January 2010
12 posts
Random Sarandon
To celebrate of Montreal’s short winter tour, I put together a discography sale on our website that will be running until the end of the trek (February 6th).
Aside from a new package deal that includes 11 of Montreal albums for only $70, everything in the Skeletal Lamping collection is on sale for the first time ever!
When Susan Sarandon heard the news, she was so excited that she ran on...
Bands Undercover
The Great Cover Up is a long running Champaign tradition in which local bands get into character and perform an entire set as another band, with the proceeds going to a different charity every year.
From the Polyvinyl family, Braid (INXS, The Smiths, R.E.M.) and The Red Hot Valentines (Green Day, Nickelback) have both participated in the past, while Erin, Tristan and Brett took to the stage...
#braidfacts
Braid bassist Todd Bell is dishing out some trivia about the band while listening to test pressings for the vinyl reissues of Movie Music Vol. 1 & 2, The Age of Octeen and Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five.
You can follow along here: @toddleebell
@heybobnanna will be throwing in the occassional two cents as well…
Owen - No More No Where
Mike started to play this...
That's A Wrap
A few months ago, an ordering error left us scrambling to find room for 20 humongous rolls of bubble wrap. Although the bundles were great for anyone who wanted to lie down and sneak a nap in the back room, we finally sent them back yesterday.
Here’s Adam and Megan on their way down to the truck after filling up the elevator:
What isn’t pictured are the 3,000 LP mailers that were...
Snow Way To Start The Day
Just when Adam and I were finally beginning to dig ourselves out from beneath the pile of orders we’ve been buried under since getting back from holiday break, a big storm came along and forced me to dig my car out of several inches of snow this morning.
And to make Seth and Andy jealous out in sunny San Francisco, here’s the view from my drive to work:
WatchAs luck would have it, my cable went out at midnight — about half an hour before Japandroids performed — so I had no Internet, no TV, no nothing. Thanks Comcast.
But even though I couldn’t view the clip until I got to work this morning, it was definitely worth the wait.
If you’re like me and couldn’t catch it the first time around (or you just want to watch it...
Late Night Delight
Last March my roommate wrote a column/review for our college newspaper about Jimmy Fallon’s first week behind the late night desk, so I watched his show for five days straight.
Since then, I haven’t had a reason to tune in again…until now!
Japandroids is making its television debut tonight, so I’ll be doing everything I can to stay awake past midnight (even though...
