Saw Moonlight Mile tonight and was utterly offended, which is a shame because the trailer was good and was its inclusion of the Elton John tune "Someone Saved My Life Tonight." More on that later. Another movie to avoid, at least in my opinion, is Secretary. That's all I have to say about that.
And now for the shameless promotion of one of New York's coolest rock bands, Man in Gray. They will be playing a live show on Saturday, October 5th (tonight) at 8pm at the Continental Bar, which is located at 25 Third Avenue at St. Mark's Place in the East Village. Admission is $5 and 21+, and includes a bunch of additional bands. Drinks are half-price from 4-8pm, so show up early if you would like to take advantage. Check out the band website for more show information, MP3s, photos, et cetera. Be there or be square!
Yesterday at the Salvation Army on 23rd Street, I picked up three tapes: Depeche Mode, Speak and Spell, A Flock of Seagulls, The Best of A Flock of Seagulls ("Space Age Love Song" rules!!!), and Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tinderbox, as well as a seemingly brand-new copy of Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation," for a total cost of under $4.00! I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough.
Becca and I showed up around 11:15am for the twelve o'clock free White Stripes concert at Union Square Park today, and were baffled by the absence of the anticipated throng of NYU kids and other "hipsters." Nearing showtime, the crowd ostensibly grew, but getting there early we lucked out and were only a few feet from the stage.
When the White Stripes became well-known a while back, I sort of dismissed them. I did listen to White Blood Cells a few times and enjoyed it, but today was the first time I really heard them. The shoe was really rocking and both Jack and Meg White have a great stage presence, despite the hot weather and the crazed Hell's Angels. Oops, wrong show.
After a dope hour-long set, Jack announced the duo would be playing their last song, but as he started singing, power was (intentionally?) turned off and the band was apparently told their time limit was reached (I assumed some stuck-up yuppies in the surroundings office buildings were probably filing complaints about the noise or something...but it was probably permit-related). Instead of abandoning a roused audience, Jack asked for silence so that he could just yell out the song without a microphone. It was pretty memorable! Dana and I took many, many photos, which I will probably blog tomorrow. Rock n' roll!
WinMX is so cool. When my PC crashed last fall and I lost over five hundred MP3s, I was emotionally scarred and took a year-long break from downloading music. Tonight, Cheryl reminded me how much music sharing rules, so I hooked myself up with Winamp and WinMX again. I only have five MP3s so far -- Abba, "Voulez Vous," The Cardigans, "Hey! Get out of My Way," Man in Gray, "Stale," Peter Schilling, "Major Tom (Coming Home)" and last but not least, the "Perfect Strangers" television theme -- but more are hopefully on the way. Rad!
I stumbled upon this case of squirrel envy. I sort of wish I did not. This, however is one of my favorite squirrel-related pages (does this song sound like The Pixies to anyone else?)
Jeremiah and I saw 8 Femmes (or Eight Women) tonight. The film was fun, well-written, and stars a cornucopia of beautiful French actresses. What more can you ask for!
Best of Will Ferrell is on Saturday Night Live! Botchy balls, I love the Blue Oyster Cult "More cowbell!" sketch and the "I drive a Dodge Stratus!" bit.
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
