The radio is playing all the usual. And what's a wonderwall anyway.

The TV ads I've seen for 300 have just blown me away. Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army of 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other slave soldiers against the advancing 100,000 Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy. The battle lasted 3 days, after which all 300 Spartans were killed. The battle was a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that didn't stop the Spartans from taking as many Persians as possible with them. The film looks amazing, and is going to be showing at the Imax theater uptown. Directed by Zack Snyder, who is best known as the director of Dawn Of The Dead, he seems to have done a fantastic job. Just look at the trailer



Listening Pile:
fan9 favorite rodent, no, not the african pygmy, butModest Mouse, who have conquered the world since the release of their last album, are back with a new album, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank , due in stores March 20. Got to say, I'm digging on the new song "Dashboard".

Scottish group Travis is are also, back with the upcoming release of their new album, The Boy With No Name . Nigel Godrich, who was also at the helm of the band's best work, The Man Who and The Invisible Band. produced the follow-up to their '03 album, the sadly disappointing 12 Memories. The band posted the album title and tracklisting on their website , giving a UK release date of May 7. The record will be preceeded by the single "Closer," which will hit stores on April 23. Hopefully the US release information isn't slated for fall '07. Check out another new track, "Selfish Jean", which just so happens to be streaming on their Myspace page. It's not just a network for meeting people.