I came across these video’s whilst killing the last hour of work. I’m ready to hit the pub, how about you?
Jarvis Cocker - Girls Like It Too
Franz Ferdinand - Under The Stairs
Archive for April 2008
Toronto - Ever the social observationalist, I present you with the Coffee Shop Corollary - which states: The quality of the neighborhood you live in is directly related to the coffee shop that surrounds your area.
Coffee Time - If you have a coffee time near your house, its time to move. You probably live in the ghettos, or you border ghetto or low income housing. There’s probably 3 barber shops and 2 pawn shops near by. There’s people who just hang out on the streets for no apparant reason. You might think your neighborhood has character because of this, but no - it doesn’t.
Tim Hortons - If you have a Tim Hortons near your house - its a step up. However, look around you - are you living in the suburbs? Probably. Your neighborhood probably needs cars to get around, since everyone loves to go thru the drive thru at Timmy Ho’s. Theres probably a bunch of white teenagers dressed as black ballers hanging around the parking lot too.
Second Cup - You are definitely moving on up. Your neighborhood has probably gotten respect from the corporations and you probably have a few franchised restaurants nearby. Streets are probably a little cleaner, the neighborhood is probably younger and theres some students hanging out at the store with their lil mac books half posturing, half studying. Its a pretty decent neighborhood. You are enjoying yourself.
Starbucks - Your neighborhood is definitely cool now. The bigwig has stepped in. They hired some good looking unbelievably cheery baristas too. Macbooks all around. Artsy people with dark rim glasses hang out talking about the latest obscure film from Germany. People from other neighborhood are checking out your neighborhood and they are all like ‘I could totally live here!’ Deep down you are starting to get annoyed that theres so many people in your hood on the weekend, but you really appreciate the lil hip fusion restaurant that just opened down the street.
2 Starbucks - Time to move.
Independent coffee shop - The neighborhood most people probably strive for. They charge more then all the other coffee shops listed, but its ‘independant’ so its justified. The coffee might even be fair trade, to help out all those third world countries (”have you heard about the tragedy in ____” is a pickup line at these places). Random locals hang out here, the baristas are cute and sometimes seem a lil too cool for you, but then you take a step back and be all like ‘man they are working in a coffee store’ and you feel good again.
I don’t really know why I made this post, but here’s a GREAT song with coffee in it and maybe the best music video ever..
Toronto - Named after one of my favorite Street Fighter moves, Hadouken is a dance rock band from Leeds. They excel in that kinda nu rave genre that is all the rage in england these days, and their concerts will probably make anyone who goes feel old. Even if you are 12. Yup. You might have heard of them last year, as they had some success with the songs ‘Tuning In’ and ‘Liquid Lives’. A great ‘Tuning In’ Remix was on the always great Kitsune Maison Compilation last year as well.
Anyways, I think this band has some moderate promise and I have enjoyed their tunes. They have a new album called ‘Music For An Accelerated Culture’ dropping in a month or two and here is a single off of it - its got a great title. Its called ‘Declaration of War’ and its a lot better then the emo sounding ‘leap of faith’ song from a few months ago.
PS. This is probably coincidence but man does the opening riff of the song sound like the opening riff of the Spain song ‘Easy Lover’ Check it out.
Like a lot of you, us here at The Panic Manual are eagerly anticipating the release of the latest installment of everyones favorite car stealing, old lady punching, hot coffee humping franchise, Grand Theft Auto IV. Here’s a TV spot from Italy giving us a “walkthrough” with a fantastic backing song - Get Innocuous by LCD Soundsystem. Another great game/music combo.
Toronto - After a year long absense, we have returned with our first podcast of 2008! Yes, this episode of the Panic Manual features the Hot Docs festival and more specifically, our very own Wade Vroom’s short - $4 Haircut.
Songs you will hear on this podcast:
1. M83 - Graveyard Girl
2. My Morning Jacket - Smokin From Shootin
3. Paul Bates - 4$ Haircut
Here is the Trailer:
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Please give it a listen and let us know what you think. Also, sorry for the sound quality. We ain’t rollin in recording equipment, if you know what I mean.
