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This sucks. They're my favorite DC band. I loved grooving to their catchy toons and now ... alas. If you are in the DC area though, they're playing their last batch of shows every Thursday at DC9 this month.
In more cheerful news, my charming roommate turned me onto a quirky little group called the Spinto Band. Here is an interesting music video of theirs. The song is called "Brown Boxes". They're playing the backstage at the Black Cat on March 22. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlytDzSQr9E
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Also, I've discovered this amazing song by Karen Dalton. It's called "Something On My Mind". If anyone can actually find me a copy of it, I'll love you forever.
A few weeks ago in Fredericksburg there was snow. And much rejoicing of this.
And here's what my charming roommate did to someone's car.
We been spendin' most our lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise...
And this in my closet:
I don't have many pictures from my actual birthday party shindig night, which was fabulous, btw, but here's a penis made out of napkin holders by my friend Claudia:
By the way, I just saw the new Justin Timberlake video, "What Goes Around...Come Around". Much as I like JT's new album, that video...severely over-hyped. Considering the rumor's that it contributed to Justin and Cameron Diaz's break up, I don't see much sizzlin' between him and Scarlett Johannson. And the thing is like...10 minutes long and kinda boring. At least when 30 Seconds To Mars made an uber-long video they filmed it in China with crazy Chinese warriors and shit.
There goes my indie cred.
The Afghan Whigs are releasing a retrospective album in May, featuring 2 new songs. I'm very excited, even though chances are slim that the Whigs'll get back together. And now that the Twilight Singers tour is over, my next dose of Greg Dulli might not come for a long, long time. Let's hope the Gutter Twins project with Mark Lanegan will see the light of day pretty soon, cuz I'm getting anxious. Since Dulli and Lanegan have some of the most orgasmic voices ever, IMO.
Meanwhile, my favorite local Washington DC-based band, Monopoli, is playing a slew of shows at DC9 every Thursday in March, I believe. Hopefully I can make it out to at least one of them, but with college and being in Fredericksburg, it's a bit dicey. However, if I can't make it, other peoples should because Monopoli be playin' some damn catchy tunes. Oh, and I just turned 21 yesterday so I can finally make it into DC9 now. And Iota for that matter. And other such clubs and musical venues.
My new favorite album is Please To Meet Me by The Replacements. I should've started listening to The Replacements a long time ago, but oh well. That album and Let It Be are currently the soundtrack of my life. Also on heavy rotation is Jeff Klein's Everyone Loves A Winner, Ballad of the Broken Seas by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, and, regretfully, Hole's Celebrity Skin.
And sadly, I will be missing Justin Timberlake @ the Verizon Center. Le sigh.
A few days late, but I decided to post that things that rocked my world in 2006. Please note that not all of these things were necessarily released in 2006, but nonetheless...here they are.
Lindsey's Favorite Albums of '06
1. The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
2. Jeff Klein - The Hustler
3. Embrace - This New Day
4. Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream
5. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
6. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
7. 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie
8. The Academy Is... - Almost Here
9. Afterhours - Ballads For Little Hyenas
10. Pearl Jam - S/T
11. Cat Power - The Greatest
12. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
13. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
14. Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
15. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
16. Men, Women & Children - S/T
Lindsey's Favorite Previously Undiscovered Artists of '06 (and you should check them out too)
1. Jeff Klein
2. Regina Spektor
3. Neko Case
4. Afterhours
5. Augie March
6. The Academy Is...
7. Gym Class Heroes
8. Shout Out Louds
9. Joseph Arthur
10. Motion City Soundtrack
11. Men, Women, & Children
12. TV On The Radio
Lindsey's Favorite Movies of '06
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Borat
3. The Science of Sleep
4. Babel
5. Thank You For Smoking
6. The Prestige
7. Volver
8. Snakes On A Plane
9. Tenacious D & the Pick of Destiny (controversial pick, I'm sure, but it was funny!)
10. The Libertine
11. Lady Vengeance
12. Kinky Boots
I've forgotten a majority of the movies I've seen this year, it seems.
Lindsey's Favorite Concerts of '06
1. Twilight Singers at the 9:30 Club in June (truly the best show I've ever been to) in June
2> Pearl Jam at the Verizon Center in May
3. Motion City Soundtrack in Fredericksburg in March
4. Twilight Singers at the Norva and Black Cat in November
5. The Sketches/Monopoli/Army of Me at the 9:30 Club in January Yay For DC Bands!
The Walker Home is a cute little shop in Fredericksburg, Virginia that mainly serves as a quirky home furnishing store. They have other random, odd, pop-arty and Japanese/Chinese goodies as well, and they have a lot of Chinese antique furniture from the 18th and 19th century (including a REALLY neat, museum-quality wedding bed).
Anyhoo, while wandering around downtown Fredericksburg, my friend Nina and I were walking by this shop when I notice a very intriguing item in the window: a Mao Zedong messenger bag
I am intrigued when people plaster the image of famous dictators on random items, so I figured it would be fun to peruse the store, as they usually have interesting things anyway. Little behold the wonders that lay in store.
A very kind man led us into the back, where apparently they were having a Christmas sale of Mao-related items - knapsacks, bags, statues, caps, etc. If someone gets me the above bag for Christmas, I will love you forever.
Nina and I tried on the warm-looking winter hats:
I look quite cheerful, for a communist. Nina, however, in the same hat looks more Russian communist than Chinese communist:
And we learned that if you're looking for a special gift for that special someone, look no further....
The whiteboard of room 202 has been getting lots of action lately. Here's an update:
11/16 - To celebrate the latest episode of 'The Office', drawn by yours truly.
11/21 - Inspired by a combination of 'Kids In The Hall' and Batman, drawn by Nina.
For those who are confused, this references one of my favorite Kids In The Hall sketchs.
I'm listening to Hawthorne Heights right now. This cannot be good.
This is the first entry of this blog, so I feel compelled to make it something special. Ideally, I would like to post a couple of pictures every week of random, amusing occurences in my otherwise mundane life.
I use the camera on my cell phone a great deal because, although the picture quality isn't that great, it's just so easy to use and gives me the ability to capture things as they happen. So thus, to de-virginize this blog, a few random happenings of the last few weeks.
The whiteboard of Anna and I's room sees a lot of action. I try to chronicle it as it changes but it's a little impossible to keep up with, so here's what was on it two or so weeks ago, when all of us in the Suite of Awesome were listening to various versions of "Baby Got Back". Here's the concept I came up with. The drawing is courtesy of Nina.
Soon thereafter, the Suite of Awesome (ie: myself, Anna, and Nina), along with our friend Lisa from Virginia Tech, took a roadtrip all the way down to Norfolk, Virginia, to go see my favorite band, The Twilight Singers. I meant to actually chronicle the entire trip from beginning to end, but the batteries in my digital camera died somewhere near Williamsburg, so here's what I got with my phone:
Lisa and Anna's Epic Arm Wrestle at the California Pizza Kitchen across the street from the venue, complete with Nina's FIST OF FURY.
Opener Jeff Klein, a very talented fellow who basically is his own One Man Band. For this reason, I think he would be a delightful addition to Cate Blanchett Wants Your Flesh. However, he plays music, and we at CBWYF are too avant-garde for music.
Greg Dulli of The Twilight Singers rocking out during "Candy Cane Crawl". In the words of Paris Hilton, "That's hot."
Stay tuned, folks.
on this season, give the gift of mao