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Was listening to some Howe Gelb last night and I was Googling around to find out about all his various side projects. One band came up on the outskirts of the Gelb-sphere that I had heard of before, but probably dismissed because of their silly name. But anyway, I got to downloading some of their stuff and had one of those “Dammit, why didn’t anybody tell me about this before?!” moments. So in case you’re like me and haven’t listened to these guys yet then let me remedy that right now:

Friends of Dean Martinez - Random Harvest
Friends of Dean Martinez - Lost Horizon

These tracks are from one of their more recent albums, which as I understand it, is quite a departure from their earlier, twangier sound. But whatever the case, it’s awesome, and I’d be enjoying it right now myself if it wasn’t for some jackass who just fired up a weed-whacker right outside my window. This is particularly befuddling to me seeing as how the entire hill in front of my apartment is covered with a dense growth of ivy, weeds and various other green leafy vegetation, and is pitched at about a 45 degree angle from the street. In other words, nobody’s using it as a “lawn” and so I really don’t know why anybody gives a fuck whether weeds, ivy or man-eating venus flytraps are growing on it. Maybe it’s shit like this that drove Howe Gelb & his compatriots to move out into the middle of the desert in the first god-damn place.