Baghdad + Voxtrot

current affairs

1. In case you missed the front page of the New York Times, this picturesque picture was on it. It was a bit of a hassle tracking it down online. I finally found it at the AP.org site. The caption reads:

"Seeking Shelter Where He Can Find It
An Iraqi boy hid behind a US soldier yesterday amid gunfire after a car bomb in Central Baghdad killed 24 people."

Let us never forget to pay our respects to the foreign correspondents and photographers that put their lives on the line to capture stories and images to paint a portrait of the harsh realities (no pun intended) of war. For more see: Graham Greene's The Quiet American. Veteran journalists gave the book to virgin foreign correspondents as the neophytes arrived in Vietnam to cover the war.

music

2. On a much higher note I just got back from rocking out to Voxtrot at the El Rey. Today morning I woke up and did a search on Craigslist to find someone selling tickets to the show at $10 a piece. The tickets normally go for $15 + $5 ticketmaster charges. It was a steal for 1o bucks.
The venue is nice, and Voxtrot kicked ass live. I am always pleased when a band's live performance matches the recording I have been listening to. The band has an indie-pop, pseudo-Strokes, pseudo-Beatles feel to it. They recently released their first album, self titled.
Here are three from the band.

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