Super Mario and Condom Boots

Spoof Nintendo Sex-Ed video. The voice work is incredible. Kind of NSFW.

Animal Collective was great at SSSport | Ra Ra Riot Up Next

Summer's here with all it's free show glory - and as long as the rain holds off I'll be out there. I already skipped out on Television last weekend to duck into FAO to keep dry. Damn rain. Damn giant floor piano.

I was never a huge fan of Animal Collective after a miserable Bowery Ballroom show a couple years ago, but fell for them completely when they hit the South Street Seaport recently. I'd almost be tempted to go to their next show if it wasn't at Webster and wasn't 20 bucks. At least I'll have Panda Bear this Saturday. Maybe that's why I liked Animal Collective so much this time: they seemed to take more a step in Person Pitch's direction.

The next SSSport, that's urbandictionary-speak for South Street Seaport, you fogies, is June 29th's Ra Ra Riot first show since the tragic loss of their drummer. I'll be heading home that weekend, but I wish i could be there. My buds in Sam Champion are opening too.

Tonight: Free Oxford Collapse gig in Williamsburg.

NSFW

Woah. This is extremely explicit. I hope my parents don't read this site. Penis Power and Vagina Power ahoy, thanks to Atlanta Public Access and Youtube.

Alexyss Tylor: And I mean there's women that can be at work, at their desk, they got the jackrabbit on - it's a part you can buy, hook it onto your clitoris all throughout the day, and you can be having orgasms...

Mother (interrupting): Jackrabbit?

Alexyss Tylor: one of them, I know they call...I knew some girls, that was their favorite product - that was their favorite best buddy they keep in their pocketbook...

Mother: See, I go back to, when I was a little girl being raised in the country - jackrabbit jump from here to there.

Free New Pornographers Tix for July 4 Now

Free New Pornographers Tix for July 4 Now.

Get them while they last.

After The Jump Festival

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Up Next...

This is what I’ll be up to this week:

Tonight:
Elk City play at a reading for Armistead Maupin at Barnes & Noble 7:00.
Elk City – Cherries in the Snow [mp3]

Tomorrow:
The Creek & the Cave [a Long Island City venue] with Beat Radio and Great Lakes Myth Society [LIC Pop event]
Beat Radio – Elegy [mp3]

Saturday:
Afternoon: Television w/ Apples in Stereo at Summerstage
Night: Bad Veins at Union Hall. I’m really liking these two tunes on myspace. If I can figger out a way to upload them [my webftp service is limiting me to 2 MB at the moment] I will.

Have Your Cake

Have you ever seen Cake? The band, not the dessert. I saw them back in college and it was a glorious sing-a-long. Then, two subsequent concerts proved less than spectacular, as lead man John McCrea had some issues. Last time I shelled out 40 bucks for them [and vowed "Never Again!"] he left the stage for ten whole minutes while the band kepted pulse, all because the audience couldn't sing a fucking song right. Whatever. Anyway, despite a few sour moments, they've still managed to release a few great albums; Comfort Eagle and Fashion Nugget are truly gems. Stick Shifts and Safety Belts!!! Goddang, such a good tune.

The band is back, hopefully in a better mood, with a B-sides and rarities collection. Track 10 is "Short Skirt, Long Jacket". B-side. Or rarity? Hmmmm

Snarkiness aside, this track reasserts their unique sound and badass basslines. Doesn't fully work for the entire song, but it's not very long anyway.

Cake - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up [mp3]

I Want to Praise You Like I Should

I never thought hearing Fatboy Slim's 'Praise You' on an accordion could get me all teary eyed, but well... it did.

Junior Senior at Highline 8/13

Rhythm Bandits! It's been two long years since Junior Senior [website/myspace] last played NYC, but they'll be back on August 13 to play the Highline Ballroom. I haven't checked out this venue yet, but maybe I'll finally have a reason. Get ready to dance. Tickets on sale now.

Shout Out Louds EP Out

Summers in Stockholm.

Shout Out Louds [website / myspace] release an EP today on Merge for their first single "Tonight I Have To Leave It." I've reached the point with the LP "Our Ill Wills" [available stateside in September] where it's my favorite album of the past couple months. Simple fun pop. The tune "Tonight I Have To Leave It" is just one example of the varied auxiliary percussion that makes me so happy.


Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It [mp3]

Shout Out Louds play the Spiegeltent on July 16th [tix.. $25?!] and Luna Lounge on July 17th [tix... $15].

"Knocked Up": Great Movie or Greatest Movie?

I saw "Knocked Up" this weekend: my first opening day screening since I went wild for last summer's anti-sleeper-hit Snakes on a Plane. While I loved SoaP, I think this may be one is the best movies I've seen in years. Don't get me started on the disappointing Pan's Labyrinth [Needed more Pan, needed more labyrinth. I'll never say that about Snakes on a Plane, I can assure you.]

If you're a fan of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, or not, rush out to see it. Even the critics are raving. Hell, I think I might go again. Anyone else see it?

Here's an unrelated [maybe] song with the word 'Knock' in it:
"One more time and I'll be satisfied..."

Mississippi John Hurt - Keep on Knocking [mp3]

Ra Ra Riot Drummer Gone

Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike went missing after leaving a party in Fairhaven at 3 AM over the weekend. Pike's body was found in 7 feet of water in a bay by a diving crew on Sunday. So terrible. People are expressing their condolences over here. Of all the parties I've left alone in the early hours of the morning, I've never thought very much for my safety. My thoughts and prayers go out to John's family and friends.

Ra Ra Riot - Hounds of Love [Kate Bush Cover live on WOXY] [mp3]

Where, Oh, Where?

Hi everyone. We’re undergoing some restructuring over here at Yeti HQ. More updates to come. Problem is … is that where’d all the great music go? Is it just me or did 2007 begin with a bang and then mostly dry up. I don’t even know what to listen to anymore. My inbox doesn’t help because it's all FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Even my mom is sending press releases now. When I do read me mail, I get, "Yo, I've sent you 4 emails, why don't you respond?!" Delete, delete, delete.

So... ummm... yeah... what's new with you? What’s everyone been listening to? Thermals? Handsome Furs album is pretty good, as well as the Shout Out Louds out on import [or torrent … you pirates]. What else is there?

Well, I’m off to read some blogs now. Or, failing that, work.