
Paul Banks has a solo album coming out on August 4th. He’s going by the name Julian Plenti, which is nothing less than a giant stab in the back to all of us Cola Gordians or ex-Cola Gordians. I’m either the former or the latter, depending on my moods. He should have released a record under the name Cola Gorda.
The album is called Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper, and as far as album cover art goes, this is pretty swank East Village stuff. I enjoy the party banner lettering above his head. The colors are metallic and sensual, just like Helena Cougar Mellencamp’s eyeballs and Cola Gorda’s watch. Ha! I called him Cola Gorda again. He will always be Cola Gorda around these parts, so he can just drop this Julian Plenti business even though he’s actually been carrying the name around in his heart for roughly 10 years.
Either I’m incredibly stupid (don’t answer that!) or totally mp3 reatrded because I could only find snippets of his new songs on the web. and that Julianplenti.com site is a mind phuck! I found some youtube clips, though. Here are the ones I listened to:
On the Esplanade
Fun That We Have
It would have been really nice if each and every song sounded just like Leif Ericson or Narc or something, but something tells me that they won’t. Which is probably for the best, anyway. I think I’m ready for new songs sung by Cola Gorda.
I’m still pissed off at that “No “i” in threesome was written, sung, recorded, and performed. Bad song. Really bad song. Mammoth saved that record. Why am I still bytching about Our Love To Admire? Because I bought that shiz with real money and he probably used my money to treat the cougar to a block of Danish cheese.
P.S. Oh, and Minna has told ne that Cola Gorda and the Cougar have split the eph up! Is this true?
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