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Interpol are a Band

Photo by Pieter Van Hattem.

They're also the International Criminal Police Organization. They think they're so badass with their long and foreboding name, but they're really irrelevant, because Interpol the band supercede them in awesomeness in every category that matters. Like danceability ( I might have just made that word up? ), and the "playing guitar while wearing ties" category. I'm willing to bet that the International Criminal Police Organization can't play guitar while wearing ties as well as Interpol can.

They've only just released their new album, Antics, and it's near-perfect. Whereas Turn on the Bright Lights ( their first album, released in 2002 ) was full of atmospheric dirges, Antics is downright anthemic. They move away from their Joy Division-inspired material here, and find a sound that is definitively their own.

This is probably the best album I have heard all year. Turn on the Bright Lights would have been the best album I heard two years ago, if I had heard it then, but I didn't so I guess this statement doesn't matter at all. What I'm trying to say is that Bright Lights is awesome, probably the better of the two albums, and you should check them BOTH out.

I'd prefer it if you listened to them from beginning to end in sequence, but if you're going to be lazy and download only a couple songs that become ancient lost relics in your downloads folder because you ignore them and continue listening to your Maroon 5 or your Linkin Park, - *takes breath* - then get "evil," "NARC," "Slow Hands," "Obstacle 1," and maybe "Leif Erikson."

If you haven't figured it out by now, I really like Interpol.

Other bands and albums you should check out include:
The Shins - Chutes too Narrow
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Matthew Good - everything in his discography.
Sparta - Porcelain
Thursday - Full Collapse, War All the Time

I will most likely have more to say on all these bands sooner or later.

Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade is the best internet comic strip ever. Though chances are if you don't know what "pwned" means or what a metroid is, you won't find it very funny.

8:12
In other news, 8:12 is the new sequel to 4:20. Tell all your friends. I know you're all looking for whatever excuses you can to smoke more weed during the day. 8:12 has a nice ring to it though, don't you think? No, that's not "eight one-two," fool, it's "eight twelve." There's actually a story behind this but it's way too stupid to post here.

The bible?!
I was forced to buy the bible for my mythology course because it was shrink-wrapped with the other required readings. What kind of bullshit is that? I mean, who can't go and find a bible within 3 minutes if they needed one? Everyone has a copy of this book. It cost me something like $58. I'm pissed, because I was forced to buy this dumb bible, and on top of that, I'm being forced to read it. I don't believe in God and I hate religion; damn you religion, opiate of the masses! It was Karl Marx who said that by the way. A great man if there ever was one. Your knowledge of Karl Marx may be limited to the fact that he was some fat pig who died in the first couple chapters of Animal Farm, so I won't get into that here.

That's all I have to say for now, I'm at that "post all the damn time" stage at the beginning of every blog now though, so I'll probably find something else to talk about later today.

Oh, and use the comments feature. It's awesome. Talk about Interpol, your 8:12 experiences, or whatever the hell you want really.

-setsfire.

posted by Sylpheed @ 5:23 PM