Archive for May, 2002

Catch The Walkmen one last time at Brownies: Fri 7/11 + 7/12 21+ $TBA
Grad Alley was fun. Pictures, fun, dancing, fun, toothbrushes, fun, fireworks, fun. Dude- and I saw Betsy!!!

We knew it was coming… now it’s super official- Brownies is no more. From the mailing list:

BROWNIES CLOSING
Brownies, the live music club in the East Village of Manhattan, will be closing its doors to live music in August of 2002. The bar at 169 Avenue A, which originally opened in 1989, will be [...]

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Oh boy, it’s what you’ve been waiting for… “Star Wars” fashion tips!
New Coldplay gigs- yay! They’re in the UK- boo!
Dude- major props [...]

Shows maybe worth checking out this month:
The Vue with The Bright & Desperate Sparks and The Witnesses and Okkervil River: May 23 @ 7:30PM- Village Underground. The Vines @ Mercury Lounge: May 23. (Sold Out- whore yourself). French Kicks with Skyrocket and The Fiery Furnaces: May 25 @ The Knitting Factory. [...]

Skipped Moby, went CD shopping instead. Purchased one Ed Harcourt and one Ben Kweller. Still deciding on the new Seafood and The Sights. I’m leaning toward “no.” BK’s “Lizzy” is running through my head, making me go nuts.

Maybe I’ll go throw something at Moby tonight (Tower Records on Bway- at 7.. or was it 7:30). Later kids.

WOOHOOO GRADUATION!
The highlight was definitely when the Alumni dude kept repeating, “You should be a player!” and all the kids in the audience kept laughing and hooting. The poor man didn’t even know what the heck the hollaring was about. Hahahhaahahah.
Dude- BUY ME STUFF FOR GRADUATION!
Lame “celebrity” sighting of the day: [...]

Quick update:
Cooper Temple Clause, the YYYs, Haven and 80’s B-Line set to play London Mardi Gras, July 6. Everyone looks around and wonders, since when did they have Mardi Gras in England?
Go ahead and buy Robbie Williams, Oasis’s, or Ash’s stinky shoes.
Holy shit, Alfie $8 July 17, Maxwell’s, NJ!

A busy Laura means a boring site. Sorry kids.

It’s official. I’m sans computer, sans CDs, sans radio, sans guitar, sans TV, sans VCR. Basically, sans everything. Oh the tragedy! I’ll be without computer for at least a week…and then after that I’ll be busy. But have no fear, if past instances are any indicator, I’ll be posting as [...]