Or something much like it. In about four hours, I'll be hopping into Intrepid Friend Lisa's Subaru and we'll be zooming northward to Brooklyn to see FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS.It promises to be an exceedingly fun, if late, night. Taking a cue from Georgia Nicolson in the books I've been tearing through, I may have to spend some time this afternoon ( Read more... )

1. M and I saw RED: Retired, Extremely Dangerous on Wednesday, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. We each gave it a thumb's up, and probably a 4 out of 5 rating. Guns! Explosions! Your favorite award-winning actors looking amazing & acting cool ( Read more... )

It's funny how, if you're open to thinking in slightly tangential ways, you can learn lots of writing- or author-related things in non-authorial settings. Like that time four years ago when I posted ten lessons I'd learned from watching Top Chef. This time, my lesson was derived from recent outings at rock concerts ( Read more... )

Dudes.

If you live anywhere they are touring in the next few weeks - and that means NYC, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Edinburgh (Scotland), Manchester or London (England) or Cardiff (Wales), you really ought to do yourselves a ginormous favor and buy tickets if they are still available ( Read more... )

My friend Lisa and I went to the Muse concert tonight (with Silversun Pickups opening). It was the third night of their U.S. tour, and I can tell you that despite having been to quite a lot of concerts over the year, this one had the sickest stage show I've ever seen. Lights, cameras, action, lasers, oversized eyeball balloons (that pop - ( Read more... )

Tonight, M and I went to see a most excellent concert: THE FRAY, for which JACK'S MANNEQUIN opened. Both Jack's Mannequin and The Fray were remarkable in concert. The sound quality was best for The Fray, so you could understand the vocals a bit better, but both bands are really, truly excellent live. Musically - and vocally - they were incredible, ( Read more... )

The concert tonight was seriously excellent, particularly from a musical perspective. From a comedy point of view, it was entertaining, but not clutch-your-side-gasping-it's-hilarious sort of way ( Read more... )

Tonight, the hubby and I are going to see Spinal Tap on their Unwigged and Unplugged tour. I am secretly pleased to be seeing their acoustic show, rather than the show with every bass player in the known universe. My understanding is that in addition to performing Spinal Tap's hits, we're to be favored with songs from A Mighty Wind as well. I look ( Read more... )

1. The gnome manuscript, she is finished (for now ( Read more... )

I went to the most excellent ska concert. Seriously. Two different 2Tone bands: Bad Manners, starring Buster Bloodvessle, and The English Beat (actually touring under that name, and not as The Beat - no Ranking Roger, who's touring as the Beat in the U.K., but it was fronted by Dave Wakeling, so color me happy ( Read more... )