saintface

the national

happy birthday, starfoods! thanks for being a moon-er!

jenna is awesome. that is all.

december, baby

i could have gone to see the strokes/kings of leon show, probably hanging somewhere in VIP (through work, of course, not jinners) but my boys and my girl were playing a show at the mercury lounge, and like a good manager, i went and saw one of the coolest nights of rock i've seen in a long time, including cmj.



i am so so so very proud of dirty on purpose for pulling off a spectacular, amazing, wonderfully, exhilarating set last night, pulling in the second most people of the night, second only to the headliners, the decemberists. i have a major crush on colin meloy, who reminds me of colin firth. i want to travel to portland to see this band play again!! dirty on purpose did a fucking awesome, tear-jerking cover of "summer of 69", and i was totally floored.



earlimart also blew me away with a robust, energetic performance that was both beautiful and whimsical. pela performed probably their most perfect set yet, playing all of my favorites! i can't believe that every band on the bill tonight was FUCKING AWESOME. it was a totally sold out event, packed to the brim on a wednesday night, days after cmj madness. how cool is that?

post cmj goodness

october 29
the decemberists
earlimart
dirty on purpose
pela
@ mercury lounge

october 30
the national
saintface
@ mercury lounge

october 30
liars
young people
@ bowery ballroom

tonight: last night of luxx

come party with free beer and free vodka.

in williamsburg

cmj 2003: friday

and yes, i missed all the cool events on saturday, including brendan benson replacing earlimart at mercury lounge. fuck. and anna tells me that we ragazzi was amazing. shit. and i missed an opportunity to hang out with the talented and dapper caz from pas/cal. crapola. well, there's always next year, right? here's what i saw on friday, as i promised.

no photos of jasper's exhibit and elbow at pianos because i was watching said show on a crappy projected screen. boo hoo!!

jason darling

pas/cal

gravy train

slumber party

hella

the gossip

ropstyle from semiautomatic

slim and jin moon!

saw jasper's photo exhibit at pianos. elbow from a projected screen. afterwards pas/cal, gravy train, slumber party, hella and the gossip. photos to come. i'm going out of town so i'll have to hear about saturday's cmj events from others!

cmj 2003: thursday

i made it to even less last night. oy!

colin meloy of the decemberists

steve reynolds

all night radio

fiery furnaces

british sea power

at this point, jenna and i were planning to see the explosions at cbgbs, but we soon learned the venue was no longer honoring badges. we met up with steve o and headed for food. ended up at the milkshake company on st. marks. oh my lord. that was a delicious grilled cheese sandwich.

cmj 2003: wednesday

ok i didn't make it to everything on my list, but here's what i did catch...

dresden dolls

mommy and daddy

black car

lovedrug

the killers

menlo park

prosaics

De-Luxxed

This Sunday night the 26th is the last night of Luxx. There will be FREE BEER and cheap drinks all night long. It starts at 8 and ends when you leave. Lets rip the place to shreds! bands, djs, your ass. suprises....

Bluebird
Pearlene
Lion Fever
From Monument to Masses,
Miracle Chosuke

r.i.p. elliott smith, a wonderful needle in the hay.

listen to the shins new album, chutes too narrow

revised more-realistic cmj schedule:

Wednesday
Noon Pick up pass at NY Hilton Hotel
1 p.m. Turin Brakes @ NY Hilton Hotel
2 p.m. The Stills @ NY Hilton Hotel
7 p.m. Dresden Dolls @ Mercury Lounge
8 p.m. Mommy and Daddy @ Sin-e
10:15 The Killers @ Don Hill's
11:45 The Prosaics @ Don Hill's
12 am My Morning Jacket @ Webster Hall

Thursday
3 p.m. Elbow @ NY Hilton Hotel
4 p.m. Trachtenburg Family @ NY Hilton Hotel
6 p.m. Cocktail Party @ Lit
7 p.m. Stellastarr* @ Virgin Megastore
9 p.m. British Sea Power @ Bowery Ballroom
10 p.m. The Thrills @ Mercury Lounge
11:45 Mates of State @ Knitting Factory
12:15 Folksongs for the Afterlife @ Living Room
12:45 Rainer Maria @ Knitting Factory

Friday
1:15 p.m. Jet @ NY Hilton Hotel
2 p.m. Soviet @ NY Hilton Hotel
4 p.m. Joggers @ NY Hilton Hotel
8 p.m. Pas/Cal @ Living Room
9 p.m. The Rapture @ Roseland Ballroom
9:45 Rogers Sisters @ Knitting Factory
12 am Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ CBGB
12 am Mink Lungs @ Pianos

Saturday
3 p.m. Vexers @ NY Hilton Hotel
8 p.m. The Eaves @ Lit Lounge
9 p.m. Panthers @ Knitting Factory
9 p.m. Echo and the Bunnymen @ Webster Hall
10 p.m. The Koreans @ Don Hill's
10:30 p.m. Dance Disaster Movement @ Knitting Factory
11 p.m. Earlimart @ Mercury Lounge
12 a.m. Kaito @ Mercury Lounge
1:00 a.m. The Decemberists @ Luxx
1:15 a.m. The Gossip @ Knitting Factory

are you still in love?

in addition to their many cmj shows, to celebrate the release of their cd, logic will break your heart, the stills will play at the vice store in new york city around 7 p.m. tomorrow.

and don't forget this hot show coming up:
October 29
the decemberists, earlimart
dirty on purpose, pela
@ mercury lounge

the rapture interviewed in cmj.

i have figured out my tentative ambitious-as-hell cmj schedule with jenna:

Wednesday
Noon Pick up pass at NY Hilton Hotel
1 p.m. Turin Brakes @ NY Hilton Hotel
2 p.m. The Stills @ NY Hilton Hotel
7 p.m. Dresden Dolls @ Mercury Lounge
8 p.m. Mommy and Daddy @ Sin-e
10:15 The Killers @ Don Hill's
11:45 The Prosaics @ Don Hill's
12 am My Morning Jacket @ Webster Hall

Thursday
3 p.m. Elbow @ NY Hilton Hotel
4 p.m. Trachtenburg Family @ NY Hilton Hotel
6 p.m. Cocktail Party @ Lit
7 p.m. Stellastarr* @ Virgin Megastore
9 p.m. British Sea Power @ Bowery Ballroom
10 p.m. The Thrills @ Mercury Lounge
11:45 Mates of State @ Knitting Factory
12:15 Folksongs for the Afterlife @ Living Room
12:45 Rainer Maria @ Knitting Factory

Friday
1:15 p.m. Jet @ NY Hilton Hotel
2 p.m. Soviet @ NY Hilton Hotel
4 p.m. Joggers @ NY Hilton Hotel
8 p.m. Pas/Cal @ Living Room
9 p.m. The Rapture @ Roseland Ballroom
9:45 Rogers Sisters @ Knitting Factory
12 am Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ CBGB
12 am Mink Lungs @ Pianos

Saturday
3 p.m. Vexers @ NY Hilton Hotel
8 p.m. The Eaves @ Lit Lounge
9 p.m. Panthers @ Knitting Factory
9 p.m. Echo and the Bunnymen @ Webster Hall
10 p.m. The Koreans @ Don Hill's
10:30 p.m. Dance Disaster Movement @ Knitting Factory
11 p.m. Earlimart @ Mercury Lounge
12 a.m. Kaito @ Mercury Lounge
1:00 a.m. The Decemberists @ Luxx
1:15 a.m. The Gossip @ Knitting Factory

the strokes & the rapture: new york rock's latest hangover…

Albums by the Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Walkmen, the Liars, Oneida, the Ex Models, Enon and Animal Collective and the collection "Yes New York" proved that the music still sounds exhilarating offstage. But now comes the hard part. Every celebrated local scene has a half-life, from Detroit and Memphis in the 1960's to New York City and Athens, Ga., in the 1970's to Minneapolis in the 1980's to Seattle in the 1990's. To survive beyond the initial buzz, the music has to point someplace new.

[new york times]

yay! fiona apple is about two weeks from finishing her next album. the album is slated for a february release.

Among the songs guaranteed to make the final cut of the yet untitled 10-song LP are "Extraordinary," a Tin Pan Alley-esque blend of Tom Waits and Vaudeville, and "Better," an OutKast-like deluge of beats.

[rolling stone]

fischerspooner go wild on #2.

The new wave/electro sound of their debut is still intact, but Fischer said the album will also feature songs like "Downup," which he described as an "anthemic shoegazer" track that mixes influences such as Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine with a dash of the Ronettes.

[ rolling stone]

i saw lost in translation and wasn't as impressed as everyone else seems to be. sofia coppola had the potential for an interesting story, but she didn't quite develop anything too much. but the movie was beautifully shot. i really liked the mood of the movie, but it dragged at times without ever really going anywhere. my favorite scene was indeed the karaoke scene.

i also went to see kill bill for the second time this weekend. it was just as great the second time around. i am totally into the gogo character. anna tells me that this is the same girl from battle royale. i heard that quentin tarantino saw gogo in battle royale and decided to cast her in this role. how awesome. i am dying to see this flick. must surf ebay.

drank pumpkin ale and saw willard tonight with george, dj, gary and joe. that movie was terrible. awful. patooey! joe totally called the fact that crispin glover sings "ben" at the end. it was a movie-filled weekend, where music hardly played a part. very rare in my world. but i guess it will all balance out after a crazy fun filled week of concerts during cmj. woosh!

choose your own new york

i got:
You love the Rolling Stones, so you decide to walk over and get his autograph. At the same time, you think you'll try to alter his destiny. Maybe you can make use of this time-travel thing by convincing him to change his self- indulgent ways, altering the course of history and preventing his eventual evolution into a scary lizard-man. Unfortunately, just as you are on your way over to talk to him, Mr. Jagger's delivery of cocaine from Bogota unexpectedly arrives, burying you alive in an gigantic avalanche of Colombian blow!You gasp for air in vain in the sea of nose candy. As the cocaine enters your bloodstream and you begin to lose consciousness, you notice the faint but unmistakable melody of Bee Gee's "Night Fever." This is the best nightclub ever!

The pile of CDs sitting in front of me right now includes: erase errata, the fiery furnaces, the dandy warhols, pela, dirty on purpose, regina spektor, mogwai, the sleepy jackson, pulp, the darkness, spiritualized, scene creamers, the raveonettes, rufus wainwrights, the rentals, stellastarr*, liars, and damien rice. and those are just the CDs in cases. I need a better system of organization.

joe, here's a haiku made 'specially for you:
talent is never
wasted on your deft fingers
so play us a song.

OK, I didn't watch the Yankees-BoSox game. I did however learn how to crochet (thanks, shara!!), and I also went to see Bishop Allen last night at the Mercury Lounge. If you didn't know, they changed the lineup a little – put Jack on drums, new girl C.O. on keyboards… I like the new combination a lot. What I find particularly appealing about this group is the fact that they are so full of character and quirks, and write intelligent songs-stories about being young, in the city, in and out of love… with sense of humor and heart. Those are the qualities that charmed me when I first saw them perform in their loft a year ago, and those are the qualities that still bring a smile to my face when I see them now. That and, oh, Justin's hokey pokey dance moves. Adorable! Hehe. And yes, I did love their new song: "Making friends is so damn easy, Just smile and act all pleasing!" Classic.

Bishop Allen were followed by headliners, Metric. I had to admit I was curious to see what this band was all about because so many people were singing their praises (Sarah, Marc, Eric, Jo). I thought that the lead singer, Emily Haines, had a great voice and an OK stage persona… but then she started acting like she was on drugs -- totally bizarre and high as a satellite. she started doing jump kicks and shoulder twitches and hair flinging and making eyes with fans. it was funny, but very distracting. so, in short, I almost liked metric. maybe I have to be on drugs, too, to enjoy it. or at least drizzunk. neither of which I were…

the other night, I inadvertently went to see oxford collapse. I was hanging out with my friend, saryn, who I haven't seen for ages, and we wandered into lit. I suddenly realized that OxC were playing downstairs, and we went down to watch their set. the boys have a new bassist to replace Yong Sing, though I don't know his name. mike started rockin' out on stage like crazy, as the room sweltered in body heat and cigarette smoke. they were a lot harder than before, and their stage performance has improved quite a bit. if you haven't seen them, they are playing the vicious/crashin'in cmj showcase at sin-e on October 22. go see them, along with mommy and daddy (8 p.m.).

tonight:
spiritualized
@ north six
$20

i cannot stop listening to this song:
the killers - "mr brightside"



read what nme has to say about the killers.



this band is also very hot, snow patrol. listen to samples from their album on their site.

the strokes + damon albarn = ???

does anyone have this track? please send it to me.

someone told me that the links to the photo galleries of the walkmen and say hi to your mom were not right. sorry! i have corrected the problem. now check that shit out!

the walkmen
say hi to your mom

shtym are playing the mercury lounge on tuesday, october 21.

tonight:
bishop allen
metric
mercury lounge
9:30 p.m.

listen to the whole stills record

black car, a really cool band that is playing the ASCAP CMJ showcase on Oct. 22, sounds pretty fucking hot. poetic. thoughtful. wondrous.
listen to:
"asleep at the wheel"
"st john"

thanks, jonathan purvis for this lovely shot.

jennifer does free research for you. i asked her a bunch of questions like:
Who is taller, Nick from the French Kicks or Hamilton from the Walkmen?
Can dogs hear better than cats?
Is it true that you can't regain your hearing?

go and look at the answers. they are rad.

starting to make a list of bands/artists that contain my name:
jin tha mc
jinrai

"the little birdie" says that vice party has been scrapped... but with the release of the stills' logic will break your heart coming up on october 21, don't count a surprise gig out of the question...

conor oberst sounds off on clear channel...

another rufus wainwright album so soon after want one? how excellent! expect it possibly in the spring…

Following the release of Poses in 2001, Wainwright hit a personal rock bottom in October 2002 after years of alcohol and pill abuse. He entered rehab and on the last day wrote "Want," a song he says "encapsulates something I realized, which is that it's all about the simple things."

That song helped open the door to a double album that was to bear its name, Want, but due to the record industry's lagging sales, the record was cut in half, leaving Want Two for future release.

"I was listening to it as a double album set," Wainwright says, "but the record company wasn't too keen. And also in listening to all of the stuff, I realized that no human mind is capable of really properly digesting that much overwrought emotion. It was just too much for one sit-down, and I realized that certain things would get lost. I tend to really demand for the listener to pay attention, and I didn't want them passing out."

Wainwright says the songs for the Want albums are among his most autobiographical, addressing subjects including his personal struggles, his show business life and his rocky relationship with his parents (singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle). "I'm not trying to be moralistic or tell other people what they're doing," he says. "I wanted to go down on record, so no matter what happens in the future, I can always look back on this period as a sort of intense journey."

[rolling stone]

from the spiritualized interview [filter magazine]:
Jason Spaceman is that illuminating science professor who blew your mind and taught you to dream. Jack White is the cuddly but ultimately unstimulating history teacher holed up in his office down the hall, reminding you to memorize all those presidents.

sure, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the French Kicks, Oneida, Rye Coalition, the Ex-Models, The Seconds, The Prosaics, The Narrator, Trans Am, Songs: Ohia, Josh Ritter and Liz Phair all have Oberlin connections… and so do Folksongs for the Afterlife. don’t forget them! [freewilliamsburg.com]

a little birdie told me that the stills are playing a free show with andrew wk at an anti-cmj party by vice at that venue that used to be limelight…

alexander chats with nick zinner. hey, where’s that interview you did with kenna?? [freewilliamsburg.com]

more on that "do daughters cause divorce?" article [slate.com]



you asked for it (ok, maybe you didn’t), but here it is anyway: the jimi Hendrix doll, complete with purple haze... just kidding.

had such a good time at vicious last night. if you haven't wished jasper a good one, please do so now.

pela were great as usual last night, and that "latitudes" song always gets me so revved up! and they are still some of the nicest guys in rock and roll. asobi seksu also were completely adorable and more rockin' than i expected!

i can't wait until dirty on purpose play vicious in november. it's going to sizzle.

on the rhode

wow i had this big write up of dirty on purpose's trip to providence rhode island. but then something got fucked up, and it disappeared. arggggh. will have to muster energy later to re-write it... until then, check out the photo gallery.



rhode island photo gallery

british sea power interview on prefix magazine.

and... part two of the BSP prefix magazine interview.

the tracklist for the walkmen's upcoming album, bows and arrows.

01 What's In It For Me
02 Little House of Savages
03 My Old Man
04 No Christmas While I'm Talking
05 The Rat
06 138th St.
07 The North Pole
08 Hang On, Siobhan
09 New Year's Eve
10 Thinking of a Dream I Had
11 Bows & Arrows

corn mo is on mtv.com.

oh, miss modernage, i will miss thee.


peter bauer of the walkmen has decided to play matchmaker. and it sounds like he's starting a blog of some sort! who else is going to their three knitting factory shows in one day on nov. 1? should be lotsa fun!

just came back from dirty on purpose's show in rhode island. details and photos to follow!

margaret cho looked so hot last night. she wore this icecapades-like outfit that was brilliant, sparkling white. she looked so happy. this is her third touring comedy show, and i was happy to be seeing it. i've seen all of them live, starting from "i'm the one that i want" to "notorious c.h.o." and now to "revolution cho." her act has gotten considerably more political and socially conscious, which explains the show name. she talks about social inequalities, racism, crazy recent political events (aka gov. arnold).

she focuses less on the gory sexual details, which was prevalent in "notorious," and more on how we all can start a revolution by recognizing the silly, "sacred" traditions we all have come to accept as normal. marriage does not have to be sacred between just a man and woman. the government shouldn't have to ask you to die for your country, but tell you not to talk about being gay. and my favorite is when people ask you what kind of asian you are ("i can't tell any of you apart!"). marg cho: "uh, why do you have to tell us apart? are we going to be separated and put in internment camps?" i couldn't stop laughing when she said that. it's so true! why DO people have to tell us apart? not even we can tell us apart!

she had so many new jokes and interesting perspectives to add to "revolution," which made me happy because a lot of the material in her first two shows overlapped. "revolution" was packed with lots of new material that talks about her more current life experiences, and it's good to see that she's living in the past less and less and enjoying her present more and more.

go, margaret cho!

her opening act, bruce daniels, was pretty funny too. he talked a lot about the same types of issues -- racism, social inequalities, stereotypes...

marg and bruce and some other chick (can't remember her name) did a rap at the end that wasn't very good, but i had to give her props on her effort. mc mc!

popmatters girl, devon powers, talks about music journalism.

i wish i had seen this band, peelander z. i think they recently played luxx. goddamnit. they look so fun!!

the national - "slipping husband"

dirty on purpose - "spider eyes" (live) thanks, naf!

vhs or beta - "disco paradise" i hear the asian guy in the band is singing now... cool!

the newly redesigned knife skills. wow, nice!

laura is not only miss scenester (hot), she's also new york city's sound byte queen for music in general. [ny post]

all i have to say is, if kid rock hates radiohead, they must be damn good.


stellastarr* on carson daly's last call on october 21. reserve your seat now. oh man, don't they look so rock 'n roll?

more places to catch those stella starrs*
In Store Performance @ Virgin Megastore in Union Square
BLENDER MAGAZINE & BEN SHERMAN PRESENTS:
stellastarr*
Thursday, October 23rd 7:30pm
Virgin Union Square New York

Opening Reception of “,The Robin Series,” select paintings by Shawn Christensen
“The Robin Series”
6-8pm
@ Cassis
***Free Wine, delicacies and with a Special Guest DJ

Cassis
52 Stone St.
b/w William & Pearl
212.425.3663
Take 2/3 Subway down to Wall Street Stop (walk 2 blocks towards Hanover Square)

Music: Return of the Rentals

school of rock the movie is better than most music today, says the lefsetz letter. [from jon bahr]


damien rice beats out the yyys, cat power, sigur ros, interpol, the streets and more to win the short list prize, the shorty. i didn't damien rice was that unknown. but i suppose it is true he doesn't get played on the radio... yet.

everyone who was nominated played except for the yyys and sigur ros. Paul Banks, the typically taciturn singer of Interpol, said during the band's set that if he were in the audience, he probably would have considered the show the best he had ever seen.

eddie izzard gets sexie.

groupies vs. music journalists. [annabiotica]

i was telling the knife skillers this last night, i could never date a musician. all the musicians i've met are self-absorbed and needy. they need you to support their project, but hardly ever is the favor returned. but most of us just need to accept the fact that it's not a two-way street and move on in life as art philanthropists and that music karma will take care of things itself.

stopped by the mercury lounge to drop off copies of this awesome poster joe made for dirty on purpose's next show -- they're opening up for the decemberists and earlimart on oct. 29. i saw modest babs at the merc, and remembered she started working there a few weeks ago. she's totally sweet, smart, and into good music. LOVE her.

dirty is also playing vicious on nov. 18. it's going to be totally hot.

to support some work peeps, i stopped by the sidewalk cafe for the "writers at night" series they have every month... but i was feeling kind of tired and decided to head home da 'burg.

anna was meeting up with fellow knife skillers fon lin and jerry (turing machine), and so i decided to stop into union pool and say hello. of course, i ended up staying there for a little bit... but i just drank water. we had so much fun despite the weirdly, out-of-place romantic music.

after a lot of research on jason mraz, i knew that he wore a red and white trucker hat every now and then... so i think i spotted him again at union pool tonight, hanging with some friends. but i'm kind of blind, so i can't be 100% sure. it did look like him a lot.

i did the jason mraz interview, and he's a lot smaller in person. we were both so tired, we sat at the table and whispered to each other. he was nice enough. he had just gotten his hair styled because he was on the view this morning. michael moore was on it, and some stupid guest host that was on called bowling for columbine a staged mockumentary. of course, he got so angry, and an argument ensued. they quickly cut to starr jones who said, "we need some music up in here. stay tuned for jason mraz." hahaha.

kenna's "free time" video. nice kicks.

kenna is officially awesome. i saw him perform last night, and he blew me away! the energy emanating from him and his band was just brilliant. his music reminded me of depeche mode. he told me people have told him he sounds like flock of seagulls on crack. HOT! and he wore a tee shirt for the kills on stage and wore the the and johnny cash pins on his jacket. how fucking cool is that? there were a gaggle of girls from fischerspooner (kenna just finished touring with them) screaming their support for him. i love when bands support each other like that. and outside of the club, kenna complimented my beat up chucks and gave me a big hug! he's my new crush. **sigh**

also i met this R&B artist who was wearing levis pins with the realistics and the boggs. i traded my dirty on purpose pin for the boggs. he wouldn't give me the realistics pin because it was all beat up. how funny! i can't wait to start wearing it around. they are fabulous!

congrats to laura for her scenester award.

the other night i met up with george from DoP and we headed over to the knitting factory to support doug marvin (DoP drummer) in his other band an ideal for living. they completely took me off guard. amazing! i wasn't sure what i thought about the music in the beginning. it seemed kind of all over the place, but in the middle of the first song, it started to take shape and form into this awe-inspiring noisy, experimental set that featured double drumming and intense feedback. doug played both guitar and drums. this guy is such an impressive musician -- creative, dark and unpredictable.

finally saw hula, too. it was the end of the night and i thought i was going to fall asleep during their set because i had heard it was mellow music... but i was far from sleep. their songs had such cool, groovy beats and notes that were pure and clean -- no distortion, no fancy pedal work, no feedback -- just good, clean music.

behind the lyrics to songs by coldplay, beck, violent femmes, and yes, sir mix-a-lot.

you can kill rock stars but you can never kill kill rock stars, says slim moon.

carissa's wierd splits.

oh those strokes.
The problematic cover art has been revealed online-- nothing as racy as the Suicide Girls-ish UK sleeve for Is This It, but more in line with the colorful geometric dabblings of the last few singles. There are subtle references to gambling 'n' guns (the four suits in a deck of cards, revolvers held aloft by both black and white hands, and an abstraction of a roulette wheel). There's no peelable fruit on the cover, if that's what you were asking.

r.e.m. covers interpol's "NYC."

finally more photo galleries!

a slew of new photo galleries, including dirty on purpose, deerhoof, semiautomatic, the walkmen, ex models, qatsi, say hi to your mom, pela, on!air!library!, kings of leon, jet, kaito and bishop allen!!!! surf to your heart's content!

any movie featuring scenes in north six and with a poster for the walkmen in it deserves props from me. school of rock was cute, but what was up with the mooney suzuki cameo?

the drunk dictionary. this dictionary translates male drunk talk:
guy says: so, i'm in a band...
translation: please have sex with me because you think i'm cool.

guy says: i'm pretty drunk. will you walk me home?
translation: will you go home and have sex with me?

guy says: sure, you get this round -- the next one is one me.
translation: we won't be here long enough for another round, dumbass.

more pick up lines. some of the ones that made me laugh were:
1) hey did you fart? because you blew me away!
2) i may not be the best looking guy here but i'm the only one talking to ya!
3) ok i'm here. what's your next wish?

and this one is for doug in DoP -- use it on annie:
4) Hi, my name’s Doug. That’s "God" spelled backwards with a little bit of "u" in it.

need to break up with your boo? try these brutal break up lines. i like this one:
it isn't you. i'm in love with your brother.

hahahahaha!!

surfing cnn.com...

ouch. poor roy of siegfried and roy gets mauled by a tiger -- in the neck and arm! oh what will siegfriend ever do without him? he's in critical condition.

poor frances bean. first her dad commits suicide. then her mom is a crazy drug addict cracking people's windows and shit. what the fuck is wrong with these people?? i was talking to someone, and they were like, if you can't get it together for your kid, then you are totally beyond any help. courtney, get yourself together! frances bean is gonna be one fucked up child.

oh weird, i'm now supposed to do a lunch/interview with jason mraz on wednesday. what will i ask him? when do i get to do lunch/interviews with julian of strokes fame? julian, swing by the office, why don'tcha?

revamped billboards.

queen latifah signs to the new cool label, vector recordings. ken and jack also own the company that handles that really hyped tennessee band, kings of leon. their reach is growing so quickly! when i went to the KoL show at the Bowery, I had heard that jack was looking for an assistant at his label. now I know what they were talking about! too bad I like my job and don't want to leave it!

the free dirty on purpose show at grand central bar went better than we all thought it would. walking into the bar and realizing some people had to play around a pool table is kind of like a big train wreck, but only a band like DoP could pull it off and draw everyone in with their amazing music. it was beautiful. at many points, i didn't even feel like i was deathly sick from my miserable fall cold! oh, how their music warms me... after the show, the band was packing up their equipment and these guys across the street, who were throwing bottles of beer at people who i'm guessing are their enemies, kept yelling, "gentrification! fucking gentrification!" i kept thinking, perhaps these guys should use their anger for better things than throwing beer bottles at people and yelling big words from the dictionary. sometimes i hate gentrification too, but i don't go around screaming it in the middle of the night, do i? i mean, i can barely afford to live in my neighborhood, and don't feel like i can move because apartments are so friggin' expensive now in wburg. but i certainly don't go around yelling at every hipster and hipsterette on the street. that's what crazy people do. they also try to kill people by hurling beer bottles. that was kind of scary, yo.

i'm waiting to hear the reports of the realistics show at the bowery from the rest of the bloggerazzi. how was it, gals? what's the good word? i'm sure the boys did a fantastic job of rocking that supercalifragilisticespialidocious venue.

a tip from ed2010:
A little-known voting fact Ed learned last night: In order to vote in the New York State Presidential primary on March 2, 2004, you MUST register your party affiliation no later than Friday, October 10th. Do so by calling 1-800-FOR-VOTE or go to www.elections.state.ny.us/voting/voting.htm. Do it today!

this is some funny shit on hbo. it's called sketch pad, and you can't miss the super-dirty sketches. they are hilarious!

hamilton of the walkmen gets grumpier during a mess of a show. poor kaito could not cross the maple leaf border.

Lead singer, Hamilton Leithauser seemed annoyed — angry even. He seemed to be trying to force himself to get into the show. What was up? Was this part of their act? The hipsters from NYC laying down some serious Nooo Yawk indifference for the crowd?

[link from vive/le/roi]

everybody loves the planetarium. i think it's time to take a work field trip over there. anyone else in? it will surely make me feel like i'm back in middle school, watching the laser light show that featured primus, nirvana and the red hot chili peppers. scary!

will child porn end file-sharing? ew, gross. but i love how they have a photo of britney spears with this article!

duran duran set a fall tour that doesn't include new york city. snobby bastards.

will the video ban damage indie filmmaking? even though i graduated from tisch, i still don't know the answer to this question.

do daughters cause divorce? what kind of stupid question is this? so what is the cause of this wacky hypothesis? anyways, we should all take some kind of survey, but i know a lot of guys with divorced parents. i can't remember if they have any sisters though...

a nausea-inducing hipsterette train wreck walks into odessa bar.

justin is officially superman

justin successfully pulled double duty, rocking out with panthers and sweatin' with turing machine at lit last night. and guess what? the mofo is gonna do it again tomorrow night, playing plaid with turing machine at 11 and then running over to sin-e to play with the panthers at 12:30. how effin' crazy, dude.




anyways, the show at lit was the going away party for turing machine's bassist, scott, who is leaving for mother england for a year. it was packed and stuffy. and fun. finally met marisa of sup and rheingold fame in the flesh. she told me she thought that i had been a boy this entire time. i guess i have a very ambiguous name!

we ran into a film crew who was making a documentary on a student filmmaker who is making a movie on the new york music scene. fon lin was mic'd for most of the night so we kept saying stupid things into the mic.

totally random

earlier in the evening i was having drinks with christian, christian and justin of bishop allen at a bar called b-sides. randomly, i bumped into a guy named jay who had emailed me a couple days ago. he recognized justin first. i thought that was pretty cool. and yes, very random.

get dirty

if anyone is hanging in the wburg tonight, come see dirty on purpose play at the new bar opening up called grand central -- near grand street and graham avenue. they hit the stage at midnight. and it's freeeee!

or, get real

the realistics are also playing at the bowery ballroom -- so go see those bodacious babes rock out in the pretty ballroom lights.

other interesting shite

omigod, like, marg cho has a blog. copy cat! she talks about music, too -- "My newest obsession is The Neptunes song "Pop Shit". I have never heard anything so beautiful in my life..."

CMJ Music Marathon schedule.

From our favorite new filmmaker Andrew:

As you probably know, we're up and running on this new film project--

This coming Tuesday, the 7th, we're shooting what will presumably be by far the most complicated scene of this mostly uncomplicated film, a performance scene in which the makeshift supergroup of Justin Rice on guitar + Kevin Micka on drums plays a couple of songs at the Northsix club in Williamsburg. (Where, we are told, they shot a scene for School of Rock...?) 66 N. 6th St., near the Bedford stop on the L. We need extras, folks who look like they might conceivably come out to a rock show. We don't need a lot of folks, Justin + Kevin are supposed to be a pretty underattended opening act.

Most of you have jobs and cannot hang around a rock club from 10am - 5pm on a Tuesday, which is what we need, but if you're considering quitting your job, now would be a good time. What's in it for you, I guess is (a) we buy you lunch + there's some snacks around, (b) the glamour/creative process blah blah blah, (c) you get to see a free concert, sort of, albeit a concert in which the same two songs get played over and over again...It's an adventure, an adventure.

And if you know anyone who you think would be up for this, please do forward this along, I'd appreciate it tremendously.

If you want to do it, e-mail me back asap and let me know. If you can't, no need to respond-- Thanks so very much,
Very excited,

Andrew

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if anyone is interested, email me and i'll pass your message along!

how to be polite.

how to be rude.

how to be neutral. but notice that quirky political editorial at the bottom. that's definitely not neutral.


is anyone else scared by freaky photos of arnold schwarzenegger on the front page of the new york times today? is he really going to win???

while going to see qatsi play last night at pianos, i saw another pretty amazing band called read yellow. they were throbbing noisy punk rock with lots of sharp guitar licks and hard drum kicks. they are from amherst, mass., and i think they're gonna blow up, considering their next couple shows are with mission of burma and radio 4 -- a pretty impressive move, though i'm not sure their music gels with those bands -- they're much harder. listen for yourself: "the association" and "fashion fatale"

qatsi also brought the house down last night. i'm pretty sure dave was playing guitar between some girl's legs at one point. they always bring something a little new to their performance. those guys are awesome. if you haven't heard them, here's a song: "City Son"

and i wish i could go to sleep tonight, but there is so much going on!! if anyone is around the east village, they should stop by lit and see turing machine -- it will be their last show for quite a while as their bassist is going abroad for a while. justin will be pulling double duty as he will rock and sweat in both panthers and turing machine. that guy is a maniac! oh yeah, there's open bar from 9 to 10.

what i'm listening to -- mp3s from the decemberists:
"the soldiering life"
"Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect"

more kickass kill rock stars and their songs:
semiautomatic - "this place does not exist"
the gossip - "fire/sign"
deerhoof - "gore in rut"
gravy train - "hella nervous"
the bangs - "i want more"

oooh korean people on broadway!

strokes room on fire e-card. this includes a special "in the studio" video.

happy rocktober!

stellastarr*'s bowery ballroom show with the raveonettes reviewed in earlash by modest mint.