The list of things that are worth a twenty four year wait is pretty minimal. Of course the list would include sex, going to Benihana, a Who's The Boss? movie and a new album from the band that definitively proved being a rock star can land you a ridiculously hot girlfriend. Fans of the new wave legends will be pleasantly surprised to hear the latest addition to The Cars discography, Moves Like This, which is set for a May 10th release, picks up right where 1987's Door To Door left off, at a synth party. Thanks to Rolling Stone you can now preview the album in it's entirety for the next week, and while I may only be halfway through my first go around I can firmly declare so far so good. And yes, there will be hand claps.

Click this awesome link to open up a new window with the stream, then party like its 1985. Wait, what are you doing? Where's your monocle? Everyone wore a monocle in 1985, haven't you ever read a science book?

It's no secret that we here at SHA have been enjoying what the brothers Goldsmith have been putting down both in their awesome debut album North Hills as well as their contributions to the greatness of the self-titled Middle Brother debut. Finally we can start to get rid of the debut labels as the Los Angeles based four piece have recently announced their follow-up album Nothing Is Wrong. The eleven song set hits shelves June 7th but this being the internet era and all we have the first two tracks from the new album streaming below in all their California sounding glory. The new album's opener "Time Spent In Los Angeles" I found while looking for the second track "If I Wanted Someone" on Soundcloud. Of course the band had some say here too as the album announcement was met with a widget to download the latter track, which is included below.

A quick look at the tracklist below should give Dawes fans even more familiarity as "How Far We've Come" has long been in the live catalog, not to mention the appearance of the fantastic "Million Dollar Bill" which closes the previously mentioned Middle Brother album. Good times. The band has a busy summer ahead including multiple festival appearances as well as a nationwide tour with our favorite ginger singer that doesn't play a Languedoc, Brett Dennen. You can check out all the official dates at the Dawes site.

Time Spent In Los Angeles

If I Wanted Someone

And for those that would like to download "If I Wanted Someone" here's the Dawes certified widget.

I'm not a scientist, and believe me this would all be a lot easier if I were just a thawed out caveman, but again, that is not a crutch I can rely on. Instead I'm simply a guy that has watched one (thousand) too many movies and killed one (million) too many brain cells. But this is America last I checked, and as far as I can tell the Roman Empire will crumble soon enough so I am here to layeth some trutheth downeth Gwyneth style.*

The current strife in the NFL's ongoing labor dispute seemed eerily familiar, so much so that I had to drunk dial YouTube a few times last night to make sure it was cool if I came over. Spoiler alert it was, and I did, and in my visit I found exactly what I was looking for. Now before I give away the goods like Suri Cruise to Jaden Smith in ten years, I should set the table. The breakdown is simple, or at least the simplified version I am presenting is, and believe it or not somewhat justified on both sides. Owners want to get richer as rich people tend to do and a good way to help that is to stop paying rookies a million dollars for every bench press they do at the combine. Players on the other hand want to have some security since they are putting their well being at risk and all, so guaranteed contracts would be a pretty nice change. But keep in mind the players would be playing right now, they aren't responsible for the lockout anymore than I was responsible for Target being closed when I showed up there Easter morning with a zombie like craving for Little Caesar's. Damn you diminutive Caesar and rising from the dead Jesus!

Anyhow this is actually a lot more complicated than my simplified look, but it gets you a good idea that there legitimately are valid reasons for both sides to stand pat. This is what happens in negotiations. Then court got involved. The players union decertified so individuals could sue on the grounds that they were being refused the opportunity to work, or something along those lines, again no frozen caveman lawyer here. That's why you see the lawsuit using the big names like Brady, Manning and Danza. Fast forward to yesterday when Judge Nelson ruled for the players lifting the lockout, which was met with an immediate appeal by the owners. Nothing major here really right? Just more court rulings in store, apparently the judicial system was partly designed for dealing with American sports. Then commissioner Roger Goodell put on his best David Stern impression and posted this nauseating op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal. Seriously, how does Tiger's marketing team have so many clients?