Korvotney - I have no idea what language that is. Polish? Russian? Albanian? Alabamian?
Yellawood - Alabama’s version of Hollywood? The sign even read “Yella!” (as in, “atcha boy”)
Dollard - I’ve heard dullard and I’ve heard dollar. Either way, his game is worth the same.
Rekalin - Misspelling of “recliner”?
Quantez - Named after the movie?

Note: Yeah, I know the pictures suck. Better than nothing.

This was the first show of The Walkmen’s January Northeast mini-tour with Mazarin. The gigs are to show off their new songs, which will be on their new album, which comes out in April. According to Hamiltonious, the new album and its title track will be called “All Hands On [Deck?] [Us?] [Me?]”. It was hard to understand.

They ripped through a bunch of new songs, all of which were fiery and more serrated. He didn’t mention hardly any names, except for “Louisiana”. They played “The Rat” third, snuck in “Little House of Savages”, and “Wake Up” and “We’ve Been Had” in the encore. All in all, a solid job of debuting the new material. They also had some technical problem with the keyboard, which the entire band and I laughed at.

Looking forward to when they come back around again in support of the album.

As for Mazarin, they did an admirable job opening, and their style fit like a mitten.

They jammed dutifully through their album, and made a few people take notice. The last time I was supposed to see them was with Rogue Wave, but they pulled out at the last minute, so there was just that much more anticipation for this show, and I was wholly impressed. A solid start to my ‘06 concert season.

Hamas wins upset victory in Palestinian election

Well, I’m not really sure what it all means, but sounds like democracy is about to backfire in our faces. Some say this is the biggest upset since Villanova beat Georgetown in ‘85, but I don’t think it’s that big. Villanova was the #8 seed, for crying out loud. I’ve always thought Patrick Ewing was a human microcosm of the U.S..

British guy living in Mass. who probably killed his family and fled back to England ran sketchy money-making and porn sites

Including deephotsex.com. The family has rachelandneil.org, but 2/3 of the family’s dead, so it’s weird to look at. The guestbook has tons of comments since the murders. Four Mass. state investigators flew to England yesterday to track him down and question him. It ain’t lookin’ good for home skillet.

Spiderman gets ridiculously crappy makeover

He’s got like 10 arms + claws. Good luck, Tobey Maguire.

Arctic Monkeys set to have fastest-selling debut

That’s some insane hype. They’re breaking Hear’Say’s record! Holy sh… meh.