One of the comedians that I was sad to have missed at Bonnaroo this year was Aziz Ansari. The Human Giant sketches and pre-Human Giant College Humor sketches are pretty brilliant. However, looking at youtube clips of his stand-up, I'm not that impressed. Although this one line that came at the end of a sketch at Bonnaroo is pretty brilliant: "Could ( Read more... )

All rejections should go that easily. Maybe they do and I've just been so scared of them that after the rejection in mass amounts I received about ten years ago, I never tried much.

6/1 - Grizzly Bear @ 9:30 Club done
6/4 - Gogol Bordello/Man Man @ Sonar done
6/5 - PJ Harvey & John Parrish @ Warner Theater and A Place to Bury Strangers @ RnR Hotel done both
6/7 - The Hold Steady @ 9:30 Club done
6/8 - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Ottobar done
6/11-6/14 - Bonnaroo SO GOOD
6/15 - Holy Fuck @ Drunken Unicorn done
6/16 - Pretty & ( Read more... )

I definitely feel like there's something productive that I could be doing right now. I'm driving to NC tomorrow. I could be packing. I could be cleaning up the room, because I don't see the floor right now or cleaning up the car because I'll be using it for large parts of the day tomorrow. I could be finding a bookstore to buy a GRE Prep Book. Or ( Read more... )

1/2 - Gogol Bordello @ 9:30 Club done
1/3 - Gogol Bordello @ 9:30 Club done
1/7 - Imperial China/Title Tracks @ Black Cat done
1/9 - Face Accidents/Box Elder @ Velvet Lounge done
1/10 - Olivia Mancini & The Terrible Two/Tereu Tereu @ Black Cat done
1/15 - U.S. Royalty @ Black Cat done
1/17 - Songs For Presidents @ Sixth & I Synagogue done
1/22 ( Read more... )

I went to the inauguration and watched history being made from a jumbotron on the National Mall. The energy in that place was fantastic, despite the cold temperatures. I'm very very very sore at the moment from having walked roughly seven miles and withstood cold for 10 straight hours but I'm about to go out to the Artists' Ball. I wish I could ( Read more... )

I think most of you know that I interned for Paste Magazine two years ago (my god, it's been that long) for about 5 months and that it was the fantastic job experience that I wished didn't have to end. I have quite the soft spot for the place, the staff, the writing, the mission, pretty much everything. So of course, when something or someone one ( Read more... )

These are my top 15 albums of the year. All of this will end up on The Yellow Stereo soon - maybe tomorrow. But here it all is now for ya. And a quick list of the top 5 from last year that I wish I had known about last year ( Read more... )

My computer is near death so I'm borrowing my sister's old computer. I went to look up a word document that I'm using for a piece I'm writing for DCist and I find all these saved AIM conversations involving the breakup with her ex-boyfriend. The only serious serious ex-boyfriend. I feel like I just walked in on someone who just got out of the ( Read more... )

8/2 - Fever/US Royalty @ Dahlak done
8/4 - Exit Clov/Cobra Collective @ Fort Reno done
8/5 - Tapes n Tapes/Beanstalk Library @ 8x10 done
8/6 - 2 Skinnee J's @ 9:30 Club done
8/7 - The Face Accidents/The Sammies @ The Black Cat done
8/8 - All Points West @ Liberty State Park done
8/9 - 2 Skinnee J's @ Irving Plaza done
8/10 - Virgin Mobile Fest @ ( Read more... )