Hey, get out of my way… I haven’t had any sex all day

The Embarrassment play their reunion show at Liberty Hall on August 20. But it should make for an amazing weekend of reunited Kansas bands. The band out of Wichita, Kansas, was sort of the MidWest’s coolest underground band. I never saw them live, ’cause they were around way before my time.

However, if you’re cool, then you’re probably hip to their Heyday double cd on Bar None that collects almost everything they ever recorded. That’s out of print, but you may also be able to track down the Blister Pop collection on My Pal God, which is still in print.

Better than Dinosaur Jr. or Built to Spill, in my opinion. Catchy, punky, and rocking all at once. Never pretentious, always entertaining, and I will get to see them live right after I get my student loan check. Drinks are on me.

Faith Healer

Little Hits will let you download “I’m a Don Juan” off the 1981 The Embarassment Ep for free.

There’s also four mp3s to download at their MySpace page.