The Closest You Can Get To Owning A Pet Cheetah

Just heard about this new cat breed called the savannah, which is a hybrid between a female house cat and a male serval (which is a medium-sized wildcat native to Africa). Suweeet! They're allegedly super loyal and friendly and will follow you around the house like a dog, as well as playfully pounce or headbutt you when you get home. It can jump 8 feet from a standing position and likes to play in water. It also eats raw meat. I'm having legitimate difficulty wrapping my brain around how awesome this pet is! Basically a mini-cheetah that will fist-bump me with its head when I get home and then we can eat beef jerky together and then hop in the shower....OHMYGOSHINEEDITNOW!!!!

Coolest Blog Ever

I stumbled upon this blog this morning, and just have to post about it. It's one of the best I've ever seen. Jack Kerouac meets Motorcycle Diaries meets Endless Summer? I dunno. Something about it is just very entrancing. The pictures and the cinematography and the music are all excellent. Artistic without being artsy. Read what it's about HERE. Enjoy the ride HERE (best to start at the bottom of the page, which is the beginning of the journey).

p.s. Someone please forward this on to Holman. 

Amazon Daily Deal: Death Cab For Cutie's "The Open Door EP"

You can head HERE to grab DCFC's little EP of extras from the Narrow Stairs sessions. 5 songs (4 unreleased plus a Narrow Stairs demo) for just shy of a buck.

KOL Tell Mojo "New Album Might Be Hard To Swallow"

First of all, I can swallow anything from the Kings of Leon. N. E. THING. Second of all, awesome. I'm not mad/upset/bothered/annoyed/etc. at their recent success in the least bit. Glad people are coming around. But the majority of their last effort didn't do it for me. Just didn't think the material was that strong. Some of the lyrics felt a little contrived. Some of the lyrics were just plain awful (see "I Want You" ["Home-boy's so proud finally got the video proof / the night vision shows she was only duckin' the truth / it's heavy, I know, the black guy with the gift down below / a choke and a gag, she spit up & came back for more"....seriously?!? that lyric is about a (presumably) white guy that used a video recorder to somehow catch his girlfriend choking on a black man's large penis and enjoying it...I mean, seriously?!?]).

But I digress. I'm excited that the band is looking to push themselves musically into some different territory. I know that opening for bands like U2 and Pearl Jam (moreso the former than the latter) informed a lot of the way OBTN sounded. Maybe having the Walkmen open for them will inform a bit of what this next album sounds like. All in all, I'm hoping this means that the Kings will be putting a new foot forward. Or maybe they'll be putting an old foot in a new direction. Or a new foot in an old direction. I guess I don't really care. Just ready for something other than what I got last time. 

LOLing For Realz

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New Regina Spektor Song/Video: "Laughing With"

This video's been around for a few days, but I'm just stumbling onto it now. It's a new song, presumably the first single off of Regina's upcoming Far (out June 23). If you didn't like Regina Spektor before, it's unlikely that this song will do anything new for you. But if you're like me and find her particular brand of quirky piano pop enjoyable, then you'll probably dig this song as well (unless you hate God, then you probably won't get the message). Very pretty. Pretty sad.

Laughing With

Grizzly Bear Live Video: "Ready, Able"

I've never been a die-hard GB fan. I enjoyed Horn of Plenty a bit, but no matter how hard I tried, no matter how many blogs or critics called it a masterpiece, I just could not get into Yellow House. Sure, there were a couple of choice tracks on that album ("Knife" [obvi] as well as "Colorado" and one or two others), but as a whole, it just didn't move me. It felt sterile or something. This new album, however, has thoroughly impressed me. Each listen reveals something I hadn't heard on the last listen (more often than not, some gorgeous harmony), which I love. It's like listening to new versions of the same song, which makes for lasting enjoyment. The album's definitely not for everyone. It requires a bit of patience to unfold, and even then it's not an easy sell for some. But for me, Veckatimest has sold me on the idea that this band has something really great to offer. One of my favorite tracks off of the new album, followed by one of my favorite tracks of 2009.

"Ready, Able"

"Two Weeks"