Kingfisher and bros.

According to my friend Anna, the brown Pelican is an endangered bird found only in the estuaries and lagoons of Southern California and Baja California. However, if you spend any time in the water, just beyond the surf, chance encounters are frequent. They are constantly combing the water below for food (not fries), using the glassy part of near breaking waves as a portal on windy days. They fly in formation but sometimes hunt solo. When ones of these large winged fellows spots something worthwhile, he'll swoop back around, climb 40 feet or so and Stuka dive bomb the sea. I'm not sure what happens underwater but I imagine the bill-tip opening extraordinarily wide, filling with water and snapping shut on a wriggling prey. Meanwhile, in the desert town of Escondido:

Kingfisher and the Halyconaires - Do Not Worry

ps. My favourite San Diego band.
pps. Matt + Kim and Conflict of Interest at the Che on Tuesday!
ppps. Someone told me to my face that they read Popsheep! I tried to act all cool and shit but really I was the most INTERNET-excited I've been in ages. THANKS!

Unbelievable

It's not secret that the Lyte Funky Ones song Summer Girls is one of my favorite jamz of all time - totally awesome laid back beats AND amazing lyrics - like seriously FUN and clever lyrics that could bat against the best of them: Bejar, Malkmus, Hansen, The Frogs. Well, enough time has passed that LFO has truly cemented themselves as a one hit wonder (actually, they cracked the top ten twice but I have no idea what the other song sounds like so let's just assume that it was a 'pay to play' top ten hit and not a legitimately great song...) and in the true spirit of crappy birthday gifts, I got my hands on the follow up album, Life is Good. If Summer Girls was a boy band's best effort at name dropping and pun twisting non-sequiturs, the title track from Life is Good is a stroll down the dry realism of P.W. Evrum and sun. The message is simple, the beats are laid back and there's pretty much non-stop record scratching sounds throughout the entire song.

Lyte Funky Ones feat. MOP - Life Is Good


PS. New Birdnames 7" that arrived at my house only two days after ordering!!! - [][][][].
Also new Shotgun and Jaybird record out, if you're a fan of that sort of thing - {}{}{}