Quick Update - Air Traffic this weekend

1. No, I'm not dead; tax season was a b-word and then work subsequently started a big honking super-mega on-the-rag b-word for the next few weeks. And then of course Phil Collins retired; oh man I was a wreck. Rest assured that I've got two sets and a hilariously loaded backlog of stuff to bring you on...next weekish? That work for you? Well okay then.

2. Coachella in sixteen words: Prince ruled. Mark Ronson ruled. Sam Sparro ruled. Hot Chip ruled. Erol Alkan sucked. No, really.

3. So apparently GP favezzzzz Air Traffic are going to be releasing Fractured Life here in the US of States after all, and as such have made plans to tour this fair land far and wide (and possibly even in other directions too). As I'm'a be at their show at Spaceland this Saturday (barring my ride suffering some sort of tamale-related disaster beforehand), I figured I'd pass along the (poorly formatted - my bad) schedule for their upcoming tour:

5/8 -- San Francisco -- Bimbo's 365*
5/9 -- Los Angeles -- The Avalon*
5/10 -- Los Angeles -- Spaceland
5/11 -- San Diego -- Soma
5/12 -- Phoenix -- Brickhouse (it's mighty mighty)
5/14 -- Dallas -- House of Blues
5/15 -- Tulsa -- Bob at Cain's
5/17 -- Kansas City -- Record Bar
5/18 -- Chicago -- The Bottom Lounge
5/19 -- Columbus -- The Basement
5/20 -- Detroit -- Shelter
5/22 -- Cambridge -- TT The Bear's
5/23 -- Philadelphia -- Johnny Brenda's
5/24 -- New York -- Knitting Factory

* = with Elbow

I have complete and total confidence in this show, by the way - my main complaint about Fractured Life was that the songs tended to sound kinda MOR-ish on the record, but playing stuff live has always been the best antidote to a tepid recording. Here's a MP3 I was passed of the kids playing "No More Running Away" live - needless to say it leaves me stoked carat infinity at the prospect of "Never Even Told Me Her Name" played live.

C U NEXT TUESDAY

Still Not Dead, Hush Up With Yr Bitchin'

Seriously, you can ask Jen: the day I was all ready to get back into this here blogging fooferaw, my less-than-three-month-old laptop crapped out on me, requiring that it be sent back to Bumfuck, Egypt for servicing. Well, it's back now, and I plan on following suit on Monday with one of the most retardedly exaggerated content explosions in this site's history. So yeah, watch out for that.

EDIT: By "Monday", I of course mean "Wednesday". I guarantee you that the wait will be worth it; you'll be able to waste like two-thirds of the day on this thing when I get done with it.

EDIT 2:

Seriously, though, it'll be up tomorrow come hell or high water - it's actually completely written, but since there's going to be like 20 tracks in total with the next post, ripping and uploading is a beeyotch.