Night Birds - Mutiny at Muscle Beach

Things have been a little quiet around the D.C. Sniper Headquarters due to vacations and work and overall laziness, but we're back. Not too long ago we saw an invitation to get an advanced copy of the upcoming Night Birds album and review it. Naturally, we jumped all over that invitation like a fat kid to a candy bar. And boy was that candy bar delicious!

The boys come out with both guns blazing on the opening track "I'm Wired" and transition right into "Life is Not Amusement For Me". Both songs make me want to circle pit around my car at red lights. So. Fucking. Good.



Anyway, after a week of listening to this album I would have to say that "In The Red/In The Black" is probably my favorite song on here, but that was last week. This week my new favorite song is  "Left In The Middle" and I can't get enough of it. I'm a sucker for sing-alongs. Songs like "King Kong" make me wish that I had the lyrics to this album because it sounds silly and great at the same time. Initially "Son of Dad" was a clunker to me, but I've warmed up to it real quick.

Overall this album is all around kick ass and as we've said before, this band seems to do no wrong. Everything from their cover art to their fun videos to their energetic shows and obviously the music, just show how lucky we are to have them around. Losing their drummer and moving on to a new label has not slowed these guys down one bit. They will be playing shows near you all somewhere and if I were you, I'd be going. Quite frankly, I plan on buying them a round or two of beers when I go to see them. - Malvo

D.C.S.

A skatepark at the Kennedy Center? I gotta see this...

From time to time I will go into downtown Washington, D.C. and hit up a museum. You know, so I can look all sophisticated and stuff. This past weekend was no different. Except that I was going to a skate park that was built in front of the Kennedy Center. That's right, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The place where you can see The Book of Mormon and where famous people go to receive a prestigious award. Anyway, I took some photo's and figured I'd share them with you guys and gals out there that are into skate boarding.  

People Watching 

The weather was gloomy and rainy and they weren't letting anybody in to skate or sit on the bleachers. Mind you, the bleachers were about 30 ft away from the action. I fail to see anybody was gonna get hurt way over there. Oh well, no big deal to me, I could wait. However, the little whippersnappers that were there to skate could not stand to wait. This is a little of what I had to suffer through for about 45 minutes.

Young punk #1: This is bullshit man! They won't let us skate or even watch! I don't have all day to wait!
Young punk #2: Man, my mom said that she was gonna pick me up around 3:30 and I won't have much time to skate. These guys suck!
Young punk #3: Why are those old guys allowed to skate and not us?! Look at them, they suck!
Young punk#1: No shit man, look at that dude, he can't even grind the lip for more than 2 ft.
Young punk #3: If they don't open this shit up, I'm just going to sneak in

45 minutes of whining from these little shitheads. I moved away from these kids because I was sick of the bitching, but they somehow managed to follow me around the whole place. Fuck me... Thankfully, the staff opened up the gates and let us all in. After all that bitching these kids better put on a show since they were talking so much shit about the "old guys" in there. And to be fair, they were good. Not great, but good. Not good enough to be saying that these older guys "suck". But that's just my opinion. Anyways, enjoy. - Malvo

D.C.S.