Orly and I took in The Living Things last night at Doug Fir, and this is the first "new" band I've seen in a long time that had the magic formula of equal parts bravado, substance, style, and fun. You can listen to four of their songs at www.livingthingsmusic.com, but as good as they are on disc, they're live presence is rock & roll at it's finest ( Read more... )

Sadly, Halloween weekend is no more, but it was a blast while it lasted. I didn't redline it quite as hard as my roomie did on Friday night at the hippie jam-band house party she went to, but you can't party like a rockstar EVERY day. I went with Orly and her friend to an 80's-themed dance costume type event at The Fez. These two crazies dressed ( Read more... )

This past weekend was without question my busiest in months ( Read more... )

I've been chastised by at least two people now for not updating my journal recently. But when you're living the jet-set lifestyle that I lead, it's difficult to take time out between the drinks and the girls and the outrageous parties to sit down and type anything. But I'll do my best here ( Read more... )

This week has flown by quickly, mostly due to the fact that I've gotten into the WoW gaming pretty deeply. But my roomie is still the yardstick by which I measure my own fanaticism. So far she's skipped work one day to play, and worked through lunch the next day so she could come home early and play. I'm proud to say that I have yet to skip a ( Read more... )

It's been a World of Warcraft Weekend, and as predicted I'm fairly addicted to it already. What can I say, except that my "indie-rock" veneer (roomie's words, not mine) is like a thin, chocolatey coating over my cherry cordial of a game geek's heart. Mmm... cherry cordials ( Read more... )

I've heard it several times before, but I just realized this Ladytron song sounds a lot like Lush, if Lush had a more... well, lush electronic-orchestral thing going on ( Read more... )

Dear Gordon ( Read more... )

Rare steak with just the right amount of salt is pure pleasure. So is this "Silver Sparkler" song. But I've been all wrapped up in Cat Power's "Metal Heart" this week. This song comes and goes for me, and when I'm not loving that four minutes of sound I'm completely disinterested in it, as if Chan Marshall were making me bi-polar by proxy ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of talk about racial bias in the media this week, most of which stemmed from two AP photos which used the verb "loot" in relation to a black person, and "found" in relation to a white couple. I've seen several sides to this issue played out in the press, on public blogs and private journals, as well as in front of the proverbial ( Read more... )