The Modern Age

Mogwai interview. No mention of Hulk Hands.
Obsessive compulsive Strokes fans will feel better there is a place to find EVERY CANDID STROKES PHOTO that appeared on the site. Link from Strokes LJ.
Music of the moment: Nevermind, Nirvana

Are we the only one’s really confused by this Coldplay email?:

From :
“Coldplay”

Subject :
IN MY PLACE EXCLUSIVE MTV VMA PROMOTION

Date :
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:29:02 +0100
IN MY PLACE EXCLUSIVE MTV VMA PROMOTION
MTV have just offered all New York based coldplay.com members the chance to get their hands on 14 pairs [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!
Also check out the new Kemado Records Web site. The Fever play Plaid this Friday.

[ENT. LITTLE JIMMY AND MOTHER STAGE RIGHT]
LITTLE JIMMY

[Points downward] Hey Ma, what’s that?

MOTHER

Oh, that’s just news about The Strokes and also Meg White, Jimmy.
LITTLE JIMMY
No, what’s beneath that, Ma?
MOTHER
Oh, that’s just overblown and incessant ranting… and extraneous linkage.
LITTLE JIMMY
Is that what that looks like?
MOTHER
Yes Jimmy. That’s what it looks like.
LITTLE JIMMY
Wow Ma. It [...]

It’s a Deal
NY Press Mail

Jeff Koyen: Everyone still remembers your article in Factsheet 5 that basically tore zine publishers a new collective asshole. As I recall, you accused “zinesters” (as was the popular term at the time) of “romanticizing squalor,” among many other offenses to good taste. I knew you were right back then, and [...]

AHH… THERE’S NOTHING LIKE AN ANGRY BROOKLYNITE IN THE MORNING!… EXCEPT FOR A GIRL ON THE RAG.
We think someone should tell this dude that there actually is a shirt we wear that says “Elitist.” It’s funny that Ben Kessler read it as trying to be iconoclast, when we just meant it to be [...]

Check this out Brits: “Weekly Artrocker Club presents the best New rock’n’roll: WHIRLWIND HEAT (Grand Rapids USA)
+ ELECTRIC SHOCKS (London UK) + DJs Ippy Shake + Stuart Plimsoles. 26TH AUGUST at The Buffalo Bar, 259 Upper Street, N1 020 7359 6191. 8.30pm - 1am. £4 [...]

We just realized we’ve done something…unforgivable. We were looking at our previous posts and noticed that we ACTUALLY WROTE: “Is This It?, The Strokes” under our “Music of the moment” from yesterday. WHAT THE? IT’S “IS THIS IT” NO QUESTIONMARK. We totally apologize for this wrongdoing. We’ll cry now.

Ben Blackwell’s so retarded he’s not even on Friendster. Instead he spends his time hawking shiny 7″ discs of vinyl under the name of Cass Records. Right now he has a contest going on — you have to guess how many Cyril Lords singles are spilled on his floor or something. And [...]

Rooftops declared trendy. Basements feel rejected.
Diets get stupider.
A Night Out with Dakota Fanning.
Music of the month: Nevermind, Nirvana; Is This It, The Strokes