Malkmus! Malkmus! Malkmus!

The new album as photographed at Landlocked Music in Bloomington, Indiana. Every time Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are in town, that's where I will be. I'm not as fond of Mirror Traffic as I am the previous three albums but here's to hoping I will hear 1% this evening. Also, I'm really sorry that Janet Weiss is no longer playing drums with the Jicks but I'm completely enamored with her new band Wild Flag (and I can't wait for the new season of Portlandia).

"Put a Bird on It!"

Portlandia: Portland Dream of the '90s - Portlandia - Series - On Air - IFC.com

Thanks to my friend Renee, I am now hooked on Portlandia. All stereotypes are officially covered in my former home of Stumptown where "the tattoo ink never runs dry." As a lover of most things birds, the clip from the above photograph is particularly humorous.

The recent review in the New York Times indicated that this show might have a limited audience which might be true. I'll enjoy the six episodes while I can trying hard not to envision Fred Armisen as Barack Obama and Carrie Brownstein in Sleater-Kinney's very last show at the Crystal Ballroom in August 2006.