Yearly Archives: 2004

“For this creative hard work I bless you from my heart,” he said.

Donewaiting.com writer Craig Ness tells the story of Chloe’s House, a D.I.Y. venue in the heart of San Francisco. Read about it here and start planning your road trips.

Will this film be something I love or hate?

DIG!, a flick about the tumultuous relationship shared by musicians Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols won the festival’s highest honor?the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.

The documentary, directed by Ondi Timoner, shadows the two rockers on their quest to revolutionize the music world, during which they prove themselves to be both best friends and bitter rivals. (full story)

Brian Jonestown Massacre played in Columbus last weekend and I didn’t go. I didn’t know they were Sundance Celebs. That would have changed evvvvvvvvvvvvvvvverything.

Complete press release here. I am really excited this is happening in Columbus.

The cast of the Peanuts perform Outkast’s “Hey Ya!”

[thanks sports frog]

Vows to keep his “fuckin’ mouth shut.” Sting, however, has threatened to quietly enjoy a tantric orgasm from the comfort of his seat for “the duration of the ceremonies”.

I keep playing the new Magnetic Fields CD over and over and over. I know it’s a proper album, because my favourite songs keep shifting and changing and rising and falling, like wax in a lava lamp. I’ll ask Claudia Gonson whether I can review/talk about it here or whether everything including the title and why the tracks are in alphabetical order is under a wossname of utter secrecy until the time is right. Clampdown. (continue)

When you’re working out, running, jogging, whatever, what music do you listen to?

As reported here a while ago, Urge Overkill is indeed reuniting for a flurry of shows over the next month or so. Whispers continue to insist the band may even get back in the studio for a new album if these dates go well.

Feb 3: Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
Feb 5: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
Feb 6: The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Feb 8: The Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Feb 11: The Continental, Buffalo, NY
Feb 14: The Double Door, Chicago, IL
Feb 15: The Double Door, Chicago, IL
Feb 25: Kryptonite Bar, Rockford, IL
Feb 26: Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI

Feb 27: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Feb 28: The Pyramid, Winnipeg, MB

I?m gonna see them in Chicago and Minneapolis. Why Minneapolis? Drinks are super cheap there! Plus, I gotta get out of Chicago for a day or two…I’m going stir crazy!

I love Air just as much as the next guy, but I’m not so sure about this weak “Good Will Hunting Meets A Beautiful Mind” artwork.