You never give me your money.

Now people are reading this?! Oh noes! I shall have to carefully consider the words that I say!

Yeah, right.

So, Electric Six has been one of my favorite artists since their first album, Fire, taught me what sex was. I would just like to briefly mention that I'm pretty sure I Shall Exterminate Everything that Comes Between Me and Being the Master, their latest offering, is their best album yet and one of the best albums to come out recently. "It's Showtime," the album opener, is just absolutely insane--the mixture of Dick Valentine's usual ridiculous vocal stylings with a tin pan alley swing beat (but only for the verses) and the most nonsensical lyrics of their career ("Hey mister! Put a little mustard on that mustard!") make it an amazing, amazing track. "Sexy Trash" is my other favorite--a big ole funky mess of 5/4 insanity.

In my songwriting, I've been helped a lot by studying the techniques used both lyrically and musically by some really kickass songwriters (Frank Black, Lennon, McCartney, Thom Yorke, etc). Whenever I decide that what is needed is a heapin' helpin' of camp, I immediately consult Dick Valentine. He is absolutely the master, and is the reason for Tony Smokes' song "Total Disco," which is basically an unofficial tribute to Fire.

Got to get to class now. See yous later.