Turtle Power!

Wow, thanks PINTB was reminding me of this clip, which I actually saw on VH1 when they had this random show about people with pop culture obsessions. Needless to say the song at the end is the best part.

In more normal news Dalva tonight for Red Wine Social, and tomorrow I will be hitting up First Thurs. Free Galleries at 49 Geary. Also this Saturday is Leisure's 2 year anniversary, featuring This Charming Bands singing covers of the greatest Brit Pop tracks.

This is why I love American Idol

You can also check out Ian's myspace page. A fellow Sociology major whose clubs include Black Student Union, United Students for the Continent of Asia. Wow. I don't know where to start. I love his impressive resume which includes Superstar, dancer, singer. I love his out of control accent. I love that fact that he basically did a gay spoken word interpretation of "Gloria" for his audition. Fav quotes include "Hollywood is just New Jersey with Celebrities" and "This is chinchilla and I wore it specifically to show the world how wealthy I can be". Man can I say new BFF?

Black Lips at 12 Galaxies

Great show last night at 12 Galaxies. If you haven't heard Black Lips yet, you should definitely check them out. Especially for fans of The Oblivians, Reigning Sound, Goner, or In the Red artists.

I took up a spot in the balcony with my friends, which I was glad I did because if you you can tell from the pics the kids in the front were going crazy, and I am getting too old for that shit. Their set was great, and I was especially happy when they played "Dirty Hands" which is one of my favorites. Their new album "Live in Tijuana" will be released in February, and it is....

Openers Hank IV and Gris Gris were entertaining. I have seen Gris Gris a handful of times, and although I like their 60s psych vibe, sometimes their jam outs are just too long for my taste. Although their second song was great. Hank IV was entertaining one of my friends dubbed them "the best worst band ever". The lead singer kinda reminds me of the singer in Harvey Danger, that random 90s band who sang "Flag Pole Sitter".

Coachella Lineup Officially Announced

I am thinking First and Second days. Can't pass up a chance to see Bjork and Jarvis live. But come on you have to admit the headliners are pretty weak, I mean I would have been pretty stoked to see Rage and RHCP my senior year of High School, but now not so much.

I little secret I will share with you. The password to by pre-sale tickets was "Roxanne" which seems to be a hint that The Police might also be added to one of the days, as they will be having their reunion tour at that time. I also would have liked to see Beirut or The Pipettes playing on one of the days.

A-Maze-Ing

So I went and saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday and it was so awesome. Not for the squeamish it is definitely bloody and dark the way the o.g. fairy tales were before they were all Disneyfied. I would def recommend it.


This week is shaping up to be a busy one. Tonight go check out Division Day at Cafe Du Nord, they go on at 9:00. On Tuesday, I am off to 12 Galaxies to check out The Black Lips, Joe tells me they are amazing and pull some crazy stage antics, like bleeding all over the place and peeing in their own mouths (not too stoked on the later but we'll see). On Wed. is a Yelp Elite event at Supperclub, I went there last year for my b-day and had such a great time, so I am really stoked to go back.

Looking for news on Morrissey tickets which were supposed to go on sale today for his upcoming show at The Warfield Feb. 8th. If anyone knows anything about when tix go on sale shoot me an email. There will be an after party at Popscene featuring Stellastar but there are no pre-sale tickets for it, doors open at 9:30.

I am now at the point where I start lying about my age

I really liked 25 it was a good even number, and last year was ok but I wouldn't mind doing at least half of it over, so I have decided that although I am turning 26 today, I reserve the right to tell people I am still 25 if I want to for at least 6 more months.

So far my b-day as been pretty great, I have two interviews coming up, I watched Nancy Pelosi sworn in as Speaker of the House this morning and Amy Sedaris on Martha Stewart. Then I went to the gym and listened to a pretty funny "This American Life". Tonight Joe and I are going to dinner and to see Jersey Boys and as a total musical nerd I am pretty stoked. Wait, NPR, CSPAN, Martha Stewart, and Musicals maybe I am turning 46 instead of 26!!

Anyways watch Amy tumble with Colbert below:

NYE 07 Birdmonster at BOTH

Happy 2007 everyone. Had a great New Year's Eve, hanging out with friends at my place and then heading over to the Birdmonster show at Bottom of the Hill. Here are some pics from that night. It was great spending time with all my friends old and new and seeing a great show. Loved the covers of Billy Joel and The Proclaimers, Cari and I were very stoked as 500 miles was one of our go to Karoke songs when in Cambridge.