Mar 23 2005
Dalliance
So then...Cartel @ DC9 last night. Before I get to the music, what's up with the upstairs at DC9? It was about 45 degrees outside yet it was a good 50 degrees hotter in the upstairs of the club. Open an effing window people! It's gonna take one hell of a show to get me to go up those stairs this summer.
Now then, the band. Get this my friends. There is a new band out there with geetars and keyboards that sounds nothing like The Strokes, The Killers, or Interpol. I know it sounds hard to believe, but work with me here. I was impressed with their show (despite the catatonic crowd), as was Catherine. I'm not going to waste any bandwidth trying to come up with the perfect two sentence description of their "sound", but think atmospheric space rock, the kind that shouldn't sound so good coming out of the DC9 soundsystem. Think Catherine Wheel, Doves, Velvet Teen and even Shudder To Think in their less art rock moments. I would go as far as to say you must go check them out next time they play, but they have some stiff competition that night and I know which one you'll be representing at, right? RIGHT?
Peep the new Morrissey single.
Here are some Ian Brown bootlegs.
Cali and Mass peeps be sure to check out these Ash in-stores.
Apparently people only come here for cat pictures.
Remember the 2003 NBA Draft? Check this out:
First Pick: Lebron James - Ranks 4th in NBA in Points Per Game (26.3), Ranks 3rd in NBA in Steals Per Game (2.21), Ranks 6th in NBA in Assists Per Game (7.3), Ranks 4th in NBA in Minutes Per Game (41.7), Won Rookie of the Year
Third Pick: Carmelo Anthony - Averaging 19+ points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game. Led team to playoffs last year and has then poised to make it back this year.
Fourth Pick: Chris Bosh - Ranks 20th in NBA in Rebounds Per Game (8.6), Scoring 16 points per game and blocking one shot per game. Toronto decided to build their franchise around him and traded Vince Carter. Big things are expected of him next year.
Fifth Pick: Dwyane Wade - Beside keeping my fanatasy basketball team afloat, Ranks 8th in NBA in Points Per Game (23.9), Ranks T-7th in NBA in Assists Per Game (6.9), team has best record in the NBA
So who did I leave out? Oh yeah! Darko! What's he up to these days?
PS - Mylo(!!!) is DJing in NYC tonight with Melody Nelson. Go check that shit out!
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Comments
Mr. Leafblower -- Been reading you for a long time. Would have rolled out the red carpet had I known you were there. Thanks for the kind words.
Mark Hemingway
Cartel
Posted by: Mark Hemingway at March 23, 2005 4:43 PM
While those four have been great, look how much playing time they're getting. Darko may not have panned out like the rest but there's no doubt he can be a good if not great player. On the #2 team in the East he's supposed to be improving without taking minutes away from Rasheed or Ben Wallace?
Posted by: David at March 23, 2005 6:31 PM
loving cartel. muchas gracias senor leafblower. no come to cali yet. boo hoo.
btw, ash link blown.
your blog? dorky? was he serious?
if so, well, dorks are #1.
Posted by: melina at March 23, 2005 6:48 PM
Maybe Bluestate can be the official afterparty for the next Cartel show.
Posted by: Dumbek at March 25, 2005 12:25 PM
