New Bloc Party Album

Since this is only the first real post i'm making, i should say that i have been a huge bloc party fan for quite some time now (actually, the title of this blog is from a bloc party song). they're really the only band i've ever been obsessed over, the only band that has ever had an impact on the daily goings-ons of my life. anywho, they've spent the last year touring, with little drips of information about the album being dropped throughout the summer. they've been playing some songs from the new album from as far back as tuesday, but there has been nothing but speculation about the album itself since then.

that is, until now. last week, on their official webpage, the band announced that the new Bloc Party album, A Weekend in the City, will be released Tuesday, February 6th here in the states. The tracklist is as follows:

1. Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
2. Hunting for Witches
3. Waiting for the 7.1.8.
4. The Prayer
5. Uniform
6. On
7. Where is Home?
8. Kreuzberg
9. I Still Remember
10. Sunday
11. SRXT

Alot of great tracks have been left off the album, but that leads to alot of excitement about B-sides and the sort.

Anyway, you should check it out. the album is going to be amazing, alot different from their last one. if you haven't heard any bloc songs before (or any of the new ones), you should most certainly check out this video of "Hunting for Witches," played at the Paredes de Coura Festival over the summer. It isn't the best version of the song, but it is the best quality i've been able to find since hearing it at McCarren Park in Brooklyn.

Long Live, and God Bless Bloc Party.

So, here we are.

Welcome to the first post on the sure to be fantastically fantastic blog of yours truly, Mr. Mark Cugini. After all the time spent knocking these things, I still can't believe I've actually decided to run my own. I guess if you use them for the quickest form of news updates, you get into the habit of thinking you could do it, too.


So, to spare you drawn-out details, I’ll say there is absolutely no theme to this jammy. i'm just going to post a bunch of things that I find interesting. it's going to be very ADD. or HDAD. Whatever the kids are calling it nowadays.


But, I will tell you a few things about myself. My name's Mark. I'm from New York, Staten Island, specifically (not proud of that), and I'm currently living in New Hampshire. I'm twenty-one. I'm a writer, and I’m currently studying how one should write. I don't know how good I am at it. I'm pretty anti-popular. I'm punctuation obsessed. I love the Jets. I hate capitalization. I love music, and all types of it. I love bright clothing. I hate generic clothing lines. I hate commercial literature, music, and art. I love beer. I believe in surrealism. I hate superficial people. I'm not going to live my life trying to have millions and millions of dollars; i just want to be happy. i hate being in the same place for more than twenty minutes. I hate racism, immaturity, and naive people. I'm a fan of street art, Bloc Party, and strange movies. I'm a terrible heterosexual.


So, in a nutshell, that's me. And I don't know how devoted I’m going to be to this little blog, but I do imagine I’ll update it at least a few times a day, for my audiences sake. that is, if I have an audience. so, until my first update (which will likely be in a few minutes), have a good evening. Sexy.