most of the weird things have to do with current and former nba cheerleaders, but what else is new.
so instead of even thinking about half that stuff, most of which, to me, at least, revolves around trust; im going to go through wednesdays music choices for sxsw on march 18th, the kickoff of the avalanche of rock.
because in the end, rock will always be there for you.
and of course, the world famous buttblog.
Girl in a Coma – 1pm – Day Stage Cafe DD/MM/YYYY – 2pm – Day Stage Cafe Glasvegas – TBA – Vice The Von Bondies – TBA – Vice Verde3 – 7pm – Speakeasy Dikes of Holland – 8pm – Soho Lounge The Besties – 8:30p – Maggie Mae’s m ward – 9pm – central presbyterian church Oh No Not Stereo – 9pm – The Music Gym Patio The Bronx – TBA – Red 7 Patio circle jerks – 10pm – emo’s The Grates – 11pm – Radio Room st vincent – 11pm – central presbyterian church Angus & Julia Stone – 11pm – buffalo billiards Juliette & The New Romantiques – 11:30pm – emo’s carolyn wonderland – midnight – antone’s Priestess – midnight – emos annex this bike is a pipe bomb – 12:15am – habana bar brother ali – 12:30am – back alley social These Arms Are Snakes – 1am – Red Eye Fly Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head – 1am – dirty dog bar Pong – 1am – Room 710
its always a good idea to pick a few bands that are scheduled for the same time cuz you never know where you’ll end up or how packed it might be,
like you might totally think that you’ll be able to see the Grates at 11 but lets say everyone finally gets it about them and they fill up the Radio Room? gotta jet over to see st vincent at that crazy church. but if thats packed buffalo billiards probably will be fine. but youd better bail early if you wanna see juliette lewis’s new band and new sound over at emos. but after 20 minutes you better grab a cab because across town at antones is the best female guitarist in town, carolyn wonderand. but if shes playing again you might not sweat it, stay on red river and check out priestess instead.
by cool i mean they seemed to be fashionably dressed high school types with dyed hair and fancy sneakers and skinny pants and exactly the opposite of who i usually encounter on my commute.
they looked at me, i looked at them, then we went back to ignoring each other. i expected them to get off at vermont and wilshire, but they stayed on. i expected them to disembark at 7th street but they stayed. i expected them to ride till the end of the line, union station, but no, they all exited at Civic Center like me.
i figured there must be a music video shoot at City Hall or a lil concert happening somewhere downtown and i forgot about them. i got to the office, sat at my desk and about 15 minutes later there they were in my building. it was a tour! how weird.
if the tour guide stopped in front of my desk and asked me to share with the kids what i liked most about working at the times i would say many things, including the candy jar next to henry fuhrman’s copy desk. usually there are chocolates or candies in there. and sometimes people bring in baked goods and treats. rarely will i shove my big paws in there, but sometimes one wants just a taste of sugar around 4pm.
this is what the candy jar looks like today. and yes i deserve credit for resisting it all. gratzi.
a prerequisite at Metromix, it seems, Alie Ward likes to turn food and drink from McDonalds into cocktails. thus i heart her. lots.
she and her pallie created the McNuggetini last spring and now its being picked up by Huffington Post, DListed, and right now it’s the top story discussion on Metafilter (where many of the kids are not at all amused).
Just when I thought McDonald’s food couldn’t get any worse than it already was, someone goes and does this. posted by Chan at 3:46 PM on February 16
appalling posted by boo_radley at 3:48 PM on February 16
good god. posted by delmoi at 3:48 PM on February 16
personally i dont think you can go wrong adding booze to fast food, but that’s me, mr wonderful.
and missed the sweet friday the thirteenth bash at my house.
because of all the rain here in LA and madness and etc. i forgot to bring my camera to work to upload the photos and video from that party, so now you have something to look forward to on Tuesday. huh?!?
enjoy your presidents day holiday, those of you lucky enough to have it.
and the rest of you, enjoy feeling superior to this lady
our pals Ken Layne and S.K. Smith (i dont know the others) have decided to eat cake as rome burns. while everyone else is hunkering down, downsizing, burying their heads in down comforters, and putting all their money in bonds, Wonkette has decided to omg LAUNCH A NEW BLOG!
about fun!
in WASHINGTON DC!?!?!?!!11!
it wasnt enough that they were kicking ass and taking names covering O’Messiah, but now they want to roll up their sleeves and enter the battle of covering all the nightlife and parties and club scene of our 51st almoststate.
and it seems they launched on Friday the 13th. toldya they were satanists.
i dont think that many. fil and raymi are perfect together. fil is a gentleman, an artist, a male model, a tremendous photographer, and the best man for raymi ever. i was very happy to hear this news, especially in my comments. i hope that their wedding is during one of the warm months in toronto and i hope matt good plays some tsar songs at their reception.
Vinny: Is Joaquin Phoenix really crazy or is it all just a elaborate hoax?
if Joaquin is doing what many think hes doing its a sad sad ripoff of a much longer, far more interesting downward spiral beautifully starring mr arthur lange who’s dedicated enough to do it year after year, every morning from 6am-10:30am Monday thru Thurs
Martin: How will we know that the Busblog has jumped the shark?
the busblog has gone out of its way to find sharks for the sole purpose of jumping over them. i tried to create Rules for Blogging, which is a sure fire way to jump sharks, busblog only got more popular and i won an award. i asked people for money countless times and not only did they give it to me but they also flashed me their hoo has. i got rid of my archives, i blogged professionally, i blogged for the MSM, i stopped cursing in here, i stopped doing olde school photo essays, i got heavy into youtube videos, i stopped dating for a while, and when i started dating again i didnt show any pics of any of the girls, ive even allowed poetry to be posted on this url. all things that should capsize a blog instantly, but the busblog keeps on truckin. why? because it is clearly the official blog of the gods.
scotts a super talented music editor and writer for Metromix who first met me over the phone when he did a little piece on me for LA Weekly’s 100 Los Angelenos issue. after spending a lot of time in the metromix offices he and i started talking and realized that we have a lot in common in regards to music and we hit it off pretty quickly. i dont know what the future holds for Metromix as we know it but if he ends up writing regularly for Pop & Hiss it would be a beautiful thing. there are already a half dozen great writers on that blog but he would fill a spot thats sorely lacking. hes also very nice.
Just Me: What is Dallas going to do about T.O.? I love that guy and all his tantrums!
the worst thing they could do is send him to Oakland. which is probably what they’ll do in exchange for a really nice draft pick. and if you like TO’s tantrums magnified by Jerry Jones and Tony Romo, just wait to see TO melt down because of Al Davis and the indescribably bad silver and black.
adrienne: how in the world is it possible for anyone to ever take any member of MLB seriously ever again? i don’t even like baseball and i wanna punch every goddamn player in the face these days – it must be especially hurtful for the true fans out there.
the day baseball shut the doors of the hall of fame to the all time hit king for betting ON his team they began a perilous journey down the slipperiest of slopes to failure.
in any team, company, or relationship you will often find your most valuable people doing some effed up things. in order to protect your good thing, you should always be on the outlook to protect your ambassadors. but MLB went out of its way to demonize Rose, Commissioner Selig barely stood up when Bonds broke the all time HR record, and has allowed steroids of all things to eat away at the core of the national game.
if baseball had been strong about steroids and done simple things like lowering the mound or juicing the baseballs instead of putting the onus on the players (many of whom have extremely short careers and thus would be more willing to break the rules to hang around one or two more years later for the chance at those multimillion dollar paychecks) to hit 50 home runs and more a year, then we wouldnt be where we are now.
MLB needs to have a no tolerance rule. it needs to have its union slapped around a bit because its partially to blame as well. and right before monday night baseball every evening i wanna see The Boomer announce the names of anyone who failed the weekly Sunday morning piss test.
when you work in an industry where guys playing first base turn down $20 million a year, multi year contracts to play in southern california, then you should be able to shrug off pissing in a cup on tv in order to save said industry. and if youre too dumb to understand that ideal then youre probably too dumb to stay off the juice. so hasta.
Monkey: Is that a tusk where the wiener should be?
since it is a wood sculpture of a beached whale, in a way what yr referring to is much closer to the everyday rigidity of a tusk, as opposed to the soft texture of a weiner.
this is an inside joke as xTx had no shirt on in the last photo she emailed me, thus the correct answer is mama mia!
Jay: Two things: Los Campesinos! – yay or nay? I turned 24 this week. What was the best thing about being Tony at 24?
Ways to Make It Through the Wall (live last month in the ATL)
i dont know one person who knows new music who doesnt love this welsh band, and i dont blamem. its what i always wanted from The Sea & Cake, Death Cab, and Blur but never received.
We Throw Parties, You Throw Bombs
plus they just seem so damn happy.
when i was 24 i was first getting really comfortable with ESP, flying Chopper One, and having a little bit of money. i also was getting my first company car. for some reason i felt old. i wonder what would have been different if i realized then that i was definately not old. probably recklessness times 10 instead of time 5.
most of the weird things have to do with current and former nba cheerleaders, but what else is new.
