the big sleep + helio sequence tonight!

hey kids, my peeps in the big sleep are playing with another really awesome band called the helio sequence, who are on subpop have have the old/new modest modest drummer in the band. i've been listening to loads of both the big sleep and the helio sequence and have siked myself up for this incredible show tonight. let's get wasted at north six tonight. show starts at 8 p.m. and also has comedian eugene mirman making us laugh our skivvies off. wha?

new earlimart tracks

** heaven adores you
** the hidden track

new allmusic.com

whoa, look, it's all pretty and shit. wow.

i can't stop listening to...

cocorosie

so wha happened?

ok i've been getting a lot of questions about what happened on saturday. well, dirty on purpose didn't back out of the show as people were being told even on saturday evening... we did get a phone call from the new year telling us they were sorry about what happened -- apparently knitting factory overbooked the night, including some kind of weird party before the new year show, and one band had to get dropped from the bill. because of the party, the new year didn't even get a soundcheck, apparently, which is totally bogus. fucking bedhead! of course it sucks that all of this had to happen 2 days before the show... hopefully everyone was able to get a refund if you were seeking one. thanks to everyone for their support! the next dop show will be on july 30 at office ops for superfun rock/n/rollerskating fun! bring your skates or rent one! au revoir simone and circle and square will also be playing. it's the start of the dop tour, so come and celebrate with us! word!

party on friday

from ryan the girl:
George Bush doesnt want you to read the 9-11 commission report....
Dick Cheney doesn't want you to be allowed to look into the people, agenda, or notes from his secret/closed energy commission meetings....
Donald Rumsfeld doesn't want you to look closely @ the pics of him laughing it up w/ Saddam...
& John Ashcroft really doesn't want you to have the right to privacy, to choose or to dance...

BUT DANCE WE WILL!!!!!!!!

in honor of the cancers @ one-forty (FYI: sam, megan, lida, & ryan), there will be a fuckin dance party this friday night in williamsburg. you have been officially summoned to shake your ass off @ the

BIRTHDAY BOOGIE AGAINST BUSH!!!!!

(it's gonna be a long summer preparing for the RNC and the election...but this night will be all about celebrating......so get your dancing shoes on!!!) the mojitos will start early, the dancing will go late! 140 Metropolitan Ave...1st floor (Between Berry & Whythe)

And please......NO PRESENTS! take the $$ you woulda spent on a cd or bottle of vino and throw it into the collection jar. the moola raised will go to Act For America, a grassroots group that is registering voters in swing states and the shepard fairy anti-war poster campaign

dirty on purpose interview on crashin'in

check it out, lio interviewed dop. joe is such a goofball. word.

my little danish friend

a bunch of us went to see metallica: some kind of monster last night... it was one of the funniest movies i've seen in a while. probably funnier than anchorman. my favorite line was when dave mustaine was in a therapy session with lars...

dave: do you know what i went through?
lars: i can imagine what i put you through.
dave: you're not hearing me. do you know what i WENT through?
lars: [rubs his face]
dave: i miss my little danish friend.

or the exchange was something like that. seeing a band dissected like that was crazy. it was crazy when they were like, rob, please be our bassist -- here's a million dollars in advance! shit!! it was crazy to know their therapist was earning more a month than i earn in a year. beejezuz.

Other Great Saturday Happenings

Let's keep it on the positive this Saturday and support some amazing local acts like:

@ Mercury Lounge
Other Passengers, Izzys

@ North Six
Blood Brothers, Kill Me Tomorrow

@ Sin-e
Grand Mal, The IOs

@ Rothko
Chinese Stars, Mommy & Daddy, Mahi Mahi

cliktrax goes online with fuse!

now you can watch cliktrax online! This week's featured artist on the site is Franz
Ferdinand. Music videos by The Thermals, The Walkmen, The Streets, and TVOTR. Holla.

hello, we did not cancel!

no matter what you hear about saturday, dirty on purpose did not cancel the show for saturday... why would we do that? the new year are one of our heroes. anyhoo, we're not sure what is going on right now, but we're no longer on the bill for the new year show on saturday at knitting factory. we'll keep you posted on how you can get refunds if you already bought tickets for the show. check back here or dirtyonpurpose.com for details as they unfold.

UPDATE: Knitting Factory will be sending out an email through Ticket Web to everyone who bought tickets, instructing people on how to get a refund if they wish to do so. Also if you bought tickets at the KF Box Office, you can go get your refund there too.

things i love right now

** listening to internet radio
** riding my bike to greenpoint
** iced lattes
** drinking red stripe
** making care packages for out-of-town friends
** demeter perfume in gingerale
** epitonic
** shootin' the shit with friends
** reading emails from around the world (hello vanessa from spain!)
** happily ever afters

radio experiment

a few weeks ago i sent the dirty on purpose cd to kexp.org, one of my favorite internet radio stations. so help me with a little experiment today... email kexp.org and request a dirty on purpose song! if you don't know which song to request, try "all new friends" or "mind blindness". let's see if they really play requests! merci!

dirty on purpose with the new year

hmmm... here's a little self-promotion. dude, it's my blog. it's all about self-pimpin'.

Hey Peeps,

Dirty on Purpose is playing on Saturday, July 10, with the New Year (x Bedhead), VietNam and Mazarin at NYC's Knitting Factory (79 Leonard St).

We would love to see your purdy lil faces in the audience, front and center, whoopin' and hollerin' and yelling "We Love DoP!" ever so raucously. Come celebrate this awesome bill with us.

Show starts at 10 p.m. and it's $12. We know, it's a lot of money, but you probably spent about that much to see a movie this past weekend, and we think this show will certainly entertain you more than Spider Man 2.

We think this show is gonna sell out... so buy tickets ahead of time at
knittingfactory.com.

i love you golden blue

this past weekend was like being in some sort of weird comatose state. or drifting in a deep pool of water... scissor-kicking my way to nowhere in particular. it's like listening to sonic youth's "i love you golden blue" on repeat whle the sun warms my cheeks to a nice shade of rose.

on saturday night i hung out with anna, george, katy, stephanie of va, greg and ryan the girl. some of us checked out vaz at north six. what a fucking awesome show, including the end where paul knocked the microphone stand off the stage and mimed his thank you. vaz is heavy rock that foams at the mouth but over the last couple years, they have developed really catchy guitar lines that swerve around like race cars. how can a drummer and guitarist make such a full sound? i dunno, but that drummer is fucking outta his mind. he looks so possessed. blink and you'll miss way too much.

then we headed over to ryan's apartment... which is crazy. they have a swing and hammock. they usually leave their double doors open and people riding their bikes by think it's some sort of tropical bar. but no, it's a fucking apartment. so stop walking in! while we were lushing on puerto rican rum, a couple people just walked in. one of ryan's roommates were like, "who are you?" and they were like, "isn't this a party?" hahahahaha.

i had been wanting to ride my bike all weekend. finally got to a little bit on fourth of july. after making peach daiquiris with katy and stephanie of va, i rode my bike to greenpoint to meet up with george. george, joe and i ended up watching the sonic youth dvd that george bought. i still can't get over the video with macaulay culkin in it. disturbing to watch thurston moore bobbing heads and playing guitar with the red-lipped wonder.

then george and i headed to the rooftop party. we ran into christy and eventually greg and joe graced us with their presence. i got kinda smashed on makers and gingers. we watched the fireworks in awe. smiley faces with whiskers! we danced around with wimpy sparklers. we ate the bbq food that christy brought. then i was so tired i went home early and passed out. how was your J4 celebration?

then i re-read the griffin & sabine trilogy, which chris helped me locate. that story is so romantic. love those books!

the retropod... it's waterproof too

apparently this is no joke [from my coworker jon]

dj annabiotica guests on wbar with the notorious b.i.d.'s electric avenue!

here's the wacky playlist

when i figure our where the archived stream is, i'll post it here!
UPDATE: here is a link to the stream of the show... (nota bene: the mics in the studio weren't working right so if you don't hear anything between songs, just imagine bidi and anna goofing it up and screaming things like "who rocks the party that rocks the body?" the link will only be live for about a week.

ps. we did not play the strokes. that was bidi. har har har!! (ok, she says it was a request. fair nuff!)

happy fourth of july!

click here for some fireworks!

your wish is my command

ok peeps. sorry i've been lax on the updates this week. indeed, it is true. i've been assed out. it's been a rough one! but now i'm back on track and want to share some fun stuff with you... if you're still into it.


i spent much of last night at band practice, preparing for the impending dirty on purpose tour coming up... if anyone can help us fill dates on august 5 or 6 (we currently have some leads in boston, rochester, providence and possibly chicago), let me know. word! george's brother, greg (pictured above), came to practice to let the music just soak in.

i also went to this new williamsburg bar after practice to drinky drink with dj. the bar is called funhouse and it was pumping some kind of weird mix of music -- anywhere from !!! to bad techno music. but the british bartender was nice and mixed the makers and ginger strong. and they showed these projections on the white walls -- and guess what? there was a whole segment with penguins! fyi to people not in the know, but i fucking adore penguins. jo told me that when they cry, they can turn their salty tears into fresh water. or something like that. plus, i heard they mate for life. plus, they're damn cute, so...

tonight i think i'm hitting a couple birthday parties... and then i'm not sure what i want to do for fourth of july. there are several rooftop parties that i've been graciously invited to... but it's funny when you think about how many of my friends don't peep together. so it's probably impossible for me to see all my lovely friends. boo!

in other news, noah and dt were remiss in informing me that modest mouse and the walkmen are touring the west coast together. for once, i am jealous pf the left coast. c'mon walkies, come back to nyc. we need some "RAT" up in herre, ya heard?

i also saw farenheit 9/11 on monday night. it was horribly depressing and i found myself crying several times. the movie was also kind of funny, but i think i was more annoyed with all of the wacky sound effects and musical emphases that michael moore was using to overscore his points. yeah, some of it was smart and witty, but other times, i felt like some obnoxious child was directing the documentary... er, film (it was far from an unbiased documentary). while i agree with a lot of what michael moore has to say, i think the way in which he expresses his opinions can be outlandish and over-the-top... which will turn a lot of people off. on the other hand, sometimes i think one has to be extreme to make an impression in people's minds. unfortunately, we americans are often too complacent and need to be shook. shook hard.