Big Music Weekend

I am so excited to see the Scissor Sisters tomorrow night, and I am also going to try to hit on the Birdmonster show at Slim's afterwards if they have not gone on yet. As Scissor Sisters is sold out, I would recommend checking out the Birdmonster show.


Then on Saturday I am going to the Download Fest (I know worst festival name ever). But the good news is it will feature Beck, YYYs, TVOTR, Muse and The Shins. I am so excited to finally get to Beck perform with his puppets.


Oh yeah and do not pay money in the theaters to see "The Last Kiss", although I love me some Zach Braff and Jacinda from Real World London, this movie totally sucked. It was pretty unbelievable that in one small group of friends that everyone would hate every relationship they were in. Plus the way they tried to recreate The Garden State soundtrack was laughable at best. At least that soundtrack fit with the movie, and featured a lot of up and coming bands plus classics like Simon and Garfunkel. All Braff gives us on this is Snow Patrol from their 2 year old CD not their new one, good ole reliable Coldplay, and some other useless bands that Braff directs videos for. If you want to go see a good movie in the theaters now check out "This Movie Has Not Been Rated" about the MPAA.

Maybe I am alone here, but I really like the new Killers single "When You Were Young". It is pretty melodic and the "you said he doesn't look a think like Jesus" part always get stuck in my head. Oh yeah and new Scissor Sisters "Ta-Dah" is amazing, Joe and I picked up the 2 disc collectors edition CD last night and have been dancing around our apt. ever since.

Only Revolutions?

Via Flavorpill:

Mark Z. Danielewski: Only Revolutions when: Fri 9.22 (7pm) where: Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688) price: FREE details: Event Info After the acclaim that met his debut novel, House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski has been working on Only Revolutions. Readers entranced by the wormhole-like page design of his first book can rejoice, as his latest takes such layout conceits to new heights. When blurbed, Revolutions sounds almost run-of-the-mill: two teenagers in love go on a road trip. But their stories are told on facing pages, so the reader must flip the book over to catch the other's point of view. Thankfully, this rampant gimmickry has sturdy writing (most of it in verse) to fall back on. For a quick peek, check out the decidedly gothy website, or hike over to hear the man read in person.

House of Leaves is one of my favorite books of all time, so I will def be there. I will probably have to wade through a sea of goth kids and NIN fans, but hopefully it will be worth it. Afterwards I have promised Joe a drink in exchange for his coming with.

Also for all my friends down in the L.A. are you should totally go to this via Ultragrrrl:


Email me if you want to get on the guest list. I am so sad I will not be in L.A. to check this out. The Oohlas are great and you should totally check them out if you haven't already. You can pre-order their Cd here.

Things I May or May Not Be Going To

So here are some things this week I may be hitting up:

Emily Strange 13th B-day Exhibit at 111 Minna Sept. 12th featuring The Husbands. Joe has been trying to get me to see The Husbands forever, and I must admit it is a pretty awesome name for a girl group. Also my 13 year old Hot topic shopping self has a soft spot for Emily. Oh yeah and it is right by my work.

Gen Art's Fresh Faces Fashion Show, Saturday September 16th. I have not been to one of their events but hear good things.

Some new things that I have seen/ heard recently and love: Half Nelson (Ryan Gosling is so awesome, I would be pretty stoked if he was my crack smoking HS history teacher), Dirty Pretty Things "Waterloo to Anywhere" (I guess we now know who had all the talent in The Libertines), Art Brut "Bang Bang Rock and Roll" (why did it take me so long to get this CD, even after my friends toured with them)

Palm Springs Fun

I had such a great time this weekend, thanks to all the girls for making it such an awesome trip. I think I heard "Sexy Back" like 175 times, strangely though according to my iPod it is just breaking the top 25. Here are some pics: