The Pelican’s Perch

Sad day indeed…well, for you more than me. I was going to post a mega post full of all kinds of goodies and whatnot to keep you busy while I was gone in Chicago, but all of a sudden I’ve worked two 9-5:30pm days in a row doing crazy manual labor and being completely dead afterwards. So, I apologize for that. But I’m heading for Chicago tomorrow to see a girl I haven’t seen in over two years. Crazy I know. But it should be great to say the least. I’ll be there until Saturday night, so I guess look for a post next Monday? I’ve got posts lined up for Jumpel, Siberian, and Nicole Atkins for sure when I get back. All three are great albums that I’ve been listening to a lot. I’m also half way done with my review of In Rainbows for a local downtown magazine here in town, so I’ll be posting that too.

Don’t cry too much while I’m gone. It won’t be too long. Hope everyone’s week is great, and since I feel kind of guilty, I’ll sit here for a bit before I pack and find some quality links for you.

Tomorrow I’ll be in Chicago seeing Tiffany. Couldn’t be more excited!

Links to pass the time:

• Pitchfork’s In Rainbows preview / and the actual review
  / and fan reactions!
• $250,000 question about Office Space (I knew that answer!)
• This list I can really get behind: 55 Must See Movies of 2008
  My personal favorites:
  Cloverfield
  Be Kind Rewind (new Michel Gondry w/Jack Black!)
  Synecdoche, New York (new Charlie Kauffman project)
  Iron Man
  Speed Racer
  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Judd Apatow project)
  Choke (one of my favorite Chuck Palahniuk novels now a movie)
  The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, says it’s best script since 6th sense)
  The Incredible Hulk (written by and starring Edward Norton)
  Wall-E (new Pixar about two robots only things left on Earth…no dialogue either!)
  The Dark Knight (new Batman, this time featuring the Joker)
  Pineapple Express (another Judd Apatow produced film, but I love them)
  Where the Wild Things Are (loved the book as a kid, Spike Jonze is directing it)
  James Bond 22
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt as a guy who ages backwards)
  The Box (Donnie Darko director goes back to his weird ways finally, thankfully)
  Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt (the title of the new Sasha Baron Cohen movie, this time he’s Bruno, his gay character)
  The Fighter (new Darren Aronofsky flick about a washed up fighter on drugs, the man can portray drugs onscreen like nobody’s business, plus Brad Pitt’s in it)
  RocknRolla (new Guy Ritchie project finds him back in Lock Stock/Snatch mode)Can’t wait for next year’s movies! They’re going to kick this year’s movies a$$.
• Radiohead rarities
• White Rabbits on MOKB Sirius Radio
  (see also: John Vanderslice, Bowerbirds, Sea Wolf, Mancino, and Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s)
• New Annuals’ music (check out Manchester Orchestra’s cover of “Brother”)
• New Hype Machine is up and kicking
• While we’re at IGIF, here’s a remix to Radiohead’s “Videotape”)
• New Man Man song “Zombie” over at YANP

…and last but not least. Arcade Fire and Bruce Springsteen performing “Keep the Car Running”.
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It almost looks fake, like how they put Tom Hanks in those old presidential videos in Forrest Gump. But it’s real, and that’s pretty damn awesome.

So, I guess I ended up creating that hodgepodge of links to keep you busy while I’m gone post I said I didn’t have time for. Funny how the blog does that to me sometimes. Enjoy all the links and I’ll see you next Monday!