Atomic Swindlers, Thy time has come!

I got turned on to Atomic Swindlers after watching an animated video by Joel Trussel
So, after digging on the super cool video and grooving to the infectious sound of the song, I went straight to my iTunes music store and downloaded their album Coming Out Electric.
I was getting bored with a lot of music lately. There is only so much Nicklesuck, Dreary of a Deadman (aka Nicklesuck clone), American Idiot contest winners, manufactured skanky-blonde pop products (you know who I mean and that are more or less equivilant to running shoes, soda-pop, disposable razors, etc) and other tripe that gets fed through the radio waves and broadcast into our homes via the boob tube that a person can take.
Popular music is boring. Face it.
It's the bands on the fringe that are doing the interesting stuff. So, go to your local watering hole and check out an unknown band. Support your indy music scene.
And pick up Atomic Swindlers. It's a really fun album. Can I call a digital download an album? Oh well, you know what I am getting at here! ;)

Art

San Fran Chronicle Takes Dump on 100 years of Animation History

Well, from time to time, in the course of your life, you run into truly ignorant people. San Francisco Chronicle movie critic, Mick La Salle, while writing a review of the movie Monster House, decided to belittle the tremendous achievements pioneered by the famed Nine Old Men from Disney Studios.
Now, he didn't call out the master 2D animators by name, but he did take aim at the first traditionally animated feature film in history, Snow White.
I have no beefs with somebody reviewing a movie. It's only an opinion and everybody has one. However, when you stop writing you personal opinion of a movie and start treading into deeper waters about animation technique, technology and history, it's best to do some research and get your facts straight. Mr. La Salle did NOT do his research.
Take this juicy tidbit as an example: "Animated films always had the advantage of being able to go anywhere and show anything, to defy the laws of physics and follow the imagination as far as it could go. But they never had the ability to show the human face. There was never any point to a close-up in an animated film -- there was never really anything to see."
WTF!? Has this guy even watched an animated movie before?
I am beside myself how a person could be so unprofessional. However, it may be another indication at how weak the standards of modern media have become. There seems to be no concern with writing balanced, informative articles anymore.
And besides the bowl movement he takes on 2D animation, has he not watched Pixar's the Incredibles? No emotion or close ups there? I mean c'mon! Gee whiz!
Check out the article here.
Check out what artists at CG Talk have to say here.
Email Mick La Salle and let him know what you think mlasalle@sfchronicle.com.