Hahaha, brilliant!

[Via @dlprager on Twitter]

Kerry passed on some info about The Juliana Theory coming to San Francisco in August! They’re another one of my favorite bands and I’m sad I’ve never gotten to see them.

There’s a few things that surprised me.

1.) They broke up 10 years ago.
2.) I had no idea they were on a reunion / farewell tour.

Count me in! I’m absolutely excited.

What’s even scarier is how true the cats comment is.

[Via Ryan Block]

This weekend, we saw one of my favorite bands, State Radio, play at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. It was my first time seeing them, and it was fantastic.

Here’s the music video for their song, “Gang of Thieves.”

Last night, we checked out Beats Antique (also on Last.fm) at the Independent. They’re a pretty awesome fusion of electronic music with a middle eastern bent. Pretty awesome stuff! I love this sort of ambient music as it makes perfect background music for working and such!

They also feature belly dancers during their live performances, who move in sync to their music. Here is a video recorded from the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco last year.

And here is another song done by the same artist, this time featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye.

More information is available at The Symphony of Science.

[Via Mental Floss]

Anyway, my friend Nate just had his first child. I decided to pull out the guitar again and write another song! It’s called, “Nate is a Daddy” and is dedicated to him and the new addition to his family. It features his interests (freeways), his favorite sports team (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), and my favorite sports team (Los Angeles Dodgers of Awesome).

Lyrics:

Nate is a daddy,
you can be one too!
Nate is a daddy,
what’s he going to do?

Think of all the fun he’ll have,
waking up at night.
Crying babies, lack of sleep,
it’s such a beautiful sight.

He’ll teach her about freeways,
And how the Angels suck.
She should be a Dodger fan,
for good luck.

But all that doesn’t matter,
at the end of the day.
Because Nate is a daddy,
So what do you say?

Nate is a daddy,
what’re you going to do?
Nate is a daddy,
you can be one too!

I went ahead and recorded the song with my Kodak Zi6. So the audio quality isn’t the greatest (nor is the singing ability). But really, what’s the point of posting a video on YouTube if you’re not going to embarrass yourself, right? Here you go!

Lyrics are below:

Happy birthday to Mark
He studies eyeballs in the dark.
He wants to get his Ph.D
That really means a lot to me.

Happy birthday to you Mark.
You enjoy shows about sharks.
And you’ll be a doctor one day,
Which will help with the bills you have to pay.

You are my roommate!
And I think that’s really cool.
You make some great cheesecake,
that makes my mouth drool.
Happy birthday to you Mark.
Happy birthday to you.

I often like to play their “New Zealand radio station” and listen to some of the music I heard while gallivanting around the country a number of years ago.

While listening to that station, I stumbled across this band from New Zealand, called The Tutts.

Good old, indie rock.

Another good band from New Zealand (and a CD I even picked up while in the country) is Fat Freddy’s Drop. Definitely some nice, laid back music.

And if we’re talking about New Zealand bands, we can’t forget Flight of the Conchords!

Awesome!