I've wanted one for ages, so I finally bought a Roomba (for fairly cheap) a week or so ago. This thing is teh awesome! It picks up cat hair like there's no tomorrow. I run it every two or three days and my carpets look brand new. Mr. Pink is still getting used to it though.

Echo & The Bunnymen at the Black Cat tonight. I was led to believe I was going to get an interview with Will Sargeant but I never heard back from the Bunnymen PR company with a firm time or date. Which is too bad because I had some great questions for him. If nothing else I hoped to finally end the controversy of Ampersand or "the." Alas, it was not to be.

For those of you not lucky enough to be in the DC area tonight(or, if we're talking about the weather, lucky enough to be nowhere near here), I have some downloadable goodies for you:

Echo & the Bunnymen | Going Up (MP3) - They are opening each show with this, the opening track from Crocodiles.

Nouvelle Vague | The Killing Moon (MP3) - I loved their first record, but am not liking Bande A Part as much. Maybe it has to do with the song selection. Most of it is too upbeat, and I liked the slower stuff off the first record.

Anyways, the good folk at Ear Farm have a full live set from Nouvelle Vague, so go grab your favorites. The set includes some Blondie, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Smiths!