upcoming NYC-area shows of interest - August '08

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...

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.

*swoon*

enough said.

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

Don't Brame Me-ee

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

**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...

... 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...

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