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Cartoon 001: The Bear That Wasn’t

K.B. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:18 +0000

This is one of may favorite stand-alone cartoons ever. Heck, it may even be at the top of the list as far as those go. I love everything about it; from the music to its style. If I keep posting more of my favorite cartoons don’t be surprised when a lot of them are by Chuck Jones. I’ve always thought that his style was very cool and distinct. So without further ado… The Bear That Wasn’t A Bear.

Random Video 001: Take Advantage

K.B. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:02:09 +0000

I’m really enjoying the new Lou Barlow album Goodnight Unknown. Hearing his music almost makes me want to get back to working on this mythical album that I have written.

Random Thoughts 001: Radio, Radio

K.B. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:49:06 +0000

I am not much of a radio listener (besides NPR), but somehow found myself listening to one of the local rock radio stations today and had a weird realization… they are still mostly playing the same songs that they played in the 90s!

I’ve known this, but it’s almost 2010 and they are still playing songs they played in ‘89 – ‘00, the major difference is that most of those songs were new at that time. Has there really been nothing worthwhile that has been released for the radio-alterna-rock demographic? Is the new music so bad that, beyond its pop shelf-life of a few months after a song is released, they only play old music? Wow… that’s a shame. I know that not everyone wants wimpy “indierock” on the radio, but there has to be something that’s geared more for that audience that doesn’t suck completely, hasn’t there?

Meanwhile, R&B radio has the opposite problem of playing the same 7 – 15 new songs over and over. I think it’s high time for some sort of compromise between these types of playlists. Then again, since most people have mp3 players, it may be that rock radio is targeting the older listeners who grew up with radio and aren’t so hip to the changes in technology. At the same time R & B radio targets the younger audience by playing the same new songs over and over. Nevermind… I just figured it out. Shrewd move conglomerate owned radio stations, well played.

-K.B.

Lost And Found And Lost

K.B. — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:21:21 +0000

Today marks the official release of a new album by my friends The Seldon Plan. The album is called Lost And Found And Lost, available from The Beechfields Record Label. I’ve had it for a couple weeks now, and I really like it. That’s my honest opinion, not just me saying it for people that I know, I liked this band when I heard them before I even knew we were located in the same area (oh, the glories of the interweb). The new album is a little different from the last ones, but I can say that it still leaves me with the same good feelings that I had when I first heard them years ago.

Check out The Seldon Plan if you have a spare minute.

-K.B.

With great power comes great responsibility

K.B. — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:47:33 +0000

Now that The Up Set has a blog, not only will you get the usual (but more frequent) updates, you also get … other random things! Run on sentences! Ramblings about current events! Lots of music talk! For example, how awesome is that new Superchunk Leaves in the Gutter EP?! I really like it. Haha.

Plans are being made to record an album really, really, soon. In May, actually. We also have a show coming up around then too. More on that later.

-K.B.