The Modern Age

Blogging power in action, baby! Skewing Google seaches, one “vanity site” at a time. Also, weblogs save y’all time scouring through all the shit on the Internet.
If you didn’t love roadies before, you’ll love ‘em now… in web game form.
Damnit. I’m only 30% gay. What a disappointment.

Nick Valensi, comic brilliance, from the Strokes Official Newsletter:

hello … the past 3 weeks in california have been pleasant, although
they’ve left me feeling fricking hungover … take a doo-doo pie, i love you
… by the way, ryan is a liar and i am experimenting sexually, but not with
animals … thank you i hate you i [...]

I’m going to vomit all over the floor. The White Stripes… Yes, THE WHITE STRIPES are going to be performing on the MTV Movie Awards, June 6. Pass the tissues.

BEN KWELLER @ THE KNITTING FACTORY

Greg and I went to see Ben Kweller. It was a totally rockin’ show. We got there later-ish, and on the way in Greg made this “OH!” sound. And I whipped around and was like “what?” and then I saw Tobey Maguire and [...]

Guess who just saw Tobey Maguire at Ben Kweller?

Oh- just FYI, I’m moving out in the next week or so, so no one send any mail, presents or anything else to my NYC address.

Remind me never to leave New York, any time I do I miss all the cool stuff (You’ll figure it out soon enough. 2 very hot acts NYC area).
Also:

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Photographs for Other Music by CHRIS BUCK
Featuring: Ryan Adams, Magnetic Fields, New Pornographers,
Spiritualized, Peaches, Neutral Milk Hotel, Neko Case, Broadcast,
Sea and [...]

Reer! The Ho vs The Tramp… you decide which is which- Christina rips on Britney.
Soundtrack of Our Lives in London.
I’m losing my mind. I very well might have linked this Von Bondies review (Shep. Bush) but I can’t remember.

From the official Starsailor site: “Festival update:
Due to James’ impending fatherhood, Starsailor are not going to be
performing at the following festivals: Bizzare, Das Fest and
Gurtenfestival. Although, we are happy to announce that the band have
now confirmed some more European dates; we hope these will be of some
consolation to those who were planning to see [...]

Dude- I don’t know how I got on their mailing list, but I just got some e-mail zine called Art Rocker- which seems to be put together in the UK. My favorite part of the 29th issue is this interview with Graham and Augie of The Mooney Suzuki. Funniest moments? (Abby, these are [...]