She and Him

I just checked this out...

She and Him is the collaboration of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Zooey Deschanel is the actress from Elf, Hitchhikers Guide, and the crazy Alaskan ex-girlfriend from Weeds. We know M. Ward from his 6 solo albums and collaborations and cameos with the likes of Bright Eyes, Jenny Lewis Cat Power, Beth Orton.... They play countried up folksy indie-pop. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but this shit sucks. Well maybe that's harsh, but it's pretty uninteresting. I guess sometimes her voice is charming, but the songwriting falls short...

...No, fuck that, her voice sucks. Don't waste your time. This may be a lot more genuine, but still feels like another attempt to surround a popular and pretty, however untalented, actor with superior musicians, and take their flat and uninspired vocals and wrap them up in lush arrangements to try and fool you into thinking it's worth your time (ie Drew Barrymore, Heather Graham, Scarlett Johansen, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan...). It's not. I'm not sure why anyone should care about this album.Watch her movies, ignore her music.

Same goes for Lukas Haas.

dicks.

Home sweet home.

Kudos to all the dedicated bloggers. I don't know how you find the time. For the last couple of months, with all the other shit I had to do, I just didn't want to spend any time on the computer that wasn't absolutely necessary. I got tired just looking at this fucking machine. After I actually got my computer up and running again, it was all business. BTW it's running better than ever. It's just that I had so much other shit to do that if I spent any time blogging, I felt irresponsible because I had much more pressing matters to attend to. I got a new job at a middle school that kind of blows, but I got hired when most teachers are getting pink slips, so I can't complain. I had to deal with taxes, post grad application submission deadlines. I'm still doing a little GRE prep workshop on weeknights. NOT TO MENTION I played 7 shows in last 11 days with Batwings. We went up to San Francisco, Sacramento, and Reno, and played some local shows as well. Since Larry joined the band we've already played almost 20 shows. We booked it ourselves, I made flyers, printed merchandise, cd ep cover art, making cds, transportation arrangements, etc... anyway I was busy. Touring is fucking fun though.

Thanks to Amy for your appreciation.

Wild Weekend found a third bassist with a girl I've met several times named Cara. I didn't even know she played bass. I'm thinking about checking them out at the Pink Elephant on Thursday, April 10th, for their record release party. She's got some big rocking shoes to fill. Hopefully they've written more originals too.

This Saturday, April 5th, I went to the Tower bar to witness the triumphant return of The Corvinas. They haven't played out since Rene left the band and started his own band called Chango Rey y El Moreno. I have yet to see them play, but I hear good things. Ironically, the guitarist that replaced Rene for the show on Saturday, Clayton, also plays guitar in Chango Rey. Lady Vain and a band called The Fast Takers also played. The Fast Takers are from Portland and feature a very energetic and charismatic, however legally blind, frontman. Hernan is from El Centro, and spent some time living in San Diego before unfortunately losing a good percentage of his ability to see, and moving to Portland. He used to play drums in a speed metal band when I was in Jr. high, and he was in high school . I heard they formed after he placed a classified ad in the paper. The Fast Takers are an AC/DC meets Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers rock punk and not punk rock playing five piece. I missed Lady Vain. I don't know anything about them at all.

Also, Calico Horse has a new website. Awake In The Clouds