Crapture (how fucking lazy is that?)

It's gonna be a lazy post today, because...shit I have not the slightest reason. I had such a supremely lazy weekend that I wanna fall back asleep thinking about it. In all honesty I just want to get back to reading the South Coast Diaries, which despite being four years old, still manages to crack me up. It's probably the most hilarious memoir-type writing I've ever read. In other news, if you're not watching Supergroup, you totally should be. From the Nuge being the ridiculous parody of himself to Sebastian Bach crying to Scott Ian being his own bad self, I can't believe how funny this has gotten. I seriously never, ever, ever expected to watch as much VH1 in my life. I'm completely embarrassed by it and should probably start shopping for minivans and Dockers in my quest for whitebreadedness.

Langhorne Slim opened up for Eugene Mirman and the Hold Steady the last time they were in town, and I can't rightly recall ever being more impressed with an opening act I'd never heard of. He's in that whole bluegrass/folk-ish area, and can really get you excited when he's ripping through a song. We ended up sharing a booth that night with a few people that had grown up with him in Langhorne (home of Sesame Place) before he moved to Brooklyn. These guys were hammered, and had never heard of the headliners that night, so our table turned into a gabfest on the merits and news of the evening's acts. and it turned out we were all right. He was a great performer, playing solo with a guitar and really getting a surly crowd into it. When I went out and bought his album the next day I was shocked at how much it sounded like his live show, despite being chock-full of instrumentation. There's banjos and organs and steel guitars abound. He's got a really nice sense of melody and the album is punctuated by these nice little instrumentals, which I always think are nice to set an atmosphere. I read a review once in Skyscraper that basically called the dude Ronald McDonald with a guitar, which is neither fair nor true, and also pretty fucking scary. Anyway, his album was one of my favorites of last year and I highly recommend it if the tracks do anything for you.

"Loretta Lee Jones" - Langhorne Slim

"In the Midnight" - Langhorne Slim

Buy When the Sun's Gone Down here

There's not much I can tell you about the new Sonic Youth record that you probably couldn't guess on your own. It sounds like a new Sonic Youth record, which means it's slightly redictably but still experiments in something entirely new. I heard Thurston on some talk show talking about hos this song in particular is about his frustration with religion's stranglehold on politics right now. It is entirely coincidence that it's my favorite song on the album. Anyways, it gets me thinking if I know anyone that believes in the rapture, which I'm reasonably sure I do. I don't get religion sometimes. Regardless, enjoy.

"Do You Believe in the Rapture" - Sonic Youth

Buy Rather Ripped here

oh, and Deadwood's gonna go out with 2 full length movies. kick ass.