There are days, and these days have grown in frequency over the past year, where I start humming "Ship of Fools" by World Party and wondering what the heck Karl Wallinger is doing these days.
As it turns out, World Party is playing South by Southwest next month with no less a cult group at the Plimsouls. If you are from LA, you will probably recall hearing "A Million Miles Away" no less than a million times on KROQ. These days, you can probably hear it smashed between Blue Oyster Cult and Prince on Jack FM. If you aren't from LA, you might still know of the Plimsouls from Valley Girl. If you never saw Valley Girl, you have a problem and need to get to your local video store now. Rent Earth Girls Are Easy as well while you are at it.
Both bands are on the same bill as The Go! Team. Personally, if I were to attend South By Southwest this year (which, for the record, I am not unfortunately), I would hit this show.