Ahhh Legos

I recently came across this video

Build Anything from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

Pretty creative, and who doesn't love legos. If you get a chance check out the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast, they had a Lego episode and it was extremely interesting, tons of facts.

- By Wes

Owen... my new old favorite

Were back! Summer’s over so now I've got some time for blogging and discovering. So with that quiet comeback I’ll get right to it. Being stuck at home all day with no work or school leaves me with unlimited time to discover and rediscover media. I’ve liked Owen for a long time, the hypnotizingly beautiful solo project of Mike Kinsella. Mike is a repeat offender front man of Chicago emo bands. Cap’n Jazz, Joan Of Arc, Owls, and American Football are a large chunk of projects he’s been apart of, in lots of these his brother Tim has joined him. Just one of these bands is reason enough to check him out, especially Cap’n Jazz or American Football. Owen showcases Mike’s amazing songwriting and guitar skills, his songs float along with ease. His lyrics have obvious deep meaning and tell stories effortlessly, and... bonus, he references classic literature a ton. But, I caution you, as Colin pointed out to me once Owen songs employ the harshest uses of “fuck” I’ve ever heard in music, listen to the album “No Good For No One” and you hear them repeatedly in about 5 songs. As for what album to start with I’ve had “Owen The Ep” for a while, like 6 years but recently acquired a ton more. To be honest they all have some gem songs but I’d say if you could only choose one I’d check “At Home With.” In short I grew to re-love Owen because it’s emo in purest form, it was like discovering American Football or Cap’n Jazz again. Heres a quote from a fan that describes it quite well "ahhhh my dog died, lost my girlfriend... queue the OWEN up and good to go for another few years." And if you were to quote me about Owen, In my opinion an acoustic guitar has never sounded so good.

Heres a fan made video as this song doesn't have an official music video, that I could find at least

and heres a link for another song, his label disabled embedding... sucks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeu5NbmPgQI

- By Wes