3:21PM - all the real girls

2:30PM - She's So Cool, So Smart, So Beautiful: Must Be a Girl Crush

the new york times did an article on "girl crushes" and they interviewed susan (i couldn't think of a better person to interview on the subject)...

CHECK IT OUT!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/fashion/thursdaystyles/11CRUSH.html?pagewanted=1


"They're better than boy crushes," Ms. Malsbury said, with more than a hint of mischief in her voice. "You don't have to break up with them after two weeks."

1:20PM - musictime

Across the Narrows Fest Lineup Announced

Jessica Suarez reports:
Finally, an outdoor rock music festival that answers the question, "Do all outdoor festivals have to take place in the middle of the summer, on the hottest days of the year?" The answer: no. This fall will bring the first-ever Across the Narrows (renamed from Across the Pond) Festival in New York City. The extravaganza will take place simultaneously on Coney Island and Staten Island on October 1 and 2. Promoters just released the final lineup, which includes Pixies, the Killers, Beck, and Oasis as the four headliners. Other acts making the bill include Gang of Four, Built to Spill, New York Dolls, Interpol, Belle and Sebastian and-- why not?-- the reunited Lemonheads. Oddly enough, they seem to have booked mostly sucky bands for Staten Island, and mostly cool ones for Brooklyn. Funny how that happened, huh?

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. EST time through Ticketmaster and the Ron Delsener Presents website. There'll be individual tickets for each of the four concerts for $55.00 a night, or you can pick up tickets to two shows for $100.00. Sure, these ain't Intonation prices, but you're still seeing the Pixies for under ten bucks. The concerts will take place at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn and Richmond County Bank Ballpark on Staten Island, home of minor league teams for the Mets and the Yankees, respectively. The full lineups:

10-1:

Coney Island:
Pixies
Gang of Four
Built to Spill
Rilo Kiley
Death From Above 1979
Mando Diao
Nine Black Alps

Staten Island:
The Killers
New York Dolls
Interpol
British Sea Power
Tegan and Sara
The Ordinary Boys
Lake Trout

10-2:

Coney Island:
Beck
Belle & Sebastian
The Polyphonic Spree
The Raveonettes
Gang Gang Dance
Whirlwind Heat
Special guest TBA

Staten Island:
Oasis
Jet
Doves
The Lemonheads
Kasabian
Jesse Malin
The Redwalls
Special guest TBA

* Pitchfork News: Beck, Pixies, B&S to Play Across the Pond Fest
* Across the Narrows: http://www.acrossthenarrows.com/
* Ron Delsener Presents: http://www.rondelsenerpresents.com

12:07AM - brutal

that movie wonderland is a little too flashy for my taste, but the opening scene is so fucking hot.



soundtracks pretty cool too.

9:21PM

as much of a pain in the ass going to joe's pub every day was...i fucking miss seeing the shows every night there. some of them sucked, but some were awesome. i just realized i missed CocoRosie there....and Liz Phair (that probably sucked...but still)...and John Wesley Harding. I'm always welcome back there, but i just always forget.

Reminders:

Sat, Aug 13- the avett brothers- 9:30

Mon, Aug 15- lesley gore- 7:00

Tues, Aug 30- American Analog Set- 7

Wed, Aug 31- Langhorne Slim- 9:30

Tues, Sept 6- Greg Garing - 9:30

Sat, Sept 10/Sept 13- Nouvelle Vague- 9:30




download CocoRosie if you haven't heard them....they're out of brooklyn and even have a song called "South 2nd"...which is the street i live on :) they're touring with antony and the johnsons now.

3:41PM - gypsy punk

EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED




interview from village voice

3:08AM

i have
a busy brain
a million mosquito bites
mice in my kitchen
baby roaches
a messy bedroom
not enough space
too much space
a big mouth

i wish i could sleep better. i try to go to sleep and my dreams are trampled by my thoughts. help.


( someone said... )

1:56PM - goodnight ladies

i woke up yesterday with a cough...went to bed with a full blown cold. i took some cough medicine (tussin...the cheap-o robotussin), but it really messes with my head. i had dreams like i was on acid. people were talking backwards and in tongues in them, and i swear i think i might have had a small seizure in my sleep, because i remember not being able to control my hand twitching...but i'm not sure if that was the dream or real life. i've been highly anxious lately with the stress of school, among other things. all of my friends seem to be experiencing similar anxiety (if not worse). i'm trying to remain cheerful, and just take things as they come, but it's in my sleep that the bad dreams come, leading to sleeplessness and more stress. there should be an off and on switch for certain thoughts in your brain, i think.


i forgot how much i love this song...


You've done it all, you've broken every code
And pulled the Rebel to the floor
You spoilt the game, no matter what you say
For only metal, what a bore
Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild

There's nothing left, all gone and run away
Maybe you'll tarry for a while
It's just a test, a game for us to play
Win or lose, it's hard to smile
Resist, resist, it's from yourself you have to hide

Come up and see me, to make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild

There ain't no more, you've taken everything
From my belief in Mother Earth
How can you ignore my faith in everything
Coz I know what Faith is and what it's worth
Away, away, and don't say maybe you'll try

Come up and see me to make me smile
Or do what you want, just running wild

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild




oh...and my appeal worked. i'm back in school for the fall semester, and i declared my major in media studies and my minor in studio art. FINALLY. now to get through this horrendous astronomy class...

1:34AM - team deuce, REPRESENT!

i don't know who this girl is, but this is my 'hood!


i see this when i look out my window...well...if i look past all the zooming cars on the BQE...whatever

thecobrasnake.com

2:49PM

i'm still remembering my evening...wow


so...met gina for free beer at loreley (ran into berel on the street...he came too). went to subtonic for pot brownies and drink. went to delancey to see gina's friend's band (cop on fire, i think?) someone punched me in the nose. ow. then to misshapes (yeah shut up) and movida. there were way too many free drinks in that time and my brain was totally doused in them. was coaxed to go to some afterhours party that turned out to be on my block, so i just went home and uh pulled a muscle at 5am. seriously.

1:43PM

i have no idea how this ended up on my computer, but my itunes just started playing it...in fact, i don't even know who adam richman is. it's pretty appropriate for today. change the "anne" to "louise" if you want. HAHAHAHA

mary-anne
written by adam richman & misha chellam | © 2003

Mary-Anne's my favorite girl
but she's living in her Hollywood world
her daddy owns a 4-star hotel
mommy owns another

Saturdays she's never around
'cause she's at the hippest party in town
and she tells me that she's settling down
so I'm waiting, waiting, waiting

she tells me to let it go but I'm the one who let her in

Mary-Anne shows up wasted at my front door
Mary-Anne takes my bed, leaves me the floor
Mary-Anne, you're such a whore
Mary-Anne

Met her at a rock n roll show
she was diggin' on some rum and some coke
she told me she was ready to go
take it or leave it (I couldn't believe it!)

Mary-Anne says love at first sight
shouldn't be confused with spending a night
but she'll come 'round when the timing is right
so I'm waiting, waiting, waiting

she tells me to let it go but I'm the one who let her in
and I don't wanna be a sad, weak , frail, meek, love-struck geek who's
waiting up for her again

2:31AM - the song remains the same

so here's what's been going on...

i've been taking this astronomy class which has been KILLING me. been spending a lot of time on the couch studying for that, wallowing in my own sweat and smells wearing next to nothing and showering not at all...and then going to class. susan needed me at the door at the delancey on tuesday and i needed the money, so i worked it even though i needed the study time. ended up at happy ending with jacob and katherine for a hot minute afterward.


oh preceding tuesday...

saturday was a particularly debaucherous night. i'm pretty sure it was just a release from all of the hard work i had been doing in this astronomy class. my teacher is not a very good one..i don't want to call him an idiot, because i feel he is a smart man, and that he means well..he just is not cut out to be a teacher. (jacob and katherine are currently running around in front of me in their almost matching black undies and t-shirts...cute) so saturday...i danced like crazy....fought like crazy...more crazy things happened. i feel weird about some of them, but overall it's just another life experience that i can look back on and cackle and grin about.



tonight...i was planning on relaxing, as the test i took today was another hard one. i did just this...even though patti smith was playing a free show in central park, but i did not feel like removing myself from the couch. finally katherine came over and coaxed me to a "housewarming party" down the street with her and jacob, where there was a midget woman, a guy wearing a shiny suit and red tie, and a tall, thin girl dancing alone in fuzzy pink slippers and a short skirt eating pretzels and edamame hummus. i felt as if i was in a harmony korine film. they did have yuengling beer however...which is my favorite...although i do prefer it on tap.

12:49AM

4:48AM - billy joel

Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile

Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right



If you find some error in You May Be Right

12:54AM - i love vh1 classics

Oh, I can't take another heartache,
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end!
You say you're love is bona fide,
But that don't coincide with the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You've gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure,
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign,
Cruel to be kind means that I love you,
Baby, you've gotta be cruel to be kind.

Well I do my best to understand dear,
But you still mystify, and I want to know why.
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again!
And when I ask you to explain, you say

You've gotta be
nick lowe



oh my god....the video for "let's work" is the most ridiculous thing ever! HELP!

10:54PM - number 9

( BIG! )

10:31PM - ossie clark

http://www.decadesinc.com/ossie_clark.html

8:13PM

i just saw this on jenny's (riceeaterjeen) journal and remembered it.


duane michals

this is part of the reason i write and take pictures. i like having proof of the events in my life...and of the world in general.
i think he usually stages his photos, but i imagine that this is based on a moment that happened in his life. i suppose we can all relate.
i also find myself lost in the bittersweet romance of these words.

4:41AM - filth in filth out

Duck and sally inside
They’re cookin’ for the down five
Who’re starin’ at miss rayon
Who’s busy licking up her pig-pen
I’m searching for my mainline
I said I couldn’t hit it sideways
I said I couldn’t hit it sideways
Just like sister ray said

Rosey and miss rayon
They’re busy waiting for her booster
Who just got back from carolina
Said she didn’t like the weather
They’re busy waiting for her sailor
Who’s dressed in pink and leather
He’s just here from alabama
He wants to know a way to earn a dollar
I’m searching for my mainer
I said I couldn’t hit it sideways
I said I couldn’t hit it sideways
Just like sister ray said

Cecil’s got his new piece
He cocks and shoots it bang between three & four
He aims it at the sailor
Shoots him down dead on the floor
Aw, you shouldn’t do that
Don’t you know you’ll stain the carpet
Now don’t you know you’ll stain the carpet
And by the way have you got a dollar
Oh, no man, I haven’t got the time-time
She’s busy sucking on a ding-dong
He’s busy sucking on my ding-dong
Just like sister ray said
I’m searching for my mainline
I said I c-c-c-couldn’t hit it sideways
I said I c-c-c-couldn’t hit it sideways
Just like sister ray says

Who’s that knocking
Who’s that knocking on my chamber door
Could it be the police?
They come and take me for a ride-ride
But I haven’t got the time-time
She’s been sucking on my ding-dong
She’s busy sucking on my ding-dong
Just like sister ray said
I’m searching for my mainline
I couldn’t hit it sideways
I couldn’t hit it sideways
Just like .... sister ray says