The Modern Age

We’ve been so bogged down at work for the last few weeks that we neglected to mention that we saw Sondre Lerche at Maxwell’s in New Jersey on October 20.
In temporary place of a full report, here was the set list:
Track You Down; Days That Are Over; Dead Passengers; You Know So Well; Wet Ground; [...]

Ok, so we said we’d have a big-time reveal today, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we can’t exactly say what’s going on, but we can allude to stuff…
This holiday weekend, there will be two hot parties going down with secret celebrity guests. Now it’s not too hard to figure out who the celebrity [...]

John Peel has died at the age of 65 while on working holiday in Peru.
Truly devistating news to all of us who’ve faithfully listened to the Peel program (and its wonderful live Peel Sessions) over the years.
Mr. Peel, you will be missed. Thanks to Joe for letting us know. :*(
UPDATE: More on Mr. Peel.

Photographer Mike Vorrasi is having the opening of his latest show, “Allstars,” at Rubin Chapelle this Friday 7pm-9pm. The show focuses on his documentary work, but you may know him from his rock ‘n’ roll photos, like the cover of the Elefant album.
It’s also his birthday. Shhh, don’t remind him he’s one year closer to [...]

So we wrote this whole awesome post about Sienna Miller, and her being this year’s Gretchen Mol, and us still not being able to figure out why she’s sorta famous (other than the fact that she’s doing Jude Law on a nightly basis), and how we used to think that it was 33-year-old Olivia d’Abo [...]

If we had a dime for every time someone blamed their lip-synching on acid reflux, we’d have…a dime. Papa Simpson speaks out on Ashlee’s SNL snafu.

The New York Times poses the question: “Is New York losing its street smarts?“

Nick Catchdubs reveals some hot trinkets for the skate crowd: Handbags and belt buckles made out of old decks by Beck(y).
He also links to the Official New York City Skateboarding Map. Nick, are you going to be a skaterat for Halloween?
Related Link: Spike Jonze likes to punch people.

With Mary-Kate off in La-la Land, Ashley and her posse are now free to try out their “rocker chic” looks. They sported similar looking metal t-shirts at the Vanity Fair in Concert show at Irving Plaza this past Thurdsay.

You can view the Ashlee Simpson SNL lip-synching accident right here. Thanks to Alison for the link. The apology can be found right here courtesy of a link from The Rooftop Report. You can also catch a hot MP3 version of the apology on Amy’s Robot. Did someone say REEEEE-MMIIIXXXX?
More talk about how quickly the [...]