Advance praise for Le Tigre's upcoming album, This Island:
"This Island kicks all kinds of ass and you should run out and buy it because it's, like, really good and fun and all that kinda stuff."
-The Management
I can't recommend this album enough. It comes out on October 19, and is worth picking up right off the bat. Maintains the fun-yet-politically-aware vibe of "Deceptacon" without being overly self-derivative. The cover of the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited" is an instant classic, and is sure to become a staple of the Ebony & Ivory DJ set. Who's Ebony & Ivory? You'll see.
So despite suffering a crippling thigh injury last night -- just three days before our opening game in the "urban professionals" basketball league -- there is reason to rejoice today. The Packers beat the Carolina Panthers 24-14 on Monday Night Football. Go big cheese! Also, I'm going to see Resident Evil: Apocalypse tonight. Now I know what you're thinking: that movie is for dumb 13-year-old boys. True enough. But consider the following. According to Dave Kehr's review in The New York Times, "If you are in the mood for leggy heroines (the film has two) blasting down zombie armies with absurdly large automatic weapons, the film gives very good value for the money." Who the fuck isn't in the mood for that?? Despite (or, perhaps, because of) the modern-day ubiquity of car bombings, hostage-taking, unidentified mushroom clouds, etc., I find that I often need cinematic doses of a little of the old ultra-violence. My tastes are simple and unrefined.
"I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are!"
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