You Eat It With A Chocolate Fudge Spoon

If you’re looking for some hilarity, I strongly recommend the newest Jon Wurster skit from this past Tuesday’s Best Show, which you can listen to here in realaudio. To get right to the bit, you’ll need to advance to the 29 minute mark. Wurster calls in as Jarrett “the weight loss kid” from Dessert Town, a “weight-loss themed” restaurant with an all-dessert menu. Wurster’s hilarious as per usual, but I’m more impressed by Tom Scharpling’s performance as the straight man in this sketch, especially when he’s digging into The Mighty Chocolategeddon with joyous abandon. I don’t want to spoil the skit for anyone by giving away any more of the jokes, but the sketch does tie in with a previous Wurster routine in a very clever way that will be amusing for hardcore Best Show fans.

It’s A Fact That I’m The Seventh Son

Soulseek’s back up, folks.

I downloaded a copy of a vinyl rip of the forthcoming White Stripes record, and from what I’ve heard so far, it’s pretty good. However, I’m not quite sure what I think about “There’s No Room For You Here”, which is apparently just a rewritten version of “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” from the previous LP. It’s the same chord progressions in a different order, and with completely new lyrics/vocals. It’s a pretty audacious thing – are they attempting to plagiarize themselves? Are they remixing their own song? It’s not uncommon in blues or raggae for many different songs to come from the same riffs and progressions; are they trying to make some kind of point about this? Is this just a selfreferential game? I’m genuinely intrigued. If anyone knows anything about this, please email me.

Hear the song for yourself here.