So there's this Polish / Ukrainian restaurant next door to my apartment building. I've frequented the restaurant several times, but a few months ago became disgusted upon finding hair in a dish of cole slaw. My roommate barely escaped consuming a rancid muffin there! So as a group of us walked by the restaurant last night, we were elated to see that the city has officially closed the restaurant for health reasons. Shudder.
Hanging out at the Fish with Jeremiah, Devanshi and Jeremy on Saturday night. Saturday night's alright for fightin', Saturday night's alright, alright, alright!
Waiting for the NR at 42nd St. Monday night. Oh yeah, by the way, do not enter or cross tracks.
Jeremiah and I saw Monster's Ball the other day. Billy Bob Thornton is so damn good. Also saw Robert Altman's new movie, Gosford Park, last night, and we're going to see In the Bedroom tonight. I'm going to try to catch up on my film reviews this week.
Last night was the first of two Mission of Burma shows at NYC's Irving Plaza. The punk band broke in the early 80s - this was their first live show together since. Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jared, Christina, Bryan and I all lucked out and got to attend. The band a great rapport with the audience, and announced the show would be delivered old-school fashion - two sets of eleven songs each. Roger and Clint play to the audience wonderfully, and MOB's drummer, Peter, delivered some playful lines himself throughout the show. While MOB's first set was faster and more fierce than the second, both sets were equally rockin' and really tight. Here's MOB's Roger and Clint.
Roger.
Roger and Clint.
At the show's encore, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth showed up! As numerous technicians and the musicians spent several minutes tuning, Peter the drummer exclaimed that is the reason he never wanted to play guitar. Here's Roger and Lee Ranaldo.
Thurston Moore and Clint.
Roger, Lee, Thurston, Clint.
I hope Mission of Burma doesn't wait another twenty years to play shows together. Go check them out if you wanna rock.
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
