señor taco’s travels

As heard at work today: “East Bay is pig latin for beast…and that’s no
accident either!”

I laughed

Once again my little friends, it is new music roundup time. This episode is a
little delayed because it took me a while to find the one new album I really
wanted. Six stores and two days, and even then it wasn’t on the rack but
rather in the “to be filed” bin. Sheesh, new music comes out on Tuesday folks.

• 
  Strike Anywhere - Exit English
  This was one of my most eagerly awaited albums of 2003. Now that it’s
  here it is definitely not a let down. With Change is a Sound
  Strike Anywhere blew me away. With Exit English they pick right
  back up where they left off. Angry, timely, and melodic (more so than
  CiaS even). It also takes about one commute time to listen to
  so bonus points there.

• 
  The Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told
  Hmmm, I’m not sure about this album. I love the Larry Arms, in fact
  their last album, Apathy and Exhaustion, is one of my favorite
  albums. Unfortunately Greatest Story just didn’t grab me right
  off so I’m going to have to listen a bunch more and render full judgment
  then.

• 
  Paint It Black - CVA
  There once was a band, Kid Dynamite (more on them in a minute), that came
  onto the scene and rocked it so hard that many were blown away. Then the
  members decided to call it quits because some of them wanted to do other
  things. I think they broke up way too early, there was still much more
  rocking for them to do. That leads us to Paint It Black, one of the bands
  to come out of Kid Dynamite (the other being href="http://danimal.org/SenorTaco/2003/06/11#rawk-00">None More
  Black …what’s with the black theme?). These guys rock way out. They
  have definitely picked up the torch left burning by Kid Dynamite. I can’t
  believe how good it is. A bit short, but every song blasts to you with a
  ferocious intensity that is very welcomed.

• Kid Dynamite - Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems
  As I mentioned above, Kid Dynamite is no more. This makes me bummed every
  time I think about it. Over the short but fantastic history of Kid
  Dynamite there were many splits, covers, singles (like on comps) and demos
  that have now been collected into Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems. For
  the casual listener there is nothing really new (except maybe the covers)
  on this disc, but to the rabbid Kid Dynamite fan this disc is just as big
  a part of the Kid Dynamite collection as the other two albums. There is
  also a DVD in the package. On it are a few live performances, a preview
  of an upcoming full-length DVD for Kid Dynamite!, and a snippet
  of an interview at a benefit show that KD reunited for. Good stuff all
  around. I’m very happy to have this.

Thanks for tuning in. Go forth and rock!

So, there are a couple of really cool advantages. The first is getting to see
fantastic scenes from my car. Take yesterday for example. On the San
Francisco side of the Bay Bridge I got to see a gigantic cloud layer hanging
over the bay. The city was essentially clear, but looking to the Golden Gate
I could only see the tops of both towers. Then looking to Sutro Tower it
wasn’t engulfed in clouds as it usually is, instead there were just fingers
of fog creeping over the hills. Absolutely stunning.

The second advantage is that I get to rock out, because I’m a rocker, and
that’s what I do. :P