I would ask if this is a reference to the saying “cold hands, warm heart” but I know that since I found it on Skatterbrain, the warm heart is clearly already included. And as long time readers will know, Pants Yell! are a group that used to get a lot of love around here. Unfortunately [...]

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Even though the day was as overcast as can be, I had a great time at Wussy’s CD Central instore. It was the only Boomslang event I caught that wasn’t at Busters, but it was one of the most familiar places in all of Lexington — the record store where I work. Now, unfortunately I [...]

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From The Ruby Suns’ twitter account: our new album is called “fight softly”. it’s coming out in march of next year. Fantastic news! Their album Sea Lion was one of my favorites of 2008. They’ve gathered a lot of support from the guys at the record store and we frequently toss that album on for [...]

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It turns out that seeing Faust in theory was a lot better than seeing Faust in person. I was really excited for their show, but only because I knew this was an opportunity I’d never get again. But when they started playing, I realized that I just wasn’t that into it. It seemed like a [...]

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I expected Mission of Burma to be good, but I didn’t expect them to be great. I knew when we got them as a last-minute replacement for Shipping News that we’d strangely lucked out, but had no idea quite how much. I’m pretty much only a singles fan of Mission of Burma (I know, I [...]

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Well, it finally leaked. Thanks to GvB for tracking this one down on Youtube while I was sleeping off a big lunch. Sounds as great as we’d hoped, huh?

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And Boomslang is off! Day one was just fantastic. I got in late last night and uploaded/edited photos until I had to head to bed at 4am so I could wake up and head to CD Central today. But though I’ve already had to sacrifice sleep, it’s already been worth it. First off was Casino [...]

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I’ve seen the other two in theaters, so why stop now? Plus this actually looks like a pretty good movie. The toys wind up in a daycare and Buzz Lightyear gets reset as a flamboyant Spanish-speaking spaceman. You win again, Pixar!

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When I first heard the news that NASA was going to bomb the moon in search of water, my mind immediately lept to this Mr Show skit. It was the first episode I ever saw way back when I caught it on HBO in a hotel during high school. The line “we’re going to do [...]

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