| separated at rebirth? |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|05:09 pm] |
Did anyone else find it funny that the "V" alien invasion returned on the same night as "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" ??
Who looks more like an alien: Diana (from the original "V" series), Tabatha, or Anna (from the new "V" on ABC) ??
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| Retro In Peace |
[Oct. 27th, 2009|12:45 pm] |
Going to see THIS IS IT tonight. I'm sure it'll be interesting, at the very least.
Allison and I were supposed to go to London to see one of the THIS IS IT shows. The only other time I had a chance to see MJ was when he played a few shows at the LA Sports Arena, right next door to USC where I was in school. I went over one night to try and get a ticket but they were too expensive (even then!) for my starving student budget.
Ever since Ricky Wilson died, before I had a chance to see him play with The B-52's, I've been a total concert complete-ist. If I have even a middling interest interest in a band, I will try to go see them. And if it's remotely nostalgic, I'll brave smoky backwoods casinos and dirty, dangerous fairgrounds to see all kinds of retro acts, just in case it's my last chance ever. I actually saw Duran Duran play a parking lot - twice. And poor Olivia Newton-John played the parking lot of a casino, which in my mind is about as low as you can go.
No, wait - the worst ever was seeing Berlin play at the Hollywood Park horse track. They had them set up on this makeshift stage that was only about 5 inches tall, in a room with all these betting machines and vendors selling $1 beers and hot dogs. The whole room reeked of hot buns and weiner steam. At one point Terri Nunn said "It's my birthday today..." and only one or two people even reacted-- everyone's attention was on the horse racing they were showing all these giant monitors. Later that year at Hollywood Park they booked "Frankie Goes to Hollywood," but I missed it. It wasn't even the real FGTH but an imposter band, which kinda made me even more bummed to have missed it, because how many chances will I get to see those guys?
Other acts I wish I'd seen before a key member kicked the bucket:
And even though I've seen them a million times, if I had a time machine I'd probably use it to follow The B-52's through their various periods and hopefully meet Ricky Wilson.
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| how i made the news yesterday |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|03:10 pm] |
It started with a typical trip to the weekly farmer's market in our neighborhood. I split off from the group to head back to the house, and on my way out encountered a woman passing out Reject R-71 leaflets. I asked her why her sign said "protect marriage" when R-71 is about domestic partnerships, and she replied "It's a stepping stone to gay marriage." Then she started up with the Jesus talk and that we are a "Christian nation" and I asked her "So what does Jesus say about lying? Because you're lying to these people about this being a gay marriage referendum." And she went on about it being her calling and that nobody needed to be gay, it was just a choice, so I said, "Lady, you're a liar and you're the one going to hell." I don't even believe in hell but I thought I'd give her a taste of her own medicine.
Went home, whipped up a sign that read "Meet A Bigot" and returned to the market to take my place next to the demonstrators - there were three total. I tried not to say too much, but they really laid into me, saying all sorts of fucked up shit. It was people at the market who came and debated them on their stance, and so many people voiced their support for my presence and ridiculed the Reject 71 people. I eventuall called Cori and Abe for backup and the three of us really got into it with them. By the time we got home there was already a picture and a post on West Seattle Blog.
I so wanted to punch that one lady in the face.
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| upping the ante |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|01:54 am] |
To the guy sitting in front of me at The Butch Factor screening today, happily knitting away before the movie began (not sure what he was making but it's gonna be RED), and also to the guy sitting behind me warbling showtunes to himself, I salute thee. Especially after seeing the movie, which I recommend.
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| with a little help |
[May. 17th, 2009|01:29 pm] |
I'm finally doing an edit on some semi-recent photosets. This one from Key West, in the very early hours of 2009, cracked me up.
It's 4 am. Do you know what's who's holding your pants up?
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| am i insane? |
[May. 1st, 2009|01:04 pm] |
YouTube won't let me embed, but please watch this brief TV spot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI59yBU60-0
Is that a puppet in place of a real dog in the shot where the cupboard door is opened? Or is it just the lighting that makes the dog look fake?
Look at its too-red tongue and its dead, glassy eyes. Watch for the too-perfect, single ear wag. Examine the too-yellow fur on its face which doesn't appear on the real dog that appears in the rest of the commercial.
Help me help me.
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| oh yeah, that whole coachella 09 thing |
[Apr. 30th, 2009|01:10 pm] |
This post is made-up of some cobbled-together emails and posts from other places. It's totally half-assed, except for the sexy, hilarious and EXCLUSIVE TO THIS SITE photo above.*
*(I think in the face of multiple 'look at me, look at me' web-based TMI sites, it's important to create and exploit exclusivity, uniqueness, and one-up-manship . Like re-releasing a CD with one bonus track on it, or only selling a certain kind of peanut butter at Target. I do this because, like you, I take all this stuff VERY seriously.)
So, Coachella. We had a blast, although to be honest it was not my favorite ever in terms of music.
I was pleasantly surprised by Paul McCartney, The Presets (my favorite Coachella set), and Paul Weller (with guest Johnny Marr).
I enjoyed The Cure, Los Campesinos, Plump Djs, Fleet Foxes, Glass Candy, and Silversun Pickups
I was disappointed in The Orb and Morrissey. And I really only liked the last 30 minutes of Groove Armada's set. I wish I'd seen more of Antony & the Johnsons, as he/they were doing some very different stuff than usual.
It was so awesome that The Cure kept playing after the big plug was pulled on their sound, soldiering on with only their stage amps. And it was hilarious because there was a rumor going around that Robert Smith was hardly going to play at all due to a hand injury.
By far, my highlight of the weekend would be the Cave Singers playing poolside at Ace Hotel (followed by a big gay drunken splash fight grab hands man toss) and Saturday night's afterparty at Chez Farmer-Onassis.
Kinda says something when your highlights of Coachella don't even happen on the polo fields... although The Presets was right up there with some of the most fun I've ever had in the Sahara tent. Not quite Daft Punk but definitely at least an LCD Soundsystem.
In any case, a good time.
ps! Some crazy shit went down right by the Sahara VIP area when a bunch of us happened to be hanging out in there, but I refused to look or watch. I knew it would end up all over the internets, anyway. I wish they'd have tased Tara Reid, instead.
http://www.coachella.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31322
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4xXU_Kmp9k
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| what's cooking |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|11:13 am] |
God, we get so many fucking magazines. Something's gotta go. But it'll never be Sunset. Fuck DWELL and all that trendy, unattainable faux-glitz - Sunset is way more down to earth, full of useful articles. Like in the current issue:
It's got great advice on growing vegetables in a tiny, city-sized backyard (like ours), garden checklists for our region at this time of year, some rad recipes for avocados (avocado fries! avocado ice cream!), and this fun new way to add more vegetables to your intake:
(for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) joebehrsandiego , natch)
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| where i've been for the past week |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|04:26 am] |
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating:  TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 294 attractions in Berlin This West Berlin neighborhood has long been a nexus for Berlin's socially alternative population.
Weird to think of a neighborhood as an "attraction", but it *is* wonderful here, and surprisingly inexpensive. Megs has been the hostess with the mostest, leading our way around the city through private art collections, incredible large-scale exhibits, great clubs & restaurants, and lots of local flavor including many wonderful people. All that and Grace Jones, in concert. (*)
Today I'm soaking up what's left to experience at the Liquidrom. Then it's a long day of travel back to Seattle. Ready to come home - I miss my guy!
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*I'm happy to report that Grace's song-to-outfit change ratio was 1:1. Granted, sometimes it was a simple switching of headpieces. But the stark simplicity of it all really worked.
We started out with seats at the very top/back of the venue. By the second song we'd moved right up next to stage right, which was where she was a lot, thanks to one of those big fans they have on movie/photo sets and a stripper pole with a rotating platform that she would walk walk walk and spin around on.
That was also the side of the stage where she'd go between songs to change outfits. She'd be talking to the audience and it sometimes felt like she was directly responding to what people in our section were shouting out to her. Or she'd be talking to whoever she was working with backstage, but right into the microphone. Example: "A glass of wine? I don't want a glass of wine, I want a whole fucking bottle." Also: "Stick. Stick it. Stick me with it. Show me your stick. Why won't you show me your stick?" And the one that Megs and I have been repeating for days: "I'm in a nightmare." It's a lot funnier when you say it the way Grace Jones would.
She also performed an entire song, ("Slave to the Rhythm") including a lengthy band introduction and a drum solo, while twirling a pink hula hoop around her waist. It never fell and she only stopped at the very end, when she began to twirl the hula hoop around her neck.
I foolishly left my camera at home but I got a few semi-decent iPhone pix
Can't wait for July 26 @ the Hollywood Bowl!
Beginning:
Mitte:
Finis:
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| nyc names |
[Mar. 22nd, 2009|04:13 am] |
Chloe Sevigny
David Belisle
Michael Stipe
Ingrid Michaelson
Glen Hansard
Kristin Hersh
Kimya Dawson
Patti Smith
Jane Fonda
Lou Reed
Laurie Anderson
Ted Danson
Mary Steenburgen
Will Ferrell
Andrea Cohen
John Burman
Sugar Pie Coco
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| "i'm not here to make friends" |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|12:53 pm] |
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Pandemonium erupted outside of an "America's Next Top Model" casting call
at CW Studios in midtown Saturday when an overheating car triggered
a stampede of catwalk-craving cuties.
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| taste of spring |
[Mar. 2nd, 2009|03:22 pm] |
Oh sweet, glorious Spring.
I can almost feel you wriggling
in my claws.
Soon I will munch in the sun
on your delicate bones.
Yum.
(Photo of Smokey the Cat by Johnny the Photographer)
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| waste time, make money |
[Feb. 19th, 2009|05:12 pm] |
Corianton turned me on to TypeTees, where you can submit t-shirt slogans for a chance at a $500 prize if they print yours. Unfortunately the decision is based on popular vote, not pure genius.
The slogans I've submitted so far are far from genius (all generated in about ten minutes... I'm almost embarrassed to be sharing these with the world), but you could vote for 'em anyway. As an experiment I put some exceptionally silly/stupid ones in there, and of course they're getting the most votes.
Megs and I are really pulling for this one:
www.typetees.com/score/1156310/Lil_bit_barfy
Judge the competition here:
www.typetees.com/score
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| Halftime Show |
[Feb. 2nd, 2009|11:36 am] |
It was my trumpet playing that really wowed the crowd.
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| sax crimes |
[Jan. 26th, 2009|11:21 am] |
I've held my own in the pit for all kinds of crazy shows, from L7 to Nine Inch Nails.
But it's the Kenny G crowd you really have to watch out for.
from pollstar.com:
Greek Suit Grey Area
Posted on Monday January 26, 2009 at 05:02 AM Add |
A lawsuit filed by a woman claiming she was attacked by a drunken patron during a Kenny G performance at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre in 2005 has made its way to court.
While attending Wavefest featuring Kenny G and David Benoit at the Greek in October 2005, Merridy Cress and her fiancée claim they had to deal with a pretty big annoyance – a noisy, apparently intoxicated fellow concertgoer.
According to documents obtained by the Daily Breeze, Cress filed suit against the venue citing negligence and premises liability for employing what she called a poorly trained staff that allowed her alleged assailant, Marsha Cooper, to remain at the show despite multiple complaints from other patrons.
Things got so bad that Cress and her fiancée decided to walk out during the middle of Kenny G’s set, with Cress’ fiancée urging venue staff to make the woman leave.
“After approximately a minute after I heard Richard yelling, ‘Restrain her,’ Cooper punched me in the left temple,” Cress stated in the court documents. “This caused me to fall onto the floor at which time Cooper started kicking me.”
However, during court proceedings, Nederlander-Greek Inc. lawyer Howard Slavin had a different account of what happened during the show, the Daily Breeze reported.
Slavin denied Cress’ claims that the venue was negligent and told the court that venue management had not been notified of the patrons’ complaints until it was too late.
He also suggested there may have been a racial element in the leadup to the incident, the paper said, adding that there is evidence that Cress, who is white, used a racial slur during her confrontation with Cooper, who is black.
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