tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58765882012-02-09T13:27:50.582-05:00Do I take it out or do I leave it in?Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.comBlogger5831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-22952486553273968422009-12-30T11:13:00.005-05:002009-12-30T15:03:50.686-05:00

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIMEDespite the fact that I don't blog anymore (thanks twitter) - I wanted to get this list down. For myself and for the friends who try to sell me on new music that I almost always dislike. There is NOTHING to do at work today, and so I present my playlist of songs that did not suck in 2009:(it's meant as a playlist, not a list in order of "goodness," per se)Madder

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THE HUMAN STROBEOne of my Cardiff friends is in town (that would be LeeG), so last night I invited him and his lovely girlfriend to join me and some friends at the Living Room on Ludlow for a free acoustic performance by Vince from Army of Me. Said group of friends (that would be Vince, Josh, Junior and DWall) went out for some crazy pizza afterwards and discussed the finer points of um...

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I DON'T LIKE IT IF IT DON'T GLEAM CLEANIt's been a rare thing having new music to get excited about. Obviously I've gone on at (not-too-much) length about the Horrors and White Rabbits and Art Brut... not to mention my fully unbiased appreciation for that Ladyhawke record and the debut from Hatcham Social. And now this. I've been waiting for the green light to share this with everyone. And

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HERE INSIDE I LIKE METALI have been wearing the fuck out of my "Sleep Now in the Fire" playlist. I originally put it together as a going-to-sleep aid (hence the name), but eventually, it became the soundtrack to my October stint of London living. And now, coming off the high of NIN/JA mania, it's pretty much all I can listen to (though, I will say, it doesn't sound quite as perfect as it did on

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-75126835628087409692009-06-03T12:22:00.005-04:002009-06-03T13:24:55.857-04:00

A DARK BLACK PAST IS MY MOST VALUED POSSESSION(photo above by my buddy Guy Eppel)So far so good. Have managed to get through two of the five Art Brut nights without falling over and without being late to work. I think we've collectively matured to the point where I can announce an early exit (early being say... 2 am), and the guys are quick to follow (not literally). Maybe we relish being able

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-90657856839924122622009-05-06T20:50:00.012-04:002009-05-08T10:50:21.047-04:00

THE SKY SET OUT LIKE A PATHWAYThat's what happens when you leave a friend alone with your laptop. Faris the menace. Anyway, having the boys back in town was really good fun, albeit draining to the max. They played two gigs with the Kills and ruled em like the champs I've always known them to be. It's so great seeing a band get their critical due (though of course it would've been nice for the

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-25941771055529269172009-04-26T13:32:00.007-04:002009-04-26T15:51:24.116-04:00

THE GAME OF PERFECT MOMENTSFor the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: a man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story.I wanted the moments of my life

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-34037473893221510722009-04-22T10:21:00.010-04:002009-04-22T13:15:20.029-04:00

IN THE SHADOW OF THE NEW YORK SKYLINEMy coworker knows to remind me to watch American Idol. See, I'm really crap at watching television. And it's not that I don't like it - I just don't have the interest/gumption/attention span/memory/whatever to remember when things are on. Yes, yes, I know that's what DVR is for, but my DVR is pretty logjammed with old movies. Things like Faster Pussycat,

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-71222843343699605132009-04-13T22:00:00.010-04:002009-04-14T09:33:00.032-04:00

LOVE THE LIFESTYLE IF YOU FEEL ITBrain salad cuz my brain is, well... salad. Spent a few days holed up on the UWS - entertained because of the memories it invoked and because my idle chatter was most likely the catalyst for the Wat's dream about us being on Gossip Girl, despite the fact that neither one of us has seen an episode. (Imran, if you're reading this - you were in the dream as well.

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SAVE IT TIL THE MORNING AFTERI have discovered a new species of predator. Hockey wives. Or girlfriends. Or, wannabe hockey wives and girlfriends. PA and I went to the Ranger game last night and spent the post-game hour or so in the green room. I've never felt so uncomfortable in a green room in my life - and I mean, I've been in a lot of fuckin green rooms. I think girls can smell the fear

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-82557137480030801202009-03-26T10:13:00.008-04:002009-03-26T11:03:53.085-04:00

EAST LONDON IS A VAMPIREHad dinner with Russell and his amazing fiancee Mel before the Bloc Party gig on Tuesday. Russell and I always take time out for hangs when we're in the same city - usually to reminisce about past shenanigans, but also to catch each other up on recent activities. Quite a bit of Tuesday's dinner was devoted to Ian's new DJ project, L'Amour LA Morgue. I've been chasing up

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-9718917262254856632009-03-20T22:30:00.004-04:002009-03-20T22:58:45.636-04:00

DON'T SURROUND YOURSELF WITH YOURSELFAdam and I were just having a chat based on his iTunes selections. One thing led to another and I've come to realize that I was in fact a Twitterer before tweeting was even remotely imposed on the human condition (seriously, its now reached freakish levels). Back in the day, ie, around the time I started this blog, Brigid and I had the most ramshackle

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-45049457072629731772009-03-11T19:40:00.006-04:002009-03-11T20:12:25.297-04:00

I CAN FEEL IT, I CONCEAL ITApparently Papa Roach have been a band for ten years. Apparently the singer is called Jacoby Shaddix, formerly known as COBY DICK. Really? Coby Dick? How could I not have known this? (Okay, truth - I probably did know this at some point, but conveniently forgot before accepting Galea's invitation to join him at Blender last night). Had I been able to ignore the

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-38777079639831386882009-03-05T22:47:00.004-05:002009-03-05T23:12:08.838-05:00

ALL MY OLD WORLD STORIES TAKE ME BACK AGAINListen to that song. That song is amazing. (That slide show is amazing, but for entirely different reasons, obvs). My dear friend Chris sent it to me the other day and we have been wanging over it ever since.Me: i can't get that starsailor/b flow track out of my head. i just listened to it six times in a row on my lunch break.C: it's fucking

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-76017829021672840552009-03-04T22:39:00.006-05:002009-03-05T00:05:27.271-05:00

I'M THE FEAR ADDICTEDI'm like a shark on city streets. If I stop moving, I sink. This isn't meant to be a quaint metaphor, but rather an explanation of why I'm such an asshole when I walk. It's why I have such a vicious sense of entitlement when it comes to right of way. Forgive me, but when I'm listening to an awesome playlist, I move. My stride is always long and my patience always short.

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THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, I'M NOT ASKINGMidnight on last Wednesday. I was at Mercury Lounge enjoying my favorite New York band White Rabbits, tits deep in vodka and anticipation for a somewhat spontaneous long weekend in LA. There were your traditional New York indie industry wanks claiming the opener was something special and my traditional take-your-pants-off catcall. White Rabbits

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-80862606146612574172009-02-13T01:26:00.004-05:002009-02-13T01:46:41.329-05:00

A NECKLACE FOR ME OF CHEMISTRYOmg, I tried. I tried to like you, indie rock. But then I was assigned to write about three "up and comers" for a to-remain-nameless publication - and actually considered self-harm. And then I gave you another go. Watched Subterranean in the hopes of being converted. But then these other bands - these Of Montreals and Ra Ra Riots, they single-handedly (or is

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EVERYTHING HAS CHAINS, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING'S CHANGEDSaturday was marked by an unwittingly romantic brunch with Sarah, when we ended up at a place called Tapeo 29 on a corner of Clinton street (this after we discovered that every one of our traditional brunch spots has become a veritable shitstorm, particularly on a mildly-temperatured afternoon). The bloody marys were spicy and bottomless which

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-37297067542745772142009-02-07T19:13:00.009-05:002009-02-07T20:20:36.812-05:00

RUNNING TO STAND STILLFirst things first, I am days away from hearing Art Brut's new, Frank-Black-produced record. SO FUCKING STOKED. New Brut eye candy:I love the Brut, and if the tricklings of stories from their Oregon trail of a recording experience are anything to go on, this record will be just as smile-inducing as their past output, and lord knows we could all use some smiles.That said,

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-58737222066132461072009-02-02T16:46:00.009-05:002009-02-02T17:17:52.545-05:00

TOUCH ME AGAIN FOR THE WORDS THAT YOU WILL HEAR EVERMOREHoly. Effing. Amazingballs. I have loved Metallica since I was 10 years old. On Saturday night I was out drinking with them til 3 am. End of story. I couldn't even bring myself to speak to James and Kirk and Rob because I was too shy and fangirl embarrassed. I just gawked, and accepted Lars' apology when he and Sune got too into the

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-26886374740995077232009-01-30T17:18:00.008-05:002009-01-30T18:37:16.618-05:00

STOPLIGHTS ARE SWAYING AND THE PHONE LINES ARE DOWN"I can say one thing for Kings of Leon, they sure bring out the beautiful girls." So said Hardeep as he joined me at the Garden last night. Flash forward to the end of the gig when Keith, Christian and I stood chatting before the aftershow (I voiced my disdain for the lack of "True Love Way" - AGAIN, I might add; they shafted me at Brixton as

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-56331193470289531192009-01-26T16:54:00.018-05:002009-01-27T01:34:02.956-05:00

POOR AND TIRED, BUT MORE THAN THISSarah and I went to Brooklyn with B Flow. That was the culmination of a night that went from zero to messy in the span of a concert. I would say I don't know how we ended up in such twilight zone disarray, but then I remember the moment a few songs into the Killers' set when the guy next to me caught me swigging from the Kombucha bottle in my bag. "What is

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-67579345411944783242009-01-24T00:25:00.005-05:002009-01-24T19:11:16.321-05:00

I'M TAKIN FLIGHT, I SAID, I'LL NEVER GET ENOUGHI was compelled to revisit the first Datsuns record yesterday; don't ask why. I had forgotten how much I love it. (PS, that link is not to their official page, but rather the one with the old tunes of which I speak). Truth is, I would never recommend The Datsuns to someone cold turkey. Every song sounds the same. The production is nothing to

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-84187883125959805232009-01-21T20:46:00.010-05:002009-01-21T22:36:31.566-05:00

LIFE'S A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATIONFriends are aware of my Mets and Rangers obsessions, yes. But Knicks? The Knicks have blown since I was a teen. And yeah, I'm a fair weather fan, what of it? I won't bore you with Knicks recaps, even I don't need the laugh, but I WILL tell you about Danilo Gallinari. Oh. my freegin. gahd. LOOK AT HIM! Could he be any cuter? Yes, yes he could.Mmmmmm.

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-1586201861162514742009-01-12T12:24:00.012-05:002009-01-12T21:53:53.604-05:00

WATCHING AS THE WORLD YOU'RE IN SLOWLY TAKES ITS TOLLThings to do in New York when you're bored. For one, make clipart (see above). I think the joy of our DJ reunion has been inspirational on all levels. I did that; Sarah wrote a blog post like she hasn't written in aaaaages, doing the classic video dance like I do almost every late night, curled up with a tea and a VH1 Classic video block.

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-37055930233916804362009-01-07T13:20:00.015-05:002009-01-09T12:31:35.555-05:00

INTO THE FLOOD AGAINlaundry day. i like black tights. a lot.Continuing the trend of trying to live 2009 like the fun times, I spent the early hours of the morning at Lit. Sarah was DJing the Glasvegas afterparty, and we decided to mark the occasion with an impromptu Tarts of Pleasure reunion (we hadn't DJed together since September!!). I jokingly told Sarah to bring techno goggles and a rave

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-19745539112435621882009-01-06T14:05:00.006-05:002009-01-06T22:28:28.294-05:00

THIS WIND IS BLOWIN' MY MINDHappy new year! 2009 has kicked off with all sorts of happy. The British/LA invasion proved to be just what the doctor ordered. (Well okay - the invasion, plus VH1 Classic's 2009 for 2009, and maybe a lil bit o' vodka). (And also maybe a stop at the Continental of all places - proof positive that if you've got the right group of friends, ANY bar in Manhattan,

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-88742782489558634762008-12-29T23:46:00.006-05:002008-12-30T02:31:43.704-05:00

THE MORE I KNOW, THE LESS I UNDERSTANDTwo thousand hate, coming to a close. Thank fucking goodness. I've learned a lot this year, not limited to the following:1. The difference between anxiety and depression is the difference between blaming loss on others versus oneself. (Law & Order) 2. Drinking gives you an excuse to do something you wouldn't want to believe you would normally do. (New York

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-58700979732216365932008-12-19T15:12:00.007-05:002008-12-19T15:38:34.342-05:00

WHEN YOUR SPARKLE EVADES YOUR SOULWhat's that, you ask? That's Leigh's snowman. It snowed today in New York, and for those lucky enough to have windowsills full of the stuff it led to some serious crafting. Rotting orange pepper nose? Check. Bobby pin arms? Check. Dog food eyes? Check. Dog poop bag scarf? Yup. Offish the most urban snowman evs. Sadly, snow doesn't gather on my

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-90958544955069983182008-12-18T17:04:00.008-05:002008-12-18T18:17:40.470-05:00

YOU CALL ME STRONG, YOU CALL ME WEAK, BUT STILL YOUR SECRETS I WILL KEEPSo, my day started out happily enough... went for the requisite walk (listening to my iPod on shuffle for probably the second time ever - I'm into it)... and then Leigh IMed me. Wanting to know if I had seen the news. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the end of an era. If you're too lazy to clink a link, let me enlighten -

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-57283532738039020142008-12-16T14:11:00.005-05:002008-12-16T15:44:14.106-05:00

IS IT HONEY? IS IT COLD?It's getting to that time of year again - the time of wheat/chaff separation in every sense of the metaphor. All the NY transplants start filtering out and us natives are left to play with one another (with the help of some Brit imports, of course) (and oh yes, Ollie Stone). The key phrase is "getting to," though, for at the moment we're knee-deep in office holiday

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-62296814130246472102008-12-09T21:19:00.010-05:002008-12-10T01:29:10.561-05:00

SAVE SOME SPACE IN YOUR MINDThe contents of my fridge/freezer at the mo:Becks Light3248932 varieties of mustardNando's hot sauceice packs (???)faux leather leggings (yes)I should explain, if only to diffuse Imran's desire to tell people that I live like a frat dude. I'm curious to know if I'm the only work-from-home-r who plays with this philosophy - but keeping loads of food in the house is

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-8239618698616997462008-12-04T15:24:00.003-05:002008-12-04T17:01:32.321-05:00

CAUGHT IN A MOSHToday's post should be called "Karen's Brain Stew." Or "Pot-pourri." Basically a jumble of the various things that have interested me over the past couple of days that I've had to take note of and set aside in lieu of real work. To start - watch this:I'm not really a fan of Leona Lewis. I don't have anything against her, it's just that "Bleeding Love" didn't really do for me

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-16485404402647776652008-12-02T13:50:00.004-05:002008-12-02T21:21:25.227-05:00

WHATEVER I WAS THEN, I CAN'T EVER BE AGAINSnow Patrol played Bowery last night. Felt like old times - drinking too much vodka, making inappropriate comments, standing alongside Dave, Dana, Jess and Andrea (and Gurj and Mark and Annie). Only now Andrea is married and 8 months pregnant. So I guess things are a little different. I'm back into re-obsessing over the Nuggets box set that used to

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-14758388912944834802008-11-30T00:16:00.009-05:002008-12-02T21:22:59.736-05:00

HOW LONG TIL MY SOUL GETS IT RIGHT?It wasn't til tonight that I felt ready to touch on the new Killers. In one ear, I had Sarah shouting its innumerable praises. In the other I had another friend banging on about how Day & Age is the steamingest pile of shizz he'd ever heard. I wasn't sure. In fact my auto-response became "it's a weird record, eh" every time someone asked my opinion. I

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-19216572618227240162008-11-26T17:57:00.006-05:002008-11-26T19:42:36.178-05:00

HEY ALIBI, LET ME SHOUT OUT YOUR NAMEOK, before I get to anything else - wtf is going on with emo bands? I mean, first Panic decided they're the Beatles - I guess they finally got weed delivered in Vegas (which may also explain my boy B. Flow's new turn as Aladdin Sane). But oh how it's spreading! I turned on Fuse in the wee hours last night to see if Matthias was on SURS (yeah, our lil jewmie

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-23035787129920291702008-11-25T13:27:00.006-05:002008-11-25T15:32:58.377-05:00

ARE YOU SURE WHAT SIDE OF THE GLASS YOU ARE ON?It's been over five years since I started this thing. Fucking hell. When I go back and read my early posts - well, first I laugh my ass off because the shit Brigid and I got into on 13th street was ridic - but I also kinda cringe. I mean, forget the writing. Totally get why people hated Sarah and me for existing. But like, how did we DO it all?

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BRING ON TOP CHEFthis time of year, two (two????) years ago, roddy gave me a copy of the newly mastered idlewild fifth and asked me to mull it over. i walked with it to and from work, soaking in something very different than "the remote part." i ended up falling in love with that record, though even i was shocked when the NME gave it a 9 out of 10. i love idlewild, but i dont think "warnings/

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-1159851371366238142006-10-03T00:51:00.000-04:002006-10-03T00:58:29.286-04:00

OMFG SBT, JETHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*please note the publicist part of my brain was all, woo-hoo! the mystery jets review is listed on that page, so now loads of people are gonna read about my bay-beeeeeez!****please note even harder:THIS THURSDAYTHE ANNEX (stolen transmission)ASH. IS. PLAYING.there is FREE SOCO.RYAN HEIL (nightmare of you) is bartending.more to come tomorrow.....

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-1159395718580313532006-09-27T18:04:00.001-04:002008-11-26T12:25:41.245-05:00

I SEE LONDON, I SEE SAMS TOWN AND CRISPY STRIPSleave it to the killers to whip me out of my scene funk. sarah and i went to see them play at the mtv studio last night and oh hell i felt 22 again. (yeah, fucknuts - in your 20s, 3 years constitutes a lifetime). they played stuff from the new album (which the critics can bash all they want - its not like hot fuss was particularly well-received

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-1158945964821712382006-09-22T12:44:00.000-04:002006-09-22T13:26:05.153-04:00

NOT FOND OF ASKINyou know when you really hate a band, but a song of theirs reminds you of a fun time so you kinda give it a chance and end up listening to it far more than you should, and ultimately end up really liking the song and thus really loathing yourself? yeah, thats me and "naive" by the kooks. man i hate that band. but dang do i really kinda like that song. im gonna hope that the

Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763276546424083702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876588.post-1158088568928204712006-09-12T15:06:00.000-04:002006-09-12T15:27:12.896-04:00

IM GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO MOVE YOUR DESKlets count sunday as a real day for once. on sunday there was this rando party at happy valley (now i know why id never been there before). the highlights were naturally juniors presence, ash's amazing performance, and my badass buddies foreign islands (in no particular order). jenny and i got good and sauced on homemade cocktails upstairs...and before

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LAUGHTER SMILES BACK IN YOUR DIRECTIONbefore i get to the whole "what i did at the end of my summer vacation" saga (dont worry, its good saga, picture saga, low attention span theater), i need to acknowledge my darling mets some more. im watching the game as i type, and they just showed this dugout exchange between mr willie (were close like that) and jose reyes. and found myself getting misty

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HAVA NAGILA WITHOUT THE H (CUT ON YOUR TIP)ok so first off - i would like to discuss the irony of last night - you know how i was bumming about allison getting booted from p-run? well guess who the first person was that i saw upon entrance to the annex last night? thats right. allison. SO CUTE! i felt like such a freak staring at her but i had to. and i really wanted to have a chat with her

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LIFE IS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN (THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME WEED)holy crap have any of you ever watched RUNS HOUSE on mtv??? i really need to open my fucking eyes. i dont watch nearly enough tv ive decided. i mean, yes, i think the tv is on at least half the time that i am awake these days, but its generally tuned to sports net ny or whoever is airing the days game (and to the poster from a few

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CHICKEN SALAD WITH FOUR LEGSthe summer of 2006 continues to be a weird one. well, i guess not so much a weird one as a bitchin hot lets have fun to forget it type deal. since my beloved sidekick bestowed upon me the gift of photography, ive decided to narrate todays post with pictures! so first lets backtrack to last weekend in chicago. i know i outlined quite a bit of the learning experience

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A WEEKEND WITH GRAM PARSONS AND A-HAwhat a terribly exciting couple of days! first i hit chi-town for the first time ever and had a fantastic trip. hey chicago people, you have a great town! crap baseball team, cool town. (ps - booo omar minaya, first misstep in my book. i heart nady!) i had the usual slew of health-deprived nights with art brut et al. (et al in this case being keith totp,

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ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME TRUEsee, the crap thing about getting shit hammered really early in the night is that you then go through all the bad post-drink symptoms at painfully annoying hours. like, normally when you get wasted at say, midnight, by the time the spins and the nausea kick in youre usually (hopefully) safely asleep, and so the only thing effected is your dream pattern. but take

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TIME BOMB BABYweek three of pseudo-unemployment has proved to be the breaking point for yours truly. i guess i really was meant to be a working person. granted, my ideal job would be something that allowed for travel and the occasional late morning (calling all merchies!) but all it took was one morning hunting for office space (lets call it: yesterday) to get me back in the yen-zone for

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DONT FALL AWAY AND LEAVE LOVE BLEEDINGon sunday, gurj and i went to see the bronx and lifetime at bowery, respectively. see, im not quite sure what mormon emo poptard gurj was hitting on when lifetime took the stage at bambooble, but she missed the magic. and by magic i clearly mean adam l, dude from saves the day, robhitt.com, and brian muthafuckin battjer squealing like little girls on the

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THIS IS NOT A MOVIEwhile you lot may be wondering about our dear friends apartments whereabouts, im not quite as curious. because well, i know. theyre busy. when theyre not hosting me in london (which, ps, david and kim - i booked my reading tickets, see you on august 24th, call the electrician, thanks), theyre putting out super adorbs videos on mtv2 uk and making bethnal green a slightly less

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"HOW OLD WERE THEY WHEN THE PUMPKINS WERE COOL? 7?"i have to pay a bit more respect to the panic at the buttcrack crew. that show last night? i kind of didnt know what to make of it, and thats not a negative thing. PATD live = ASTOUNDING. its not a concert, its a fucking circus. lights, skits, vaudevillian dancers, immaculate costumes. part of me wanted to resist because it all felt very

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"BRENDONS A VIRGIN!" "NOT FOR LONG!"i cant decide what the best part of last night was:1. arriving at the panic at the disco show and being greeted by the best gaggle of friends a gal could ask for - complete with song and cupcakes and robhitt.com.2. sitting at the panic at the disco show sandwiched between sarah and gurj who apparently know every word to every song and yet serve as little

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WHO DO YOU REEEALLY WANNA PLEASE? YOUR MANAGER OR THE LAY-DEEZ?one thing i love about being a "grown up" is being able to stretch out the birthday festivities for like, days. imagine how much radder childhood wouldve been if pokey the party clown slept over for a couple of nights to help finish off the cake and shit. i got the call from sarah last night to hit up 3A for an in-house acoustic

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SWAMPASS! YUMMO!hey also - i dont know if this is just me not really paying much attention to the majority of the channels i have, or maybe just the fact that ive essentially become sucked into an abyss of watching channels 3, 38, 40 exclusively (as in: regular, crazy crimes, and sexy crimes, respectively) - but does the food network seem to up the rachael ray factor in the summertime? like, i

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A HOOKIE BIRTHDAY PARTY DREAMok ok time to cheer up charlie!!!! GURJ HAS THE ULTIMATE GREAT ADVENTURE RECAP ON HER BLOG. some highlights include:meeting a leprechaun.hearting TBS.and the resulting clipart.i will STILL be talking about this at my BIRTHDAY PARTY on THURSDAY. without further ado...

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HEY TOM DELONGE, NICE HAIRCUT, ITS TIME TO RECORDINGS!i really need to get off this nostalgia kick. midgee took me out to a prelim bday dinner last night at esperanto and fuckin hell if that isnt one of the best joints for salad that side of the EV! after a couple of perfect mojitos, we head down avenue B to brians for a questionably necessary viewing of entourage. the actual attention paid to

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SWIPE YOUR FLASH PASSblog reader amy and the one and only jasper future seem to have the same agenda today.... attention everyone! PLEASE SIGN THIS ONLINE PETITION AND GET ART BRUT ON TOP OF THE POPS BEFORE IT ENDS ITS RUN NEXT MONTH:http://www.petitiononline.com/abtotpin other news, the annex was fucking INSANE last night. i got there at 130 and could hardly navigate through the hordes of hot

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I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOES ONgoodness. they always tell you its a bad idea to drink a lot when youre bummed out (i think thats whats known as alcoholism), but lord knows i lost that memo last week (may i submit for your approval the following conversation between gurj and myself on saturday: G: what did you do all week? K: drank a lot. G: where were you? K: well, i know i was at the annex on

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OK, SAR, YOU AND MIKEY ARE STILL COOL, CHAT ROOM OR NOTok, full disclosure - i dont know SHIT about radiohead. when i was 15 years old i had this "best friend" who was super into them - she used to hold me hostage in her apartment, playing "no alarms, no surprises" and "karma police" over and over - i HATED it. hated his voice. (mind - i was into bush and live at the time, k?). years passed,

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ALL I WANNA DO IS BICYCLEevery time i think ive outgrown my obsession with queen, i turn on the tv. somewhere, somehow, there WILL always be a reminder of why i fell so fucking hard for this band (ps, gurj and sar - i want you to know i was 2 seconds from writing that as "wiL"). most of the time its something on the ovation channel - they rerun an abridged version of '92s tribute concert almost

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COULDA SWORN IT WAS A BAR CALLED JUGGSanother night with art brut, another wicked hangover. met the crew at mugs (albeit slightly by accident) and got the scoop on their semi-sunny jaunt to mexico. they played this insane event for nokia that left 3500 mexican fans in proud ownership of all the digital art brut ringtones and videos they can handle. so fucking funny. (later in the night, we

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LETS GO METSart brut ate my brain. we are scientists are the love.DROP WHATEVER YOURE DOING, GO TO THE MYSTERY JETS MYSPACE PAGE, DOWNLOAD THEIR COVER OF "PIONEERS." CHANGE YOUR LIFE. PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE.ps - espn announcers are fucking BUNK. give me my SNY boyeeeez anyday. oy va voy.

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YOU STEAL FORKS FROM RESTAURANTSi always knew that sarah and i would age together, gracefully or not, so its nice to read her blog and see that both of us were being crotchety old farts last night. she, in bed with her stories, me on my couch with my baseball. i mean really, with agendas like that how can we NOT win the citysearch DJ title? so yeah, last night it was my prerogative to save my

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YOU AINT IN wiL-LIAMSBURG NO MOREi was wondering why my posts had been on the dull side lately, and i realized its because i, uh, dont go out anymore? i mean, ok, thats not really fair... i go out every thursday, but theres only so many times i can write about the funitude of seeing friends at the annex. SO, thankfully, this weekend was full of complete and utter old-school tarts of pleasure

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BULLET POINT TUESDAY- go to citysearch. would be much appreciated if you gives us tarts some love. and by love i mean voting, and also a hug. - cold war kids are my heroes.- i really wish i had seen daft punk at coachella.- i miss art brut.- a band featuring a former roommate will be playing a free, unannounced (unless you count this as an announcement) gig at the annex for stolen transmission

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TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDSfudge, where to begin? real quick - last weeks stolen transmission was one of the best weve had since the move. its NEARLY gotten to the level of grandure that orchard bar had at its end. i dont know what it was - the weed theme, the duke spirit, ollie ooh las amazing beret - but people were out in full force. and we actually had a dance floor! amazing! ive come to love

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NEWSFLASHyall have to come to the annex tonight based soled on the amazingness of nick snows flyer:

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NEWS FROM POPTARD CENTRALthere isnt anything mega to say these days; i guess i just feel compelled to update so people can stop asking me if i was abducted by art brut.since we left off, ive been to park slope. or whatever you call the part of brooklyn that southpaw is in. for the sake of my own story, i will call it park slope because thats what i kept telling art brut. we spent a bit of time

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I DONT KNOW WHY I LOVE YOUas it goes with an art brut visit, heres the much needed art brut recap... the gang arrived in nyc on tuesday and there was a gig and an afterparty and yadda yadda yadda... im not quite sure what time i made it into work on wednesday. id say wednesday is really where the magic happened, so fuck tuesday for now. i pulled myself up by my bootstraps and made it to bowery

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GOT MYSELF SOME NOT SO BRAND NEW BOYFRIENDSi purposely devoted this weekend to decorating and sleeping in anticipation of art bruts arrival... afterparties are all in place, so dont expect to be hearing from me for a few days. tomorrow night were hitting lolita where the one and only robhitt.com has put together a soiree for my boys... wednesday night were hitting lit, audrey's party, deuce

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NO TITLE NECESSARYthats at the annex. tonight. 152 orchard. every thursday. next week? art brut top of the muthafuckin pops.

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WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A HOSTthe office is pretty dead at the moment... its the post texas lull where most people are still rotting in miami, claiming to network and all that... (man i need a sunny vacation!), so it seems to be the perfect time to update this bad boy... this past weekend kinda ruled.thursday night at stolen transmission came outta nowhere. i mean, granted we knew we had a

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GONNA MAKE DAMN SUREi have three mystery jets sleeping on my floor. im gonna kick em and make them party with quite possibly the strangest bunch the tarts of pleasure could gather in one evening:perfectly ramshackle. just like us!

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HERE COMES THE RUMOUR MILLlast nights live from london aftershow was a raging success. that is, if success is measured by the amount of drunk people having a really really good time. i swear half the uk music industry were off their tits on zygo vodka waterfall, grinding against the wall to my chemical romance at 4 in the morning. yeah, it was one of those nights. when i got to the annex to

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DIAMOND IN THE DARKyoud think a day worth of sleep is enough recovery for a couple days of absolute madness, but i guess sometimes yall think wrong! i sound like such an industry cliche, but texas kicked my fucking ass.it started with the rumble strips at the fader party, which meant free red stripe and way too much chatting. between that and sitting for dinner at the iron cactus, i saw half of

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TYRA MAIL! ITS TITTY TIME!SPOILER ALERT - i will be going off about p-run right now. well, in a sec actually, because first i gotta address TOP MODEL HOLLA! so, ok, can we discuss the crazy racist? or baptist? whatever she is. never in my life have i seen such a shameless bit of casting. the girl wasnt even REMOTELY close to model material, they just wanted to see a bitch fight like the

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ZOO TIME ZOO TIME ZOO TIMEthe mystery jets record came out in the UK yesterday, and uh, judging from all the comments on their myspace page, its uh, JUST AS FUCKING AWESOME AS IVE BEEN TELLING YALL. listen people. this record. its too good. i dont know if america is ready for it yet. which is good bec it wont be out here in forever, but if youre in new york, LA, austin or san francisco, you

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I LOVE ACEim sure im a lifetime behind in reaching this conclusion, but bruthafuckme if the olympics are not the most poorly disguised political tool on the planet. brigid and i were watching the figure skating last night and ive never heard such patriotically-biased nonsense in my life! all the stupid skates looked the same, but anyone that wasnt american or canadian got shot to bits! "oooh

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HONEYS, IM HOMEi dont even know where to start recapping london trip #34409238. ah, the beginning, you say? good call.i arrived friday and was immediately whisked into the world of musical euphoria. i went to brixton to meet up with the mystery jets camp, and couldnt have asked for a better welcome. backstage at the academy, we were first greeted by an ear-to-ear grin from keith murray. "ive

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MY OTHER BABIES...watch this video by the YOUNG KNIVES.and tell me you can wait to meet these guys, because i know i cant.

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THE RUMBLE STRIPS ARE COMING!last night was the last installment of our modern art party for a while. shockingly/pleasingly, a lot of people seemed really bummed! we got a lot of the "say-it-isnt-so" game in the dj booth, but alas, both sarah and i are daytime working ladies, and our jobs were seriously hurting on wednesdays post-dark room. so, we made the executive (read: adult!) decision to

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EVERY WEEKEND ITS MY ONLY VICEwhile news agencies are going on and on about how this is the biggest snowfall to hit nyc since snowfall-tracking-technology was introduced, im feeling a bit underwhelmed! maybe its just because the new pad falls under the category of "high-rent district," but the streets surrounding us have been under constant plow patrol since the first flake fell on saturday

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LOVE STEALS US FROM LONELINESSwhat would a birthday dinner for sarah be without 32948290384393 people and loads of picture taking? what started as an intimate dinner for 10 turned into a mile-long extravaganza at kates. piper hid out in a totebag under the table and josh and i took turns poking her in the nose and generally annoying the shit out of her while she was trying to sleep. as a big

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I WISH THAT THIS BIKE WAS A MOTORCYCLEthe mini-mogul is turning the spiritual age of 15 on friday, and unbeknownst to her ive decided to celebrate all week. last night it just translated into young geezle being at mine and sarah and i, on the phone, debating the merits of going out on a monday. never made it out exactly... but the thought was there. so tonight we're at the dark room for the

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WHEN THE CAT BEFRIENDED THE MOUSEsorry ive been so slacking on updating this bad boy. truth be told, nothing particularly earthshattering has been going on. lots of the usual dj-hangover-work-lamentnothavinganyfurniture bidness, along with the immeasurable anticipation for sxsw... its pretty nutty that february is but a week away... that means the bday of my favorite lil midget jew, my annual

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ONE WORD: COOLEYHIGHHARMONY

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LIKE A BAD HABITlots of gawking and stalking going on last week, eh?? turns out michael imperioli from the sopranos is a newfound five o clock heroes fan, which is so fuckin rad... and yes, michael showalter was at the we are scientists gig, and rothko late night as well. i cant remember too much about what the m-sho played in his DJ set apart from amerie, but people seemed intrigued. i cant

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MODERN ART TURNS HIGH FASHIONso yes, by now everyone has heard the news about the dark room last night. yes, they were there. yes, lindsays a self-proclaimed gang of four fan. but geez... the shitstorm that will surely follow this gawker story is so unnecessary. i feel bad for them girls. turns out they were looking for a low-key night on a night off from celeb-dom to celebrate kates

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DAAAAAAAAAYQUIL TRIPPINGin preparation for this post, i downed approximately half a bottle of dayquil, because dayquil makes working with a cold fun! yay fun! speaking of fun, its been quite a week... actually, what am i even talking about? i was completely burnt out from new years. i was completely burnt out ON new years. last friday at orchard bar was as it always is... granted, jason was

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HAZY SHADE OF WINTERfuck, i really hate blogging sometimes. today has been such a pain in the ass - real estate bullshit, new apartment drama, brandon is crying in the kitchen because he cant find the lucky burger menu - and i totally spaced on posting flyers for this weekends events. events! dont forget these events!orchard bar with drunk joshua as the flyer. that joshua is gonna be the one

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MODERN ART! MAKES US! LIGHT THE MENORAH!still trying to sort out "munich" in my head. sarah, gideon and i played the jew card last night and went to see it in kips bay. i think spielberg did a good job of not being blatantly "pro" either side... though im trying to figure out what he was trying to convey by putting so much emphasis on the notion and importance of "home."my friend jamie from

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SCIENTASTIC HOLIDAY CHEERyesterday was one of those days... felt like i was being pulled in hundreds of directions... took the trip up to letterman to see the we are scientists kids and it ended up being the least glamorous trip round a tv studio one could ever imagine. the band was over the top as usual, looking great and relaxed and laughing their asses off on national tv. the actual

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IM HAVING MYSELF A GIL MANTERA PARTY DREAMis it just me, or is the OC getting seriously whack? i can already see the SNL sendups of the future...SCENE: HOSPITAL, DELIVERY ROOM. Marisas meat curtains on display, about to deliver her and Ryans labor of love.Nurse: "Hey! Did you guys hear the news? Theres a shady character that Ryan hates hanging out at that abandoned warehouse!"Marisa: *gruntz*

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BE IN A MAXIMO PARK VIDEO!hey all, if youre in nyc this weekend and want to be in a maximo park video... click here for details!i am fucking tired. djing for 8.5 hours on tuesday? not the best idea. by the time sarah and i got to the dark room we were beat beyond beaten. so much so, my little munchkin was taking naps on the floor 'neath the mixer between songs. the whole night was so

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SONG OF THE YEARfuck the MSP (acoustic).

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GOBBLE-IT OF FIRE**UPDATE!just got off the phone with jason, who, ill have everyone know, made a lovely dj partner last friday in my darling sarahs absence. he tried ever so hard to be like her, crouching down to be little and sweeping his hair across his face... but alas, sarah would never play the kinks or ministry, so, well.. it was interesting and fun and i ended up hungover for 2 days.

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SOME THINGS BEFORE I HEAD TO ORCHARD BARi realized i forgot one of my fave bands for 2006 in my list below... i suppose i make up for it by including them in the tarts of pleasure playlist for the NME yearbook, but anyhow, for those of you who shun that mag... check out the tunes they have available for free download:Battleand also, you know how i totally jumped the gun a couple of weeks ago

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COMMERCIAL BREAKDOWNWow. For the first time in a long time, I do believe there are good things on the horizon of alternative music. Ive spent the past week perusing myspace… not for stalking purposes, not out of boredom, but out of sheer unabashed interest in finding some new bands to get excited about. So here you go, may I present the karenplusone guide to new(ish) bands that I think should

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AMERICA, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHOS IN THE BANDso, to all those whove been asking me... (and yes, theres been a lot of you, youre all out of the closet as actually giving a shit about the darkness!) no, the darkness did not come out on friday night. they were, as they said, "tired." i guess the dark room gets the best of even the champest (and campest) of "rockstars." neveryoumind, though, because

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