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my dumb opinions on media as of late

It's been a while since I posted anything. I've been busy with stuff, busy moving, busy with mildly, dangerous personal thoughts. Maybe, I'll go into those at a later date.

Anyways... onto my reviews.

The new Supergrass album is not bad, but its not great. That's okay because I have never expected greatness from this band. To me, Supergrass is just simple, basic Brit rock. I mean this album sounds just like their last three, but I liked their last three, and Im okay with that. I love me some basic Brit rock. They have found their niche and it works for them. Give the track "Low C" a listen it's my favorite.

The Flaming Lips have a new song out and sadly Im unimpressed. The new song off the Wedding Crashers soundtrack "Mr. Ambulance Driver" is not bad; its just not great. This one is supposed to be off their upcoming new album, Im just going to have to reserve judgment until I hear some more tracks. I have such high expectations for The Flaming Lips and it wouldnt be fair for me to make a rash judgment. Besides all is well, overall in the lips dept. the new DVD documentary, The Fearless Freaks kicks ass. Wayne really does come off as some sort of Willy Wonka in charge of the music factory.

The new Our Lady Peace single "Where are you?" sucks worse than worst song off their last really sucky album, I didnt think that was even possible. Its so bad that I really dont feel like defending their earlier stuff after this. I should have seen this coming after Mike Turner left the band. Yet even though they suck as much as they do now, I still hold some sort of morbid fascination. Its more of a character study, or a religious study, than a musical study. The lead singer, Raine went through some sort of religious crisis, and Mike played the part of cool scientist. This combination of the questioning Christian and the at odds scientific, atheist type made for some really insightful lyrics, and besides Mike was a much more original guitarist than this new guy. But Mike and Raine came to a head, and the lead singer got born again and Mike got kicked out. So, I understand what happened, but how can I now defend a band that now really, really wants to be like Creed? I cant. Damn, this band is doing more than than selling out.

On a happier note, one new album that I love comes from The New Pornographers. I absolutely love, love, love the track,"The Bones of an Idol", and the title track "Twin Cinema" is also pretty good, but I can really tell that there has been a bit of a shake up in their lineup on that one.

My favorite new music discovered lately is The Kaiser Chiefs. I've got to give props to James for this one, because his lollapolloza review made me pick this one up.

As for TV, I'm on episode #16 of Lost. I love this show. I'm totally hooked.

and that is that...