Only in America:

“People from New York and Ohio come to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub for a pretty big hamburger: 6 pounds of beef, one large onion, two whole tomatoes, a half a head of lettuce, 1 1/4 pounds of cheese, top and bottom buns, and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, relish, banana peppers and some pickles. ”

Check it out.

Pretty Girls Make Graves:

Sun, Aug 22 - Nottingham - UK - Rescue Rooms
Mon, Aug 23 - Glasgow - UK - King Tuts with Seachange
Tue, Aug 24 - Manchester - UK - Roadhouse with Seachange
Wed, Aug 25 - London - UK - Scala with Seachange
Fri, Aug 27 - Reading - UK - Reading Festival
Sat, Aug 28 - Leeds - UK - Leeds Festival

That reminds me, I still have a bunch of photos I took of them playing in San Diego that I never uploaded. I should do something about that.

Mclusky:

NOVEMBER
20 LEEDS Josephs Well
21 GLASGOW King Tuts
22 NEWCASTLE Uni
24 MANCHESTER Roadhouse
25 BIRMINGHAM Academy
26 LONDON ULU

I’m not missing this fucking band again.

Someone really needs to do something about two-day weekends. It’s just not enough. There is a bank holiday coming up though, and the August bank holiday weekend spells one thing: K.O.C.

Anyone else down for this? Me and Wes were discussing it a couple of weeks back. It’s been a while (three years?), I think it’s about time.

On a random note, check out these pics (here and here) that we (me and Glyn) took this weekend of the Etnies baby-blue-truck-o-doom doing what it was built for.

Stolen without shame from Pitchforkmedia:

“After two years of downtime, Hot Snakes– the fiery-awesome rock ‘n’ roll band that sprung from the ashes of Drive Like Jehu like a fuckin’ superpanther– are back to kick another hole in your speakers. Their 2002 album Suicide Invoice was a hot contender for Pitchfork’s album of the year back then (okay, #35, but it charted for a reason), and still remains in heavy rotation on the office P.A. Now the group has announced an October 5th release date (on their own Swami label) for their forthcoming third LP Audit in Progress, which is being pressed up even as you read this very sentence.”

“The new long-player is said to feature the most intense music the band has yet produced. To quote the official press release: “The sub sonics of past work has been reintroduced with speaker blowing defiance.” Whatever that means, it sounds good, doesn’t it? The band’s renewed vigor is in part thanks the addition of new drummer Mario Rubalcaba, who joined to replace original drummer Jason Kourkounis, now a full-time member of Burning Brides. Rubalcaba has previously played with The Black Heart Procession, Clikitat Ikatowi, and, like Reis, Rocket from the Crypt. ”
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