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« Page 21 of 30 »The next few weeks are the busiest time of the year for me at work, so everyone is going to have to bear with me.
I have lots of pics from my holiday, I'll try and get those up soon. keep an eye on my Flickr account in the meantime.
Lots of news from the Moz camp about the upcoming record with the unfortunate name. Moz did a Q & A with some fans over at True to You dot net and most of the news services have run something about the new record being a different work from You Are The Quarry. So unlike some other bands I like, Moz is not resting on his laurels.
Gorillaz planning live DVD. I still like the first record better. Del and Dan the Automator make all the difference. It seems like Danger Mouse saved all his good beats for the DangerDoom record.
Supergroup looking for a singer.
Idlewild leave Parlophone. Some indie label out there needs to sign this band and show them some love.
Microsoft doesn't recommend using Internet Explorer.
The Sports Guy returns to DC on Dec. 6th. I have a copy of the book now so maybe I'll go back again. At least the people that still ponied up for the books to be signed at a later date still haven't gotten them.
Hear me now, believe me later. The Jags will do just fine with former ECU QB David Garrard at the helm. Peter King agrees.
R.I.P. Mr Miyagi and George Best.
Last day to enter the Supergrass contest.
That's because I have another contest for you, this time for The Magic Numbers. They'll be in DC on the 18th, supporting Bright Eyes. I'll be giving away the following:
Grand Prize: "Love Me Like You" on 7", full length self titled CD and a t-shirt.
All you have to do is email me and tell what number is the magic number, and name a band that has covered the Schoolhouse Rock tune which tells you what that number is. I can think of two different bands that did this, one English and one American. Both put out shitty sophomore albums if that helps any.
The Magic Numbers: "Forever Lost" (video)
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You can listen to their album via their eCard.
Saw Okkervil River last night. Yawned throughout(although I was in the minority). I liked it better when it was called Old 97's and Crooked Fingers. They did have one song that sounded like Buffalo Tom. I liked that one best. Let me go on record saying I fucking hate the Iota when it's crowded. There's not a single place you can stand there without getting stepped on, jostled or pushed. Worst.
Outkast record bumped to next year.
Harvey Danger frontman Sean Nelson is the new head of editorial at MSN Music. Nice one my friend.
Here is the proper link for the 100 most disappointing albums.
Kazakhstan doesn't think Borat is very funny.
Improve your Photography without using your Camera. Speaking of, great photo.
Build your own record cleaner.
I have so many things to say about this and the utter ridiculousness of it all, but Joanne says alot of it for me. Only a blogger can clean his overpriced New York apartment and become a Taoist in the process. Trying to convince everyone else to do the same just makes it worse. Also note Jake sarcastically saying he makes a "robust" $2000 a month from Gothamist.
Where does that money come from?
Advertising.
Why do people advertise on Gothamist?
Because of the number of readers.
Why do so many people read the sites?
The content.
Who makes the content?
The writers.
How much do the writers make?
Not a single fucking penny.
I don't begrudge Jake taking a salary from Gothamist, he and Jen put in alot of work on all the -ist sites, but mockingly explaining that he doesn't make much money from the sites while the writers make nada is just like school in the summer. No class.
Which brings up the whole Jason Calcanis sells out to AOL for 25 to 40 mills. No one asked the really pertinent question there. Did any of the writers get a cut of that money? If not, were they getting paid beforehand?
Totally swamped at work right now and most of my RSS feeds are in or approaching triple digits, so...
Whew. At first I thought I might have to go see Coldplay, but it turns out, I don't. Again, whew.
The 100 Most Disappointing Albums.
Coolfer has a guest blogger. Great Idea.
First draft of the Judith Miller retirement memo.
Oneloudernyc tries to get all informationleafblower in NYC by seeing a band from the UK three times in one week. Dude, copy me much? I'm kidding of course. Nothing is better than seeing a band you like multiple times in one week. I guess I need to check me out some Art Brut!
Buy some Graham Coxon artwork.
Queen at Live Aid. Best. gig. ever. Except for the Super Furries at Hoboken on the MWNG tour, or Radiohead at Irving Plaza after the Tibetan Freedom Concert in NYC.
I'm going to see some band called Okkervil Tributary or something like that tonight. I hear they're good. I forgot to mention that I finally caught Caribou (pronounced by Gruff as "Kerryboo") in Carrboro and they were so much awesome. Like a Canadian Mogwai. So good. I'm going to try and peep them in Chi-town this weekend. The band are all nice blokes as well.
Just about to head out on round one my Super Furry Road Trip but I wanted to tell you what happened last night. About a week or so ago, a friend at the White House offered to give me and a few friends a tour of the West Wing in all it's glory. Of course I jumped at the chance and got a small group together. Last night was the actual tour and it was one of the highlights of my time here in DC. We got to see the Oval Office, the Rose Garden, the Press Room and everything in between. We also got a quick tour of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is next door to the West Wing, and sat in the conference room where the Watergate Tapes were made. It was just an incredible experience. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the inside(for obvious reasons) but let me tell you, the West Wing is much smaller than you think it is. It has very low ceilings and smallish rooms. The tour was a real eye opener. Our friend, who also acted as out tour guide, is a real history buff and had a wealth of knowledge about the building and the history that's happened there and it added something special to the experience. Quite frankly my mouth was agape the entire time. Here's a shot of me behind the podium in the Press Room:
Could I seriously be less photogenic? More pictures of my White House tour over at Flickr. Only in DC bitches!
That's all I got today. Time to hit the road.
Hello Sunshine.
You'll just have to take my word for it that this picture looked MUCH better at home on my Mac. Busybusybusy day today. Fellow Virginians, don't forget to vote!
SFA is on at 10 p.m. tonight, so we're all meeting up at DC9 around 8:30. Come say "Hi"!
Soundbites has a review of the Super Furry show in NYC (pretty much cementing the fact I made the right call in skipping Webster Hall) as well as the Elbow gig from earlier in the week.
And in the longtimenohearfrom category, unofficial information leafblower correspondent Emily D. checks in from last night's SFA gig in Beantown:"...they kicked so much ass. of course. they were quite a spectacle and had some hilarious banter going. Gruff went on about how Cian & Bunf ran the marathon while they were in NYC over the weekend, but that he couldn't run due to a "calf injury" so he 'passed out oranges and wrapped my friend in blankets - to do my part.' awesome." Thanks for the report Em! Always nice to hear from you. Hope Boston is treating you well.
Here's a Super Furry article from the Providence Phoenix.
How to make a blog header graphic.
Yesterday I forgot to mention the crappy weekend the Celtics had. Friday restored my complete and utter hatred of that effing motherfucker Richard Hamilton and Saturday we lost to the effing Bobcats. I'm just trying to put it all out of my mind at this point. But it was nice of Grambo and Peabs to call up and offer their condolences.
I'm sure most of you had a wild and crazy weekend, but not me. I took it easy. I stayed in on Friday, cooked some food and did some writing. Saturday I went out to dinner with L Boogie, Johnny English and some other friends in Crystal City. JE was running the marathon on Sunday, so we went out to cheer him on. We missed him (somehow) at the 12 mile mark but caught up with him around the corner at mile 14. JE actually bested his time from last year by like 20 minutes. Nice one sir. I had a great time at the race, so I wil refrain from commenting on Metro's inability to run trains at sensible intervals to ferry race watchers around the course. Jeezy Creezy. I took lots of pictures and they're up on Flickr.
My new camera is out for delivery today!
The setlist from Depeche Mode's Bowery Ballroom show.
Peep this, you can buy live Mylo DJ sets from the UK company Live Here Now. So much awesome.
I might have to pick this up.
Jarvis cockers adds "poet" to his impressive resume.
Franz Fedinand to cover Air's "Sexy Boy" on their next single.
Football legend George Best is seriously ill and fighting for his life.
Also, I am FINALLY getting around to uploading all of the old archive photos from my typepad site to my current site, so I can delete my old site and save $8 a month. It's a bit repetitive, but it's something I've been putting off for over a year. Unfortunately each time I republish an entry, it resends out all the original trackback pings again, which is seriously annoying. So if you got some weird trackbacks on old posts on your blog, that's why. I'm sorry, but I have no idea why it's doing that or how to fix it. If you know how to turn this off (or fix it entirely), drop me a line or leave a comment and my seriously underpaid IT staff will get on it. Thx.
Finally, this morning someone from the fine town of Montreal logged on to the leafblower searching for pictures of Melania Knauss and became my 300,000th visitor. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Thanks to everyone that comes by and reads on a regualr basis (you know who you are). Not being one to rest on my laurels, I have some really fun and interesting things planned for November, starting with my annual NBA preview tomorrow. So stay tuned!
Ummmmmmmmbest? How did this happen and me not know about it? OK, who can get me one of these posters ASAP? [via goldenfiddle]
How a Web site helped the Bucks acquire an All-Star.
Police force Brendan Benson to play the last half of his Berlin gig acoustically after saying his gig was "too loud".
The Artic Monkeys do something to merit those Oasis comparisons.
Speaking of, Noel must be promoting a new single or something.
Guero remix album tracklisting.
Thank you for setting the record straight. I have problems with that too. Great post.
From today's "Make 'Em Say 'Duh'" newsfile; iPod nano lawsuit will only benefit attorneys.
Hey, I almost forgot! I have a contest for you all. Supergrass just released their latest record, Road to Rouen, and I'm really digging it. To celebrate, I'm giving away the following:
GRAND PRIZE: Limited edition tinymeat ipod case, a copy of Road to Rouen, magnets, pins and a "Kiss of Life" CD single.
Runner Up Prize: a copy of Road to Rouen, magnets, pins and a "Kiss of Life" CD single.
All you have to do is drop me a line and tell me what Supergrass video saw the group imagined as giant muppets. Winner will be announced in two weeks.
To tide you over here are some Supergrass links and videos:
Road to Rouen album website
"St. Petersburg" video Windoze / Real / glorious Quicktime
Finally, here is video of the band performing on Leno.
I also remembered my Forgotten Fovorite today.
Lush: Sweetness and Light (MP3)
I heart Lush and this is one of my favorite songs of theirs. Quoth the bar manager at Saint Ex when I played this last week. "Wait, is this Lush? Fucking Sweet." Indeed. And while we all know Miki was the really, really hot one (I totally have a thing for pink hair), any Lush fan worth their salt knows that Emma wrote the best songs, like "Sweetness and Light" (lyrics). Remember when VW used this in a Jetta ad? This is from the album Gala, which was the band's first three EP's all packaged together. I think Spooky is still my favorite album of theirs. Buy some Lush at Amazon.
My camera shipped last night and travelled from Maspeth, NY to Saddlebrook, NJ to Harrisburg, PA to Laurel, MD in the span of about 15 hours. Unfortunately, it's not scheduled to be delivered until Monday. Oh well.
The Red Sox are officially former World Champs. *sniff* Oh well. At least we can be 100% sure that the baseball gods hate the Cubbies. Ever wonder why it's the Red/White Sox and not Socks?
The C's ended their preseason on a high note last night. Gerald Green, take a bow. Here's to many more.
That is exactly what I wanted to hear. Thank you.
The good folk over at ProductShop NYC give us a much needed update on Jarvis Cocker, including the haps on the music from the next Harry Potter film and a download to boot. In case you forgot, I'm a big Jarvis fan.
Ooh ooh ooh, is this coming out over here too? Pretty please? I have fallen off the Rufus wagon of late but I will hop back on on Halloween night when he plays the 930 Club.
Best Idea EVER. Coolfer, what say you? [via my camera recommender]
Big ups to my homey The DCeiver, who is guest editing over at Wonkette for the next 48 hours. Nice one.
If your 5G iPod is fucking up, turn it in now and reap the benefits.
If I knew anything about la Traviata, I would make one helacious joke out of this.
How to fight splogs. Splogs, worst term ever.
I got a new cell phone today! Now all I have to do is figure out how to get these Henry Rollins ringtones on my new toy! [via Largehearted Best]
I just ordered my Canon Powershot G6! Hopefully it will be here in time for the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday.
Here is my interview with We Are Scientists. More of it will be available soon on the next DCist podcast.
I'm STILL pissed at Spoon for completely passing over DC/Baltimore on their upcoming tour. Fuckers!
Maximo Park to soon begin combing over their new record. Even though they have yet to play DC behind their first record.
Goldie Lookin' Chain, not totally a joke. Only kinda.
Liz Phair hearts podcasts.
OK, fess up. Anyone bought one of these for their iPod Shuffle?
Latest Sports Guy mailbag.
I don't have much other content today, so I'll do what I usually do when I don't know what to talk about. Talk about sports! I caught the Celtics/Nets game last night, and while the C's lost in OT, overall we looked very good. The Nets started strong but their starters faded in the third, especially after JKidd went down with a boo boo. If you were wondering, yes, Vince Carter is still a punk.
The C's looked very good at times, building up a 20 point lead with the starters in the third quarter before the bench gave it away in the 4th and OT. Rookie PG Orien Greene is going to earn some heavy PT if he keeps up his heady play (making Marcus Banks or Dan Dickau expendable). Considering he's just a rookie, he's doing really well at running the offense. Former Net (and current blogger) Brian Scalabreezy finally showed he had a pulse last night, and actually hit a few jumpers. Al Jefferson looked good in limited minutes before fouling out.
In case you can't tell, I'm looking forward to the start of the season next week.
One final note, the Milwaukee Bucks might have cemented a playoff spot by trading Desmond Mason to New Orleans for Jamaal Magloire. Great deal for the Bucks, although is this a vote of no confidence for #1 pick Andrew Bogut?
I'm sorry for neglecting you all. It's been a busy day and my head is going to explode if I read one more digital camera review. They all contradict each other and it drives me crazy. "Doesn't focus well in low light", "Takes amazing low light pictures!", "Screen broke after two weeks", "Sturdy construction", etc. Argh. The more I read, the more confused I get and I feel my desire for a new camera slipping away. The further I go, the less I know.
Best free fonts. I am such a font dork.
I present to you (dramatic pause) the ubertap! Unfortunately, it's about 10 years too late for me to do anything with this.
My cell phone plan runs out at the end of the month, so you know what that means...new phone! If I was in the UK, maybe I would get the Oasis mobile phone to go along with my Mylo iPod.
Reissue, repackage, repackage!
Peep the Quicktime video for the Magic Numbers track "Forever Lost".
Oscar Wilde action figure. Straight gully.
Marcus Banks is out three months! Luckily we have 247 other point guards on the Celtics roster.
Arkansas St. player refuses to wear adidas.
Coolfer took great pleasure in informing me this happened right by my old crib in the 718.
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