I don't think I have any authority to declare official days around here, but in my perfect imaginary world, today would be Imperial Teen Day.

Actually, in my world it is Imperial Teen Day, but in my perfect world it would be a holiday and banks would close, mail wouldn't be delivered, and everyone would be paid to stay home from work - like Thanksgiving, but with worse food and better music.

It's not everyday that the creators of my favorite record of the year come to Seattle and play two (TWO!) shows this evening. The first is a free in-store show at the Queen Anne Easy Street Records at 8pm followed by a show at the Crocodile with Bella and Derby.

Here's a video the band made in 1999 for its song "Yoo Hoo" that is about 75 different shades of awesome: