NYC-area shows of interest - December '09

DECEMBER:
*Rob Zombie @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 12/1
*Jimmy Gnecco @ Knitting Factory - 12/1
Over the Rhine @ Highline Ballroom - 12/1
Imogen Heap @ Webster Hall - 12/2; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/3
*Vienna Teng / Alex Wong @ Joe's Pub - 12/3
Lady Gaga @ Susquehanna Bank Ctr, nj - 12/3
Lady Gaga @ Radio City Music Hall - 12/3, 12/4
Noe Venable @ Postcrypt Coffeehouse - 12/4
Brendan Benson @ Le Poisson Rouge - 12/4
Mew @ Webster Hall - 12/4
the Script @ Terminal 5 -12/6
Jimmy Gnecco @ Maxwell's, nj - 12/6
Tori Amos (eTown Live Radio Show Taping) @ Grand Ballroom - 12/7
Arctic Monkeys / Screaming Females @ Terminal 5 - 12/10, 12/11
the Gaslight Anthem @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 12/11
the Fiery Furnaces @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/11; @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/12
Martha Wainwright @ Royal Albert Hall - 12/12
Holly Brook / Jihae @ Harlem Holiday Benefit 2009 - 12/12
**A John Waters Christmas @ State Theatre, nj - 12/18
*Dar Williams @ Southpaw - 12/27
Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall - 12/27-29
Alice Smith @ Joe's Pub - 12/31

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
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the Pixies - 'Gigantic' live @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 11.23.09

i la la love this song, but not when it's stuck in my head with only a few hours left to sleep. i know it sucks to have anything stuck in your head at that time, but this song is particularly detrimental to slumber. you know the part i'm talkin' about - aah AAAAHHH aaaaaahhhh!




pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622747249007

The Cranberries live @ Nokia Theatre - 11.18.09

so i finally got to see The Cranberries live this week and, boy, did they deliver like Domino's!! the only thing missing was a certain friend of mine who was busy livin'-in-california. way to be, jew.

the band was soooo good and i had such a great time. they played so many songs that i WANTED ( :D ) to hear that it's hard to pick a favorite; but i went in hoping they'd play Daffodil Lament. So, here it is:

9 full videos here: www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

concert pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622845472818/

keep your eye out for shirtless Fergal. ;)

NYC area shows of interest - November '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)


NOVEMBER:
the Get Up Kids @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/1
Powerman 5000 @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 11/1; @ Blender Theatre - 11/3
the Diggs @ Glasslands - 11/3
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/4
the Fiery Furnaces @ Maxwell's, nj - 11/4
Amy Millan @ Mercury Lounge - 11/5; @ the Bell House - 11/6
*Jenny Owen Youngs @ the Fillmore Irving Plaza - 11/6
Basement Jaxx @ Santo's Party House - 11/7
El Perro Del Mar @ Joe's Pub - 11/9
Peter Bjorn and John / El Perro Del Mar @ Terminal 5 - 11/10
Sean Hayes @ Union Pool - 11/12
Nicole Atkins and the Sea @ 92YTribeca - 11/13
Marissa Nadler @ Le Poisson Rouge - 11/13; @ Union Hall - 11/14
Art Brut @ Brooklyn Bowl - 11/13; @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/15
*Lacuna Coil (opener) @ Starland Ballroom - 11/13
AFI @ Roseland Ballroom - 11/13
*Metallica @ MSG - 11/14-15
Neko Case @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 11/15; @ Beacon Theatre - 11/16
Shonen Knife @ Maxwell's, nj - 11/14; @ Brooklyn Bowl - 11/17
*A Camp @ Le Poisson Rouge - 11/17
Skinny Puppy @ Nokia Theatre - 11/17
Brookville / Tahiti 80 / the Postmarks @ Mercury Lounge - 11/17
**the Cranberries @ Nokia Theatre - 11/18
Laura Veirs (opener) @ Maxwell's, nj - 11/17; @ the Bell House - 11/19
*Kate Havnevik @ the Living Room - 11/20
Devo @ the Fillmore Irving Plaza - 11/20-21
*Jim Gaffigan @ State Theatre, nj - 11/21
Land of Talk @ Mercury Lounge - 11/21
Sonic Youth @ Terminal 5 - 11/21
Camera Obscura @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/22
*Royksopp @ Webster Hall - 11/23-24
**the Pixies @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 11/23 - 11/25
Freestyle Ferver 2009 @ Webster Hall - 11/25
Elysian Fields @ Joe's Pub - 11/27
Dave Brubeck @ the Blue Note - 11/27-29
*Jaymay @ City Winery - 11/30

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http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
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Halloween 2009

for the past few years, i've taken my niece Bria (7) and nephew Dante (4) trick-or-treating for Halloween. i usually don't wear a costume or just wear my scrubs, but this year i was 'forced' to play dress up. since Dante went as Mario and Bria as Wonder Woman, i had to choose between another Justice League member or Luigi. well, i suppose King Koopa was an option... anyway, i obviously tried for Luigi; and i couldn't wait to get that damn moustache off. especially after my mother said it made me look more like my father. yikes.

ETA 11/8/09: i found a pic of Milo as Superman (he refused to wear the cape for this one) thus completing the Justice League pair with Bria! also, here's one of my niece Mina wearing Dante's mario cap. let's pretend she dressed for Halloween as a rehabilitated K-fed.

School of Seven Bells - 10.23.09

i sadly had to leave the show before their set was over, but am glad to have caught my favorite song before that. please enjoy the video of it below.

'iamundernodisguise' live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622654579814

NYC area shows of interest - October '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

SEPTEMBER:
Charlotte Martin @ Highline Ballroom - 10/3
Everclear @ Highline Ballroom - 10/5
Mindy Smith @ City Winery - 10/6
Sarah Vowell @ Barnes & Noble, Union Square - 10/6
*the Paper Raincoat / Elizabeth & the Catapult @ Joe's Pub - 10/6
Kelly Clarkson @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/6
Social Distortion @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 10/7
the Bravery @ Terminal 5 - 10/8
**AFI @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 10/10
Mirah @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/10
Kylie Minogue @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/11-10/13
Ladybug Transistor @ Union Hall - 10/13
the Dodos @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 10/13
Jennifer O'Connor (opener) @ 92Y Tribeca - 10/14
Haale @ Southpaw - 10/14
*Dar Williams @ City Winery - 10/15
the Airbourne Toxic Event @ Webster Hall - 10/15
Paramore @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 10/16
*Shonen Knife @ Santo's Party House - 10/16
Electric Six @ Hiro Ballroom - 10/16; @ Southpaw - 10/18
*Melissa Auf Der Maur @ Knitting Factory - 10/17
*Paramore @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/21
the Used @ Roseland Ballroom - 10/21
the Postmarks / Brookville @ Canal Room - 10/22
Lenny Kravitz @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 10/23
**School of Seven Bells @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 10/23
*Jaymay / Au Revoir Simone @ Rockwood Music Hall - 10/23
Laura Marling @ Joe's Pub - 10/23
Au Revoir Simone @ the Bell House - 10/24
Joan As Police Woman @ Knitting Factory - 10/24
Thursday @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/25
Finch @ Highline Ballroom - 10/27
Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar / John Roderick @ Webster Hall - 10/28
Justice @ Webster Hall - 10/29
A Place to Bury Strangers @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/29
John Roderick @ Union Hall - 10/29
Goes Cube @ Southpaw - 10/29
the Get Up Kids @ Blender Theater - 10/30
Tegan and Sara @ Town Hall - 10/30, 10/31
*Weezer / Matt & Kim @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/31
Senses Fail @ Starland Ballroom - 10/31
World Inferno Friendship Society @ Grand Ballroom - 10/31
the Get Up Kids @ Irving Plaza - 10/31; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/1

AFI 10.10.09 pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622480596907/

SVIIB 10.23.09 pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622654579814

AFI, Seven Bells, and other concert videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
concert pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

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AFI live @ Starland Ballroom - 10/10/09

"Love Like Winter"

really great show, just wish it had been longer than 70 damn mins. they flew by.

pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622480596907/

more vids from the show here: www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

Yeah Yeah Yeahs live video - Maps, acoustic w/ strings

Maps (acoustic w/ strings) @ Radio City Music Hall - 9.23.09



the band dedicated this song to their parents the first time i saw them live too. so sweet.

aww, and karen got a little choked up while singing. :) they just keep getting better. i can't wait til next time. enjoy.

NYC area shows of interest - September '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

SEPTEMBER:
Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 9/1, 9/2; @ AC House of Blues - 9/6
Elvis Perkins / Ra Ra Riot @ Housing Works Café - 9/2
Cocorosie @ Highline Ballroom - 9/2
**the Used instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 9/3
Kathy Griffin book signing @ Barnes & Noble - 9/8
the Ropes @ Club Europa - 9/10
**Boys Like Girls instore @ Best Buy, Fairless Hills, PA - 9/10
Sarah Bettens @ Joe's Pub - 9/10; @ Town Center - 9/11
Ghostland Observatory @ Terminal 5 - 9/12
Kings of Leon @ Izod Center, nj - 9/12; @ Nassau Coliseum - 9/14
Haale @ Zebulon - 9/13
the Swell Season @ 92YTribeca - 9/14
*Owl City / Kate Havnevik @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/15
Deerhoof @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/15
*Fountains of Wayne (acoustic) @ the Bell House - 9/15
Ingrid Michaelson @ Webster Hall - 9/16
the Weakerthans / Rock Plaza Central @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/17
*Our Lady Peace @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/17
*the Sounds @ Roseland Ballroom - 9/17
Of Montreal @ Terminal 5 - 9/18
**Chevelle / Halestorm @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/18
Miho Hatori @ Market Hotel - 9/18
*the Decemberists / Laura Veirs @ Terminal 5 - 9/19; @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 9/21
*Face to Face @ the Fillmore NY - 9/22
Snow Patrol @ Beacon Theatre - 9/22, 9/23
*Brand New instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 9/23
She Wants Revenge / Kill Hannah @ Webster Hall - 9/23
**Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Radio City Music Hall - 9/23
*Lacuna Coil (opening act) @ Starland Ballroom - 9/23
Porcupine Tree @ Terminal 5 - 9/24
U2 / Muse @ Giants Stadium, nj - 9/24
Marianne Faithfull @ Town Hall - 9/24
Tiesto @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 9/24-9/26
Sinbad @ Nokia Theatre - 9/25
Why? @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/26
Sunny Day Real Estate @ Terminal 5 - 9/27
Mono @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/28; @ the Bell House - 9/29
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/29


*pics and vids for The Used, Chevelle, and YYYs at links below.*

the Used instore pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622111740873/
Chevelle pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622288523983/
Yeah Yeah Yeahs pics : http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622463097300/

concert videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
concert pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

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Wave Goodbye. :(

this.show.was.awesome.

Nine Inch Nails @ Terminal 5, 8.26.09 - SURVIVALISM


more NIN and Mew videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

Depeeeeche!!!

**swoon**

dave's shakin' it a bit less these days, but he's still got it goin' the fuck ON. i wish i hadn't just gotten a cold that day, but i still enjoyed my DM and the company of my friend, Lorant. oh, and a secret congrats to him for 'he knows what.' ;)

Depeche Mode @ Madison Square Garden, 8/3/09 - night 1

relive the magic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157621844071747/

ps - still waiting to here HALO live after missing it by two songs in 2001. (i was waiting in Penn Sta. for someone who never showed up. although i'm a Poe fan, i easily got over missing her as their opening act; but i will NEVER get over missing Halo. seriously. i'm never missing their shit for anything again. my own funeral included).

NYC area shows of interest - August '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend. l
emme know if you want in. :)

AUGUST:
the Noisettes @ the Bell House - 8/1
*Jesca Hoop @ Joe's Pub - 8/2
the Start @ Mercury Lounge - 8/3
Arctic Monkeys @ Highline Ballroom - 8/3
**Depeche Mode !!! @ MSG - **8/3, 8/4
Incubus @ Radio City Music Hall - 8/4, 8/5; @ PNC Arts Center - 8/7
*Mark Kozelek @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 8/6
Nicole Atkins @ the Bell House - 8/6
the Pretenders/Cat Power/Juliette Lewis @ Central Park Summerstage - 8/10
*Bat For Lashes @ Webster Hall - 8/12
Tori Amos @ Radio City Music Hall - 8/13
*the Script @ Webster Hall - 8/13
Emiliana Torrini @ Highline Ballroom - 8/14
*Jaymay @ the Sidewalk Café - 8/15
Brendan Benson @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/14
the Breeders @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/18, 8/19
Vienna Teng @ Highline Ballroom - 8/20
*AM @ Canal Room - 8/21
Jennifer O'Connor (opener) @ Union Hall - 8/22
Nine Inch Nails @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/22; @ Webster Hall - 8/23
Mew @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 8/24
Imogen Heap instore @ Barnes and Noble, NY (bdway/66th St) - 8/25
Weezer @ Jones Beach - 8/25; @ PNC Arts Center - 8/26
**Nine Inch Nails / Mew !!! @ Terminal 5 - 8/25, **8/26
Noe Venable @ Rockwood Music Hall - 8/27
Nakatomi Plaza @ the Court Tavern - 8/31


DM pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157621844071747/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

Mew vid and several NIN vids here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

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NYC area shows of interest - July '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)


JULY:
MGMT @ Prospect Park Bandshell - 7/1
Elysian Fields @ City Winery - 7/1
Maria Taylor (acoustic) @ Union Hall - 7/2
Sonic Youth @ United Palace Theatre - 7/3
Nicole Atkins @ the Living Room - 7/3
the Wallflowers @ the Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza - 7/6
Peter Murphy @ Highline Ballroom - 7/6, 7/7
Handsome Furs @ Bowery Ballroom - 7/7
Jet @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy - 7/8
mewithoutyou @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/9
Brand New @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/11
Noe Venable @ the Living Room - 7/13
Aimee Mann @ City Winery - 7/13-15
*the Clientele / the Ladybug Transistor @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/19
Malajube @ Mercury Lounge - 7/21
Our Lady Peace @ the Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza - 7/21
**Pete Yorn instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 7/24
Pete Yorn @ the Wellmont Theatre - 7/24
*the Hold Steady @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 7/24
Static-X @ the Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza - 7/27
Green Day / Kaiser Chiefs @ MSG - 7/27, 7/28
Pete Yorn @ Webster Hall - 7/28, 7/29
*Hotel Lights @ the Bell House - 7/29
*Plushgun @ Mercury Lounge - 7/31

7/24/09 - Pete Yorn instore -
'For Nancy' video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhvpzcVA418
pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157621694352477/




http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
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No Doubt's 'Rock Steady' live @ PNC - 6/26/09

w/ Paramore and Janelle Monae. pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157620516525319/

Metric's 'Stadium Love' live @ Terminal 5 -6/17/09

Great show! sorry for the crappy audio.

Metric pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157619862732055/

Metric live videos for Stadium Love, Twilight Galaxy, and Help I'm Alive here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

NYC area shows of interest - June '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

JUNE:
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge - 6/1-6/5
*Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction @ Susquehanna Bank Ctr, nj - 6/5
Love Is All @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/5
Henry Rollins spoken word @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 6/5
**Freestyle Fury 2009 @ Campbell's Field, nj - 6/6
Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction @ PNC Bank Arts Ctr, nj - 6/6
Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction @ Jones Beach - 6/7
the Hold Steady @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/8
PJ Harvey and John Parish @ Beacon Theatre - 6/9
Jenny Lewis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/9
Santigold @ Terminal 5 - 6/9
Marissa Nadler @ Mercury Lounge - 6/9
Kate Havnevik @ Canal Room - 6/10
the Decemberists @ Radio City Music Hall - 6/10
the Hold Steady @ Bowery Ballroom - 6/10
Elvis Costello @ Beacon Theatre - 6/10
*No Doubt / Paramore @ Susquehanna Bank Ctr - 6/11
*Fleetwood Mac @ MSG - 6/11
School of Seven Bells @ Bowery Ballroom - 6/12
*Jaymay @ Cameo - 6/13
Pete Yorn instore @ Apple Store Soho - 6/16
*Fiery Furnaces @ Le Poisson Rouge - 6/17
**Metric @ Terminal 5 - 6/17
Nouvelle Vague @ the Fillmore - 6/17
Tinted Windows @ Highline Ballroom - 6/17
*Kevin Smith @ Carnegie Hall - 6/17
Madeleine Peyroux @ Town Hall - 6/18
Pete Yorn @ Joe's Pub - 6/18
*Kristin Hersh / Anna Ternheim @ the Bell House - 6/18
Phoenix @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/18; @ Terminal 5 - 6/19
Vienna Teng @ Housing Works Cafe - 6/19
New York Dolls @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 6/20; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/22
Anna Ternheim @ Joe's Pub - 6/22
Patrick Wolf @ Highline Ballroom - 6/23
Carina Round @ the Living Room - 6/24
Elizabeth & the Catapult @ Housing Works Bookstore Café - 6/24
Camera Obscura @ Webster Hall - 6/24
Sponge @ BB King's - 6/25
St. Vincent @ the Bell House - 6/25
**No Doubt / Paramore @ PNC Bank Arts Ctr - 6/26
Fountains of Wayne @ Maxwell's, nj - 6/26 + 6/29
Au Revoir Simone @ Bowery Ballroom - 6/27
*Nico Vega @ Mercury Lounge - 6/28
Marc Maron & Janeane Garofalo @ the Bell House - 6/30
Caithlin de Marrais @ Joe's Pub - 6/30
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

No Doubt pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157620516525319/

Metric pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157619862732055/

No Doubt 'Rock Steady' live and
Metric live videos for Stadium Love, Twilight Galaxy, and Help I'm Alive here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad


Freestyle Fury 2009/Exposé pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157619473750464/

Exposé - Point of No Return live here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1VBRuIDuA

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NYC area shows of interest - May '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend. lemme know if you want in. :)

MAY:
**The Get Up Kids @ Blender Theatre @ Gramercy - 5/1
Nightwish @ Nokia Theatre - 5/2
*Bat For Lashes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/2
Lady Gaga @ Terminal 5 - 5/2
Haale @ 92Y-Tribeca - 5/2
Mirah @ Market Hotel - 5/3
"Dark Was the Night live" @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/3
Patrick Watson @ City Winery - 5/4
Electric Six @ Maxwell's, nj - 5/4; @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/5
Gavin Rossdale @ Blender Theatre @ Gramercy - 5/5
Illinois @ Mercury Lounge - 5/5
**Adele @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/5
St. Vincent instore @ Virgin Megastore Union Square - 5/5
Patrick Wolf @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/6
Vampire Weekend @ Joe's Pub - 5/6
Franz Ferdinand @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/7
Meiko @ Canal Room - 5/7
Vetiver / the Papercuts @ the Bell House - 5/7
Bjork / the Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works - 5/8
the Killers @ Susquehanna Bank Center, nj - 5/8
the Thermals @ Bowery Ballroom 5/8; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/9
Mono (w/ orchestra) @ Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall - 5/8; @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/9
Alice Smith @ Mercury Lounge - 5/11
*Kate Havnevik @ the Living Room - 5/11
Animal Collective @ Terminal 5 -5/13
Goes Cube @ the Studio - 5/14
*Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/14
Von Iva @ Mercury Lounge - 5/15
the Shins @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 5/17; @ Terminal 5 - 5/18
Imani Coppola (acoustic) residency @ the Living Room - 5/17, 5/24, 5/31
Green Day @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/18
*KoRn @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 5/19
St. Vincent @ Webster Hall - 5/20
Her Space Holiday @ the Bell House - 5/21
Ben Lee @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/22
the Bangles @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - 5/24
*A Camp @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/26
*Unwigged and Unplugged @ Beacon Theatre - 5/26, 5/27
Jenny Owen Youngs @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/27
**Keane @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/27
*Kate Havnevik @ the Living Room - 5/27
Noe Venable @ Rockwood Music Hall - 5/28
Coheed and Cambria @ Starland Ballroom - 5/29
Au Revoir Simone @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/29
*Cake @ Terminal 5 - 5/29
Alice Smith @ Joe's Pub - 5/29, 5/30

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TGUK pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157617530077171
3 live TGUK videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

Adele pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157617809965340/

Keane pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157618842768091/
2 live Keane videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/
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NYC area shows of interest - April '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend. lemme know if you want in. :)

APRIL:
the Presets @ Webster Hall - 4/3
*Jennifer O'Connor @ Cake Shop - 4/3
Brandi Carlile @ Ethical Center for the Arts - 4/4
Black Label Society / Sevendust @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 4/7
Chris Cornell @ Webster Hall - 4/7, 4/8
*Rachael Yamagata / Dan Wilson @ City Winery - 4/9
Horse Stories @ Pete's Candy Store - 4/9
Cloud Cult / Margot and the Nuclear So and So's @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 4/9
*Vienna Teng / the Paper Raincoat @ Le Poisson Rouge - 4/10
*the Faint / Ladytron @ Webster Hall - 4/10, 4/11
**Chris Cornell instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 4/11
Maria Taylor @ the Bell House - 4/12
Au Revoir Simone @ Union Pool - 4/13
Neko Case @ Nokia Theater - 4/13, 4/14
Dave Matthews Band @ MSG - 4/14
Flight of the Conchords @ Radio City Music Hall - 4/14, 4/15
Of Montreal @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 4/15-4/17
Seal @ Radio City Music Hall - 4/16
the Paper Raincoat (opening for Colin Hay) @ Canal Room - 4/16
**Static-X / Saliva @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 4/17
KTU Freestyle For All @ Nokia Theater - 4/17
Freestyle Invasion @ Sovereign Bank Arena, trenton, nj - 4/18
World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 4/19
*Ours @ Maxwell's, nj - 4/20
*Shiny Toy Guns @ Webster Hall - 4/23
Travis @ Webster Hall - 4/25
Kings of Leon @ Wachovia Spectrum, Philly, PA - 4/25
*Marissa Nadler @ Highline Ballroom - 4/25
Alkaline Trio / Saves the Day @ Highline Ballroom - 4/28
Peter Bjorn and John @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 4/30
Art Alexakis @ Highline Ballroom - 4/30

MAY:
**The Get Up Kids @ Blender Theatre @ Gramercy - 5/1 (anyone else going??)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

Static-X pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157616880755629/
3 Static-X videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blainewad

Morrissey @ Carnegie Hall - 3/26/09

*swoon and sigh*

good times ;)

more pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157616007150892/

upcoming NYC area shows of interest - March '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MARCH:
the Cloud Room / Maps and Atlases @ Mercury Lounge - 3/2
Maps and Atlases / Pattern is Movement @ Southpaw - 3/3
Tricky @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 3/3
*Marissa Nadler @ Joe's Pub - 3/4
Miho Hatori @ the Bell House - 3/5
the Bird and the Bee @ the Bell House - 3/6; @ Carnegie Hall - 3/7
the Diggs @ Cameo - 3/7
Heather Nova @ Joe's Pub - 3/9
Punch Up Your Life comedy series feat. Janeane Garofalo @ Housing Works - 3/10
Madeleine Peyroux @ Public Theatre - 3/10
Jihae @ Santo's Party House - 3/12
**Throwing Muses / 50footwave @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/12
Ingrid Michaelson @ City Winery - 3/12
Comedy Below Canal - Janeane Garofalo, Paul F. Tompkins - 3/12
Dar Williams @ Mexicali Live, Teaneck, nj - 3/13
Modest Mouse @ Terminal 5 - 3/15
Nicole Atkins @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/15
the Ting Tings @ Webster Hall - 3/16
Herman Dune @ Mercury Lounge - 3/17
the Script @ Highline Ballroom - 3/17
Morrissey @ Wellmont Theater - 3/17
Ryan Star @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/17
Fleetwood Mac @ MSG - 3/19
Judy Gold @ Joe's Pub - 3/20
*Morrissey @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/21
the Grates @ Mercury Lounge - 3/23; @ Pianos - 3/25
*Bloc Party @ Terminal 5 - 3/24, 3/25
Camera Obscura @ the Bell House - 3/24; @ Mercury Lounge - 3/25
Morrissey @ Wester Hall - 3/25
**Morrissey @ Carnegie Hall - 3/26
Live @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 3/26
*the Prodigy @ Roseland Ballroom - 3/26
*PJ Harvey + John Parish @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 3/26
Marianne Faithfull @ City Winery - 3/27, 3/28
*Emiliana Torrini @ Hiro Ballroom - 3/28
*Primal Scream @ Webster Hall - 3/28
Forever Freestyle 3 @ Lehman College - 3/28
*Sarah Vowell - 4pm reading + signing @ Brooklyn Public Library - 3/28
the Hold Steady @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 3/30


- 2 Throwing Muses videos here: www.youtube.com/user/blainewad
- Throwing Muses pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157615148125773/

- Morrissey pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157616007150892/


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stream the new METRIC album!

Viva La Metric, eh!?!
listen to and pre-order next month's release, FANTASIES, here: http://ilovemetric.com/

blast from the past pic - Metric @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/5/05

Emily Haines

Me.

always eatin', ain't i?

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - February '09

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

FEBRUARY:
Brookville @ Rockwood Music Hall - 2/2
Lykke Li @ Webster Hall - 2/2, 2/3
Beirut @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/4
Brookville @ Arlene's Grocery - 2/6
Cat Power @ Apollo Theatre - 2/6, 2/7
New York ComiCon @ Jacob K. Javits Center - 2/6 - 2/8
Haale @ Trayes Hall, Rutgers University- 2/7
the Paper Raincoat @ Cherry Hills Mall, nj - 2/8
Madeleine Peyroux @ Barbes - 2/9
**Jennifer O'Connor / Hotel Lights @ Southpaw - 2/14
the Duke Spirit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/16
*the Von Bondies / Nico Vega @ Mercury Lounge - 2/16
M. Ward @ Apollo Theatre - 2/19
Kathy Griffin @ MSG WaMu Theatre - 2/19 - 2/22
Jimmy Eat World @ Terminal 5 - 2/23
Tapes 'n Tapes @ Bowery Ballroom - 2/25; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/26
Fountains of Wayne @ Joe's Pub - 2/25, 2/26
Marissa Nadler @ Greenpoint Lutheran Church of the Messiah - 2/27
Van Morrison @ MSG - 2/27, 2/28

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/

ooh, me likey.

fine, i'll admit it without shame... i'm obsessed with Robert Pattinson!! not since Corey Haim have i felt this way about a so-called heartthrob. too bad i'm a bit old for it now. i feel like a fuckin' teenybopper. well, at least he's legal.

so, like, whatevs. :)





*swoon*




that is all.