What are we gonna do now?

Weening myself back

2006-12-21T14:10:00.000-05:00

Last night I attempted to ween myself out of my study hole. I just finished my first semester of grad school and have spent the better part of the past 4 months studying and writing, not to mention working 40 hours a week. And now I have a full month off before the next semester. Anyway, Matt and I went to Liz and Jehan's taco night and I basically sat in the corner and stared at my shoes for 3 hours. Weening myself back to social interaction is a slow process. I hope to make another step tonight at Jay's DJ night at Saint Ex.

Next week I am taking vacation. I'm not going anywhere, just hanging around at home. I want to make some doctor appointments, paint my living room, read, catch up on movie watching and hang out with friends. Hopefully I don't waste the week watching too much tv. I need to take advantage of the next month because following that I will be in school for a full year, no summer break.

There are a lot of things to look forward to in the next few weeks: currently Hannukah, Xmas, 2nd Annual Birthday Bar Crawl, NYE, Matt's Birthday, My Birthday and our 2 year anniversary!

A dream come true

2006-10-23T13:38:00.000-04:00

This weekend was a drunken mess for me. But it's been so long since I've had one of those, so it's ok.

I had school all day on Saturday. I finished the first class of my two year program. Yay for me!

Saturday night was spent at Hobart to celebrate Ivy's birthday. We had a glorious time. I did 3 carbombs as soon as I got there, so I was immediately drunk. The rest of the night was spent sipping on Champagne and Sparks. I will post photos from this glorious night soon.

On Sunday, Matt, Aric and I arrived late to Ivy's birthday brunch and I chain smoked and sipped on Chimay at the end of the table just being a plain old grump.

Then we walked up to Pharmacy and played Big Buck Hunter all afternoon. I finally got to enjoy Sunday Buck Hunter with Matt. He thinks I'm cute when I'm killing.

After Buck Hunter we were heading home to get ready for the Little Steven's Rock show at the Cat, but decided to go to Toledo for more drinks and some food.
Everyone was drunk and loud.

Then we all piled in Jay's car back to Mt P. He dropped me and Matt off at home and we both passed out at 9pm. Woke up at 1am, got ready for bed and passed back out.

Overall, the weekend was glorious. I only have 2 work days this week, then it's off to Kentucky for April and Adam's wedding. yay.

Now for a dream come true - Casablancas and Schwartzman:

Paxilback

2006-10-10T11:41:00.000-04:00

This is the greatest video ever made by People Food starring The Gray Kid and Daniel Stessen. It's a parody of JT's Sexyback, except this is about everyone's favorite happy drug, Paxil.

Great lyrics like "the platinum bottle with the child proof cap."

Cold War

2006-10-04T14:01:00.000-04:00

Okay, this is so unfair. So there were two great shows that I was missing on Oct 26. The Rapture at 9:30 Club and Futureheads and COLD WAR KIDS at Sonar. But, I leave for Kentucky, for April and Adam's wedding on Thursday, Oct 26 at 10:20 a.m. so NO shows for me.

NOW - the Futureheads have cancelled their show due to a band injury and the Cold War Kids have reschedule to DC9. DCfucking9. So unfair. I want to go to this, but I will already be gone. Ah!!
AH!!
Blah!!

Are you the imaginary socialite?

2006-09-28T22:46:00.000-04:00

Oh, I love this website and myspace page.

I can't see the sunshine

2006-09-28T14:27:00.000-04:00

I also want this necklace.

Razorblade, that's what I call love.

2006-09-28T13:05:00.000-04:00

Oh, the razorblade, that's what I called love.
I bet you'd pick it up and mess around with it if I put it down.
It gets extremely complicated.
Anything to forget everything.

You've got to take me out at least once a week.
Whether I'm in your arms or I'm at your feet I know exactly what your thinking.
You won't say it now but in your heart it's loud,

"Oh no, my feelings are more important than yours.
Drop dead, I don't care, I won't worry."
There you go...

Oh, the razorblade, wish it would snap this rope.
The world is in your hand or it's at your throat.
At times it's not that complicated.
Anything to forget everthing.

He would never talk but he was not shy.
She was a street-smart girl but she could not lie.
They were perfect for each other.
Say it now, cause in your heart it's loud,

"Oh no, my feelings are more important than your.
Drop dead, I don't care, I won't worry."

Sweetheart!
Your feelings are more important, of course (of course)
Everyone they wanted everything that we would take from them
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna know
Tell me tell me tell me tell me
No.. don't.... care..

procrastinating big time x 3

2006-09-27T23:42:00.000-04:00

I should be doing school work right now, but instead I'm trying to figure out which Nicole Richie Myspace page is for real. There are 128 pages of girls claiming to be Nicole.

Check out this blog by Cory Kennedy, L.A.'s youngest and most famous scenester. She is the intern/girlfriend/muse of the Cobra Snake. Her blog is one of my new favorite internet daily reads. It's cute and utterly ridiculous.

Check out more photos and info on her here. She the latest IT girl and all because of her e-fame.

I'm awed by the power of the mighty internet.

Hard Tomorrows CD Release

2006-09-24T22:19:00.000-04:00

Mammal and Matt

Miss Ivy

Kate and Jenn

Deer and Mammal

Robby

Charlie

Casey

Mike

Rishi, I'm sorry. It's not letting me put the pic up of you, but you are Rishi Rockstar, for serious!

Hello and Welcome Back folks.

2006-09-24T13:10:00.000-04:00

Hello - It's been a long time since I have blogged and I mean really blog and not just provided the googling Strokes fans with the lastest Strokes' updates.

Let's see why I haven't I blogged in so long. Let's do a top ten list of reasons why. And in no particular order, other than the order I thought of them, here are MY TOP TEN REASONS WHY I HAVEN'T BLOGGED:

1. I have a serious boyfriend and have settled down.

2. All of my friends have more or less settled down and the original theme of "What Are We Gonna Do Now?" has lost it's meaning.

3. I don't hate my job anymore. I used to come to work hungover all the time and I wasn't into my job, so I would just sit there and blog to pass time. Now I have a job that I love and I don't come to work that hungover anymore.

4. I don't have a computer at home with the internet. I don't live with the mammal and her Mac anymore. I don't even have a computer anymore, so I don't blog much when I am home. In fact, I don't even use my iPod anymore. I should be getting a new Apple MacBook soon, so hopefully, I can continue this blog resurgence.

5. Everyone and their mother has a blog and thinks their blog is better than yours when really they all are equally nonimportant in the great scheme of things.

6. Blogs are so 2004.

7. I never had ads and didn't make any money from my blog.

8. Got worried that people were internetstalking me.

9. I just started school and should be spending all my free time writing scripts.

10. The only people that find my blog online are 14 year olds from Europe or Australia who are looking for photos of Julian Casablancas' wife, Juliet and want to see her picture and then leave comments about how jealous they are and how much they hate her.

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As for me, I have been going out less, spending more quality time with Matt, doing schoolwork and chainsmoking my way to cancer.

Friday night, Matt and I went to see the Science of Sleep because the trailers were so amazing. And I loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I also love music video directors turned film directors. And there was a Strokes song in the trailer (ah, I never change.) Anyways, Matt and I got in this stupid arguement (if you can even call it that)because the 7:30 show was sold out and he didn't want to wait until 9:30, but I didn't want to see any of the other films at E Street. I just really had my heart set on the Science of Sleep and I don't take disappointment well. So finally after 20 minutes of stupid discussion, we decided to buy tickets for the 9:30 and go to Harry's and have some drinks.

With a nice buzz, we went over to the movie. I hate stadium seating. I don't like being so far away and high up from the screen. It's not the intended way to watch a movie in the theatre. So we sat in the front section of regular seats. Of course, the most annoying girl in the theatre sat next to me. She laughed the entire time; either a laugh out loud like it was the funniest thing she had ever seen or a giggle or she quietly laughed at herself.

The movie did not live up to my expectations. It was visually beautiful, but the story wasn't the mindfuck that it could be. It wasn't like Eternal, where at the end, you just sit back and think omg, that's was amazing. There definitely great moments in the film, Stephane's inventions are fabulous. And Gael Garcia is a beautiful man and Charlotte Gainbourg is beautiful (the daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg) and she wears this cute handmade knit sweater and smokes cigs and drinks from a mug with two hands. I liked Stephane's boss, Guy (he's punk.) I wanted a mindfuck and this was more of a showboat of Gondry's art. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I just know that it's going to be everyone's favorite film when it has nothing to offer other than artsy sets and "cool hipster" characters. I didn't hate it and I'm trying not to bash. I just wanted more from this film.

Yesterday, Matt and I went to see my family in Baltimore for Rosh Hashana. I feel bad because Matt had to take the day off and which means that he is working today on Sunday. :-( But we had fun. I actually love hanging out with my mom. She is the funniest person in the world and I think my parents are so cute. I wish that I couldn have spent more time with them or that I saw them more often.

Last night was the Hard Tomorrows cd release show at DC9. The place was packed and they sounded fantastic as always. It was also Charlie, new bassist's first show. I still need to be formally introduced to Charlie, since I am the HTs superfan and plan to quit my job (or take a sabbatical) when the HTs go on tour opening for the Strokes. I could make a cutting-edge tout documentary of this journey. Fucking pipedream. After the show, I sat and chatted with Caroline and Kate (newest Hobartian) and chainsmoked and sipped my Bud. Caroline left because she felt like she was in a box. Then shortly thereafter, Matt and I left because he had to work at 8 the next moring.

We stopped at Velvet on our way home, which Caroline said feels like a coffin. At Velvet, we spent a few short moments with Liz, Wes and Mark. Wes and Mark have wonderful matching beards. And Liz has a cute new haircut and wore a red velvet shirt to the Velvet Lounge. Matt drinks for free at Velvet after the whole in the wall/face in the sidewalk debacle. So he had one yummy Schlitz and then we left, only to get into the worst cab ride ever.

We have the worst luck. We always get these amazing cab drivers on the way to the bar - they take the short routes and have good conversation with us. But on the way home, they have never been to Mount Pleasant or they talk so much on their cellphones that they don't listen to us. Last nite, we should have known as soon as we got into the cab. The driver had his seat pushed all the way back like he was driving around Compton and should have had his car bouncing. He had no clue where Mt. Pleasant was and when we told him, he said that he would just take his way, but since he didn't know where Mt P was, he just took our way. Then he missed the little turn toward Mt P Street and made the illegal left turn onto Lamont. Then when we got out at 7-11, and asked him how much, he didn't say anything and then said $15. For some reason, I didn't yell like I ususally do. I should have because our cab ride there was $8 and we didn't cross the zone line on the way back. Anyways, matt just wanted to get out so he gave him a $20 and we got out. Stupid, yes, but we designed a new plan for riding in cabs. Before, we get into a cab next time, we are going to say Mt Pleasant before we even get in and if the driver questions it for even one second, we will just wait for another cab. Because I'm sick of fucking asshole cab drivers stealing my fucking money!

Right now I am watching the documentary on Barry Goldwater. I love these types of documentaries. I think I am going to try to make one, maybe for my thesis. I am waiting for my girls to get ready to go to Pharmacy Bar. And then Liz and I are supposed to go to the Infoshop, but she is hungover, so I don't know if we will make it. I also have to write my scene/sequence outline today and work on my character developments. I like Sundays. I need to do laundry.

Wow, I forgot how much I love blogging. It's like blah blah blah listen to me as I ramble about bullshit that goes on in my life.

so I have some shit to tell you

2006-02-16T19:37:00.000-05:00

like the fact that I just starting sitting on the grand jury for 5 weeks!!! it's not so bad, kinda intense, since we listen to homicide cases from 9-5.

the strokes have a new video that will be released tomorrow on yahoo, and i'm sure mtv2 and fuse to follow. here is a link if you are like me you and can't wait to see it. i suggest that you watch it. julian is laying on the street and he is wet and it is very hot and existental. and oh, just watch it:

Heart in a Cage - The Strokes

Also, in even better news, the Strokes have announced the remainder of their US Tour Dates. And folks, fans, fiends, foes, they are ending the US Tour in D.MotherfuckingC. I am also hoping to catch them in AC and Boston. Look out East Coast. Check out the sidebar for all dates.

I love springtime mainly because there are so many good shows again after the winter lag.

So, I guess I am back to the blogging world. I took a break.

Sarah and I are going to DC9 tonight to go see Catfish Haven. Ryan, from Catfish Haven, was with Matt the night we all met, December of 2004. And the rest is history.

New photos - Trans Am at the Black Cat

2005-12-30T11:48:00.000-05:00

HOLIDAY BIRTHDAY BAR CRAWL!!!!

2005-12-28T11:21:00.000-05:00

you know, when you're younger it sucks to have your birthday around the holidays since it basically means you can't have a pool party because it's winter and anyway all your friends are busy doing stuff.

well guess what - the holiday birthday kids grew up to be some of your favorite boy/guy/man friends! (because capricorns are all just really nice people). so, if you're not busy doing stuff, we're going to get drunk!!

if you can't make it to the Big Hunt at 5:30 just call someone and meet up a little later as the honorees will be crawling around throughout the night on an uncharted course.

2005-12-27T10:49:00.000-05:00

I forgot to post this e-mail from Matt Stinchcomb from the French Kicks.

Dear Friends,
After seven years with the French Kicks, I have decided that I will
be leaving to pursue other opportunities. The band will continue on
without me, and I wish them and all of you the very best.

Thanks for all of the wonderful memories and support, Matt

Please address any future correspondence to matt@projectnest.org or
matt@pigeonex.com

http://www.projectnest.org, http://www.pigeonex.com

Welcome to my photoblog.

2005-12-26T12:27:00.000-05:00

My flickr photos.

I've got nothing to say.

2005-12-22T13:31:00.000-05:00

hottness
Originally uploaded by Megalicious.

Except for the fact that I love this waiter, who works at Indiblue. Now I know what you are thinking, Not another waiter, oy. He was adorable and British and kept screwing up our orders, but he got away with because of his lovely accent. And I got away with crushing on him that night because he supported Matt in acheiving his goal of having one of every beer they served there. I think Matt made it through 8 beers, the Delirium really did him in after he chugged it.

Classy Drunk Boyfriend

2005-12-20T14:31:00.000-05:00

He sure cleans up nicely.

Drunk Boyfriend

2005-12-19T21:41:00.000-05:00

I've got nothing to say.

2005-12-01T13:50:00.000-05:00

Julian at the ULU gig in London on Dec. 29

Master Stroke, Julian Casablancas

2005-11-15T17:33:00.000-05:00

The Strokes Plan "Secret" Tour

From Pitchfork, Rob Kleckner reports:

Hot on the heels of Coldplay's recent tour announcement douchebaggery come some new touring shenanigans from the Strokes. Get this: the failed rock saviors have announced some secret shows. That's right, the Strokes have announced that they will be playing secret shows. Some secret, huh?

Well, the venues and times are still clandestine, but not the cities or approximate dates for this buzz-gathering jaunt promoting the Strokes’ upcoming third album, First Impressions of Earth, due on January 3. According to Billboard.com, the secret tour began in Tokyo on Monday, and will continue to small clubs in Sydney, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, and Madrid, wrapping up in mid-December.

Guitarist Albert Hammond told the site, "We'll do eight new songs and leave, just like how it was with the first record, with no one knowing any of our music. We thought it would build some excitement."

The week the album is released, the band will play more secret club gigs in U.S. cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, sayeth wise, all-seeing oracle Billboard.com. The jaunt will then morph into a regular ol' un-secret tour across the rest of North America from February through April.

First Impressions has a cut called "Ask Me Anything" that features just Master Stroke Julian Casablancas and a Mellotron. While they aren’t planning on including the ditty in the secret show sets, Hammond told Billboard, "When we start the main touring, we're definitely going to throw that song in. It will be a nice break from all the loud music."

The Strokes recently completed the video for First Impressions of Earth’s first single, "Juicebox". Far more entertaining than the song itself, the clip features David Cross as a clueless radio disc jockey, hot guy-on-guy and girl-on-girl action, and vomiting.

Here are some screencaps from the new video:

Why won't you come over here. We've got a city to LOVE!

2005-11-11T16:17:00.000-05:00

There's a new pic of the Strokes to cheer you up on this lovely Friday.

I want to blog more. I don't really have the urge to anymore while I am at work. But it's Friday and it's slow, so I decided to update you on stuff.

This is my nostalgia weekend. Tonight I had planned girls nite at the One Year Anniversary of Liberation, but some of those girls bailed last minute, work and tests and the fact that we are going to DC9 again on Saturday. I guess my dream of having all my girls in one room drinking and dancing is dead. Why can't everyone get nostalgic with me?? Doesn't matter, I'm still going to have fun.

Tomorrow night is the next installation of the Haunted Mansion parties - TANG! Remember back to Dressed to Get Screwed and FREEZE.

So, that's my weekend, I will try to recapture and hold onto the past while enjoying and loving the present. I'll let you know how this experiment goes.

It was all just a dream.

2005-10-25T15:47:00.000-04:00

Hi, Hello!
I know that I have been out of the blogging loop for some time now, as you can see. I started my new job and I am still being cautious about blogging. Also I am not as bored and hateful now that I need to rebel and spend my time on the internet. The only reason that I am blogging is to feed my "unhealthy obsession" with the strokes. I have been listening nonstop to the 5 leaked tracks (Juicebox, You Only Live Once, 15 Minutes, The Other Side and Razorblade). And instead of linking you to the downloads (you can find those on the message board) I have decided to share with you the set list from the Brazil show. I am eagerly awaiting US tour dates, and the album release on January 3.

Be in a Stroke video

2005-10-12T12:41:00.000-04:00

Seeking featured talent for the new Strokes video shooting this weekend.

IMPORTANT: The video is cutting edge and we are looking for talent that is comfortable with getting physical on set. Do not submit if you are uncomfortable making-out with members of the same/opposite sex (depending on scene.)
Please denote the role you want to be considered for.

SOCIALITE Aging Female, Caucasian, 60-70 years old.Example: Lauren Bacall

LESBIANS, 20s-30’s, “Victoria Secret” model-type lesbians, prefer Caucasian. The scene involves kissing and being affectionate with another woman.

AD EXECUTIVE FEMALE, Caucasian, sexy, 40’s (reference: Kim Cattrall)The scene involves an aggressive make-out session in a taxi with another male.

HEROINE CHIQ HIPSTER MALE, Caucasian, 20’s-30’s (reference: Nick Stahl in “Bully”)The scene involves an aggressive make-out session in a taxi with another female.

GAY MALE COUPLE Good-looking, East-village type exhibitionist males, 20’s-30’s, any ethnicity.The scene involves an aggressive make-out session between to males.

GRAFFITI ARTIST street-punk skater guy, any ethnicity, 20s-30’sMust be real Graffiti artist

INNOCENT COUPLE IN LOVE Young, 17-21, Caucasian male and female, natural, plain, and innocent – can have braces. The scene involves dialogue.(reference: The couple in Green Day’s “When September Ends” video)

CAB DRIVER, Male, Caucasian, late 40’s-early 60’s, with an interesting face or striking blue eyes.

HOT COUPLE, male and female, mid-20’s, must be hot, sexy, rock n’ roll, downtown hipster.The scene involves an aggressive make-out session between the couple.

If interested or available, please submit recent photo and contact information to: StrokesVideo@aol.com

Auditions: Thurs. Oct. 13 (Yom Kippur)
Callbacks: Possibly Fri. Oct. 14
Shoots: Sunday Oct. 16 and/or Monday Oct. 17 (could be a night shoot for Monday)
Location: NYC
Rate: $200
Submisison Deadline: Oct. 15, 2005
(Heard about this from brookynvegan.com)

Okay, do we know anyone who can be in this video??
Also, the mammal promised me that if, in the slim chance, that HDO opens for the Strokes, that I can have backstage access. EEEE!!!!!

When you're awake you're not so deep!

2005-09-30T16:24:00.000-04:00

Matt and I went to see the Greenhornes and BRENDAN BENSON at the Cat last nite. The show was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Greenhornes played a short set, but it was a great set of really tight garage rock. I wish Kearney had been there to see. He would have loved them. They also had a great set up with the drums right smack front and center (something that the French Kicks used to do, until they got a drummer and Nick started only to sing and not drum and sing.)

Brendan Benson was great. I had seen him 3 years ago at Fletcher's with Ben Kweller and have been waiting ever since then to see him live again. He puts on a fantastic show. The songs are the perfect pop/rock songs and he makes me so happy. I was a total dork and sang along to every single one. And Matt and I bopped around and were totally cheesy. The crowd was really into it and started dancing and pumping their fists in delight. Best show I have seen in a long time. Here is a photo that I took on Matt's phone of BB.

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-09-29T12:36:00.000-04:00

I got a new job. Same company. Same title. Different department.

Yay to my future.

Hi, We're back and ready to grace ever magazine cover and look cute.

2005-09-27T12:56:00.000-04:00

Oh yes, and we also have a new single out, Juicebox, that the fans love and the haters hate. And we are smiley and happy because we have beautiful wives and girlfriends and we love our fans and we can't wait to tour and get drunk and it's fall and getting chilly outside and that means that we can wear jackets and tug at their collars. (Ed note: Julian looks like a 10-year old boy. He is super effing adorable.)

And girls you better beware.

2005-09-23T14:30:00.000-04:00

The Dandy Warhols are coming to town. They will be at the 9:30 Club on November 27.

Tim and Liz Review Brown Bunny

2005-09-21T15:54:00.000-04:00

The following review was just e-mailed to me from Liz:

I know you kind of wanted to see this movie maybe or at least you were at some point interested in it or at the very least aware of it's existence so let me save you some time with this little review:

Brown bunny is not a good movie. It is boring. There is almost no talking and no sound and no music. Tim thinks that Vincent Gallo must have been stoned while he was editing the sound. At least three quarters of the movie is hypnotic footage of American highways shot from the dashboard of the van driven by Bud, Vincent Gallo's character. Tim and I found this extremely boring to watch even in fast forward. There are a few sparse scenarios where Bud encounters young women. Each time he encounters these young women there is almost no talking before he starts kissing them a little bit. These scenes take place at a gas station, a rest stop, and on the Vegas strip. Bud also visits a house with some really weird old people living in it. There is almost no dialogue at the old people's house and what little dialogue there is relates to a cute little pet rabby. Rabbits, or bunnies rather, are by nature totally noiseless. Rabbits also appear later in the movie when Vincent Gallo visits a pet store. Vincent Gallo should have spent some time making the pet store "set" more convincing but whatever. Bud is apparently a motorcycle racer and that's what he's got in the back of his van. Sometimes Bud drives the motorcycle around. These scenes in the movie are noisy but not interesting. More like a meaningless drone. This film is kind of like total sensory deprivation. Tim commented that Vincent Gallo likely modeled his style after Kubrick, I guess because of the extremely long duration shots and subtle use of line to build tension in the mise en scene. Gallo's style, however, lacks the texture and visual appeal of Kubrick in every way and its subject matter is extremely bland and dissatisfying EVEN IN FAST FOWARD. I can only imagine how Tim and I would feel if we had watched the movie at regular speed. As it was we watched about 10 minutes of the film and decided that it was totally wack but we would just fast forward through the boring stuff (1 hour and 30 minutes all totally boring stuff!) to the allegedly lurid sex scene that we had heard so much about. The encounters with disreputable women along the highway were quite misleading. Finally at the very end you get Chloe Sevigny as Daisy and then we switched to regular motion. Daisy smokes crack and wears very old timey clothes from the 70s. I'll go ahead and assume that you'll take my word and never ever waste your time watching this movie (EVEN IN FAST FORWARD) and now I'll ruin the big pay off by telling you that Daisy does give Bud a blow job and it is totally hot and lurid penis-to-mouth action! We were even inspired to give it a round of applause. Anyway, right after Bud puts his pants back on we find out that Daisy is actually dead and Bud is just alone in the hotel room imagining the whole thing. Still high off the lurid sex Tim's face lights up, "Finally! The plot thickens!" And then the credits role. There are about four people's names listed in the credits including Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevingy and the name of the motorcycle made by Honda. Tim and I quipped that maybe since Vincent Gallo is such a cool indie starlet boy maybe next time he'll actually spring for hiring someone who knows how to write and direct movies to help him out a little.
This movie is not good. I am into some super arty boring indie shit, and Tim is willing to go through a lot to see a few minutes of lurid sex, but trust us – this movie is NOT GOOD. Even in fast forward.

I love this man!!!!!!

2005-09-15T11:42:00.000-04:00

Last nite, I attended the Bret Easton Ellis reading/signing at Olsson's. This was the coolest and most amazing thing ever. B.E.E. was what I expected, cocky, but also completely different, shy and modest. He read a chapter from his new novel, Lunar Park, and followed that up with a passage from the book that his friend dared him to read. He said that he never read it aloud to a crowd before and he probably never will again. It was perfect, as it should have been, hearing him read from his book. The inflections, the tone, the pauses. Hilarious.

After the reading, he answered some questions, some good, some horrible, but overall, very enlightening. I seriously love this man and worship him and his brillance even more now.

I stole this picture from information leafblower, who was also in attendance last night, and asked a great question about Ben Stiller ripping Glamorama off in Zoolander.

I want to reread all of his books now( so if I have lent you one, Liz, I will be seeking it this evening.) I suggest that you do the same.

First Impressions of Earth

2005-09-14T16:19:00.000-04:00

from NME.com

The Strokes are back

NYC’s finest give third album a title – and UK shows are planned too.The Strokes have given their third album the working title ‘First Impressions Of Earth’ – and are planning UK dates for February.

NME.COM can reveal that the band have now almost completed their third album, which is due for release at the start of next year.

The first single from the album, ‘Juice Box’, is tentatively scheduled for release in November.Speaking to NME.COM in New York, singer Julian Casablancas said: “The album’s kind of about how someone from outer space would objectively view things happening on earth.”

The single, ‘Juice Box’, has a menacing bassline running through it, giving it an air of suspense like a classic detective TV show theme tune. Julian starts off with an almost spoken word verse, while huge, metal-sized riffs explode around him. Then his singing turns into a primal roar for a chorus with the lyrics “Why won't you come over here/we've got a city to love”.

Explaining the meaning behind the track, Julian continued: “The single could be about a proper relationship, a casual friendship or whatever you want really. It’s one of the more fun songs. The title just sounded like a cool word. It was originally called ‘Dracula's Lunch’, but I liked the sound of ‘Juice Box’.”

Once the album is completed, The Strokes will go out on their first tour in a year. Dates have already been announced for October in South America, with the band planning to visit Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

2005-09-08T10:15:00.000-04:00

The 3-day weekend has come and gone. Summer is officially over. The days are still sunny, but a little bit cooler. The nights are enjoyable. I love sleeping with the windows open. I cannot wait to start wearing my scarves.

On Friday, I had drinks and ate various cheese appetizers at Radius with Ivy and Aric. Then we headed back to my place where we watched the second half of Napolean Dynamite and took naps. Matt came home around 9:30 and quickly showered so that he and Jay could go see Medications. Ivy, Aric and I headed down to see Jon at Pharoah's. We sat outside and starred at each other for 2 hours. We saw Jenna Bush and the question mark dude, Matthew Lesko walking down Columbia. Jenna and friends had just stepped out of Perry's and were on their way to Mantis. The question mark dude and his wife just happened to step onto the sidewalk at the exact second that Jenna walked by. A bit later Jenna and her friend went into Pharoah's looking for cigarettes. The night ended back at my place with a mini party when Jay and Matt joined up.

Saturday, Matt and I met Miss Ivy at Tonic for brunch. I can't believe that Shannon was in town all weekend and I missed her. After brunch, Ivy and I headed off to Meridian Hill Park and Matt went down to Crooked Beat to see Jay. We found a great spot in the park, so that I was in the shade and Ivy was in the sun. I fell asleep reading my book and when I woke up some dude was getting arrested. Soon after that, we packed up and went home. Aric had a BeerBQ on his roof. It had been awhile since the last one. Boyfriend got drunk and ditched me for the underwear party and I treked around Columbia Heights with Ivy, Ben, Caroline, Tom until we ended up at Chief Ike's with Clay and Jay. Xanex and Sparks do not mix well.

I wasn't hungover on Sunday, but I sure was tired. Matt and I had a lovely brunch at the Diner. Then we walked over to Meridian Hill Park, sat for a little bit and stared at the green water. Back at home, we couched for many hours until Jay and Liz came over. (see pic above for what I was feeling like on Sunday.) We had some pizza at Radius and then Jay came back over to drink beer and watch Rome and the season finale of Entourage. Early bedtime.

Monday was a beautiful day. We took it easy in the morning cleaned, did laundry, showered. Then we went over to the Cave, my former abode, where Ben V and Tom L. now live. BBQed there for a bit, started getting drunk. Drove over to Jay's got a little more drunk. Then somehow we had an MTV party with Abi, Gwen, Jay, Aric and Ivy. Watched some Laguna Beach and Super Duper Ridiculous Sweet Sixteen Show. Matt was a drunken mess and when he finally passed out everyone left and the 3-day weekend was over.

Now it's almost the end of the week, which amazingly went by pretty quickly. Tonight is Jenn and Cory's dance night. I am planning to get all decked out. And watch the Season Premiere of the O - mother effing C.

The weather is getting cooler and making me happy. I finished knitting my scarf last night.

Dance You Blasted Machines

2005-09-07T09:57:00.000-04:00

The Red Right Return show scheduled for tonight at DC9 has been cancelled due to Tim's hectic work schedule. He has been involved in sending doctors to Hurricane Katrina victims.

But, Cory and Jenn's dance night on Thursday at DC9 is on!!!!

Woah!

2005-09-06T14:31:00.000-04:00

Have you seen this t-shirt? I might need to get this just to be kitschy.

Check out the rest of the shirts on The Cotton Factory.

No-Labor Day Weekend

2005-09-02T12:06:00.000-04:00

I guess that summer is officially over today. That makes me sad. I only went to Toldeo once and I never made it to the beach. I have the worst tan that I have ever had in my history. But, summer was eventful since Matt and I moved into our new apartment. I did make it to Fort Reno a few times, danced a bit and sweated alot, but not nearly as much as last summer. All thing considered, it was a fun time.

I get out of work at 3:00 today. Yay. And I want to get a petition signed to changed Labor Day to NO-Labor Day. I mean, hello, there is no labor on Labor Day weekend, duh!

My plans for this weekend involve: drinking Sparks,

Speaking of which, I found Sparks Light in a 7-11 on Long Island and brought it back to D.C. We taste tested it at Tim's last weekend. Amazingly, Tim had these cute little plastic shot glasses that also doubled as sample cups that I was able to share with everyone. Consensus: Sparks Light is okay. Some people said that they would drink it. I found that it has a weird aftertaste.

I also conducted another Malt Liqour Energy Drink test at the party. I discovered a Sparks wannabe called Tilt at Lee-Irving. I put them side-by-side in the cooler at Tim's. Later that night, I found a full abandoned Tilt on a table with pop top ripped off, which was proof that whomever, chose to drink the Tilt had been holding it for awhile. You usually rip the pop top off if you are not drinking from the can anymore, but find yourself still holding it. So, Sparks won.

Back to weekend plans: drinking Sparks, dancing, rooftop BBQs, painting, sleeping.

Wednesday Wino

2005-09-01T17:30:00.000-04:00

The show at Polly's last nite was funtastic. I got there early, around 8 with Matt and Jay. We ate dinner with Aaron, Tom and Sean (of the still unnamed new band) and Bobby. Yummy yummy delish was dinner. And I ordered and succeeded in drinking an entire half carafe of wine, followed by sharing a full carafe with Melina. Holy. I got dr-unk.

Others joined our group: Liz, Gwen, Cory and girlfriend, Warnock. The show was fun. Bobby played his cute covers of the Kinks' Got My Feet on the Ground and the Talking Heads' Sugar on My Tongue and Matt really wanted to get on stage and do the Ludacris part, instead he just whispered it in my ear. (Note - The Hard Tomorrows covered this song first.)

The new unnamed band was super cute. Aaron is a little British school boy when he sings. A girl with pink hair told us to be quiet during their set. Her reason being that she wanted the people at the back on the tiny bar to be able to hear the band. She basically told us to shut the eff up, which made no sense since we were friends with the people playing and were the only ones in aforementioned tiny bar that cared.

I remember walking back to the car and how I made Matt keep the palm of his hand flat on the top of my head. Then I passed out laying down in the back of Jay's car. I think that everyone else went to St. Ex. to rendezvous with Xiu Xiu people.

Back inside our apartment, I fell onto the bed and Matt had to put my PJs on for me. Amazingly, I did not oversleep today and did not have a hangover.

Today went pretty quickly and tomorrow they are closing the office at 3:00. Tonight, I am going over to Liz's and we are going to watch Wicker Park and the Ring 2 and drink wine. And I am going to get scared and scream a lot and maybe need to cuddle with a knife.

Events update

2005-08-30T10:28:00.000-04:00

If you love the Hard Tomorrows and are eagerly awaiting their CD release, I know about an event to tide you over.

On Wednesday night, at Polly's Cafe on U Street, Rob Pierangeli is playing an acoustic set at 9:00 p.m. Also playing that evening, are Aaron, Sean and Tom with their new unnamed band. I saw them at Tim/Mark's Afternoon Delight this weekend, and they really blew me away. Aaron has an incredible voice. So don't miss this show.

If you can't make that show, then be sure to check him out on September 23 at Iota. Rob is opening for the Sketches and the Upwelling.

What does this mean?

2005-08-26T17:17:00.000-04:00

I saw this posted on the SONAR website.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BAND THAT USUALLY PLAYS ARENAS AGREES TO DO A CLUB SHOW? YOU GET THIS...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
LOG ON TO THIS WEBSITE AT 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31 FOR THE RELEASE OF THE INFO AND THE TICKET SALES!
THERE WILL BE NO GUEST LIST FOR THIS EVENT.

Does anyone have any guesses on who this band could possibly be?

10 Songs

2005-08-24T10:31:00.000-04:00

Dumbek has tagged me to post the ten songs that I am currently digging.

In no particular order, (except the first one, it's my new fav) here they are:

Fruit Bats - Lives of Crime
Fruit Bats - Legs of Bees
The Mardous - Another Einstein
Hopewell - Calcutta
Maximo Park - Limassol
Maximo Park - Now I'm All Over the Shop
Nic Armstrong and the Thieves - I Wanna Be Your Driver
Architecture in Helsinki - Need To Shout
Slender Means - I Could Be Cruel
Her Daily Obsession - Mathbook

I tag The Upstate Life, Popular Cult, AlexisT, Drunk Makeup and Beholden to Nothing.

Tag your it.

Happy 27th Birthday Julian!!!

2005-08-23T16:39:00.000-04:00

The latest.

2005-08-22T12:20:00.000-04:00

I hear that the Strokes new album has a release date of January 24. Hopefully, they will hurry up and get it out in time for my birthday (Jan. 8)

The first single, Juicebox, should hit in October and they will be filming a video in September. I hope that this album is orgasmic, because this news seems to be building up to a big climax for me.

Julian has been busy getting ugly tattoos, such as the spider, pictured in posts below. Word on the street is that he has been spotted getting more. Hope these aren't as bad. I am interested to see if he will rock the popped collar on the new tour.

No new tour dates, other than South America have been announced. But I will keep posting them as I hear about them. My plan is to go to Baltimore/DC, NYC and Boston/Rhode Island.

If anyone gets there hands on an early release of the CD, please e-mail me the mp3s.

And his wedding ring!!

2005-08-10T14:51:00.000-04:00

And thanks to Toledotastic for the picture of Jules with wedding ring.

Memo to Julian:

Stop popping your collar and being cheesy and hanging out with Josh Hartnett. Get back in the studio. I can't wait until January 2006 for the new album. Also, eat something.

Luv,
Your biggest fan,
Meg Casablancas

He popped his collar!

2005-08-10T10:42:00.000-04:00

Julian and Josh Hartnett. Ca- ra - ze!!!!!

I can't stop

2005-08-05T13:45:00.000-04:00

Are you on the Libertines mailing list? Well, I am, and they send emails almost everyday telling me about new bands. I usually delete them, but today's subject line intrigued me: "Carl's signed The Mardous to Poptones, they're his favourite new band..." I'd like to think that Carl knows what he is talking about. So I checked them out and now I can't stop listening to The Mardous. Check out the audio page and click on Another Einstein. I think it's great and sweet and cute. And they have a myspace page too. Their debut single comes out on August 8, but probably on in the UK.

Frodo Launches Record Label

2005-08-04T11:43:00.000-04:00

from imdb.com
Actor Wood To Launch Record Label

The Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood is such a fan of rock music he's decided to launch his own record label. Wood will open the as-yet-untitled label later this year and he's hoping to attract a wide range of acts. The 24-year-old says, "Since I was 13, I've been utterly obsessed with music. There's a wealth of amazing bands out there who have nowhere to go. I want to have the chance to release things that might not necessarily get released otherwise. My taste is pretty eclectic, so my label won't have a specific sound. Though if Radiohead are ever looking for a deal, I'd sign them any time." But, despite his willingness to help musicians secure a record deal, Wood has no plans to release his own album. He tells British magazine Q, "I don't have a great love for bands with actors in them. Me prancing around onstage? That's not going to happen."

So who is Frodo going to put on his label? Actor friends? Or legitimate musicians? I think it would be pretty fun to be on his label. You automatically would get a lot of press. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It could go either way. I suggest that people start sending him demos and let's see.

Stay Where You Are

2005-08-02T13:01:00.000-04:00

Ambulance LTD is headlining at the Cat on October 22. Thanks to The Upstate Life for the tip. Looks like it is on the Cat website already, I just skimmed through the list too quickly this morning. I better get on these tickets soon, I'm sure it's going to sell out.

Ambulance makes me and the mammal THIS happy:

Don't be a coconut.

2005-07-26T16:40:00.000-04:00

Click here, if you actually want to read about the new tracks.

Let's get updated.

2005-07-25T16:33:00.000-04:00

On Thursday night, I went to Wonderland for the Red Right Return show. This was RRR's first show in awhile. At first I couldn't hear any of Tim's vocals from where I was sitting, on a couch near the front of the stage. It was really pissing me off too, cuz I like his lyrics. After a few songs that were pissing me off, I moved to the back of the bar and found that you could hear his voice clearly out of the back speaker. Obviously, Wonderland is not the best place for shows. I got really tired after they played and left with Matt around 11:00. I turns out that Liz and Ivy got there around 11:30 p.m. I had been missing Liz all week. I would say that I was going to meet her somewhere and I either was sick and didn't show or I peaced before she got there. Ivy was just back from her business trip and still made it over. I missed them that night, but Matt had to get up at 5:30 a.m. for work, so we had no choice.

Friday night, Matt picked me up from work and we had drinks at Tonic before I got in a horrible mood and almost didn't go to the Kaiser Chiefs. I am glad that I have Matt and Sparks to cheer my up, because the show was great. The Cribs opened and they were what I would call a cutesie band. Cute British boys with cute songs and lyrics. Kaiser Chiefs put on a great show, very engaging. I was excited by every song that they played until I had to pee my brains out and couldn't dance anymore. After a stop at the bathroom, Matt and I relocated to the back of the floor where we had more room to dance and drink my $11 vodka red bull. We ran into Bill from DC9 and chatted about the show. I hope that Matt blogs about his impressions of the band.

We both don't have cell phone service right now, because we are renting an apartment in August and had to pay the security deposit a few weeks ago. So, it has been hard to stay connected with the outside world. The good thing is that Matt can receive incoming calls, so Ivy called at 12:30, as we requested and we went to Hobart to pick her up. We stopped at the Cat to see who was there, round up people and move on to a Tonic party. The only person that we rounded was Aric. As soon as we left the Cat, it started pouring. Apparently, we were in the car for the entire time of the big storm that cut off power to Silver Spring and knocked down a tree in the Harvard House backyard. I was freaking out because we were driving up that big hill on 14th Street during the rain and we couldn't see a thing. I thought that I was going to die for a minute or two, but as soon as we parked it stopped raining. I screamed and ran across the street as I dodged lighting bolts. This alleged Tonic party, was nothing more than a get together. I was thrown off my the Dave Matthews that was playing when we walked in. I tried to drink some box wine, before I realized that I was really drunk and I didn't need to be out anymore. Matt and I peaced when Ivy started debating some guy in the living room on the Beatles v. The Stones.

On Saturday, I met Ivy and Liz at Tonic for brunch. We met up with Jay at Diversity Park, you know, the park on Columbia Road where the Pigeons hang out. Then we walked down to 18th Street and did a little bit of shopping. I finally went to Jolt n Bolt. We had delicious fruit smoothies and sat in the alley seating area. This is officially my new favorite place to sit.

more to come . . .

More photos from Aric's Birthday & Run for Cover

2005-07-25T14:04:00.000-04:00

To the left us Abi on the rooftop. And above, Ian makes his way up, beer in hand. And below, Matt is going B-A-N-A-N-A-S for Clay. I haven't been back to Aric's roof since this weekend. We have since taken up BBQing in 'Columbia Heights' at the Harvard House. They have more mosquitoes, stoops and fallen down trees over there. And beware of flying meatwads, watermelon and Gwen wielding a knife. She's a ninja. I have to buy a digital camera, so I can have more pictures to update with every week. These are the last photos that I took and they are about a month old at this point. Since these photos, Tim K. has moved from Mt. Pleasant to LeDroit Park, which can either be pronounced with a French accent or like you would say Detroit. Clay and I are trying to spread the former pronunciation, it's much classier.

Sparks is near and dear to my heart. It has become my new wakeup morning drink. I had one the morning that I helped Tim move and I cleaned my apartment yesterday while drinking one. I need to find the Sparks Lite, that I have been hearing about. Sparks finally became more available in the area, so I will have to give it some time. I'm not sure what's going on in this other photo, but it looks hot. Below, Ivy and I want to be on you Jay. If you don't know Jay, he's sort of a big deal. Beside quoting Anchorman all day, he is usually hyper and drunk and sleepy all at the same time. He is dangerous with a cigarette and simply irresistible. And omg, the hottest photo of my boyfriend, EVER!!!! I need to buy him aviators, he was wearing some this weekend at Wonderland and he looks like an effing rockstar when he puts them on, it's magic.
Ivy and I right before we left for Run for Cover, it was obviously time to go.
Here is Ivy waiting for a cab on 16th Street. As soon as the cab started moving, my momentum changed and I announced to everyone in the cab, that I was not happy.
I leaned on Jay and tried not to puke.
We finally made it to the cat, without me puking all over everyone. And met up with Jenn,
Cory and the mammal.

Hold on. Yes, I'll be right back.

2005-07-22T10:33:00.000-04:00

Holy shit, THEY ARE BACK!!!!!!

Pollstar has listed that the Strokes will being playing on Sat, October, 29 in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Bue Festival with Dizzee Rascal, Elvis Costello, Kings Of Leon, Morcheeba, and Nancy Sinatra.

Plus, the official site, has listed these dates:
Oct 21 - Rio de Janerio, Museum of Modern Art, TIM Festival
Oct 23 - Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sambodromo Anhembi, TIM Festival
Oct 25 - Porto Alegre, Brazil, Gigantinho Gymnasium, TIM Festival

New blog

2005-07-22T10:31:00.000-04:00

My boyfriend started a blog the other day.

The Strokes are back!!!

2005-07-07T13:00:00.000-04:00

This might be a good time to take that South American trip that I've always wanted. Hmmm, now I have to find some money to fund my Strokes tour. Maybe I can sell my soul.

Aric's birthday and Run for Cover.

2005-06-27T13:10:00.000-04:00

After brunch on Saturday, Jay, Ivy and I did some shopping on Columbia Road. I bought some disposable cameras and Ivy bought a butterfly shirt at the Latino Hoochie store on the corner. This is the first photo that I have ever seen of Jay. He is the only person that I know without a Myspace picture. Here they are outside of Metro Spirits. I had hoped to buy Aric some Sparks for his birthday, but as it turned out almost everywhere in the neighborhood is currently out of Sparks, because of the distributors. They Metro Spirits employees kept suggesting that I get Budweiser E, but I had to tell them that it was disgusting. So instead I bought the Old English High Gravity 40.

On our way back, we ran into Ben Holland-Arlen and his friend. He was going to a rehearsal dinner for his friend's wedding that evening. I took this photo of him because I don't know the next I will see him. I think Ben was acutally on the phone with Aric when this photo was taken. After we parted ways with Ben, I headed home to shower and get ready for the evenings events.

Here is Ivy in her butterfly shirt, pouring some Margaritas that I had just whipped up. I think that I left the rest of my handle of Cuervo over there. I will need to retrieve that at some point. We chilled on the porch with Jay and Fred for awhile and then headed over to Aric's rooftop deck.

Two weekends ago, Jay had his appendix removed. He thought he was dying, but everyone kept telling him that he was hungover. Eventually, one of his roommates took him the emergency room, where he was eventually admitted after puking all over the waiting room floor. Now he has three little scars with bandages over them on his stomach. I meant to take a photo of them, but I like this one of Jay, he looks very relaxed. Fred is hilarious. I realized when I got these photos back that Ivy and I love each other or Fred is just really good at getting us to show off for the camera. There is a definite progression from this first photo of me and Ivy to the last.

We finished up our margaritas, just as Ian got out of a cab and headed over to the BBQ on Aric's rooftop.
Last weekend, Aric was growing a beard, but after a short trip down to Richmond, he decided that there were too many and shaved it into a moustache. He looks very 70s porn now, it's hot!!

I really wanted to tie a balloon to the top of this teepee thing on Aric's roof. However, I think this is as far as I could make it up. This is the second of Fred's photo shoots.

There is Matt with the High Gravity. I think he ended up drinking the majority of the 40. I love this photo, he looks so damn serious about drinking that thing.

I had wrapped the 40 in the 4th of July tinsel that you can see on Aric's head. I made his wear it on his head for this birthday photo. Below is a cute picture of me and Matt. We are so damn cute!!

Never been more scared in my life.

2005-06-24T12:17:00.000-04:00

The original plan was:

1. Me and Liz drink Sparks at Chief Ike's.
2. Meet Matt at 80s nite and let the yummiest orange flavored creation of all time take over our bodies.

Instead, the actual events of last nite took over our minds.

Liz texted me at 8:00: "There's a zombie marathon just starting on IFC. Grab the Sparks and let's kick it." So, I finished getting ready for the evening, which involved cooking a dinner that tasted like shit and then throwing it out and eating nothing. I figured that was okay, because then I wouldn't have to spend too much money on drinks. I stopped by the Super Save Market to pick up Sparks, but as it turns out, the Super Save no longer carries them, so I picked up some High Life and headed over to Liz's.

When I arrived the front door was locked, so I knocked loudly, knowing that she was watching Romero's Dawn of the Dead, I figured I would try and give her a little scare. Liz came to unlock the door for me, I pretended that I was a zombie and pressed my face against the glass pane and tried to walk into the door as she was opening it. I got some good screams out of her, as she attested that she had been screaming a lot since she started watching the movie. I sat down and joined in on the zombie fun.

70's zombie movies effing rule. The blood is red paint, it's very cool. (*Ed note: Much of the fake blood used in the blood packets was a mixture of food coloring, peanut butter and cane sugar syrup.*) There really were no big screams from me during the remainder of the film. Just a lot of, "ah, look at that zombie, he still has his baseball glove on" or "there is a zombie nun" or "why is that zombie bluer than the others?" In the end, the zombies take over the mall and Liz and I started preparing our zombie plan.

The zombie plan has to be similar to our global warming catastrophe plan (this plan of action is headed up by Ms. Ivy, since she is our environmental guru, and was constructed while watching The Day After Tomorrow.) We haven't worked out the nitty gritty details yet, but last nite, we decided that rule number one has to be that we cannot be stoned when the zombies attack. If this happens we are dead because we will not think rationally.

Following Dawn of the Dead, IFC was showing a behind the scenes of Land of the Dead, but we didn't want to ruin the scary parts before we see the movie, so we landed on the beginning of Taking Lives. Ethan and Angelina, you can't really beat that on a Thursday nite. This movie scared the fucking shit out of us. It was really suspenseful and illicted a HUGE blood curdling scream from both of us, within the first 30 minutes.

While trying to figure out why Angelina was able to go down into secret hidden dark basements alone, I thought I heard a knock at the front door. So, I shouted "hello" out the open window. There was no answer, so we continued to watch. Then I heard movement and saw the shadow of a man peeping through the shade of the other window. I whispered to Liz and she said that she saw it too. We tried to chill out as Angelina laid down on the dirty basement cot, but just as she did, an arm reached through the bed and grabbed her and someone knocked on Liz's door lounder. At this point, we both lost our shit and started screaming at the top of our lungs. We bolted for the kitchen, me with beer and cellphone in hand, spilling beer all over the couch, floor, everywhere as we ran. Once we got to the kitchen I grabbed a knife and went into the pantry closet and started to call Matt. Liz told me that I needed to back her up while she went to peek at the front door. She said that someone was there and that they were definitely trying to fuck with us. At this point, I started crying because Matt wasn't answering his phone and I was trying to find an escape route. Liz went to peek again at the door and discovered that it was the pizza guy. Rob had ordered a pizza on his way home from band practice and he wasn't home yet, so we weren't expecting the knocking. Liz went to unlock the door for the pizza guy and he asked us if we were okay. (NO WERE ARE NOT OKAY, YOU JUST SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF US.)

To wrap up, we were fine, kind of shaken, but alive. The movie was really good.

This was a great test run of the zombie plan. We now know that I am good with a knife and good at calling for help. We also proved that it is a good idea not to be stoned while in these types of crisis situations. Had Liz and I been stoned last nite, we may have just hid in the pantry closet until someone got home, and that would have been stupid and Rob never would have gotten his pizza.

There is nothing more exciting than a new Strokes album to obsess about.

2005-06-22T17:44:00.000-04:00

Months before the new album will be released, NME gets to preview the tracks and tell us about them. I get so into this shit.

My feelings are more important than yours?

2005-06-22T10:23:00.000-04:00

The Strokes are fired up

News from Rolling Stone . . .

The Strokes have finished recording their third album, which they are mixing with studio whiz Andy Wallace. The album is due out in January.

"I don't wanna go overboard," says singer Julian Casablancas, sitting on a stoop on Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, "but I'm pretty excited. It's like a seedless watermelon -- I like it."

With no deadlines hanging over them in the studio, the Strokes had plenty of time to perfect the tunes, which feature Casablancas' voice front and center for the first time. Highlights of the fourteen songs include Casablancas venting on "Razor Blade" with the cutting line "My feelings are more important than yours"; guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. ripping into a solo on "Vision of Division" sounding like Dick Dale on crack; and the starkly beautiful "Ask Me Anything" (which came to the singer in a dream), featuring only Casablancas' vocals, and Mellotron courtesy of guitarist Nick Valensi.

Casablancas is racking his brain for the album's title and artwork. But he feels like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders. "I'm relaxed now," he says. "Almost done."

The band is revving up for a larger tour than the one following the previous album. "We were a little road-weary after [2003's] Room On Fire, so it was light," says Casablancas. "Now I think we're ready for fatal touring again -- to go all out. We got our energy back."

What do we think about this?

2005-06-21T11:21:00.000-04:00

The White Stripes and The Shins at Merriweather?? Is this worth going to??
Oh my god, I think yes.

Matty Zissou

2005-06-08T17:38:00.000-04:00

It looks like my brother joined Team Zissou:

The Hard Tomorrows on Myspace.com

2005-06-03T15:21:00.000-04:00

Check me out!

Does the end have no end??

2005-05-25T13:05:00.000-04:00

What is going on with Drew and Fab?

I feel like I have been waiting for this my whole life!!

2005-05-18T12:09:00.000-04:00

from pitchfork:

The Coral Plan North American Tour

Timothy Najmolhoda reports:
Now, we mean this in the nicest way possible, but it's no secret that our colleagues over at NME have a tendency to shout "Next big thing!!!" at any group of guys with bad haircuts who can play power chords. Having fallen victim to this hyperbole first hand, the Coral will attest to this.

It ain't easy being the former future-best-band-ever, but these boys are keeping on. On May 23, Invisible Invasion drops in the the band's homeland. American fans are slightly less fortunate, having to wait an extra three months for the album's U.S. release date on August 30. They can tide themselves over on the band's website, from which the new album's tracks can be streamed.

The band released their leadoff single, "In the Morning" on May 9, in a variety of different formats. A CD maxi-single contains the songs "Gina Jones" and "The Image of Richard Birton as Crom", as well as a music video of "In the Morning". Also availabe is a two-track CD, which sports the economically-titled "Leeslunchboxbyblueleadandthevelcrounderpants" as its B-side. Rounding out the bunch is a vinyl 7", which has only the A-side and "Gina Jones".

To help get us excited for all of this, the Coral are doing a short jaunt across North America, sticking mainly to the States and paying special attention to the West Coast.

06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
06-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
06-11 Chicago, IL - Martyrs
06-14 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
06-15 San Francisco, CA - Slims
06-17 Seattle, WA - Croc Cafe

I am going to have to travel up to NYC to see this one. Except, aw shucks, it's an effing Thursday. Why can't they come to DC? I would normally take Friday off to go see them, but I am planning this damn BBQ for my company the following week, I can't just take the Friday before the event off from work. Eff it. This sucks. I have only been waiting my whole life to see the Coral in the states. Work you win again, but this is the last time.

But, maybe I can go see them in Chicago on June 11. HMMMMM. That could be a fun weekend trip.

The Coral does have a new album coming out. Check out their website to hear new tracks.

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

2005-05-17T12:17:00.000-04:00

from nme.com:

THE BRAVERY played a sold out hometown show in NEW YORK last night (May 16) and discovered they’ve gained a famous fan.
The band played at Irving Plaza in Manhattan, and despite some
suggestions of a backlash in their own city, The Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas turned up to see the show.
The Stroke watched the band’s set then met Sam Endicott and co afterwards where an insider revealed “there was strong talk of the bands doing something together”.
It’s not clear whether this is a tour or a musical collaboration, but it is unlikely
any thing will occur until after The Strokes finish current sessions for their third album.
Meanwhile The Bravery gear-up to start that sold UK tour which begins on May 23 in Leeds.

Let's welcome back the Hard Tomorrows!

2005-05-03T11:17:00.000-04:00

Hi, welcome back boys.

I know that I'll be living it in Canada.

2005-04-26T16:27:00.000-04:00

Holy shit. SLOAN is playing the cat on Sunday, June 12!!!

Lollapalooza?

2005-04-22T15:35:00.000-04:00

Pitchfork reports:

Lollapalooza made its first lineup announcements today at a Chicago press conference, and among the artists who will perform at the two-day festival are Pixies, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., the Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Liz Phair, the Arcade Fire, and Billy Idol.

As previously reported, the event-- formerly the U.S.'s premier touring festival-- is now a one-weekend affair to be held in Chicago's Grant Park on July 23-24. Among the other artists confirmed are Dashboard Confessional, the Walkmen, Cake, Widespread Panic, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, M83, the Black Keys, Dandy Warhols, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Bravery, Blonde Redhead, Digable Planets, VHS or Beta, Tegan & Sera, Louis XIV, Ambulance LTD, and the Changes.

A two-day pass to the event currently costs $85, plus shipping and service charges. Ticket prices will eventually increase to $100 and then to $115.

Champagne toast!!

2005-04-21T15:34:00.000-04:00

This is just in . . . we just had champagne at work. Woo effing hoo. Now, lemme go see if I can confiscate a bottle and sip it at my desk. mmmmm.

April Dawn's Last Liberation

2005-04-21T15:20:00.000-04:00

You know her, you love her. The lovely and fabulous April Dawn is moving to Rhode Island on April 30. In honor of April, it would be great to met up on Friday, April 22 at Liberation and get freaky on the dance floor. Stop by and buy her a Sparks, not sure if they sell them up in Rhode Island, or just swing by and say hi.

Ah ha!

2005-04-20T14:51:00.000-04:00

I have no idea who this dude is, but he came up and took a photo of the two of us at Bluestate on Saturday nite. And dude, I look HOT. So thanks.

Get Obsessed!

2005-04-20T09:43:00.000-04:00

with Her Daily Obsession. With members from the Frequency (A.C., Warnock, and Rob) plus Cory and Sarah M. Listen to HeartAttack. You won't be able to stop listening to it. I can't, I'm so obsessed with it.

The Strokes are mini.

2005-04-19T16:02:00.000-04:00

The Strokes as lego people on tour. Strokes fans are so adorable.

My life smells life poop.

2005-04-19T11:37:00.000-04:00

I am an admin assistant. 20 years ago they would have called me a secretary. I have been in this position for 2 years now. I don't dread coming to work, but this job is boring. I have lost my edge since working at this large name-unmentioned media company. I rarely use my brain and I can schedule a meeting with my eyes closed. I recently applied for 2 jobs in the program development department, two jobs might I add, that I am very qualified for, and I was not even given the opportunity to interview. This is bullshit. How on earth am I ever going to rule the program development field in NYC, if I am an "admin assistant" for the next 20 years? They might as well rename the position office bitch because that's what I am, the girl with a college degree and no brain left, cuz I have to kill my brain cells on the weekend to break up the monotony of the week.

E-mail from my aussie brother.

2005-04-12T11:55:00.000-04:00

My brother, Matthew, is studying abroad in Sydney, Australia. Here is the latest update from him.

attn Sara:
sorry I never replied to your last email....my bad, I should have said
"a sometimes, kinda fairly consistent basis, once in a while. Anyway
thats awesome about your raise and your boy, and Im sure vegas was real cool.
Everything here is like exactly the opposite from the US for real. THe
weather, beaches, nights, days are fantastico. I am taking 4 courses,
I am playing on the premier soccer team for the UNI. I got certified as a
scuba diver and did about 10 dives so far, I went on a 12 day trip up the
east coast and to and along the barrier reef, unbeleivable, you have to see
it. went sailing, whitewaterrafting, drove 4 wheel drive trucks on the
sand, alsong the ocean on an island, went to the biggest party in terms of
people on the east coast of aus. I had a job as a waiter at the beach and
quit because I had to. In three days I'm going down to melbourne on a class
field trip and staying with seiler whose studying there. THats all for now,
I'll talk to you again soon this time....

attn ya'll:
btw way, I'll get you all some cool stuff even if you dont come visit me.

Love, matt

This shit cracks me up. He has the best life ever.

Viva my cold in Las Vegas!

2005-04-01T11:05:00.000-05:00

I am sick.
I have a cold.
I'm leaving for Vegas in 10 hours.
Should be an interesting weekend.

Malkmus

2005-03-29T12:49:00.001-05:00

Stephen Malkmus to Play Select U.S. Dates This Summer

Chris Rediske From Pitchfork reports:

When Matador Records says that Stephen Malkmus will be supporting his new album with "selected dates," they mean it. This summer, Malkmus will be crisscrossing the United States in support of Face the Truth, hitting a whopping six cities in no less than 30 days. To be fair, Matador has stated from the start that Malkmus would be doing minimal touring for this album, so those of you in Philadelphia, New York, and Minneapolis (and Cleveland?!?) can just count yourselves lucky, we guess. As for us, we'll just play the CD really really loud and clap at the end of songs.

Dates:
06-05 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
06-07 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06-09 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
06-10 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
06-12 Minnapolis, MN - First Avenue
06-14 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
07-04 New York, NY - Battery Park (w/ Yo La Tengo, Laura Cantrell)

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

2005-03-29T12:49:00.000-05:00

British Sea Power or Kasabian??? Hmmmmmmm.

Ok, I am trying to get over it.

2005-03-25T16:13:00.000-05:00

This helps:

Phantom Planet is playing at Fletcher's (my fav place to see shows) on April 28.

You suck, ass.

2005-03-24T13:37:00.000-05:00

Indie rock is so in now, it's all most sickening. There is no good reason that Bloc Party should have sold out this early. I don't know anyone that has a ticket, and these are people that basically live at the Black Cat. More of what I am pissed about is that The Ponys and Pony Up! are playing that night too and I have been dying to see both of these bands. Effing fuck. That's all I want to say about that for now. I have been bitching for a few days now and I'm taking a break.

Eff it - I am going to throw a party that night in rebellion. It will be a BLOC PARTY. We will serve cold war beers and delishy vodka drinks and cheers to the Soviets.

Minor Celebrities

2005-03-18T10:39:00.000-05:00

1. Everyone's favorite Black Cat bartender, Chuck, is now Bartender of the Month (according to the Washington Post.) Stop by the Cat on Saturday for the French Toast/Shortstack/Spinto Band show and order a delicious drinky with a smile.

2. You know him, you love him. He's the Julian Casablancas look-a-like (minus the chin) who waits graveyard shift tables at the Diner. You may also remember him as Diner Boy. Now known as John, he has recently been spending some Fridays at Liberation. This week he can be found playing in the European Poker Tour on all expense paid trip to Monte Carlo. This is the big time poker world with a $10,000 buy-in. I read that he made it through the first day. I have asked John to help me with my poker skills when he returns to D.C. to prepare me for my trip to Vegas on April 1. So, if the poker stud (ha ha, I love puns) can fit me into his busy schedule, I may well be on my way to winning big in Vegas and buying my mom a Judith Leiber purse, which she says I have to get her for her birthday if I win.

3. Robby Bobby, aka Rob Pierangeli, is playing his first solo set since the last Hard Tomorrows show on NYE 2005. Playing at DC9 with Paul Michel and The Sketches on Monday, March 21, this is show that should not be missed. I have heard some of the songs through the walls of the Hobart House and I have heard that they are good. Find out what he has been working on since January.

4. And last but never least, your own Megadork, Ms. Meg Casablancas, has filmed an episode of Motormouth with the ever loveable Avram. I will keep you posted on when our show airs, but it should be sometime in mid-May.

Monday News

2005-03-14T11:37:00.000-05:00

* Mario Vasquez drops out of Idol due to personal problems.

* Kate Moss and Pete Doherty are engaged.

I rock, rock.

2005-03-04T17:12:00.000-05:00

Last nite's celebration for Sarah at Toledo went from me yawning and sipping at the table at 9 to singing and kissing at 1. The final tab for the nite was $240. Ouch to my wallet and my head. I think that was from the 4 jager shots I took.

I'm still confused about why I have to work at all.

Tonite begins rock weekend. First up its Secret Machines/Moving Units/Autolux!!! Jenn and I predicted the flow last nite - mellow, dancey, mellow.

I'm very excited to see Robbers on High Street tomorrow. I have been listening to their fabulous EP for a few weeks and the full length just came in the mail from insound yesterday and I am listening to it now.

Have you seen the new Ambulance ltd video? It's just lovely.

I think everyone is going to these shows this weekend, so I'll be seeing ya.

I knit.

2005-03-03T14:28:00.000-05:00

It's not as cold as yesterday, but I am still wearing a scarf wound tightly around my neck. My colleagues, if you can even call them that because basically I am the office biatch, keep asking me if I am cold. Yeah, duh. I'm fucking freezing, do you want to feel my hands?

I started my knitting class today at lunch. At one point in college I learned to knit and started a scarf, but my adult ADD and frustration with the sides curling in forced me to stop. I began to relearn today. In two weeks I will begin to knit some mittens. I love knitting. The purpose of the class at work is to relieve stress and take time out of my day to destress. This is perfect for me, since lately my job has been stressing me out beyond belief. I hope that taking this class doesn't get me in trouble with my bosses for being away from my desk for so long. That would sort of defeat the purpose.

In other news: Sarah was offered a position with the circus. They heard about her cute mammal ways and want to take her on the road.

No, actually she was hired as photo coordinator for the company that manages the circus. And we are talking about THE circus, Ringling Bros!!!

All this cold weather makes me so nostalgic for the summer and sitting at Toledo, so I decided that we will celebrate Sarah's new job tonite at Toledo. Yay. Job. Summer. Toledo.

brrrr.

2005-03-02T17:39:00.000-05:00

I'm sitting at my desk and I have the chills. My left hand is like an ice cube. Why can't my office spend a little money and heat the damn building. Was that part of the 2005 budget cuts? Cuz it's not helping my productivity. It makes me daydream about getting in my pjs and watching tv in the cave under a blanket. This is the third day this week that it has been this cold in here. Tomorrow I'm typing with gloves on. Maybe someone will take a hint.

Now I only have 15 minutes left. And then I'm meeting the girls at the Raven for a drink. I gotta heat up somehow and I ain't going to the gym. Then I'm meeting the boy for dinner and possibly maybe going to see the Medications.

I have been really bad about going to all my shows. I wasn't feeling well and then there was the snow. But this weekend it is ON!!! Friday nite is Secret Machines, Autolux and Moving Units at 9:30 Club and Saturday it's AMBULANCEltd, VHS or Beta, and Robbers on High Street (which should be coming in the mail from insound today.) Matt got us our tickets yesterday so we are all set. Yay. It's going to be weird cuz I won't be able to swoon over Benji now that I have a boy. OH well, he's a psycho slut anyways (benji, not my boyfriend.)

Until tomorrow.
Freeze out.
Megalicious

Letter to the Troops.

2005-03-01T10:19:00.000-05:00

A few weeks ago, Tonic held a collection for items and letters for the Troops. I think one of Bono's friends is stationed in Iraq. Bono is one of our bartenders at Tonic. The sign said that you could send food, snacks, books, newspapers/magazines, etc. The only things that you couldn't send were tobacco, porn and alcohol. So Kelly decided to write the troops a letter and enclose photos of the girls. I think she has started some sort of dating service for the troops.

Kel also gave the troops Ivy/Liz's address and mine/Sarah's address. So we hope to receive some letters/fan mail soon. I will post the responses.

The Unicorns are Dead.

2005-02-14T13:14:00.000-05:00

Looks like rumors were true. No more Unicorns.

Let's remember the good ole days.

Maybe Not

2005-02-10T10:30:00.000-05:00

According to the New York Daily News, "Drew Barrymore and Fabrizio Moretti, "very amorous" in the darkened confines of P.J. Clarke's after the lunch crowd emptied out yesterday afternoon ..."

But maybe Drew dumped him in the first place because Fab was having problems with her hairy pits.

When the Strokes aren't touring, they are busy making the headlines.

2005-02-08T10:49:00.000-05:00

BIG STROKES NEWS - DREW and FAB ARE OVER!

Mrs. Juliet Casablancas

2005-02-07T17:45:00.000-05:00

It has not been officially confirmed, but various sources tell me that the Julianet was married over the weekend.

more news to follow in future posts.

HAPPY EFFING BIRTHDAY TIM!!!!

2005-02-03T17:43:00.000-05:00

It's Tim's B-day. Yay. We will be celebrating all weekend long. Catch us if you can.

Round one:
Friday nite. Liberation til close. party til the sun comes up.

but save room for

Round 2:
Saturday nite. Wag . Backstage at the Cat . party til the RR closes. then its off to the Think Tank

See ya.

Albert's Cameo

2005-02-03T10:31:00.000-05:00

Check out the new video from the Pierces and watch for the cameo from Albert Hammond Jr. (which is really the only reason that I am posting this.)

SM and the Jicks

2005-02-02T16:50:00.000-05:00

Malkmus to Release New Album in May

Chris Rediske reports:
So there comes a time in the life of every artist when her/she must step out of the shadow of his/her Jicks and stand on his/her own two feet. Or are we mixing metaphors again? Whatever-- the point is that, according to Matador's lovely website, Stephen Malkmus has finished his third "post-Pavement album", which is entitled Face the Truth and is due out on May 24. As we reported late last year, Malkmus was working on the album primarily on his own in his basement studio, "punching in with my toe, Todd Rundgren-style." As it turns out, the Jicks are nowhere to be found this time out, and Face the Truth will go down in history as the first proper Stephen Malkmus album, should history be inclined to record that sort of thing.
We also listed a number of possible track names in that same report, only two of which are actually represented on the finished album-- which means that either Malkmus was fucking with us (quite possible), or that the names of the tracks have changed considerably (not at all unlikely), or that this album's going to have some serious b-sides (who can say?). In any case, we now have the finalized tracklist for Face the Truth, all pretty, finished, and quite frankly, not nearly as weird as usual. Take a look:

01 Invisible Bodies
02 Baby C'mon
03 Horslip
04 Mmmmm...
05 Loud Cloud Crowd
06 No More Shoes
07 Mama
08 Malediction
09 Pencil Rot
10 It Kills
11 I've Hardly Been

According to that same post, Malkmus is preparing for the birth of a child, and will thus be selfishly not touring much for the new record. However, he will be playing "selected U.S. dates", the only confirmed example of which is a headlining show at South By Southwest on March 18 at The Parish in Austin (god, how I love a preposition). According to a post on Malkmus' official website, that show will see him play with "some sort of weird unit," as drummer John Moen will be gallivanting across the country as the new drummer for the Decemberists.

Weekend Wrap-up

2005-01-31T15:11:00.000-05:00

I haven't blogged about my life in awhile, so let's do that.

On Friday nite, I took the MARC train to Baltimore, where Caroline picked me up and we drive up to pick up her the little boy she's currently "banging". We headed over to Sonar for a little indie rock dance party called Tax Lo . We downed 3 drinks in 30 minutes, to take advantage of the $1 rails/Natty Bos before 11PM special. I chased my drinks with a Sparks and danced with a ton of underagers.

We were having so much fun dancing and lost track of time. We left a little after 11:30 and headed over to Fletcher's for the Bravery. We missed most of their set, but I caught the last 4 songs. After the show, I accosted Sam and Michael and whined to them again about the lack of an EP. Sam said that their full length come out in March, right about the time when they will be playing at the Black Cat.

We attempted to go to one more bar, but as soon as I sat down, it was pretty much over for me. I had two sips of my beer before I felt the need to go home. I called Matt 3 times and asked him to come pick me up and take me back to Baltimore, but he was partying in D.C. and couldn't drive out there in the state he was in.

Caroline took me back to her place, tucked me in and snuck off to be with her man. I slept wonderfully in her bed and I woke up to natural sunlight, which was amazing. I don't see much of that in the cave. Caroline was back home by 8 and we fell back asleep for a few more hours.

I also blew $60 on new cds including, the 2 new Bright Eyes, which I said that I wouldn't buy because they always put me in a funk, like previous winters, but I am having a fabulous winter, so they make me smile for the first time. Also purchased was Dogs Die in Hot Cars, The Moving Units and Action Action.

On Saturday nite, Liz Ruby, Kyle, Kelly and Matt came over for Enchilada dinner, that Liz and Sarah and Kel made in honor of Liz's b-day last week. It started snowing. And then we went to Wonderland. There were a lot of assholes there and I was tired. Matt and I spent most of the time smoking cigarettes and taking photos.

Soon, I had enough and we headed over to the Cat, which was more familar and homey, but I was still tired. I couldn't even finished my beer, so Matt took me home, we listened to Interpol and went to bed.

After Sunday bruch at Tonic, Tim and I picked up some Budweiser E (Sparks' newest rival)and a Powerball ticket. It was a lovely day spent in the Cave with Sarah, Ape, and Ivy watching Anchorman and Shaun of the Dead. "I'm in a glass case of emotion."

The end.

Coachella 2005 - Who wants to go?

2005-01-31T09:58:00.000-05:00

Take me away, I'm dying.

2005-01-26T17:09:00.000-05:00

Literally, I am freaking out cuz all my favorite bands are coming to DC from now until May. Dude, all you would have to say is the Strokes too and that would be it, I would die of excitement and you would have to attend my funeral instead of going to the shows.

Check out my shows list to see who.

It's a nice day for a white wedding, but do I still get to be Meg Casablancas?

2005-01-26T13:28:00.000-05:00

Gawker reports, "When Page Six reported that Drew Barrymore, actress/arm candy of Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, was spotted with a friend at Fifth Avenue’s Bridal Suite of Manhattan, prepubescent Strokes-watchers were all atwitter. Sure, Barrymore said she was there to help her friend, but that’s not going to stop the buzz that Barrymore and Moretti could be looking for some matrimonial indie-bliss. What the paper didn’t report, however, was the name of Barrymore’s friend, who, as documented by these reader-supplied images, is none other than Juliet Joslin. Yes, that Juliet Joslin, the very lady who happens to be genuinely engaged to lead Stroke Julian Casablancas. While breakup rumors for The Julianet seem to flow as constantly as the grease from Casablancas’ locks, we’ve also been hearing numerous reports (read: more than three) that pair might be headed down the aisle in February. Which would make these pictures very interesting, don’t you think?"

2005-01-26T12:09:00.000-05:00

The Strokes are in the studio working on album number three. When asked to comment, Julian replied,

How old are you really?

2005-01-25T14:27:00.000-05:00

You Are 17 Years Old

17

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

New game.

2005-01-25T14:11:00.000-05:00

I have been really into my site meter lately. It's interesting to see where are people are viewing my blog from. So, here's where you readers come in.

Please post a comment and tell me who you are are where you are from (only if I don't already know you personally.) If you have a blog, let me know, I would love to read it and link to it.

Thanks,
Megadork

My 15 minutes.

2005-01-25T09:54:00.000-05:00

Last nite as I was walking home from the metro, I ran into Jackie Benson from News4 NBC on my corner who interviewed me about the robbery/muggings in Mt. Pleasant.

I was the top story for the 11:00 news.

Shortly after that, I received calls and texts from my fans.

Miss G says, "You telly star you! The lead story on 11:00 news! Well done."

"You are a media whore! And you somehow weaseled yourself onto tv! Love Ivy and t-rex"

Matt agreed, "Yes, you are totally a celebrity now."

Holy Shit!!

2005-01-24T17:26:00.000-05:00

So, earlier this morning, The Black Cat website said that the Bravery had cancelled. Just now I checked it and they are playing with ASH on March 10.

PLUS this:

SATURDAY, APRIL 9 (right after I get back from Vegas)

BLOC PARTY on the mainstage at the CAT. Boo yeah!!

This just in . . . Autolux is playing the Cat the same nite as Ambulance. Not sure if it's going to be the same show or the same night, different stage. But I'm confused, cuz Autolux's website says, that they are playing Irving Plaza with the Secret Machines on March 5. We shall see.

THIS IS TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT AT 5:30 PM on a MONDAY. I'm going to explode.

I was wondering where Kaitlin Cooper went.

2005-01-24T10:20:00.000-05:00

The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz will be working on a direct O.C. spinoff following the younger sister of Marissa, Kaitlin Cooper, at boarding school. Described as a TV version of Mean Girls, the new show is tipped to premiere January 2006.

2005-01-19T13:05:00.000-05:00

AMBULANCE LTD is coming back to the Cat.

March 5 w/ VHS or Beta.