New album from Tomahawk

Paper Thin Walls has "Sun Dance," the first single off the new Tomahawk album, Anonymous. PTW's Christopher Weingarten doesn't really like it, though, at least partially because of the concept behind the album - "Sun Dance" and the 12 other tracks on Anonymous are their interpretation of Native American tribal music.

The first two albums from Tomahawk, compared with this one, is like the difference between Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. In fact, this track wouldn't be all that out of place on either Album of the Year or California. But the sudden move from the structured verses and choruses on Tomahawk and Mit Gas to the kind of perfect weirdness Bungle was up to for so long is still jarring. The movie theme idea worked out well for Fantomas, and based on "Sun Dance" it sounds like it'll do fine here. Even so, WhineyG has a point - why bother with "the musical equivalent of "Apocalypto?" That's a pretty dead on point, though it could still seem more dead on 10 hours from now, once I've listened to the entire album.

Here's the link to the review, an mp3 of "Sun Dance" and a brewing discussion of the album.

And there will be a review of Anonymous up here soon.

Sexual landmarks

I was at least as perverted in middle school as I am now, the major difference being that I have a better vocabulary now - or so I thought.

For a school project about France, some middle schoolers I am aware of made reference to the Eiffel Tower and its variant the Golden Gate Bridge. Both involve a threesome and a high five. And yet, perhaps i am the only ignorant one here, I had no idea of the power of landmarks to inspire brilliant sexual references that adults won't pick up.

Suddenly, I feel a little old. At least I can make like the 12-year-olds and study the Urban Dictionary.

Validation

My boss just told me to turn that damn radio off and get back to work. Yes, this is normal for me. But I was listening to episode 22, just uploaded this morning. You know it's got to be good if people think it's professional from the screeching "mother fucking Bill Gates!" Reason enough to download? I think so.