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.
after the jump fest: bloggers unite to benefit music education
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
hilly kristal, r.i.p.
i can't believe that hilly kristal died. i remember when i first came to new york, and i was a budding journalist-in-training at the nyu paper. they assigned steph and me to a story on "how punk is dead." we hit the streets of new york and asked various people on the street what their thoughts on the issue were. eventually somehow, we wandered into cbgbs. we thought, this is the perfect place to find the answer.
the venue was as smelly and dirty as ever, and hilly kristal was sitting up front just like in the photo above. we asked him about whether he thought punk was dead and got into an entire discussion about the history of cbgbs. i think we were there for well over an hour listening to his amazing stories. i don't know why he talked to us, but he did. i need to find that cassette interview. it's somewhere in my pile of dead interview tapes.
one day i will resurrect all my funny interviews for all to hear. don't you love technology?
songwriter spotlight on orba squara on lifeskool tv
check out my interview with mitch davis of orba squara for lifeskooltv.com. he's the guy behind the iphone song. he was also recently featured by pitchfork and stereogum! read the interview here.
i don't know why i am just seeing this, but this is funny from last year's sirenfest. notice the dirty on purpose mention. HAHAHAHAHA. sick american bastards, foreverrrrr.
oh the daze of summer is soon approaching its end, and here i am, sitting in front of my computer on a rainy tuesday morning.
i leave for a wedding on thursday. i am a bridesmaid. it is my first time being in a bridal party like this, and i feel as if i have been the least helpful bridesmaid. of course, the bride, my best friend steph, lives in maryland and the wedding is in dc, so i've just been around more for moral support over the phone.
i remember when i first heard that steph got engaged. it was a moment that definitely signified the end of something, and the beginning of something else. but of what? at first i thought it was the end of best friends and the beginning of best couple, but i realized that those thoughts were brought on by my own insecurities and issues.
it's true that i don't really believe in marriage, but i don't think that was the issue since a couple of my other friends had gotten married over the last couple years. i think the real issue was that i had been holding on to the hope that steph would some day move back to new york and we would be reunited as best friends in the same city once again. but with her engagement, i knew this hope was no longer a feasible option.
however, once i accepted this change, it was fine. i knew that life would be a little different for me, but i would continue to be friends with steph. just not in the same exact way. and i was ok with that.
clevelandfest: benefit for people living with aids and hiv
my friend jo "divestar" abraham helped put clevelandfest together to benefit men, women and children living with hiv and aids. a total of 14 bands from cleveland, los angeles and new york have come together to rock n' benefit. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the elizabeth glasier pediatric aids foundation and the cleveland aids taskforce. there will be 2 stages of bands, outdoor bbq and tons of booze. here are the deets:
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2007
Time: 4pm – midnight
Location: The Hook (18 Commerce Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn) F or G train to Smith & 9th streets. Free transporation from the subway station to the venue.
Tickets: $10 and can be purchase at the door or online at Ticketweb
DUVALBY BROTHERS * THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY * IAN SCREAMS * COFFINBERRY * HIGHTOWER SMITH * JESSE BRYSON * BIBLICAL PROOF OF UFO’S * AMERICAN WEREWOLVES * ROUE’ * FALL BACK * MUSSELS * RAHU-KETU * THE HEATHERS * ROGER HOOVER
songwriter spotlight on simple kid on lifeskool tv
i did an interview with simple kid, a diy, lo-fi singer-songwriter from london. he's doing three nights in a row at mo' pitkins in new york, starting today. plus a show at union hall. check out the interview on lifeskooltv.com!
the deli magazine has a new listings feature for musicians
ah, the deli -- always adding new things to their site. now the new york local music zine has a listings pages where musicians can go and find each other. check it out here.
All proceeds from the festival will help fund grants written by New York music teachers for their classroom via the Bloggers Choose chapter of DonorsChoose.org!
check out all these bloggers who helped put this benefit together!
oh how i wish this were true.... it would be my favorite tv show. kittens looking cute everywhere. poor kitty december. thanks, saryn, for sending this along and brightening my day!
i have had several questions about this show. it is 21+. free admission, but on a first-come, first-served basis. doors are at 9pm and Dirty on Purpose is on at 10pm. see you there!
this show features gabby glaser, co-founder of luscious jackson. her brand of soul/garage rock is the perfect summer soundtrack. listen on myspace... doors are at 8pm and gabby is on at 10:30pm. $6!
this week (and last week's) new releases on lifeskool tv
i worked on a roundup of this and last week's new releases on lifeskool tv, including bishop allen, bat for lashes, yeah yeah yeahs, john vanderslice, sebadoh, emily haines and more... read what the artists have to say about their releases... check it out on lifeskooltv.com.
mike and i went to the benicassim music festival just outside of valencia in spain. it was another week of amazing rock paired with some chillaxin' time at the beach. i loved amy winehouse, !!!, muse, arctic monkeys, devo, brmc, css, etc... here's the recap with photos on filter's blog.
