i search for my hands in the dark and i can't see a thing at all and i don't think you even care

I still don't have time to write much, but I thought I'd share a couple of things:

1. LD Beghtol explains Distortion, but mostly talks about production. Hear the NPR podcast here.

2. If you haven't already acquired The Evangelicals' new record, The Evening Descends, do it ASAP. Imagine The Microphones on acid throwing a Halloween party in a field full of fireflies, where the members of Grandaddy, The Cure, and Band of Horses rock out to The Faint and then everyone has a food fight involving green slime and candy eyeballs. There is a strobe light, and Jeff Magnum with a video camera taping the whole thing, and at the end, they all watch the video and make an album about it.