FRANZ FERDINAND - s/t - release day!

FRANZ FERDINAND - s/t - release day!

The mainstream hype on this band has turned out to be huge -- big enough
that their Wednesday night show here a few weeks ago sold out (without a
record on the shelves!) and big enough that the indie reviews all seem
compelled to mention how big the hype is. (But I'm the only one with the
courage to take that last part to the next level.)

On further reflection I do like this record. The Strokes-y moments which
stood out to me on first listen (since the EP had few or none) aren't
the album's point at all -- evidence of having put the record together
too quickly, maybe. One is in no danger of being able to imagine Julian
Casablancas singing "Ich heisse superfantastiche!"

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I just got a paid account to play with post-by-mail. Though I still mean to get my real web page going again sometime, for now I think I would rather post via email to this account, which I barely use for anything, than rely on the RSS feed thinger.

So! If you've been reading pastemob_music, you may not need to anymore. If you've been avoiding it, you may not be able to anymore. You may also find that I post more frequently now that I can do it from a Unix prompt.

Funny looking posts may appear and disappear as I debug.