FRIENDS & FUN
First off, this weekend we will be heading up to Trumbull CT to finally watch our bestest bud Eric Brust [try saying that 11X fast] perform with his Blessed Sacrament. Neither of us have been to a winterguard show in many moons so it should be either very entertaining or it will simply re-enforce the reasons why we haven't been to a winterguard show in all those moons. Either way we are looking forward to a nice mini road trip, seeing some of those friends, and possibly, most definitely, stopping at Stew Leonards.
REST & RELAXATION (& RELOCATION)
We will be coming home Saturday night, late after the show, only because we have to wake up early and head to Swiftwater PA, where we've rented out a condo for the week, serving many purposes. First and most importantly is to see a ton of houses in the surrounding area. We've narrowed it down [temporarily] to Pike County, Bushkill Falls area. We've got about 15 homes to see so it should be a busy week. On top of that we will be job hunting. I am meeting with people who looking for a new director for their HS there, and Fran is going to drop in on some random TJX companies to see if a transfer is possible. And hopefully, somewhere in there we find some vacation-type time where we can relax and explore these towns that could be our future home. It is in the mountains and I hear there are some crazy waterfalls. Ooooh I'm getting gooseflesh.
MUSIC
Mystery Jets, who made my 3rd [on occasion, 2nd] favorite album for 2007 will be putting out their new masterpiece Twenty One on March 24th. I've heard a few tracks already and it's more refined and seems to pack a little less of a punch, but their strength is really the exquisite quality and originality of their songwriting, and that hasn't seemed to falter any.
Matt Ward, who has been the soundtrack of many a Sunday mornings for us the past few years, has teamed up with Frans favorite actress-turned-songstress, Zooey Deschanel. Fran called it on the closing scenes of Elf as Zooey leads a crowd in an endearing sing-a-long of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" when she said, "That girl has a great voice. Who is that?" Indeed. And the title of the record, Volume One, leads us to believe that March 18th is only the beginning.
Bound Stems, who is responsible for my favorite album of 2006, Appreciation Night, and my favorite Ep of 2005, The Logic Of Building The Body Plan, will surely throw me for yet another loop when they put out their latest opus & ode to Chicago, The Family Afloat on June 10th. The countdown has commenced.
The coming months also expect releases & definite album of the year contenders from Tapes 'N Tape, Destroyer, an Ep from the knob twiddling/mind expanding Animal Collective, another opera from the elegant gloom 'n doomers Thee Silver Mt. Zion, and the always prolific R.E.M. will release its 14th album, as well as everyone's favorite sister-fronted rock juggernaut, the Breeders will come back out of hibernation, again. My iPod is gonna be busting a gut. I foresee an upgrade.
MOVIES
A guilty pleasure is gonna be this film 10,000 B.C. Just to see these mastodons and sabre tooth tigers on the screen...that's gonna be very cool. I'm not sure anyone's ever made a movie about this time period so, yeah. Not expecting much, but I do expect to see it in the theater.
You're crazy if you don't think Be Kind Rewind is gonna be hilarious. Even if the sum is less than its parts, this is a brilliant idea for a story, with brilliant casting in Jack Black & Mos Def [check out that name tag], and it's written by a brilliantly imaginative director. My money's on: Brilliant.
As if I wasn't already itching to see The Dark Knight, the recent airing of the only tolerable prequels, the first Tim Burton version & Batman Begins, on late night TV has really got me going. You better believe I will be seeing this opening weekend, on a Sunday evening naturally.
Don't let the title scare you away. This just looks darling.
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