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june 11th, 2009 - word of the day - "SUN"
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helloooo..... how are you! have you been alright throughout those lonely, lonely, lonely
loney nights?

i was about to get my E.L.O. ''doo-wop, diddly dooly wop''s on right then and there, ya guys..

the texas hill country is sunnier than ever (yesterday was a piercing 107 degrees), making the san marcos river look like paradise. i swear, last night i was considerably thinking about getting a couple bags of ice and a blow up swimming pool to put in the front yard. with the way its looking now, i think we're going to have to ice bathe come august. but no worries-- we always somehow make it through the hotter-than-hell summers and find tunes in between to cool us off. the wordplay band of the summer is (dun duh nuh NUN!) CHAIN AND THE GANG! i had the privilege to see them perform in portland a couple weeks ago and was blown away by the energy of this band. so the singer, ian svenonius, has been around since the DC punk scene in '88, in bands including but not limited to THE MAKE-UP, NATION OF ULYSSES, WEIRD WAR, and... and!... not to mention he's a talk-show host on his-very-own "Soft Focus." so congrats chain and the gang, you are the summer catch of 89.9's word play.

couple of things in the word play music news of the week :

GRIZZLY BEAR is playing at the parish in austin on tuesday. fantastic band, fantastic venue, and im restless and ticket-less (not to mention a cheap date...). grizzly bear's veckatimest album is one of my all time favorite listens of 2009 and will most definitely be played on this here wordplay show as often as humanly possible.

in more local news, BUZZ 'N BANGS and ZLAM DUNK are playing at the ole triple crown in san marcos on saturday the 20th at 10:30 or so ($5 cover). id highly recommend this one to any who remembers the Clarissa Explains It All theme song and sings along to Michael Jackson's "black or white" ala Justin Dent-style. cheap drinks and easy laaaaaaadies~!

im going to leave you with a video that inspired me to get some sweet backup dancers for my next wordplay rap promo (dancer auditions, coming soon!)...
its a guy outta detriot named esQuire with a song called "brandy and xanax." need i say more