Sick of all those cliched songs like "Livin' in the U.S.A" by the Coug or "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood? Yeah, us too. So we decided to throw together a not-so-conventional soundtrack for your Fourth.
Songs for the Fourth: Get Your America On
Can You Have an Apocalypse With Only 3 Horses?
When Federal Way resident Frosty Hardison was on the Daily Show, he said the Rapture would be coming along in oh, " five to seven years." But when we heard news that Def Leppard, Foreigner, and Styx would be at the White River Ampitheater on September 26th, the first thing we thought was: September 26th is a Wednesday, what the hell? And then we realized that Frosty was actually wrong. Dead wrong. This is a clear sign of the Apocalypse, which has always been predicted to arrive on hump day.
Aural Pleasures (8/29-9/4)
So, there's that big, crowded festival-thingy going on this weekend and we could recommend a bunch of stuff to hit there, but ah, we're far too lazy to do that. Here's the schedule - make yourself happy. No one's looking.
Oh, a Weekend of Music
Tonight, if you aren't going to see DJ-AM (you fool!), your best bet is Beck and Le Tigre at the Paramount. We know that Beck is a Scientologist, but at least he didn't yell at Matt Laurer (or if he did, it was in private).

