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"It's Rock and Roll. Remember? Isn't it Fabulous?" (Semi Precious Weapons, Mercury Lounge, 7/28/08)
07/31/2008 4:10 P GMT-05
"This is our first 21+ show. Usually there's a row of underage girls up front showing me their vaginas. And they're not here and that's kind of freaking me out."I've come to see if I can erase, or at least
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
"I Think This is a Massive Ball of Undergarments" (MGMT/BMSR/TT, McCarren Park Pool, 7/27/08)
07/28/2008 12:06 P GMT-05
For three summers, now, the JellyNYC folks have hosted solid line-ups and provided a casual atmosphere for a series of free Sunday shows at McCarren Park Pool. They're all worth attending, they're free, duh (upcoming shows include
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
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Joanie Loves Qatsi
07/25/2008 12:23 P GMT-05
Every summer brings a ton of free shows to this town, and I've already missed more than my fair share. But when the schedules went up, there was a single event which got circled and exclamation-pointed and gold-starred and kitty-stic
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
Creepy Little Sneaky Little
07/24/2008 8:06 P GMT-05
Miley Cyrus, "Fly on the Wall"(No mp3, duh. Disney'd string me up by my nutsack and order merry, 2-D woodland creatures to gnaw at my innards.)My father worked for the airlines. Nothing glamorous - and at the start of the 30
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
One World
07/21/2008 1:30 P GMT-05
God. Today is such a Monday.Also, that's totally not true. Might have messed around with her titties a bit, but that was a long time ago.
We Held Our Tongues Throughout It (Siren Music Festival 2007, That's Right, 2007, Bite Me)
07/19/2008 3:33 A GMT-05
Holy lousy sound system, Batchaps, the annual Village Voice Siren Festival is today! A stirring reminder that I never posted a recap of last year's Siren Festival. And timeliness is next to godliness. On, like, the other s
Life During Tea Time
07/18/2008 1:41 P GMT-05
(pic via)We've always needed assumptions and projections and fantasies to survive. We've always needed to sort events into predisposed options and progressions. We need easily understood reasons, we need easy-to-follow story
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
No Art! No Art! No Art!
07/18/2008 12:48 P GMT-05
Boring Bisexuals, Get Ready to Dance:DEAD MILKMEN REUNION!!!! (via) In... Austin? No other mentions on the band's site or myspace page, Joe Jack Talcum's site or myspace page, or Rodney's blog. But hopefully more dates t
You Can Jive
07/17/2008 1:04 P GMT-05
(pic courtesy of)It's almost here! It's finally almost here!Fanboys have been all in a tizzy! A tizzy! Critics have been ejaculating buckets full of descriptive phrases and opinionry! It's a movie! A mo
The Second Step is Really Fucking Enjoying Your Problem
07/16/2008 2:06 A GMT-05
Occasionally, in real life, I'll run into someone who reads this blog. And because there's nothing else interesting about me they'll say, "Hey, how's that Party Cake thing going?" (actual quote). Or, "Had yo
Someone Had To, I Suppose
07/14/2008 8:26 A GMT-05
Not satisfied with churning the world's collective stomach and making relentless with the unfunny, Jimmy "Moral Outrage" Kimmel and Sarah "Three Punchlines" Silverman have, according to the Associated Press, teamed up to&
At the Corner of Police State & Delancey
07/13/2008 1:36 P GMT-05
Fort Greene Park. Mural behind the Afro-Punk stage. (Not to step on Nerd Litter's toes.)
Let Us Now Praise Crazy Bitches
07/11/2008 1:20 P GMT-05
(painting of Julie Christmas by myspace.com/allthethingsiveneversed)Brooklyn's Made Out of Babies (myspace) were responsible for one of my favorite records of 2006. Coward was necessary, desperate music. Someone had backed it into a c
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC
Possibly Maeby
07/10/2008 4:59 P GMT-05
"[Arrested Development is] kind of the best thing I have going at the moment." - Austin's Manhattan's ("It's so expensive here") Brooklyn's Annie Clark (Libra)Show's been off the air for a couple years, o
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Overheard While Passing the Line Outside Feist's Prospect Park Show
07/09/2008 6:08 P GMT-05
"Can't be anybody good. Look at the crowd. They're bookreaders."
"This is the Part Where We Beg Them. SARCASTICALLY." (Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Central Park Summerstage, 7/06/08)
07/07/2008 3:09 P GMT-05
Consider this out-of-focus shot as part of an ongoing tribute to bad ontheinternet live concert snaps....or an acknowledgement of missed opportunities. A mental coin flip put this show over Ronnie Spector, and just this weekend I'd al
Category: Nothing Matters but the MUSIC