after NPR's debacle of old-people programming yesterday, and wanting something upbeat, i turned off this radio this morning on the way to work and put on satellite rides by the old 97's. if you have never listened to them, i super duper recommend it. to be honest, i have never followed them after they released satellite rides except for purchasing the first of rhett miller's abominable solo albums. but satellite rides is such a gem. it races back between power pop and sweet, twangy alt-country rock.

they've got a couple of mp3s over at the band's site:

can't get a line
roller-skate skinny

but the real star of the album, in my opinion, is "designs on you." unfortunately, the only audio i could find of the song was on youtube, where it is set...to a fan video of scenes of pam and jim from "the office." so, yeah. just play the video and click over to another tab so you don't have to watch this sad waste of fantasy tv editing effort.

unrelatedly, what is UP with those sorts of youtube tv relationship videos? in searches for certain clips of episodes of "veronica mars," i can't tell how many montages of veronica and logan set to terrible music that i came across. hundreds! and a disproportionate amount set to blink 182!

UPDATE: and to take this post even further off the original topic, the latest office webisode is up, and it's pretty great. i do love me some stanley.