.....aaaaaand £1452.45 later, I have 7 tickets and a 7-person suite for ATP NY!!!!

11:30am update: I just got a fraud warning call from my credit card company. What, didn't they get the message about the festival???

The ATP NY announcement mitigates two severely disappointing blows that I've been dealt this week. I'll be missing:

• two Jarvis Cocker performances in July, because I'll be on the west coast.
• a free Wire performance at South Street Seaport on May 30 (featuring Margaret Fiedler from Laika on guitar!), because my mom will be in town.

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How has NO ONE on my friends list written about this yet?!?!

All Tomorrow's Parties - New York

September 19 - 21, at Kutshers Country Club, in Monticello, New York.

Lineup:

My Bloody Valentine
Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On
Meat Puppets performing Meat Puppets II
Thurston Moore performing Psychic Hearts
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I don't know if it was your influence, fisticuffs, but Amazon sure got back to me quickly!
I'm sorry for the problem with the DVD. It appears as if the DVD arrived defective. Please note that we do not want our customers to get into any kind of trouble. We want everyone to have a pleasant experience with us. Hence, to correct the situation, I've placed a new ( Read more... )

A letter I just sent to Amazon customer service. It also goes a long way toward explaining what the hell I'd been doing all winter.

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So the big news is that Marci's moving in with me at the end of this month. The lesser news is that she's looking for a subletter for her apartment in Manhattan. I've re-posted her ad below - check it out if you or someone you know is looking for a place, and drop me a line if you want more info.

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Our trip to Defiant Brewery now has an official writeup. Though I'm not referenced by name, I'm responsible for the custard quote.

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After taking care of some business in Astoria, I just rode the R train into work a few minutes ago, and sat across from the Dapper Mr. Thom Browne for a solid seven stops. He was dressed exactly as you would expect - tight grey flannel suit, short pants, skinny tie, pocket square - and his acolyte/gentleman-friend matched him precisely. I ( Read more... )

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