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Bryan Bay Photos

2010-12-05T21:37:00.000-08:00

Via Common Ground - Bryan Bay

Scion A/V Video: 12th Planet & Juakali "Reasons (Doctor P Remix)"

2010-10-20T12:15:00.000-07:00

Johnny Depp Playing Guitar for Haiti

2010-02-28T22:38:00.001-08:00

Carina Round

2009-04-29T17:24:00.001-07:00

Acrylics

2009-04-25T23:17:00.000-07:00

St Vincent

2009-04-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

St. vincent has a new album coming soon, titled Actor, go buy May 5

New Video - Actor out of Work

Directed by Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey -- together known as Terri Timely -- Clark holds auditions for actors in a Los Angeles warehouse wherein they're promoted to cry on cue.

"At first I was a little reticent to interpret the video in such a literal manner -- ie, with actors, casting calls, etc.," Clark tells Spinner. "However, I fell in love with Ian and Corey's treatment instantly. There is something so darkly comic and eerily unnerving about the act of crying on cue. It feels like such a lie -- a betrayal in a sense -- to see someone burst into hysterics in one moment, and then, as if it had never happened, stand up, smile and go back to checking their text messages. Sometimes I had to restrain myself from laughing out of discomfort, and sometimes I had to restrain myself from crying -- it's as contagious as yawning."

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Also NPR has a little sneak peak at some rehearsal time from SXSW

5/19/2009 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
5/20/2009 New York, NY Webster Hall
5/21/2009 Philadelphia, PA Unitarian Church
5/22/2009 Washington, DC Black Cat
5/24/2009 George, WA Sasquatch!
5/25/2009 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
5/27/2009 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club
5/28/2009 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
5/30/2009 San Diego, CA Casbah
5/31/2009 Phoenix, AZ Modified
6/2/2009 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
6/3/2009 Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr.
6/4/2009 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
6/5/2009 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
6/7/2009 Chicago, IL Epiphany
6/9/2009 Newport, KY The Southgate House

6/10/2009 Lexington, KY The Dame
6/11/2009 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
6/12/2009 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
6/16/2009 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
6/18/2009 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
6/19/2009 Austin, TX Mohawk

Art/ Photos of the day

2009-04-09T14:17:00.001-07:00

Kim Herbst

Walt Disney Museum

2009-04-08T22:52:00.000-07:00

Sure, i hate Walt as much as the next guy, but you have to admit, he was sort of smart guy, anyhow they are making a museum in his honor, i'd like to see the turnout

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Collect LES 2009

2009-04-08T22:49:00.000-07:00

Collect LES 2009
Saturday, April 18th 6:00pm-8:30pm
→ Purchase Advance Tickets. Check-in at the door.This is a 21+ event.

Join Artlog for Collect LES, an art crawl through the Lower East Side's burgeoning art community. Coordinated by Artlog in partnership with the LES Business Improvement District, Collect LES includes more than twenty-five galleries and the New Museum.

From the Bowery to East Broadway, over a thousand art enthusiasts toured the neighborhood galleries during last year’s event. This year will be no less spectacular! Enjoy free wine, beer and liquor and special offers at local businesses as you tour the Lower East Side’s galleries and Phillips Art Expert’s selected urban art locations.

* Schedule 4:00 - 6:00pm $2 off admission to the New Museum's triennial exhibition Younger Than Jesus, including a private curator-led tour for Collect LES attendees at 4pm. RSVP at TourRSVP@newmuseum.org (space is limited).
* 6:00 - 8:30pm Gallery crawl
* 10:00pm - late Collect LES After Party @Gallery Bar

* Check-in 3:30 - 6:00pm Check-in at the New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York
* 5:30 - 8:30pm Check-in at Woodward Gallery, 133 Eldridge St, New York

More info/Directions

Bugged out Easter Thursday

2009-04-08T21:46:00.000-07:00

See Event Info here

Bugged Out is proud to present the first in a series of parties in 2009 to celebrate our 15th anniversary in clubland. Easter Thursday is probably the best night out in the clubbing calendar because everyone gets four whole days off work afterwards! So we’ve lined up something extra special, Erol Alkan will be breaking from form and playing a six hour set. Early birds that enter the ace Fire club (where we held our new years eve party) will be treated to a set akin to the one that made Erol’s ‘Bugged In’ selection from 2005’s Bugged Out Mix a classic (expect the unexpected: last time there was an unlikely Ulrich Schnauss /Imagination nexus). Erol will also be delving into disco as he has done for his well received ‘Disco 3000′ podcast (anyone lucky enough to have attended ASBO at the Lock Tavern in January will know how good this is gonna be) before continuing into peak-time with mutant techno and electro all the way through to the unknown. Room two is hosted by Durrrr, their first party since leaving The End, with ace residents Rory Phillips, The Lovely Jonjo and Our Man Fred. They are joined by Dubsided’s Duke Dumont, Erol’s favourite producer of 2008, whose recent spellbinding remixes of Mystery Jets and Late of the Pier have proved peerless. Tickets £13.50 www.ticketweb.co.uk Fire, 39-44 Parry St, London, SW810pm-6am.
www.ticketweb.co.uk www.erolalkan.co.uk www.buggedout.net www.durrrr.co.uk

ALL ADVANCE TICKETS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE A LIMITED AMOUNT AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR £13 students and £16. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY.

Photos/Art of the day

2009-04-08T21:44:00.000-07:00

Berlin

Matt Bollinger

Black Kids

2009-04-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

Black kids Youtube Channel

Also new album - Cemetery Lips

Here is the full track listing:
1 Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo), Kid Gloves Remix
2 I'm Making Eyes At You, Joy Electric Remix
3 Hurricane Jane, The Cansecos Remix
4 My Christian Name
5 Power In The Blood
6 You Only Call Me When You're Crying

Bat for Lashes - Daniel

2009-04-07T23:12:00.001-07:00

This video is just..

Photos/Art of the Day

2009-04-07T22:49:00.000-07:00

Mountaintop Removal Decision

2009-04-07T22:45:00.001-07:00

Sierra Club Praises Obama Administration’s Bold First Step on Mountaintop Removal
Decision to Review Certain Permits Will Save or Create Jobs, Protect Communities

Washington, DC: Tuesday’s announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it will review certain permits for mountaintop removal coal mines something the Bush EPA never did is a strong first step in the complex effort to end this most destructive form of coal mining and to support Appalachia’s long-term economic vitality.

Conflicting media reports and multiple press releases Tuesday led some to question the impact of the EPA announcement.

"Make no mistake; the days of reckless, unchecked destruction of Appalachian mountains are numbered," said Mary Anne Hitt, Deputy Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. "There is much more work to do, but President Obama’s EPA has taken a bold first step on mountaintop removal coal mining."

Research suggests that efforts to limit and abolish mountaintop removal coal mining will benefit Appalachia’s economy. According to a March 2009 report by the Appalachian Regional Commission, energy efficiency programs could save billions of dollars and create thousands of jobs in Appalachia. Contrary to the talking points of Senator Byrd, Senator Rockefeller and Governor Manchin, mountaintop removal coal mining eliminates jobs as it destroys the land and long-term viability of the region.

"By using explosives and machines instead of good Appalachia labor, mountaintop removal coal mining eliminates jobs," said Vernon Haltom of Coal River Mountain Watch. "How can blowing up our communities be good for my family or for my children’s chances of getting a job here in the future?" he added.

Coalfield residents and grassroots organizations will keep pressuring public officials and mining companies to protect the jobs, streams and mountains of Appalachia.

“The Environmental Protection Agency has clearly demonstrated a bold shift in direction on mountaintop removal coal mining,” said Joe Lovett, attorney with Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment. “Now we will use this momentum to push for an end to this practice and a more sustainable future for our region.”

Ween

2009-04-07T22:34:00.001-07:00

R.E.M. Deluxe Version of Murmur Release

2009-04-07T22:12:00.000-07:00

Listen to Album on their Last FM page

Modern Skirts

2009-04-07T21:52:00.000-07:00

Modern Skirts - Soft Pedals SOM Video from Modern Skirts on Vimeo.

Recording as you read - See recording blog here

Buy Merch HERE

TOUR

Modern Skirts MYSPACE

LAST FM PAGE

Listen to new album here

Cryptacize Tour Dates

2009-04-07T21:47:00.000-07:00

Cryptacize
2009-04-24, Friday: San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord (w/Finches, Papercuts)
2009-05-20, Wednesday: Berlin, Germany - Privatclub (w/Jamie Stewart)
2009-05-21, Thursday: Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz (w/Mirah)
2009-05-22, Friday: Utrecht, Netherlands - dBs
2009-05-24, Sunday: Brighton, LO - The FreebuttUnited Kingdom - The Freebutt (w/Jamie Stewart)
2009-05-25, Monday: London, United Kingdom - Cargo (w/Jamie Stewart)
2009-05-26, Tuesday: London, United Kingdom - Windmill Brixton
2009-05-27, Wednesday: Exeter, United Kingdom - The Cavern
2009-05-28, Thursday: London, United Kingdom - Union Chapel (w/Final Fantasy)
2009-05-29, Friday: Dublin, Ireland - Whelans (w/Final Fantasy)
2009-05-30, Saturday: Glasgow, SL - Captain's RestUnited Kingdom - Captain's Rest
2009-05-31, Sunday: Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Sneaky Pete's
2009-06-01, Monday: Manchester, United Kingdom - Deaf Institute
2009-06-02, Tuesday: Cardiff, United Kingdom - Buffalo Bar
2009-06-04, Thursday: Paris, France - Cafe De La Danse
2009-06-05, Friday: Bethune, France - Qulit Quilit
2009-06-06, Saturday: Cherbourg, France - Terra Trema
2009-06-08, Monday: Rotterdam, Netherlands - Worm (w/Ariel Pink)
2009-06-09, Tuesday: Siegen, Germany - Vortex
2009-06-10, Wednesday: Cologne, Germany - King Georg
2009-06-11, Thursday: Duisburg, Germany - Steinbruch
2009-06-12, Friday: Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
2009-06-23, Tuesday: Los Angeles, CA - Echo Curio
2009-06-24, Wednesday: Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts (w/Haunted Cologne, Stellaluna, Andrew Jackson Jihad)
2009-06-26, Friday: Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves (w/Fishboy)
2009-06-27, Saturday: Austin, TX - TBA
2009-06-30, Tuesday: Atlanta, GA - 529 (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-01, Wednesday: Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-02, Thursday: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-03, Friday: Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel
2009-07-05, Sunday: Keane, NH - Starving Artist Collective (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-06, Monday: Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear's Place (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone, Pants Yell!)
2009-07-07, Tuesday: Montreal, QC - Il MotoreCanada - Il Motore (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-09, Thursday: Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-10, Friday: Chicago, IL - Hideout (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-07-14, Tuesday: Seattle, WA - Healthy Times Fun Club (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone, Ribbons)
2009-07-15, Wednesday: Portland, OR - The Artistery (w/Casiotone for The Painfully Alone)
2009-04-17, Friday: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (w/Occidental Brothers Dance Band International)
2009-05-07, Thursday: Milan, Italy - Atomic Bar
2009-05-08, Friday: Farrara, Italy - Zuni
2009-05-09, Saturday: Rome, Italy - Init
2009-05-10, Sunday: Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje at Lux Theatre
2009-05-11, Monday: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
2009-05-13, Wednesday: Paris, France - La Cafe de la Danse (w/Shearwater)
2009-05-14, Thursday: Brighton, United Kingdom - The Pavillion Theatre
2009-05-15, Friday: Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
2009-05-17, Sunday: Brugge, Belgium - Cactus
2009-05-18, Monday: Brussels, Belgium - ABCLUB
2009-05-20, Wednesday: London, United Kingdom - Hoxton Hall
2009-05-23, Saturday: Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy

Cryptacize - Blue Tears from Weston Currie on Vimeo.

Hermas Zoupola

2009-04-07T21:36:00.000-07:00

This guy is amazing

Attention from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

Hermas Zoupula is many things. He is the youngest of 36 children. Born in a small village named Yoro, he is Burkinabe, a citizen and resident of Burkina Faso, West Africa. He is a moped enthusiast, orphanage volunteer, and internet cafe proprietor. Hermas is also a psalmist, and Espoir is his first international recording.

Hermas sings in four different languages on the album: French, English, Dioula, and Sissali (Hermas' mother tongue). The only way to introduce Hermas' sound was to release Espoir as a two disc set. The first disc, recorded in a government studio in Burkina Faso, presents a refined and practiced Hermas. But the Hermas on the second disc is the one most Burkinabes know, just him and his guitar in his backyard.

Hermas is a big fan of Malian singer Salif Keita. He also connects with reggae music, especially the musicians who see music as a way of bringing about justice and peace. Bob Marley is an immediate inspiration, but like many Burkinabes, Hermas has a deep love for Lucky Dube, who used his music to expose government corruption in the murder of journalist Norbert Zongo. Comparisons to singer/song-writer Seu Jorge are inevitable, but listeners will find Hermas' voice sweeter and warmer. Other audible influences in Hermasï¿½ music are Afro-pop pioneer Thomas Mapfumo, King Sunny Ade,ï¿½ and Toumani Diabateï¿½s Symmetric Orchestra.

Hermas is currently employed as a translator by Air Burkina at the international airport in Ouagadougou. When Jonathan Dueck, the album's cover artist and Hermas' friend, last left Ouagadougou, Hermas waved good-bye to him right from the tarmac.

Dsa Wissi Dounia Gnou from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

Royal City

2009-04-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

In October of 2000, a little band changed my life. The rock-tinged folk (or folk-tinged rock-it was never clear) four-piece in question called themselves Royal City, after their Canadian hometown of Guelph, and I accompanied them on their first-ever U.S. tour, their road manager by default. While Royal City's greatest artistic achievements were yet to come (please pause to go listen to Alone at the Microphone), over those three weeks I saw the band find their feet and create a lasting chemistry. When I listen to this collection of unreleased songs, I'm taken back to that formative tour where much of this material-and Royal City itself-took shape.

For a generation of Guelph music fans, Royal City was something akin to a supergroup. From his early teens Aaron Riches had been a figurehead of the city's hardcore punk scene, fronting numerous politically charged punk bands and promoting DIY gigs (including one of Fugazi's first Canadian shows). Tracing punk's spiritual heritage back to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Aaron found himself drawn to the acoustic guitar and began writing softly strummed songs about streetlights and Shakespeare and dogs and broken hearts, all sung in his creaky, distinctive voice.

Time spent away at university, however, disconnected Aaron from Guelph's supercharged late 1990s music scene. While the Constantines were still gestating, the Jim Guthrie Quintet was a go. A local lo-fi recording guru, Jim had assembled a hot-shit band, which included James Ogilvie, Evan Gordon (who was the first to accompany Riches at live shows), and the in-demand duo of bassist Simon Osborne and drummer Nathan Lawr to play his experimental pop epics. In 1999 or so, Aaron returned to Guelph and sought out Jim to help him make a new record at Jim's home studio, the Roc Sak. The Quintet was brought in to fill out the sound. Fans like me saw shades of Dylan's poaching of the Band, but Aaron might have simply said, "Home is where the rock is."

The product of this union and the first Royal City record, At Rush Hour the Cars, launched an auspicious period of activity for the band, now based in Toronto, and for the musicians and artists surrounding them. Three Gut Records and the label's first few acts-the Constantines, Jim Guthrie, Gentleman Reg-emerged out of this collective to spark a joyful rejuvenation of Toronto's music scene. Royal City shared stages and flourished along with the Hidden Cameras and Broken Social Scene, eventually catching the ear of Geoff Travis of Rough Trade, who released 2001's Juno Award–nominated Alone at the Microphone and 2004's underrated Little Heart's Ease on the storied UK label.

The band solidified around Aaron, Jim, Simon and Nathan, with a loose open-door policy that welcomed Leslie Feist, Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) and Bobby Wiseman of Blue Rodeo fame into the lineup for short stints. Even after Nathan left the band and new drummer Lonnie James (formerly of Superfriendz) stepped in for Little Heart's Ease, Royal City always made room for distinct musical personalities to make a wonderful, unified noise. Their final tour, a jaunt around Europe with Herman Düne, found them polishing off old chestnuts from all over their catalogue on a nightly basis.

Still, it was during that first U.S. that the chestnuts were planted, so to speak. Their inspiring ride around the States helped unlock their potential, and you can hear a great band emerging in the songs Royal City wrote and performed during this period, many of which are gathered here. They simply turned a corner with "Postcards," born in the middle of nowhere, Kentucky. Its plaintive angst and rhythmic groove are striking, with Aaron sounding confident and loose, and his increasingly limber band pushing him as a composer. Invention also fuelled the transformation of "Bad Luck" into its best-known, "Give Peace a Chance" rhythm, but it was a powerful live highlight in the original version found here. It meshes well with the band's ferocious cover of Iggy Pop's "Success," which some folks in Nashville must still recall the scruffy strangers belting out at 12th and Porter one wild night.

Then there are beautifully rendered sketches like "I Called But You Were Sleeping," "Can't You" and "They Came Down," which bask in their stark, hazy ambience. Royal City had a lighter side, too, that can be felt throughout "A Feast," "The Nations Will Sing," and the band's theme song/anthem (which, on a rough night, became "Royal Shitty"). Their cheeky, 3/4 time take on "Is This It?", recorded in the UK with the legendary Edwyn Collins, breathes considerable warmth into the Strokes original. The songs are so diverse, recorded years apart by different lineups, but it all hangs together surprisingly well-I could almost believe it was a lost Royal City record.

This collection reconnects me with the fledgling band I saw emerge on tour, feeling out the road beneath them. Yet I can also see the way that road brought them to the maturity of the last work they did together. Some of these songs came and went from their repertoire, others were revisited again and again, but each was necessary to the whole. Royal City was always a package deal, a real band that grew ever tighter together, and these songs encapsulate their wondrous progress from beginning to end.

Vish Khanna is an assistant editor for Exclaim!, Canada's definitive music publication, and contributes to CBC Radio 3, Eye Weekly, Signal to Noise, and aol.ca. He is also the co-host of a morning radio show on CFRU 93.3 FM.
1. Here Comes Success
2. Can't You Hear Me Calling
3. Postcards
4. A Belly Was Made For Wine
5. Dog Song
6. O You With Your Skirt
7. Bad Luck
8. The Nations Will Sing
9. I Called But You Were Sleeping
10. They Came Down
11. Is This It?
12. In The Autumn

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Shara Worden of My brightest diamond

2009-04-07T21:15:00.000-07:00

Interview from BOMB MAGAZINE
I have a confession to make. The first time I hung out with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond about two years ago, I was really only there because my brother said we would be flying kites. I figured I could set aside my antisocial tendencies for a day of harnessing the sky. I lucked out: I got to fly a kite, and I now have had the honor of knowing and working and singing and stomping with Shara.

In a world that seems hell-bent on repetition, My Brightest Diamond challenges the cyclical parameters of self containment, continually experimenting with new ways of addressing song structure, instrumentation, and performance. The MBD trapeze swings multi-dimensionally between operatic lungs, guttural guitar chugging, sweeping strings, dark-hearted moans, plucky pigeons dancing, and rock ‘n’ roll sweat on the tom-tom of destiny. Amidst all of these seemingly disparate elements, there is a natural cohesion. What other folks have attempted to force together with varying results, MBD combines effortlessly; hammering sparks and smelting hearts in the magnetic fires of supernatural metallurgy.

If it weren’t already obvious, I think MBD is all kinds of great. So, when it was suggested that I spend some time talking to Shara about what MBD has been up to, I didn’t ask, “Will there be kites?” I just said, “Yes!”

Shara Worden I brought you a present. It’s a thank-you for doing the artwork and the art directing for the video of “From the Top of the World.” (It’s a snow globe with the city of Düsseldorf in the background. Blue, sparkling jack-shapes float inside it.)

Tim Fite Are those people or jacks? It’s from Düsseldorf?

SW Yeah, it’s from Düsseldorf.

TF There are people instead of snow. They look like jacks, kind of flying around.

SW A flying jacks snow globe for a snowy day.

TF I’ll put it on the mantle right now.

SW Okay.

TF I’m going to turn on the water for tea. How’s everything going?

SW It’s going well. We just got back from a three-month tour. We were in Europe for five weeks, and then the US for almost two months.

TF Living with your friends in transit . . . touring is like being in a circus. (drum sound, laughter)

SW It is like being in a circus; you pack up your tent and go to the next town every night. On this tour we played a lot of turn-of-the-century theaters that have been renovated and converted into movie theaters. They’re outside of larger towns, and are being bought by entrepreneurs with a vision for these smaller communities. My favorite one was in Paonia, Colorado, this bizarre little one-horse town. They made us an organic meal, the sound was really great, people came to the show, and there were little kids break-dancing. Descendants of Aspen had settled in this town—sort of fairy/hippie people. After the show the entire town ended up at Lady Linda’s, kind of a mixture between a bar and a bistro and a 1920s brothel. (laughter) Passing around the whiskey. A whole bunch of us girls rummaged through the back closet looking through antique clothes and bizarre Betty Boop dolls. We ended up in feather boas and antique lingerie.

TF Like playing dress-up, but with an entire town. What was it called? Peyotia?

SW Paonia. Apparently it’s not a real word; when they made the town they got a little confused about peyote and peonies and ended up with Paonia.

TF Back to those old, magical theaters . . . when you play a show, do you feel you have to adapt your costume to the costume of the venue?

SW For this tour, the costuming was a black-and-white-striped mix of punk; Pierrot; the melancholy character in the Commedia Dell’Arte, and a magic show. The vibe of each performance space emphasizes the clothes in a particular way. In an old theater the costumes seem more cabaret-like. In a punk club it feels like we’re coming at it from a hard-core angle—less clownish and circus-influenced. Once, however, a guy came up to me after a show and said that we looked like flight attendants and that he kept expecting us to serve him coffee.

TF You toe a line between eerie mystery in your shows and a classic, fun-loving, good time. I could see how a club could bring out the good time a little bit more. When you get into the seedier places it’s more deep, dark cabaret.

SW Sometimes when you’re playing the fancy places, you can’t stomp on the floor without feeling like you’re making a scene. I find that you physically don’t want to make as much noise, so you’re a little less free with your body than in a punk club, but there it’s not your ideal audio experience.

TF Did you ever play in a church?

SW Yes, we did.

TF Did it feel weird?

SW Yeah. I think for me, because my dad was a music pastor and I grew up playing in church, I have a couple different reactions to it. If it’s a modern church I get really twitchy because it brings up the past and who I was as an awkward young person in that environment. But if I’m in an old church, I feel much more relaxed. Nice wood is everywhere, and there’s something more formal about it. I like to be able to work with that sense of confusion, where the audience comes in and they’re like, “Should we not swear?” (The kettle whistles) It’s the tea!

TF Do you curse in church?

SW I don’t really think of church as a building.

TF What is it if not a building?

SW It’s a larger idea than a building. Most people, myself included, have been conditioned to think of faith as related to an architectural structure. I don’t think that’s very useful.

TF If you could choose absolutely any existing setting in which to play your show, what would that place be?

SW There’s a particular old theater in Brooklyn: the BAM Harvey Theater. It feels like it’s falling apart; it’s a very old room, so it has that kind of classic, Fabergé egg feeling when you go inside. When you walk up to the balcony you’re not quite sure if you’re going to fall over or whether your seat is actually going to hold you. So there’s something kind of unstable about it. It feels like a barn but has a more theatrical feeling as well. That seems perfect.

TF I’ve always thought that you’re more likely to encounter a portal to a completely other plane through a hole in a stage. Stages have more holes than anywhere else. You go to a graveyard and they dig holes everywhere; there are manholes all over the city—but they’re purposeful. On stages they’re never on purpose. I would say at least one out of five stages I go on has some kind of hole.

SW Plus, stages have reverberations in them. With a cello, or any kind of wooden instrument, the wood picks up the vibrations, it resonates with the player’s body in a different way. You can hear how the sound is an echo of the person who owned the cello before you, and then over time the cello begins to adapt to the new person’s way of playing. I think that stages are that way, too; there are vibrations of all these different people who have put sound into the place, and there are ghosts in the floor.

TF Along the same lines, I’ve always wanted to sleep on a waterbed. Not every night, but once. I’m wondering if somebody could make a water stage; rubber on top and water inside. I guess this brings us back to circuses?

SW There’s this show, La Veillée des Abysses by James Thiérrée who is a . . . I don’t know what to call him; he’s kind of mix between a dancer, a comedian, a magician, and a circus performer, and he happens to be the grandson of Charlie Chaplin. But there is one scene from his show that I’ve been obsessed with on YouTube where he’s got huge, very, very long pieces of fabric, and offstage there’s a really big fan, and you see him “swimming.” There’s someone that he lays on, but the person is underneath the fabric so you can’t tell what’s actually going on. And he’s swimming over this blowing fabric that’s very water-like.

TF So he has a water stage.

SW Yes. There’s something about water and flying and wind—that kind of lightness—and also about water that bypasses something in our consciousness. We used shadow puppets recently during the last song in the set. People’s reaction to seeing the shadow of a boat and blue water through a scrim was . . . it caused an immediate childlike response in them.

TF How do you feel about breaking the rules of rock ‘n’ roll and encouraging childish sentiments instead of neo-childish sentiments? I think, “We are the new children, we are young adults, we’re assholes,” is the attitude that’s encouraged at a lot of rock shows; it’s a very self-conscious, performatively edgy way of behaving. Are you encouraging something like an antidote to rock ‘n’ roll cliché?

SW I relate to the angst of rock. Especially when I was younger, I had so much frustration and not very many ways to express anger. Going to rock shows was really helpful because I could just punch the air and be around that kind of energy. In a way you could say that it’s expressing something negative, but that season in my life was about having a place to exercise these frustrations. So, I went to see Dinosaur Jr., Catherine Wheel, Rubberbullet. Now there’s a bit of that punk spirit in me left, but for me beauty is the antidote to despair, and so is finding hope through stories. Stories can bypass our constant analyzing; our analytical nature is suddenly usurped when a puppet shows up on stage and transports people back to when they were six years old. There’s something lovely and freeing about that. I hope people can access the same thing through music, and they do, but I find that the puppet theatrics allow people to jump into this other world—they experience emotions they usually don’t allow themselves to feel. That’s what puppets can do for me, anyway.

rest of article/interview here

Album Cover of the Week

2009-04-07T21:07:00.000-07:00

Shark Remixes Vol 3 - Roberto C. Lange
Cover art by David Stith

Buy here

1. Manzanas
2. Queen
3. Estar Pluto
4. The Zircon Prince Edit
5. Brightest Outro

Dark Was the night Live

2009-04-07T20:54:00.001-07:00

If you enjoyed the album, I know i did, then wouldn't you want to see some of the songs performed live?

An exclusive live event to commemorate the newest Red Hot release featuring:
David Byrne
Dirty Projectors
Feist
My Brighest Diamond
The National
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Dave Sitek
Bon Iver
Plus more to be announced.

Radio City for tickets here

The Decemberists

2009-04-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

05.20 Oakland, CA: Fox Theatre
05.21 Eugene, OR: McDonald Theater
05.24 Missoula, MT: Wilma Theatre
05.25 Denver, CO: Fillmore Auditorium
05.27 Kansas City, MO: Uptown Theater
05.29 Milwaukee, WI: Riverside Theater
05.31 St. Louis, MO: The Pageant
06.01 Columbus, OH: Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
06.03 Atlanta, GA: Tabernacle
06.04 Raleigh, NC: Memorial Auditorium
06.05 Richmond, VA: The National
06.06 Upper Darby, PA: Tower Theatre
06.09 Boston, MA: Radio City Music Hall
06.11-14 Manchester, TN: Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

DM Smith

2009-04-07T20:23:00.000-07:00

Quick Bio from Asthmatic Kitty Records - David Stith has always been pushing his creative limits. Having been raised in a musical family in Buffalo, New York, he grew up with sounds all around him, often slouched in the kitchen interpreting his family’s melodies into line drawings and poetry. Though a gifted musician from an early age, he remained silent for a long time, instead choosing to express himself through poetry and the visual arts—excelling in many modes of artistic expression. He’s wandered from Buffalo to Rochester to Brooklyn, where he became friends with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. In small technical ways (by providing a computer with ProTools, a space to record demos, and gallons of coffee to accompany wandering conversations about her songs), David began helping her record her album Bring Me The Workhorse. Shara was astounded to learn that he also possessed an innate talent for working in the studio.

By spending more and more time recording, David began to rekindle his passion for his first familial love: music. Something within him caught alight, and he began spending countless days stored away in his bedroom, sketching folk songs with epic electronic gestures, grappling with his inner demons, trying to capture his observations of the world with his music. His sustained period of silence, of gestation, of contemplation, was finally over. He continued cultivating his musical compositions privately—until one day Shara introduced David to his doppelganger, Sufjan Stevens, co-operator of Asthmatic Kitty Records. After hearing only two of his songs, Asthmatic Kitty coaxed David to record an album of his own for release.

read more at above link

Listen to Entire Album here

DM Stith- Pity Dance from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

DM Stith- Isaac's Song from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

Cat Power

2009-03-26T13:03:00.000-07:00

Erin Wasson Seems Cool

2009-03-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

From Fashionista

Even if you’re not in LA, you probably heard about Erin Wasson’s garage sale, where she practically emptied out her closet and sold her Wang and Balenciaga (among others) for $100 per piece.

It sounded fun, it benefited charity, but many wondered aloud why you would clear your closet so ruthlessly (the last time we tried this, we ended up with a Hefty bag full of Urban Outfitters from high school, which we’re pretty sure nobody was willing to buy) when your average dress comes from Fendi instead of Forever. Turns out, there was a real reason behind it:

In this weekend’s Guardian, Erin described her dream closet, “a rolling rack and it’s like your four T-shirts, your five dresses, your two pairs of jeans,” which Erin considers to be “very Japanese” and a more “utilitarian” approach than what she had pre-sale.

So there you have it. The next time you see Erin in a party dress, you might be able to talk her into giving it to you in exchange for a donation. Just start the conversation with konnichiwa.

http://www.erinwasson.com/

Chad Vangaalan and Women

2009-03-25T01:09:00.000-07:00

Robert Effing Pattinson

2009-03-20T19:11:00.001-07:00

David Bazan

2009-03-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

Band of Horses

2009-02-25T21:20:00.000-08:00

April 15th - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
With special guests Everest
Tickets

April 17th - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
With special guests Everest
Tickets

April 18th - Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
Tickets and Info

June 10th - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
Presale starts Thursday, February 26th at 10am here
Password: CEASE
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 28th at 10am

Special Acoustic Performance
Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 27th at 11am EST at www.carnegiehall.org
*IMPORTANT - you should register yourself with the Carnegie Hall website in advance of the onsale. It takes a few minutes and will save you time when purchasing tickets.

June 12th - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
Presale starts Thursday, February 26th at 10am here
Password: CEASE
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 28th at 10am here

June 14th - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
Tickets on sale now at www.bonnaroo.com

June 16th - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
Presale starts Thursday, February 26th at 10am here
Password: CEASE
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 28th at Noon here

June 17th - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
Tickets go on sale to the public Thursday, February 26th at 10am here

June 18th - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
Presale starts Thursday, February 26th at 10am here
Password: CEASE
Tickets go on sale to the public Saturday, February 28th at 11am here

BOH will perform at this year's Oya Festival in Oslo. The festival takes place August 11th-15th. Tickets are on sale now here

Visit www.oyafestivalen.com for details.

Tickets go on sale March 2nd for the previously announced Beatday Festival in Copenhagen taking place on August 14th and 15th. Tickets will be available here

Widget

2009-02-13T01:59:00.001-08:00

KRISTEN SCHAAL - Nylon Magazine

2009-02-13T01:11:00.001-08:00

Project Jenny, Project Jan

2009-02-12T11:20:00.000-08:00

02/20/09 - Cats Cradle - Carrboro NC #
02/21/09 - 40 Watt Club - Athens GA #
02/23/09 - Back Booth - Orlando FL#
02/24/09 - Club Down under - Tallahassee FL#
02/25/09 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge LA #
02/27/09 - Emos Alternative Lounge - Austin TX #
02/28/09 - Palladium Loft - Dallas TX #
03/02/09 - Rhythm Room - Phoenix AZ #
03/03/09 - Echoplex - Los Angeles CA %
03/05/09 - The Independent - San Francisco CA %
03/06/09 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland OR %
03/07/09 - Neumos - Seattle WA %
03/13/09 - Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center - Harrisburg PA

# w/Fujiya & Miyagi
% w/ Fujiya & Miyagi and Pop Levi

www.myspace.com/projectjennyprojectjan

The Decemberists Tour

2009-02-11T20:53:00.000-08:00

May 19 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
May 20 - Fox Theatre - Oakland, CA
May 21 - McDonald Theater - Eugene, OR
May 24 - Wilma Theatre - Missoula, MT
May 26 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
May 27 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO
May 29 - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
May 31 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
June 1 - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - Columbus, OH
June 3 - Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
June 4 - Memorial Auditorium - Raleigh, NC
June 5 - The National - Richmond, VA
June 6 - Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA
June 9 - Bank of America Pavillion - Boston, MA
June 10 - Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY
June 11-14 - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, TN

Twilight Random

2009-02-11T02:40:00.000-08:00

O+S Tour

2009-02-11T01:56:00.000-08:00

O+S - Winter 2009
Wed-Mar-11, Seattle, WA, Sunset Tavern
Thu-Mar-12, Portland, OR, Holocene
Sat-Mar-14, San Francisco, CA, Hotel Utah Saloon
Mon-Mar-16, Los Angeles, CA, Silverlake Lounge
Tue-Mar-17, Tucson, AZ
Mar-18-21, Austin, TX, SXSW
3/11-17 with Great Northern

I know, lots of saddle creek, but can i help if all their bands are amazing?
Download from Stereogum

Beep Beep Tour

2009-02-11T01:53:00.000-08:00

Beep Beep - Spring 2009
Sun-Mar-15, Denton, TX, NX35
Mar-18-21, Austin, TX, SXSW
Tue-Mar-24, Phoenix, AZ, The Rhythm Room
Thu-Mar-26, Los Angeles, CA, Knitting Factory
Fri-Mar-27, San Francisco, CA, Bottom of the Hill
Sun-Mar-29, Portland, OR, Someday Lounge
Wed-Apr-01, Boise, ID, Neurolux
Thu-Apr-02, Salt Lake City, UT, Kilby Court
Fri-Apr-03, Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge
Sat-Apr-04, Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room
Tue-Apr-07, Chicago, IL, Bottom Lounge
Wed-Apr-08, Dekalb, IL, The House Cafe
Sun-Apr-12, New York, NY, Cake Shop
Mon-Apr-13, Philadelphia, PA, Jonny Brenda's
Tue-Apr-14, Washington, DC, Velvet Lounge
Thu-Apr-16, Charlotte, NC, The Milestone
Sat-Apr-18, Atlanta, GA, Drunken Unicorn
Sun-Apr-19, Orlando, FL, Backbooth
Mon-Apr-20, Tampa, FL, New World Brewery
Sat-Apr-25, St Louis, MO, The Firebird

Cursive Tour/New album

2009-02-11T01:31:00.000-08:00

Cursive - Winter 2009
Mon-Mar-09, Brooklyn, NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg - sold out
Tue-Mar-10, New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
Thu-Mar-12, Los Angeles, CA, Spaceland
Fri-Mar-13, Los Angeles, CA, Troubadour - sold out
Sat-Mar-14, San Diego, CA, Casbah
Sun-Mar-15, Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room
Mon-Mar-16, Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
Wed-Mar-18, San Antonio, TX, White Rabbit
Mar-19-21, Austin, TX, SXSW
3/12-18 with Ladyfinger (ne)

watch their tour videoLog At youtube here

Edward Cullen is losing to Count Chocolate! C'mon

2009-02-11T01:19:00.000-08:00

http://www.ajc.com/holiday/content/atlanta-holiday-guide/best-hollywood-vampire.html

Ladyfinger

2009-02-11T01:15:00.000-08:00

Ladyfinger (ne) - Winter 2009
Sat-Feb-14, Kansas City, MO, The Riot Room
Sat-Feb-21, Omaha, NE, Slowdown
Wed-Mar-04, Denver, CO, Hi-Dive
Thu-Mar-05, Colorado Springs, CO, Rocket Room
Fri-Mar-06, Billings, MT, Railyard
Sat-Mar-07, Missoula, MT, The Other Side
Sun-Mar-08, Portland, OR, Doug Fir
Mon-Mar-09, Seattle, WA, Sunset Tavern
Wed-Mar-11, Santa Rosa, CA
Thu-Mar-12, Upland, CA, The Wire
Fri-Mar-13, Los Angeles, CA, Troubadour
Sat-Mar-14, San Diego, CA, Casbah
Sun-Mar-15, Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room
Mon-Mar-16, Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
Wed-Mar-18, San Antonio, TX, White Rabbit
Mar-19-21, Austin, TX, SXSW
2/14 with Roman Numerals
3/4-9 with Little Brazil
3/12-18 with Cursive

Stream entire album (DUSK) for short time here @ AMplifier Magazine

Asobi Seksu

2009-02-11T00:38:00.000-08:00

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

Feb 10 Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse
Feb 11 Dublin, IE @ Crawdaddy
Feb 13 Belfast, UK @ Speakeasy
Feb 14 Glasgow, UK @ ABC2
Feb 15 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
Feb 16 Leeds, UK @ Faversham
Feb 18 Birmingham, UK @ Barfly (Dragon)
Feb 19 London, UK @ ICA
Feb 20 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Feb 21 Paris, FR @ Fleche d'Or
Feb 22 Brussels, BE @ Rotonde
Feb 24 Muenster, DE @ Gleiss 22
Feb 25 Berlin, DE @ Magnet

Mar 02 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
Mar 03 Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
Mar 04 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom
Mar 05 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Mar 06 Bloomington, IL @ Illinois Wesleyan U.-Young
Mar 07 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Mar 10 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
Mar 11 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 13 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mar 14 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubador -
Mar 15 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Mar 19 Austin, TX @ SXSW
Mar 20 Austin, TX @ SXSW
Mar 21 Austin, TX @ SXSW
Mar 22 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
Mar 23 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
Mar 24 Memphis, TN @ Young Avenue Deli
Mar 25 Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum
Mar 26 Chapel HIll, NC @ Local 506
Mar 27 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Mar 28 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Mar 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
Mar 30 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (downstairs)
Apr 02 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Download Me and Mary from the new album "Hush" Here at Music Ramen

Internet Outage

2009-02-09T15:27:00.000-08:00

So without the internet, I've been thinking alot lately, About life in general. About Love, how much i can take for granted, how much i need to simplify, I htink I'm already wonderful with money and i have no debt, at 26, Thats a good feat, I believe.

I just recently read that bijou philips and danny masterson, believe in scientology. To know its the study of knowledge. It makes me think. I've always knocked it, but i wonder ... really what exactly it is, and what it means to everyone that follows it. Buddhism is something that Chris and I both recently have been entranced in. We always laughed when people assumed we were buddhist. I think because of the whole hippy/buddha idea. But the more you realize how superficial Life and Society is, it just makes more sense, to not WANT anything, to not NEED anything that you don't already have in life. Love, The feeling of knowing that what your doing right now, is what you want to be doing forever. It has nothign to do with what you own, nothing to do with what you are trying to save up for.

The other day I couldn't stop smiling, I was so happy, about nothing. About where we live, about what we've seen. I feel so energized by life lately, its hardly believeable.

I've been watching a lot of my favorite movies lately, and I know why they are favorites. I can watch them over and over and over, and i never bored. EVER.

My music taste has differed i think, since i was younger. I listen to everything. I believe good songwriting/ good lyrics, they can't be limited to a genre. If I hear words that are just... heartbreaking or just beautiful, I like it, it doesn't matter where they are from, who's label they're on, if they are on a label even. The internet gives you this option to experience EVERYTHING. So being that i don't have the internet right now, you can imagine my days when i can't go anywhere because i have to go work soon. So here i sit, reading, happy but not happy that i don't have the internet to turn to.

Kings Of Leon Tour

2009-02-07T01:18:00.000-08:00

TOUR

Current tour dates

2009/2/11 - Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Halle

14 Members attending
tickets

2009/2/14 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmataz

31 Members attending
tickets

2009/2/15 - Madrid, Spain - Palacio Vistalegre***

27 Members attending
Info: ***Venue Changed to Palacio Vistalegre
tickets

2009/2/20 - Paris, France - Olympia

35 Members attending
tickets

2009/2/21 - Amsterdam, Holland - MHM

42 Members attending
tickets

2009/2/23 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle

15 Members attending
tickets

2009/2/26 - Cologne, Germany - The Palladium

21 Members attending
ONSALE 11/7

2009/3/08 - Perth, Australia - Rock-It

38 Members attending

2009/3/11 - Adelaide, Australia - Memorial Drive

33 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/13 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena

70 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/14 - Melbourne - Rod Laver Arena

8 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/16 - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre

42 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/18 - Sydney, Australia - Sydney Entertainment Centre

86 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/19 - Sydney - Sydney Entertainment Centre

tickets

2009/3/19 - Sydney - Sydney Entertainment Centre

tickets

2009/3/21 - Sydney - ACER Arena

7 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/22 - Broadmeadow, Australia - Newcastle Entertainment Centre

14 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/25 - Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena

60 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/27 - Wellington, New Zealand - TSB Bank Arena

20 Members attending
tickets

2009/3/29 - Christchurch, New Zealand - Westpac Arena

47 Members attending
tickets

2009/4/19 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena

1 Members attending
ONSALE 2/13

2009/4/21 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre

ONSALE 2/20

2009/4/22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Palumbo

3 Members attending
ONSALE 2/13

2009/4/24 - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center

2 Members attending
ONSALE 2/20

2009/4/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum

1 Members attending
ONSALE 2/13

2009/4/27 - Norfolk, VA - Constant Convocation Center @ ODU

1 Members attending
ONSALE 2/14

2009/4/28 - Raleigh, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre

2 Members attending
ONSALE 2/20

2009/4/30 - Charlotte, NC - Bojangles' Coliseum

1 Members attending
ONSALE 2/20

2009/5/04 - St Augustine, FL - St Augustine Amphitheatre

ONSALE 2/14

2009/5/05 - Orlando, FL - UCF Arena

ONSALE 2/13

2009/5/07 - Miami, FL - Bank United

ONSALE 2/13

2009/5/08 - Tampa, FL - Sundome

ONSALE 2/13

2009/5/10 - Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum

1 Members attending
ONSALE 2/13

2009/5/12 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion

ONSALE 2/14

2009/5/13 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City

ONSALE 2/13

2009/5/19 - Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre

3 Members attending
ONSALE 2/14

2009/5/21 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic

3 Members attending
ONSALE 2/22

2009/6/15 - London, UK - 02 Arena

50 Members attending
Info: SOLD OUT!
tickets

2009/6/16 - London, UK - O2 Arena

21 Members attending
Info: SOLD OUT!
tickets

2009/6/22 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Evening News Arena

63 Members attending
Info: SOLD OUT!
tickets

2009/6/23 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Evening News Arena

30 Members attending
Info: SOLD OUT!
tickets

2009/6/30 - London, UK - O2 Arena

32 Members attending
Info: SOLD OUT!
tickets

2009/7/10 - Balado, Scotland - T In The Park

5 Members attending

2009/7/11 - Dublin, Ireland - Oxegen

7 Members attending

2009/7/17 - Oropesa, Spain - Benicassim

1 Members attending

sorry i didnt repost all links -click here to get tickets

new u2

2009-02-06T12:48:00.000-08:00

U2 - Get On Your Boots

"VIa Stereogum

Special Borders DVD on backorder!!!!

2009-02-06T12:18:00.000-08:00

MORE INFO

Twilight Series up for a nick award

2009-02-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

as you now, im gonna refer you all to www.twifans.com on my blog over there but a real quick
rundown on what its up against

Favorite Book
------------
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Book
Harry Potter series
Twilight series

see the full blog post here

Howling Bells

2009-02-06T10:59:00.000-08:00

Howling Bells
Cities Burning Down

Top Chef's Tom Colicchio about Top Chef New York

2009-02-06T01:50:00.000-08:00

http://bravotv.com/top-chef/videos/andy-and-tom-in-new-orleans

Rob Pattinson - Found Last night.

2009-02-06T01:41:00.000-08:00

"""SPOTTED!!!

Robert Pattinson being mobbed by a gaggle of girls in a London Pub last night.

I have no pictures to confirm this yet, but my friend studying abroad in London met him at a pub last night.

This is OFFICIAL news that he is NOT in Vancouver just yet.

I will bring you all updates confirming the name of the club and possible photos as I get them.

5:55 PM UPDATE:

My friend just gave me info on where he was at last night. Here is what she said:

"He was at Notting Hill Arts Club, in west London. The least glamorous place in town. It's basically a basement where you get your grind on to old punk and rock jams. He was being mobbed! And his friend was sooo bored."

So there you have it people! If you live in London.... go find him!! :-)

6:13 PM UPDATE!!! HERE IS THE PICTURE OF ROB FROM LAST NIGHT... Its not a very good one... but its exciting news that we are the first to be reporting this!!!"""""

This taken from my dear friend over at www.twifans.com
Little_Nudger

Twifans is the most up to date Resource online now! GO THERE NOW!!!!!

But anyhow, wonderful to see Rob again! We've missed you!

Nylon and BOA

2009-02-05T14:11:00.000-08:00

Bella's Mittens

2009-02-05T13:41:00.000-08:00

Seems every knitter in the world, is making their own version.... If only i knew how to knit

Here's some great versions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andthenshecameback/3256624144/

read my complete wrap of it here at www.twifans.com (the best twilight site on the earth) Once yo start, you can't stop!

Conor Oberst with M Ward

2009-02-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

Jason Hawke Photography

2009-02-05T01:21:00.000-08:00

http://www.jasonhawkes.com/lightbox/2

And you will know us by the trail of dead

2009-02-03T15:21:00.000-08:00

February 19th -- Dallas, TX -- Granada Theatre
February 20th -- Houston, TX -- Walter's
February 21st -- New Orleans, LA -- One Eyed Jack's
February 23rd -- Orlando, FL -- Social
February 24th -- Atlanta, GA -- The Earl
February 25th -- Chapel Hill, NC -- Cat's Cradle
February 26th -- Washington D.C. -- Rock and Roll Cafe
February 27th -- Brooklyn, NY -- Music Hall of Williamsburg
February 28th -- New York, NY -- Bowery Ballroom
March 1st -- Boston, MA -- Middle East
March 3rd -- Montreal, Canada -- La Sala
March 4th -- Toronto, Canada -- Lee's Palace
March 5th -- Detroit, MI -- Pike Room
March 6th -- Chicago, IL -- Logan Square Auditorium
March 7th -- Minneapolis, MN -- Triple Rock Social Club
March 9th -- Denver, CO -- Bluebird
March 10th -- Salt Lake City, UT -- Urban
March 12th -- Seattle, WA -- Neumo's
March 13th -- Vancouver, Canada -- Richard's on Richards
March 14th -- Portland, OR -- Berbati's
March 16th -- San Francisco, CA -- Slim's
March 17th -- Los Angeles, CA -- Echo Plex
March 21st -- Austin, TX -- Emo's (SXSW)
March 24th -- Oklahoma City, OK -- Conservatory

April 2nd -- Schorndorf, Germany -- Manufaktor
April 3rd -- Aarau, Switzerland -- Flosserplatz
April 4th -- Rorschach, Switzerland -- Mariaberg
April 6th -- Lausanne, Switzerland -- le Romandie
April 7th -- Paris, France -- Trabendo
April 9th -- Groningen, Holland -- Vera
April 10th -- Rotterdam, Holland -- Motel Mozaique Festival
April 11th -- Leuven, Belgium -- Depot
April 14th -- Portsmouth, England -- Wedge Rooms
April 15th -- Nottingham, England -- Rescue Rooms
April 16th -- Manchester, England -- Academy 3
April 17th -- Glasgow, Scotland -- Oran Mor
April 19th -- Newcastle, England -- Academy
April 20th -- Birmingham, England -- Academy
April 22nd -- Bristol, England -- Thekla
April 23rd -- London, England -- Electric Ballroom
April 24th -- Oxford, England -- Academy
April 26th -- Hamburg, Germany -- Ubel and Gafaehrlich
April 27th -- Malmo, Sweden -- Debaser
April 28th -- Oslo, Norway -- Rockefeller
April 29th -- Bergen, Norway -- Bergen Festival
May 1st -- Stockholm, Sweden -- Debaser Medis
May 2nd -- Jonkoping, Sweden -- Popadelica
May 3rd -- Copenhagen, Denmark -- Vega
May 5th -- Berlin, Germany -- Kesselhaus
May 6th -- Prague, Czech Republic -- Roxy
May 7th -- Vienna, Austria -- WuK
May 9th -- Bologna, Italy -- Estragon
May 10th -- Zurich, Switzerland -- Mascotte
May 11th -- Munich, Germany -- Muffathalle
May 12th -- Frankfurt, Germany -- Mousonturm
May 14th -- Cologne, Germany -- Live Music Hall
May 15th -- Lingen, Germany -- Alter Schlachthof

Tips for our furry friends

2009-02-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

• Take animals inside. Puppies and kittens, elderly animals, small animals, and dogs with short hair, including pointers, beagles, pit bulls, Rottweilers, and Dobermans, are particularly susceptible to the elements. Short-haired animals will also benefit from warm sweaters or coats.

• Don’t allow your cat or dog to roam freely outdoors. In cold weather, cats sometimes climb under the hoods of cars to be near warm engines and are badly injured or killed when the car is started. (To help prevent this, bang loudly on the hood of your car before starting the engine.) Animals can also become disoriented when there is snow or ice on the ground.

• Increase animals’ food rations in cold weather. In cold weather, animals burn more calories to keep warm. Also, be sure that animals are free of internal parasites, which can rob them of vital nutrients.

• Keep an eye out for strays. Take unidentified animals inside until you can find their guardians, or take them to an animal shelter. If strays are wild or unapproachable, provide food, water, and shelter (stray cats will appreciate a small doghouse filled with warm bedding), and call your local humane society for assistance in trapping them and getting them indoors.

• Clean off your dogs’ or cats’ legs, feet, and stomachs after they come in from the snow. Salt and other chemicals can make animals sick if they are ingested while the animals are cleaning themselves.

• When you see dogs left outdoors, provide them with proper shelter. Doghouses should be made of wood (metal is a poor insulator) and positioned in a sunny location during cold weather. Raise the house several inches off the ground, and put a flap over the door to keep out cold drafts. Use straw for bedding (rugs and blankets can get wet and freeze).

• Provide a source of water for wildlife, who may have a difficult time finding drinking water during winter months. Break the ice at least twice a day.

• Buy nontoxic antifreeze made with propylene glycol instead of ethylene glycol, which can kill animals even in small doses. Safe brands include Sierra and Prestone Lowtox. Animals are attracted to antifreeze for its sweetness, so clean up spills quickly, and buy brands with the bittering agent denatonium benzoate.

• Give wildlife a boost. While it’s best to provide natural sources of food and shelter for birds by planting flowers and trees that produce seeds and berries, birds may need an extra boost during the winter, when they are burning extra calories to keep warm. Use a blend of seeds that includes oiled sunflower seeds, which are high in calories. Remember to stop the feeding when the weather warms up. An artificial food source causes wild animals to congregate in unnaturally large numbers in areas where they may be welcomed by some, but not others, and it can also make them easy targets for predators. Eventually, they may lose their ability to forage for food on their own entirely.

• If you venture out to feed the ducks at a nearby pond or the gulls at the beach, do not feed them bread or corn. These foods don’t have enough nutritional value for wintertime eating. The best thing to feed ducks and gulls during the winter is dry dog or cat food. The birds love it, and the fat in it will help them stay warm as well as replenishing the water-repellent oil in their feathers.

http://living.peta.org/2009/protect-furry-friends-from-winter-weather

Smashing Pumpkins

2009-02-01T17:55:00.000-08:00

I've really getting into listening to the pumpkins again, Finally trying to kick this twilight buzz I have been getting into.... I can't help it, Rob Pattinson's Music is really beautiful and well he's beautiful, ahhh anyhow

Billy Corgan, now he's another beautiful soul

I would rather meet Billy than Rob, I have to admit.

matt and kim

2009-02-01T02:04:00.001-08:00

Sigur Ros Fan Made Video

2009-01-29T15:28:00.001-08:00

Fleet Foxes

2009-01-29T15:06:00.000-08:00

Fleet Foxes, Ah how i love thee
From their Myspace blog
"

Hullo!

So, I went to the (truly insane and heart-swelling) Dept of Eagles show at Neumo's tonight (sang along and bought a Tee) and a couple people said something about hearing we signed to Virgin Records and they are reissuing a "special edition" of the CD LP. This is false. I think a Seattle Weekly blog post started this fire, which I will now extinguish, with this statement - "Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidiaries or permutations thereunder. Till we die."

I just don't see the point. Most major labels seem anti-music. We've pursued no such deal with Virgin (or been pursued to my knowledge, I think it was just a bit of news they reported) and would be idiots to be unhappy with our fam of label folks. It is true though that all copies of the CD LP will now include a free copy of the EP (like it is currently with the vinyl), but that's not a "special limited edition," it'll be that way in perpetuity, no extra cost or packaging change.

That's all! Also I cut all my hair off.
Robin "

Good stuff

testing last fm

2009-01-28T10:36:00.001-08:00

My Little Twilight Photo Stream

2009-01-28T10:12:00.001-08:00

All Rights to Summit and Stephenie Meyer
Songs included:
Flightless Bird, american mouth - iron and wine
Never Think - Rob Pattinson
Eyes On Fire - Blue Foundation
Clair De Lune - APM orchestra
Spotlight (twilight mix) - Mutemath

Some Pictures are fan made, some are movie stills, again I own nothing, this is just something that i did on a whim, out of boredom, and I noticed some mistakes I made, and i will re-do this to make it better, and some more mixing skills with the music

really

2009-01-28T10:05:00.000-08:00

Really I haven't posted in awhile, mostly because, I post a lot on myspace, because more people read it! Just been reading and working, loving Alaska so far, wishing there were more people i worked with that were interesting enough to actually get to know more, so far NOTHING! Oh and I'm unfortuantely loving the twilight series, Ah well haha

Lollapalooza Fun time

2008-08-14T11:22:00.000-07:00

matt costa - DUKE SPIRT<>

Like to have randomness

2008-01-11T10:42:00.000-08:00

Ron Herman - Jean D'Arc High Waisted Jean - $121.00

Prada Glazed Tote - $2580.00 @ Bergdorf Goodman

Fluff Elephant Luggage Tag from Alternative Outfitters - $12.00

Papyrus email greetings card - $3.95 Each

Forzieri Diamond Mini Bell Charm Necklace - $740.00

Chateau Sheets by Court of Versailles $109.00 @ Bloomingdales

L'occitane Lavender Oil

C & C California Burnout Heart Shirt - $74.00

Skirt shopping -affordable

2007-12-14T11:38:00.000-08:00

Games i want

2007-12-14T11:24:00.000-08:00

animal surfaces

2007-12-14T10:23:00.000-08:00

Saks Free Shipping!

2007-12-13T12:21:00.000-08:00

Free Shipping over there @ saks with Code

HOLIDAY7

http://http//www.saksfifthavenue.com/Entry.jsp

Christmas Deco

2007-12-12T13:01:00.001-08:00

Tee's

2007-12-10T14:40:00.000-08:00

Purple

2007-12-09T22:23:00.000-08:00

Editors

2007-12-09T22:18:00.000-08:00

January 2008

8th - Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, FL

9th - Jannus Landing, Saint Petersburg, FL

10th - House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL

11th - Roxy, Atlanta, GA

12th - Wildhorse, Nashville, TN

14th - The Norva, Norfolk, VA

15th - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

17th - Terminal 5, New York, NY

18th - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA

19th - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA

20th - Club Soda, Montreal, QC, Canada

22nd - Koolhaus, Toronto, ON, Canada

23rd - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH

25th - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL

26th - Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI

27th - Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI

29th - Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI

30th - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
February1st - Ogden Theatre, Denver, Co

4th - Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA

5th - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada

6th - Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR

8th - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA

9th - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

10th - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

13th - House of Blues, San Diego, CA

14th - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

http://http://www.editorsofficial.com/

Jackets

2007-12-09T22:11:00.000-08:00

25 % off

2007-12-09T22:08:00.000-08:00

25% off of Sleepwear Items @ Bare Necessities!

http://www.barenecessities.com/search.asp?siteID=tSMa%2FYxByNU-HUYgv0ocYqnoijYQJZ3oLA&redir=search:sleepsale&mode=1&msg=Sleepwear+Sale&search=sleepsale&drv=&sb=&pg=&CC=AFC-LinkshareAffiliateLink&cm_mmc=NYSALE.com-_-txt-_-NA-_-HOL07

Free Rice

2007-12-08T09:26:00.000-08:00

Not sure if this is for real but do it anyway!
http://freerice.com/index.php

all things red

2007-12-08T09:24:00.000-08:00

hot buys under $100.00

2007-12-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

Chris Clark

2007-12-08T08:55:00.001-08:00

Dress Mania!

2007-12-08T08:45:00.000-08:00

2007-12-07T10:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.distilledclothing.com/store/ - Adam5-100 Jacket for $370
http://alamodbody.com/html/bras/antonia_ghazlan_bluestripebra.php - Blue Stripe Bra $50.00
http://shopbluegenes.com/detail.aspx?ID=4506 - Cuff Shirt - $228.00
http://www.catrionamackechnie.com/Product.asp?IDproduct=329 - Douce bra - $235.00

http://206.188.196.252/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1685 - Eley Kishimoto Jacket - $577.00
http://www.thelittleflirt.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=2083&cat[]=&cat[]=126&cat[]=&page=1 Fauve Amandine Underwire bra $100.00

For Him Gift Ideas

2007-12-05T13:04:00.000-08:00