WOW!!! haven't heard it, didn't know either. BUT the real exciting news is that they are playing at Bowery Ballroom just before my 30th bday! Wanna come with?

Yeah, it's not bad. I haven't had a chance to do any intensive listening, but on the surface anyway it's Wedding Present with a few hints of Cinerama here and there. Mr. Gedge now lives here in Seattle, I think (song titles sorta give that away - "Interstate 5" is the major north-south freeway, "Ringway to Seatac" refers to our airport, and "Queen Anne" is the neighborhood that overlooks Seattle Center and the Space Needle - it's where Frazier lived. Gedge is the only original Wedding Present invovled in the project; apparently he recently split w/a long-time SO, so a return to the Wedding Present was in order. makes perfect sense, really. Songs are mostly of the broken-hearted sort you might expect. "Mars Sparkles Down" is getting some attention.

It's worth checking out, I'd say.

I'm debating whether I'd rather go to the Maxwell's show the following night, seeing as it's about 1/10th the size of the Ballroom, but I am definitely planning on going to at least one of the shows.

I just went by Other Music to pick up a copy, but they were all out. Fie! Fie on that!

I already picked up a pair of tickets for the Bowery Show. Come on, Dana – let them fill that space up with their big, big sound. And don't forget how terrible the sight line is at Maxwell's, and how good it is at Bowery.

COME ON!

CHECK YOUR EMAIL in 30 MINUTES FOR A DROPLOAD TYPE SURPRISE.

NOW I'M OWED PORNO OR BEER OR BOTH.

or a new shift key.