emailed to my friend jonathan at his request; figured i'd slap it up here too.

you asked for a report, and since i'm still pretty wired (we just got home from the show), i figured i'd bang one out now.

in a word, awesome. or, as john darnielle mouthed off to the side after one of the first songs, "fuck yes."

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I've gotten some amazing new music lately and am planning on doing a music post (hopefully with audio supplements), but in the meantime here's the tracklisting of a mix I tossed together for a friend's party. Nothing new, but it came out pretty enjoyable. Mostly for my own records.

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My response to a mix my friend Jonathan sent me of what he's listening to these days. Assembling it was odd-- this has probably been the least musically focused year of my life. Without the college indie kids, the music nerd boyfriends, updates on Epitonic, Rasputin Music, KWCW, or (in the case of the last few months) a working radio in my car, my ( Read more... )

We just listened through our apartment window as John Cameron Mitchell gave a live performance of "The Origin of Love."

Yes, that John Cameron Mitchell.

He's now doing "The Angry Inch."

Have I mentioned lately that I fucking love my life?