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The above photo is a picture of The Killers. I feel that they are the best rock group to have ever come out of Las Vegas.

Today, is the first Saturday in several weeks that I didn’t go into work. I spent most of the day updating my blog, adding pictures and links.

Mostly, I was just lazing around the house listening to two cd’s I bought yesterday. I just can’t bring myself to take them out of my cd player. they’ve become like crack.

NEW CD’s I’M ADDICTED TO: It was Friday afternoon and I just got paid. My paycheck was fat with all the money I made from nearly psychotic amounts of overtime. So I bounced into the Towson Barnes and Nobles with the intention of buying a couple of cd’s. The fact that I could have gotten a better price at Walmart didn’t worry me none. For the first time in weeks I had money baby!

I went in the store to get cd’s by Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, and Death Cab For Cutie. The only cd I could find in the store was Franz Ferdinand. I always thought that a big time mega store like Barnes and Nobles would have everything. So I went down the block and across the street to Borders.

I found everything I was looking for and more. However, I had a major episode of memory loss and couldn’t remember the name of the Death Cab For Cutie cd I wanted. Inside the store they had an insane number of various Death Cab For Cutie cd’s. The trouble was I could’nt remember the title of the one I wanted. So instead of picking it up I bought the Damnwells Bastard of the Beat cd. I have yet to really listen to this cd.

I reached an epiphany some time last night that The Killers are the best damn group to have ever come out of Vegas. I also was not disappointed by Franz Ferdinand. Their cd really rocks!

For the past two evenings I’ve been dancing around my postage stamp sized apartment to these two cd’s. I just can’t bring myself to take them out of my cd changer. So at this moment I’m going to sprout hyperbole about Franz Ferdinand and The Killers whom I both feel are the absolute best new bands I’ve heard this year.

FRANZ FERDINAND REVIEW: First off I have to say that I like the entire Franz Ferdinand cd, to paraphrase a line from Jerry Maguire, “They had me at play.” From the moment I pressed play on my cd player I was hooked.

Favorite tracks on the cd include Jacqueline. I like how it starts off as an acoustic guitar driven folk song that eventually rocks out. I really like the chorus that goes:

It’s aways better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That’s why we work when
We need the money

I also really like, Take Me Out. I love how it starts out at an up tempo rock beat then slows down to a sexy grinding disco beat. Other songs I enjoyed on the cd include, The Dark of the Matinee, Auf Achse, Darts Of Pleasure, and Michael.

Clearly, this album merits the group being named New Musical Express magazine’s Best New Band in Britain. In short these lads from Scotland really know how to rock.

Franz Ferdinand are: Alex Kapranos-vocals/guitar, Nick McCarthy-guitar/vocals/keys, Bob Hardy-bass, and Paul Thomson-drums/vocals

THE KILLERS-HOT FUSS REVIEW: Yeah, I know I said it before but The Killers are the best thing to have come out of Vegas in a long while. The overall sound of the cd is derivative of the 80’s yet at the same time completly original! The hooks are at the same time comfortably familar yet new.

Their cd starts off strong with Jenny Was a Friend of Mind. From the first few chords of the song you know that you’re in for something different. This isn’t a run of the mill Blink-182 sound alike band that record companies keep pushing. This is a band that has it’s own unique sound.

Favorite tracks on the cd include: Mr. Brightside, (I’m absolutly head over heels in love with that song!), Somebody Told Me, and All These Things I’ve Done.

Of all the songs I named my absolute favorite is, All These Things I’ve Done. It’s very reminiscent of the bagpipe sounding guitars of Big Country meet the pounding drums of U2 with a Bay City Rollers chorus. I love it when the gospel choir in the song sing, ‘I got a soul but I’m not a soldier’.

The Killers are Brandon Flowers-vocals/synthesizer, Dave Keuning-guitar, Mark Stoermer-bass, and Ronnie Vannucci-drums.

WHAT I’M WEARING: Today, I have on lounge around the house clothes. Black Dr. Who sweatshirt, jeans and red flip flops.