Leaving for Hawaii in the morning for 10 days. Pineapples, papayas and porpoises be warned.

* Actual quote from long time Detroit Mayor, Coleman Young.

Well I hastely attempted to upgrade wordpress to 2.7.1 through the automatic upgrade tool and my entire wp-content folder was overwritten… My backup exists on a computer that is currently under the weather so for now I’ll have to live with some boring defaults until time permits me to correct – perhaps redesign. toodliedo.

If you have yet to discover La Blogotheque, I suggest perusing through their hundreds of “take away shows” where popular and obscure bands alike perform in random locations… I first found the site when I was linked to Grizzly Bear singing their song Knife a capella whilst walking through the streets of Paris.  Every so often I go back and watch a few more…(Side story: I was surprised to find one of my photos used on their website which they were glad to give credit for.)

Here’s Fleet Foxes performing 2 of their songs: Sun Giant and Blue Ridge Mountains… If you only watch a couple mins of this,  fast forward to the second song (2:20)… Absolutely brilliant.

I’m not usually one for compilation albums. Not just because it makes my iTunes library look like crap when sorted by artist, but because all the songs end up being disjointed from one another and the album ends up feeling cheap. Sort of like a “Best Of” album (which I usually really dislike), but worse.

However, I recently discovered the soon to be released “Dark Was The Night” album which sports more than a handful of my favorite musicians. Feist, Grizzly Bear, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo and oodles more. On first impressions alone, it’s an indie music lover’s wet dream. What really makes this project stand out to me is not just the all-star lineup – it’s the fact that thus far, all the songs I’ve listened to work well as an album – not just a random assortment of tracks. You can listen to many of these tracks on the project’s website. Go ahead.

I suppose I should also mention that the album is meant to raise proceeds for AIDS prevention and awareness. So be a good chap and save the torrent for the next release of The Source Presents or Jock Jams or whatever other crap compilations are out there – this album seems to be money well spent.