SONG OF THE DAY [#362]

'metropolis' | faded paper figures

i should be packing for las vegas right now as i'm heading straight from to sin city tomorrow after noon. i'm not all that excited about, to tell you truth. at least the business part of it. i don't gamble. i don't club. i could care less about the blue man group. i could really care less about celine dion. i do kind of want to see the thunder from down under. ]just kidding!] but most of all, i hate schmoozing. i really dislike the phoniness of it--or at least the perceived phoniness. but i shouldn't really complain. my airfare is paid for. my meals will all be paid for. i have a per diem, allegedly. but i don't know what it is. if nothing else, it will be a chance to get out from behind the zion curtain for a couple of days.

the best part of the whole trip is that my bff's cecilia and barbie are meeting me there. that i'm VERY excited about [that and i got a cool light grey, pinstripped suit, new shoes, and pastel blue tie! hot!]. cecilia is driving up from l.a. and barbie is driving down from the s.l.c. [barbie and cecilia are sisters, incidentally]. i have r-a-d friends. i really do. i'd rather sit on my hotel bed with those two and watch episodes of the office and eat popcorn and drink diet pepsi. that's way more entertaining that yukking it up with a bunch of suits. but what can i do? duty calls. i guess. maybe i will eat my weight in steak at some buffet a while i'm down there. that'd be fun.

anyway, here's some great music for you. i've been enjoying these kids for the last couple of days. they are faded paper figures from irvine, ca [where, god willing, i will be one year from now]. my friend tyson summed up their debut album, 'dynamo,' best: it's the album death cab desperately wanted to make when the set out to record 'narrow stairs.' i think that's a pretty fair statement. 'narrow stairs' wasn't a bad album by any means. i'm just sayin'. actually, tyson was just sayin', so if you're gonna flame someone, flame him.

i'm sure some critics will cry 'derivative!', but i think it's a fine little album. better than fine, actually. 'dynamo' has plenty of hooks, plenty of wide-eyed optimism, and most importantly, a sense of fun and good times while keeping it emotionally real. i'm really, really digging these kids. i hope you will too. check 'em out 'cos they are mighty! you can buy the album here. so go do it. now.

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