Bang bang rock n' roll

What at one time was a favorite of mine, The Fourth of July, has now only become a nuisance. Kids lighting firecrackers in a Gary neighborhood can be a creepy thing to hear at 1 a.m. Is our neighborhood turning back to bad? Or are those bastards down the street playing with firecrackers again? I used to love to spend my paper route money on firecrackers and bottle rockets just to see what would happen to them when my G.I. Joes such as Snake Eyes or Flint faced a real enemy - gun powder and a 13-year-old boy. Now, it's just a bother. A reason to stay home and keep comfort to the dogs. It is nice to walk the neighborhood when people begin to launch the shells. Take a walk to the lake to watch the Chicago fireworks, or the Navy Pier fireworks - never do I look forward to fireworks coming from the 'Cell' on the southside. This means the White Sox have scored a home run.
Anyway ....

Yo La Tengo "SummerSun"
The American Analog Set "Know By Heart"
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
Chin up, Chin up "We Never Should have lived like we were Skyscrapers"
The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
The Replacements "Pleased to Meet Me"

I was dissapointed by Bloc Party's studio performance on "Silent Alarm." Their set at last weekend's Intonation Festival in Chicago was rather intersting dancy-indie-pop. This album just didn't hold it up for me. I'd rather listen to the Killers for that style of music.