Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Yeah, I know they’re super-derivative. I owned Graceland, too. Still, they’re enjoyable.
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Some Kind of Monster

If there’s one thing Daniel Merlin Goodbrey knows, it’s vodka.

If there’s two things Merl knows, it’s vodka and the weirdest comic book stories this side of Alan Moore, whom I’m pretty sure raised Merl in his beard. Necessary Monsters is Merl’s newest Web comic, and the first that I’m aware of with another artist putting images to Merl’s crazy-ass ideas. Once this is done, the awesome folks at AiT/Planet Lar will be sticking the results between two covers.

Still, you don’t need to wait until then to be exposed to deadly killers with the heads of chickens.

Important technical information

When the baby grabs your Treo and begins gnawing on it, the correct response is not, “oh, just let him play with it; what harm can he do?”

Granted, a Treo without a working microphone isn’t useless, but it’s also not a cellphone any more, either.

They Might Be Giants – Fake Believe

If Never Go to Work convinced me to buy They Might Be Giants’ Here Come the 123s, this tune is making me want to pick up the previous album, Here Come the ABCs. (It doesn’t hurt that James loves the 123s music video DVD included with the CD.)

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