Did you know that The Arcade Fire released their album Neon Bible (TMT Review) earlier this year? Of course you know, because everywhere I go it’s Arcade Fire this and Arcade Fire that. Frankly, I’m sick of all this Arcade Fire news. In fact, I’ve spent the first half of this year purposely avoiding writing any and all Arcade Fire news stories. There has been rainy Monday nights where Mr P has had to call me up and beg for me to write some fresh Arcade Fire news. But no, I would say; I refuse to write about The Arcade Fire.

So, how did I go from rebellious, anti-Arcade Fire-news-writing teen to writing-unnecessary-Arcade Fire-news conformist monkey?

Mr P gave me a raise, if you know what I mean.

Tourdates (with LCD Soundsystem and supposedly the end of U.S. tour):

09.15.07 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits festival 09.17.07 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks 09.20.07 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl 09.21.07 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre 09.24.07 - Seattle, WA - Bank Of America Arena 09.26.07 - Lehi, UT - Waterfall Amph. at Thanksgiving Point 09.28.07 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre 09.30.07 - St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium at RiverCent 10.03.07 - Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park 10.05.07 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion 10.06.07 - New York, NY - Randall’s Island

Note: The name Arcade Fire was mentioned only 12 times in this article, which does not meet the minimum quota of 22 shout-outs.