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I have been waiting to hear The Ting Tings' We Started Nothing. The two initial tracks I heard, "Great DJ" and "That's Not My Name" had me very excited. I think their songs are extremely commerically appealing, as is evident by the use of "Shut Up And Let Me Go" in the latest iPod commercial. The Ting Tings have the ability to write a fucking catchy as all hell hook. I dare you to listen to "That's Not My Name" and not have it in your head all day long. I'm halfway through listening to the album in its entirety and I'm really pleased. Good stuff. I hope the handful [I totally just typed "nadful"] of you reading this had a great Memorial Day weekend. Mine sucked. Thanks to still not achieving a full remission YET and pretty much not being able to have any fun at all, I was unable to be a part of the festivities with J's family down in Wildwood Crest. While I'm getting used to never being able to go anywhere and never being able to do anything normal anymore [and chanting "remission possible!" over and over every day], I doubt I'll ever get used to the dogger's way of having fun on a holiday weekend... by spewing a mish-mosh of doggie digestive gunk including but not limited to - food, chicken and treats :

And might I add, she was interested enough to walk back over to it several hours later and actually try to eat the treat from the drying puddle of gunk. That is, until I screamed out the window on the top of my lungs: "IF YOU EAT YOUR THROW UP, I WILL SHOOT YOU!"

Despite what the picture on the left might look like, the dogger did not get into a fight with a HighLighter. [I can't even take credit for that witty comment, as J. just said that to my Dad but I thought it was funny enough to plagerize.] The dogger had a visit to the vet this morning in what was supposed to be a vaccination  visit. She was due her Rabies and Distemper shots. However, she woke up spewing green snot from her left eye, so the vet numbed her eye and put yellow gunk in it to look for foreign stuff and/or ulcers. They did the staining thing and now she looks very weird with a big ugly yellow eye. [the result was the tiny beginning of an eye ulcer for which she was given drops to clear it up.] Winnister has severe allergies she has battled for years and she has been on Atopica for months now. Atopica is an immunosuppressant for dogs and if you have a dog with severe allergies that involve excessive paw licking and/or hair loss in random places, talk to your vet about Atopica. While it is EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE [!!!], it's completely worth it. Not just to help the dog, but so you don't have to listen to that annoying paw licking noise that makes you want to cram ice picks into your ear drums. [unfortunately, the Atopica costs about the same per month that it would cost to feed 1,497,574 Ethiopian kids per year] Completely separate from the first topic, I've realized that when a band decides to cover another band's song, there isn't any grey. The cover is either fantastic or horrific. There isn't any middle ground. In my opinion, I think a cover falls under being "great" if it is one that you like listening to just as much as the original. I've come across some super great covers, some that are new and some that I just will always love. If you can download any of these, you absolutely should:

• Biffy Clyro covering Weezer's "Buddy Holly"
• Biffy Clyro covering Rihanna's "Umbrella"
• Ted Leo covering Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" in which he incorporates the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps"
• Junkie XL (ft. Lauren Rocket) covering Siouxsie & The Banshees "Cities In Dust"
• Joshua Radin covering The Smiths' "Girlfriend In A Coma"
• Killing Heidi covering The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" in which they incorporate The Beatles "Hey Jude"
• Snake River Conspiracy covering The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?"
• Snake River Conspiracy covering The Cure's "Lovesong"

Revolt was just updated. This week, we are featuring a Guest Editorial by Alida Marroni from 1997. I have to say, each time a band decides to write a Guest Editorial, I am so stoked. I love reading stories directly from the bands and I know my Revolt readers do as well. Over the course of 3 years, we've had some amazing people take the time to write Guest Editorials. 1997 now joins the likes of Ben Kweller, Guttermouth, The City Drive, Die Hunns, Bouncing Souls, David Arquette, 36 Crazyfists, Scanners, National Product, No Use For A Name and tons more. It's awesome when bands take the time to participate. Reviews were also updated. You can click here to catch it all.  

Music blogs, especially those that are indie-centric, have truly earned their stripes in the online world. I think I'm confused by most of them, though. Music is so subjective, so it's incredibly strange that the world follows the lead of [a lot] of indie music bloggers. I think there are tons of blogs out there that have been so so so instrumental in bringing indie music to the masses, but at the same time, I will never fall in love with a band simply because Stereogum told me I should. Music means much more to me than that. BUT, I might give a listen to a band that may have never crossed my path thanks to one of these blogs. And that is the reason that I am somewhat disheartened by the fact that large companies [Buzznet's purchase of Stereogum, for example] are now gobbling up some of these blogs. It won't be long before "indie" music just simply ...isn't. I need to stress that I'm not bitter that music bloggers who can express their opinions are being handed gazillions of dollars for blogs. My ego isn't big enough to ever think my opinion would matter that much. Revolt is what it is: a bunch of people who love music, who love writing, who want to one day have a career in music journalism and/or writing in some capacity. We're informal and my editing sucks. Still, my writers are so thoughtful when they write their reviews. They write with honesty and never ass-kiss. When they love the music they're reviewing, they give it 100%. When they hate the music they're reviewing, they give it 100%. We're small and we're dedicated. We're in our 3rd year and throughout it all, this little engine that could has landed some great interviews and that's nothing to shake a computer mouse at. Sure, being bought out must be great! The money, oh my! But when I visit Stereogum and I have to scroll down half a page, past a very corporate-like header menu, just to see a few small glimpses of the old site design, it makes me feel like I should be dressed in black and paying my last respects to an old friend that was run over by an 18-wheeler - where they couldn't put the body back together and all that was left was random pieces. Still, if some major corporation knocked on my door, I'm pretty sure I would answer.