tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109225122012-01-10T06:16:02.171-05:00Been Partying Too Much And Now I'm Trying So Hard To Stay Awake...Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1134373851032478372005-12-12T08:21:00.000-05:002005-12-12T08:21:54.316-05:00PolloxNiner has moved to <a href="http://www.polloxniner.blogs.com/">PolloxNiner.blogs.com</a><br /><br />URL: <a href="http://www.polloxniner.blogs.com/">http://www.polloxniner.blogs.com</a><br /><br /><br />Please change it on your bookmarks, blogroll and links.<br /><br /><br />Go there now... I have a surprise for you...<br /><br />xoxo<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113437385103247837?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com328tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1134228399372183592005-12-10T11:55:00.000-05:002005-12-10T14:14:34.593-05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">*</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Silhouette%20From%20That%20Night.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Silhouette%20From%20That%20Night.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tidbits</span><br /><br />Our favorite Polish-Korean hipster girl <span style="font-weight: bold;">Karen O</span> (our favorite all-American hipster girl, of course, being Parker Posey) has broken up with her boyfriend <span style="font-weight: bold;">Spike Jonze </span><font>(aka Mr. Sophia Coppola). Let us all cry a big fat tear. <a href="http://kollegedaily.typepad.com/product_shop_nyc/2005/12/spike_jonze_kar.html">Read here.</a><br /><br /><br />Do you know the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cartoon Network</span>? Not <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> one but the one that delivers pot to you? Yeah, they got busted. And you better check -- these dudes kept a list of their customers' names. So now they're gonna get busted, too. Again, let us all cry a big fat tear. <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lidrug1207,0,3483940.story?coll=ny-top-headlines">Read here</a>. <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1208052cartoon1.html">Read TSG</a> for the criminal record. And here's the <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1208052cartoon2.html">packaged goods</a>.<br /><br /><br />I read it in Gawker that rapper <span style="font-weight: bold;">Foxy Brown</span> is almost completely deaf. No shit Sherlock. Have you heard her music? Of course she's deaf. I'd cry a big fat tear but I'm all cried out. <a href="http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/07/foxy_brown_has_gone_deaf">Read here</a>.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>***<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Erlend</span><font><font><font><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Oye</span> - <a href="http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YWGPOP52JWV2141QZ189OYR9A">"Prego Amore (Jolly Music Mix)"</a><br /><br />Erlend Oye is the mastermind behind <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kings of Convenience</span>, and that in itself says so much already. Back in 2003, the Berlin-based Norwegian released his solo EP <span style="font-style: italic;">Unrest</span>, an outstanding display of his versatility in moody electro, subdued house, and sardonic blip-hop. Then last year, his awesome <span style="font-style: italic;">DJ Kicks</span> compilation came out to plenty of acclaim. (I own both, as should you.) Both releases contain this track but in different mixes. But what really seals the deal for me is his voice. There's no other vocal on Earth that sounds like his -- it's sexy, shiny and soft. Jolly Music created the peppy rhythm but Oye laid the staccato vocals onto this choppy bit of retro-clash. It's not necessarily good for a dance party but trust me, you'll want to dance with someone <span style="font-style: italic;">very</span> special <span style="font-style: italic;">very </span>slow and <span style="font-style: italic;">very </span>close...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">the occasion is here now</span><br /><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113422839937218359?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1134102996621513482005-12-09T08:05:00.000-05:002005-12-09T08:59:04.666-05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">*</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/The%20way%20that%20you%20are.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/200/The%20way%20that%20you%20are.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ok, I've been avoiding telling you this but I'll fess up: I took <a href="http://www.gawker.com/news/hipsters/gawker-quiz-are-you-a-hipster-valid-only-1205-141547.php">Gawker's Hipster Quiz</a> a few days ago. The reason I've been avoiding saying anything is because I scored a 20 / 23 which makes me an "Unabashed Hipster." I really think it's more like a 19 / 23 though.<br /><br /><br />According to the test, my score proves that: "<span style="font-weight: bold;">...</span>Odds are you can’t even concentrate on this because the Bloc Party remix CD is playing through your Mac so loud. And you’re proud of it! You work in music/media/art/fashion/promotion, but the day job doesn’t stop you from going out 4-5 nights a week. You won’t touch it unless it’s an open bar. Either you’re a DJ or you’re in a band. Several of your shirts have no sleeves. For the most part, you’ve stopped eating."<br /><br /><br />Crickey! I'd like to think of myself as a culturally aware person, not a hipster. I'm NOT a hipster, I'm NOT a hipster! Back when I worked at <span style="font-style: italic;">Time Out New York</span>, we loathed the term 'hipster' and spit on anyone who dared to call us that. So please don't hold my score against me.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***<br /></div> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Air</span> - <a href="http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1E931S3FS26SI2VPL7ADRGHDNN">"The Word 'Hurricane'"</a><br />Air's drummer Brian Reitzell has some amazing skills. I've always thought that this piece of drumming was one of the most nuanced, and carefully planned and executed performances I've heard. It's pretty brilliant.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blu Jemz & Roger Yamaha</span> - <a href="http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ZNAZMRMTFE141R2KGFI3CARXQ">"Introduction"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blu Jemz & Roger Yamaha</span> - <a href="http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FWYWVVM2ZVLV0NQ6YDMU6ZV6Z">"Epilogue"</a><br />These tracks are from this Brooklyn-based DJ duo's debut <span style="font-style: italic;">Rush</span>, which is something of a fluid party mix. The first track is "Introduction" and the last track is "Epilogue" -- and sandwiched in between are 14 tracks. None of those tracks have names, but instead go by "Chapter One"... "Chapter Two"... "Chapter Three".... and so on. Since I've given you the first and last tracks, it's up to you to figure out how they go from one to the other in 14 tracks. Which means, you have to go buy the album.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">snow!<br />u r bittersweet...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113410299662151348?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1134018712335511922005-12-08T08:23:00.000-05:002005-12-08T08:23:01.406-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">*</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Bliss.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Bliss.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annie</span> - <a href="http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=240J69G0S4MBP31LR8QW3UQH1R">"Me Plus One (James Iha Remix)"</a><br /><br />***<br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First the bad news:</span> </span>I'm killing off PolloxNiner. She's only a few months old but Blogger's inconsistencies are aggravating me so PolloxNiner must die here. Recently, people have been telling me that my page can only be viewed via Firefox but not so well with Safari or Internet Explorer.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Now the good news:</span> PolloxNiner will resurface with a new URL and a new look. In the next day or so, you'll know all about it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/">Fred</a> said: "Sunny, I'm taking my friends with me to the top. Friends need to stick together. Not the fake ones but the real ones. And it'll be fun." Hmm... </span><br /></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113401871233551192?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1133923116320869762005-12-07T08:30:00.000-05:002005-12-07T10:27:18.180-05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:78%;" >*</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Walk_a_Mile_in_My_Shoes_KidThink.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Walk_a_Mile_in_My_Shoes_KidThink.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He said to her: "If you won't do it for others, then who's gonna do it for you?"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Justin Robertson </span><font>- <a href="http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3PTBR5WF7Q5Z21IXRED4DEONRG">"Love Movement (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)"</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />***<br /><br /></span> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font>Justin Robertson<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/robertson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/robertson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>James at <a href="http://www.headphonesex.co.uk/">Headphonesex</a> noticed that I've been revisiting Ulrich Schnauss lately and sent me two songs. Both are beautiful but Schnauss' remix of Justin Robertson's gorgeous "Love Movement" sort of stunned me and my friend Jordan into silence for a moment. Some songs, though it's rare, draw an emotional reaction out of me. This is the stuff that I really love.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Justin Robertson Presents Revtone</span> is hard to come by in the U.S. but I guess it's more accessible in the U.K. I could buy a used CD on Amazon which I hate doing. And this stuff doesn't exist on any of those freebie download sites like Limewire. It's frustrating to be limited to U.S. releases and infrequent imports. So I'm thankful for my international buddies who keep me up to speed on all the latest and greatest.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> <font>Ulrich Schnauss<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font> <font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font></span><font></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/schnauss.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/schnauss.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>One more thing: While I was talking to my 9-year-old cousin Stephen the other day about music, he told that he doesn't know who Billy Idol is. Granted, he's of the XBox generation and Billy Idol hasn't entirely secured a solid foothold in music history the way, say, Bob Dylan has but still... should I be surprised by this?<br /><br />So this for little Stephen. xo<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Billy Idol</span> - <a href="http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1Z0JWD6YC3BLF13M24GFIAIVC0">"Flesh For Fantasy (Remix)"</a><br 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class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113392311632086976?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1133847502887026952005-12-06T08:41:00.000-05:002005-12-06T10:57:23.050-05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:78%;" >*</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/myredself.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/myredself.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lady T</span> - <a href="http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MZ4CQAW1A5AL0AISIPQR55YNQ">"Crazy Penis"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Micronauts</span> - <a href="http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LKCHAX3ZM0UE1PB1GW7D1T67V">"The Jag (Radio Edit)"</a><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">***<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm not going to write about music today. For music, you can refer to the two tracks above. Listen/download them and you'll know exactly what they're about. Instead, today I want to focus on... goats. Yes, goats. Baaaah.<br /><br />There are many reasons why <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/">Aaron</a>'s my good friend. I can go into it but all you need to know right now is that he's going to buy me a goat for Christmas. <span style="font-weight: bold;">A fainting goat.</span> Apparently there's a whole breed of goats that just faint when they get excited or scared, which is pretty often when you're a little goat. It doesn't hurt them -- they're just naturally like that. I shit you not. No matter how busy your day is, you must make the time to <a href="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/faintinggoats.html">watch this short video of fainting goats</a>. Aaron and I were devising new ways to scare our fainting goats just to watch them faint. Jump out of the closet... pop out from behind the curtains... It's so rad, I can't tell you how much I want one. <a href="http://www.rfaintingfarm.com/forsale.htm">And they're cheap, too!</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br />Myredself</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113384750288702695?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com290tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1133752485878152892005-12-05T09:13:00.000-05:002005-12-06T10:20:51.096-05:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/trains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/200/trains.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Judging by the number of emails I've received since my last post on <a href="http://www.ulrich-schnauss.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ulrich Shnauss</span></a>, I can tell that a lot of you were (a) unfamiliar with him and his music and (b) you subsequently fell in love with him and his music.<br /><br />I'm thrilled that so many of you were blown away by him. So go buy his albums. Every one of his tracks are warm-hearted, blissed-out, emotionally-satisfying, and packed with lots of beautiful melodies. They've had a permanent place on my playlist for almost five years now. And I still fall in love with these songs each time I listen to them.<br /><br />The awesome news is that Ulrich Schnauss is playing at the <a href="http://www.knittingfactory.com/kfny/index.cfm">Knitting Factory</a> on December 30. He'll be here with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Autumn Thieves</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Project Skyward</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mahogany</span>. DJ Robin (from London's <a href="http://www.clubac30.com/">Club AC30</a>) rounds out the lineup. I missed his last stint here when he played the Bowery Ballroom so this is a long time coming.<br /><br /><br />Here's some past hype about Ulrich Schnauss:<br /><font><a href="http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/s/ulrich_schnauss.htm">Tiny Mix Tapes</a><br /><a href="http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1024">Stylus</a><br /><a href="http://music.for-robots.com/archives/000810.html">Music For Robots</a><br /><a href="http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2004/06/domino_to_relea.html">Coolfer</a><br /><a href="http://www.oneloudernyc.com/2004/09/m83-made-their-live-us-debut-last.html">One Louder</a><br /><font><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/schnauss_ulrich/a-strangely-isolated-place.shtml">Pitchfork</a><br /><font><br /><br /><br /><font>Two of my <font>favorite tracks from his debut <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Far Away Trains Passing By</span><font>:<br /><font><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ulrich Schnauss</span> - <a href="http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KJPTPP14JVM123K3RL6IRZ8OC">"Between Us And Them"</a><font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Ulrich Schnauss</span> - <a href="http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RWU61YGNAX8V31A6PGGWQL733">"Wherever You Are"</a> (bonus track)<br /><font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007LLOVG/qid=1133762440/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0738337-4784841?v=glance&amp;s=music">(Buy here)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">We can make it better for us.<br />Think of me when you listen to this.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113375248587815289?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com97tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132805269534102802005-11-26T15:00:00.000-05:002005-11-26T18:34:06.536-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/mouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/mouse.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This little mouse knows never to make the same mistake twice....<br /><br />"I trusted him. He should have known better than that. (But he did it anyway.) I should have slapped him across the face when I had the chance. (But I didn't though he said he deserved it.) Instead of letting him make me cry, I could be in a better place right now. Things can never be exactly the same as it used to be... "<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Air</span> - <a href="http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OEY8D4TFTV1C3JEXWWO2P6KAO">"All I Need"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Air</span> - <a href="http://www.feedmegoodtunes.com/Tunes/Air_Mike_Mills.mp3">"Mike Mills"</a><br /><br />***<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nightmares On Wax </span>- <a href="http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0690275001/novembro2005/Nightmares%20On%20Wax%20-%20Les%20Nuits.mp3">"Les Nuits"</a><br />I typically don't re-post songs but I've received more than a few emails requesting this track since its first post a few months ago. Nightmares on Wax is DJ composer mentalist George Evelyn, and what I like about "Les Nuits" (translation from French: "The Nights") is that it takes a cinematic stab at trip-hop with a mix of retro soul strings, canons, and live instrumentation (bass, keys, guitar, organs, and vocals [by Sara Winton] are live). You can almost see the warm bodies, smell the smoke rising, and feel the listless sensuality in this song. It feels epic in scope yet tight as a clenched fist. Off of the 1999 Carboot Soul LP (Matador). The 2003 reissue includes thee bonus tracks: "Les Nuits (DJ Spinna Mix)," "Finer' (Paul Nice Mix)," and "Burn Me Slo' (feat. O.C)" (Warp).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thank you...</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">D: for your maturity, compassion and advice...</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">CC: for your perspective and sensitivity...<br />Aaron: for making me laugh and giving me sound advice...<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113280526953410280?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132707673642914962005-11-22T21:36:00.000-05:002005-11-23T19:11:04.186-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/his%20shoes%20looks%20like%20mine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/his%20shoes%20looks%20like%20mine.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>it's a promise - 2007 it is.<br />for showing me that you care everyday... this is for you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stellastarr*</span> - <a href="http://www.ezarchive.com/dodge77/AlbumSpace/9A2IRKQTJE/Stellastarr+-+Sweet+Troubled+Soul+*28James+Iha+remix*29.mp3">"Sweet Troubled Soul (James Iha Remix)"</a><br />Okay, I'll bite. This remix of Stellastarr* has been floating around the blogosphere for a few days now and I've been trying to resist posting it but my knuckles are turning white from all the pressure. It's just too good <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> to post. James Iha, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins and regular nightlife fixture, gave the song the full-on remix treatment and it's almost (dare I say) better than the original. <span style="font-size:85%;">(via <a href="http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/">MOKB</a>)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">King Seven</span> - <a href="http://www.scissorkick.com/blog/music/kingseven_simplefolk.mp3">"Simple Folk"</a><br />There are only a handful of bloggers out there that I contend really know their music and venture outside of the confines of what is standard fare. If I could, I'd give each of them A&R jobs. Now before you start typing up your hate mail... don't get me wrong: I <span style="font-style: italic;">love</span> the standard fare. I <span style="font-style: italic;">listen</span> to standard fare. I <span style="font-style: italic;">own</span> the standard fare. But no offense, sometimes it's all a homogenized blur. I need something to stick out, jab me in the gut and knock me off my feet, even if it's in subtly. Steve over at <a href="http://www.scissorkick.com/">Scissorkick</a> has a knack for finding things that I don't find elsewhere. Perhaps you fine folks in Leeds know King Seven (aka James Hoffman)? By virtue of the fact that Steve can find the correlation between <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonobo</span> and King Seven wins me over... because it's true. I love that conga and those breaks. Gorgeous. <a href="http://kingseven.co.uk/">More info on King Seven here</a>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bonobo</span> - <a href="http://promo.mudhut.co.uk/NinjaTune/gypsy.mp3">"Gypsy"</a><br />All this talk of Bonobo (aka Simon Green) has gotten me in a particular mood. This track from <span style="font-style: italic;">Animal Magic</span> is an outstanding example of this Brighton boy's aptitude for chilled beat-driven music. It's a sonic hammock of immaculate production skills and live instrumentation, spiked with a good mix of funk and downtempo jazz. Sublime and subtle. If you're a fan of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue States</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lemon Jelly</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr Scruff</span> or<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Andy Votels</span>, you should hear this. If there ever were a song to listen to while you were, say, smoking one of those wacky cigarettes (I'm drug-free, thanks) this would be it. And if you happen to have any of those wacky cigarettes, feel free to send them my way *cough*.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Christof Dienz</span> - <a href="http://www.hg11.com/eric/zither-remix-master.mp3">"Zither (Hubl Greiner & Ewald Hugle &amp; J.P. Volk Remix)"</a><br />I'm going out of town for the next couple of days so I needed to tidy up my apartment. Choosing the right background music is a crucial part of my cleaning routine. I hate cleaning so the music better fucking motivate me. Thankfully, my friend Robert who lives in Austria sent me this song that automatically shoots me into hyper-mode. Dienz is a Vienna-based musician and film/theater composer who only uses analogue acoustic tools like officeclips, wooden sticks, tuning forks, plectrons and a loop generator which allows him to work with his instruments of choice, the zither and bassoon. There's a definite theatric to the song, full of crescendos and suspensions. Can't you almost picture Christopher Walken soft-shoe dancing to this?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">and finally: the "fuck yeah" song of the day is...</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magnetophone</span> - <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/Magnetophone%20-%20Kel%27s%20Vintage%20Thought.mp3">"Kel's Vintage Thought"</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(via <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/">Stereogum</a>)</span><br />Thanks to Jason at <a href="http://www.oneloudernyc.com/2005/11/2005-favorites-magnetophone-man-who.html">One Louder</a> (who's all over this one), I was reminded of Magnetophone <span style="font-style: italic;">The Man Who Ate The Man</span>. It's been a whopping four years since they came out with <span style="font-style: italic;">I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me</span> but this one is a tasty little bit. I first heard "Kel's Vintage Thought" as an Out Hud remix on the<span style="font-style: italic;"> DJ Kicks: The Glimmers</span> which released back in April. <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/glimmers/dj-kicks.shtml">Pitchfork gave it a 7.5 but frankly, I think it could have fared with a better grade</a>. At any rate, <a href="http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/mphoneiw.htm">The Milk Factory interviewed the Birmingham duo that is Magnetophone</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Man...</span> is something to behold with all its junkstore electronic effects. In between the drifts of ambience are elbow nudges of whomping breaks and percussive beats. While the formula isn't exact, it sounds equal parts <span style="font-weight: bold;">Boards of Canada</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nine Inch Nails</span> which isn't a bad thing at all if you can imagine the possibilities at its best.<br /><br /><br />And if you're interested, here are some additional clips:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magnetophone</span> - <a href="http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF163767-01-02-01.mp3">"Kel's Vintage Thought (Out Hud Mix)"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magnetophone</span> - <a href="http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF163767-01-01-01.mp3">"Kel's Vintage Thought"</a><br />(This is hauntingly slowed down and almost sounds ripped from a Nine Inch Nails track)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gotta get back to cleaning. CC is bringing the Mr. Clean... bleh.</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113270767364291496?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132558407532285192005-11-21T02:20:00.000-05:002005-11-22T18:54:22.256-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Love%202.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/Love%202.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><font><font>American Analog Set played one of their final New York City shows last night at Mercury Lounge, a show that I was really excited about seeing since they're not going to be touring as a band anymore. I was hoping to meet up with James and Andi there and say hi to the AmAnSet guys but I totally forgot that Caleb was flying in to see me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It was a tradition:</span> Once a year, my closest friends Paige, Foster, Caleb, Wayne, Philip and I would fly home to New York around the holidays just to catch up on each other's lives. One year, we rented a cottage on Prince Edward Island and napped all day to the sound of crashing waves and walked along the water's edge with a huge blanket swathed around us. And at night, the six of us would huddle around the fireplace. It used to be that way. Now there's one less of us. And the rest have scattered to the corners of the Earth.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My other close friends:</span> RR, David and D. It was almost a year ago that the four of us went off to a baron town called Margaretsville. Otherwise remembered as Fox Ridge. With an entire house to ourselves, we found our freedom within those four walls. We made each other laugh, dancing around the house like happy free children while I chased them around with a camcorder until the early hours. And at nightfall, it was that fireplace again. Now our close-knit circle has begun to fray.<br /><br />Everything I need is sleeping on my bed right now.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Suburban Kids With Biblical Names</span><br /><a href="http://www.labrador.se/mp3/skwbn-loop_duplicate_my_heart.mp3">"Loop Duplicate My Heart"</a><br /><a href="http://www.labrador.se/mp3/skwbn-rent_a_wreck.mp3">"Rent A Wreck"</a><br /><font><font><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Guided By Voices</span><br /><a href="http://www.gbv.com/sounds/illreplaceyouwithmachines.mp3">"I'll Replace You With Machines"</a> (from Heart Quake Glue, 2003)<br /><a href="http://www.gbv.com/sounds/sensationalgravityboy.mp3">"Sensational Gravity Boy"</a> (from Suitcase, 2005)<br /><a href="http://www.gbv.com/sounds/TheirBiggestWin.mp3">"Their Biggest Win"</a> (from Robert Pollard solo album Fiction Man, 2005)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Caleb, things unsaid</span><br /><font><font><font><font><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For RR, David, D:</span><br /><font><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Zero 7</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> - <a href="http://d.turboupload.com/d/161896/09_Out_Of_Town.mp3.html">"Out Of Town"</a></span><font><font><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />CC, evens out...<br /><br />Thanks Larajade...<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113255840753228519?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132291832132350822005-11-18T00:30:00.000-05:002005-11-18T00:41:55.373-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/morning%20surprise.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/morning%20surprise.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am so tired. I don't have the words to properly convey it. I feel like I'm about to break. Still, the body can take what the heart can't at times. He wrote: "You took care of me, Sunny. Let me take care of you."<br /><br />Thank you... Jordan for taking care of me and for one of the most touching morning surprises I've had in a very long time. And D, you think of me in such beautiful, breathtaking ways. I love the gift. I don't deserve it but I will take it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zero 7</span> - <a href="http://mr-7202.v-mirror.spb.ru/mp3/Zero%207%20-%20Simple%20Things-Spinning.mp3">"Spinning"</a><br />This song is from <span style="font-style: italic;">Simple Things</span>, Zero 7's 2001 debut LP -- an album so full of gorgeous ambient strains and languishing Fender Rhodes chords that the only thing that can possibly rival it is the power of its own beautiful melodies. Yes, it's been said and written ad nauseum that Zero 7 is the London version of French band Air, both bands clawing at the title of "Masters of Comedown Cool" or "Chill Out Connoissuers," but I think it couldn't be farther from fact. All the atmospheric bleeps and whooshes are there but Zero 7 takes a decidedly groove-laden approach. Where Air had Beth Hirsh, Zero 7 had Sia. Where Air had Sebastian Tellier, Zero 7 had Terry Callier. Air was nominated for The Shortlist, Zero 7 was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Tomato, tomahto. Potato, potahto. They're both good in the same but <span style="font-style: italic;">different way</span>. You'd be hard-pressed to find a Zero 7 song I don't like. This song, however, I love this song. For me, Zero 7 is familiar, warm and incredibly special. Like a good friend.<br /><br /><br />Must crash.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">CC: won't it always be that way?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113229183213235082?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132162468399842572005-11-16T12:34:00.000-05:002005-11-16T12:45:12.516-05:00<span style="font-size:78%;">*</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/PhilthyEFLYER.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/PhilthyEFLYER.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><font>I am busy right now. I am at the office trying on a Valentino dress that was sent to me. So pretty: black and white lace with a sachet around the waist. Anyway, I will see you all tonight at PHILTH-Y.<br /><br />Falling in love is one of the best things ever. It sort of feels like this:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shuggie Otis</span> - <a href="http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/files/12_strawberry_letter_23.mp3">"Strawberry Letter 23"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brothers Johnson</span> - <a href="http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/files/brothers_johnsonstrawberry_letter_23_1.mp3">"Strawberry Letter 23" (cover)</a><br /><br />I know what I said about not posting any covers but I meant that usual blase stuff. This is different. Anyway, I had this conversation with someone during the summer. They asked me if I knew why this song was called "Strawberry Letter 23." As far as I know, Shuggie Otis (real name: Johnny Otis, Jr.) was something of a Guitar prodigy when he wrote this song at the age of 17. He wrote the song for his girlfriend who would write him letters on strawberry-scented paper. The song is about that loving feeling he gets when reading strawberry letter 22... and can't wait until he receives strawberry letter 23. Hope that makes sense.<br /><br />Must dash off again.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br />...It isn't just you. x </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113216246839984257?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1132057390159462542005-11-15T07:25:00.000-05:002005-11-15T08:17:17.923-05:00*<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/bare%20behind.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/bare%20behind.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a>Again, I need to make this shorter than usual. Must dash now. But I'll try not to skimp on the MP3s.<br /><br />Here we go.<br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">Elf Power</font><br /><a href="http://www.elephant6.net/mp3/orangetwin/elfpower_never.mp3">"Never Believe"</a><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;"></font><a href="http://www.elephant6.net/mp3/orangetwin/elfpower_beggar.mp3">"Walking With The Beggar Boys"</a><br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">My Morning Jacket</font><br /><a href="http://media.bmgonline.com/rcarecords.com/my_morning_jacket/audio/wordless_chorus_96.asx">"Wordless Chorus"</a><br /><a href="http://media.bmgonline.com/rcarecords.com/my_morning_jacket/audio/off_the_record_96.asx">"Off The Record"</a><br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">Toothfairy</font><br /><a href="http://hushrecordsmedia.com/Toothfairy_KickedOut.mp3">"Kicked Out The Band"</a><br /><a href="http://hushrecordsmedia.com/Toothfairy_DontSweatIt.mp3">"Don't Sweat It"</a><br /><font size="2"><br /><br /></font><font size="2"><font size="2"><br /></font><font style="font-style: italic;" face="georgia" size="1"><br /><font size="2">You know this...<br /><br /></font><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="2">OMD</font><font size="2"> - <a href="http://idisk.mac.com/squire/Public/omd_souvenir.mp3">"Souvenir"</a><br />(Hearing this after all these years is... )</font></font><font style="font-style: italic;" face="georgia" size="2"><br /></font></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113205739015946254?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131929620608525222005-11-14T15:15:00.000-05:002005-11-14T15:25:00.956-05:00<span style="font-size:78%;">*</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/your%20values%20have%20dissapeared.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/your%20values%20have%20dissapeared.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Today I overheard a woman tell her friend: "I will send out my cat to maul the faces of flakey, lazy people who call themselves my friend but use me to get what they want. They only make contact when it's convenient for them. I'm sick of it. I see through them. The other shoe will drop. And I'll be there when it does."<br /><br />While I find that a bit harsh (besides, my cats wouldn't know how to attack anything except catnip), I certainly can share the general sentiment. It's happened to me. It's happening now. Forget cats, lady. Karma will take care of it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poni Hoax</span> - <a href="http://www.xlr8r.com/download_media.php?uid=E8C49CBE03AB09CBCE9B97F4AAD6302B">"Budapest"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poni Hoax</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/nutramike/.Public/music/PoniHoaxBudapestJoakimItaloDub.mp3">"Budapest (Joakim Italo Dub)"</a><br />"Budapest" has been on heavy rotation on my iPod for almost a straight month now ever since I got an early copy of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Poni Hoax</span>'s EP <span style="font-style: italic;">Blood On The Dancefloor</span>. Joakim Bouaziz's Italo Dub casts a sinister shadow on the original track, adding synth-driven elements and a killer dancefloor beat. While these tracks are the total sum of crazy production skills and computer apps, the outcome feels inexplicably human and as urgent as a heroin rush: it's all flesh, blood and sweat. (Not that I would know what a heroin rush feels like, but you know.) Poni Hoax is a French fivesome with a fantastic panache for combining rock with electro, creating something derivative of video game science music. The Italo Dub sounds like a Dario Argento horror flick (think <span style="font-style: italic;">Suspiria</span>), a dancey version of Daemonia perhaps. <a href="http://www.tigersushi.com/site/frameset.jsp?page=TSI/TSR017.htm">Buy here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">U2</span> - <a href="http://www.quickdump.com/files/655263838.html">"Fast Cars (Jacknife Lee Mix)"</a><br />Found on the limited edition of U2's <span style="font-style: italic;">Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own</span>, this track doesn't deviate too much from the original. Jacknife Lee, whose real name is Garrett Lee, gives it an ever-so-slight electro touch still, however, heavy on the rock element. There's not much to elaborate on it except to say that it's worth a listen, indeed. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007DBXIS/qid=1131998463/sr=1-31/ref=sr_1_31/103-3876988-2348635?v=glance&amp;s=music">Buy here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">JZ: The email meant a lot to me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br /><a href="http://www.xlr8r.com/">xlr8r</a><br /><a href="http://www.banananutrament.blogspot.com/">Banana Nutrament</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113192962060852522?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131892913593046092005-11-13T14:20:00.000-05:002005-11-13T16:15:28.016-05:00<span style="font-size:78%;">*</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Cherry%20Popping%20Fun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Cherry%20Popping%20Fun.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What a fun weekend. Thanks Caleb... for everything.<br />Heading out so I have to make this quick...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FIRST:</span> MP3s<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annie</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/nutramike/.Public/music/AnnieMePlusOneRaptureRemix.mp3">"Me Plus One (The Rapture Hush Hush Remix)"</a><br />The Rapture's remix keeps the sunniness while adding that dancey-clickity drum.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Death From Above 1979</span> - <a href="http://dl8.rapidshare.de/files/6597903/214372115/Death_From_Above_1979-_Sexy_Results__MSTRKRFT_Remix_.mp3">"Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Remix)"</a><br />The song doesn't quite gel for me until he starts singing "sexy woman take me to your bedroom, let me show you how I work, work, work, work, work..." Then it becomes infectious.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SECOND:</span> PHILTH-Y PARTY<br /><br />My friend <a href="http://www.takeoutmarketing.com/main.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andrew</span></a>'s new monthly party called <span style="font-weight: bold;">PHILTH-Y</span> at Luke + Leroy. The first party is this Wednesday, Nov. 16. <a href="http://www.boca45.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boca 45</span></a> spins with my good friend <a href="http://www.rothkonyc.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">James</span></a> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.voxtrot.net/">Minor</a>! Come by and say hi.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/PhilthyEFLYER.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/PhilthyEFLYER.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br /><a href="http://banananutrament.blogspot.com/">Banana Nutrament</a><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">D... Whenever you hear Mylo you can always think of me.<br />Remember "Valley Of The Dolls"?<br /></span></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113189291359304609?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131823374027531142005-11-12T15:00:00.000-05:002005-11-12T15:12:37.940-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/The%20Lovermakers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/The%20Lovermakers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Music submission</span>: California-based band <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thelovemakers.com/">The Lovemakers</a> (comprised of ex-couple Scott Blonde and Lisa Light, and Jason Proctor) is producing something of a buzz with their New Wave dancey pop-rock melodies and onstage sexual antics. Their live performances are liberally sprinkled with vibrators, impromptu make-out sessions and the occasional stripping of clothes. (You can indulge yourself in viewing photos of their live performances on their website. Easy now, boy.) Their major label debut, <span style="font-style: italic;">Times of Romance</span> (Cherrytree/Interscope), is piquing some interest these days and comes complete with a 3 star review by <span style="font-style: italic;">Rolling Stone</span>. Perhaps too polished for some tastes, I do credit them for being chock full of hooks and dancey beats. In the new age of New Wave revivals, that's all that seems to count.<br /><br /><br />They sent me the first single off their debut album,<span style="font-style: italic;"> Times of Romance</span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/album%20cover.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/album%20cover.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lovemakers</span> - <a href="http://boss.streamos.com/real/interscope/lovemakers/timesofromance/audio/00_prepareforthefight.ram">"Prepare For The Fight"</a> (real player)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lovemakers</span> - <a href="http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/interscope/lovemakers/timesofromance/audio/96_prepareforthefight.asx">"Prepare For The Fight"</a> (windows media)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AGTQ6I/qid=1131825410/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5183847-1063058?v=glance&amp;s=music">Buy here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">CC: I haven't slept yet... ha.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113182337402753114?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131682726533368802005-11-11T14:05:00.000-05:002005-11-12T10:38:19.386-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Sam%20%26%20Henry%20are%20Zero%207.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Sam%20%26%20Henry%20are%20Zero%207.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Yes, this photo is of Sam and Henry - together they are Zero 7. They have nothing to do with this post. I just like this photo, if that's okay with you.)</span><br /></div><br /><br />Weeks ago, I received a letter from someone I went to elementary school with. We had a big crush on each other back then. I think he liked that I was the only girl on the boy's softball team. And I remember liking that he'd carry my Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox around for me.<br /><br />We finally met up last night. Mr. Milosevic, as I referred to him all night, is a strapping grown man now. We talked so much, but every now and then he'd take a step back and say, "I can't believe you're here. Right here, right now." I didn't say it but I thought the same thing. It was electric. We went to see Art Brut (again), stayed up all night and when I finally fell asleep at 6 a.m., I had two thoughts ... <span style="font-style: italic;">(1) it's strange how life brings certain things full circle while putting an absolute end to other things</span>... and <span style="font-style: italic;">(2) people don't really change: If you're a jerk, you don't really ever stop being a jerk. You just change who you're a jerk to. Likewise, if you're a kind and caring person, that never changes. The only thing that does is who you direct that kindness and caring towards</span>.<br /><br />And at the end of the night, he carried my bag for me. I no longer carry a Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox around with me but if you really think about it, it's all the same.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two amazing songs: one old, one new one... don't miss.</span><br /><br /></div> </div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eels</span> - <a href="http://txrclan.gotdns.com/Eels_Fresh_Feeling.mp3">"Fresh Feeling"</a><br />From 2002 Souljacker album, this song is one of my favorite Eels songs. Mark Oliver Everett, who just goes by "E," is the band's frontman/singer/songwriter. And while he's been incredibly prolific -- from "Novocaine For The Soul" to one of my other favorites, "Old Shit/New Shit" -- his songwriting skills have exponentially become tighter, better-arranged and orchestrated. It's a song about the truly great and pure moment of being happy or in love... right here, right now, right at this moment. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000062YAJ/qid=1131732869/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-5183847-1063058?v=glance&s=music">Buy here</a>. (For M.)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Four Tet feat. Percee P</span> - <a href="http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF195751-01-01-02.mp3">"A Joy (Part 2)"</a> [excerpt]<br />For more, go <a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/fourtet-perceep/">here</a>. (For <a href="http://www.headphonesex.co.uk/">James</a>.)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE</span>: I've received a hell of a lot of emails asking if I could post the Part One version of <a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/joy_fourtet_percee.mp3">"A Joy"</a> by Four Tet feat Percee P. Here you are. The 12-inch single includes the Koushik remix.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<a href="http://www.michaelwilliams.co.uk/portfolio/photographer.htm"><br />Michael Williams</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113168272653336880?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131540052228216672005-11-09T23:31:00.000-05:002005-11-10T00:19:42.426-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/saltpepper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/saltpepper.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DJ Shadow</span> - <a href="http://www.oishi.com.tw/sounds/20031016/midnight.rm">"Midnight In A Perfect World"</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Though it seems like we're different, look closely and you'll see we're more alike than it appears. There is always a perfect time and place for us. I will always meet you there.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***<br /></div><br />I came home soaked. I forgot it was going to rain and so, I forgot to take an umbrella. Today in New York City, it rained like God was angry and ready to strike us down for our transgressions. I walked home. I thought it was only right that I take my punishment in stride. I stripped down, toweled myself dry and was thisclose to taking a nap. And just as I was falling asleep, my phone rings.<br /><br />"You sound like you're sleeping," Caleb cheers on.<br />"Sorta. But it's ok. Hi..." I whispered, half asleep.<br />"No, go back to sleep. I'll call later."<br />"No, I'd rather talk to you than sleep."<br />"What's wrong?"<br />"Nothing. Just talk to me, ok?"<br />"Ok. I miss you, Sunny."<br />"I miss you too, Caleb."<br />"I'll play you a song. How about that? And if you fall asleep, I'll just hang up."<br />"Ok. What are you going to play?"<br />"Here..."<br /><br />And out of the phone came DJ Shadow's "Midnight In A Perfect World."<br /><br />"How did you know?" I asked.<br />"I don't know. It just feels like it, you know?"<br />"I do."<br /><br />And ten seconds into the song I faded away.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3s:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Edwin Birdsong</span> - <a href="http://www.darthmahler.com/MP3/edwin_birdsong-cola_bottle_baby.mp3">"Cola Bottle Baby"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Freezepop</span> - <a href="http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://freezepop.net/listen/songs/Stakeout_Donnerschlag_rmx.mp3">"Stakeout (Donnerschlag Remix)"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biosphere</span> - <a href="http://savefile.com/files.php?fid=9010512">"En Trance"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kiss Me Deadly</span> - <a href="http://www.alien8recordings.com/MP3/dance1_misty.mp3">"Dance 1"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">U2 feat. Brandon Flowers</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/In_a_Little_While.mp3.mp3-zip.zip?a=downloadFile&user=thereisnospoon94&amp;path=.Music/In%20a%20Little%20While.mp3">"In A Little While (live)"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tangiers</span> - <a href="http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/tangiers-draggingtheharbor.mp3">"Dragging The Harbor"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Radiohead</span> - <a href="http://textfrown.net/music/15%20radiohead%20-%20the%20bends/03%20-%20Radiohead%20-%20High%20and%20Dry%20-%20The%20Bends.mp3">"High And Dry"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Cinematic Orchestra</span> - <a href="http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://promo.mudhut.co.uk/NinjaTune/allthatyougive.mp3">"All That You Give (feat. Fontella Bass)"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Massive Attack</span> - <a href="http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://www.huumeclothing.com/files/massiveRmx.mp3">"Special Cases (Luomo Remix)"</a><br /><br /><a href="http://hysteria.sk/mifo/files/music/">And go here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br /><a href="http://musicforants.blogspot.com/">Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good</a><br /><a href="http://www.oneloudernyc.com/">One Louder</a><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113154005222821667?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1131164786237788292005-11-06T13:39:00.000-05:002005-11-06T14:48:45.756-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Top%20hat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Top%20hat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I receive a healthy amount of demos/submissions from bands all over the place, even from countries I can't quite point to on a map (confession: I had to Google-check where <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mp.html">Mauritius</a> exactly is. Now that I know, I must go there). Time permitting, I sit here in my apartment and read/listen to it all, and in the most timely manner, I send you my honest-to-God feedback.<br /><br />But the thing I've noticed is, more or less, every band asks the same fundamental questions. Every band/artist seems to share similar concerns, experiences, and fears. And in a word it sucks. There should be a better way to resolve this disconnect and bridge the gap.<br /><br />At this precise moment, I'm sitting here on the floor listening to another demo from a band who reworked their material three times over and submitted it... again. And as I'm typing this, I glance at the back of my right hand and realize that I'm still wearing the ink stamp that the doorman at <a href="http://www.rothkonyc.com/">Rothko</a> branded me with last night. I met up with James and Andrew there to catch up and discuss some upcoming projects. James is something of a wunderkind: he manages Rothko, manages awesome bands like <a href="http://www.voxtrot.net/">Voxtrot</a> (check out their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/voxtrot">myspace</a> here), belongs to a couple of cool bands himself, DJs all about town, and occasionally helps me with my computer problems. Fuck! And Andrew is a <a href="http://www.takeoutmarketing.com/main.htm">marketing/publicity powerhouse</a> with an amazing list of music clients (he's working on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009UBYQU/qid=1131298464/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-5183847-1063058?v=glance&s=music">Fabric</a> right now). Double fuck! So naturally, I'm thinking that if aspiring bands could get a hold of people like Andrew and James, and have an opportunity to rapidfire their questions off and get really useful advice... now wouldn't that be something?<br /><br />Well, that opportunity already exists. Tom from <a href="http://www.theblackspoons.com/home.asp">The Black Spoons</a> also spearheads <span style="font-weight: bold;">Indie Night School</span> (which has its very own <a href="http://indienightschool.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, by the way). For lots more info, I honestly don't know where I'd send you (just google "Indie Night School" and a gazillion links will pop up.) If you are looking to meet other bands and musicians, network your way through bookers, A&R reps, lawyers, major and indie record labels, publicists, writers/critics, managers, etc... this really is the way to go. In all my time out there, this is the first centralized, organized hub for bands in need. And INS is really taking off. So much so that Tom is looking to take INS on the road. A tour of its very own so now bands across the country get a chance to connect with others just like them, and talk to those music business folks that seem to elude them. Furthermore, there's a new website and magazine in the works so that INS becomes readily available to every single person globally. For many people in New York City music, this isn't news. <a href="http://www.dailycandy.com/article.jsp?ArticleId=23948&amp;city=1">In</a> <a href="http://p219.ezboard.com/fthepauperfrm23.showMessage?topicID=9.topic">fact</a>, <a href="http://prefixmag.typepad.com/prefixmag_blog/2005/08/music_bloggers_.html">bloggers</a> <a href="http://dailyrefill.blogs.com/daily/2005/08/tonight_i_was_p.html">have</a> <a href="http://www.jinners.com/2005/09/indie-night-school-in-new-york-times.html">been</a> <a href="http://wavedrumor.blogspot.com/2005_10_02_wavedrumor_archive.html">all</a> <a href="http://simplemission.typepad.com/home/2005/10/">over</a> <a href="http://jeddeth.blogspot.com/2005/09/indie-night-school-kinda-like-rock.html">INS</a>. And don't worry: these aren't classes in the social studies or chemistry sense of the word. Besides, where else are you going to meet other bands/musicians just like yourself as well as music professionals... at a bar, no less?<br /><br />This post is meant to let all those who have been submitting your music know that your questions are all relevant and your concerns shared. Forming your band, getting it up and running, and ultimately making it successful takes more than just blitzing out your music, putting ads up on various newspapers and websites, and hoping for the best. There are proactive things you can, and should, do.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And when your band finally makes it in the music business, you can go back to playing on the streets and subways like </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Arcade Fire</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> did last night (technically, this morning at around 2 a.m. near Union Square's N, R trains). </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://lets-do-this.blogspot.com/2005/11/always-take-subway.html">Go here for the unbelievable photo</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br />larajade</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113116478623778829?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130984810893370042005-11-02T23:32:00.000-05:002005-11-04T02:04:44.446-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Nicolas%20%26%20Jean-Benoit%20is%20AIR.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Nicolas%20%26%20Jean-Benoit%20is%20AIR.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I am officially declaring a moratorium. I am not going to be listening, posting or promoting any more cover songs on this blog. At least until 2006 which, granted, is only two months away but sufficient enough time for me to recover from all the repetition I've been suffering from this year. Let's leave our blogga-sister <a href="http://copycommaright.blogspot.com/">Copy, right?</a> to do the great job she's been doing in gathering the very best in covers.<br /><br />I read in <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/franz-ferdinand/21387">NME</a> today that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Franz Ferdinand</span> is covering <span style="font-weight: bold;">Air</span>'s "Sexy Boy." Then I saw that <a href="http://www.moistworks.com/">Moistworks</a> posted <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hope Sandoval</span>'s cover of Air's "Cherry Blossom Girl." Then it got me thinking of all the covers of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joy Division</span>'s "Love Will Tear Us Apart" I've heard this year. One step further, I began to count the manifold ways in which <span style="font-weight: bold;">M.I.A.</span>'s "Galang" had been mashed-up within the past six months. And going back to Air, I recalled at least three different covers of Air's "Kelly Watch The Stars" including Air's very own Moog Cookbook Remix. I began to feel nauseated. Far be it from me to dish it out and not take some of the heat: PolloxNiner has posted several M.I.A. mashups, various renditions of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and has even promoted the newest of Franz Ferdinand's offerings. But enough's enough.<br /><br /><br />I still think that Air's original is light years better than any cover I could come across. But compare for yourself:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Hope Sandoval</span> - <a href="http://www.jamesmorris.org/media/cherryblossomgirl_hopesandoval.mp3">"Cherry Blossom Girl (cover)"</a> (via <a href="http://www.moistworks.com/">Moistworks</a>)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Air</span> - <a href="http://webjay.org/insta.asx?url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/astralwerks/air/cherry_blossom_girl.asx">"Cherry Blossom Girl"</a> (stream)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Air</span> - <a href="http://webjay.org/insta.m3u?url=http://downloads.betterpropaganda.com/music/Air-Cherry_Blossom_Girl_128.mp3">"Cherry Blossom Girl"</a> (mp3)<br /><br /><br />Perhaps it's because Air is one of my favorite bands that I'm so irked that others would dare to even attempt to cover their songs. I know a cover song is nothing more than a band's way of paying homage but regardless, in my imagination it's best to leave what's not broken be.<br /><br />Gosh, I should be at the Moveable Hype party right now. Er...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113098481089337004?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130824198500197112005-11-02T01:26:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:43:02.640-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/limp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/limp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Most of my friends are guys. Which, all in all, has worked out for me very well all these years. We watch sports together, cook together, take road trips together, go to the movies together, drink together, catch shows together, act as the occasional platonic surrogate boyfriend/girlfriend for each other. Hell, I've even dressed them up in my clothes and smeared makeup on their pretty faces. We just mesh.<br /><br />People ask why this is the case with me. While I can rattle off a dozen reasons why this is the case, last night was one of the best reasons. You had to be there. To see him. To hear him. My friend Nicholas aka Blondie saved me last night. From more than just the Halloween monsters, ghosts and goblins.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book of Love</span> - <a href="http://www.copyright72.com/covers/10-26-BOL-TubularBells.mp3">"Tubular Bells (Remix)"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Peter Von Poehl</span> - <a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/blair/GTWTTTA.mp3">"Going To Where The Tea Trees Are"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Coral Sea</span> - <a href="http://www.thecoralsea.net/media/Look%20at%20Her%20Face.mp3">"Look At Her Face"</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Supercreep</span> - <a href="http://www.rockinsider.com/mp5s/Evolution.mp3">"Evolution"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Subways</span> - <a href="http://download.wbr.com/oc/subways_rockandrollqueen.mp3">"Rock and Roll Queen"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">U2 with Johnny Cash</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/10_The_Wanderer.mp3.mp3-zip.zip?a=downloadFile&user=thereisnospoon94&amp;path=.Music/10%20The%20Wanderer.mp3">"The Wanderer"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Joggers</span> - <a href="http://www.ezarchive.com/jerylaman/AlbumSpace/8354REUVDL/_zid-387280/_open-/Wicked_Light_Sleeper.mp3;file=/Wicked_Light_Sleeper.mp3">"Wicked Light Sleeper"</a><br /><a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/blair/GTWTTTA.mp3"></a><br /><a href="http://www.copyright72.com/covers/10-26-BOL-TubularBells.mp3"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Thanks<br /><a href="http://copycommaright.blogspot.com/">Copy, right?</a><br /><a href="http://www.rockinsider.com/">Rock Insider</a><br /><a href="http://music.for-robots.com/">MFR</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.myredself.org">Myredself</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113082419850019711?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130727719461223182005-10-31T00:00:00.000-05:002005-10-31T01:12:17.503-05:00<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/The%20Beginning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/The%20Beginning.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />My friend D likes to tell me that I'm an alien or a doll. He wishes that he can miniaturize me, keep me in his pocket and take me wherever he goes. Because my incredible shrinking machine is currently in the shop being repaired, I can at least give him this song, "Valley Of The Dolls," so that he can think of me and has a part of me wherever he goes. From Mylo's debut <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002847L8/qid=1130732788/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-1413470-8384613?v=glance&s=music"><span style="font-style: italic;">Destroy Rock & Roll</span></a>, this track showcases the sunnier, warmer side to electropop. This album will definitely end up on my year-end "best of 2005" list.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mylo</span> - <a href="http://storage.comfortradio.org/10-14mylo.mp3">"Valley Of The Dolls"</a><br /><br /><br /><br />This year, Halloween emerges on a... Monday. Bleh. Nonetheless, there's a slew of Halloween bashes that you ghouls and goblins can do some damage at. Below are the invitations and flyers to some of the parties and shows that abound. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br />Fischerspooner show at Irving Plaza...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/FS%20at%20Irving.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/FS%20at%20Irving.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />My friend Matthew help put this shindig together...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Hiro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Hiro.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A New York Press Halloween soiree. What could be more frightening...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/NYPress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/NYPress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Catchdubs, Diplo, King Solomon and Red Stripe... hmm...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Sway.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Sway.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks JZ</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113072771946122318?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130597479354905102005-10-29T12:50:00.000-04:002005-10-29T15:21:06.156-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Secret%20Place%201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Secret%20Place%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday and Sunday mornings are special, quiet moments. There is a place that I sometimes retreat to and leave everything behind. Maybe one day I will take you there. Maybe.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jens Lekman</span> - <a href="http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/rdfarewellsong.mp3">"Rocky Dennis' Farewell Song To The Blind Girl"</a><br />You get the sense that Jens Lekman sits quietly alone at a corner cafe scribbling in his journal for much of his day. Writing about what? The blind girl, who knows? Probably Sara, his ex-girlfriend whom he dedicated his forthcoming <span style="font-style: italic;">You're Not So Silent, Jens</span> to. The album releases Nov. 22 on <a href="http://www.secretlycanadian.com/home.php">Secretly Canadian</a>. Drawing from the same lo-fi well as Belle & Sebastian, The Magnetic Fields and Harry Nilsson, Lekman creates a startling fairy tale world of girls, wounded hearts and misadventures. His sonorous baritone glides over deceivingly easy, bittersweet, romantic pop. It's scary that he's this good so young - think of the massive potential incubating and multiplying. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000BKUX06/qid=1130602537/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-1413470-8384613?v=glance&amp;s=music">Buy here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acid House Kings</span> - <a href="http://www.labrador.se/mp3/acidhousekings-sunday_morning.mp3">"Sunday Morning"</a><br />For those of you who aren't familiar, <a href="http://www.icyicy.com/acidhousekings/">Acid House Kings</a> isn't Acid House and they're not all dudes. Their name is a bit misleading, certainly, but their music is rather articulate, fluid and clear: between each guitar strum, piano plink and vocal harmony they create vast melodic space. Their approach is acutely bookish and they owe more than a small debt to the pop sensibility of ABBA and Burt Bacharach. If you're seduced by their music, then you might want to check out Poprace, Starlet, Red Sleeping Beauty and Club 8. Though "Sunday Morning" is on <span style="font-style: italic;">Mondays Are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays</span> (from 2002, Parasol), their latest <span style="font-style: italic;">Sing Along With Acid House Kings</span> is out now on Twentyseven Records. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000BGQX9A/qid=1130603578/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-1413470-8384613?v=glance&amp;s=music">Buy here</a>. (There are free downloads there, too!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For...</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">... Nicholas. </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">... See u later D.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Thanks...</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">... JZ, CC, FA.</span><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113059747935490510?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130453750844346922005-10-27T22:22:00.000-04:002005-10-27T22:42:28.516-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/CJ.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/CJ.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> I know... C'est par la répétition que vient la maturité.<br /><br />Tu me manques.<br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><br />***<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">mp3s...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Girls Aloud</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mperpetua/.Public/girlsaloud_biology.mp3">"Biology"</a><br />(Caleb, 3 am: we jumped on your bed and broke the bed frame. Oops.)<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thelovexnowhere.com/"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Love X Nowhere</span> - <a href="http://thelovexnowhere.com/audio/TLXN_THE_LOVE_X-Sympathy.mp3">"Sympathy"</a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.blinkerthestar.com/"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blinker The Star</span> - <a href="http://www.blinkerthestar.com/audio/blinker%20-%20until%20the%20sun.mp3">"Until The Sun"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eliot Lipp</span> - <a href="http://www.scissorkick.com/blog/music/lipp_glasspipe.mp3">"Glasspipe"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dandy Jack and the Junction SM</span> - <a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/blair/ArabsInTheDessert.mp3">"Arabs In The Desert"</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">tidbits...</span><br /><ul> <li>All of <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Peel</span>'s 142 favorite singles. <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-1836864,00.html">All of them here</a>.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Madonna</span>'s video for "Hung Up" downloadable <a href="http://rapidshare.de/files/6822332/Hung_Up__video_.wmv.html">here</a>.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Depp</span> gives cokehead <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kate Moss</span> <a href="http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/10/27/johnny_depp_offers_mirror_therapy_to_kat">a special gift</a>.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Vek</span> plays @ <a href="http://www.knittingfactory.com/">Knitting Factory</a> on Nov. 4. </li> <li><a href="http://www.wearescientists.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">We Are Scientists</span></a> is having a guest list-only party on Nov.18... bwahahahaha.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Goldfrapp</span> goes pre-sale for the Dec. 5 show @ Nokia Theatre. <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003B5ACE9DF530">Go here for tix</a>. (Password: gold). Pre-sale closes friday (tomorrow) @ 10pm.</li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.devotchka.net/">Devotchka</a> performs Oct. 28@ <a href="http://www.webster-hall.com/">Webster Hall</a> with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dresden Dolls</span>.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.elkland.net/">Elkland</a> cancels their tour. Singer Jon Pierce is in need of serious vocal rest.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.superfurry.com/">The Super Furry Animals</a> bring their <span style="font-style: italic;">Love Kraft</span> to <a href="http://www.webster-hall.com/">Webster Hall</a> on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.fischerspooner.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fischerspooner</span></a> play <a href="http://www.irvingplaza.com/">Irving Plaza</a> on Oct 31.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/bb/breakenter/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001351569">Billboard</a> reports that <a href="http://www.arts-crafts.ca/bss/index2.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broken Social Scene</span></a> adds its 69,281 member to the band: Lisa Lobsinger (ooo.. almost </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">sounds </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">like Lobster).</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And finally, if I weren't helping Caleb pack up his life into moving boxes tonight, I'd be taking advantage of my tix for the "secret" <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gossip</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fannypack</span> show at Supreme Trading.<br /></span></li> </ul><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">new band...<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/arr-music-goodbye.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/arr-music-goodbye.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Arrogants</span> - <a href="http://www.arrogants.com/sounds/arrogants_bye_09_dontdiebeforeyourday.mp3">"Don't Die Before Your Day"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Arrogants</span> - <a href="http://www.arrogants.com/sounds/arrogants_bye_02_antonyandcleopatra.mp3">"Antony and Cleopatra"</a><br /><br />This has been sitting in my inbox for a while, which renders no conclusions of my feelings for this band whatsoever. It's just that there's a lot of music and material I sift through on a weekly basis. Of the grand lot, there are only a few that I'm compelled to post. <span style="font-style: italic;">You've Always Known When Best To Say Goodbye</span> is <a href="http://www.arrogants.com/">The Arrogants</a>' third official release and their first LP. Fans of Mazzy Star, The Sundays and even Lush will find friendliness in this 23-track album. Jana Heller's delicate vocals straddles a quiet place, somewhere between Stina Nordenstam and St. Etienne's Sarah Cracknell, which is always a tough sell especially when fronting such a large sound as The Arrogants are capable of producing. This quintet finds equal footing in Depeche Mode-inflected synth sounds and Red House Painters-inspired folk-pop. You can download their first two EPs from their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thearrogants">myspace</a> for free. (Purchase their full-length at <a href="http://www.tweekitten.com/">TweeKitten</a>.)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />***<br /><br />I took the whole week off. Caleb leaves tomorrow. To see his life packed up into cardboard boxes is surreal to me.<br /><br />"I'm not dying, Sunny. I'm just moving," he said last night.<br /><br />"Yeah... to MINNESOTA! Who are you kidding?"<br /><br />"I know. I thought if I could convince you, I could convince myself."<br /><br />"It's a long-ass distance, from New York City to Minnesota," I said.<br /><br />"Will you ever come and visit me? I mean, really?" I could hear his voice crack.<br /><br />I looked at him with disbelief. "Do you need to ask?"<br /><br />"This is the first time we've not lived near each other in like 20 years," he said in his usual hushed tone. The disbelief was in his eyes, too.<br /><br />"I'm very aware of that."<br /><br />"Come here for a minute, Sunny. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">You know you're my best friend and I just...I..."<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"I wish I had one more day with you, too."</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/snapshot.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/snapshot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br /><a href="http://www.fluxblog.org/">Fluxblog</a><br /><a href="http://www.scissorkick.com/">Scissorkick</a><br /><a href="http://music.for-robots.com/">MFR</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113045375084434692?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1130212376991940282005-10-24T23:59:00.000-04:002005-10-25T09:53:33.246-04:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/These%20are%20Boys.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/These%20are%20Boys.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Masha Qrella</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mperpetua/.Public/mashaqrella_myday.mp3">"My Day"</a> *<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Thanks <a href="http://www.fluxblog.org/">Matthew</a>)</span><br /></div><p><br /><br />I didn't go to work today. I played hooky.<br /><br />I did things that I should feel guilty about but don't. Not one bit.<br /><br /><br />***<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/">Femme Generation</a> boys Aaron, Bernard and John blew into town on Friday night and I think it's safe to say that we spent nearly every waking hour together this weekend. Over the course of three days they saw three boroughs, countless vodka and whiskey-based drinks, a guy get kick-dropped, and <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">very little sleep</span>. I don't think I slept before 6 am on any of those nights. But these guys are worth the sleep deprivation. Somewhere between dancing at <a href="http://www.ultragrrrl.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a>'s Stolen Transmission party on Friday night and scarfing down falafels drenched in tahini sauce at 4:30 am on Sunday morning, we actually got a good deal of work done. It was a fun, productive weekend with an amazing band. It was sad to have to hug and kiss them goodbye... for now.<br /><br />Despite my best efforts, I woke up far too early on Sunday morning. My eyes hurt. I grabbed a tea and walked over to the park near my apartment, and sat there at the river's edge watching the sun hit the water and turn it into a million pieces of brillliant diamonds. Just then, my phone rang. "Can you meet me at the park near your place in 10 minutes?" Caleb asked. "I'm already here. I'll be at my tree."<br /><br />As 10 minutes came and went, I sat there thinking about certain people I care for... about recent events that have had measureable impact and consequences... about the concept and dichotomy of change. I thought of Ace and our conversation from the day before. I thought of D and the trajectory of his newfound life. I thought about my brother Dennis and his tentative plans to move to Paris. I thought about Cash and the email I got from him on Friday. I thought of Nicholas and what he said to me that Wednesday. I thought of Jordan and the funk he's been in. I thought of Caleb and his favorite T-shirt from the 6th grade. A small red-and-white T-shirt that reads "Rock 'n Roll Popsicle" on the front. It's mine now. Then I thought of how I can almost see the sand run out of the hourglass - he leaves so soon, too soon.<br /><br />And just as I thought of Caleb, I saw him out of the corner of my eye, walking towards me... with a bicycle. A girl's bicycle. And I started to smile and tear up at the same time. The last time I had been on a bicycle was when I was 16 years-old. After a major bicycle accident that left me incapacitated for months, I've feared getting back on though God knows I had always wanted to. After about two-dozen false starts, I started peddling on my own, full of trepidation and eagerness. And then, Caleb let go. And I glided my way down the length of the river, on my own, and rode the cool breeze back to him. I let my eyes close for a moment, and I promised myself that I'd remember this moment forever. I rode the bicycle back to him, standing there exactly where I had left him. Beaming a proud smile. I got off the bike and said, "Caleb. I don't know what to say. Thank you."<br /><br />I got up early this morning to meet Caleb. Ace called again last night. So did D. And so did Cash. And Nicholas. I thought about them all again as I put on my Rock 'n Roll Popsicle T-shirt. I opened the front door and took each step and stride with purpose and meaning. I accept change. I will let go. I'm not afraid anymore.<br /><br />I didn't go to work today. I played hooky.<br /><br />I did things that I should feel guilty about but don't. Not one bit. </p><p> </p><p>***</p><p>* <span style="font-size:85%;">It was earlier this year that Jordan bought me Masha Qrella’s second solo album <em>Unsolved Remained</em> telling me that it reminded him of me. I don’t know how but I do know that Matthew at <a href="http://www.fluxblog.org">Fluxblog</a> is right – she is overlooked. So much so that I forgot about her until recently. <em>Unsolved Remained</em> merges electronic input and glitch, indie rock, and folk-pop sensibilities together, with incredible production talent (from the likes of Rechenzentrum and Henrik Johansson aka smyglyssna). The result is some kind of wonderful: confident, warmer, melancholy, sexy, inspiring, bittersweet – she creates a world of sound that emblazons itself in your psyche, one that you can’t shake.</span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-113021237699194028?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129866524648448772005-10-21T08:00:00.000-04:002005-10-21T07:59:54.550-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/femgen%20boys1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/femgen%20boys1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/">Femme Generation boys</a> are here! After chatting with Aaron for an hour last night, we finally figured out where the band's crashing for the weekend. (By the way, Aaron is the keyboardist, Bernard is the singer/guitarist, John plays the bassist and Paul rocks out on the drums.) If you're around tonight, be sure to come by and say hi. Where? Check the comments section here throughout the day. Who knows - they might be moving to New York City in the very foreseeable future, we'll have to see.<br /><br /><br />From their EP <span style="font-style: italic;">Circle Gets The Square</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Femme Generation</span> - <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/audio/femme_generation-emergency.mp3">"Emergency"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Femme Generation</span> - <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/audio/femme_generation-seas_like_stars.mp3">"Seas Like Stars"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Femme Generation</span> - <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/audio/femme_generation-honestly_trudy.mp3">"Honestly, Trudy"</a><br /><br />From their forthcoming LP <span style="font-style: italic;">Brothers and Sisters, Alone We Explode</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Femme Generation</span> - <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/audio/brothers_and_sisters/femme_generation-hearts_in_stitches.mp3">"Hearts in Stitches"</a><br />(There are other songs I love off their LP but I don't think I'm allowed to post them since it's the master version I have on my iPod. I don't even know what they're called.)<br /><br /><br />Thoughts: D has a gift for me. "It's pink" is his only clue. Perhaps it's a pink <a href="http://www.hamiltonspca.com/Asset/iu_images/Teddy.jpg.jpg">teddy bear hamster</a> (IhopeIhopeIhopeIhope). Caleb has a surprise in store for me on Sunday night. Maybe it's a <a href="http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_SM/0027-0404-1007-5646_SM.jpg">teddy bear hamster</a>. Or maybe Jordan and Cash will dress up as <a href="http://p.webshots.com/ProThumbs/30/36830_wallpaper150.jpg">teddy bear hamsters</a>, I don't know. What am I talking about? I'm rambling - tired.<br /><br />On another note: <a href="http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/09/26/news/regional/0c122e2b1636e32f8725708500573eb3.txt">this might be evidence that pot does kill brain cells</a>.<br />And one more mp3 for you: <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Strokes</span> - <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/The%20Strokes%20-%20On%20The%20Other%20Side.mp3">"On the Other Side"</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112986652464844877?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129777971802994032005-10-20T01:01:00.000-04:002005-10-20T07:48:31.756-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/It%20Doesn%27t%20Make%20Any%20Sense.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/It%20Doesn%27t%20Make%20Any%20Sense.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ladytron</span> - <a href="http://www.rykodisc-media.com/music/ladytron/DestroyEverything.mp3">"Destroy Everything You Touch"</a><br />I've been listening to Ladytron as far back as I can remember listening to electro-pop. Which is a good sign because it's one that endures. This is from their latest album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Witching Hour</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">LCD Soundsystem</span> - <a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/mark/tribulations_tiga_mix.mp3">"Tribulations (Tiga Mix)"</a><br />I defy you to listen to this song and not love LCD Soundsystem for all its real basslines and sparse electronic sailing. I have all but developed a full-on crush on James Murphy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Meters</span> - <a href="http://ozgood.typepad.com/a_damn_shame/files/07_hand_clapping_song.mp3">"Hand Clapping Song"</a><br />You have to be in the mood for this song but when you are, this New Orleans funk hits the spot like a brick to the head. Love the syncopated, textured percussions with all the grit fit to groove.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Data Panik</span> - <a href="http://indiekids.org/stuff/datapanik_sensenot.mp3">"Sense Not Sense"</a><br />Bed-jumping fun.<br /><br /><br />Finally...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cat Power</span> - <a href="http://static3.state51.co.uk/matadorrecords.com/mpeg/cat_power/The%20Greatest.mp3">"The Greatest"</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For C</span>: Heartbreaking, lilting -- this song is better than me.<br /><br /><br />I write this blog, as many others in the blogosphere do, to offer some of my favorite music, enthusiasm and above all, to share... not just music but a little bit about myself. Throughout my short course as PolloxNiner, I've been so happy to make so many good friends and meet fellow enthusiasts alike. When writing, I try to be as open as possible without being too personal. Obviously, the truly private stuff stays that way.<br /><br />But when my SiteMeter notifies me of <span style="font-weight: bold;">abnormal activity</span> from one reader who spent almost <span style="font-style: italic;">6 straight hours yesterday with over 90 continuous page views</span> on my blog, it kind of creeps me out. Troubling thing is, I know this person - she's a friend of a recent boyfriend, though I've only really met/spent time with her twice. Strange and creepy.<br /><br />Otherwise, I've gotten great emails from people all over the world: Norway, Germany, Australia, Argentina, England, Japan and of course, from you all here in the United States. And I'm so grateful that you find even a modicum of what I post remotely interesting enough to come back the following day. You guys are awesome. Must go now.<br /><br />Love you all,<br />Sunny xo<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks<br /><a href="http://www.ozgood.typepad.com/">A Damn Shame</a><br /><a href="http://www.indiekids.org/">Indie Kids</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112977797180299403?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129693388768796162005-10-19T11:07:00.000-04:002005-10-19T11:13:37.670-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/headphones%20on%20girly%20girl.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/headphones%20on%20girly%20girl.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><em></em><br /><em>Wow. I had a dreamy evening. After the premiere and drinks, I invited this really hot guy back to my place and he was totally sweet and we had this inexplicable connection with each other and we were making out and things were getting hot and heavy and we kept locking eyes with each other and he made my heart all aflutter and he was so very truly really totally really wow hot and</em>... it was about this time when I woke up to the grating sound of my cat playing soccer with a soda cap. I turned over and there was my best friend Caleb sleeping next to me, mouth agape and snoring like the future of the world depended on it. I guess sometime after his hospital shift, he made it over to my apartment to crash. I rolled over and smiled, glad that it was him. I feel like my time with Caleb is ticking by fast - he leaves soon. He doesn't know this (but probably will after reading this, ya think?) but I went into his closet and stole one of his sweaters. You know, for those nights to keep me warm.<br /><br />I have to keep this relatively short. Must dash but I will write more later. Pinky swear.<br /><br /><ul><li>Much like my hot-cold relationship with <a href="http://www.nme.com/">NME</a> is my relationship with Pitchfork. <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/boards-of-canada/campfire-headphase.shtml">What the fuck</a>? Apparently, Steve at <a href="http://www.scissorkick.com/">Scissorkick</a> is the only U.S. journalist to interview Boards of Canada.</li><li>Oh, and never slap your boyfriend in public, especially outside a movie premiere where there's apt to be a gazillion cameras, because he just might slap back. (It was too painful to watch, and yet too painful not to watch.)</li><li>Nice guys don't finish last. You get what you give. (Congratulations to Schatzy &amp; Tilly!)<br /></li></ul>I like Matthew <a href="http://www.fluxblog.org">Fluxblog</a>'s interpretation of <strong>Tiger Tunes</strong>' <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mperpetua/.Public/tigertunes_pancake.mp3">"Pancake America."</a> Frankly, I figure that Matt's a romantic at heart: "It's amazing how well this lyrical narrative holds up, though it comes off as a stream of nonsequitors at first: Lovesick guy goes on a mescaline trip, travels to America, has trouble with insomnia, takes some more drugs and freaks out a bit, admits to himself that he wants his ex back for "comfort and sex," and decides to try to work it out and make some pancakes. Not just any pancakes, mind you - these flapjacks are made of love. (Also, they are made in America, which I suppose is kinda special if you live in Denmark.) It all makes intuitive sense to me, anyway. (<a href="http://www.tigertunes.dk/rooock.htm" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the official Tiger Tunes website.)"<br /><br /><strong>Paul Kalkbrenner</strong> - <a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/blair/GebrunnGebrunn.mp3">"Gebrunn Gebrunn"</a><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Jason Forrest</strong> - <a href="http://www.cadenceweapon.com/audio/Jason_Forrest_-_New_Wave_Folk_Austerity.mp3">"New Wave Folk Austerity"</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks</span><br /><a href="http://razorbladerunner.cadenceweapon.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Razorblade</span></a><br /><a href="http://music.for-robots.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">MFR</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112969338876879616?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129651722619566032005-10-18T15:21:00.000-04:002005-10-18T17:54:21.883-04:00<a href="http://www.baefed.com/fmd/members/clean.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="310" alt="" src="http://www.baefed.com/fmd/members/clean.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My apartment is so clean it’s almost a religious experience. Smells like vanilla and flowers? <em>Sure does.</em> Can I get a witness? <em>Amen, hallelujah.</em><br /><br />Lots going on…<br /><br />First, the <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com">Femme Generation</a> boys (Aaron, Bernard and John) are visiting this weekend which should be really cool x 100. My cousin from Tennessee is in town, too. Plus, I'm finally letting <a href="http://www.samwonghair.com/index.html">Sam</a> do unspeakable things to my hair this week - he's a friggin' genius. I get to see my buddy <a href="http://warnerbrosrecords.com/">Fernando</a> again on Friday, probably meeting up with him and the FemGen boys. And adorable Greg, too. And Morgan went completely boink and hooked me up with guest list shows this week: <strong>Devendra Banhart</strong> @ Webster Hall , <strong>Death Cab For Cutie</strong>/<strong>Stars</strong> @ Hammerstein Ballroom – both on Thursday, though <strong>Jackson And His Computer Band</strong> play @ Rothko on Thursday, too. I have tix to <strong>The Rapture</strong> @ Bowery Ballroom on Friday though I’m sure I’ll miss it. There's the <a href="http://www.roxynyc.com/">Roxy</a> and perhaps a quick stop at <a href="http://www.misshapes.com">MisShapes</a>. But who knows?<br /><br /><br />Also, some other things worth checking out.<br /><br />If I weren't doing a buttload of laundry tonight, <a href="http://www.oneclub.org/onescreen/">I'd go to this</a>. No, that's a lie. I'm going to the premiere of Madonna's documentary of her last world tour, <em>I'm Going To Tell You A Secret</em>, at the Ziegfeld Theater tonight. Then I'll do laundry. Seriously.<br /><br />Reprise Records + Mod Professor + Movida present the official release/listening party for the new <strong>Depeche Mode</strong> album Playing The Angel @ <a href="http://www.movidanyc.com/">Movida</a>. 10pm, Tonight, Oct. 18.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.giantstep.net/events/487">Giant Step</a> presents Miss Kittin, Dirty Dietz, James F***king Friedman @ Hiro Ballroom. 10pm, Tonight, Oct. 18.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kompakt-net.com/">Kompakt</a> can do no wrong in my eyes. If you're into Superpitcher, Ada and Metope, you just simply must go to <a href="http://www.wearerobots.net/archive/101905.html">this</a> on Wed, Oct. 19, 10 pm.<br /><br /><strong>The Go! Team</strong> perform on <strong>Jimmy Kimmel</strong> on Thursday, Oct. 20. They'll be doing "Huddle Formation" and "Ladyflash" and "We Just Wont Be Defeated."<br /><br />Buddy <a href="http://www.artikalrecords.com">James</a> informs me of the <strong>Blacklist</strong> party @ <a href="http://www.rothkonyc.com">Rothko</a> on Friday, Oct. 21. <a href="http://www.artikalrecords.com/language.mp3">Here's a mp3 for your listening pleasure</a>. Other Blacklist songs and info <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blacklistmusic">here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nyavalon.com/index.jsp">Avalon</a> is turning two-years old, and is celebrating the occasion with <strong>The Crystal Method</strong>, <strong>Infadels</strong> and <strong>DJ Merritt</strong>. <strong>Jesse Metcalfe</strong> ("Desperate Housewives") hosts. Fri & Sat, Oct. 21-22.<br /><br /><br />Oh goodness gracious, there's so much more but I just don't have the finger power and sheer will to type it all out. Too many emails. I leave you with this:<br /><ul><li>A mp3 of <strong>Fischerspooner</strong> <a href="http://media.phonicarecords.co.uk/KICK001_1.mp3">"A Kick In The Teeth (Tiefschwarz Remix)"</a></li><li>A mp3 of <a href="http://217.158.65.110/MP3/SF167964-01-01-04.mp3">the original album edit</a></li><li>A 14-second video teaser of Madonna's <a href="http://www.supload.com/vid/teaser_madonna_hungup_video/1324928562/avi/">"Hung Up"</a></li></ul><p>One more thing. If you're not in the New York City area (and many of you are not, I know) then this is going to completely fly over your head. <a href="http://nyc.metblogs.com/archives/2005/10/i_just_got_mugg.phtml">New Yorkers, otherwise, enjoy</a>.</p><p>Here's something everyone across the globe can appreciate and understand. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/cameratoss/pool/">Click here</a> and tell me what it makes you think of. If you're thinking what I'm thinking, email me and I'll send you a free copy of Madonna's upcoming album.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Caleb, I'm still laughing at that same joke from last night... made my day. </span></em></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112965172261956603?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129569780162526752005-10-17T14:53:00.000-04:002005-10-17T14:56:19.773-04:00<p class="flickr-frame" align="center"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/99179146@N00/39839369/"><img class="flickr-photo" style="WIDTH: 354px; HEIGHT: 265px" height="332" alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/31/39839369_d6996e8048.jpg" width="342" /></a></p><div class="flickr-frame">My friend Nicholas (aka Blondie) sent me <a href="http://oohlookatmeimablogger.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2005/09/promisicuity_fo.html">this link</a>. It's a promiscuity test that a blogger created to figure out how massive a slut you are. I'll have to call him back with my results soon. He's going to have a good laugh, that much I already know. It's so far from scientific but is that really the point? It's just good clean fun. </div><div class="flickr-frame"></div><div class="flickr-frame"></div><div class="flickr-frame">Other important questions for the times...</div><div class="flickr-frame"><br />Do you love little people? Do you love it when little people dance? <a href="http://www.mojunkprod.com/mahow/index.cfm">Watching this little guy dance makes me want to say things like mo-jo-jo-jo</a>. </div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">How does <a href="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1117237,00.html">something like this happen</a> while the earth stays in orbit? </p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Are you like <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TOAST-with-the-EVIL-MYSTERY-NUMBERS-from-LOST-ABC-TV_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ201QQitemZ4764820493QQrdZ1">for serious</a>?</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">I don't understand why <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29820">this headline</a> makes me laugh. Can you explain it please?</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">How geeky am I that <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/17/lotrworld_of_warcraf.html">I would find this interesting</a>?</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment">And lastly, every now and then I like to feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It's the girl in me. <a href="http://www.mrwinkle.com">Watch the video and be girly, too</a>.</p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112956978016252675?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129511848804573782005-10-16T21:55:00.000-04:002005-10-17T00:00:29.613-04:00Today was a good day. Spring out of bed and say hello to the morning sun. Pack up, bundle up, and head out into the city. Made my calls to friends and told them adios, I'll see you later, I'm hitting the streets with my iPod, notepad and camera. Caleb called to tell me he was doing the same. D called to tell me he was doing the same with his sketch book. My brother Dennis called at 4:59 pm and I got to share a great sunset moment with him over the phone.<br /><br />A good day, indeed.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beth Orton</span> - <a href="http://bethorton.astralwerks.com/content/background.html">"Carmella (Four Tet Remix)"</a><br />If I had to choose one single song that captures my day today, this would be it. Clocking in at over 11 minutes, it's a whopper of a song. Play it loud or crank it up on your headphones.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Note: This link will launch a window that reads "launch the site again." Click on it. Then a new window will pop up that will allow you to stream three songs, one of which is "Carmella (Four Tet Remix)." Don't worry. It's so easy, even a caveman can do it. And this song is so worth it anyway. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Esthero</span> - <a href="http://www.warnerreprise.com/asx/esthero_werinneedofamusicalrevolution_128-a.asx">"We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution"</a><br />Another song I heard today on my jaunt about town. Not that either one of these songs are brand new. That's hardly the point. The point is that they're both really great songs. It took my friend Fernando to play it for me again on Friday night to remember just how great she is.<br /><br /><br />Finally, some photos...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Come%20in.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/Come%20in.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/fallen%20leaves.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/fallen%20leaves.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/krieg%20lights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/krieg%20lights.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/lights%20a%20polka%20dots.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/lights%20a%20polka%20dots.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/it%27s%20us.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/it%27s%20us.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />goodnight.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">for caleb and d... because it's always best to take giant leaps of faith.<br />for stephen who introduced me to beth orton a long time ago.<br />here's to seeing things and people for what and who they truly are.<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112951184880457378?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129271163166936762005-10-14T02:09:00.000-04:002005-10-14T02:26:03.196-04:00I'm too tired to write. Caleb and Cash are already asleep like babies and I'm still up. Instead, indulge in these photos. And if what they say is true then a picture is worth a thousand words.<br /><br /><br />First... listen to this...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reload</span> - <a href="http://www.headphonesex.co.uk/tracks/reload_-_the_biosphere_global_communication_mix.mp3">"The Biosphere (Global Communication Mix)"</a><br />I forget how good <a href="http://www.headphonesex.co.uk/">James</a>' choice picks are.<br /><br /><br /><br />First this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/crush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/crush.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Then this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/my%20shoes%20his%20shoes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/my%20shoes%20his%20shoes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Then this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/my%20bra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/my%20bra.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Then this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/sex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/sex.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Then, at last, this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/this%20is%20why%20i%20married%20you.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/this%20is%20why%20i%20married%20you.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />goodnight.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112927116316693676?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129210329521714812005-10-13T12:23:00.000-04:002005-10-13T12:37:11.426-04:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/mood.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/mood.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I still haven't slept yet. And now, my sense of time is beginning to blur. I had friends who used to think I was harboring a coke habit; their only way to explain my sleepless life. Oddly, I can function on next to no sleep, that is until I run on empty and need to sleep away my entire weekend.<br /><br />Late last night, Jordan and I were at a bar where I noticed a pretty girl sitting hidden in a corner with a guy, presumably her boyfriend. They were bumping lines off of what looked like a notepad, snorting one line after another. And all I could think was, ‘There’s something so really weird about this. I've seen people do this before a million times but... she looks saddened and cheap.’ Of course, the kicker came from Jordan: “She’s damaged goods.” Although it sounds a bit misogynistic – because dudes who do coke are equally as slimey – I couldn’t help but to slightly agree with him. And that image stayed with me as I was getting dressed and walking to the train this morning. In a strange twist of fate, I saw the girl again on the train and ended up sitting right in front of her on my way to work. She looked wired and tired. And for a moment, I had to divert my attention and look away, I just couldn't look at her. Then all of a sudden, I became very aware of myself because I was feeling wired and tired, too (for completely different reasons).<br /><br />This morning, my boss and I were sitting on bean bag chairs in his office watching commercials, MTV, CNN and talking about what we and the general public consider 'sexy.' As a hot-blooded young male, he figures sexiness much like many other men: "It's hard to say, you know? Certain curves, smells, movements, words, intelligence, humor, they're all sexy. And a sense of self. Stuff like that is sexy. I never found that heroin, coke-outed girl appealing to me. They look damaged to me." Bizarre, indeed.<br /><br /><br />mp3s<br /><strong>Modeselektor</strong> - <a href="http://saturn5.com/~moebius/muzik/Modeselektor-Dancing_Box(feat_TTC).mp3">"Dancing Box (feat. TTC)"</a><br /><strong>The Earlies</strong> - <a href="http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/morningwonder.mp3">"Morning Wonder"</a><br /><strong>Fiery Furnaces</strong> - <a href="http://www.moistworks.com/media/TheFieryFurnaces_MyDog.mp3">"My Dog"</a><br /><strong>Ashlee Simpson</strong> - <a href="http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/simpson_ashlee/1020714/album.jhtml">I Am Me (stream the album)</a><br /><strong>Depeche Mode</strong> - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/depechemode">Playing The Angel (stream the album)</a><br /><br /><br />other tidbits<br /><a href="http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1403&idq=/ff/story/0001/20051012/1827691326.htm&amp;sc=1403">Madonna on MTV</a>... <em>alot</em><br />Just in time for <a href="http://www.madhauscreative.com/head%20in%20a%20jar.html">Halloween</a><br /><a href="http://wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,69193,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2">New iPods</a>: will not play ripped movies from DVDs but will play porn<br /><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1307">Madonna is the new U2</a><br />And the <a href="http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1511279/20051011/ciara.jhtml?headlines=true&_requestid=111833">Vibe nominees </a>are...<br />Arjan's got the <a href="http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2005/10/breaking_fast_m.html">scoop</a> on All Madonna All The Time<br /><br /><br />other news<br /><strong>American Analog Set</strong> has announced their FINAL TOUR EVER! The Austin-born band has decided that this fall tour of the US will be their final go-round.<br /><br />Arts &amp; Crafts band <strong>The Most Serene Republic</strong> have just announced their first West Coast tour. (On the road now with Metric.)<br /><br /><strong>Tegan and Sara</strong> taped an episode of "The L Word" to be aired in the spring.<br /><br /><strong>Tristeza</strong> unleashes their album <em>A Colores</em> (Better Looking Records) next month and lined up a US tour. Their single "Bromas" is out on October 25.<br /><br />Save The Date: <strong>Spoon</strong>'s second appearance on Austin City Limits show airs nationally on November 5th.<br /><br />And of course, <strong>Stars</strong> track "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" on the upcoming Music From The O.C. Mix 5 out in early November.<br /><br /><br />And just because...<br /><a href="http://www.revo1.com/CamelToads.jpg">Camel toad vs. Camel toe</a> (courtesy of <a href="http://www.gawker.com">Gawker</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/355271p-302779c.html">Cokehead Kate. Because I like it when things come full circle</a> (courtesy of <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com">NY Daily News</a>)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks </span><br /><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/moebius_rex/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Moebius Rex</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.moistworks.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Moistworks</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112921032952171481?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129039646370848212005-10-12T13:04:00.000-04:002005-10-12T13:45:55.810-04:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Watching%20You%20Sleep.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 236px" height="320" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/Watching%20You%20Sleep.jpg" width="296" border="0" /></a><br />Look out the window.<br />Outside: gray and rainy.<br />My bed: white and comfy.<br />You do the math.<br />Oh to cuddle and nap.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Videos<br /><strong>John Cale</strong> - <a href="http://t.gbhmail.com/a/4719/b/3787/c/19406/d/13/e/13/u/344291762">"Perfect"</a> (wm)<br /><strong>Oasis</strong> - <a href="http://t.gbhmail.com/a/4719/b/3787/c/19406/d/12/e/12/u/344291762">"A Bell Will Ring"</a> (wm)<br /><strong>Maximo Park</strong> - <a href="http://www.warprecords.com/asp/asp_mov_large.html">"Apply Some Pressure"</a> (qt)<br /><strong>Soulwax</strong> - <a href="195.173.73.27/xfm2005/video/soulwax_-_e_talking_hi.wmv">"E-Talking"</a> (wm)<br /><strong>Devendra Bernhard</strong> - <a href="http://cissme.com/beggars/rm/xl/deven/video/xlcd192-08-rvh.ram">"I Feel Like A Child"</a> (rp)<br /><strong>Air</strong> - <a href="http://www.sputnik7.com/vod/index.jsp?section=music&key=sboy">"Sexy Boy"</a><br /><strong>The Juan Maclean</strong> - <a href="http://waverlyfilms.com/juan.html">"Give Me Every Little Thing"</a><br /><strong>Black Dice</strong> - <a href="http://simplemission.typepad.com/home/files/smiling_off_quicktime_high.mov">"Smiling Off"</a><br /><br /><br />Mp3s<br /><strong>Les Rythmes Digitales</strong> - <a href="http://www.storyhour.org/Pictures/Tunes/Les%20Rythmes%20Digitales%20-%20Jacques%20Your%20Body%20(Make%20Me%20Sweat).mp3">"Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)"</a><br /><strong>Freur</strong> <a href="http://idisk.mac.com/squire/Public/freur_dootdoot12.mp3">-"Doot Doot (12'' Version)"</a><br /><strong>Jahcoozi </strong>- <a href="http://www.savetargetas.net/file/jahcoozi_black_barbie_modeselektor_remix.mp3">"Black Barbie (Modeselektor Remix)"</a><br /><strong>Minotaur Shock</strong> - <a href="http://turbine.slackworks.com/robots/blair/VigoBay.mp3">"Vigo Bay"</a><br /><strong>The Rakes</strong> - <a href="http://pulsetc.com/mp3s/The%20Rakes%20-%20Satellite%20Whine.mp3">"Satellite Whine"</a><br /><br /><br />Other Tidbits<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamklaus/sets/153916/">Mozbots</a>? (courtesy of witz.org)<br /><a href="http://www.gawker.com/news/party-crash/team-party-crash-u2-photo-exhibition-129975.php">U2 &amp; i exhibition</a> (courtesy of Gawker)<br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/images/21/160576.html">Woman loses 75 pounds to dance with Bono</a><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/gossip/29354.htm">Say it ain't so Bono</a><br /><a href="http://www.newswatch50.com/entertainment/music/story.aspx?content_id=7A63C320-024C-49B7-BC90-7DEE52905CFC">Smells like Marilyn Manson</a><br /><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=2277">Dinosaur Jr. DVD</a><br /><a href="http://www.popbytes.com/archive/2005/10/rabbis_criticiz_1.shtml">The cover</a> of Madonna's "Confessions On A Dancefloor"<br />Jack White, <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2005460775,00.html">daddy</a><br /><br /><br />I got home reeeally late last night/this morning from a concert, which I'll write about later. So pardon me for the belated post. I'm so hungry. I might tear off my arm and eat it. I am thinking of someone and sending him good vibes... good vibes... good vibes...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>By the way, Caleb admits he's wrong - there's no such thing as a perfect fit because it eliminates the elements of compromise and concession. I love it when he's wrong and I'm right cos that never happens.</em></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Thanks </em></span><br /><a href="http://siart.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Silence is a Rhythm Two</em></span></a><br /><a href="http://music.for-robots.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>MFR</em></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112903964637084821?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1129001859489828232005-10-11T00:11:00.000-04:002005-10-11T00:15:00.140-04:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/99179146@N00/51437751/" title="photo sharing"><img style="width: 431px; height: 485px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/26/51437751_ea885e5767.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />I talked to a friend tonight.<br />He'll be fine.<br />He'll be back.<br />This is for him.<br />D.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">U2</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mperpetua/.Public/u2_alliwantisyoulive.mp3">"All I Want Is You (Live in Dublin, 2001)"</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Thanks <a href="http://www.fluxblog.org/">Matt</a></span><br /><span class="flickr-caption"></span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112900185948982823?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128904065466207762005-10-09T21:28:00.000-04:002005-10-10T00:21:33.270-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/things%20fit%20right1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/things%20fit%20right1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.deadbees.com/soundsintheolivegrove.php">Sounds In The Olive Grove</a> - <a href="http://www.deadbees.com/mp3/sampler_02/Dead%20Bees%20Sampler%202%20-%2005%20-%20Sounds%20in%20The%20Olive%20Grove%20-%20Hard-Work.mp3">"Hard Work"</a><br />I dreamt about this song. I don't remember why.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/voxtrot"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Voxtrot</span></a> - <a href="http://www.voxtrot.net/TheStartOfSomething.mp3">"The Start Of Something"</a><br />James is Voxtrot's manager and he's been asking me to post one of their songs here. I don't know why it's taken me so long but they have a definite Smiths pop-bounce to them. More songs on their myspace.<a href="http://www.icelandairwaves.com/files/frank_murder_the_litle_grove_long.mp3"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tomvek"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Vek</span></a> - <a href="http://www.rockinsider.com/mp5s/IfYouWantDub.mp3">"If You Want (Dub Mix)"</a><br />*The original version is better but that's just me.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thesocialregistry.com/artist_pages/bloodonthewall.html">Blood On The Wall</a> - <a href="http://media.spin.com//features/band_of_the_day/audio/2005/09/mary_susan_hi.mp3">"Mary Susan"</a><br />Love the Sonic Youth-esque guitars.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.icelandairwaves.com/artists.asp?pageID=18&artistID=84">Frank Murder</a>- <a href="http://www.icelandairwaves.com/files/frank_murder_the_litle_grove_long.mp3">"The Little Boy Long"</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/">Goldie Lookin' Chain</a> - <a href="http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/lowtech/mp3.htm">mp3 downloads</a><br /><br /><br />Very early this morning, Caleb and I visited Philip. I left him some white lilies and told him I miss him. Afterwards, the two of us walked around the Hudson Valley in the rain and fog for hours. "It's okay to allow everybody into your world. But only a few ever really fit like a glove. And only one will fit perfectly like a puzzle."<br /><br />Later, I took Caleb as my date to the Stellan Holm Gallery for the opening reception of photographer/director <a href="http://www.corbijn.co.uk/">Anton Corbijn</a>'s <span style="font-weight: bold;">U2 & i</span> exhibition. These exclusive photographs were taken by him while he was touring with the band. I wish I could have spent more time with the photographs but you know how it is with these events. I want to go back to the exhibition so if you're up for it, let me know.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/051009-antoncorbijn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/051009-antoncorbijn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112890406546620776?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128734616074098762005-10-07T21:23:00.000-04:002005-10-07T22:35:07.676-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/handwrittenlyrics.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/handwrittenlyrics.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There are times when words fail to capture what I want to say. Other times, music fails to convey exactly how I feel. So when all else fails -- you can always fall back on that promise.<br /><br />Caleb is joining the most prestigous medical facility in the country, the Mayo Clinic. I'm so endlessly proud of him but I'm also completely crushed... he'll have to leave New York City for Rochester, Minnesota. He'll have to leave me.<br /><br />For the better part of my life, Caleb has always been there for me. As little children, we were like peas and carrots or peanut butter and jelly -- complete opposites but embracing our differences and the purity of our friendship. He's the closest thing I have next to family. Caleb's been struggling with this decision, and he tells me that he doesn't really <span style="font-style: italic;">need</span> to go but I can see it... he <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> go. I don't know what to say. But when all else fails, we will always have that promise.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cash Bishop</span> - <a href="http://idisk.mac.com/iamthelazlow/Public/Promise.mp3">"Promise"</a><br />(It's been a very long time since I've loved a song so much)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For CJ<br />I miss you already.<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks<br /><a href="http://www.deviceblog.net/">Device</a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112873461607409876?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128610780481245642005-10-06T11:32:00.000-04:002005-10-06T11:32:17.713-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/sun%20at%20dawn1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/sun%20at%20dawn1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I've not been sleeping well at all these past couple of days. Nightmares. Night before last, I had a dream that a friend committed suicide and I woke up shaking, aching. The night before that, I dreamt about someone's fatal car accident.<br /><br />Last night, I was out having dinner with someone when my brother Dennis called: "Are you okay?" I'm fine but why do you ask? "It's not a big deal but I'll tell you later. Sorry, go back to dinner." On my way home, I called Dennis back: "Are YOU okay? What's wrong?" He told me that he had been having some bad dreams, and was making sure that I was alright.<br /><br />I woke up at dawn this morning with the slightest tinge of fear in my bones, and decided to take a walk around the park alone to analyze my sad dreams, my brother's nightmares, and how we were so inexplicably connected... somehow. I figured that by facing them, I could release myself from them. And I finally figured it out. And I let go of it all.<br /><br />At dawn... <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fiona Apple</span> - <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mperpetua/.Public/fionaapple_redredred.mp3">"Red Red Red"</a><br />(<a href="http://www.fluxblog.org/">Matthew</a> loves this, who prefers the Mike Elizondo to the Jon Brion version)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.seanklitzner.com/mediaHolder.php?id=76">I found this in my inbox this morning</a>. If you know Sean Klitzner, then you know about his "fixes." Funny.<br /><br /><br />Now I'm sleepy. Irony. *sigh*<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112861078048124564?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128516405248466312005-10-05T08:06:00.000-04:002005-10-05T08:50:59.376-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/jesussays1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/400/jesussays.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://jesus.wuffle.com/"> Click here for More</a><br /></div><br /><br />I'm off to a breakfast meeting. I won't be able to post later, either.<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><br />Last night, right before bed:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Caleb: I think everyone could use some more maturity. Things would be easier.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Sunny: Cows go moo.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Caleb: I'm serious, Sunny. Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Sunny: That's beautiful. Um, that's also a John Huston Finley quote.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Caleb: Alrighty. True. Geek. But still...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Sunny: Okay, I'm sorry. I'm all ears.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Caleb: Think of it this way. Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life. If you want fun, grow up. It's worth it.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Sunny: Sounds vaguely like a quote but you're lucky... I can't place it.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">For CJ</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112851640524846631?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128478385081019732005-10-05T01:01:00.000-04:002005-10-05T01:22:06.560-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/boys%20and%20kicks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/boys%20and%20kicks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I go out quite a bit. It's a widely-known fact. It's an occupational hazard. But I love -- LOVE -- staying in. I really wish I had more nights like tonight. All people come to a point in their lives when they realize that most of the partying is out of their system by the time they hit 21. Staying in cozy, intimate, and altogether good for the soul... with someone or by yourself. No alcohol, no pot, no nothing. Really. Just... normal... life.<br /><br />We just sat on my couch all night, in front of the muted TV, listening to music: "Saturday" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cut Copy</span>, "Funky For You" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadbeats</span>, "Tu M'Intrigues" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">General Elektriks</span>, "Moire (Strings)" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jan Jelinek</span>, "Spanish Song" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kid606</span>, "Mistaken Tourist" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Minotaur Shock</span>, "I Don't Want To Know" by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Muki</span>... and so much more. Then <a href="http://www.femmegeneration.com/">Aaron</a> IMs me from home, and as it turns out he and rest of the FemGen boys (Bernard and Paul) are coming down to visit next Friday which should be awesome. Talked to Jordan for a while, too. He was home, rocking a new haircut which makes him look so adorable.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Studio%20Time.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/Studio%20Time.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maroon 5</span> holed away in practice. Apparently, they don't hole themselves away everyday in rehearsal, though. Instead, they practice something like two or three times a week, for two or three hours each time. They're all good friends and like spending time with each other but for the most part, they lead very independent, separate lives. They like staying in... at home. They have girlfriends so that's just added incentive. By the way, I'm totally into Adam Levine. Can't explain it. Not so much into the band, just Adam, thanks.<br /><br />Anyway, I want to head to bed soon. Glad I stayed home. Home, home, home, home, home. And I know just how great my bed is going to feel. So with that, night night. xo<br /><br /><br />I'm finding Sound Team really interesting:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sound Team</span> - <a href="http://soundteam.net/don%27tturnaway.mp3">"Don't Turn Away"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sound Team</span> - <a href="http://soundteam.net/it%27sobviouswhat%27shappeninghere.mp3">"It's Obvious What's Happening Here"</a><br /><br /><br />There's a beautiful quality to Amestory's constructed pop:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amestory</span> - <a href="http://www.amestory.com/amestory-splitcdtrack4.mp3">"#2"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amestory</span> - <a href="http://www.portiarecords.com/amestory/constants.mp3">"Constants"</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amestory</span> - <a href="http://www.portiarecords.com/amestory/06.mp3">"Turn In"</a><br /><br /><font><a href="http://www.saobentomusic.com/mp3/ex_adult.mp3"></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10922512-112847838508101973?l=polloxniner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046785565226998687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922512.post-1128363521635799082005-10-03T14:36:00.000-04:002005-10-03T17:38:18.133-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/Jacques%20Lu%20Cont.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/320/Jacques%20Lu%20Cont.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Being a rather huge fan of Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont, aka Les Rythmes Digitales, aka Zoot Woman), I'm stoked about Madonna's new album <span style="font-style: italic;">Confessions On A Dancefloor</span>, which he co-wrote and produced. If you're not familiar with him and his body of work, Price is one of the most creative, prolific and positively-charged producers/musicians/DJs to give birth to a wide gamut of highly-influential music including '80s-inflected electroclash and both atmospheric and classically constructed pop. He's worked with the best of them: The Killers, Diddy, Beck, Gwen Stefani, Missy Elliott, Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Scissor Sisters, and on the list goes. There is a reason (a huge reason) I bring him up but I'm sworn to secrecy by my buddy <a href="http://devilinthedetails.blogspot.com/">Colin</a>. He will hunt me down.<br /><br />And speaking of Colin, that steaming pile of cuteness is throwing down a bi-weekly Monday party at Table 50 (Bleecker & Broadway) and he asked me for my support. He's spinning all kinds of crazy electronica with Roy Dank (Pop Your Funk) and Sheal (Maxi-Mal). You probably know him from <a href="http://www.flavorpill.net/">flavorpill</a> or his spinning escapade at <a href="http://www.misshapes.com/">MisShapes</a>. Be there tonight. Drink specials start at 10 pm. He just might boogie down for you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/1600/killers%20at%20misshapes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5088/865/200/killer