These dudes have been on some sort of drug-fueled, turntable-spun hiatus for well over a year now, which almost certainly means they’re out of money by now again. I decided to get myself a t-shirt and a poster, so hopefully they can eat lunch once or something.

They put on a couple of one-off shows this fall, and continue to DJ around NYC. Matt Safer has put some effort into the redesign of their new site, therapturemusic.com and points out that they are indeed still making music all of the time, but are just taking their sweet time.

Maybe soon, the band will pick up speed, which I’ll track through their messageboard along with very few others.

West Virginia whoops, outlasts Georgia in Atlanta

The Mountaineers came out of the gates and tossed a 28-0 lead on the Dawgs. The Georgia fans’ faces were absolutely priceless. Freshmen QB White and RB Slaton shocked and awed the semi-home team by scrambling, drawing, cutting and blasting past their bewildered defense. Georgia almost came back, but a fake punt for a first down with less than two minutes on the clock sealed the deal. Unreal.
I hope the Rose Bowl is this exciting.

Related: R.I.P, miners. Totally sucks. So, so crappy.

Lobbyist Abramoff pleads guilty to fraud, corruption

The plea is expected to touch off the trials or resignations of every member of Congress since 1792, even the dead ones. Ah, if only.

Carriage horse goes berserk in NYC

I expect this will be happening more and more often as horses become more freaked out by the urban technojungle that they live in. Horse-related tramplings and destruction were up 28% in the ‘05, and look for them to soar again the ‘06.