So… I’m not sure how this happened. How did I overlook The Good, The Bad and The Queen for almost two years? Their CD spent about that much time sitting on my desk and I just never listened to it. Odd. I was then called an asshole by a good friend and was told that I would love the record. He was right. Though TGTBATQ is the side-project of Damon Albarn of Blur & Gorillaz, don’t expect to hear anything remotely close to either of those two projects (even though Danger Mouse produced it). Expect to hear something gritty, something engulfed in soul, fire and extremely clever musicianship.

Go check out the songs “History Song” and “80’s Life” on their MySpace profile or pick it up on iTunes.

Review by Valerie C.

Resident George Lucas leading-man sensation Harrison Ford hit the big screen this week, met by box-office sales of movie tickets and reviews from critics. This film assuredly had some spectacular “rolling-on-the-ground-to-escape-certain-peril” scenes that could take one’s breath away. I found myself in a similar situation recently when at the supermarket. There I was, minding my own, when the display of half-price tomatoes was upturned by a clumsy fucking kid, and threatened to traumatize me with damage to the really killer outfit I had on that day. I rolled myself to near safety (allowing only my exposed flesh to touch the icky floor) following the standard “Indiana Jones Escape Methodology” techniques I had studied from the Jones School for Dramatic Escape from Situations of Unusual Hazard (otherwise known as what I assume this movie’s action scenes primarily consist of.) I owe my life and, more importantly, the preservation of my rad duds, to these eternally helpful stunts that are probably in this film. Verdict: a must see, preserve-your-wardrobe tutorial of a film.

*note: Valerie has yet to see the new Indiana Jones movie.

So… I changed the look of airandseabattle.com. The other version was nice on the eyes but I sort of broke it and then used it as a guinea pig for a client’s website. It wasn’t a pleasant way to go (beaten up and then molested… more or less).

Welcome to the new Air & Sea Battle!

I just ordered my copy of the new Summerbirds In The Cellar CD: Druids. You should do the same. I haven’t been this excited for a new release in a LONG time. I had the pleasure of seeing these guys live at SXSW and they put on a show that rivaled that of Muse and sounded flawless. Chances are you can only catch them live if you live in Florida or Georgia, but let’s hope they go on tour.

I’m usually not one to say this but Druids is one of the most important records of the last 5 years. I’m also not usually one of the types to use the “for fans of” but I’m going to do it anyway: I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Blur (Think Tank), Muse, New London Fire (huh??).