05/22/2007: "LCD Steps into the Octogon"

A few weeks ago I went to NYC and accompanied a friend on a shopping trip for swimsuits. She brought me to Paragon, a sports store, and while venturing around the store, I saw James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem. I was kind of surprised to see him there to begin with, but I was blown aqway when I overheard him trying to buy some gloves used for punching "things" (I never heard the word boxing).

Now, after perusing the AOL music blog The Spinner (yes, AOL has a musci blog and guess what - it's not horrible), we find out that James is stepping into the world of Ultimate Fighting.

Seriously - the UFC discussion is about halfway through . .



Strange indeed. This reminds me of that Friends epsiode where Monica thinks she's going to get a marriage proposal from billionaire Jon Favreau and it turns out that his real ambition in life, after conquering the worlds of money and love is to conquer the physical world by becoming the Ultimate Fighting Champion. Yeah, I have no idea why I remember that.

BTW, if you haven't heard LCD Soundsystem's latest single "All My Friends," I suggest you go and listen to it right now. I've never been a fan, but I can honestly say that this may be my anthem of the year. Technically this is a dance song but it's got that pump-your-fists-in-the-air element, harking back to old school New Order and echoing Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain." I want to say that this is a break-up song, but I can't put my finger on it.

The video is also brilliant. Tom Kuntz directed.