Archive for February 26, 2006

Indie All-Stars

Rabbit Fur CoatI’ve had a little over a month to fully listen to Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins’s Rabbit Fur Coat. I think Rilo Kiley fans will enjoy this album (I know there’s at least someone else that visits this site that enjoys RK)… More to the point, Jenny Lewis fans will enjoy this album. It’s got lots of Jenny’s voice, light instrumentation, and of course, the Watson Twins complementing throughout.

The cover of Traveling Wilburys [George Harrison super group, woo!] Handle With Care is amazing. See my previous post professing my love of covers. But this cover is especially amazing, even legendary. The contributors in Handle With Care read like the A-list of indie rock: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), M. Ward, and Connor Oberst (Bright Eyes). You can easily play Six Four Degrees of Separation with all of the above names. Some tips: include Omaha, The Postal Service, and/or True Love.
Here are some tracks to whet your appetite. Let me know what you think. Then go buy the album.

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Rise Up With Fists!!
Happy
Handle with Care

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Great Deal on a Bed in a Bag

Damn you deal websites!!!! They make me buy things that I don’t need. Earlier today, I bought a Queen size Bed in a Bag for $19.99 from Amazon. It includes a comforter, bed skirt, two shams, two pillowcases, flat sheet, and fitted sheet. I don’t even know what a sham is, but I just got two of them! 180-thread count, so it might be a little rough for my sensitively smooth skin.

It’s also very patriotic-looking. The full-size bed in a bag (also $19.99) looks a lot nicer. If you pad the total to $25.00, you can use code IODISCNT to save an additional 10%. Sadly, the $5.99 Farberware 3-Piece Cutting Board set that I ordered is no longer available. But you can add the Venus Vibrance Soothing Vibrations Razor which ends up being free after rebate. Or a $5.99 Tommy Hilfiger towel. Or a $7.99 Brita pitcher. Now go order your bed-in-a-bag.

Link: FatWallet.com

bed in a bag

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