Monthly Archives: December 2004

The Alligator Lounge, Wmsbg, Brooklyn, where Steven wanted to have his birthday get-together because they offer one whole free pizza per drink. Tiki lounge decor, now tiki-alligator-Xmas themed, with an alligator-victim mannequin glued to the wall, handless and red-paint bloody, … Continue reading →

Congratulations to my mom, who won two Tim McGraw tickets from the radio, for his show next July in Cheyenne, WY. She was caller 15. “Live Like You Were Dying” is advice Jessica gave me a couple months ago, which … Continue reading →

Oh goodness.. the gentle, erudite and gifted expatriate Jace Clayton has a blog. Here, he illuminates a possibly Marxist point about scripts in M.I.A.’s live show by quoting Kafka en Espanol. Sigh.

Theee best band in Portland, Orygone, Nice Nice, who use one guitar drumset and 59,000 pedals to sound like Timbaland and Neu’s jam band in 2052, have A SONG IN A PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS AD. In less interesting news, my old … Continue reading →

“Omarion” is the new “binoculars.” Etymology: “Our weekend plans are so binoculars, I require a higher resolution to imagine their blinding-hot shine. Shall I bring a telescope? Are we up in the planetarium? So Omarion.” NOTE: I do not expect … Continue reading →

Favianna Rodriguez and Oakland’s East Side Arts Alliance are having a political poster sale in NYC on Weds. I am partial to Soviet constructivist poster art, and these folks have combined it with Diego Rivera and Brent Rollins Ego Trip … Continue reading →

Here is how I feel. I am sick in the apt, sleeping, reading back-issues of teen mags and choosing courses from the NYU spring sem “it is cheaper if you don’t go for credit, but fuck a degree anyway” catalogue, … Continue reading →

The Victory records Urban Assault Vehicle: a branded SUV, meant for extending the sell-by date on Taking Back Sunday’s failed-relationship toddler-faces. It’s kin to rap labels’ airbrushed ad-vans— but, dressed in camo and ready to fire, it also takes a … Continue reading →

Oh my! C’n’P in the news part three: We* made Jimmy Draper’s Bay Guardian top 10 list! Proud to be in such good company as number 5, “Gwen Stefani,” number 9, “Preteen girl mimicking Kelis, Mean Girls” and number 10, … Continue reading →

Last night. I rapped some of his lyrics because I like the way they make my lips smack together. “Y’all fakin the fizzle. I’m cakin for shizzle. Fuck a sizzler steak. My steak stay sizzled.” I didn’t rap the parts … Continue reading →