Saturday, July 29, 2006

Brothers of the Head Trailer

I have been meaning to read this book before the movie came out, but don't know if I'll get a chance. Check out this trailer, their band Bang Bang kinda sounds like the Libertines. This movie is by the same directors who made "Lost in La Mancha" which is one of my fav documentaries. I am going to see Clerks 2 today which Joe, which I am hoping will be good, I mean if it makes Joel Siegal walk out its must be good.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

The Raconteurs at The Warfield 7/22

Wow, I have to remember in the future that shows at The Warfield start really early. I got there at 9:15 and The Raconteurs were already half way through their first song "Intimate Secretary". I am glad Joe and I didn't get a drink on the way there or I would have missed half their set, and that would have been a shame. Obvs they played all the songs off Broken Boy Soldier, but also a few great covers including Jack singing a beautiful version of Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang (My Lover Shot Me Down)", which many of you may know from the Kill Bill soundtrack. They also cover Bowie's "It Ain't Easy" with Brendan taking up vocals and The Flaming Groovies "Headin' for the Texas Border".

Jack and Brendan had great chemistry onstage often sharing a mic. Some highlights were the bluesy-jammed out version of "Blue Veins" and the awesome slow start to "Store Bought Bones". The only bad thing was the heat inside The Warfield, it was seriously a sweat fest on the floor.

Here are some pics of the limited edition poster I got there:




Also here is a You Tube of Nancy Sintra doing Bang Bang because it is one of my favs:


And here are The Raconteurs covering it at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, although it is not as rocking as it was when they played it at The Warfield:


Friday, July 21, 2006

Gnarls at The Filmore 7/19

Forgot to post on this show, but as you can imagine it was amazing. I tried to take pics but only had my shitty camera phone and needless to say it sucked. Gnarls was all dressed as Drs and Sexy Nurses. Fun and dancing was had by all. They covered Holly Golightly's "There's an End" which made me so so happy. I really want to know who chose to cover that track. Is Cee-Lo a closet Headcoatees fan as well as a closet freak? Who knows but it was indeed awesome. Oh yeah and they also played a super slowed down version of Transformer which I hope to find soon on this series of tubes we call the Internets.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

The Horrors! The Horrors!



I love this video by the new British band The Horrors the song is "Sheena is a Parasite". The whole time I kept thinking that would be the coolest video to be the dancing chick in. Then I realized it is British actress Samantha Morton rockin out and exploding. A far cry from "In American".... Another tidbit the video is directed by Chris Cunningham who has done videos for Bjork and Aphex Twin.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat at 12 Galaxies





























This was such an amazing show. Quintron had a keyboard set up with a Cadillac grill on the front with working headlights. He also had a drum buddy- drum machine that worked on a light bulb and when you blocked the light path it made a beat. I am pissed I didn't get any pictures of the puppet show before hand because it was awesome.

I am excited for both Gnarls Barkley and the Raconteurs next week. Also Showgirls at Midnight Mass.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

If You Close The Door....

The full length trailer for Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep has made its way to the internet. Gondry is one of my favorite directors and I also love Gael Garcia Bernal. Fun fact the girl playing Stephanie is French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg daughter of Serge Gainsbourg. So now to the best part the songs in trailer: One of my fav Velvet Underground' tracks "After Hours" opens the clip, followed by the appropriately titled "Fear of Sleep" by The Strokes, and closing with the lovely Death Cab joint "Your Heart Is An Empty Room".

I am going to see "Love Janis" tonight and am really stoked on it. It is a musical based on Janis Joplin's letters to her sister while she was touring America and features her music.

Saw "Devil Wears Prada" last night and loved it. Except I fear for all the teenagers who watch it and start thinking 0 is the new 2. Everytime they mentioned how fat she is because she is a size 6 (my size actually) I thought there goes another chick running to the toilet to puke. Other than that it was an accurate depiction of the fashion industry, as well as being an assistant. Meryl Streep is so awesome, I actually wanted to burst out cheering when she gives Andy her "Blue Sweater" rant. Also Andrian Granier is nice to look at but I couldn't help thinking: Vinnie Chase is getting dumped again, and this time not by Mandy Moore.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine

I am really excited for this movie, the word on the street is that it is hilarious. Check out the trailer for Little Miss Sunshine here. You can hear some Sufjan in the trailer.

Stereogum referenced this article about the songs of summer which I thought was amusing. I think the list is pretty accurate, I definitely heard "Hot in Here" like 5 million times that summer when I was in England. My vote is "Crazy" for 2006. Btw there is an awesome Supertramp vs. Roswell vs. Gnarls Crazy mashup that I heard at Bootie this weekend in L.A. I will try to link to it, if I can find it online.

Also I saw both Thom Yorke and La Lohan at the Chateau Marmont, when I was having drinks there this weekend. My friends and I were sitting on one of the couches inside when my British guy radar went off, as I turned to check out the guy talking on the couch next to us, low and behold it was Mr. Radiohead/ soon to be solo himself. I think he was doing an interview with several indie reporter looking peeps. Lohan was with a girlfriend eating on the patio.

This weekend Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, one of my most fav movies ever, is playing at Midnight Mass. I am def going to try to go, although last year I fell asleep during Faster Pussycat, and our cab driver almost killed us on the ride home.