January 2009 Archives

From Digital Spy's Odd Section:

A goat has been detained on suspicion of armed robbery, police in Nigeria have confirmed.

A group of vigilantes caught the animal and took it to the Kwara state force where they alleged that it had attempted to steal a Mazda 323, reports Metro.

The local group claimed that a criminal had used black magic to transform himself into a goat in order to escape the scene.

Police spokesman Tunde Mohammed said: "The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However, one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat.

"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that human being turned into a goat."

The New Standards are an American group built up of John Munson (Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic), Chan Poling (The Suburbs) and Steve Roehm (Billygoat, Electropolis).

They are a trio of bass, piano and vibraphone - which sounds like it shouldn't work, but my God it does!

They've been around a good while, since 2005, and perform their favourite songs in their own style - a sort of jazzy, rock soul thing.

Their albums, The New Standards and Rock and Roll, are totally fabulous and well worth a listen to. Some tracks are available to hear on their site (linkage). Stand outs are their arrangements of Hey Ya by Outkast and Britney Spear's Toxic.

Below is a YouTube video of The New Standards playing Trip Shakespeare's Snow Days at their 3rd Annual Holiday Show at The Fitzgerald Theater 2008.

Beyond excellent.