happy black friday everyone. im very tempted to wake up at 3 am to get in line for a $250 32 inch flat screen tv for my upcoming new place of residence, but then i remembered that im sane, so im not going to do that (edit: i ended up going the day before thanksgiving and buying a 42″. thank you best buy no interest financing!). it seems like black friday begins earlier and earlier every year, which begs the question, at which point do you black friday will actually take place on thanksgiving itself? i think its only a matter of time. the good news is a few of us are going to redcoat tavern for a delicious burger today and then tosee camera obscura at the crofoot, one of my favorite local venues, so my friday wont be so black. pics to come next week.
todays track is contextually relevant to black friday. its “life magazine” by cold cave, and it happens to be featured in the latest radio shack commercial. and commercialism is what black friday is all about! just to be clear, i do recognize that the root of the word commercialism does not refer to a tv commercial. anyway, this track has been pretty big around the blogosphere for quite some time and the album was recently re-released on matador, but it is only now that i am mentioning it. the cold cave project is essentially a solo project from philadelphian wesley eisold but has become somewhat of a band now. this song imparticular has a mad hook that you cant help but notice. and the vocals and vocal effect totally remind me of “good time” by crystal castles (which is a good thing). hopefully it will brighten your day, on this blackest friday of the year.
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Despite having it buried in my Itunes before seeing the commercial, it was Radio Shack that made the revelation – nice track!
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