June 29th it is. I can only imagine how much fun it’s going to be trying to get one of these suckers, especially here in New York, where it seems like 50% of the world’s Mac users are based. Still, though, I’m running on a 3 1/2 year old CDMA phone from LG which I would like nothing more than to set on fire and do a celebration dance around.

One of my favorite young bands is a group from Syracuse, New York (now based in NYC) called Ra Ra Riot. Sadly, various outlets are reporting that the band’s drummer, John Pike, was found dead this afternoon in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. John was 23 years old. Our thoughts and prayers go out to John’s family, friends and bandmembers.

Below are a couple of pictures of the band, including John, from one of their shows at the CMJ Festival in New York last November, as well as one of my favorite tracks from the band.

Note: Link expired.

Ra Ra Riot, “Can You Tell”