I thought we had at least another two years until this term cropped up ( Read more... )

As "Straight to Hell" by The Clash just started on my pandora I thought to myself, "Hey, why are they playing 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. on my Madchester station ( Read more... )

There is an lj community called televisionfree. Being one of them smug not-tv-havers, I am clearly the target market for something like this. But what's the point ( Read more... )

I'm leaving work early and going to see The Breeders tonight. Very excited! I like the Breeders, although I think I may have liked them for the same reasons I liked Porno for Pyros: like Perry Farrell, anything Kim Deal does is a-okay by me. I only got to see Jane's once, at the first Lollapalooza, but I've seen PFP...3? 4? 3 times. I've been ( Read more... )

Why, at the Tuesday Night Poetry Open Mic & Slam @ the Newark Arts Alliance! It's back up and running under the care of the Bello sisters. The room has great acoustics and the new NAA is pretty. You should come back. The new NAA is in Market East plaza next to the Chinese grocery. The feature schedule is fairly wide open, if you're a touring poet ( Read more... )

A typical day in the house of E:


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You know what? I don't care if it makes me a bad hipster. In fact, I've been getting crap for being a U2 fan since the supposed first time they totally sold out and got lame-that would be the Rattle and Hum era. That was twenty years ago. TWENTY! Remember BB King saying "Those are some heavy lyrics for such a young man, how old are you?" And ( Read more... )

Hangover. Haven't had one of these for a while ( Read more... )

If you are, and your music tastes run similar to mine, WXPN is playing Britrock from 7-11 tonight. IE, right now. 88.5 if your local, wxpn.org if you're streaming. All British rock from around 1980-present. Yummy.

ZOMG my pandora.com 'little flowered dresses' station is playing Jonathan Fire Eater! I met them when they opened up for Pulp at Lupo's in Providence! I haven't heard them in ages! And this immediately after 'Metal Mickey' by Suede ( Read more... )