working at my computer has paided off and my productivity as a designerd has doubled. It’s a shame that right now I am doing Cd cover design for Reo Speedwagon, the Monkey’s live (hA!) and the Marvelettes – Oh, well looks like they are going to look like they rock and don’t even know it.
Lil John soundboard, freekin’ addictive
By the way, Fraser farewell is tonight anybody care? not me.
Political Rant:
With numbers like these -
46% Bush job approval, 37% national satisfaction, 41% approve on Iraq and the economy, 44% saying that the Iraq war was worth it - how the hell can Bush win in November?
I'll tell you how. By having John Kerry as his opponent. Nobody likes John Kerry. In the same poll, the head to head among likely voters breaks down like this:
(without Nader)
Kerry 47
Bush 48
(with Nader)
Kerry 45
Bush 47
Nader 5
Why couldn't the Democrats nominate someone who could go for the kill right now and get this country behind him? The people are looking for an alternative to Bush! Kerry is providing nothing except high-minded remarks that sound completely weightless!
Oh no, am I becoming a republican?
johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com
no... I think I'm doing what all American should do: Lisiting to the issues and making an informed decision, not letting my biases get in the way, and I'm gonna vote! I am however ready for a change.
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Live Ween – enjoy
Believe in Boognish
If only they were Japenese Cowboys:
In the late 1700s, cattle were brought to Hawaii by British Captain George Vancouver, who presented them to King Kamehameha I. As the king wanted the animals to multiply, he protected them from harm, and soon the Big Island was overrun with wild cattle that destroyed local crops and forests.
By the 1830s, cattle inhabited all of the Hawaiian islands. The local economy, long dependent on sandalwood for trade, began slaughtering the cattle to provide additional trade goods that were sorely needed. King Kamehameha III, recognizing the need for people experienced in cattle handling, invited Spanish vaqueros and their cow ponies to Hawaii to teach herding and roping skills to Hawaiians. These local cowboys became known as "paniolos." The skills learned from the vaqueros enabled the islanders to to solve the wild cattle problem and help establish cattle ranching in Hawaii!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Our hats are off to Senator Jim Inhofe for saying what we all were thinking.Let’s be clear. If no election was pending, there’d be less than half the hot air on this issue in the atmosphere.
John Kerry showed a shocking lack of taste and decorum yesterday regarding the Nick Berg murder at the hands of al Qaida extremists who, incidentally, feel a deep connection to Iraq even as liberal US politicians say no connection between al Qaida and Iraq ever existed.
"Like all Americans, I'm horrified and deeply saddened by the senseless murder of Nicholas Berg. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and with the families of all our troops and civilians working under such dangerous conditions to rebuild and bring peace to Iraq. We are grateful for the work you do and the risks you take. The terrorists who committed this atrocity will not prevail, and America stands together against them,” Kerry said in a public statement which he posted on his website
But less than an inch away Kerry called for the head of another American, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. This turned his assertion that “Americans stand together against them” into a laughable farce. America, as indicated by John Kerry’s divisive campaign for president, has rarely been more divided.
– from Crush Kerry
Sports:
So I hear that Nascar has surpassed every sport as the most popular. I know A-New is happy to hear this but I never could get into racecar driving. I always wanted to be a racecar passanger. just a guy who bugs the driver.
“Say man, can I turn on the radio.”
“You should slow down.”
“Why we got to keep goin’ in circles?”
“Can I put my feet out the window?”
“Man, you really like Tide.”
I should know more about cars and possibly that is why I’m not into it. Or maybe it is because I don’t know the drivers. Possibly it is because I can also drive and feel equal to them –you know one of those, “Oh, I can do that” mentalities.
I think they should make them drive on a Rally race track. Yea! now we’re talking. People want to see car wrecks. Now I don’t want to use Dale Eirnhart as an example, because a death at your job is always horrible, but he did give Nascar extreme exposure and I believe that before that incident Nascar's popularity was on the decline. And now it is back up and I think it is because of Eirnhart Jr. He carried on his fathers legacy and brought the sport to a different demographic. it doesn’t hurt that he is a good looking guy who can win, and you know Nascar has reached a new level when drivers are being nominated for Mtv awards.
Plus, there is nothing going on in other sports. I love baskeball, but can’t get myself to watch the playoffs. And I know the reason why: Basketball it controlled by the refs. You don’t need to watch the whole game, when you can just watch the last 2 minutes. either it is a blow-out or there are so many fouls called that the lead can be squashed in a second. Plus the last 2 minutes average out to about 20 minutes. I wish my fantsy league was still happening, that way I could be a philly fan and still watch Shaq and not feel like a sell out.
I am however completely engulfed in the Flyers. I can honnestly say that I jumped on the bandwagon and am loving it. I am a Philly fan and always will be one. Come-on Chico!
DAILY DOWNLOADS
Nick Krill of Spinto Fame
CoMandies "Oh Mandy"
BRIGHT EYES
Conor Oberst Solo Show
J MASCIS -
lots of live
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer on May 16, 1984, but according to legend, the eccentric comedian said if he were faking, he'd resurface 20 years later to the day.
So, just in case, a party is being planned by Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's best friend and partner, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on May 16.
It is Salvador Dali’s Birthday. I suggest you celebrate by having a ganders at www.VirtualDali.com. It’s a totally wonderful collection of his work, which contains many hidden gems, so I suggest you check it out now (funk soul brother, etc.).
Ok, best misquote ever.
ABC's Noted Now currently has President Bush saying the following this afternoon:
"One basic difference between democracies and dictatorships is that free societies conduct such abuses openly and directly... Some soldiers have already been charged, and those involved will answer for their conduct in an orderly and transparent process... "
According to the White House, he said:
"One basic difference between democracies and dictatorships is that free countries confront such abuses openly and directly... Some soldiers have already been charged, and those involved will answer for their conduct in an orderly and transparent process."
I missed the speech on TV. I wonder which is true... I know which one is more appropriate and funnier...
And then there's this Washington Post story, about conservatives being unhappy with the White House's lack of policy initiatives. Wait, you mean the Bush administration isn't being conservative enough? You want more? Oh my lord, what's going to happen when they win in November?
Here's my prediction for six months from now. I don't even think it'll be that close. Bush will win. The Republicans will win many more of these battleground states like Ohio and Pennsylvania than the Democrats. A lot of people in this country love Bush. And I don't think that many people like Kerry. And in a country this divided, likeability will be the deciding factor. Kerry won't get people excited. Bush already had people druling.
A fight between cops at the Real World house? Apparently a police officer who was guarding the Philly Real World house in Old City got in a fight with two off-duty officers who were trying to get in on Saturday night. Hilarious!
I hear a rumor that the cast will be working with the Community Relations Center, which means that they will be doing nothing!
Well, I lost another gamble.
crap i guess I was thinking of Jamie Prestly
Daily Downloads
Morrissey singing on Craig Kilborn
Beatles
Muse b-sides
Pedro the Lion
Elbow
Radio head pllaying an accustic version, and the best version of
Coldplay
Denali
Monday, May 10, 2004
The caps of a bad weekend.
My computer hasn’t shown up, I guess apple snail-mail is really bad. My date sucked, I guess no girl can compare to my old girlfriend. And I lost in the poker tournament.
expound:
I spent way to much on my computer and to not have it in my possesion makes me nervious. If I had it in my hands then maybe that would validate my spending and make-up for the lost sleep I have wondering if it will even show up at all, and if I can save what is on my old hard drive – the metaphoric straw the broke the camel’s back and made me buy this new computer.
The girl was nice, but I know why my Mom thought she was attractive, because she looked exactly like her! and I have no desire to explore my Oedipal complex. Plus she wanted me to be the catalist in making her life more exciting, and that’s just too much work.
Not only did I loose at poker but was the very First one out. All that did is re-iterate to me that shouldn’t gamble, which is fine by me. I’m much happier spending my money on art stuff and wondering if they will ever arrive.
Daily Downloads
Friday, May 07, 2004
I am in the wrong State. I love Phiily. Love the teams, but damn NYC is great. Su grads have a rep down there that you can't believe. Philly is like," oh.. SU, I'll just hire some hack from Tyler who has more experience because he has been out in the work force for 5 years doing his macrame and macaroni neclaces." seeing that portfolio let a fire undermy ass and once again told me that I got to get the Fuck out of Dodge!
now change the tempo to politics,
Nice quote:
“Clear Channel executives have donated a total $42,200 to President Bush’s re-election campaign and $1,750 to John Kerry’s campaign. That’s no surprise: Clear Channel vice chairman Tom Hicks was the man who bought the Texas Rangers from Bush in 1999, making Bush a multimillionaire."
– the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine
re:views
I just got my shipment from Amazon and wanted to share my opinions that you all love so much.
so... Irving (that band I got interested in after hearing them on a sampler from Eeenie Meenie records after I saw the Apples in Stereo and Apollo sunshine, also good) released "Good Morning Beautiful.” Irving is from Los Angeles and has five different songwriters, which makes for some nice variety in their record. Their publicist compares some of their sounds to Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah, and Elf Power, so fans of the Elephant6 bands are pretty likely to enjoy this one (I know I do, but wouldn’t compare them to those bands.) i’d say; the Thrills, the Spinto Band, the Strokes vocals, and the catchy-ness of the Cure. it’s a good buy (sorry jon but their Cd cover resembles yours alot).
Shimmer Kids Underpop Association "The Natural Riot" is another band that sounds at times like a famous E6 group psych band (can we just call them Shimmer Kids for short, please?). They almost sound more Olivia Tremor Control that OTC at a few points in their record, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.
i also picked up Metropolitan. really good. the better of the three. More Sonic Youth. give a listen;
Daily Download
Interpool
Flaming Lips
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Busy Blog
Well I got a lot going on, to start I got to slip out of work early today so I can go to NYC and see the Syracuse UNiversity Undergraduate Portfolio Show. Then afterwards I got to meet up with my brother at Penn Station to I can drive him home and see my Grandparents who just came up yesterday. Tommorow night I got a nice date planned. I’m taking her to an amazing sushi resturant (I can’t believe she has never had it). Not as intimate as the first place I was gonna take her, but from what I’ve read, the best in Philly, even though the exterior is unassuming. Then I’m taking her to First Fridays, but we’ll have to hurry because I know the galleries like to close around 9. Saturday morning involves me hooking-up my brand new G5. Oh yea, all you other nerds look out. Then aterwards I’m playing in a big Texas Hold-em tournament where I hope to win enough money to help pay-off my huge computer purchase. Sunday is rest and card games with Gramps.
In light of the Friends final episode (which I don’t care about, but feel I should because it is being marketed like that)
here is the *FRIENDS POP-QUIZ*
1) Which actor has had the most serious drug addicton?
2) Which actor marred an almost completly retarded person?
3) Which actor has had the worst movie career?
4) what was”Friends” contribution to society?
tic..tok...tic..
A.
1) Mathew Perry
2) courtney Cox
3) Mat LeBlonc. he stared in a movie about a baseball playing MONKEY!
4) the “Rachel” hair-cut
My Daily Downloads
Beck
Build to Spill
Clinic
Drums and Tuba
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Awesome finds for My Daily Downloads
Strokes live mp3's and video
Neutral Milk Hotel show, a Jeff Mangum acoustic show, some other Mangum collaborations and NMH rarities. Awesome.
The greatest band you don’t know and won’t forget = the spinto band
thank you roy spinto
The newly announced Y100 Feztival lineup for June 18th:
The Beastie Boys, The Strokes, The Darkness, Cypress Hill, Hoobastank, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, Burning Brides.
Hmm, the Strokes are cool and the Darkness are somewhat cool (Is is schtick, are they for real? who knows what I do know is that they won’t be here much longer... But then again i feel the same way about Iron Maiden and those incontinent rockers are still here.) Everyone else, at the FEz, is of course terrible. The Beastie Boys are apparently making a comeback. Their new single Ch-Check It Out is.... ehhh. I dont know what to expect from this new release. After a six year wait it should be good, and from what I’ve heard straight hip-hop. You know it’s gonna be catchy and you know it’s gonna be fun (so everybody go out and get some – sorry, I had to do it) and I think it’s gonna compete with Outkast’s last album. Andre3000 has that same type of humor and free-flow style that resembles the B-Boys. I’m excluding Big Boi from this comparison because, I think Andre is on a B-Boy track. If he’s not then he should be. the B-Boys are getting old. How much longer can they go on about drinking and flaunting their assets. I thought they were turning their heads to more producing, and producing more rappers like Andre would be a great thing. And what ever happened with their label, GrandRoyal. Did “At the Drive-in” break that label because they broke-up?
I really don't know much about this, but I do know a bit about sliced bread:
The first sliced bread was considered a wonder, so it's quite appropriate that it was first sold under the name Wonder Bread. A baker and inventor by the name of Otto Frederick Rodwedder toyed with the idea of a bread slicer for 15 years, and by January of 1928, he had perfected it. Unfortunately, since sliced bread tended to grow stale more quickly, he had to then find a way to keep the slices fresh as long as possible. After experimenting with several possibilities (including holding the slices together with hatpins), he came upon a solution — a plastic bag that would encase the bread and protect it. The brand known as Wonder Bread had been introduced (in unsliced form) by the Continental Baking Company in 1927, and three years later, they offered consumers the first brand-name sliced bread. It even came in a bag with a colorful balloon-decorated logo not too far removed from the one we know as Wonder Bread today. Consumers loved the stuff, and it's been a staple ever since. The only time sliced bread experienced a downturn was during the middle of World War II, when Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard banned its sale in an effort to hold down prices during the time of strife and rationing. Whether such a step was necessary is debatable, but once the Allies began to turn the tide of the war, sliced bread again became available nationwide. –thank you Roy Spinto
