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« Page 25 of 30 »I know I say this over and over and over again, but the interweb is a weird place. Earlier today I read about a recent comeback show in the UK by The Lemonheads and started drooling over the setlist, which was comprised of mostly songs from their It's a Shame About Ray era work. That record incidentally was the soundtrack to my freshman year at college and I heart it the mostest.
Then I read about how Oasis are suddenly VERY big Kasabian fans (the feeling is mutual), going as far to switch set times at two recent festivals so Noel can watch them play. Strange. Anyways, I start thinking too bad I won't be seeing Kasabian in September when they open for Oasis because there is no way in hell I'm sitting through Jet, who are the middle band.
Then a little bit later, via Coolfer, I read that the Across The Pond Festival in NYC has been renamed the Across the Narrows and the line up has been announced.
Saturday, Oct 1
Brooklyn: The Pixies, Gang Of Four, Built To Spill, Rilo Kiley, Death From Above 1979, Mando Diao and Nine Black Alps
Staten Island: Killers, Interpol, The New York Dolls, British Sea Power, Lake Trout, Tegan & Sara and the Ordinary Boys
Sunday, Oct 2
Brooklyn: Beck, Belle & Sebastian, The Polyphonic Spree, The Raveonettes, Gang Gang Dance, and Whirlwind Heat
Staten Island: Oasis, Jet, Doves, The Lemonheads, Kasabian, Jesse Malin, and The Redwalls
Lookee there. Kasabian, Oasis and The Lemonheads on one bill! Plus Doves. Overall not too shabby, but not enough to make me go buy a ticket immediately (presale Thursday, on sale Friday BTW). I'm kinda torn. I'll be seeing Oasis the Thursday prior here in DC (Maryland actually) and it's basically the same bill in NYC plus Lemonheads and Doves for $15 extra. Also worth noting is that there is a band to be named for each gig on Sunday. They need to quit fucking around and book Mylo or Elbow but I doubt that would happen. Or the Super Furries. Obvs.
So I don't know. Should I go? Anyone else up for a roadtrip? Can I scam free tix and passes? Is my Oasis buddy considering going? Will there be gin and tonics on sale at the gig? Will the Oasis ice cream truck be there? What are the odds Noel and Evan Dando would sing Purple Parallelogram together? There's nothing I'm dying to see on Saturday so I might just skip that and go Sunday.
Goldie Lookin' Chain's new record, titled Safe As Fuck, will be out in the UK on Sept 19th.
The Secret Machines / Kings of Leon show on Thursday will be webcast on NPR. I was thinking of going to that gig, anyone wanna come with?
Annie on tour with Royskopp, and skipping DC. Fuckers.
Jen has a DCFC MP3 for your listening and or downloading pleasure.
One Louder has the haps on the On The Road movie.
iTunes prices to go up in 2006? Only if the music industry is as stupid as we think they are.
Also worth mentioning today is the passing of Ibriham Ferrer who I know mostly because he played on the first Gorillaz record, as well as anchorman Peter Jennings. Not to sound like a complete dork, but when September 11th was going down, I was sitting at home, four blocks from the WTC, and watching Jennings on ESPN since all of the local NYC channels were running local anchors. Jennings composed on air manner really helped me stay calm while buildings with their own zip codes were collpasing right outside, enough so that it's something I distinctly remember from that day. Sitting in front of my old computer, emailing everyone while I was watching him on the TV. I kept on watching him later that night after I decamped uptown to Molly's cousin's place. I was shocked to hear he passed this morning. He was only 67. One thing about him I never knew, he was married four times.
In case you haven't seen them, here are my pictures from September 11th.
Who else is with me?
I'll be on hand with some of the DCist crew selling DCist merch and generally wandering about. Come up and say "Hi"!
You knew it was inevitable. Mr. Pink has his own Catster page. Holler at him if you want to be his friend. I created the page yesterday and I already have close to 10 people wanting to be his "friend". *sigh* What's a parent to do? This is why I never joined Friendster. I'm no good with peer pressure. I think I will continue down the long road to becoming "creepy cat guy" and make a page for Jarvis too.
The O's, from first to fourth. Lee Mazilli got the short stick here. Did they even have one decent pitcher the two years he was manager?
This is old news to their loyal readers (of which you should be one) but the fine folk at 1115.org are taking Dubya to task again over his vacation time. He's taking a five week break this year, the longest by a President in 36 years. Read that last sentence again. When he's done, he will have taken more holiday time in five years than Reagan did in eight.
Speaking of Ronnie, it looks like DCist broke the news about Ronnie Reagan Avenue, even if the WaPo would only attribute it to "neighborhood Web logs".
Liam to Pete Doherty, You're dead to me. That makes two of us!
Kings of Leon have seven or eight songs ready for their next album.
Graham Coxon has finished his new record. Let's all collectively hope that Damon apologizes to him and reunites Blur. I know, I don't see him doing that either, but we can hope.
Windows Vista (Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans and Adware) is enjoying it's first virus and it's not even out yet.
Lastly, let's ad Rae to the list of "leaving or have already left" friends fleeing from DC this month. She's taking her stuff and her blog to NYC, which is too bad because I just got to know her and she's good company if you go to a baseball game and it has a three hour rain delay. Best wishes in NYC!
Okay, okay....the trade. I'm sure Celtic haters will accuse me of drinking more of Danny Ainge's Kool Aid, and I know it looks like we got hosed in this deal but let's get a few things straight. Antoine was not coming back to Boston. No way Danny signs him for 6 years, $52 million. That's insane. He could have just signed with Miami for the Mid Level Exception and we would have gotten zilch in return. Instead we got 3 prospects, two 2nd round draft picks and a huge trade exception. This gives the C's flexibility in deals down the road, so that's a good thing. Also, this increases Danny's rep around the league as being player friendly. He helped 'Toine get as much money as he could. Remember when 'Toine called Danny "a snake" when he traded him the first time. You didn't hear any of that crap this time around, did you? It never hurts to be thought of as player friendly when you're an NBA GM.
And let's be clear, Ainge did not just hand the Heat the NBA title next year. If anyone did, it's Jerry West and Memphis. James Posey and Jason Williams for Eddie Jones? That's just robbery. If Posey returns to his 2004 form, he's better than Jones straight up.
I think Danny has another deal lined up, hopefully for Mark Blount. We'll see. Overall this offseason has been unspectacular and the C's will be relying heavily on their young players next year but I think some of them (Tony Allen and Ryan Gomes to name two) are headed for a breakout year. Al Jefferson will start at PF in 'Toine's absence.
I would love to hear what Paul Pierce thought of this deal. He can't be happy. Stay tuned...
Dude, you are so busted.
Watch the video for the new Elbow track I'm slobbering all over, Forget Myself.
The other side of the Green Day v. Lookout! argument.
Anyone have any info on this?
Last night we went out to celebrate Johnny English's last day at work. He and L Boogie are moving to Raleigh at the end of the month. I'm sad for me but happy for them. At least we got nice and crunked last night. Between them and Catherine leaving, that's three of the first six people I met in DC leaving town all at once! I know DCeiver always says "Drink whenever someone calls DC a 'transient city'" but this is a little ridiculous. Oh well, I guess it's time to go make some new friends.
:)
I was all set to write about how awesome my new commute is (I can sleep in until 7:50 in the AM!), especially my new bus route, but then I got to the Pentagon and waited 25 minutes for a subway Metro train (DC'ers get all ornery if you refer to the train as a SUBWAY, because it's like, so NOT a subway, it's "THE METRO") and was forced to travel to work packt like a sardine in a crushd tin box.
People on crowded trains absolutely kill me. They usually break down into one of these groups
1) People that push their way on a train when there obviously isn't any room, saying "sorry, sorry, sorry" the whole time, crushing the people unfortunate enough to be in front of the door.
2) People that still insist on leaning on one of the poles and claiming it as their own as opposed to, you know, using one hand to give them a point to steady themselves and letting everyone else use it too.
3) People that INSIST on reading the newspaper even though everyone is standing shoulder to shoulder. People that do this while reading the Express are twice as bad.
4) People with huge backpacks that won't take them off and place them between their feet like sensible human beings. Instead, they batter the people around them everytime they turn around.
5) The tourists that complain how effing crowded the train is when they have Mom, Dad, little Suzy, young Bobby, Gramma and Grampa and a baby in an oversized stroller taking up approximately nine seats in the car.
Umm...what are you doing on Friday? *coughcough*
Is Green Day killing Lookout Records?
I hate The Real Janelle. That's not true, I'm just jealous. I heard Ted ripped shit up at CBGB's last night.
Leave it to 1115.org to REALLY break down the whole Raffi/steroids brouhaha. To me, the big issue here is how this actually gives Jose Canseco's book a whole new whiff of credibility. What does this mean for Jason Giambi and Mark McGwire? Nothing good I'm sure.
Whatever you do, DO NOT tell a cute girl, walking along minding her own business, to "smile" if she looks unhappy. That is if you don't want to get punched in the face.
I owe you people some downloads! I haven't posted any in quite a while. I'm blaming it (like everything else) on the move. I had originally planned to work on the August playlist last night but I got sidetracked by...unpacking (are you tired of me talking about the move yet?). So I'll try and get it up on Thursday.
Funny, I thought this was just common knowledge.
Peep the Hill Hotties for oh-five. How you doin' Miss Nagatani?
Pitchfork proves, without a doubt, they are more fucking indie than you'll ever be. Grow up kids, seriously. God forbid you like something because it's a bit mindless and kinda fun. Maybe their jeans are on too tight or something. Coolfer takes umbrage and I agree whole heartedly.
Celtics great Reggie Lewis died 12 years ago today. A career snapshot. RIP Reggie. Truth be told, the C's have never recovered from losing him.
Matt Clement got hit in the head with a line drive last night but is thankfully OK. Whew. Here's the latest Sox trade buzz. For me, the baseball season doesn't officially begin until after the trade deadline.
Moving time tomorrow and Friday. Looks like the weather will actually cooperate temprature wise. Moving is never fun (I did it three times last year) but I'm really looking forward to my new place (full story on that next week). I'm going to have my own seperate DJ room!
Man it's hot in DC. Yesterday was bad but supposedly today has been worse. But guess what? My new apartment has a community pool right outside our back door! I'm moving Thursday and Friday so tomorrow is likely my last post for the week. I'm not sure when we're getting access to the internets at my new place.
Is anyone else as shocked as I am that Andre Agassi is defecting to Adidas or am I just showing my true nature as a certified tennis dork? Agassi was easily one of Nike's most identifiable faces for the last seventeen(!!) years. Although I do want to go on record and state I NEVER had a pair of those hideous hot pink/denim combo shorts he used to wear. Even I draw the line somewhere. But I used to rock the latest Agassi model Nike's in high school, especially after Tennis Jesus retired. I used to rock those Bo Jackson's too (but mostly because Johnny Mac was in those "Bo Knows" commercials). They were tight in the late 80's/early 90's. But the undisputed best shoe ever has to be the Air Trainer One. I will not argue this.
Speaking of unthinkable. Is Darko on the block? For Al Harrington? Al...Harrington?
Jack Nicholson bans all Celtic gear from the new movie he is shooting(see sidebar). In Boston.
Lo and behold, it has come to pass. New iBooks and new Mac Mini's.
Forbes says 'Holla at ya Gothamist' in their Best of the Web picks. Yet no mention of the second most trafficked site in the -ist family. Hmmmmm. I am kinda perplexed by their picks in the music category (Hello? Chromewaves and LHB to name two) as well as their sports blogs picks.
This isn't my podcast wishlist but it's pretty damn close. I have yet to listen to a podcast, but the KCRW ones sound promising.
Full Oasis North America tour dates for September. Maybe I'll be a poseur and wear my "North America '96" tour shirt to the Baltimore date. Then again...
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new contender for Album of the Year.
Last week, via cyberspace and the internerd, I was handed a copy of the new Elbow album, Leaders of the Free World and it has totally fucking blown me away. Just so good. I know lots of people that dug on Asleep in the Back but were rather unimpressed with Cast of Thousands, and if that was you, you'll LOVE this new one. Leaders... is like a melange of the first album with all the good bits of the second album added for seasoning. It's a total jam/prog tour de force, with heavy grooves and soaring vocals. There are two monster singles on here, Lose Myself and the title track. The percussion parts on this record sound like the Orcs marching on Helm's Deep, but there is still alot of tender, down tempo moments as well. This band has been slept on in a big way, both here and abroad, but this should be the record that gets people to sit up and take notice. You heard (about) it here first.
The Futureheads are ready to hit the studio. Sweet.
Henry Rollins spoken word tour dates.
MIA tour dates. [via Brooklyn Vegan]
Brett Easton Ellis tour dates! But no DC? Boo!
New iBook's and Mac Mini's on the way? All signs point to yes.
US edges Panama in the Gold Cup final. That's soccer people.
The Pacers signed Sarunas Jasikevicius. They are scary good now. Depending on what Miami does this off-season, the Pacers might be the favorite in the East. Their big weakness last year was their point guard situation and now that's sorted. Plus madman Artest is back. Wow.
I'm glad someone is pointing out the ridiculous amount of money Larry Brown will be making next year if he signs a big contract with the Knicks. If they do sign LB, they'll be paying four head coaches next year, two of whom aren't even with the team anymore.
The internet is a funny place. I found this image (and started drooling) sometime early in the week, but haven't had a chance to post it until now. And then this morning, I found this link which leads to a guy lamenting that I got the ilb url before he did. Bro, the interweb moves fast these days, you gots to step up your game. Gracias for the props though.
The internets; it's a small cyberspace afterall.
Anyways, as his entry explains jPod is the "sort of sequal" to my third favorite book of all time, Microserfs, and is the inspiration for this site. One of the characters in Microserfs lists his job title as information leafblower. When I read that two word phrase, I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever heard. So when it came time to name my blog, I chose that since my first choice had already been taken. But I think it worked out for the best in the end. Although if the other url hadn't been taken, I might not have such a ridiculous DJ name. :)
My trusty iPod just cued up "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve, a song I told myself I was over long ago because it had reached the point of oversaturation and I was sick of it. But then I saw Richard Ashcroft perform it during Live 8 with that band of fookin' stoodents and it really blew me away. I got goosebumps bigtime. And not because the piano player writes shit on his hands. It was just so, so good to see Captain Rock back onstage, working the crowd, fronting a band and rocking out. Man, I miss The Verve. In the last year or so, I've actually come to really dig Ashcroft's first solo record (sure it has it's weaknesses, but there's alot to like), but I think his follow up was fairly subpar. But I digress...
Tom explains how the ear works and how it relates to sound at concerts. Good stuff.
Jay Williams plans to make an NBA roster this year. Holla at those Twolves Jay. I think I can beat out Sam Cassell at this point.
The writing's on the wall for Mark Bellhorn. At least, let's hope it is.
Stream the new Stellastarrrr**** single Sweet Troubled Soul. Anyone remember the great Grambo/Kegzies Stellastarrrr**** debate of '03? Didn't think so.
Stream the Jagz Kooner mix of Kasabian's new single L.S.F. in Quicktime or Windoze Media.
Don't forget to enter my M.I.A. and Gorillaz contests.
My plans for the weekend? Drinking and packing. Good times.
Tonight at 9 PM, it's on at Saint Ex. Come down, have a beer and help me convice everyone that The Smiths kick the shit out of Abba and Q And Not U. You knows it!
Ack! Super Furries turn their back on pop. Well, not quite. Apparently Gruff said they left three "pop" songs off of the record (hello b-sides!), leaving their new album Love Kraft full of mellow, chilled out tunes. While all this makes good press, any Super Furry fan worth their salt will tell you the Furries always leave some choice tunes off the record. Anyone that has the two disc version of Rings Around The World will tell you the included EP of b-sides might literally be the best thing the band has ever put out. Edam Anchorman is my fucking jam!
Pitchfork is back and they review the Super Furry track Zoom, which I wrote about a while back.
Ooh, ooh, ooh! New Underworld track over at Onelouder.
Mercury Music Prize nomiations have been announced.
Nick Hornby interviews Bruce Springsteen and The Boss reveals his love of Oasis, Pulp and...Four Tet?
Is this Mr. Pink's long lost brother?
Tien Mao, cheesecake eating champion. I have to agree with the commenter that said I have never, ever, ever been more proud of you. :)
How about this for a new tagline:
Information Leafblower, as seen in the Washington Post.
They called me "hip" and "cool"!
Hey, if it's in the Post, it must be true, right?
Here's what Siren looked like this year. Coolfer was there too.
The Sun Times reviews Pitchfork's Intonation Music Fest.
The Big Ticket has some Feist goodies for your downloading pleasure.
Here's a video for Bloc Party's Pioneers.
Bluestate is back at Saint Ex tomorrow. We're changing it up a bit this time around. Everyone is picking a musical theme and we're duking it out for supremacy in rotating 20 minute sets. Seeking Irony is doing her Nordic thing, DCSOB is going for a NYC v. DC theme, and I'll be representing Manchester UK. And it won't be all Smiths and Oasis, so come on down and help us determine the winner. Oh, did I mention we have a ton of free swag from v2 records?
And as always, don't forget the weekly bluestate giveaway contest.
Not wanting to be left out, I have two giveaway contests of my own to announce:
M.I.A. - To win a copy of the M.I.A. CD, an autographed poster, and "Galang" on 12" vinyl, send an email to leafblowergives at gmail dot com with the name of M.I.A.'s touring DJ.
Gorillaz - To win a prize pack containing "Feel Good Inc." vinyl, 7" picture vinyl, a DVD, stickers, poster, and copy of the comic book, all you have to do is email me at leafblowergives at gmail dot com and tell what baggy has been sings on the new Gorillaz single DARE.
Feel free to enter both contests, but you can only win one.
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