M.I.A. No Longer M.I.A.

In my estimation the goal of a truly great music blog is to be as far ahead of the curve as possible. Well, there’s ahead of the curve and there’s Gorilla vs. Bear. They posted our remix of M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ before we knew they’d even heard it. Hell, I didn’t even know we’d finished mixing it! Anyway, we think it’s pretty cool, pay the gorilla and bear a visit and take a listen.

We’re on our way to Los Angeles today and we play Echoplex tomorrow. The highlights of our trip to L.A., however, are the following:

1. Tonight we’re going to see Aimee Mann (!). Jesus Christ I’m excited.
2. Tomorrow there is a Speedcabling competition. Speedcabling! If there was ever a sport created specifically for us - and there was not - this is it. Speedcabling is, simply, “[…] a competitive sport in which contestants race to unravel a bundle of wires.” Tomorrow’s event conflicts with our show so we might just have to blow that off. I’m sure Gruff can do a solo set or something…

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Dust in the Wind

Everyone in the band is sick with the flu but me. So this morning I took it upon myself to do a little research on my favourite bodily humour and yours: phlegm. My most important discovery was that clear or healthy phlegm (or what I would refer to as “snot”, ie. ‘Buddy, pipe down or I’m gonna kick the effin’ snot out a ya!’) can signify the most infectious period. This is important information considering the close quarters we share.

More on snot: according to Wikipedia it’s slang for nasal mucus and not phlegm. (Up for debate if you ask me, but I’m no immunologist.) Regardless, our snot got a real workout yesterday as we were in the midst of a dust storm here in El Paso, TX. Take a look at the skyline of Juarez, Mexico, obscured not by pollution, but dust:

Next stop on the Driving-Through-a-Country-and-Western-Song Tour 2008 takes us to Tucson, AZ tonight. And if Super Tuesday lives up to its name for a certain “conservative” candidate we might be partying well into the night with the locals.

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