if there's one thing I know, it's music.

if you happen to be another thing, and/or person, that I know,
you should join my club. we will share music, have some laughs,
do each other's hair, and talk about girls & boys who broke our hearts.

or, we can just stick with the music thing.

I even created a forum where we can brag about how much better
our taste is than other peoples! I mean, that's what the interweb
is all about, right? right!

head on over: http://www.last.fm/group/Shane%27s+Club

before I get to the subject line, I'd just like to mention that you can now watch the premiere of the second season of Flight of the Conchords online at both HBO http://www.hbo.com/conchords/ & IMDB http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1626342169/ <—(you must be a registered user). it wont air on television 'til sunday. the episode is hilarious, as per usual, and the song at the end is now one of my favorite Conchords songs.

moving on, a friend recently asked me to make him a very specific sort of mix cd. I eagerly accepted the challenge and ended up with a playlist over three…

as some of you know, I love making mixes. occasionally, someone will ask me to make them a mix they can give to someone else. last night, just such an incident occurred. I ended up making jonathan a mix cd he could give a few friends as a christmas gift. I rather liked the end result, and made a copy for myself. perhaps you'd like to do the same:

fireballs '08

01. Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
02. Architecture in Helsinki - Like A Call
03. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
04. Radiohead - A Wolf At…

Senor Applesauce and the Big Bad Bumblebees was a christmas project I recorded a few years back. I improvised all the music and lyrics and played almost all the instruments (with a little help from my beloved partner in crime, Bankholdup.) you can now download the entire album for free by clicking the link. the album is called XXX-Mas On Crack and

the tracks are as follows

Traffic Lights <3 Navidad: a latin flavored marmalade, or jam, about how traffic lights celebrate christmas all year long by flashing red & green.

The Christmas Man: a next level faux-brit…

named after a short by Czech surrealist artist/director Jan Švankmajer and dedicated to deceased American actor Peter Boyle, A Game With Stones is something a good friend of mine, Bankholdup, and I cooked up. every evening, a few winters ago, we'd record a song, straight to his laptop. there was no rehearsal beforehand. we disdained regular instruments and used "found instruments" such as: our mouths, handclaps, soda cans, chopsticks, knives, scissors, keys, etc.. you can download, or stream, all of the resulting tracks.

go ahead and take a look;
one way or the other, you just may laugh.

featured tracks…

just for fun, that I'd upload the band/song onto
last.fm for both free streaming and free downloading. you can do
so here: What The Moon Brings

the song was recorded live, at practice, with just a
microphone hanging over our heads. it was the first song
we ever wrote and, though the audio quality is low, I really
did enjoy the band. the music is melodic and heavy, featuring
drums, bass, two guitars, keyboards, and screamed stand up
vocals by yours truly.

if that sounds like your cup of tea, or you just want
to give it a listen anyway,…