Good-bye Gorillaz.

This is my first post after switching to Mozilla Firefox. It's so much better than Safari. Wow.

But anyway, here's a bit of sad news courtesy of Spin.com. Gorillaz leader and musical renaissance man Damon Albarn annouced that the group will no longer be making pop records.

It's a shame because I really like Gorillaz. Their records are a lot of fun. And after watching their live DVD performance of Demon Days I decided that one of my life goals is to start what I like to call a Superband.

A Superband is a group of musicians (usually between 9-20) that get together to write pop songs that could just as well be played by a normal sized rock band. However, when it's a huge group, those songs become absolutely epic. For example: Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, World Inferno Friendship Society. And the list goes on.

My reasoning is this: Performing with a band is always great but how can you not have fun playing music when every single time you have a performance there is a party on the stage? That many people all going nuts and playing loud must be a blast.

But there is always a core to these groups - that is, the person who puts it all together and makes it happen. And if you watch the Demon Days DVD you'll notice that Mr. Albarn hides in the shadows for most the show.

He's modest and he's just trying to give the other performers the attention they deserve. Also, the silhouetted band leader looks so cool as he rocks out in the back of the stage at his piano. When he does come out though, it's to perform "Hong Kong" and this is one of those moments where your jaw drops and you stand frozen, understanding all the while that you're witnessing something special. The word is "poignant." Just watch:



This is why Damon Albarn is so cool.

So I'm not REALLY sad that Gorillaz are not making any more records because they've ended on a high note as far as I'm concerned. And it's not like Albarn is going to stop playing music.

Now, what's this about a Blur reunion?