Join the Deacon Bandwagon
This summer seems to belong to Dan Deacon. First, bloggers jumped all over Deacon's awesome jam of an album and this video. Then there was Baltimore City Paper's fascinating cover story chronicling Deacon and the Wham City collective.
All of this makes me nostalgic for the days when D.C. musicians had such ambition. Maybe they still do? But shit, Baltimore's music scene is pretty damn stacked. At least D.C.'s Carpark label is helping to lead the charge, releasing Deacon's zany dance tunes at a steady clip. The label just announced that it will be releasing a "limited edition" seven inch of Deacon's "The Crystal Cat" on August 14 to mark the mad scientist's European tour. The b-side will be a song called "Totally Boner Eat Shit."
Can you think of a better song title–real or imagined? Warminsky–I dare you to come up with something better.
2:19 pm
How about "Umlaut Is Colon"?
2:31 pm
doesn't cut it. try again.
2:41 pm
Type "Umlaut Is Colon" into Google, and see what you get. I'm an innovator.
3:36 pm
Do you mean this?
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/umlaut.html
3:50 pm
But did they write a fuckin' song? No.
Richie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly died in that plane crash, sure, but are people all like, "Oh, Don MacLean is a total biter!" No, they're not. So "Umlaut Is Colon" is all mine.
4:45 pm
How about:
"Lightning Bolt Has Ruined Rock for an Entire Generation"?
9:07 pm
How about "Jeff Lynne's Jean Shorts"
3:51 pm
"Kill the Acid Slag." Or "Dequantify Your Art Bliss." Hip references, too, not that anybody would ever get them.