manic mess

something about this is just so funny.

from gawker:

"Jason Schwartzman was at the LES restaurant Barrio Chino last night, accompanied by several friends, wearing black, looking like he did in I Heart Huckabees, plus a little scruff. About half an hour after he showed up, a man came into the tiny, crowded restaurant and announced to the hostess in a pompous (aren’t they always) British accent, “Broken Social Scene would like to eat at your restaurant.” He was told that Broken Social Scene could wait for a table like everyone else, but they got a table about 20 minutes later."

ha ha ha. i've never been to barrio chino, even though it's right in my neighborhood. apparently i'm missing out!

i just noticed.

. . .that all i've been posting lately are flyers and invitations. BOR-ING. for me anyways. the main reason that that's all i've been putting up here is because there has been very little debauchery in my life as of late. i vow to do better.

one thing i did do this week was clean out (or rather, clean off) my desk. here's what it looked like before.

that large avalanche may not look like it actually contains *that* many CDs, but i also had three enormous mail crates full of them at my feet, and now they're all organized into neat little piles. so does anyone know where a girl can unload about 400 very of-the-moment, in-demand CDs? because i'm at a loss. and that's not even taking into account the fifty or so books that are piling up on the other side of my cube. and don't even think about recommending ebay, because i'm positive i'd never actually get around to sending any of them out and then i'd probably be banned for life. or arrested.

on a totally unrelated note, has everyone heard jeffrey lewis' seven-minute history of punk on the lower east side? it rules. and so does anquette's booty bass song about janet reno.

good night. and good luck.

ps. the sxsw band list has been updated again! this shit is getting ridiculous.

parties and stuff.

"Enter the Dragon Fridays - FREE! @ Mundial - 505 E 12th Street (Ave A & B)
21+ Must bring ID/ No Cover Charge
2 Hrs Free Vodka/ Rock, Hip Hop, Etc...
Visuals Provided by Bootleg DVDs"

"hey, remember how manhattan kinda sucks for going out? esp. on the weekends when it's full of wierd date-rapey jocks and 19 year olds with two different color converse on? Well, fuck let's give it another shot, but don't go telling everybody or the whole place is gonna smell like the "Axe Effect" and I'm gonna have to spin that shitty Kelly Clarkson song. Here's the deal. A fun night at a brand new space with super cheap drinks, friends, dancing and awesome records.
With residents:
Cat - Fannypack/Holy Hail
Jayson - Panthers
The Vet - The Ad Lib NY
plus guests
* $2 shots o jack & $3 PBR all night
Every Friday Night from 10 til 4, FREE @ FONTANAS (soon to be called FUNtana's): 105 Eldridge St btwn Broome / Grand"

"WELCOME THE YEAR OF THE DOG & CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR FUSION-STYLE THIS JANUARY!What: The Tiger Beer Chinese New Year Party (www.tigerbeer.us )
Tiger Beer, a leading premium Asian import, presents its Chinese New Year party at Double Happiness. We'll show you how new-generation Asians and non-Asian urbanites celebrate Chinese New Year---Fusion-Style. Come and unleash your inner wild child and howl it up with the Tiger.
Where: Double Happiness 173 Mott Street (Between Grand and Broome)
When: Saturday, January 28 2006 from 10:00 pm-close
The Chinese New Year officially starts at midnight so be ready to tip back those Tigers!
Highlights:
· ENJOY featured price on Tiger Beers
· SEE the assorted entertainment
· FEEL the tension lifted away as beautiful Tiger Girls give out massages
· TASTE the flavors of exotic Asian delicacies
RSVP to info@mediavroom.com."

here it is friday and i barely went out all week.

i am snack dab in the middle of a massive pile of work, and it isn't pretty. as a result, my nights have mostly consisted of working and then watching tv in a desperate attempt to wind down before passing out and doing it all over again the next day. no fun. but! i have learned a few things.

1. bravo is launching a new project runway offshot called project jay, featuring, of course, season one winner jay mccarroll!

jay is absolutely hysterical to watch. and even a fashion-tard like myself can see how amazing his designs are. so psyched for this. seriously. so psyched.

2. nine to five still rules. it's sort of like 'office space' for the eighties, working-girl set. and i just noticed from the picture that boyfriend john and i were watching it on the 'we' channel. even funnier.

3. it's waaay easier to wake up in the morning when you haven't gone out and raged all night. who knew?

i guess if i wasn't too busy i might go out to one of these.

Venue: Sapphire
Date: Wednesday January 18 - Wednesday January 25
Times: 10pm to 4am
Admission: Free
- $4 Budweiser, PBR and Rolling Rock!!
- $5 Vodka + mixer!!
For more information: rsvp@melodynelson.com"

"DEATH DISCO every WED @ THE DELANCEY,
THIS WEEK"S AWESOME LINE-UP:
DAYGLOW/THE GREAT SHAKES/THE BOSCH/EL JEZEL/HAUNTED HORSES
168 Delancey St at Clinton, LES, NY NY 10002
Tel 212 254 9920
7.30pm till very very very late
ADMISSION FREE... because you're worth it
GREAT BANDS. 2 TERRIFIC DJs, - ALL FOR THE PRICE OF NONE
FREE ADMISSION - WE DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY!"

misshapes the brand, continued.

aww, looky who made her way on to the cover of the new sounds album. yes, that's leigh lezark, nightlife extraordinaire and subject of many a male hipster fantasy, showing more than a little cleavage-y goodness.

happy wednesday! will this week ever end? last night michael pitt's band pagoda played vicious. i wasn't there, as i am in full crazy-work mode this week. how boring of me. sadly, going out doesn't pay the bills. sigh.

holy sxsw!

even *more* bands announced for this year's south by southwest. check em out here.

this year is going to kill.

the question of the day.

how in god's name am i going to get a wristband for sxsw?? i refuse to accept it as an impossibility! usually i have a badge, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen this year. somebody from austin take pity on me. i'm a nice girl. even if i don't like we are scientists.

anyway...it's the weekend! hooray. i for one, will NOT be at either of the editors shows. me no likey scary crowded places. i'd love to hear how they go though! i'll probably be at one or more of these...

"Friday we continue to take the les back with a little beer spitting and much ass shaking
An Ad Lib happening
LOVE PARADE
Every Friday Night With residents
Cat - Fannypack/Holy Hail
Jayson - Panthers
The Vet - The Ad Lib NY
plus the ussual set by some top secret guests
PLUS-the basement is now open and the lovely Cat and friends will be overseeing the gay booty dance party while we continue with the metal & hardcore & 70's rock upstairs
FREE-10 til 4
$2 shots o jack & $3 PBR all night
FUNTANAS
105 Eldridge St
Between Broome Street and Grand Street
the ad lib
NEW YORK.LONDON.SYDNEY"

"This Saturdays Jan 21 at Movida, our Robot Rock party keeps on rocking.
We have a very special guests, Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance and Ultragrrrl will be joining us to spin a few tunes.
Stoli Vodka Open Bar from 10pm to 11pm
Late Night Drinks Specials 2am to 3am (2-for-1 Vodka Drinks & $3 GBH shots)
Hosted by Tom & Alejandro, Dagny, Nico XO and May
Doors open at 10pm
Complimentary Admission on the Cheeky guestlist.
Email cheeky@gbh.tv with your name and number of guests.
Movida 28 Seventh Avenue South at Leroy (the closest subway is the 1 at Houston St.)"

i proclaim tonight the first night of the weekend.

"RESTRICTED
tonight! (1/19) and every Thursday 10pm - ??
DJ PUNK ASS JASON doling out raunchy rock and bionic boogie
ERIK FOSS and ANNIE bully your body with fine cocktails
$1.00 vodka drinks and Budweiser bottles from 11:00pm till midnight as always. Plus $3.00 Rheingolds ALL night.
FREE admission... 21 and over with ID...upstairs @ LIT, 93 2nd Ave. (bet. 5th & 6th St.)

"Don't Change,Don't Ever Change!
Thursday January 19th 2006
with Jacques Renault and Special Guest DJ: Tim Sweeney (Beats In Space / DFA)
the new the old disco italo boggie post punk nu beat!
Every 1st, 3rd and whenever there's a 5th Thursday of the month @ HAPPY ENDING
302 Broome St. btwn Eldridge & Forsyth
*2 for 1 drinks from 11 to 12!
no cover"

"Danny Simmons presents photography by Kamoinge, Inc.
Black Music: From Bebop to Hip-Hop
co-curated by Mark Lee Blackshear
Reception: Thur, Jan 19, 6-8pm
The BAMart spring season kicks off in January with an exhibition of work from African-American photography collective Kamoinge, Inc. Black Music: From Bebop to Hip Hop, curated by Danny Simmons and Mark Blackshear, presents work encompassing forty years of Black music - from Miles Davis and Lena Horne to break dancers and beatboxers."

thursday, thursday.

this morning when i woke up i popped in the new liars' album drum's not dead to serve as my morning dose of new music. bad idea.

are you into atmospheric, unlistenable noise-rock? if so, this is the album for you. it features a bunch of odd, indecipherable vocal chants and hums and scattered, abrasive drumming, and the whole thing seems to be about making love to a drum. it's possible the whole thing is over my head.

so, instead of thinking about it any further, i've chosen to talk about last weekend, which ruled! on friday night we went out to for our friend dave's new party, which he throws with cat from fannypack. apparently there were like 400 people there the week before and it was pretty packed this week as well. fontana's is a great HUGE new space on the lower lower east side. there seemed to be about three floors, the drinks weren't overpriced, and everything was hyper and fun. a bunch of my college friends joined the party to celebrate drunk john's arrival in town.

aron from big a little a, seen here with andrew, unaffiliated.

drunk john and rob posing by the bootylicious artwork.

i found twins evan and neil hanging out upstairs in the vip room with boyfriend john.

these kids were drunk. except for jamie on the right, who looks like he wants to kill me.

jesse's stepbrother currin is a new addition to our little posse and we love him dearly. he's in a metal band called wet nurse. the singer has voodoo eyes.

john and cat. somehow john seems to have failed to realize that he was having his picture taken. cat figured it out.

my friends dancing. aw.

after that lonnnnng night, we stumbled home and slept the rest of the weekend in preparation for...the last night ever of shout! predictably, it was packed.

unpredictably, about an hour into the party the second floor started emitting a scary burning-rubber smell and the fire department was called.

it was so. cold. outside.

we finally got back in and everyone was still ready and willing to dance the night away. and make faces at me when i took their pictures.

laura.

jesse.

vorrasi.

boyfriend john and jo divestar posed like the nice children they are. well, jo did at least.

...while a certain notorious one was getting busy on the other side of the dancefloor. mon dieu!

such good times. as always, laura has better pictures. so long shout!