Across the Pond Festival!!!!

ok, truebelievers, Brooklyn and Staten Island (blah) will be hosting the "Across the Pond Festival" which will take place October 1 and 2!!! i found the info from one of my faves belle and sebastian on their site. also to play BECK! PIXIES! and rumored to play...OASIS! jet, the killers, and gang of four.

and soon as i find out the scoop, i'll let you know.

sexy nancy will have to survive this day...as there is no interpol...it shouldn't be that bad.

Need the money? Be a hired merc, this guy needs your help

"umm yeaa, about that walk...i'm gonna go ahead and ask you to put some pants on first..."

i secretly love this site and would love to partake of their wares but the SexyOne wouldn't appreciate very much. but check out this shirt...too funny.

here's a pic that summed up Block Island pretty well...courtesy of that mega photoalbum that Henry has from the trip.




So what do you think of a 4th Indiana Jones film? dark horizons has the scoop. isn't harrison pushing like 65? i think the plot is that Indy gets lost in his office, search for the lost doorknob...as he has alzheimer's and a grown up and embittered and transgendered ShortRound ponders what could have been.

Proof that i'm a music snob...

be a spookybear too!

and the one fault of Radiohead that i can think of...they may have indirectly spawned Coldplay.

Read this one too...it is just funny and great...poor whiny chris martin

It's almost that time of the year!!! the CMJ Music Marathon is coming!!! this year it's a Lincoln Center...we're talking hundreds of new bands:

The Arcade Fire - Atmosphere - The Dandy Warhols - Coheed and Cambria - !!! - The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Hold Steady - Dungen - Against Me! - Cursive - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Feist - John Vanderslice - Nashville Pussy - Mae - Longwave - Regina Spektor - Lucero - CocoRosie - Crooked Fingers - Tilly & The Wall - Laura Veirs - Motion City Soundtrack - Of Montreal - Icarus Line - Wrens - why? - Silverstein - The Juan MacLean - Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Battles - The Constantines - Ambulance Ltd - The Gossip - Kinski - Supersystem - Nouvelle Vague - Mary Timony - Wolf Parade - Alias - Funeral For A Friend - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Dead Meadow - Wilderness - Foreign Born - Tom Vek - Adult. - Morning After Girls - The Sun - Dios Malos - Vijay Iyer - Chad VanGaalen - The Kingsbury Manx - Craig Wedren - Fruit Bats - Rogue Wave - The Oranges Band - Need New Body - xbxrx - Subtitle - Grand Buffet - Alan Sparhawk (of Low) - Robbers On High Street - Rasputina - Youth Group - Dr. Dog - Head of Femur - Kaki King - Make Believe - Amusement Parks on Fire - Parts & Labor - Saturday Looks Good To Me - Dirty on Purpose - Drums & Tuba - The Honorary Title - The Rosebuds - Daughters - Limbeck - Blood On the Wall - Mia Doi Todd - The Lot Six - Turing Machine - The Velvet Teen - Denison Witmer - Chris Lee - The Natural History - Decibully - Billy Nayer Show - Neva Dinova - Narrator - Electroputas - American Minor - [Daryl] - 8-bit - A Gun Called Tension - Abba Roland - Aberdeen City - The Absence - AIDS Wolf - Aloha - Alphastates - The AKA's - Amadou and Mariam - Amber Pacific - American Princes - An Albatross - Annie Hayden - Antler - The Ants - Aqui - The Arm - Arttanker Convoy - Ashton Allen - aswefall - At All Cost - The Attack Formation - Audible - Baby Teeth - Bad Wizard - Band Name - Bang! Bang! - Barr - Bend Sinister - Benzos - Big Bear - The Big Huge - Black Forest/Black Sea - Black Tie Dynasty - Bling Kong - Brilo De Luz - The Brought Low Butch Walker - Cajun Gems - Call Me Lightning - Cameron McGill - Canasta - Carlos Giffoni - Carrie Newcomer - Cartel - Cary Brothers - The Castanets - Catfish Haven - Cavalier King - The Chalets - Channels - Charlemagne - Chevreuil - Chris Berry & Pangea - Chris Glover - Chris Mills - Chris Smither - Cinemechanica - Circle - Cities - Cloud Cult - The Cloud Room - Cold Cash Machine - The Comas - Coptic Light - Cousin - The Cribs - Curl Up And Die - Cut Copy - Dance Disaster Movement - Das Oath - David Berkeley - David Dondero - De Novo Dahl - Death Vessel - Deena Goodman - Delia & Gavin - Devics - Diamond Nights - Disband - Dmonstrations - The Dollyrots - The Dom Minasi Trio - Doofgoblin - Doris Henson - Drew Isleib & The Long Shadows - Dudley Corporation - The Ebb & Flow - Eliza Gilkyson - Emil Beaulieau - Enablers - End of the World - Euphone - Evergreen Terrace - The Everyothers - Excepter - Fabulous Entourage - The Fame - Feathers - The Films - The Firebird Band - Five Horse Johnson - Five O’Clock Heroes - Flying - Forget Cassettes - Fursaxa - Galitcha and Yves Lambert - Genghis Tron - Get Him Eat Him - Girls In Hawaii - Glenn Kotche - Glitter Pals - Goblin Cock - Goldspot - Gorch Fock - Gore Gore Girls - Grace Potter and The Nocturnals - Grafton - Grails - The Grates - Greatdayforup - Grizzly Bear - Hail Social - Half Way To Gone - The Heavenly States - Heston Rifle - Hockey Night - Holopaw - Honeyhander - Honky - Hope - Hopewell - Hot Chip - Houston McCoy - Hugh Pool - Human Television - HypoFixx - Ida - IfIHadAHiFi - Impossible Shapes - Instrumental Quarter - Into the Moat - The Isotoners - James Carter Organ Trio - Jeff Hanson - Jeff Klein - Jesse Harris - Jessica Dobson - Jim Yoshi Pik Up - The Joggers - Joy Zipper - Julia Darling - The Julius Airwave - Kalpana - Kash - Kayo Dot - The Keep Aways - Khanate - Kid Dakota - Kind of Like Spitting - King Elementary - The King of France - The Kingdom - The Kingsbury Manx - Kissing Tigers - The Kohl Heart - Knife Skills - KT Tunstall - La Rocca - Langhorne Slim - Larkin Grimm - The Late Greats - Laura Thomas Band - Le Concorde - Let Go - Levy - The Life and Times - The Like - Limited Express (Has Gone) - The Living Blue - Lion Fever - Little Barrie - Long Live Death - Losa - The Lovemakers - Lozenge - Made Out Of Babies - Mahjongg - Make Good Your Escape - The Makers - Man Alive - Man Man - Maplewood - Maria Taylor - Mars Black - Mass Shivers - Matt Hoffer - Matt Mays - Matt Moffer - Mixel Pixel - Mommy and Daddy - Monsters Are Waiting - More Dogs - Morley - Mouthus - The Mugs - My Way My Love - The Navigators - The New Trust - Nicole Atkins - Nightmare of You - No Wait Wait - notekillers - The Novaks - Novillero - The Numbers - Nural - The Octopus Project - Odiorne - Old Blind Dogs - Orenda Fink - The Outline - Ox - Oxford Collapse - P.O.S - The Pale Pacific - Panic At The Disco - Panico - Paradise Boys - Paramore - Particle - Pattern is Movement - Peter Walker - Picastro - Pilot to Gunner - The Pine - Pit Er Pat - The Planet The - The Plastic Constellations - Plat - The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower - Polysics - Poni Hoax - Pony Up! - Priestess - Principles of Geometry - Procon - Prosaics - Prurient - The Psychic Paramount - The Punks - Puny Human - Queenadreena - The Radio - Rahim - The Rakes - Rapider Than Horsepower - The Receiving End Of Sirens - The Red Death - Red Eyed Legends - Red Sparowes - Red Wanting Blue - Remedy for Ruin - The Reputation - Rescue - Risk Relay - Robert Skoro - The Robot Ate Me - Rock 'N' Roll Soldiers - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers - Run Away From the Humans - Run Run Run - Sabrosa Purr - The Sad Little Stars - The Saddest Landscape - Sam Roberts Band - Samara Lubelski - The Sammies - Scary Kids Scaring Kids - Scatter The Ashes - The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Scoville Unit - She Wants Revenge - Shelby - Shiny Toy Guns - The Show Is the Rainbow - The Sights - The Silent League - Silversun Pickups - Since By Man - Since the Flood - Singapore Sling - Sir Alice - Skeletons & The Girl - Faced Boys - Slumber Party - Smokey's Secret Family - Snatches of Pink - Snmnmnm - So They Say - Soft - Something For Rockets - Son - Son Ambulance - Sonya Kitchell - Southkill - Sparrow - Spires That In The Sunset Rise - Sponge - Sport Murphy - Spottiswoode & His Enemies - Square Johns - The Static Age - Stromba - Struction - Sunset Rise - The Swayback - Swords - Sybris - The Talk - Talkdemonic - Tangiers - Tarantula - Teada - Temper Temper - Tenement Halls - Test-Icicles - This is Me Smiling - Tia Carrera - Tiger Bear Wolf - Tim Williams - Tiny Amps - Tom McRae - Tomorrow's Friend - Tonikom - Tony Scherr - Torche - Traveling Bell - Troubled Hubble - TRS-80 - Turmoil - Turn Me On Dead Man - Two Gallants - Udet - Ultra Dolphins - Umbrellas - Ume - Unique Chique - Urdog - Ursa Minor - Vaux - Viva K - Von Iva - Watershed - We Are Wolves - We Versus the Shark - The Whole Fantastic World - Wires On Fire - Witch - Without Gravity - The Witnesses - Yip-Yip - Young & Sexy - Your Enemies Friends - Zeke - zZz - and many more to be announced.

To name a few. Check it out...you'll have a good time. Plus, Run (or Reverend Run) as in DMC is the Keynote Speaker!!! Run, don't walk and get your tix.

and holy crap...did you see Six Feet Under??? well, Nate's dead! this show is brilliant...i've watched this show for what 4 seasons now...and it wasn't worth it until this episode. can't wait for the Nate ghost to start making an appearance with the old man.

Lastly, how depressing is this world, when they keep making these idiotic Shrek "films"? everyone knows that i hate Shrek as much as i hate Hitler...ok, maybe i hate Adolf less...i attempted to watch that trash they called a sequel...it's really not fit for humans...young or otherwise.

What bothers me is that the guy who directs these Shrek movies has been given the reins over the next Lord of the Rings...yup, Tolkien's best friend and colleague at Oxford, C.S. Lewis, is finally getting his due with the celluloid version of the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I confess, this looks frikkin' awesome...but if there's one Scottish Ogre in this one, i will kill.

49. I think i'm going to quit my job and become a dog breeder. current events have allowed me to ponder new avenues.

48. Jealousy hits me like Ike Turner whenever i listen to OK Computer or Disintegration...why can't i be that brilliant (i could use "Why Can't I Be You?"--but that's too obvious). i should've become a rock star. There's a FLIP in the Pixies...why can't i be in a band like Interpol or something, i can wear suits all the time.

47. I had my chance to go to medschool...like most kids who couldn't get in here...i was accepted at LaSalle University in the Philippines...good think i didn't...b/c i'm so happy now (yes, that's sarcasm)

46. I am addicted to CoKe (a cola)---imagine if i was a cokehead...wouldn't that explain a lot?

45. I've been bitten by more humans than I have been by animals.

Ugh, so i spent this entire weekend cleaning the apartment...we are slobs, i mean truly slobs. and taking a tip from the TLC channel, i sifted through all of my crap (i apparently own a lot of crap), and reduced the amount of "clutter" in the home. the ultimate test is when the SexyNancy comes to inspect, then we'll see.

i'm so pissed that the faucet i just installed is faulty...goddamn it!! someone please tell me how to get more pressure from the hot faucet?? i checked the hose and it's fine...it has to be in the damn knob. where are the time-life book series' when you need them? i even went to the trouble of drilling an extra hole in the damn sink to accomodate a damn spray thingy. i don't know how plumbers plumb, it's quite awkward.

so here's a tip...the astoria pool (and it's free, and pee free*) is empty at 11am...so if you want some good swimming, definitely head there in the morn. i made the mistake of going at 3pm...not only was there an hour wait, but it was like time square on new years eve, meaning that it's impossible to get to the bathroom in time, so you pee where you wade. guess it saves time on heating the pool.

Happy News from the Rodstein/Launerts clan...the purple monkey and her mate are expecting their first tiny grape ape due in early spring.

Congratulations Simmy and David!!!

Name ideas:

Thom
Smeagol
Brangelina
Robert
Trent
Bjork

Eeowyn (actually, you can't use this name---that's my future daughter's name)


54. I once experienced violent vomiting inside the bar, coyote ugly...we're talking, at the bar, in a booth, in the back left corner, on the front curb. i also made out w/ some random chick...at least i hope she was a chick. and one of the bartenders stuck her boot in my mouth and poured tequila down her leg.

53. apparently, i'm a huge music and movie snob. but i'm getting better!!! have i not posted reviews for the devil's rejects and confessed to listening to kelly clarkson!!! i'll assimilate with the mindless masses yet!!!

52. I'll eat anything wrapped in bacon. yes, even poo.

51. i once vivisected a rabbit. think that speaks volumes.

50. i miss oreos.

DAmn!! 50 more to go!! i don't think there's anything else but i will urge forward.


*pee-free in certain sections only