PSpeaks (not that you have to listen...)

Adele live - May 21. 2011.

2011-05-22T19:19:00.001-04:00

AMAZING show. happy belated bday, my tammy tams!! sigh... good times. :)

NYC area shows of interest - March 2011

2011-03-05T11:00:00.003-05:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MARCH:
Vienna Teng / Alex Wong @ the Bell House - 3/1
The Get Up Kids @ Webster Hall - 3/2; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/3
Melissa Auf Der Maur @ Highline - 3/3
Jennifer O'Connor @ the Rock Shop - 3/8
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark @ Webster Hall - 3/8
Bright Eyes / Superchunk @ Radio City Music Hall - 3/8+9
Tahiti 80 @ Mercury Lounge - 3/1
Pete Yorn / Ben Kweller @ Terminal 5 - 3/11
Illinois @ Union Hall - 3/11
Deerhoof and friends @ Le Poisson Rouge - 3/14
*Apocalyptica @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 3/17
Crystal Castles @ Terminal 5 - 3/18
*Mark Kozelek / Jennifer O'Connor @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/18
**Janet Jackson @ Radio City Music Hall - *3/18, 3/19, 3/21
Royksopp @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/20; @ Webster Hall - 3/21
the Sounds @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/21
Queens of the Stone Age @ Terminal 5 - 3/25
Janet Jackson @ Borgata, atlantic city, nj - 3/25+26
Sick of It All @ Webster Hall - 3/26
City & Colour @ Webster Hall - 3/31

Janet Jackson 3.18.11 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157626217967623/

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NYC area shows of interest - February 2011

2011-02-01T00:09:00.005-05:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

FEBRUARY:
Tape n Tapes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/4
Robyn @ Radio City Music Hall - 2/5
Neko Case @ the Bell House - 2/6
*Prince @ MSG - 2/7
Jennifer O'Connor @ the Rock Shop - 2/8
Deerhoof @ Ridgewood Masonic Temple - 2/8
Nicole Atkins @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 2/8; @ Bowery Ballroom - 2/9
Anna Ternheim @ Rockwood Music Hall - 2/9; @ the Living Room - 2/12
Jimmy Eat World @ House of Blues, AC NJ - 2/11
Morcheeba @ Irving Plaza - 2/11, 2/12
Screaming Females @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/12
Interpol @ Radio City Music Hall - 2/17
Nedo Case/Michael Showalter @ Union Square Barnes & Noble - 2/24
the Paper Raincoat @ Highline Ballroom - 2/25

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NYC area shows of interest - January 2011

2010-12-31T21:16:00.013-05:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

happy new year, everyone.

JANUARY:
Gogol Bordello @ Terminal 5 - 1/1
Lauryn Hill @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/1
Lauryn Hill @ the Blue Note - 1/3-5
Dar Williams @ the Bell House - 1/7
Dar Williams @ Nassau Presbyterian Church, nj - 1/8
Martha Wainwright residency @ Rockwood Music Hall - 1/10, 17, 24, 31
Jennifer O'Connor @ the Rock Shop - 1/11
**Sarah McLachlan @ Beacon Theatre -1/12, 1/13*
Haale @ Joe's Pub - 1/13
Broken Social Scene @ Terminal 5 - 1/18
*Prince @ MSG - 1/18
*Snowden @ Public Assembly - 1/20; @ Mercury Lounge - 1/21
Tokyo Police Club @ Terminal 5 - 1/21
Nicole Atkins instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 1/23
the Decemberists @ Beacon Theatre - 1/24-26
My Brightest Diamond @ Allen Room - 1/27
Iron & Wine @ Radio City Music Hall - 1/29
the Hold Steady @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 1/30, 1/31

Sarah McLachlan 1/13/11 vids:
Angel : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTVIUY15JHU
Sweet Surrender!!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbvSW_yEOoY
Ice Cream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQWe1wdENDI

SM 1/13/11 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157625705831419

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http://www.youtube.com/blainewad

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NYC area shows of interest - December 2010

2010-12-08T19:41:00.005-05:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

DECEMBER:
Ozzy Osbourne @ MSG - 12/1
Lykke Li @ Le Poisson Rouge - 12/1
Killing Joke @ Irving Plaza - 12/3
My Chemical Romance @ Roseland Ballroom - 12/3
Jim Gaffigan @ Best Buy Theater -12/3, 4
Minus the Bear @ Terminal 5 - 12/4
the New Pornographers @ Terminal 5 - 12/6
Cake @ Irving Plaza - 12/7
Alex Wong @ Rockwood Music Hall - 12/9
Tricky @ Le Poisson Rouge - 12/9; @ Brooklyn Bowl - 12/10
Better Than Ezra @ Webster Hall - 12/11
Liz Phair @ Maxwell's, nj - 12/12
Alex Wong @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - 12/16
Jim Gaffigan @ Best Buy Theater - 12/17, 18
Ghostland Observatory @ Terminal 5 - 12/17
*Weezer @ Roseland - 12/17, 18
Prince @ MSG - 12/18 + 12/29
Jimmy Gnecco @ Maxwell's, nj - 12/19
Dar Williams @ the Bell House - 12/26
the Starting Line @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 12/26
Lauryn Hill @ Highline Ballroom - 12/27; Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/28; @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/1
Thursday @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 12/30
Sarah Mclachlan @ Caesar's Theatre, nj - 12/31

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NYC-area shows of interest - November 2010

2010-11-03T17:43:00.005-04:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

NOVEMBER:
Recoil @ Highline Ballroom - 11/1
David Sedaris @ State Theatre, nj - 11/1
the Ropes @ Pianos - 11/2
Wolf Parade @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 11/3
Blonde Redhead @ Webster Hall - 11/3,4
Jihae @ Rockwood Music Hall - 11/4
the Script @ Terminal 5 - 11/4,5
**Interpol @ United Palace Theater - 11/5
Margaret Cho @ Wellmont Theatre - 11/4; Beacon Theatre - 11/5
Land of Talk @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/6
*Powerman 5000 @ Starland Ballroom - 11/7
Nick Swardson @ Town Hall - 11/7
Robyn @ Terminal 5 - 11/10
the Ropes @ Lit Lounge - 11/12
*Kristin Hersh @ 92YTribeca - 11/12
Dave Matthews Band @ MSG - 11/12,13
**Azure Ray @ Mercury Lounge - 11/13
Suzanne Vega @ Housing Works - 11/14
Kings of Leon @ MSG - 11/16; @ Izod Center, nj - 11/18
Thao Nguyen @ the Bell House - 11/17
La Roux @ Terminal 5 - 11/17
Nick Kroll @ Music Hall of Williamsburg- 11/18
Cornershop @ Irving Plaza - 11/19
*Kate Nash @ Terminal 5 - 11/19; @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 11/20
Aimee Mann @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/22
Delta Spirit @ Webster Hall - 11/23
Senses Fail @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 11/24
Ryan Star @ Webster Hall - 11/26

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NYC area shows of interest - October 2010

2010-10-04T17:43:00.010-04:00

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

OCTOBER:
Jimmy Gnecco @ Don Hill's - 10/2
Clare and the Reasons @ the Bell House - 10/2
Urge Overkill @ Mercury Lounge - 10/4
Godsmack @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/5
Pete Yorn @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/5
Fountains of Wayne @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/7
the Hold Steady @ Beacon Theatre -10/7
Gorilliaz @ MSG - 10/8
Persephone's Bees @ the Rock Shop - 10/9
Disturbed @ House of Blues, nj - 10/8 @ Roseland Ballroom - 10/25
*Sevendust @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 10/12
Ingrid Michaelson @ Best Buy Theater - 10/13
Jimmy Eat World @ Terminal 5 - 10/13, 10/14
Caithlin De Marrais @ Fall Cafe - 10/15
Alex Wong @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 10/15
Dar Williams @ City Winery - 10/15, 10/16
Dar Williams @ Housing Works - 10/16
the Ataris @ Maxwell's, nj - 10/17
My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5 - 10/18-19, 21-23
School of Seven Bells @ Santos Party House - 10/19
Phoenix @ MSG - 10/20
Senses Fail @ Highline Ballroom - 10/21
Eisley @ Gramercy Theater - 10/21
*Massive Attack/Thievery Corporation @ Beacon Theatre - 10/21, 10/22
Unkle @ Webster Hall - 10/23
Bad Religion @ House of Blues, nj - 10/23
**Muse/Metric @ Nassau Coliseum - 10/23; @ **Prudential Center, nj - 10/24
*Underworld @ Roseland Ballroom - 10/27
Oh No Oh My @ the Rock Shop - 10/27; @ Pianos - 10/28
Bettie Serveert @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/29
Jaymay @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 10/29
Cloud Cult @ the Bell House - 10/29; @ Le Poisson Rouge - 10/30
Daniel Tosh @ Beacon Theatre - 10/30
*Fountains of Wayne @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/30 FREE!!!
the Dresden Dolls @ Irving Plaza - 10/31

Muse/Metric pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157625275872984/
'Hysteria' live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqTU4ybfOU
'Undisclosed Desires' live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odvdVdVvgtc

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NYC area shows of interest - September 2010

2010-09-01T21:17:00.014-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

SEPTEMBER:
Black Francis @ Joe's Pub - 9/3-5
*Jaymay residency @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24
the Dutchess and the Duke @ Union Pool - 9/3; @ Mercury Lounge - 9/4
*Stone Temple Pilots @ Jones Beach - 9/4; @ PNC Arts Ctr, nj - 9/5
Jihae @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/7
the Paper Raincoat @ Mercury Lounge - 9/7
Hot Hot Heat @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/7
**the Juliana Theory @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/9
School of Seven Bells @ Brooklyn Bowl - 9/9
Spoon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/13
*Linkin Park @ Nokia Theatre - 9/14
Flyleaf / Story of the Year @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/14
*Laura Veirs @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/14
Screaming Females @ Knitting Factory - 9/15
Sean Hayes @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/15
Kristin Hersh @ Joe's Pub - 9/15
Vampire Weekend @ Radio City Music Hall - 9/15, 9/16
Billy Idol @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 9/15; @ Atlantic City HOB - 9/17
Over The Rhine @ City Winery - 9/16
Nicole Atkins @ Glasslands - 9/16
Cake @ Rumsey Playfield - 9/16
Of Montreal / Janelle Monae @ Terminal 5 - 9/17, 9/18
Broken Social Scene @ Rumsey Playfield - 9/18
Superchunk @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/18; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/19
Persephone's Bees @ Piano's - 9/19
Ra Ra Riot @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/21,22; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 9/23,24
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/26; @ Music Hall of Williammsburg - 9/29
*Atari Teenage Riot @ Gramercy Theater - 9/23
Jeffrey Ross @ Caroline's Comedy Club - 9/23-26
Electric Six @ Maxwell's, nj - 9/24
**Jimmy Eat World @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/24
Porcupine Tree @ Radio City Music Hall - 9/24
the National @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 9/24
Stars @ Terminal 5 - 9/24
Jesca Hoop (opener) @ Terminal 5 - 9/25
Bettie Serveert @ Maxwell's, nj 9/24; @ Southpaw - 9/25
Screaming Females @ Webster Hall - 9/25
*Shonen Knife @ the Asia Society - 9/25; @ Knitting Factory - 9/28
They Might Be Giants @ Town Hall - 9/26
*Sheryl Crow / Brandi Carlile @ Radio City Music Hall - 9/26
James @ Webster Hall - 9/28
Juliana Hatfield @ Mercury Lounge - 9/29, 9/30
Ed Kowalczyk @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/30
Elysian Fields @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/30

Jimmy Eat World live pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157624908476937/
(live vids for Hear You Me, Work, Coffee and Cigarettes, and For Me This Is Heaven at my youtube link below)

the Juliana Theory live pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157624833341629/

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NYC area shows of interest - August 2010

2010-08-01T16:27:00.006-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

AUGUST:
Social Distortion @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 8/1
**Kathy Griffin book signing @ Borders, Columbus Circle - 8/2
Ryan Star @ Irving Plaza - 8/3
the Paper Raincoat @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 8/3
Heart @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 8/3
Interpol @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 8/4
*Arcade Fire / Spoon @ MSG - 8/4, 8/5
Metric @ Prospect Park Bandshell - 8/5
Robyn / Kelis @ Webster Hall - 8/5
*Paramore / Tegan and Sara @ Jones Beach - 8/6
Keane / Ingrid Michaelson @ Williamsburg Waterfront - 8/6
Nicole Atkins @ City Winery - 8/7
Blonde Redhead @ 92YTribeca - 8/10
Maps and Atlases @ Knitting Factory - 8/13
*Dragonette @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/13
the Ropes @ Union Hall - 8/14
Green Day / AFI @ PNC Arts Center - 8/14
MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall - 8/17, 8/18
Counting Crows @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 8/17, 8/18
Vienna Teng / Alex Wong @ Highline Ballroom - 8/18
**Tears For Fears @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 8/19**; @ House of Blues, nj - 8/20; @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 8/21
the Juliana Theory @ Highline Ballroom - 8/20
*Filter @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/21
Jenny Owen Youngs @ City Winery - 8/21
Crystal Castles @ Terminal 5 - 8/21
Juliette Lewis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 8/21
*Apocalyptica @ Nokia Theatre - 8/24
Pat Benatar @ Nokia Theatre - 8/25
Brandon Flowers @ Le Poisson Rouge - 8/26
Blondie @ Nokia Theatre - 8/31
*Kristin Hersh book signing @ Union Square Barnes & Noble - 8/31

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NYC area shows of interest - July 2010

2010-07-03T15:06:00.006-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

JULY:
Marissa Nadler @ Union Pool - 7/2
Persephone's Bees @ Don Pedro's - 7/3
Beirut @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/5-6
the B-52s @ Highline Ballroom - 7/6
She & Him @ Terminal 5 - 7/6
Lady Gaga @ MSG - 7/6-7, 7/9
Minus the Bear @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 7/7; @ Webster Hall - 7/8
Ed Kowalcyzk @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 7/9
*Snowden @ Glasslands - 7/9; @ Mercury Lounge - 7/10
the Diggs @ Union Hall - 7/10
Alice Smith @ BB King's - 7/10
Squeeze @ Radio City Music Hall - 7/13
Modern English instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 7/13
Haale (opening act) @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 - 7/13
Jenny Wilson @ Union Hall - 7/13
Wolf Parade @ Terminal 5 - 7/13
We Are Scientists @ Bowery Ballroom - 7/14
Electric Six @ Maxwell's, nj - 7/14
Weezer @ Williamsburg Waterfront - 7/16
Mat Kearney @ Hiro Ballroom - 7/17
Deep Forest @ Le Poisson Rouge - 7/17
Squeeze @ State Theatre, nj - 7/18
Counting Crows @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 7/20
Cyndi Lauper @ Town Hall - 7/21
Jenny Owen Youngs @ the Bell House - 7/22
Modest Mouse @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 7/22
Mark Kozelek @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/26
the Smashing Pumpkins @ Terminal 5 - 7/26
Robyn / Kelis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 7/28
Adam Schlesinger @ Joe's Pub - 7/29
*Lords of Acid/My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult @ Gramercy Theatre - 7/30
Interpol @ Atlantic City House of Blues - 7/31
Lilith Fair @ PNC Bank Arts Center - 7/31
Gogol Bordello @ Starland Ballroom - 7/31

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NYC-area shows of interest - June 2010

2010-06-01T00:04:00.010-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

JUNE:
Alice Smith @ the Blue Note - 6/1,2
Duncan Sheik @ City Winery - 6/3, 6/10
Psychedelic Furs / She Wants Revenge @ Irving Plaza - 6/4
Persephone's Bees @ the Bell House - 6/4
Stars @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/4; @ Le Poisson Rouge - 6/5
Nicole Atkins @ In Vino - 6/6
Camera Obscura @ Grand Ballroom - 6/7
La Roux @ Terminal 5 -6/7
School of Seven Bells @ Mercury Lounge - 6/9,10
Fear Factory instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 6/10
Concrete Blonde - @ Webster Hall - 6/10
Plushgun @ Le Poisson Rouge - 6/10
Cocorosie @ Terminal 5 - 6/11
Persephone's Bees @ Cameo Gallery - 6/14
the Ladybug Transistor @ Union Hall - 6/15
the National @ Radio City Music Hall - 6/16
Marissa Nadler @ Knitting Factory - 6/16
Weezer @ Williamsburg Waterfront - 6/16
*Jennifer O'Connor @ Knitting Factory - 6/17
Diamondsnake / Persephone's Bees @ Highline Ballroom - 6/17
**New Kids On The Block @ Radio City Music Hall - 6/17-19
the New Pornographers / the Dodos / the Dutchess and the Duke @ Terminal 5 - 6/19
*the New Pornographers @ the Bell House - 6/20
Band of Horses / Grizzly Bear @ Williamsburg Waterfront - 6/20
Sean Hayes @ Union Pool - 6/22
Taking Back Sunday @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 6/22; @ Irving Plaza - 6/23
Goldfrapp @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 6/23
En Vogue @ B.B. King's - 6/24
*Thao Nguyen / Mirah @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 6/24
Elizabeth & the Catapult - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - 6/24
Au Revoir Simone @ Warsaw - 6/24
Thrice @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 6/25
*the Fiery Furnaces @ Brooklyn Bowl - 6/25; @ Mercury Lounge - 6/26
Janeane Garofalo @ Union Hall - 6/27
the Delta Spirit @ Bowery Ballroom - 6/30, 7/1

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NYC area shows of interest - May 2010

2010-05-03T20:53:00.013-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MAY:
Kate Nash @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/1
Suzanne Vega @ City Winery - 5/1, 5/6, 5/19
Peter Gabriel / Ane Brun @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/2
Shout Out Louds @ Webster Hall - 5/5
Sia @ Terminal 5 - 5/6
the Paper Raincoat @ Mercury Lounge - 5/6
Patrick Watson @ the Bell House - 5/6; @ 92YTribeca - 5/7
Persephone's Bees @ Rubulad - 5/7
Broken Social Scene @ Webster Hall - 5/7; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/8
Him @ Irving Plaza - 5/7, 5/8
Chelsea Handler @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/8
Ane Brun @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/10
*KoRn @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/10
Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall - 5/10-11, 5/24-25
**Massive Attack @ Terminal 5 - **5/11, 5/12
Clare and the Reasons @ Joe's Pub - 5/12
Elysian Fields @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/13
*Jenny Owen Youngs @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 5/13
the Buzzcocks @ Irving Plaza - 5/13
Laura Marling @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/13; @ City Winery - 5/14
*Metric @ Terminal 5 - 5/16
**Pearl Jam @ Prudential Center, nj - 5/18
Recoil @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/18
Phantogram @ Maxwell's, nj - 5/18; @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/19
Janeane Garofalo/Kristin Hersh/others @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/20
*Pearl Jam @ MSG - 5/20, 5/21
Flyleaf @ Webster Hall - 5/22
*Turin Brakes @ Joe's Pub - 5/22
New York Dolls @ Warsaw - 5/22
Melissa Auf Der Maur OOOM event @ Housing Works Bookstore - 5/24
*Jimmy Gnecco @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/25
Taken By Trees @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/25
*Jihae @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 5/25
**Imogen Heap @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 5/25

Imogen Heap 5/25/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157624020114407/
videos:
Headlock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZVbsp68FwY
Hide and Seek - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9NESVnLskc
Let Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-_RhRNNoU

Pearl Jam 5/18/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623974154079/
videos:
Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98m68dPuyjE
Daughter/WMA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90Qh6JK9-g
Once - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6b7n27XRrE
the Fixer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8s5Ukrp-g

Massive Attack 5/11/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623925714831/
videos:
"Angel": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPS0XpMB7Q
"Unfinished Sympathy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sam9JWlbsMQ

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NYC area shows of interest - April 2010

2010-03-30T19:34:00.012-04:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

APRIL:
Boys Noize @ Terminal 5 - 4/3
Atoms For Peace @ Roseland Ballroom - 4/5, 4/6
Janelle Monae @ Highline Ballroom - 4/8
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Webster Hall - 4/8, 4/9
*Freezepop / Plushgun @ Mercury Lounge - 4/10
Third Eye Blind @ Wellmont Theatre - 4/13
*Crystal Castles @ Irving Plaza - 4/14
Sarah Silverman book signing @ Union Square Barnes & Noble - 4/20; @ Urban Outfitters - 4/21
Sean Hayes @ Le Poisson Rouge - 4/20
the Specials @ Terminal 5 - 4/21
the Maryonettes @ Mercury Lounge - 4/21
the Thermals @ Brooklyn Bowl - 4/21
the Grates @ Knitting Factory - 4/21; @ Maxwell's, nj - 4/23
30 Seconds to Mars/Mutemath @ Roseland Ballroom - 4/21; @ Wellmont Theatre - 4/22
Ben Lee @ Zebulon - 4/22
Hot Chip / the xx @ Terminal 5 - 4/22, 4/23
Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes @ United Palace Theater - 4/23
Alice Smith @ Highline Ballroom - 4/23
Jason Collett @ Mercury Lounge - 4/23
Screaming Females @ Mercury Lounge - 4/24
Owl City @ Terminal 5 - 4/24
Charlotte Gainsbourg / AM @ Webster Hall - 4/25
Semi Precious Weapons @ Bowery Ballroom - 4/26
*Hole @ Terminal 5 - 4/27, 4/28
Madeleine Peyroux @ the Blue Note - 4/27-5/2
Jaymay @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - 4/28
*Kate Nash @ Bowery Ballroom - 4/29
*Janeane Garofalo @ Comix - 4/29-5/1

NYC area shows of interest - March 2010

2010-02-27T00:41:00.007-05:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MARCH:
**Muse / Silversun Pickups @ MSG - 3/5
**Jon B. @ BB King's - 3/6 (shut up. it's for my sister's bday!)
Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza - 3/9
the Magnetic Fields @ Town Hall - 3/10-12
Jenny Owen Youngs @ Union Hall - 3/11
*Puscifer @ Grand Ballroom - 3/11; @ Apollo Theater -3/13
Alkaline Trio @ Nokia Theatre - 3/12; @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 3/13
Ingrid Michaelson / Mat Kearney @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 3/13
Haale @ Rockwood Music Hall - 3/14
Alicia Keyes / Robin Thicke @ MSG - 3/17; @ Prudential Ctr, nj - 3/19
Air / AM @ Terminal 5 - 3/19
Haale @ Bowery Poetry Club - 3/20
*Sheryl Crow @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 3/22
the Clientele @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/23
Marissa Nadler @ Littlefield Brooklyn - 3/25
Alice Smith @ Highline Ballroom - 3/25
Spoon @ Radio City Music Hall - 3/26
Gabriel Iglesias standup @ Town Hall - 3/27
*Love Is All @ Maxwell's, nj - 3/27; @ Knitting Factory - 3/28
She and Him @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/29, 3/30
Coheed and Cambria @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/31

3.5.10 Muse vid - Map of the Problematique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXyaA98Urw
3.5.10 Muse vid - Supermassive Black Hole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrYye118u4

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

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NYC area shows of interest - February 2010

2010-01-30T17:13:00.008-05:00

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

FEBRUARY:
Jimmy Gnecco @ Mercury Lounge - 2/3
Black Tape For A Blue Girl @ the Studio at Webster - 2/3
*Laura Veirs @ Mercury Lounge - 2/5
Haale @ Joe's Pub - 2/5
Delta Spirit @ Union Hall - 2/5 & 2/12
Hot Chip @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/6
Alice Smith @ Joe's Pub - 2/9
Chevelle @ the Fillmore NY - 2/9
Laura Marling @ Le Poisson Rouge - 2/12
Phantogram @ Mercury Lounge - 2/12
Noe Venable / Two Loons For Tea @ Knitting Factory - 2/13
Taken By Trees @ Union Hall - 2/13
the Used @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 2/14
*El Perro Del Mar / Taken By Trees @ Knitting Factory - 2/17
Kathy Griffin @ WaMu Theater - 2/18, 2/19
New Found Glory / Saves the Day @ the Fillmore NY - 2/18
**EDITORS @ Terminal 5 - 2/19
*New Found Glory / Saves the Day @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 2/20
the Clientele / Vetiver @ Maxwell's, nj - 2/21
Mates of State @ the Bell House - 2/21
**Royal Advisor Records launch party @ Home Sweet Home - 2/19
(yay Lorant!)

Editors pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623504462188/
RAR launch party pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623504499418/

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

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NYC area shows of interest - January 2010

2010-01-04T23:28:00.007-05:00

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

JANUARY:
Au Revoir Simone @ Highline Ballroom - 1/7
Okkervil River @ Terminal 5 -1/7
*City and Colour @ Webster Hall - 1/8
Alice Smith residency @ Joe's Pub - 1/8, 1/15, 1/22
Vienna Teng and Alex Wong @ City Winery - 1/9
Vampire Weekend @ United Palace Theater - 1/17; @ Webster Hall - 1/18; @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/19
Charlotte Gainsbourg @ the Bell House - 1/19, 1/20; @ Hiro Ballroom - 1/23
Horse Stories @ Rockwood Music Hall - 1/19; @ Pete's Candy Store - 1/21
Vetiver @ the Bell House - 1/20
*Spoon / Mahogany @ Mercury Lounge - 1/21
Lady Gaga @ Radio City Music Hall - 1/20, 1/21, 1/23, 1/24
My Brightest Diamond @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/22
Elysian Fields @ Le Poisson Rouge - 1/22
Jim Gaffigan @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 1/23
Chelsea Handler @ Radio City Music Hall - 1/23
Of Montreal @ Highline Ballroom - 1/26
Suzanne Vega @ Lincoln Center - 1/28
St. Vincent @ Lincoln Center - 1/29

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

2009-12-19T21:09:00.001-05:00

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

2009-11-25T17:59:00.004-05:00

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

2009-11-21T18:01:00.000-05:00

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

2009-11-21T17:46:00.003-05:00

**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

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

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

2009-11-07T22:10:00.007-05:00

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

2009-10-24T23:28:00.004-04:00

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

2009-10-24T23:25:00.001-04:00

**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

2009-10-19T23:47:00.000-04:00

"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

2009-09-27T06:39:00.005-04:00

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

2009-09-27T06:34:00.002-04:00

**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. :(

2009-09-02T04:35:00.004-04:00

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!!!

2009-08-07T01:29:00.005-04:00

**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

2009-08-07T01:24:00.003-04:00

**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

2009-07-28T02:01:00.000-04:00

**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

2009-06-28T00:27:00.001-04:00

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

2009-06-19T23:30:00.001-04:00

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

2009-06-19T23:22:00.005-04:00

**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

2009-05-31T23:43:00.000-04:00

**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

2009-04-18T02:54:00.000-04:00

**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

2009-03-28T01:44:00.004-04:00

*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

2009-03-28T01:41:00.000-04:00

**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/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/
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stream the new METRIC album!

2009-03-19T22:34:00.003-04:00

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.

2009-03-13T22:34:00.001-04:00

always eatin', ain't i?

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - February '09

2009-02-04T21:32:00.005-05:00

**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.

2009-01-10T22:49:00.004-05:00

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.

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - December '08

2008-12-30T21:46:00.000-05:00

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

December:
Snow Patrol @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/1
Vienna Teng @ the Bell House - 12/2
Rosie Thomas @ the Bell House - 12/3
the Paper Raincoat @ Rockwood Music Hall - 12/3
Vampire Weekend @ Terminal 5 - 12/3, 12/4
*Snowden @ Mercury Lounge - 12/3; @ Southpaw - 12/4
*Scott Weiland @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 12/5
Nada Surf @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/6
Mindless Self Indulgence @ Starland Ballroom, NJ - 12/6
Love Is All @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/7
Haale @ Highline Ballroom - 12/8
Beach House @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/9
*Rachael Yamagata @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/10
Martha Wainwright @ Carnegie Hall - 12/10
Letters to Cleo @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/11
*Ivy @ Union Hall - 12/11; @ Arlene's Grocery - 12/16; @ Rockwood Music Hall - 12/19
Ghostland Observatory @ Terminal 5 - 12/12
**My Brightest Diamond/Clare & the Reasons @ Le Poisson Rouge - 12/13
Duran Duran @ House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ - 12/13; @ Wellmont Theatre, NJ - 12/14
the Dodos @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple - 12/16
Oasis @ MSG - 12/17
Ingrid Michaelson @ Town Hall - 12/18
*Dar Williams @ Southpaw - 12/27
Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall - 12/27, 12/29, 12/30
*My Morning Jacket @ MSG - 12/31
Blonde Redhead @ Terminal 5 - 12/31

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

Janet Jackson @ MSG - 11/1/08

2008-11-02T23:18:00.004-05:00

oh.my.uhGod.

Ms. Jackson was AWESOME!! she a naaasty little thing and that's just fuckin' fine with me.

but why only bringin' the guys up onstage, JJ? the girls love ya too.
light skin, dark skin, your asian persuasion? i'm all of those! next time, pick ME!!! i have harness experience!!

pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157608603899278/

enjoy the video. trey sure as hell did :)
Janet Jackson "Discipline"

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - November '08

2008-10-26T03:56:00.011-04:00

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

November:
Hotel Cafe Tour - Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Nguyen,...@ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/1
**Janet Jackson!! @ MSG - 11/1
Sinbad @ Patriots Theater , Trenton, NJ - 11/1
the Diggs @ Lit Lounge - 11/4
the Decemberists @ Terminal 5 - 11/5; @ Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ - 11/11
Nine Inch Nails @ House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ - 11/6
**the Smashing Pumpkins!! @ United Palace Theatre - 11/6, **11/7
Von Iva @ Supreme Trading - 11/7; @ Knitting Factory - 11/8
*Sarah Silverman and friends @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 11/8
Kaki King / the Mountain Goats @ Webster Hall - 11/8; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/9
Cloud Cult @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/11
Jihae album release @ the Box - 11/11
Mark Kozelek @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/12
Ane Brun @ Union Hall - 11/12
Jennifer O'Connor @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/12
the Never @ Galapagos - 11/13
Duncan Sheik @ Town Hall - 11/13
Nicki Jaine @ the Sidewalk Cafe - 11/14
Herman Dune @ the Bell House - 11/14
Nicole Atkins @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/14
Meat Beat Manifesto @ Highline Ballroom - 11/19
Vampire Weekend @ Roseland Ballroom - 11/20
*Ours @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 11/20
the Paper Raincoat @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/21
Senses Fail @ Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ - 11/22
Alice Smith @ the Blue Note - 11/25, 11/26
*Jim Gaffigan @ Town Hall - 11/28, 11/29
They Might Be Giants @ Le Poisson Rouge - 11/29

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

Congratulations!

2008-10-25T00:21:00.000-04:00

proudly introducing...

Maureen and Vincent Dineen

10/17/08

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - October ''08

2008-10-13T21:33:00.003-04:00

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

OCTOBER:
Cake @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 10/1
Hot Chip @ Terminal 5 - 10/3, 10/4
Maragaret Cho @ Radio City Music Hall - 10/4
Dramarama @ Blender Theater - 10/4
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ WaMu Theatre @ MSG - 10/4
*Tegan and Sarah / City and Colour / Girl in a Coma @ Terminal 5 - 10/5, 10/6
Death Cab For Cutie @ Radio City Music Hall - 10/6
Okkervil River @ Webster Hall - 10/6, 10/7
Alison Moyet @ Blender Theater - 10/7
Sevendust @ the Fillmore NY/Irving Plaza - 10/7
the Pretenders @ Highline Ballroom - 10/7
Franz Ferdinand @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 10/8
Beck / MGMT @ United Palace Theater - 10/8 - 10/10
*Of Montreal / Love is All @ Roseland Ballroom - 10/10
Killing Joke @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 10/11, 10/12
the Notwist @ Webster Hall - 10/13
Cold War Kids @ Webster Hall - 10/15
*Janet Jackson @ IZOD Center, nj - 10/17
**Maureen & Vincent gettin' married. wha? MARRIED!!! - 10/17/08
Jaymay @ Highline Ballroom - 10/20
Shiny Toy Guns @ Santo's Party House - 10/21
Mirah @ Highline Ballroom - 10/22
Deerhoof @ the Fillmore/Irving Plaza - 10/22
Ane Brun @ the Living Room - 10/22
Juliana Hatfield @ Housing Works - 10/23
Marissa Nadler @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 10/24
Saves the Day @ Highline Ballroom - 10/24
Roisin Murphy @ Mansion - 10/24
*the Killers @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 10/24
Broken Social Scene / Land of Talk @ Masonic Temple, bklyn - 10/24
*Pendulum / the Crystal Method (DJ set) @ Webster Hall - 10/25
They Might Be Giants @ Le Poisson Rouge - 10/25
Minus the Bear / Annuals @ Webster Hall - 10/25; @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 10/26
Pendulum @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/26
*New Kids on the Block @ MSG - 10/27
Born Ruffians @ the Bell House - 10/28
Uh Huh Her @ the Fillmore NY/Irving Plaza - 10/29
Justice (DJ set) @ Webster Hall - 10/30
*Hotel Cafe Tour: Rachael Yamagata/Meiko/Thao Nguyen @ Bowery Ballroom - 10/31

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

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - September '08

2008-09-27T23:14:00.000-04:00

y'all should be goin' to these. of course i won't be at all of 'em, but i probably would if i could.
go in my place and rock til your socks sweat. (i'll be posting my list on a regular basis, so pay attention :D)

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure diddly would like to attend. lemme know if you want in.

SEPTEMBER:
*Adele @ Webster Hall - 9/3
*Tricky @ the Fillmore NY - 9/4
Finch @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/5
the Fratellis @ Roseland Ballroom - 9/5
Emily Haines @ Union Hall (2 shows) - 9/7
Sterophonics @ Webster Hall - 9/9
Dave Matthews Band / Ingrid Michaelson @ MSG - 9/10
Rachel Ries @ the Living Room - 9/10
Land of Talk @ Mercury Lounge - 9/11
Meiko @ Canal Room - 9/12
Chris Rock @ Apollo Theater - 9/12
Reggie and the Full Effect @ Starland Ballroom - 9/12
*Juliana Hatfield / Hayden @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/12
Sigur Ros @ United Palace Theater - 9/17, 9/18
the Mars Volta @ Starland Ballroom - 9/18
*Ours @ Bowery Ballroom - 9/19
Squeeze / James @ Radio City Music Hall - 9/19
**Stars @ Terminal 5 - 9/20
Low @ Bell House - 9/23
*Kings of Leon @ Webster Hall - 9/23
Weezer / Tokyo Police Club @ MSG - 9/24
Sean Hayes @ Union Pool - 9/24
Rachael Yamagata @ Joe's Pub (2 shows) - 9/25
*New Found Glory @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 9/26
Apocalyptica @ Nokia Theatre - 9/26
Dressy Bessy @ Union Hall - 9/26
New Kids on the Block @ MSG - 9/27
They Might Be Giants @ Le Poisson Rouge - 9/27
*Dar Williams @ the Fillmore - 9/27
Juno Reactor @ Blender Theater - 9/28

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

The Mighty B!

2008-08-31T18:57:00.001-04:00

this dandy little show managed to free me from my Family Guy marathoning. ps - Amy Poehler rocks.

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - August '08

2008-08-27T18:10:00.001-04:00

y'all should be goin' to these. :)
of course i won't be at all of 'em, but i probably would if i could. go in my place and rock til your socks sweat. (i'll be posting my list on a regular basis, so pay attention :D)

**denotes which shows i will be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure diddly would like to attend. lemme know if you want in.

AUGUST:
Aimee Mann @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 8/1
the Never @ Mercury Lounge - 8/2
Eddie Vedder @ United Palace Theatre - 8/4 - 8/5
Bloc Party @ Webster Hall - 8/6 - 8/7
Mates of State @ Highline Ballroom - 8/7
Tapes 'n Tapes @ Sound Fix - 8/7
Metric @ Highline Ballroom - 8/8
Iggy and the Stooges @ Terminal 5 - 8/8
All Points West @ Liberty State Park, nj - 8/8 -8/10
Bitter:Sweet @ Blender Theatre - 8/9
*Stone Temple Pilots @ the Borgata, nj - 8/9
Taken By Trees @ Union Hall - 8/12
Radiohead @ Susquehanna Bank Center, nj - 8/12
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Bowery Ballroom - 8/13
*the Faint @ Terminal 5 - 8/18
Hotel Lights @ Mercury Lounge - 8/19
*Hotel Lights instore @ Vintage Vinyl, nj - 8/20
Everclear @ Webster Hall - 8/20
Jennifer O’Connor @ Mercury Lounge - 8/21
Suzanne Vega @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple - 8/21
Nine Inch Nails @ Izod Center, nj - 8/27
the Paper Raincoat @ Joe's Pub - 8/27
Caithlin De Marrais @ Mercury Lounge - 8/27
*Ben Lee @ Joe’s Pub - 8/27
Lykke Li @ Le Poisson Rouge - 8/28

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

Meet Milo...

2008-07-20T16:22:00.003-04:00

i adopted the cute lil bastard yesterday. :) his original name was 'Orange Kat.' so, yeah, that had to change quickly. didn't take long for me to settle on MILO. it was either that or Sunkist. i know i made the right choice and expect him to thank me for it later.
he's 14 wks old and 'needs a lot of work' as the rescue force put it. but that's okay. so do i. i suppose we'll try to work our issues out together.

last night, he rested in his pet bed, watching 'family guy' and 'brokeback mountain' with me. i reckon he was in it for the sheep. or jake gyllenhaal. either way, i'm sure we'll be great pals.

here's a vid of his first romp on my bed. :)

THE CURE.madison square garden.6/20/08.

2008-06-22T19:35:00.003-04:00

*swoon*

enough said.

pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157605761264941/

Don't Brame Me-ee

2008-04-26T11:14:00.003-04:00

in honor of my sucky tax return this year:

SCREW YOU, TAXPAYER!

ps - I LOVE KEVIN McD!!!

upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - January 2009

2008-01-21T13:46:00.000-05:00

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly-would like to attend, but most likely won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

January:
the Diggs @ Union Hall - 1/3
*Okkervil River @ the Bell House - 1/6
Ryan Star @ Mercury Lounge - 1/7
Haale @ Le Poisson Rouge - 1/9
Exene Cervenka @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 1/10; @ Joe's Pub - 1/11
City and Colour @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/12
Suzanne Vega @ City Winery - 1/15
Jenny Owen Youngs @ the Bell House - 1/16
SI*SE @ Highline Ballroom - 1/16
the Diggs @ Cameo - 1/23
Dar Williams @ Webster Hall - 1/23
**Scott Weiland @ Starland Ballroom, NJ - 1/24
*the Killers @ MSG - 1/25
Duncan Sheik @ the Bell House - 1/26
Cold War Kids @ Mercury Lounge - 1/28
*Kings of Leon @ MSG - 1/29
the Pretenders @ Roseland Ballroom - 1/30
Powerman 5000 @ Starland Ballroom - 1/31
Charlotte Martin @ Joe's Pub - 1/31
Metallica @ Prudential Center, NJ - 1/31, 2/1
*Semi Precious Weapons / Nico Vega / Von Iva @ Highline Ballroom - 1/31
the Thermals @ the Bell House - 1/31

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

crowd surfers, keep away...

2007-10-13T02:35:00.001-04:00

... or i'm telling your mom.

standing on the outskirts of a mosh pit tonight, i was nearly rammed to death at a Static-X show. or as homer puts it, "i've been tenderized." and yet again, 'the only pathway to anywhere else in the building' was right by me. in front of, behind, beside... i was the unpaid gatekeeper. am i too old for this shit? of course not. but it's almost starting to feel like i am. almost. but let's not talk about that. let's just look at koichi and wayne...

more pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157602396180649/

albeit too short (a quickly passing 75 minutes), it was an awesome show. great to see 'em live again. woo hoo!

now off to bed. these old bones need to rest.

i'm so smurfin' stoked...

2007-08-03T01:37:00.000-04:00

this just in...
my beloved SMURFS will finally be available on DVD this december. needless to say, slot #1 on my xmas wish list has just been filled.
woo hoo!
let me say that again...
WOO SMURFIN' HOO!!!

ETA: the new release date is now 'officially' 2/26/08. fine... still in time for my bday.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Smurfs-Season-1-Volume-1-Press-Release/8358

next window, please.

2007-06-24T00:19:00.000-04:00

ok, so i ate lunch around 1:30pm today.
got some shit done at home, ran some errands, yadda yadda.
went to the gym.
that's right, i said GYM.
then to princeton record exchange, where i bought a few cds...
none of which i was actually hoping to find.
and nothing for the friend i'm overdue to buy cds for.
by this time it was already 8pm. aka 'me starving.'

during the drive home, i decided to repeat the meal i had for lunch:
turkey sammitch, soup, and popcorn. why not? 'twas tasty.
so of course, five minutes later, i switched to wanting corn flakes.
a mere ten minutes after that, i was at a mcdonald's drive thru ordering a vanilla cone. i figured i deserved it after going to the gym. on a saturday. that's right... i said gym. again.
but i also wanted fries. hot ones, though.
as much as i love mickey d fries, i don't mind the wendy's version and a wendy's was only a couple of miles away in the direction i was going. i figured i'd be done w/ the cone by the time i got there and could enjoy my hot fries for the rest of my one-handed drive home. that was the plan.
when i got to wendy's, i wasn't even halfway done w/ my ice cream delight. (and, boy, do i mean DELIGHT). so i felt like an idiot when i grabbed my bag o' fries while already eating. it's the type of silly thing that'll still be bothering me a week from now.

exiting back onto the highway always takes me forever.
think of the simpsons ep when prinskipple skinner took over otto's bus driving duties because the latter didn't actually have a driver's license. remember when he didn't have a clear shot turning onto the street? that's me. i wait til the coast is ALL CLEAR. it's usually just on highways. i have no depth perception(x), the cars are going by too fast, and i don't have patience to figure out 'how soon will a car that's x distance away get to me if it's going 60mph?' so i wait ten fucking seconds til the next car passes me before thinking 'i coulda made that.' then it happens again before i think 'ok, i shoulda went.' it's not til i'm frustrated w/ myself that i shoot out onto the road in front of a car that's a much closer call that i think 'the driver behind me hates me.' so that's what happened when i left wendy's.

all done w/ my cone, the fries would still have to wait. falkor (my car) needed gas.
now... he didn't really need gas. i had half a tank. but i superstitiously don't like going below that mark. so, unless i'm broke, i refill at that point. at the hess station, i decided to get a couple of scratchoff lotto tickets while my car was being fed. i hear it only takes a dollar and a dream. not having any good dreams lately, i decided to compensate by spending THREE dollars. i grabbed a drink first before getting the tickets. walking towards the register, i noticed that the cashier was kinda cute. not 'hot' by most people's standards, i would say, but definitely cute. at least enough to possibly think i was also cute. or cute enough. maybe.
so he rang up my drink and tickets and told me the total cost. $4.06.
or rather, 'four o shix.' he had a lisp! hot.
so at that very moment 'kinda cute' became 'hot' to me. and then i had a fleeting crush on hess boy. see, it's the little things like that in life that keep ya goin'.
even though i'm now over it.

same 'drama' happened pulling back out onto the highway. i won't bother going over it again. and, no, i didn't win shit from those scratchoffs. maybe it does take a dream as well. so tonite, i'll try my best to have a dream about winning money from the nj lottery. in said dream, hess boy will sell me a winning scratchoff ticket. i'm hoping for at least 20 grand. hell, it's a dream, right? let's triple it.
shixty thoushand it is, then. i'm not greedy. and apparently not over my fleeting crush either. i'd probably have a better chance at winning the lottery, tho.
wah waaaaaah.

how is this related to Easter?

2007-04-08T22:39:00.000-04:00

it's not. at all.
but i made a fun lil video combining my fondness for orthodontics and the simpsons.
so... happy easter. :)

young joss whedon fans unite!

2007-03-12T23:53:00.000-04:00

my sister turned my niece and nephew into fellow buffy freaks. and, boy, do they sure get a kick outta that theme song. watch here:

1/20/07 - Asia represent!

2007-01-21T22:48:00.000-05:00

the weather’s been corpse-cold lately and me no likey. it is winter, tho.
not like i won’t still be complaining in the summer when it’s crotch hot.
anyhoozle…

been a while since i posted here, but i figure i never need to worry about that since i have no readers. there’s a rainer maria farewell show i could type up, but my memory of a month ago is shot to hell, so forget that. instead, i’ll focus on last night while it’s still somewhat fresh. wait, did anything happen last night? oh right…

well, i was in the city again. can i just say that i hate walking around the union square Wholefoods market? of course i can. the checkout lines are so neverending that they cascade into and around every aisle and space, disabling shoppers from maneuvering about said aisles with any ease whatsoever. in my case, i am never there to shop. only to look for G, who i am slowly beginning to care about again. that store is giNORmous, so looking for her is a chore despite her always working the same department. my main gripe is how the checkout customers never seem to care that they’re in the way. they always give you that look when you excuse yourself through the line as if you’re in their way or executing some sly plan to cut them in line. do you see me w/ any fuckin’ groceries, people? no, you don’t. anyway, if any of them were smart, they’d eat some of their items while waiting in line. the bill wouldn’t cost as much and the line would move all the more quickly w/ less items to be rung up per customer. seriously. it ain’t stealing if you intend to purchase. and while you were mulling that over, i just cut you in line.

actually, i had just stopped by the market to drop something off for G. i had gotten there after she usually leaves so i didn’t expect her to be there. it turned out that she was and i found her downstairs. i can’t believe how she can always pretend that bad things never happened. even if she’s the reason they happened. sigh. blah blah blah… we're supposed to go to a show together next month. we’ll see how that goes.

yesterday was also troy’s birthday. he is now 87 years young. :) no, not really. but 'happy birthday, troy.’ sorry i couldn’t make the shindig. but seriously… ‘how ‘bout calling back when you’re not expecting a well wish?’ ’ i don’t care if you’ve gotta fuck the ‘can you hear me now’ guy. get a new phone. seriously. :)
as he knows, High Chai was my next stop after Wholefoods. i had taken the subway to the latter, but decided to walk to the former. once again, i was only stopping by to drop something off since the party for troy’s bday was to be held simultaneously as the show i was seeing at bowery ballroom an hour later. after a delicious and slowly eaten meal at Gracefully, i walked the rest of my way to bowery in the still freezing cold.

Bowery Ballroom – 1/20/07
Ane Brun / Vienna Teng / Hem / Kaki King / Ollabelle

i was only there to see ane, vienna, and kaki, having never heard of hem or ollabelle. i suppose i could’ve done some ‘googling’ to better prepare myself for the show, but i’ve been too lazy at the computer lately. hence the lack of blog updates.

the show was sold out, but you wouldn’t have known it as ane started her set at 8pm. fine by me. i was close to the stage w/ plenty of breathing room. people were still rudely sitting on the ground during her first song, but eventually stood after being told to do so. nina somebody was sitting near her on stage to accompany her w/ backing vocals. she reminded me of someone i know so i barely looked at her. :) ane was great. she’s scandinavian and not touring here often enough. she did have a show in the area last year, but i couldn’t make it, so it was nice to finally see her live. after her set, more people had entered the room for vienna. as much as i wanted a cigarette, i really didn’t wanna to lose my spot for her set. so i stayed put. ahem… never before had i been surrounded by so many non-filipino asians. it was awesome! of course, i probably slipped under the radar to most of ‘em, but STILL! good times. power in numbers, right? right. vienna.was.phenomenal. i'm a longtime fan, but this, too, was my first time seeing her live despite her frequent trips to nyc. apparently, she’s about to move here so we’ll all probably have tons of chances to see her. in fact, she’s playing a double-header at joe’s pub in april that i hope to attend.

i was standing near the stage in front of alex wong, who was also great last night. cool sneakers too.

i didn’t have too good a view of todd sickafoose on bass, but i don’t think anyone did. he was kinda hidden in the corner behind the cellist. everything musical about the set was great, including a ‘baroche-off’ between marika and dina on cello and violin, respectively. vienna joined in at first, but soon let the two of them duel it out while she sat back and enjoyed along w/ the rest of us. my only real problem of the night was some tiny short-haired blonde who stood beside me near the beginning of the set. she had to be w/ some magazine or internet music site or something considering how many pictures she took and what type of camera she had. she didn’t even know who was on stage, having to ask one of my ‘brethren’ who she was listening to. not to mention.. she had zero rhythm. props to her for enjoying the music and all, but she and her camera slowly took over the space i was already occupying and her off-beat timing was annoying as all hell. AND she never said excuse me when her hand or elbow was in my face. she bumped into me more times than i could count and she never once looked over to acknowledge me. ‘you’re welcome, pixie bad dance girl. screw you.’ when vienna’s set was over, i applauded til my hands hurt, then ran away from ms. manners as fast as i ignited my lighter for a well-deserved smoke outside.

the bowery ‘smoke doorman’ soooo knows me every time i first see him at a show. kinda neat. not healthy, just neat.

i came back inside to see what the merch booth had to offer. there was a small crowd there buying vienna cds, even though ane brun was standing right there. i was about to ask her for an autograph when some girl i recognized from standing near me upstairs asked about some of her songs and which cd to buy. from her description of the songs she liked, i told her to go w/ ‘a temporary dive,’ which is the cd booklet i brought along w/ me in case the exact opportunity i was about to seize should arise. when my attention returned to ane, she was talking to some guy working the booth. she was facing me again after i took out my camera and she kindly obliged me w/ a photo. i asked her for the autograph and she said she didn’t have a pen. ‘that’s ok, i have one!’ so i reached into my jacket pocket and first took out the booklet i thought was ane’s to place in front of her. i was wrong. it was kaki king’s. i was already fishing around my pocket for a marker to bother grabbing it back, but i came up w/ the right booklet and marker for her to sign w/out too much embarrassment. she was very polite. i’m happy to say that she was impressed w/ my knowledge of her music and happily (so it seemed) listened along as i caught the person beside me up on ane’s current goings-on. i was quite dorky. too bad i couldn’t catch her show tonight at ‘the living room,’ but i anticipated plans today w/ my sister (more on that later).

vienna teng showed up at the booth while i was ‘brun’ing. two chicks from long island seemed to be keeping her amused w/ their ‘holding up the line’ antics. someone else in their party showed up and they loudly went on about getting their picture taken w/ vienna. during the ‘excitement,’ vienna came around to our side of the table for them, but nobody wanted to grab the camera and be excluded from the pic. so i offered to take it for them and… wow. those first two girls were so excited and needlessly grateful that they inundated me w/ ‘thank yous’ before i even took the damn photo. it was a digital cam, so i know it came out nicely. thank god. i was happy for them, tho. they seemed like nice women and i was glad to help out. but then it was time to be happy for myself. i wanted a pic too. but an autograph first… in case my own pic opportunity didn’t happen. i was rushed to leave home earlier yesterday and didn’t have the time to burrow my way through the mess that closed off the ‘T’ section of my cds. so i had to buy another copy of vienna’s latest release for her to sign, which i’ll probably keep in the car or something. vienna noticed me attacking the sealed cd w/ my teeth like a cro-mag and offered to open it for me, which she was quite good at. i suck at opening those things and probably would have been standing there long enough to break a sweat and still have a sealed cd if she hadn’t helped. i did get my picture taken w/ her… by one of the LI women! yes, they were still there. mingling, i guess. i handed her my camera and she said something about sending me the picture in an email, thinking she’d have to use her camera. i was like, ‘no, i have MY camera’ and she eventually understood. the picture came out great even though i’m in it, so thanks to vienna and thanks to LI woman #1. glad you were still sober enough. i kid out of love.

look at our eyes! we’re like sisters from another mother! hee hee.
she’s quite pretty, isn’t she? and very, very cool. so nice to finally meet her.
‘down to earth’ is so cliché, but true for artists such as her. i hope to meet her again at the next show.

i went back upstairs and managed to regain my spot on the floor even though the room was nearly packed. apparently i was (still) in the minority, but this time for not knowing who or what the hell HEM was. when the lights died down about 80 people walking onstage. 80! ok, it was actually 10, but damn! Hem is comprised of 5 men and 5 women. imagine every cool teacher you ever had formed a band… that’s Hem. well, there was the harpist who looked more like the teacher you liked, but felt sorry for cuz she let other students sass back to her, but she looked like the lovechild of marla from project runway: season 2 and phyllis from ‘the office,’ so she was cool enough just for that. oh, and one of the guitarists looked like my ex’s middle-aged doppelganger. even the ugly orange shirt he was wearing. scary. i kinda liked two of their songs, but i didn’t get into them as much as i was hoping to. i figured they’d be pretty spectacular, having billing over ane and vienna, but maybe i just expected too much and judged them unfairly. whatever. when their set was done, i again stayed put for kaki, the last artist i was eager to see. she did NOT disappoint. she’s an amazing guitar virtuoso and her instrumentals are captivating. of course, i’m jealous as fuck cuz she’s my age and i can only rock 5 chords. camera girl was still next to me, but made a bold move in front of me. damn, did i wanna hit her ‘accidentally.’ more elbow in my face.
argh.

kaki’s set was over too soon, but it was already a little after midnite. i was either gonna try catching the 12:41 or the 1:41 train back to jersey, depending on how the show ran. since i didn’t know what an Ollabelle was either, and i wasn’t impressed by Hem, i decided to leave early. i used the bathroom one last time, but there was a line. i looked over at one of the lounge sofas and ane saw me and waved. (how cute!) i waved back like a dolt. seriously. it was one of those shake-waves that lasts for two long seconds. i turned back to the face the bathroom, but that nina somebody who sang backup for ane caught my eye. so i waved to her too and said, ‘hello.’ she gave me an awkward ‘hello’ back and i kiddingly told her she didn’t know me. she replied w/, ‘no. i don’t.’ ouch. i hope she didn’t mean it as coldly as she sounded, but it only made me laugh inside since she was the one i ignored onstage for looking like someone i know. i soon left to grab a cab to penn station. and that’s when the ‘magic’ happened.

there were too many other people trying to catch a cab on delancey st. in front of the venue, so i went off to a side street to better my chances. soon enough, a cab pulled up to let four guys out and i asked the cabbie if i could have it when they were done. he said, ‘sure,’ and i waited for them all to get out and gather up enough fare money. they were kind about making me wait, which really didn’t take too long, but remember: it was freezing. as soon as the last guy got out, some guy swooped into the cab before me since i was on the outer side of the door. i was like, ‘excuse me. this is my cab. i've been waiting.’ this guy was obviously drunk and said we could share. gee, thanks. the fourth guy who previously occupied the cab looked at me and called the guy an asshole before leaving. i again asked drunk guy to please get out so i could catch my train and he asked if i was going to new jersey. technically, i was. but he meant straight to jersey in the cab, not to penn station. i told him i wasn’t and asked again for him to get out. he kept asking if i was going to new fuckin’ jersey and wouldn’t take no for an answer. the cab driver was getting annoyed at the guy and told him to get out. drunk guy told him to shut up because he was talking to me, not him. time was quickly passing and my train wasn’t gonna wait. i got mad and told him (not asked) to get out of MY cab and to get another one. minutes of arguing went on between me, him, and the cabbie who wanted him gone more than i did. i threw some verbal gems at drunk guy, but of course i can’t remember any of them. the cabbie had gotten out of the cab to stand by me and did his best to get drunk guy out of his cab via profanity use w/out getting physical. props to cabbie cuz i was about to pull drunk guy out on my own. no joke. he said he would get out when he found another cab cuz it was cold outside. ‘no shit!,’ i said. ‘ i’m still standing in the cold thanks to you! get out and find another cab!’ ‘no, it’s cold,’ he again said. the cabbie radioed for police while drunk guy yelled and yelled about how rude the cabbie was. not to mention how stupid he thought the cabbie was for refusing double fare to nj. the cabbie had asked to see the money at first, but drunk guy said he wouldn’t give it to him up front. he even told him to ask for some guy in the bar he just came out of to vouch for him. apparently drunk guy was at his best friend’s bachelor party. i’m betting he got so drunk out of repressed homoerotic feelings for said friend and this is how he was dealing w/ seeing him engaged to some other unlucky bastard (i have to assume anyone allegedly best friends w/ this asshole is either a saint or another asshole. i know liquor doesn’t bring out the best in everybody, but i was in no mood to justify drunk guy’s behavior when it was poorly affecting me. so for current blog’s sake, bachelor guy will unfairly be considered an asshole too).
i was so over this debacle.
i tried hailing another cab, but couldn’t from where i was standing. i was too pissed to think straight and just stayed there, wishing in futility to already be at penn station. a few cold minutes later, a taxi van put it’s ‘available’ light on and i brought it to drunk guy’s attention w/ my finger-pointing. he got out, saying, ‘he’ll take me to new jersey. i asked the cabbie again if he’d take me to penn and he told me to get in quickly and lock the door. by then it was 12.25 and i had a bad feeling i wasn’t gonna make my train.

i was right.

at 12:42, we were only at 23rd and broadway, so i asked him to let me out and just walked the rest of the way. ARGH! i so woulda made it if it hadn’t been for asshole drunk guy!
it was still cold, but not as windy as earlier in the day. i walked quickly, but it’s not like i didn’t have time to kill. so i put my headphones back on to keep me company. pinch my arm for me thinking that my mp3 player was on point last night. it was apparently in a death cab for cutie mood, despite being on shuffle, but i got some moz, lacuna coil, kristin hersh, etc. that made me happy happy happy. then there were those TWO new kids on the block songs that got me silly (even in the cold). then i realized that i’m the one who uploaded these songs. of course i love whatever comes on. same thing happens when i listen to a cd made for my car. i get all giddy that every song is killer, no filler, forgetting that i compiled the tracklist. ‘hey, i like this one too!’ i’m an idiot.

at penn station, i had enough time for what’s possibly the best slice of pizza i’ve ever eaten. the name of the place has ‘rose’ in it or something, located near the A,C,E subway entrance downstairs by the LIRR wing. go get some.

once on the train… the 1:41am train… i looked over the pics i had taken at the show. still left on my memory card were three pics i had saved from christmas of my niece, nephew, and sister. i haven’t seen them since then and miss them, so i called my sister, who had earlier invited me to go along to lancaster county, pa today. (if i had caught the train i wanted to, i would’ve gotten home by 2am and been fine enough to wake up at 7am to be at her home near trenton by 8:30). i told her i would see how things went and would be at her place by 8:30 if i decided to go. well, i didn’t get home til 3, took a bath, and didn’t fall asleep til just after 4. my alarm did wake me at 7, but i wasn’t havin’ it. snooze wasn’t even an option. i reset the alarm and went right back to fuckin’ sleep. i probably would have just spent money i don’t have on things i don’t need anyway. but i still miss them. so maybe next weekend… as long as i don't need to take a cab.

flattery gets you everywhere and rudeness gets your tires slashed. almost.

2006-12-22T00:09:00.000-05:00

in 3 weeks, i'll have been working at my current job for one long-ass year. i was told last week that i'd be getting a raise. which made me think, 'is this supposed to guilt me into staying since both doctors know i want out?' i actually told them that although i am worth my weight in gold, the actual job duties i'm responsible for don't necessarily deserve a dollar more per hour. i.actually.said.that. cuz i'm an idiot. yes, the girl who wanted a part-time night job for extra income was objecting to a fucking raise. you know, in print it seems even stupider. i should have known better a year ago when they warned me i was overqualified. but i just took it as flattery and that was my first mistake. not to mention i was dying to leave the family practice i was working at before this. i didn't realize how bored i'd be w/ that much less clinical responsibilities. and yes, i'm sick of feet. anyway... lucky for them, my lack of initiative means i send out about one resume every four months. one of those resumes was sent out a couple of weeks ago and got me called back for an interview. but the soon-to-be-known-to-me-as bitch that heads up HR wasn't able to see me until yesterday. so i arrived at 4:25 for my 4:30 appointment (unusually punctual for me). at 5.02, bitch walks out of her office and speaks to me as if i had been keeping her waiting, then tells me she'll be right back cuz she was in the middle of something and walked down the hall. she returned about five minutes later, but didn't call me into her office until 5:16.
i was outta there by 5:18.
she told me the lab position i was interviewing for had already been filled and i was immediately enraged. why the hell keep me waiting that long for nothing? i asked if someone had been hired that same day or if a decision had been made sometime earlier. she said it was filled earlier in the week. being that she was 'nice' enough to not cancel my interview, i figured i'd return her kindness by simply saying, 'ok then' and walking out w/out saying thanks or goodbye. which is what i did. i only wish i had turned around to give her a dirty look and spit on the rug. seriously. bitch had it comin'. she's lucky i didn't go rick james on her ass. i felt my rudeness was deserved. i probably won't have many chances to do shit like that w/out feeling ill afterwards, so i'm glad i did it. cuz it felt great. yes, i was pissed off; but even after the dust had settled, i had no regrets.

and now it will probably be another 3 months before i muster up the energy to send out another resume. yesterday was like a bad blind date (i'm assuming) and i'll need some time to recover before going 'back on the market.' much to the liking of my current employers, i'm sure. one of the docs 'jokingly' gives me a reason to stay every other day. it's equally pathetic and cute. it's always nice to know you're wanted and they work that angle like nobody's business. damn, i'm a sap.

11/12/06 - Imogen Heap @ Webster Hall

2006-11-15T00:37:00.000-05:00

last sunday was my second time seeing Imogen Heap in concert… and she was uh-may-zing! i almost fear that she’ll someday deflate my high expectations of her live show, but it certainly wasn’t this time. she was as jovial and cute as ever. kinda makes you wish she was a teeny bird you can keep in your shirt pocket to occasionally pet and feed throughout the day. like that old guy, brooks, did in ‘the shawshank redemption.’ what? that didn’t make sense to me either. more about the immi show in part two.

so. sunday was rainy. but not when i arrived at penn station around 6:00. i wasn’t to meet up w/ KT until 6:30, so i decided to walk from 32nd&7th to the union square virgin megastore on 14th&4th. (what a total fuckin’ misnomer. when i got there, people were havin' sex all over the place. the escalator’s barely safe to stand on, people. i’m not lecturing you, i’m just sayin’. and don’t get me started on how a condom is waaay slippier than a banana peel. i should sue.) ten minutes into my walk, i decided it was cold enough to get myself some tea. celestial seasonings’ red zinger, to be exact. i found it at some café along the way and took entirely too long fixing my cup while multitasking w/ the beverage itself, the cell phone i was using, and the earphones of the mp3 player i refused to turn off. props to me for holding back my usual urge to take 20+ more sugar packets than i need (since they’re free and/or i may need them later for a macguyver type getaway). back en route to union square, i realized that my hot tea was, in fact, too hot for my bare hand to hold. i hadn’t really looked for one of those cardboard cup partition thingies, but i blame the cup’s manufacturer for making a product that can’t protect its customer from the very item that cup is meant to contain.

i was wearing a new coat that day and wasn’t prepared for how insulated it would be. so i was stewing in my own juices by the time i got to the megastore at 6:35. red and flushed, i found KT waiting for me near the upstairs literary section. she was reading a pornographic pop-up book entitled “in bed by 8, home by 11: a how-to guide on gettin’ some daily.” no, not really. i think it was some book about tattoos. or so she said. i can’t read, so i took her word for it. wait… is there a porn pop-up book?! yo, i got dibs on the copyright! now all i need are subjects willing to let me…

one ms. KT may very well be my latest friend crush. it’s a mild feeling, but it does exist. good times. it likens back to the feeling you got from making a new friend in elementary school when you’re still surprised that someone in the grade above you thinks you’re cool. ‘hey, so-and-so likes me too! maybe she can ride on my bus and we’ll hang out playing sonic the hedgehog ‘til one of our parents gets off work to drive her home. that’d be neat. we’ll be bestest friends forever and ever! (that is, until 9th grade when she starts dating the guy you had a major thing for in 7th grade; and even though you assured her you were ok w/ it, you secretly despise her and her sz 2 jeans.)

we went to some nearby pizza place that surprisingly won me over. kudos to their pepperoni & mushroom slice. it was yummers. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again… nothing’s worse than bad pizza (well… just about). but, of course, you finish every last morsel of that bad slice since it’s still pizza. raise your hand if you’re a slave to melted mozzarella. ok… now with your hands still in the air, raise something else and maybe i’ll let you be in my pop-up book.

good pizza. good conversation. more good times. we left for webster hall and arrived there around 7:42, i think. to be more precise, we arrived on the same block behind webster hall and saw how long the line was. they were all there waiting to take their real estate exams (inside joke for KT). no, they were all in line for imogen! lovely immi! like i said, i’ll get to her in a bit. despite the rain choosing to fall exactly as we added to the line’s body count, time went by quickly w/ talks of pizzeria uno’s, buffalo stances, and the difference between good and evil being those willing to leave space in a driveway for cars to enter/exit and those who aren’t.

interlude – “whoooo’s that gigolo on the street? w/ his hands in his pockets and his crocodile feet? hangin’ off the curb, lookin’ all disturbed/ at the boys from home, they all came runnin’. they were makin’ noise, manhandlin’ toys…” hmm. everything keeps bringing me back to that damn pop-up book! – interlude end.

the first time i treated myself to seeing imogen live was october 2005 at the canal room. it was just her on a stage w/ her wacky music looping gadgetry. i was verrry close to said stage and the venue’s small size made it quite an intimate evening. good times. last sunday’s show was my first visit to webster hall. i’m happy to report that it was a pleasant one. i knew it was bigger than bowery, but it wasn’t nearly as spacious as i led myself to believe before seeing it. still… i was surprised that ms. heap had made such a jump in venue size in only a year (due largely in part to the OC soundtracks, of all fuckin’ things). not that she doesn’t deserve it and then some.

after a quick unintentional perusal of the merch stand and a trip to the bathroom (complete w/ red moodlighting and purchasable candies), KT and i found a spot midway on the floor to stay put (after being denied access to the not-so-VIP balcony section. fine! i’m afraid of heights anyway, mr. security man!). i know nobody’s reading this, but if by some twist of fate you are and attended the same show, i have a little known fact for ya: that cutie selling beer and water in a ballpark vendor satchel was not faking a bad cockney accent. he was actually australian. go figure.

ok, so by the time we hit the main floor for good, the first opening act had already begun. LEVI WEAVER.

i have yet to ‘google’ him, but he’s some sort of indie, acoustic guitar playin’ solo artist who also does his own backup band looping. i liked him. and not only cuz he’s got one of those scott wolf type baby faces. so he’s either 19 or 29. who knows? he’s a cutie patootie either way. in keeping w/ the school theme… if only he would pass me a note between classes asking if his mom can take us to the movies this friday. we would shyfully smile at each other when we both laugh at something funny; and i would nudge him w/ my elbow for laughing at something unfunny. like anything lewis black is yelling about. why are we watching lewis black at the movies? cuz there’s popcorn involved, that’s why. in the kind of theatre that lets you add your own butter. that’s why. and cuz this crap is what my imagination came up w/ at this very moment. so suck it. oh, right. levi weaver. he did a rendition of radiohead’s ‘idioteque’ that i very much enjoyed, but i can’t tell if it’s just because i’m a huge radiohead fan or because i liked his version. he didn’t really add anything to the song that’s not already in the song, it was just… different. his own. so he gets a thumbs up regardless.

imogen came onstage after his set to introduce the second opener, but this was our first time seeing her since we got there. i think KT said she looked like a cute mary poppins in the suit/hat combo she had on and i agree. seeing her for that brief moment made me anxious for the next act to be over w/ quickly, but he managed to keep my interest for the entire 40 minutes he was up there. i had never heard of him prior to the week before this show, but Kid Beyond is a beatboxing looper. a one-man techno band. i thought he was great… especially for givin’ us some NIN ‘closer’ and portishead ‘wandering star.’ now he would probably be more my type if it wasn’t for that tinge of wannabe-thug in his speaking voice. he’s mr.-clean-bald and i choose to believe that he shaves his head on purpose cuz he’s got that ‘fresh-outta-prison-but-i-still-have-credibility-since-i-only-spent-2-weeks-there-after-being-wrongfully-accused’ look that i sometimes take to. what’s not to like about the conjugal visit fantasy? you don’t even have to talk cuz there’s no time for that! you’re in, you’re out, and you can still make it to the bookstore on a sunday before it closes.

what i loved next was that immi didn’t keep us waiting long before coming back out for her own set. i can’t accurately describe what she was wearing, but her hairdo reminded me of the trojan war. (ok, fine. it made me wanna watch brad pitt and eric bana in TROY. leeme alone. i’ll post a pic and let you form your own thoughts.) she started w/ ‘i am in love w/ you’ and it only got better from there. at canal room last year, it was just immi and her magical noise machines. but this time around, she had a backup band accompanying her on some of her songs. i can’t really compare the two shows since they’re so wonderfully different, so i can’t say which one i would prefer for next time. i suppose any immi is good immi. KT is a newcomer to the imogen ‘scene’ and i kept turning around like a proud parent trying to make sure a childless friend was still watching her daughter do a floor routine at her first gymnastics meet. but instead of saying ‘look at what my daughter can do!,’ i was using bad body language to tell KT to ‘look at what immi can do!’ as soon as i recognized what song was next. i think i even moaned once when ‘just for now’ had started. yeah… i definitely did. that was embarrassing. more good times, tho. thanks, immi. :)

oh.my.god. i almost forgot to mention the idiots in the audience. that’s a separate paragraph, indeed. ok, so i can’t remember what song it was, but immi was playing a slow jam on the piano and some jackass decided to badly clap along. it didn’t last the entire song, but it was still annoying as shit on a new shoe. that shoe being a flip-flop. then there was the drunk couple. can’t have a memorable concert experience without ‘em, can ya? luckily for me and KT, they were about three or so people in front of us. the tall guy had a fro-ness to his tight, curly brown locks and his short girlfriend was just short and drunk. and probably a theater major, as KT pegged her out to be. they seemed to time things perfectly to be just drunk enough to stay upright by the time immi came on. when Frodo raised his lighter in the air, i was inexcusably distracted from the music to stare at him. not because it reminded me that i wanted a cigarette, but because i would allow my attention to be drawn away from the stage for more than five seconds to watch what he would do next. they swayed and toasted their beer cups to immi like bad-mannered medieval mongolians at a drunken dinner sing-a-long, but i was more than able to ignore them for most of the night. until it got close to the encore and they began acting out each song word for word via interpretive dance. i watched for a while and noticed that any time the girl came to a word she couldn’t do charades for, she would just raise her hands as if she were trying to cup rain into her mouth. FUN NEE. i actually busted out laughing during the last song. i just couldn’t believe how silly they looked (since i was sober). some girl behind us then went up to them in what seemed to be an attempt to get them to stop, but she admirably failed. shorty mcdramaqueen simply turned to her and kept on-a-mimin’ to ‘the moment i said it,’ which is such a lovely song. i actually don’t mind that i missed most of it since ‘the other show’ had gotten so amusing. if only the video i took of them came out well enough to upload onto youtube!

back to imogen. she put on a phenomenal show. as i mentioned before, she had a band w/ her for a few songs this time and kid beyond and levi weaver were parts of it. i have no idea what levi and his guitar added to the table, as i was unable to hear what he was playing. maybe he was just there as eye candy. i did enjoy kid’s participation, tho. i couldn’t always tell the difference between what he was beatboxing and what was actually an instrument, but i guess that’s a good thing. it only means he did that much better of a job than i thought. but, man oh man… immi! what a fun, little showgirl she is! but by no means do i mean ‘little’ in the sense of stature. i’m pretty sure she’s close to 6’0” tall. so seeing her dance around the stage was a greatly fun sight. one that was appropriately left out of the canal show. and she’s my precious, little giant, she is. cute doesn’t even begin to describe her between-song banter. i wanted to take her home and serve her tea and krimpets, before tucking her in and reading her a bedtime story. and i do believe she’s made quite a fan out of KT (which i’ll also take a little credit for… you’re welcome, director).

i’m sure i’m leaving out tons of stuff, but i’ll come back and edit if something worth mentioning revisits me.

for now, i invite you to add suggestions to my list of possible porno pop-up book titles:

1) pop! goes the weasel cuz the weasel goes uhhh!
2) c is for coochie… and other bedtime snacks. (in case it becomes a food fetish book)
3) have you got it in you? (just to keep this immi related :D)

Pet Peeves

2006-11-05T14:52:00.000-05:00

1) people coming up to me at the store and asking, "do you work here?"

this happens all.the.time. no joke. apparently i have some kinda retail laborer look to me. i just don't get how people can mistake me for an employee when i'm pushing my own cart around too. did you think i'm on restock detail and was just returning unbought merchandise back to the shelves? i know it happens to a lot of us, but the frequency in which it happens to me is astonishing (yet, still not as often as i'm mistaken for being hispanic. i have a story about that too which i'll get to in a minute).

what's wrong w/ you people? i'm wearing a fuckin' jacket and i've been staring at the nutrition facts on this can of soup for 5 damn minutes. i know you saw me shopping, so what the hell? i have to assume that these people are too lazy to find an employee and are just hoping that the person nearest to them will help out. i suggest asking that person if they can help you and not if he/she works there. cuz they probably don't. hint: if in TARGET, look for a red shirt. name tags are a good sign too.

b) people taking advantage of you holding the door open.

everybody knows this one. when you're holding the door open for someone and somebody else sneaks in behind them without saying, 'thanks.' it's annoying. you people are annoying. they never put their hand out to grab the door, they just breeze on through as if they just made the train before it left. i don't need a 'thanks,' just your hand on the door to acknowledge that me holding it open wasn't necessarily meant for you. even worse is when you're holding it open for a slow, old lady and some jerk walks through in front of her instead of waiting two seconds. those jerks never say thanks either. dude, it's one simple word. got laryngitis? how about a head nod, then?

iii) being mistaken for hispanic.

don't get me wrong. nothing wrong w/ ANY nationality. but those close to me know how often this happens to me. it's not just that someone thinks i look 'spanish.' i'm of mixed race and that's a fair enough, but wrong assumption. what's annoying is when strangers start speaking spanish to me and think i'm kidding when i say i don't speak spanish/i'm not spanish. like i'm ashamed of my heritage or something. no, i'm not. it's not actually mine to be ashamed of. you made a mistake. get over it.
inevitably, those people who i correct then ask, "oh, then what ARE you?" in a manner that makes it sound like i must be from quargon five if not some latin country. i've bitched about this many times before. again, it's not that it's some insult to be assumed hispanic. it's that no one EVER sees asian or black in me. i hate that people are shocked i'm not what they first assumed. sorry to disappoint you. maybe you have to be mixed to understand. my mixed friends do. my white friends just say, 'well, you do look spanish. what's the problem?' to that i say, it's not a problem. it's just an annoyance at this point since i'm ALWAYS thought to be in denial of something. someone actually told me that i should learn spanish because i look spanish. this came from a girl who tried talking to me in her native language and was surprised that i couldn't understand her. she's right... it's totally my fault that we couldn't communicate better. god forbid she should learn better english.

We all come across people and make conclusions about them that may or may not be fact, but there's always the chance that we're wrong. i just think it's best not to express those thoughts to people you don't know. cuz i'm sick of the people w/out a 'this sounds prejudiced' filter who do that constantly... especially 70yrold caucasians who like to loop all minorities into one category (that category being 'you're not from here like I AM.' yeah, actually... i am. which you would know if you took the same amount of time talking to me as it took you to blurt out the wrong thing after simply looking at me. i usually say nothing back because i know they'll be dead a lot sooner than i'll probably be. hey, that's the harsh truth. when i'm told bigoted shit to my face like it's nothing, it obviously stays w/ me, so please tell your friends to keep those thoughts to themselves.

more and more people are mixing up the races and i think that's great! whenever my sister and i see a mixed couple, we're like, 'hope they make a baby! one more for our team!' seriously, folks. what are you afraid of?

quatro) strangers telling me i should quit smoking.

no shit. we all know of the hazardous consequences that go along w/ this habit, but you telling me i should quit ain't gonna make it happen. all it is is you being annoying. we've heard it before and it obviously didn't help. same as with any other bad habit, everyone needs to decide on their own to quit in order for it to happen.
i don't appreciate you scaring me w/ mentions of lung cancer and second-hand smoke. i'm very mindful of non-smokers around me and lung cancer can happen to anyone. i'm in the medical field and i can't tell you how many folks w/ lung cancer never smoked a day in their lives. or the number of so-called health and exercise nuts who have cardiac problems. or the people who watch their diet due to family medical history and still end up with hypertension and/or diabetes. if it's meant to be, it's meant to be. sure, you can try to better your health. i absolutely support you in trying. but you also can't predict what kind of bad health or death will befall you. some might say it's already been planned.

bottom line is: stop telling me to quit smoking. i don't even know you. i'll quit when i'm good and ready. we all have vices. mine are certainly of no concern to a stranger. for all i know, you like kiddie porn.

oh, and if you're a drug user, DEFINITELY stop telling me to quit. you're high... why should i to listen to the advice you have for me? snort that.

five) after i sneeze, some stranger saying, 'oh don't get me sick.'

how's about 'g'bless you?' it's a bit more polite, jackass.

yet another) when actors forget that their characters have accents.

yeah, i'm lookin' at you, keanu. you too brad. and screw you, julia. you're all getting paid faaar too much money to not be on top of these things. as a matter of fact, everyone on the set around you gets paid more than i do on their day off. one of them shouldn't be too scared to at least remind someone else that 'you're from the south now.' so speak like it. cuz if i closed my eyes, i'd swear you're from malibu. $20 million per movie, my broke ass. i could probably get that scene right if i had 30 takes to do so too. but i'd only demand $5 million. cuz i'm humble like that. nooch.

when both our cars collide

2006-11-04T01:40:00.000-05:00

my gift to today's oncoming traffic was an off-key sing-along to my chemical romance's 'helena.' i'm sure the streets loved it. :) (i'm convinced i'm slowly building a fanbase on my route home from work). if you don't already know the song, you should. it's complete w/ creepy whispering and high-pitched screaming, neither of which my 'singing' voice is equipped for. i even used my non-smoking hand to dramatically gesture w/ as i badly sung along to a song that should've been written about me. instead of sir mix-a-lot's 'baby got back.' that's not yet confirmed, tho. it's still just a theory. for now.

10/27/06 Part Three - THE UGLY.

2006-10-29T15:16:00.001-05:00

well, it’s sunday. i was sick yesterday and still am, but not bedridden the way i wanted to be. just a little cold. but it’s okay. i chose this. all i wanted was some other reason to feel crappy and now i have it. i haven’t done a damn thing today except this and, earlier, force myself to eat soup. but i think i’ll weather through the harsh wind outside to get some Theraflu just in case (note pun). if i recall correctly, one of the patients coming into work tomorrow just underwent another round of chemo and i don’t wanna risk the chance of my germies gettin’ her.

so… i sent G an email before i logged on here. thank heaven she wasn’t my only reason for coming into the city friday night. or else i would’ve been meaner in my choice of words. i’m a hopeless romantic when it comes to my friends and she is no exception. it’s heartrending to keep going through the same bullshit with G over and over. she always apologizes and i always forgive her, but not this time. not that i even got an apology this time. two days later, i still haven’t heard from her. i know she’s not, dare i say it… dead… because i would feel it. so i have to believe that she was just so beyond wasted that she forgot friday night entirely and thinks we did see each other but can’t remember it. but that doesn’t make sense either. i don’t feel like trying to wrap my brain around it. i’m no stranger to people close to me having addictions. eventually you reach that point where you have to push them away and not be there for them to rely on or bail them out. the ‘rock bottom/tough love’ approach isn’t my favorite, but that’s what it’s come to. i hope it works. i really do.

gee… one by one, all my nyc and college friends seem to be flaking out on me. i hope this trend is nearing its end. seriously. is it me? i haven’t changed. everyone else seems to be changing for the worse. it’s probably me. what the fuck’s wrong w/ me? maybe i should crawl outta my cozy, little anti-social bubble and make more jersey friends. no, that won’t happen either. we’ll see. i can’t seem to control any other aspect of my life, and i’ve been trying too hard lately to hold on to relationships where i was the only one still participating. which sucks. i need someone to be there for me too, but not every one of our friends is the one to talk to about certain things. we each have a role and we each know different things that maybe the others aren’t meant to know. it’s weird how that is. i was going through a very bad time… i can’t remember exactly when, so i’ll just say… a couple of years ago when i cut off communication from everyone. people kept calling and emailing and trying to find out from my mother if i was still alive. i know now how great they are, but of course i didn’t care at the time. didn’t care that they loved me. or that i CAN talk to some of them about anything if i really wanted to. but i don’t. most of them have never held that role for me. i’ve hidden the dark side from them and opening them up to it now just wouldn’t feel natural. so now i don’t have that shoulder to hang my head on when it’s too heavy for me to hold up on my own. and i’m still trying not to revert back to my old habits. so i HAVE to get rid of G. for my own sake. and that’s what i sent her this:

“i really can’t take your shit any more. i really can’t. and don’t ever tell your fucking boyfriend to make a phone call meant for me that you should be the one to make. cuz that phone call will never happen. i’m assuming he was too wasted not to inform you of last night's phone exchange. i won’t bother going into my long, rainy night of worry and anger. do you even know what happened last night or do you just not care? i know you’re not one to not care, so i hope you’re not in trouble. but get some fuckin’ help. i know you’ve tried to better yourself, but maybe now’s the time to try again. i’m sick of crying every time i come back from seeing you (or, in some cases, NOT seeing you). i have enough to cry about, but i’ve been pretty good with that lately. the last time i truly cried was two months ago… during and after the throwing muses show with YOU. hearing you tell me you’ve stopped certain habits but behaving differently is heartbreaking. you make me cry. and half of the time, crying makes me want to ------------, which i’ve been even better about these days than with the tears. this doesn’t seem overly dramatic even to me. cuz it’s the truth. the bottom line is that i need to not be around you for a while for my own sake. you know i’m having a tough time at home and look forward to going to shows or seeing my friends or doing anything to get away from it all. it’s not that i don’t mind worrying about you. friends do that. but i can only do so much worrying before i want to bash my fuckin’ head into a wall just for the physical pain to distract me from an emotional one. god knows how badly i want to ----------- sometimes, but i try to remember that things really aren’t any better after i ---------- despite me feeling better. ------------. i try to think of my niece and how i wouldn’t know what to say to a 4 year old who asks about the scars i have. i wouldn’t know what to say to her because children take things so literally and i don’t have a good enough explanation for her just yet. ‘aunt p doesn’t know how to handle her depression sometimes’ just doesn’t sound like a reason that would end the conversation right then and there.

every loss takes time and tears to get over. i’m pretty sure i’ve hit my tears quota when it comes to you, so right now… i just need time. time without you in my life. i’m not completely dismissing you. but just thinking about how often you disappoint me could set off an enragement. so please don’t call my cell phone. i won’t answer. and for your own sake, do NOT call my home number. and don’t leave messages. i won’t listen. don’t email. i won’t read them. i’ll get back to you when i think i can handle you better. i know i’m going to miss you cuz i miss you already. but I’d rather not see you at all than see you the way you are now. just take care of yourself. i hope you get this, but don’t reply. just get better. do whatever it takes to get better. i’m trying to do the same. i hope to return to our friendship sooner than later. but for now, as cruel and selfish as it may sound, i just need you to leave me alone. you owe me more than that.”

so that's that. to top it all off, i’m stuck with the bag of soy chips i got her. i wouldn't eat that shit on fear factor. anybody want it? it’s lying on my bed. maybe i'll hand it out for halloween. hmm, why don't i donate an expired can of peas to a food drive while i'm at it? fine, i'll just throw the chips out. it'll be symbolic.

ETA: it's sunday night. i know for a FACT that G is up and running. but she still never bothered to call me before i sent that email, which was all of yesterday and earlier today. i officially wash my hands clean of this mess... NOW.

10/27/06 Part Two – THE BAD...

2006-10-29T03:21:00.000-05:00

as i walked towards the N/R station, i called the friend i was supposed to meet for the Love is All show. let’s call her, ‘G.’ G has no cell phone, which can’t be a constant nuisance to only myself. as usual, there was no answer at her apt, so i left a detailed message, saying that it was 9:38 and i would meet her at broadway new fancy food at 10:20pm. we had already decided this beforehand and i even responded to the email she sent me earlier in the day to confirm it. i stopped by an Eckerd’s for a bottle of soda that wasn’t watered down. damn, it was good. on the subway ride to canal and broadway, i was already thinking about the food i would order at the meetup place i picked, but had never been to. you’ll soon realize why i hope to never go back.

broadway new fancy food is on leonard street just four or so blocks down broadway from canal. it was pretty easy to find, which was a good thing since the rain had picked up and i then had to use my umbrella. it was 10:22 when i showed up, but G wasn’t around. (funny thing… as i was walking towards the place, i coulda swore i heard a girl shout out, ‘priscilla p!,’ which is what G sometimes calls me. i looked up and a trio of girls were on the other side of the street, one of them waving her hand in the air. so i waved back, thinking it was G w/ some friends. nope! it was just some chicks trying to hail a cab. i still have no idea if they noticed me, but i continued my walk in embarrassment.) i sat on the covered stoop outside for a smoke and to call her apt again. still no answer. i figured it was pointless to leave another message, so i didn’t. i finished my Eckerd’s soda and went back inside to look around more.

inside the deli/market, i walked around a bit but quickly found a spot in front of the food counter to stand in semi-permanently after realizing i was being watched. i hate that. it wasn’t even a suspicious ‘what’s she up to?’ kind of watch, i just don’t like eyes following me. i had my mind set on some sort of grilled chicken blt wrap, but the grill seemed to be closed. the guys who worked there were just standing around waiting to serve people, but i hate that more than workers being too busy to notice you. i was too shy to ask about the grill and draw attention to myself, then took so long deciding if i wanted a turkey sandwich or not that i just lost any courage altogether. i figured i’d buy some chips or something. so i went to the back of the store, but nothing got my gastric juices bubbling. i think i was in a mixed state of confusion, worry, and anger that kept me from realizing how hungry i was. but i did buy G a bag of soy chips so she’d have something to eat real quick when she showed up. by then it was around 10:40pm. i called her apt again. still no answer. so i went outside for another smoke. maybe she didn’t get the phone message, but she should’ve known to check for my email reply, right? so i decided to see if she was waiting for me outside of the knitting factory instead. it, too, was on leonard street, so wouldn’t that have been something if we were both in the area waiting for each other. of course, leonard street had to be under construction like all hell. and it’s still raining. yay. i saw the people hanging outside the venue for the same show i was to see and suddenly got pumped. woo hoo, love is all! but… no sign of G there either. okay, fuck this… there had to be a mcdonalds in the area for a quick mcnugget fix before i went back to the broadway deli. instead of being smart and walking back towards canal, i decided to walk away from it towards chambers street. i did find a mcdonalds, but it had closed for the night. drat. i must have circled the same four blocks enough for people to think i was crazy and still didn’t find a cheap place to grab a hot food item… or that wasn’t a starbucks. i wanted to keep passing the deli in case G was just very late, but it turns out she wouldn’t be showing up at all. i finally stopped back there at 11:05pm and called her apt again. this time some guy picked up before the machine did. i think it was her boyfriend. the same boyfriend i hadn’t met yet, but did send a birthday card to earlier this month when i couldn’t make it to the party G invited me to. i asked him if G was there and he said something to the effect of, ‘um… yeah?’ then he asked who i was as if i had just told him the world would end if he didn’t kill a blue baby ox within the next ten minutes. i told him who i was and again asked if G was there, but more hurriedly. he said, ‘yeah.’ and i said, ‘still?! why hasn’t she left yet?’ and he said, ‘oh, i was supposed to call you. i don’t think she’s coming. she’s passed out.’ i was so fuckin’ pissed off at that very fuckin’ moment that i’m getting pissed off now as i type this. okay, i just took a ciggie drag so i’ll continue.

i was so pissed that i momentarily didn’t care that she wasn’t showing up, just that i wasn’t told sooner. i withheld my cursing and asked why he didn’t call me when he knew he should have. he said it was because he had passed out too. i forget exactly what i said to him after that pathetic explanation, but i know i sarcastically thanked him for not calling and then hung up. instead of picking up physical tickets for the show like i asked her to, G ordered them online and they were under her name w/ some credit card number i didn’t have. i just wanted the night to be over with anyway so i didn’t even care to try buying my own ticket at the door that was just a block away. it was 11:11 so maybe i could catch the 11:41 train home.

oh, did anybody who's now reading this also read my previous myspace post about the throwing muses show last august? you may remember me mentioning how my night was ruined when i had to tend to a friend of mine who was wasted. that friend was G. this isn’t the first time she’s let me down, folks, but i’m not about to list every time she’s wronged me on this page. i’m just citing that last instance to give you an idea why this was the last straw.

i didn’t want to spend money on a cab, so i decided to take the canal street N/R to herald square knowing that the two or so blocks i’d still have to walk could be what made me miss the train. as i walked back up to canal in the rain, i didn’t use my umbrella. i didn’t really wish to be rained on, but i was just pissed and didn’t care. i even stopped along the way to sit down on a different stoop and call another ‘friend’ of mine that i hadn’t seen since that same throwing muses show. if she had picked up, i would have cried like mad and incoherently babbled nonsense that she could only respond to with ‘uh huh’s, ‘oh’s, or ‘i’m sorry’s' without any other word in edgewise. but she didn’t answer, so we were both spared. i stood back up and lit another cigarette for the rest of the walk. i didn’t use the umbrella on my way to Penn from herald square either. i remember thinking that if someone asked me why i was just holding it, i would tell them ‘everything’s broken.’ anger had turned to sadness. surprisingly, though, i did make the 11:41 train just as it was boarding final passengers. which normally would have brightened me up a bit. that rarely happens. i can’t remember the last time i got home before 3am from the city, but the reason i did last night sucks.

did i mention that the mp3 player i bought 2 ½ months ago stopped working the second i walked onto a manhattan street that night? well, it did. it started buzzing and now i can’t turn it off or do anything else. so i didn’t even have music to distract me from my thoughts during the ride home. someone i recently met reminded me that bad nights in nyc are a lot worse than other nights because you still have that long ride home to dwell in. she was right. god knows how badly i wished i had a knife on me or that you could still smoke in the vestibules like in the old days. i got teary-eyed a few times, but i went numb somewhere between the stops at secaucus and linden and just stopped thinking completely. when i got to my car in the new brunswick parking deck, i just sat in it for a while since there was time on the clock before i’d have to pay for another hour. i eventually left, but even in the rain, i didn’t go home right away. i just drove around. my train had gotten in at 12:45. and despite living about 15 minutes away, i didn’t get home until 1:30. which is probably good. the depression i sunk into had passed and any urge i had to harm myself was gone. see? i do make the right decisions sometimes. even if i have to waste expensive gas to do it.

i kinda hoped all that walking in the rain would make me sick today, but i was done with water for the night so i went to bed without taking a bath. and i didn’t care that i was still hungry. fortunately, i’ve gotten better with eating my sorrows away too. however, i did check my email before finally going to sleep. as you can tell, the internet is habit i can’t break just yet.

i’ll get to the final part of this post tomorrow. it’s late. time for sleep. and, yes, i already took my bath.

10/27/06 Part One - The GOOD...

2006-10-29T00:43:00.000-04:00

i went to see Lisa Germano for the first time last night in brooklyn and am glad i did. i’ll get to that in a minute.

i had an overzealous night of music planned. first, lisa germano in brooklyn @ 8pm, then off to meet a friend for food before catching the second of two Love is All shows at Knitting Factory at 11pm! packed in a bit too tightly, you say? yes, maybe. but i figured i’d be fine cuz i’m a fuckin’ superhero.

i left home a bit later than i wanted to and had to catch the 6:20 train leaving from the new Brunswick train station. well, that’s when it should have left. in typical already-late-as-it-is fashion, it was running 15 minutes behind and managed to lose about ten more minutes on its way to Penn. and wouldn’t ya know, i showed up at Barbes at exactly 8:21 for an 8pm show. (thanks nj transit! actually, that arrival time was a miracle, as i usually get lost even on my way to places i’ve already been to. let me take the opportunity to pat myself on the back for not doing so to a place i’d never been to before. PAT PAT PAT. hey! not so hard. pat? ok, that’s better.)

at Barbes, i paid ten bucks for some guy w/ a black marker to draw on my hand, indicating my allowed entrance into their tiniest of performance spaces. but first... a drink! i decided not to consume alcohol until after i ate and just ordered a diet pepsi. the waitress brought over a diet coke and asked if it seemed too weak. i took my first sip and told her that it did, but that it was fine since i was thirsty as all hell. perhaps i should have kept that fragility to myself, as it left her feeling guilt-free in charging me 3 bucks for it before then informing someone that they needed more diet coke. glad i could help, Barbes. thanks for the ice water.

i walked through the red velvet drape that separated the bar from the ‘music venue.’ that’s pretty much all the walking i had to do. there was no room to go except that first step in. the tiny space was packed and i couldn’t see shit. well, it sounded like lisa, but i wasn’t sure. unfamiliar w/ the song being sung, i simply peeked my head out of the drape and asked the ‘doorman’ if that was, indeed, lisa that was already on. it was. again, thanks nj transit. i liked what i was listening to, but not being able to see any part of what might have been a stage or who was on it was so disheartening that i almost thought to ask for a discount on ticket price… at least for being the only participant in their coke taste challenge. but i quickly remembered that i’m not the type to cause such a fuss and stewed in my disappointment for a bit until i realized to just enjoy being in the presence of lisa germano: LIVE. so that’s what i did. i don’t like taking pictures when nobody else is, but i managed to steal 5 or 6 shots whenever i felt a jolt of boldness. sir PepBoyBigHead stood a few people in front of me and was the main reason i couldn’t see anything, but he eventually moved over enough for me to personally confirm that lisa was actually there. that was nice. until the woman in front of me decided to remove her jacket. granted, it was getting warm in there, but i was massively unprepared for the hearty musk her disrobement thrust up my nostrils. damn! how thick was her denim jacket to prevent such a foul stench from escaping the armpits of b.o. hell? i’m not kidding, folks. the smell burned my eyes. i would’ve given her the refund i deserved for the coke challenge just to put her jacket back on. but, i digress.

good tunes, good times. the show ended early around 9:20 to allow enough time for schmoozing before the 10pm show. as the crowd parted, i saw someone i’ve kept in touch with since meeting him at a metric show a year ago. he’s a spaz. no, not really. well, maybe. but he’ll probably be reading this and i want him to see me say so in print. he knows what i’m talking about. yes, you still look good and cute. i bet five pennies that, although my phone number is now in your cell, my name isn’t. oh! before i forget… happy belated bday to cyprus! she was there too. ok, so i chatted w/ the both of them for a while before going our separate ways outside the venue. lisa was also outside having a smoke. so, before my first visit to Barbes came to an end, i managed to meet her and get an autograph. more good times. it was only drizzling at this point, but a worse rain was soon to come…