Aidan Moffat from Arab Strap likes to wrap himself in pink bedding and film it. He also likes showing off in the shower and on the toilet.

That might weird some of you out, but my guess is that the true Arab Strap fans in the house — most of whom already are aware of their reissues coming out on Chemikal Underground — wouldn’t mind the amusement. Not to mention a chance at winning said box set of reissues, an iPod, or their entire catalog.

So, if you are inclined to watch Aidan be his weird-ass self on camera, as well as earn the chance at a few of those prizes, enter their Twitter contest.

And if that’s not good enough for you, perhaps you should back-order Ghettoblaster issue #17 for an interview with Arab Strap’s own Mike Ladd or check out a few mp3s below:

Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend (from “The Week Never Starts Round Here”)
Arab Strap – Packs Of Three (from “Philophobia”)
Arab Strap – Daughters of Darkness (previously unreleased!)

Guys! Just a quick heads up: we have a new print issue of the magazine out on stands now. I know, we already told you that. That means that, before you know it, mixtape #24 will disappear from the internet and a new one will arrive.

So if you want free jams from the likes of Titus Andronicus, Quasi and Frightened Rabbit, you better get on over to the Mixtape page before we kill #24 and give you the next round of awesome via mixtape #25.

If you’ve cracked open a single issue of Ghettoblaster, you are well aware of our continual fascination with all things Robert Pollard. So you can bet your face that we were excited when a Guided By Voices announced a reunion for a one-off show in Las Vegas for Matador’s 25th anniversary.

But now the news has reached us that our Ohio heroes will be touring as well. Hear that faint squealing noise? That’s the sound of our collective electric joy rising up over the heat of summer.

From ActiveDayton.com:

Although no dates are confirmed, GBV will follow that reunion show with some United States dates. This will be Pollard’s first tour since the Boston Spaceships outing in 2008 and the first GBV shows since disbanding in 2004.

“I’m not sure this will end after this particular tour,” [Pollard] said. “But after this has run its course, that’s the end for Guided by Voices. My justification for even doing it was, we’re old, but we’re not completely feeble yet. We can still do it a little bit, so we better do this before that happens.”

Chuck D has been at the forefront of politics in music ever since Public Enemy first hit the stage way back in the day. In the 90s, he recorded a song called “By the Time I Get to Arizona,” speaking out against Arizona’s lack of support for localizing the honoring of Martin Luther King’s birthday. Now it’s 2010 and the song has gained new relevance with Arizona’s anti-immigration law getting a lot of attention the past couple weeks.

To address the situation, Chuck’s fellow hip-hop cohort DJ Spooky put together remix the song to stir up more awareness of the issue. You can download that track for free here.

Enjoy some good music and make sure to do everything in your power to promote freedom and equality in America. Rock on, party people.

Hey, readers! We hope your holiday season is going well and that the coming year brings you promise of good music, a few great live shows and as much good beer as you can responsibly consume.

Things have been a bit quiet in the Ghettoblaster compound this week, for obvious reasons. But we’re already working on plenty of great material for the website in 2010. We’ll hopefully be ramping up the website with some new features and fun things, so stay tuned.

That said, we’ll be back to our regular posting next week.

Man oh man! Did you new the new issue is out?

ISSUE 2: TWO COVERS!

Featuring: BEN WEASEL, ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM, MR. LIF, TORTOISE, SON VOLT, SUNN 0))), DAVID BAZAN, BILL CALAHAN, DIRTY PROJECTORS, THE LEMONHEADS, PATTON OSWALT, AN EXCLUSIVE COMIC FROM JEFFREY LEWIS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Yuk it up, chuckleheads. Buy this issue, so that we can put together another issue for you to buy. It’s not like you come here to read the website, ya know!