the harrowing adventures of...

tokyo police club, born ruffians and harlem shakes!



most definitely in the running for the top shows of the year.
despite the fact that a girl standing near us passed out and then barfed all over the floor ... oh, and that the lights were super close to giving me a seizure.

look what i found!


i had never really given harlem shakes a listen, but i was pleasantly surprised.
they were just so energetic and good, i'm not sure why i'd never really listened to them before.
it's like being on the beach with a couple saxophones and smiling animals and one floor tom for everyone to play together.
it totally made sense why they'd be playing with tpc and born ruffians.

born ruffians were even better than i had remembered them being.
but that might be because the first time i saw them, i was outside and it was pouring rain and i had no umbrella.
haha, but really ... they were great! and oh hey luke lalonde ... adorable!







tokyo police club was wonderful of course. they're just so good and they make me ridiculously happy every time i see them.
again, as i said five months ago, they are one of the few bands who have the ability to make me excited when they play ANY of their songs because every song is just that fantastic.
they opened with a new song, and sprinkled a few other new songs in their set.
i like the new material ... a step in a new direction, but still good! i can't wait to hear the songs again.
they played all my favorites, but strangely, they didn't to "centennial," but that's alright.

setlist:
Favourite Colour <-- new song
Nature
Box
Sixties
Breakneck Speed <-- new song
Works
Cave
Paste
Nursery
New New
Baskervilles
Shoulders
Citizens
Graves
Math
Harrowing
Tesselaste
English
Juno
Be Good
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Cheer It on
Spark <-- new song
Train In Vain

they've totally gained more stage presence. every time i see them, they just get better and better.
oh, and that encore ... so good.









































they invited born ruffians out to do one song, then harlem shakes came out too and they did "train in vain" by the clash.
SO RIDICULOUS! ahh!















thank you, tokyo police club.
you are fantastic.

oh hello.

so, shows have been dry for the past week or so.
went to My Teenage Stride in Long Island City at The Jackson (steakhouse) on saturday, and i must say, i think i hate LIC more than i hate bushwick.
who knew that was even possible?
i'm never going back there again, unless i absolutely have to.
and it didn't help that everyone in the crowd was either 100 years old or 5 years old. awesome.

juiceboxxx @ vpoint this weekend?
i think sooooo.
juiceboxxx > life ... fo'sho.

photography project!

so ... you may or may not have heard, but i'm doing a photography project.
i need from 20-25 specimens of all ages, male and female to pose for a few frames.
in the end i'll compile my favorites from each person's shoot to have a series of "themed portraits."
i think it'll be pretty cool.
each person will pose with the same prop ... that prop being my grandfather's glasses from the 70's that i found a few months ago. but the glasses will be worn or used differently in every picture.
oh, and you get to pose in front of a glittery backdrop. i know you think that's exciting.
i know i do!
SOOOO ... if you're interested, please please please let me know by the end of the month at the latest.
i'm running low on boys, so if you're a boy and feel like doing this, i'll be forever grateful.

this could be you!

i always manage to find pictures of myself looking really excited

at matt and kim shows.
here's one from the secret show last week.
of course, i have my arm up.
lovezzzzz you matt and kim.



while i'm here, i might as well post a few more.
here's one from cmj 2007 of me getting kicked in the head ... awesome!


and one from the "pizza factory" aka that nasty abandoned warehouse in bushwick in summer 2007.
i came out of this show with footprints on my face.


good times.

what will foals become when they grow up?

so, i hadn't listened to foals in quite a while, and just yesterday i remembered just how much i love them.
i get so tense listening to them ... but not like an uncomfortable tense ... it's like a weird kind of tenseness where you feel like doing a really long math equation, then taking a crazy nap.
they've grown in popularity like exponentially over the past year or so, and after playing a billion shows here last year up until may, they decided that the the states just aren't that important.
jack bevan claimed they'd be back in october, but um, it's february now.
they probably decided not to come back because yannis got so upset when they played maxwell's on may 7th.
goddamnit.

but anyways, i just got around to downloading all those b-sides i've been missing out on.
so good ... oh my god.
go find these:


and these:


yes, "super inuit" is a holy fuck cover.