Happy Friday

It was a matter of time, I guess.

Clap Your Hands!

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Hysterical from CYHSY on Vimeo.

New stuff on the way. This is exciting.

Glen+Mar

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova "Drive All Night" from Patrick Glennon on Vimeo.

Love these two.

The Crawler

Theo has mastered crawling from cathy fischer on Vimeo.

NYT on Bin Laden's Death

I hate to say it, but I can identify with how Giulliani feels about the news of Osama Bin Laden's death. He said, in Politico, "I feel satisfaction and some emotional relief, but I don't feel great elation. I watch a lot of the celebrating and it makes me feel a little strange, I don't know. Nothing erases the loss of all those lives."

I fee relieved and ecstatic and proud, of course, but I and I assume many others have been going back over images and stories that I haven't experienced in many years, and they still conjure the same mix of very strong emotions. So I feel a bit unsettled, a bit less high-fivey than I might.

But, that's neither here nor there, whatever that means.

The New York Times has what I have to call, at the risk of being excited over the pure narrative of it, a riveting account of the events leading up to and surrounding the killing of Bin Laden in Pakistan. It's really thrilling reading, like we don't often get in major sources of journalism.

"Sixteen hours later, he had made up his mind. Early the next morning, four top aides were summoned to the White House Diplomatic Room. Before they could brief the president, he cut them off. “It’s a go,” he said."

...

"The commando team had raced into the Pakistani night from a base in Jalalabad, just across the border in Afghanistan. The goal was to get in and get out before Pakistani authorities detected the breach of their territory by what were to them unknown forces and reacted with possibly violent results."

It's a long one, but it's really good. Amid the sea of articles and opinions, don't miss this gem.

This is reason to celebrate, though it feels strange to do so. It's a time to be proud and to think about our place and role in the world.

It's also a time to think about the casualties of not only 9/11 but the "war on terror" that ensued, whatever your opinion of it. As one image that really struck me had it, in a note left at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site on Vesey Street near ground zero on Monday, "Dedicated to all those who fought, suffered, and died to bring us this moment. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten."

Sunday Rides

I got out for a great mountain bike ride this morning. Just the standard 3 Bears loop, but it's been a while and it was a beautiful, brisk spring day, so it was a tremendous ride.


Then we loaded the boy into the sidecar and took him for a ride around town. And to Bardenay for a late lunch.


We rode the greenbelt for a while and even stopped to throw bread at some geese and ducks. Theo was thoroughly entertained.

New Burial

So I missed out on the vinyl of this. But the digital's now available via emusic and elsewhere, and it's awesome. Burial moves his signature sound forward without simply repeating himself, expanding it without losing the empty, spooky quality that made his music stick.

Ardennes Sweep!

It's been an amazing couple weeks for Philippe Gilbert. The Belgian has become a dominant force in the spring classics and has pulled off victories in all 3 of the Ardennes races: Flèche Wallonne, Amstel Gold, and now the crowning jewel of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Yep, that's both Schlecks following him to the line.

Roll on over to VeloNews for the story.

Sunday

Started the day with a great ride over the Fat Tire Traverse.


Then got fancied up and took the boy to his first Easter church. He cleans up nice. And he wasn't as grumpy about it as he looks.


Then we ate a wonderful traditional ham dinner at Jan's, got too full, and laid around in the grass on sleeping bags.

Egyptian Friday: A Rising Tide, local music for KRBX

Launch week continues! Friday night, RadioBoise along with Idaho Live and the Egyptian Theater present a really pretty great night of local music.

- Bill Coffey

-AKA Belle

- New Transit

- Low Fi

- Steve Fulton Music

- Sherpa

- Finn RIggins

- Ship Shape

- Audio Moonshine

- Matt Hopper

- Thomas Paul

- Randy Meenach

See? Awesome stuff. Mostly a celebration, partly a fundraiser, TOTALLY a good time. Come down early and stop by the KRBX table and say hi.

Trundle on over to www.radioboise.org and check out our new website.

RadioBoise Broadcast Launch Today!

Today between 12:30 and 2, KRBX RadioBoise will go live from our spankin' new downtown studio on 89.9 FM! Tune in and hear a taste of shows to come.


We've also launched our new website!



Check it out at http://www.radioboise.org/. And check back here later for info on our huge shindig of a local music celebration tomorrow (Friday, 4/22) at the Egyptian Theater. It's gonna be a blast.

KRBX Air Check Cocktail Party Tonight

Come join us at the Red Feather tonight, won't you? Should be some tickets left.

Sawtooth Ski Vid

Untitled from J Betts on Vimeo.

Here's a little sample for you. I'm that only slightly awkward looking 3rd guy to go. Wide stance = stable!!!

Kickstart RadioBoise!

Watch this video, get inspired, and help us out. Go to www.radioboise.org for more info.

Thom Yorke + Burial + Four Tet = Mirror

Oh man, this is good. It's a hijack, but have a listen. This and the one from the last post are I believe vinyl only so I will be seeking this out when it drops next week.

Four Tet + Burial = Moth/Wolf Cub

Anyone got a copy of this? Haven't found one for less than $80. Want it.

Sawtooths In Brief

Made it back safe and sound from last week's backcountry ski trip in the Sawtooth Mountains. We had great snow, very decent weather, fantastic food, and a great group.


I'll post some more pics here and a link to the photo album, in case you're interested. Should have some video soon, too. Great trip, nice to be back home with the wife and boy.

Gone Skiing

Monday morning 6 of us will drive to Stanley for the start of a long anticipated backcountry ski trip. We'll ski in to the Williams Peak yurt on Monday and ski out on Thursday. Can't even tell you how much I'm looking forward to this.

See you in a week.

Photo: Aerial view of Thompson (left) and Williams (right). Yurt is located at bottom of photo just right of the open area in center.

Photographer: Kirk Anderson, from http://www.sawtoothguides.com/winter_pages/williams.html.

First passport pics!

James Blake

James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream from Alexander Brown on Vimeo.

Sit with this for a while.

One of these days I'll write something here about James Blake, both the EPs he put out last year and his debut s/t full length, out just this year.

But for now, listen and think about it. It yields rewards.