July 31, 2005
Jenny asked me to post about this upcoming benefit for Kia Nowotne -she was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer for a second time and due to missed work dealing with her illness, was then fired and lost her health care benefits.
Anyhoo, they had a last minute change of venue to the Shanghai Rock Hotel on 39th street. So Thursday August 4th, drag your ass out there!
The donation to attend the event is $20 the day of and $15 in advance. Advance tickets can be purchased at: www.theblackspoons.com/merch
Liz sent me this link to the Bunratty's reunion. I will not be in Boston on that date, but even if I were, I'm not sure that I actually spent enough time at Bunratty's that I would go. I remember spending more time hanging outside of the club than actually inside of it.
I definitely spent more time hanging outside of CBGBs than inside it as well...But these Save CBGBs benefit nights cannot be missed. Sham 69 and The Radicts are on September 29th, and the Circle Jerks, Adolesents, DI, and Channel 3 are September 9th and 10th. Ho-ly shit! There's a lot of other fun shit, but those are my personal picks.
No more gettin' some on the job.
This one is not for Laree Love: I Hate Horses.
Is anyone else freaked out by the new set of the Daily Show?
There was an entire country discovered between the East and West Coasts!
How craigslist changed New York (and possibly everywhere else). Really, is there anyone who doesn't have a reason to use craigslist?
The Christian paradox - How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong.
Jim and I have been looking at that site stuff on my cat too much. He piled all my clean underwear on the Saget this morning and snapped some shots. The cats are really enjoying this.
July 26, 2005
I'm busy, I'm busy! Ok?
But quickly, I must mention that Renee's husband, Joe's band Keys to the Streets of Fear was mentioned in Vogue UK for their song Hedi Slimane (second item from bottom.)
Alright, Don W. is blogging about Jim M's new movie "Automans" over on his site, so you can check it out and see how the production is going.
I got wasted last Saturday night. WASTED I tell you...Wait, was it Saturday night? Yeah, it was. And Darga was here. John used to be in Wrecking Crew when we were both still teenagers believe it or not....so I made him ...seriously forced him... to sign his self titled first 7" for me - two of them. I have two. One is what I think was the standard issue, red sleeve, black vinyl. But the other is supposedly rare, green sleeve, green vinyl.
So anyway, I'm not sure if having John drunkenly scrawl his name on this shit makes it more or less valuble, but I will tell you that he wrote "Love makes you not sell your records" on the green one. So who's buying? I have rare vinyl here kids. That's vinyl. It's a disc shaped thing with grooves cut into it. I will see you on ebay! (Just kidding...maybe.)
And then we took pictures of course!
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July 19, 2005
Whoops, Dan sent me this a while ago and I forgot to post it...but c'mon...Cuteness!
I read The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem this weekend, and although I didn't enjoy it as much as his earlier book Motherless Brooklyn, I would still recommend it heartily.
Anyhoo, I was in Boston. Yeah. And I went shopping. A lot. And played Scrabble with my mom and made bread and stuff. It was a relaxing weekend, and really that is what I needed.
What wasn't so relaxing? My mom told me she has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, but assured me the doctor said she would not be going blind for 10 years. Where the 10 year estimate came from, I have no clue, but hopefully they are right. Obviously it still sucks for her. Anyone got any info on supplements and this condition?
And also, anyone who knows anything about submucosal fibroids & pregnancy can send info to me STAT.
July 14. 2005
I dreamt that I slept with Moby last night. How bizarre is that? I think he's a seriously unattractive man-boy and I can't for the life of me figure out where in my brain that reference came from. Then I saw this today and it all came rushing back at me and I all I could think was "eeewww."
Georgetti has never heard the word crunk. Not kidding. She lives under a rock in NYC. Anyhoo, I was gonna link to that commercial for Hustle & Flow that is all about the crunk. But I can't find it online anywhere. So here is NY mag's Clarification: Krump, Crunk, Crumpets, and Trump. Now all is explained.
Ohmygod, remember this game? This is what kids do before they're old enough to get their hands on drugs...We didn't actually use ropes or anything though, we would just take turns choking each other with our bare hands...we weren't crazy like these youngins.
Yesterday I was walking down the street thinking about how bad I felt and how I looked like shit and how things suck and how big my hair was from the overpowering humidity and of course, I had to run into Larry and Noah on the street. Nothing better than running into guys you know when you feel like shit. It sucked. But my mood immediately improved after I got this cute little birdie tatoo from Craig:
For whatever reason, I've been bummed about a lot of stuff recently. From stupid shit like the constant rain, to the all-encompasing stuff like terrorist attacks.
When the bombings occured in London last week I tracked down my family members who live there and called it a day. Tried not to watch the television footage, tried not to discuss it with friends and coworkers...Basically, not to be like isn't it a tragedy? Now let me tell you how it effects me....But subways are my number one fear. More like phobia. More like every time I ride one I think its my last. And yet somehow I live in New York - its amazing. Now I have been feeling this way for years, it didn't take anyone blowing up to make it clear to me that its scary down there...Up until now I have turned to my friends to talk me down and convince me its totally safe....but now I think people actually agree with me. And that scares me even more.
Last Howard Stern show on E! was July 8th. A moment of silence please.
I was trying to get my hands on some Pine Brothers Cough Drops and found out that they don't make them anymore. Bitches. I loved those when I was a kid. Check out these other foods of the 80's.
Ok, so Siren is this weekend, if you are interested. And I will be in Boston chillin with my moms. Have fun!
July 8, 2005
Lisa's friend galexiegirl posted these photos of Courtney Love. Couldn't let that one slip by.
For a long time I have been contemplating redoing this site. But I now realize I am way too lazy do anything of the kind in the near future. So I decided to do a slight alteration. I pulled the permanent links off the side and added an old-skool "links" page. Not that anyone uses those perma-links anyway...But If I know you and I did not link you email me and it will be added. Thank you for your time.
Oh, and Jared Mazzaschi is a nice guy. He did not pay me to say that.
July 5, 2005
I eat out a lot. I often vow to change my ways, but never do. But recently I have reason to rethink this habit. I have been snubbed by waitresses, served bad food, served the wrong food, not served at all...and the list goes on.
The two worst offenders: Lisa & Jim turned us on to Union Picnic for ordering take out. Fun southern style comfort food, good for eating on a weekend when you are staying in. And the delivery service was good. They always got the food here in a reasonable amount of time and had yummy veggie burgers and veggie reuben sandwiches too. But the other day we decided to go and actually eat at Union Picnic. Good lord do I regret this. The waitstaff there SUCKS! I mean they fucking suck. I just googled "Union Picnic" and found out I'm not the only one who thinks so. So chalk it up to a bad experience and never go there again, right?
But what I totally regret is that due to my own personal history of bartending in this city I find I am physically unable to not tip. So I'll get all pissy and irrate and the end result is I only give the fifteen percent. That's right, fifteen percent, which I think is what some normal people tip for good service...And I'm all "take that fuckers!"...see? it doesn't work at all....
And then I went to the Pencil Factory the other night, a place I used to love....I'm not gonna get into the details on this one, suffice to say I ordered a sandwich, cancelled the order after I found out fifteen minutes later they hadn't started making it. Left the place. Came back AN HOUR LATER and they served me THE SAME FRIGGIN SANDWICH. I have witnesses.
So in the spirit of Nike's using Minor Threat's cover art, here's a site full of random funny cover art done up ad style. And here are three of my favorites:
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Cool article on twins genetic differences.
July 3, 2005
In totally retarded corporate news, Nike jacked the cover imagery from Minor Threat's self titled 1984 album for their summer skate tour. Yeah, everything is up for grabs today, but this definitely crossed some sort of corporate stupidity line. Nike recognized that they were complete tools and issued this apology.
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In other co-opting culture news, Old Navy is selling this way-cool "Williamsburg" shirt. Buy it now for only $6.95!
July 2, 2005
Jenny just posted this on myspace...
Attention NYC: The Kittens Are Ready
The neighborhood
stray had 5 kittens in our yard (Greenpoint). There are 3 tabbys, one
grey w/white. They are sweet and silly and 7 weeks old, and need homes.
We've been feeding them, cleaning their eyes and ears, and had a vet tech
come out to make sure they were doing ok. They'll need to be dewormed
and vaccinated.
There is also a whte one...super bouncy."
Let Jenny know if you want one. How could you not?
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