Do Do Do You Do You Want To

Click here to view the new Franz Ferdinand video for their single "Do You Want To". It totally reminds me of The Monkeys, which was my fav t.v. show growing up. I love the musical nature to the ending where everyone in the art gallery is dancing.

Speaking of art galleries, anyone looking to drink free wine and look at some art, I will be hitting up the open gallery night at 49 Geary on Thurs, first Thur. of the month thing all galleries free plus free drinks, I am sold. Also conveniently Joe works in the same building.

Also go get tix to check out Franz Ferdinand live with TV on the Radio at the Bill Graham Civic Center on Oct. 6th. There is also supposedly a free Louis XIV show to be announced this week in the city I will keep you posted. Here is a pic of Franz and Juliette Lewis:

If You Knew What I Know

Hey check out the Amoeba free in store with The New Pornographers tommorrow 8/24 at 7:00. Sadly, according to the Amoeba site, Neko Case will not be there. You have to pay to see her at Bimbo's on the 28th of Sept. If there are still tix left I may try to go becuase I love Neko Case and will be totally bummed if she doesn't show at Amoeba. I found this cool poster art from one of her shows, thought I'd share:

I'm Lonely But I Ain't That Lonely Yet

So I went to see The White Stripes last night at The Greek Theater in Berkeley, it was a great show. The Greenhornes opened and they were o.k. I felt they were a little boring for such a big venue, but if I saw them in a smaller space the music probably would have felt less out of place. The set up for the new tour is great Jack and Meg had drums, two timpanis, Wurlitzer piano, organ, and Marimba all on stage. Some highlights for me include:

* All the songs Jack played on piano sounded amazing especially "I'm Lonely.." Which he did by himself in the encore.

* Meg rockin the Timpanis/triangle on "Passive Manipulation" not once but twice.

* I loved how uncomfortable all the tools and frat guys around me got when Jack did "Jolene". One guy tapped me on the shoulder after the song and was all, " So like he was singing that from like another point of view right, he wasn't really singing it about a guy?" And I was all, "It is actually a cover of a Dolly Parton song", he looked confused. I love how all these guys get so homophobic if a guy is singing a love song from a female perspective without changing the pronouns. That is what makes this a great cover.

*So Jack is keeping up his whole gay cowboy/ flamenco dancer look. I dug his hat and tight western flared pants. But the western jacket with the medals on it needs to go, it is way too Michael Jacksonesque.

* Spotted Jack's new wife model Karen Elson backstage, she was hard to miss with her red hair. Cute to see her supporting her man.

* Also Jack mentioned that he and Meg visited the Musee Mecanique on Fisherman's Wharf on Friday and took some pictures in the photo booth. I love that place and always take people there it has the coolest old timey games and exhibits.

* They closed with "Boll Weevil" and Jack mentioned that San Francisco was the first city he liked outside of Detroit, that was sweet.

*One other memorable part from the night was when Jack was singing " I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be friends" and the aforementioned tools behind me were all "Sweet man the Napoleon Dynamite theme song".

Ok but then these two radio promo balloons for 104.9 (San Jose staion) start bouncing toward the stage they hit Jack and land on the stage. Jack stops the song and yells "What the Fuck? Is this some sort of fucking radio promotion?". Then he grabs the balloons and throws them off backstage and continues with the song and everyone cheers. When he is done with the song, he says something like "So before some radio station decides to ban our music, I demand a written apology from them tomorrow morning for interrupting my song".

So ok those balloons are super annoying and lame and yes this is a White Stripes concert not Spring Break, but come on a "written apology"? Throwing the balloons off stage or better yet popping them would be rock and roll, but demanding a written apology is kinda throwing a hissy fit. But we all know Jack follows gentlemanly conduct and would expect others to do the same so I guess in his head a written apology would be the proper course of action.

Anyways, all in all it was a great show and they played some of my favs and a lot of good stuff off the new album. Hopefully, I can locate a set list from the show and post it up here soon.

Shows of Note

So many shows, so little time and too far away, for me at least. Attention all LA friends and Scenesters. Two shows you should see The Mutes tonight at Cinespace. And Birdmonster Thursday at Spaceland:
(From Birdmonster)
We have been invited to rock L.A.'s Spaceland for some crazy label
people this Thursday at 11:00. If you are in the area, please come
out and support us; if not, spread the word to your L.A. relatives,
friends, and anyone else who will listen to your beautiful voice or
read your blogiful blog.

10:00 Addison
11:00 Birdmonster
12:00 The Plus Ones

Club Spaceland - 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

So yes show your support LA people!

And up the coast here in the beautiful and frigid SF we have some great shows coming up too. This Friday 8/12 I will be rockin out/oogling Jack White as The White Stripes rock Berkeley's Greek Theater, they will be playing with The Greenhornes who Joe is stoked to see. So he can get to listen to some country rock while I get to stare at Jack's tight pants, I think its a pretty even trade off.

Monday night 8/15 a great new band I really dig The Spinto Band will be playing Bottom Of the Hill, I am also going to try to check them out if I can get someone to go with. Please check out their song "Oh Mandy" on their site it brings me to tears of joy and makes me bounce around the house.

Also Saturday night 8/13 (from Flavapill):
Dirty Found's I DON'T Want It Back! Tour
when:
Sat 8.13 (7pm)
where:
Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St, 415.861.2011)
price:
$10

Found magazine's editors prove themselves not just to be packrats, but also borderline perverts, with the, um, founding of their new spinoff, Dirty Found. Found, the triumph of the keen-eyed and poor-postured, dedicates itself to all manner of detritus rescued from dumpsters and sidewalks — Dear John letters, quirky photographs, schizo grocery lists. Where Found finds glory in everyday castoffs, Dirty Found gets its hands sweaty over the accidental spillover of a world teeming with sex tapes and private Polaroids. So padlock your filing cabinets and take a magnet to the old hard drives, and then hie thee to the Rickshaw Stop for an intimate evening of PowerPoint with Dirty Founders Jason Bitner and Arthur Jones. (PS)Note: Admission includes a copy of Dirty Found magazine. The Dirty Found Tour also stops by Mama Buzz on Sun 8.14.

Also I need to know how to link mp3s to my site help please!!! So anyways some great new tracks I got off Scenestars Include the new Death Cab "Marching Bands of Manhattan" from their upcoming album Plans, I love this track and listened to it on repeat several times on my morning bus ride. Also I dig what I have heard of The New Pornographers Twin Cinema, due out 8/23. I love the track "These Are The Fables" or just about any song where Neko Case has lead vocals. So yeah Scenestars also has three of the new Bloc Party remixes which are also very lovely.

Guess I'll Never Be Mrs. Brightside

So Brandon from The Killers was married this week in Hawaii, breaking the hearts of girls everywhere. Yeah I am a total teenybopper when it comes to him so I am sad. I heard his girlfriend works at Urban Outfitters in Las Vegas, and no I did not make that up.
Click here for the full story

Jesus is Magic with The Aristocrats

The Onion is showing a free screening of The Aristocrats on Wednesday at the Embarcadero theater grab a copy of the recent Onion to admit you plus one. Also as I have been emailed by numerous people the Sara Silverman trailer which runs before The Aristocrats here it is. ILove Sarah Silverman soo much perhaps this is well known and that is why so many peps passed this trailer along I love it! Especially the part about waxing and me Kristin and Kristin were actually just talking about that at Beauty Bar last night.

Caw Caw and Shh Shh

If you are looking for a bitchin way to spend your Wednesday, go check out Birdmonster with Serene Lakes at the Elbo Room tonight at 9.

Also if you are down in LA go support my little brother's band The Mutes as they rock Cinespace Tuesday August 9th as part of a Dim Mak showcase. Those little kids look freakin bad ass.

Likes and Dislikes

Likes
1. American Apparel Drape Skirts, cute, cheap, and great for summer.
2. Annie's "Me Plus One" Itunes free download
3.Hell's Kitchen Finale, I am so happy for Michael! Also Dewberry is freakin hilarious, his Brad Pitt's wife comment was classic.
4. Arugula
5. The jukebox at Edinburgh Castle- Pulp, Blur, Oasis, and The Smiths, every Anglophiles dream.


Dislikes
1. The G-Love Coke Commercial, as if its not bad enough that this guy is from SD and I had to hear his crappy band G-Love and the Special Sauce at many a HS party, now I have to listen to him telling me how he's going to "teach the world to chill" everyday.
2. Dave Grohl' s scary ass mouth close up in the "Best of You" video. Usually I love me some Dave Grohl but his mouth is truly gnarly and this song sounds like a Gatorade commercial.
3. The Urine Gone commercial, especially the part where they show the black light on the piss soaked toilet.
4. Fog/ Coldness in August, horray for San Francisco and its pseudo summer.
5. Big wide leg capri/hammer pants. These Genie pants have got to go, who thought this is a cool look to bring back?

Also to add here are some things I am really exicted about: going to see March of the Penguins, the Johnny Knoxville photoshoot for GQ, and Blood Bucket Ballyhoo.