It's business time!

Today marks the first anniversary of the first post of my second blog! One year ago today, I made my first post here. Now I don't really have a lot of time to make a big post, but I'll try to make it up to everyone this weekend!

For my music today, I'll leave it to one of my favorites, one that Jack mentioned in a comment the other day, New Zealand's fourth most popular digi-folk paradists, Flight of the Conchords!



They have tons of stuff online, they're not exactly an "underground" or unheard of group, I mean, they have their own show on HBO, but still, it's my blog's birthday, and I can pick whoever I want!



So check them out if you haven't heard of them, if you have, listen to them some more! And enjoy, I'll be back tomorrow.

THIS. . . . IS. . . . FLENKER!!!!!

Welcome all, to the beginning of the celebratory week, starting off with my 300th post! It's going to be a lot like the movie 300, but with less half-naked dudes and no weird dancing naked girl, but more grunting, more gravely voices, and more over-the-top dramatics. And who knows, I may kick someone down a well!

What else can you look forward to seeing? Well, my daily music recommendations will be back for a little while, maybe another photo story or two, a couple guest posts, maybe the force behind the Unified Theory of Flenker, and some highlights from the past. Oh, and I've decided I'm going to become a cheese connoisseur, so you have that to look forward to, as well.

Today, besides the wonderful photo above (it's supposed to be a 300, get it? Made with relics from my diet of late, frozen pizzas, beer, and Diet Dr Pepper), I'll start right in on the music recommendations!

This is one group that I've been really excited about lately, I'm not sure if it's because I really like their stuff (I do!) or that I think the girls in the band are really cute, especially the lead singer.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you - minipop!

(there's a couple places where there are some pantheon-level bad acting moments. It's alright with me, they're a band, not an improv troupe)

I first heard them on my XM Radio as I was driving back from Austin, and damn, I liked it a lot. Somewhere on their myspace page, they describe themselves as "dream pop;" I can't think of a better way to describe them, that's exactly how they sound. They have the above song, along with a few others, on their myspace page, which at the moment is serving as their only website. Play them, feel dreamy, sit back, comment, and enjoy the ride that will be Celebration Week!

Any suggestions on anything you can give would be great, if you have a band I should check out, a favorite post from the past, a delicious cheese I should check out, let me know! And be sure to check out my friends off to the right there. There are some excellent blogs, something to entertain, or just kill time. And, as always, leave comments. We get warm fuzzy feelings when people do that.

11001000

you can tell I'm totally excited

So this is post 200 here at The Politics of Lonely, and, since I'm totally lacking any other sort of inspiration, I thought I'd celebrate with a week-long party here. There's going to be cake, ice cream, surprises, tears, drinks, , love, pants-less musings, some napping, and maybe streamers. I haven't decided on that last one yet. Everything that you know and love about TPoL will be paraded about until you're absolutely sick of it (even sicker of it than you already are!).

Anyways, look for a very special post in the near future for #201. Be very excited.

Also, one last thing, I wanted to take this opportunity to officially announce that I'm forgoing the final four years of my NCAA eligibility and declaring myself available for the NBA draft taking place later this week. I'm not expecting to be a lottery pick, I may not be as flashy as Kevin Durant or Greg Oden, but I believe I have the strong fundamentals and a good attitude that would help any team looking for a good "chemistry" guy. So GM's, you have my number. I'll be available Thursday night for my call. I look forward to joining your ranks!