jinners: why do you come here? and why do you hang around?
who is jinners?
why do you come here? and why do you hang around? ...it was just to see, just to see all the things you knew, i'd written about you... oh so many illustrations...
as stephie would say, "i'm an island of such great complexity... a shady jin, everybody wants one." jinners is my nickname... hopefully in an affectionate sorta way.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
kitten crazy
i feel like i am turning into one of those crazy cat ladies. i went to h&m yesterday and totally bought a top with cats on it. haha.
anyhoo, mikers and i adopted a kitten the other day from the brooklyn animal rescue coalition. i love that place. you go there with the intention of just "browsing" and playing with all the awesome cats there, but then you get sucked in and end up leaving with a kitten. this happened to us. thankfully, the new kitten named Hazel, Hazy for short, gets along with my first cat, Ziegfried, Ziggy for short.
check out the video montage i made with the two cats!
Dirty on Purpose/OhMyRockness Tickets/Prizes Giveaway and Besnard Lakes Tour
The awesome folks at OhMyRockness are doing a ticket and prize pack giveaway for our June 14th show at Bowery Ballroom with Earl Greyhound. You can win a pair of tickets as well as a DOP designed band t-shirt, a copy of "Hallelujah Sirens," a DOP sticker and a button. It's easy, just enter in your information here to submit for the contest.
Here are our tour dates with Besnard Lakes in July! 7/15 - Maxwell's (Hoboken, NJ) 7/16 - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia, PA) 7/17 - Black Cat (Backstage) (Washington, DC) 7/18 - Blend (Chapel Hill, NC) 7/20 - WOXY Lounge Act (1:30pm) 7/20 - Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH) 7/21 - Uncle Fester's (Bloomington, IN)
the boys in pela are on fire these days. they are the featured episode on the internet-based show dinner with the band and are blogging their entire tour on woxy to help promote the release of their new record, anytown graffiti.
i got a chance to interview Will Beck and Ryan Sovereign on their second collection of ties for their own company Sovereign Beck. They are premiering the collection tonight, so come out for fancy cocktails if you like. read the interview here.
as moz would say, i am remarkably blessed and just so bizzy
if you get the fact that the tagline to this blog is a lyric from a moz song, then you probably understand what the psychological attraction of people to blogs is. essentially, people want to read about themselves... or about someone like themselves.
when you come to new york city, you usually have a goal in mind. you come for a reason. maybe it's to run away from problems at home. perhaps there is a job in the city that you absolutely must have. maybe it's simpler than that and you just want to buy some designer clothes. whatever the reason, new york is a magnet for possibilities, and it certainly attracted me with its promise and hope for bigger and better things.
when i was in college, it was mostly to run away from the fear of being nothing. i grew up in a small town, and the last thing I wanted to be was small. i was caught up in a surburban world that would always see me in a certain light... a rather nerdly light. my instincts brought me to new york via new york university. this time the high cost of education was worth it to me if it would dig up and shine the light on my artsy side. the city, i am happy to say, did not let me down.
what is wonderful and glorious and so addictive about new york is that literally anything is possible. the minute my family drove me up here for my first day of college, i could taste on the tip of my tongue the exciting times that lay ahead of me. though i grew up with a strict upbringing that prevented me from truly connecting with the real world, from truly connecting to my desires and dreams, i knew here in this relatively tiny stretch of land, i would find something... perhaps even discover myself.
so i feel like i have discovered one of life's sweet secrets. it's like unlocking the mystery of lost or something. i am finding it is possible to live one's dream. i'm about four days into this freelance life, and honestly, i feel pretty comfortable. perhaps it was meant to be this way the entire time.
there are many goals to be accomplished in the coming months, and as i prepare to tackle the issues at hand, i am finding a renewed sense of joy in my life. it has been something that has been missing for quite a while in my life. i finally feel whole.
i feel like reading and writing. i feel like watching movies on netflix, in the park, in the theaters. i feel like having picnics. i feel like going to cafes and drinking ice coffees. i feel like calling up all my old friends and catching up.
Quick Overview of Free Summertime Concerts at Lifeskooltv.com
I wrote up a quick review of all of my favorite FREE summertime concerts. Everything from the JellyNYC Pool Parties to the Siren Festival to the River to River Festival. Read and enjoy here!
Langhorne Slim, The GoStation, Neckbeard Telecaster and More to Play Drew Goren Memorial Fund Benefit Show at Luna Lounge
Brooklyn artists like Langhorne Slim, The GoStation and Neckbeard Telecaster are banding together to help raise money for the Drew Goren Memorial Fund at a special concert at Luna Lounge in Brooklyn on June 30. Put together by Doug Levy of The GoStation, this show benefits the family of Drew Goren, a photographer who was loved and respected by many. I posted some info below to give you a sense of who he was (I didn't know him personally). I am touched by his story, and I hope you are, too. Come out and support this very worthy cause. Also playing the show are Rockethouse and Sikamor Rooney.
Drew Goren, a gifted photographer and friend, passed away on December 19th, 2006. In March of 2005, the unimaginable news that Drew had stage IV cancer at the young age of thirtyone came as a huge shock to everyone who loved him. Yet, still Drew would continue on to work through the last year and half, almost harder then ever. He often squeezed photo shoots inbetween chemo sessions. And although it began to get painful for him to even walk his subjects were never even aware of his disease; he always preferred they not make allowances. Drew worked because he loved photography, not because he had to. A fund has been established for Drew's 5 year-old daughter, Nina, and her mom, Julia. Contributions can be made through the Talbert Family Foundation and are tax-deductible. Please designate your funds to "Drew Goren Memorial Fund."
To check out Drew Goren's photography, please visit his website subwaysleeper.
so this is my last week working at my day job, and then it is off to live the freelancer's life for me. basically i will be focusing on managing dirty on purpose, eventually building an artist roster, and also be able to pursue some writing opportunities. it's going to be a breath of fresh air to actually peel off a layer of my life and see what lies beneath the surface... there is a kind of life just aching to be exposed, and i'm finally ready to give it that chance! i am thankful for all the friends i have made along the way who totally made it possible for me to have the courage to go after my dreams!
bamboo shoots win mtvu's best band on campus contest and perform on late night with conan o'brien
here is a band that i have come to like over the last year... bamboo shoots. i wrote a little feature on the band who performed on late night with conan o'brien this week after winning mtvu's best band on campus contest. find out more about them and watch the performance at lifeskooltv.com.
Dirty on Purpose + Earl Greyhound + Great Northern = Awesome
Hey Everyone,
Dirty on Purpose just confirmed our next show in New York with our amazingly talented friends in Earl Greyhound and another great band called Great Northern on Thursday, June 14, at Bowery Ballroom in New York. This show will definitely sell out ahead of time, so if you want to come out (and we hope you do), please buy tickets ahead of time.
It is also our friend Garrett's birthday that night, and he's celebrating the big day with us at Bowery. It's gonna be a pretty magical night in general. Come out and party with us.
i attended one of the modest mouse shows at united palace in new york. i had no idea what to expect now that the lineup included johnny marr of the smiths fame... but i ended up looooooving it! find out why by reading my review on lifeskooltv.com.
update to dirty on purpose's doug marvin joins peter bjorn and john onstage in new york
Update: Thanks to the Tripwire for picking up the above photo of Doug on the bongos and Heather on the mic at the PBJ show. Sweaty and sexy! Read their review of the show here.
