last week i was in jersey celebrating thanksgiving and enjoying a nice long weekend of wine-drinking and woods-exploring. i took time out on friday night to go hear britt daniel play at maxwell's. the show was absolutely sick, and we were basically front row. rejoice! his voice sounded absolutely great, and instead of using a drum machine for the songs that wouldn't work as acoustic, he used a little boombox! so cute. he also boogied a little toward the end. also cute. anyway, let's see...he played sister jack, metal detektor, car radio, agony of lafitte, take the fifth, and a bunch of others. he totally forgot the words to 'the way we get by,' which was pretty awesome. of course all the kids in the audience sang along; i'm sure he was quite relieved. here are some ok pictures.
in other news, productshop links to a very preliminary, highly unconfirmed lineup for coachella 2005! i didn't even know that pressing gossip about nine inch nails existed, but there you go.
and if you're looking for something to read (yes, i do actually read things from time to time), check out this awesome article from new york magazine. it's about the east village arts scene in the early 80's, and it's written by someone who chilled with the artists, shared needles with the junkies, etc. good stuff.
do you like the flesh? i kinda don't.
oh, and there's a new party kicking off this wednesday. here's the flyer. . .
hm. seems to be a slow week. here's some info for the vice show at rothko saturday night, which should be good if it's not totally overwhelming and annoying:
Sat 4 Dec - CALL THE COPS Presents.
Rothko. Upstairs. Vice Records Tour With Panthers 12 AM, Death From Above
1979 11 PM, Vietnam 10 PM. Doors 9 PM, $10."
and on sunday i'll be going to shout to hear a canadian band called uncut. i like what i've heard of them so far. jake fairley's in the band, and if you're a techno geek, that's probably all you need to know.
cheers!
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