Echo & the Bunnymen

Sunglasses are cool.

Every week I post our top 5 most trafficked posts for the week, and every week someone complains that their post didn’t have a chance because it went up the same day I calculated the winners. I didn’t realize that the writers here were gambling on the outcome, but it turns out there’s quite a large (virtual) office pool going on over this. Why just last week, Vanessa won SIXTEEN whole M&Ms by writing the most read post. Oh, what’s this? I forgot to do the week in review last week because I was too busy getting ready for Treasure Island? Sorry, Vanessa! I owe you some M&Ms.

And because of this, I’ll now be doing this weekly review on Saturdays. And with that said, the top 5 posts for this week! [read the whole post]

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my ship's a-sail, can you hear its tender frame?

My experiences of Echo & The Bunnymen have been few and far between. The first was hearing “The Killing Moon” while watching the opening of Donnie Darko, while others included their cover of The Doors’ “People Are Strange,” and listening to Jello Biafra’s humorous rant about his first appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show, where guest Tipper Gore spoonerized the band’s name into “Bunny and the Echomen”. While I listen to them casually, I’ve never had a deep appreciation for their music; with this in mind, I was still very excited to see their second of three performances this year, which included two sets: their 1984 album Ocean Rain, in its entirety, and a second set of old and new songs. [read the whole post]

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