Today was a Good Day

Or, at least, it will be.

Got the new Fiona album in its entirety last night. Finished listening this morning. 'tis very very good, and Sony sucks. At least let her out of her contract so she can release it independently... I guess. I don't know anything about "the business," but I imagine that I'd be pissed if I were her.

And I picked up the new Garbage album this morning on the way to work. And yes, I kind of sold out and went to Target. But it was only $9.98! And I paid my car insurance yesterday and currently have $0.69. So I'm sucking up to corporate America. And Target is a "Republican company" too. I suck.

"Target executives contributed solely to Republican candidates and Target's Chariman and CEO contributed fairly heavily. Target also has a Political Action Committee which contributed very heavily in the 2003-2004 election cycle weighing in at $173,240 (21% D 78% R)"

buyblue.org

uhh... but back to music...
I hadn't heard the single(s) yet, so no expectations.
Very very heavy album. At least starting off. And Shirley still sounds great. About halfway through now, and there's nothing I really feel like skipping at all. And the CD includes the video for the single... which I've yet to watch. They've got such a great sound... almost industrial guitars with a definite techo/electronica twist... and Shirley's voice just comes out of nowhere to make something pretty damned unique.

"
No Evolution
Sometimes it depresses me
The same old same
Oh we keep repeating history
The Institution curses curiosity
"

and

"Find out who you are before you regret it"

very sexual... somewhat angry... abused lyrics. I like it.

and am, once again, pissed to live in the God forsaken South East. Closest show is in Atlanta. On a freakin' Thursday...

But it's still gonna be a good day. In stark contrast to my last statement, Muse is playing about 15 minutes from my house. Can NOT wait. My sister said the front was a huge mosh pit at the Atlanta show. Definitely going to get there as early as possible. Am already comparing it to the Primus show from last year...

so there's another reason I'll be quoting Ice Cube tonight.

and there was another good trip to Manifest recently...
Wellwater Conspiracy - The Brotherhood of the Electric
Tommy James and the Chondels - Anthology
Mike Watt - Ball-Hog or Tugboat
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss single (I know, I know... but I'm somewhat of a completist... somewhat)
Helmet - Meantime
NIN - The Hand That Feeds prerelease single
The Strokes - Is This It?

and the Radiohead DVD "The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time"... weird stuff, but mostly very cool. Especially if it's dark, and the volume is cranked.