manic mess

let's just call an end to this week already, shall we?

this weekend, there are two mountain goats (or, actually, john darnielle) shows happening in brooklyn. and since everyone seems to like them, i thought i'd post the info here.
"John Darnielle is playing two Mountain Goats sets at Rooftop Films this weekend.
Information about the Mountain Goats shows is as follows:
Saturday, July 2, 8pm
Rooftop Films presents “Dirty Birds” (two, hour-long documentary films)
Plus a live performance by The Mountain Goats on the roof of The Old American Can Factory
232 3rd Street, at the corner of 3rd Ave., Gowanus, Brooklyn
Tickets: $15 available at the door or online at rooftopfilms.com
AND
Monday, July 4, 8pm
Rooftop Films presents “Some Folks Call It Un-American” (explosive films about America)
Plus a live performance by The Mountain Goats and a great view of the fireworks on the roof of The Fulton Mall Parking Garage (please note the venue change from Automotive High School in Williamsburg)
300 Livingston St., between Bond & Nevins, Downtown Brooklyn
Tickets: $15 available at the door or online at www.rooftopfilms.com
Click here for directions."

AND. . .tonight is the first night of what could be an awesome new party at bar 13, if you let it. here's the good word.
"Starting Thursday June 30th the ad lib will be presenting a little night called YOUNG OVERLORDS. Its going to be held at BAR 13 (of shout fame) on the 2nd floor and roof and will start early at 8pm and end around 1 (sos we can get drunk and still go to work on fri) 2 for 1 from 8-9-djs will be THE VET (the ad lib) KEITH A (kemado records), JOHN MARTIN, and the boys from CHEESEBURGER (new album"THE GANGS ALL HERE" out now on Kemado Records).
come by watch the sun go down and shake your ass once or twice."

speaking of cheeseburger, they sure know how to throw a party. at their record release throwdown last week at red and black, an assload of people showed up, to such an extent that i could barely squeeze myself into the main room when they started their set. i chose instead to chill on the deck (cheeseburgers! ribs!) and hang with what felt like a million people i hadn't seen in ages. i was kind of drunk, so most of the pictures are of the "this is when i tried to take a picture of..." variety.

here's when i *tried* to take a picture of my friend monica and j from the fever.

and here is a three-shot montage of me trying to take a group shot of my friends.

drunkards! boyfriend john chatting with geremy from the fever and jeff from kemado records. i don't know why john's looking all choad in this picture. he looked fine in real life. honest.

dre from kemado telling the best story ever! about when a group of hell's angels made him one of their own at a metal fest in europe where diamond nights was playing. true story.

anyway, so yeah. everybody come to bar 13 tonight and let's get drunk and act in ways that aren't appropriate for a school night. see you there.

aol loves the metal.

just got this ridiculous-but-kind-of-awesome press release.
"...AND METALLICA FOR ALL: THE AOL RADIO NETWORK LAUNCHES ALL METALLICA STATION
Fans of Influential Hard Rock Band Can Now Tune In to AOL Radio on the Web, 24/7
New York, NY -- June 30, 2005 -- By popular request, the #1 AOL Radio Network* today announced that it has added the All Metallica station to its lineup of best-of breed programming offerings and exclusive All Artist stations. Now available, the station boasts a playlist of every song ever released by one of the world’s best and most influential hard rock bands.
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett said, “This great station gives our fans an opportunity to hear songs that they don’t usually hear on the radio, like obscure B-sides, live stuff from our last tour, and other deep album cuts. After all, there’s more to Metalli-life than ‘Enter Sandman’!”
Adding to an array of Artist spotlight stations, including All Led Zepplin, All Ozzy, All Green Day, All Ramones, All Pearl Jam, All Yes and many others, All Metallica also features rare, live tracks from the band’s 2004 “Madly in Anger with the World Tour.” Fans will be able to link to purchase those tracks from www.livemetallica.com, directly from the AOL Radio player."

wednesday. yawn.

franz ferdinand reveals that all of their albums will be titleless.

the times reviews billy corgan's monday night webster hall performance. so does the new york post.

and this is one of the weirder things i've seen in awhile, just for fun.

this week looks to be pretty boring in preparation for what promises to be a ridiculously killer weekend (i'll be raging in connecticut on saturday, screaming for the fever at motherfucker on sunday, and catching stephen malkmus on monday; what about you?). tonight, though, melody nelson hosts the benzos afterparty. flyer this way. . .

tonight is also the last night of the group sounds residency at sin-e. . .

and there's also this jammy for moz fans.
"THIS WEDNESDAY:
1) We will play all your fave Morrissey/Smiths songs or you can HANG THE DJ!
2) NO COVER - CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!
3) OPEN BAR 9-10PM -- EVEN CHEAPER!!!
4) FREE DRINK TICKET TO ALL MORRISSEY LOOKALIKES!
HANG THE DJ: A Nite of Smiths/Morrissey Music
Plus stuff we think the Mozzer would like too!
NO COVER; Open Bar 9-10pm
@ LUKE+LEROY'S, 21 7th Avenue South, betw Carmine & Leroy Sts., 212-645-0004"

only 2 3/4 days left til the weekend! woohoo.

unlikely listening.

lately, it seems like a lot of worthwhile shows are happening outside the typical haunts. case in point:

"HOUSING WORKS BOOKSTORE CAFÉ PRESENTS. . .
Wednesday, July 13, 8:00PM
Suggested Donation: $10
June 28, 2005 – Housing Works Bookstore Café is proud to host another live taping of “Liberal Arts,'' for Air America Radio. Join Katherine Lanpher - co-host of “The Al Franken Show'' on Air America Radio - as she entertains a variety of authors, singer-songwriters and other artists in an evening of conversation and performance. This week, the hour-long taped event will feature Chuck Klosterman and musical guest Dar Williams.

Friday, July 15, 7:30PM
Tickets: $25
NADA SURF, TARA ANGELL, & THE LAST TOWN CHORUS
Formed in 1993, Nada Surf is comprised of singer/guitarist Matthew Caws, drummer Ira Elliot and bassist Daniel Lorca. Caws and Lorca played together in various bands for years before Nada Surf was finally cemented. Their 1996 Elektra debut, High/Low¸ produced by Rick Ocasek, best known as the Cars frontman. . The Proximity Effect followed in 1998 and Let Go was released in 2002 and reissued with additional material in 2003. Nada Surf is currently at work on their newest record which will be released on Barsuk in the fall of 2005."

elsewhere, laura modernage does us all a favor by talking about a huge free show happening tomorrow at the virgin megastore, possibly starring billy corgan.

newly released tickets. . .

for the annie show at save-the-robots-turned-guernica-turned-scenic are on sale now. but once again, for what it's worth, i think she's totally boring.

and also, they just released a batch of tickets for tonight's bill corgan show at webster hall. . .find them here. [ed. note: yeah, i know most people call him billy, but we're close personal friends and he asked me to call him bill. you callin me a liar?]

i heart new jersey.

this just in! if you happen to live in northern jersey, or if you're a particularly die-hard queen latifah fan, she'll be playing a free short concert in the parking of the secaucus walmart on july 14th at 4pm. ya heard.

what else. . .from groupsounds:
"We are shooting a full length DVD June 28th at Sin-e. 10pm
We are hoping people who have not come to see us before will represent by dressing up like rock'n and rolling people.
Anyone who knows us well...just come out and fill the room. This DVD is to document the last night of our Sin-e residency that has been at capacity each night so far.
See you all there:
Sin-E June 28th 10pm Group Sounds...bring your dancing shoes and lighters..."

you may have heard that the space that once held save the robots, and, later, guernica, is re-opening as a place called scenic (here's their myspace page). well they have about a million shows lined up, and i just got word that while their annie show this wednesday is sold out, they will be releasing more tickets and there should be some available at the door. . .

oh, and special thanks to the guy who helped me park my uhaul last night, to the guys who helped me pull my uhaul out of the parking lot this morning, to the guy who helped me pump gas on tenth avenue, and to the cute girl in front of me on the uhaul line who made my eavesdropping more fun by talking about her weekend exploits and her hatred for that creepy guy from last night's party, who tried to lure her into the bathroom so that he could get nudey shots.

nominations?

my friend john invited me to participate in a cd mix club earlier this year. so far it's been really kickass, with theme albums, jazz supplements, and just generally awesome music everywhere i turn. totally rad. but! june is my month to make a mix, and i've been so insanely busy that it hasn't happened yet. i'm mostly done with my tracklisting (and also my concept for a supplemental album- oh boy just you wait!), but i thought i'd throw this out there: if you were miss june, what would you put on your mixtape?

welcome to monday.

local act dirty on purpose gets a shout-out on pitchfork! in the ep announcement, they mention that d.o.p. will be playing an in-store in july at sound fix records, which i didn't know until now. . .

the sunday times addresses the issue of "random rap".

the post addresses the issue of how gross it is that new yorkers are getting fatter. because, you know, all the people who work at the post are totally hot.

ny magazine asks five DJs to predict the hit song of the summer.

productshop gives the skinny on how to get into tomorrow night's annie show, but i thought her last show was totally boring.

voodoo music 2005. . .

every year when i get the announcement about the annual voodoo music fest in new orleans, i consider using it as an excuse to finally take a trip to a place i've always wanted to visit for a number of reasons. namely, crawfish etouffee, andouille sausage, and hot beignets. yum.

this year's lineup is decent, but not great. so perhaps my gastronomic bonanza will have to wait til next year. anyway, here it is. . .

"NIN, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Idol, Social Distortion, Tiesto, My Chemical Romance, Secret Machines, New York Dolls, Cake, Ryan Adams, Mickey Hart’s Voodoo Drum Circle, The Bravery, Louis XIV, LCD Soundsystem, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Digable Planets, Carl Cox, Brazilian Girls, The Decemberists, Death From Above 1979, VHS or Beta, King Wilkie, Dan Dyer, The Giraffes, World Leader Pretend, Mindless Self Indulgence, Something For Rockets, Ballzack, Ghost, Prince Paul, Dan The Automator, Worms Union, Noomoon Tribe, Nag Hammadi, Atone Pain Tribe, Frame of Mind and many more to be announced in the coming weeks."

i don't know who these "tsar" characters are. . .

. . .but it would be funny to win ten pairs of "chuck taylor sneakers". the possibilities are endless!

elsewhere, the new york times picks a fight with the believer's music issue.