February 2011
8 posts
WatchThe Dismemberment Plan - “The Ice of Boston” [1.29.11] (via Big Ass Lens)
I was pretty bummed that I couldn’t attend one of the band’s shows in D.C., but I had a ticket to the first of two shows here in New York. I thought the crowd would blow in New York, because I always thought D.C. crowds were a bit tame (aside from the Superchunk show that I went to sophomore year in...
January 2011
16 posts
“Is that a can of Heineken? Maybe you’re NOT invited.”
– Travis Morrison of the Dismemberment Plan, while playing “You Are Invited” (via evan)
Was there…DPlan killed it!
Dean Van Nguyen: Delicate Steve - No Fragile Fred →
deanvannguyen:
The latest issue of The Deli is out this weekend and it sports what is I think their best cover yet. It’s just a good looking issue all around, with some awesome illustrations accompanying my piece on Delicate Steve. That article is below, but the issue is well worth checking out. Non-NYC…
Check out the latest Deli issue. I got a preview of the interviews —...
The Soft Moon - “When It’s...
WatchPortlandia premiered on Friday. It’s pretty hilarious. Carrie Brownstein is soooo rad. Major girl crush.
WatchPee-Wee Herman on SNL!
On a semi-related note, my friend and I were at Greenpoint Tavern Friday night and this Paul Reuben-esque guy came up to us and attempted to hit on all my male friends. He had the most cartoonish voice. We couldn’t tell if he was wasted or that’s just how he was. At one point, he asked if one of my friends liked dolphins. He also kept advertising how his...
Blemishes on Bandcamp →
My good friend Brian has started a new band with Lauren, a real sweetheart. They write these really good pop song enfolded with noise, and of course, distortion. This particular track, “Keep it Quiet,” has a great, bouncy bassline. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the songs from the Telenovelas sessions.
RIP Trish Keenan
“Memories are waking dreams and dreams are sleeping memories, when you make music inspired by this process you begin to break down conventional form in the same way that dreams and memories never start at the beginning or finish at the end. It seems to me that the past is always happening now, all previous events have positioned us here philosophically, geographically, and in the...
“Killin’ the Vibe” by Ducktails...
geocities:
Sharon Van Etten - Don’t Do It
This...
“In what we do – whether we act on the stage or write – the most important thing...”
– (Anton Chekhov) Nina, The Seagull (via dotseurat)
