I’ve been trying to hear my friend Mike Seymour’s band for about a year, and just tried using the all-knowingness of the internet to help me out. I’ve found them and some mp3’s, so I finally understand Siberia. It was very much what I imagined and as Mike had told me before, I’m probably the only one in our groups of friends that would actually dig the stuff they’re doing. Here they are at MySpace, followed by an audio track found at team:abunai.

[audio:http://teamabunai.org/mp3s/siberia/ForExiles.mp3]

In a toy update, the Numark turntable is coming over a week early. It was originally supposed to ship on the 16th, and then the 27th. turns out it shipped on the 15th and I should have it tomorrow. YAY!!! TOYS!!!

And in other toy news, but much more practical than usual… I’m considering getting a camcorder for when Elliot arrives. I went to Circuit City today and checked out the Panasonic PV-GS300. I’ve read quite a bit about it, and was kind of on the fence about the whole thing, but after comparing it side-by-side to some of the options around that price point, I don’t really have any doubts. Goodbye to the Roland JP-8000, thank you to e-Bay and a super-lengthy transaction, hello to capturing Ellie on video.

Panasonic PV-GS300