Archive for August, 2004

DMB IS FULL OF CRAP
Dave Matthews Band is getting sued for allegedly dumping their bathroom waste out of their tour bus as they passed over a bridge.

GOD DAMNIT, IT’S TOO GOOD TO IGNORE

From: laura at themodernage.org
To: pr people
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:20:36 -0400
Subject: RAR!
I was determined to lead the rest of my life NOT enjoying The
Libertines b/c I’ve never been into them and I can’t keep track of
whether or not Pete is in jail or not, but thanks to you [...]

ALREADY FAMOUS
The MisShapes trio gets some bold-faced love in Tricia Romano’s “Fly Life” in the Village Voice.
“…as for the Williamsburg hipsters, whose messages are expressed in pop culture references just as surely as they are immortalized on fliers, some might say the moral is that getting older is like skateboarding: it is not a crime. [...]

MUSIC NEWS
BRMC don’t love the cock.
The Strokes do an encore and cover GBV and The Clash.
The Music show on Wed at Bowery Ballroom was super-fun, and we made it through the whole thing without passing out once! (Luckily we did not eat at Kate’s Joint.) We loved Robert’s vocals, he’s got such a wonderful, soaring [...]

THE OLSENS HAVE LANDED
Expect loads more MK and A sightings as NYU is just about ready to start!
In other news, Britney needs to wash her mouth out with warm soap and water. In a recent interview, when asked what the last thing in her mouth was, she replied “a dildo.” Maybe it’s a new vocal [...]

Y TU DIEGO TAMBIEN
Diego Luna out and about LA.

SOOO CUTE
Sondre Lerche has up new pictures of him looking cute or something.
This weekend we watched Eurotrip. Immediately before watching it we texted Uncle Grambo to alert him of our viewage of Michelle Trachtenbest.
Download a high quality MP3 of Franz Ferdinand’s “Tell Her Tonight” (in German) off their site. This is being made available for [...]

FINALLY, IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME
Siren Fest 2004 review up.

CALLING ALL POOR PLAYYYAAAZZZ!
Find out the do’s of being a Broke-BallaHolic. Keep the ladies thinkin’ y’all fly and shit, and keep the style comin’.
On Friday we visited our friend Richard at his groovy East Village vintage
clothing store, Metropolis. Years ago, when we were still attending
college, we used to live in a dorm room that was [...]

DUDE, WHERE’S MY DECK?
Why is Paris Hilton hanging out with Chad Muska?
Listen to the Sex Pistols being interviewed…as they were in 1977.
While we’re on the British, listen to our favorite Brown, Imran Ahmed, talk about hot new bands on Steve Lamacq. Notice how he pretends to know shit about music. (Jump 3 hours and 15 [...]