Great moments in the letter "D".
Just a couple random bits of genius to help you celebrate the grisly death of the year 2006. First is the b-side to The Dismemberment Plan's What Do You Want Me to Say? 7", "Since You Died", a track that's been sitting un-listened-to on my computer for months. I finally checked it out yesterday and hoooooolllly shit. It sounds like The D-Plan covering something off Tweez, its incredible. You can get the whole 7" off eMusic (thank you DeSoto) if you're so inclined, but if you feel iffy about signing up and paying for things, I understand.

The Dismemberment Plan - "Since You Died" (from What Do You Want Me to Say?)

The second thing is from a band that recently sent me a friend request on Myspace, probably because we both listed "Grunge" as a descriptor of our things that we do. The important thing here, though, is that they're a Brazilian power-violence band that loves the Meat Puppets (the painting to the left is a Curt Kirkwood). Its not often that I get a request from a band that totally rules--they generally come from a group of human losers or from a band that's from one of the two cities in Russia that I've set foot in, who have an EP called "Gays Vs. Cops". Actually, that only happened once. Anyway:

Descendencia - "Nao Ha Valores" (streaming)