Well that's that then.  Now I won't be tempted anymore.  Although my husband would have K-I-L-L-E-D me if I had spent that much.  He already puts up with my tromping up and down the East Coast to see them with (almost) no complaining.

Here's a sweet lil article abt the new album: http://mashable.com/2011/06/20…..o-180-365/

Includes a streaming version of the new album…and ZOMG. just when I thought Skyscrapers couldn't get any grittier/dirtier/sexier etcetc… o.O 

THE KULASH IS OUT FOR BLOOD. thaz all I'm saying. x

Who else just can't stop listening to it?

beckysioux said:

Here's another article. This time from 93XRT, a Chicago radio station. It also gave 180/365 a very nice review.

Full Album: OK Go, '180/365'

I liked this accolade better. Kay.

Just read this one. 

The first album to be wholly released by the band's newly established Paracadute label, the 19-song, 74-minute live collection reinforces the Los Angeles based quartet's status as a bleeding edge, blockbuster outfit for the internet age. But just as much 180/365 burnishes the reputation behind the reputation: a ceaselessly touring live act, refined into extrapsychic tightness by years on the road.

:D

S'okay, Becki.  We're all a little protective of the guys too.

And now I've listened.  Holy crap Skyscrapers.  Favorite Version Ever.  Ever Ever Ever.  The thing about this live album, at least for me, is that a lot of what I love about an OK Go show is the banter.  Granted, the one show I saw on this tour (T5 in NYC, IWYSBICB is the track on the album) was very light in banter.  So maybe that's how things were for the whole tour, I don't know.  But the album, since it's just the songs, is missing some of the magic that I usually feel when listening to a live recording.

Or maybe I've just been to too many shows and I'm jaded.  That's possible/probable as well. 

UPDATE: NO ONE HAS BOUGHT ANDY'S RED SUIT!

Well, not yet. For those who did not get the email, here's the description:

"Last year, the guys played 180 live shows around the world, and saw a lot of interesting and not-so-interesting places in the process. What better way to celebrate all the hometowns they did and didn't make it to than by creating digital confetti comprised of your hometown photos? Yes, we are running a contest this week with the good people at Music Hype to collect as many pictures of your hometowns as we possibly can so as to simulate some good ole fashion confetti right here on the screen.

For every 180 photos submitted, we'll be giving away a 180/365 t-shirt package absolutely free. 180 photos, 180 days. Get it? Then at the end of the week, we'll pick a grand prize winner from all participants, who will receive Andy's red tour suit. That's right, the final "The Suit" package can be yours. Stains and all. The more digital confetti you upload, the cooler it all looks, and the more chances you have to win. Read up on the project here, get submitting, and join the party."

Ugghh, if only I could go back in time to take a picture. Then again, if I did, I might've not made the age limit. O well. Good luck to all involved!

Magnoliamaggiemag, not sure if I'm reading your post correctly, but there's no age restriction on posting photos — and the photos don't exactly have to be your hometown where you grew up, nor do they have to be of the band. They're just looking for photos of where we live, in the color schemes they're looking for, to create online visual confetti. The legal mumbo jumbo is here:

http://musichype.com/ok-go-pri…..-s-and-c-s

I can see the Pixies in Skyscrapers.. call me crazy.. but something aabout it..  I dunno.

Rachel:  I went to two of their shows in the fall tour, and both fell short on banter for me.. I dunno whether the one we both went to is the norm, or not, anymore, just because those two shows made it seem like it wasn't.

Although it also seems any of the stuff they always do (Damian doing his raised and lowered 'ohs' in Do What You Want, pausing in the middle of oh lately it's so quiet to tell people to get out their gadgets (now I'm wondering if that's why it wasn't on there…)) seem to be cut out..  Which is annoying.  xP

And as far as Live Albums go, I think this one's amazing.  That could be because I'm used to listening to 80s live albums where the music is drowned out by screaming fans and really rough and unrefined, so I dunno what modern live albums are like (I'm not trying to sound hipster here, I swear, that's just what my family has.. o_o), but still.  You can actually properly hear the music and get the feeling of the live show -and- it sounds clean and like it's been refined.  I love that.

Plus the confetti.

Most gorgeous tube of confetti I've ever seen.  xD

Am I allowed to talk about the Book here too?  'Cause the pictures.. gahhh.  Tim and Dan in drag.. Damian scrunching his face while holding a cup of coffee.. that light burst one where Tim's next to a car.. I appreciate Damian brushing his teeth, too.  Not to mention silhouetted Dan with handbells and Andy staring creepily into the camera as he records something-or-other on an acoustic.

Gfff..sofantasticc.