People who know me will agree that while I might not be a shaker I am definitely a mover. So once again I've relocated to a new residence where I'll hopefully be able to stay for a while. That means a lot of stuff has been going on lately (and also some non-moving related stuff). But instead of doing a major recap let's just say that I now live somewhere else and all my crap is still in boxes, so things are fairly disorganized right now. I've also put Frekvens on a little break because I need to get my gear in order and what time better to take a break than now when not a damn thing is going on in the world of music.

So instead of perusing the details of my life I'd rather just mention a couple of things which I have enjoyed lately. First off is the solo album from Evan Dando called "Baby I'm Bored" (you can actually listen to the entire album at his website). Hopefully, you know Dando as the former singer from The Lemonheads and if you don't I have a list of records you need to buy right now. Dando recorded the album a couple of years ago, but I didn't get around to picking it up until recently. The album was recorded with the help of superb producer Jon Brion and he gets songwriting assistant from Tom Morgan (who wrote the brilliant The Outdoor Type for The Lemonheads) and Ben Lee and the whole album is very low key. Most people will probably find this record boring and terribly depressing, which obviously is why I like it so much, but when you start listening to the little things I think you'll find that it has a lot of beauty. Like Jon Brion's George Harrison-like vocals on Repeat or the bit just before the first chorus in Waking Up. But my favourite track is probably It Looks Like You, which sounds like it could've easily been on "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" record.

Once again Brion's background vocals lift up the track and the chorus (Honey, it looks like you got some explaining to do) is just great. Another cracker is The Same Thing You Thought Hard About Is The Same Part I Can't Live Without, which also appeared on the "Live at the Brattle Theatre" record. I especially like the line "A broken heart and two black eyes/But you should see the other guy", which to me is vintage Dando. Obviously, the Gram Parsons influence is obvious throughout the record even on the Ben Lee penned All My Life, which makes me wonder why I haven't picked up "Hey You. Yes You." especially since I have all his other records, which aren't anywhere near as good as "Breathing Tornados". For some reason the last songs on the album are among the best. Stop My Head which again is written with genius Jon Brion is fantastic and if you buy the Japanese version you get Shots is Fired with Liv Tyler on vocals and Tongue Tied as bonus tracks, which is definitely worth an extra buck. Apparently, Dando is on tour with DKT/MC5 right now, so with a little luck he might show up in Denmark in September, but more on that later.

After seeing a slew of mediocre movies I was pleasantly surprised by The Butterfly Effect, Runaway Jury, Identity (I'll watch John Cusack in anything. Hell, I stuck around just to see him debate Tucker Carlson on Larry King Live this morning), and especially You Can Count on Me in the last week or so. For some reason I thought You Can Count on Me was a really sappy tearjerker of a movie, which is weird when you look at the director/screenwriter's credits. Anyway, it's a lot better than it looks on paper and once again Laura Linney is amazing and Mark Ruffalo, who I didn't recognize from anything was very funny. And it was cool seeing the third Culkin brother give a great performance (especially one where he didn't just play a younger version of Mac or Rory), so I guess that means I have to go rent Signs now.

You know the expression "Any place I hang my hat is home"? Well, if that place doesn't have a couch it'll never be home to me. Being hungover, eating Pringles, drinking coke, and watching tv just isn't the same when you have to do it in a chair. So after a disasterous Sunday I decided the first purchase I needed to make for my new home was a bigass couch, which will be delivered Monday morning. I need to buy a lot of other stuff as well, but I think once the couch is in place I'll be able to settle in a bit more.