Tonight I went to see Panic! at the Disco and The Dresden Dolls at Nokia Theater. Read more about the show (and see more photos) over at SoMoreScene.com.

Check Jed’s blog for the link to the MP3 of the version of “Mercy Mercy Me” featuring Julian Casablancas, Eddie Vedder, and Josh Homme.

DOWNLOAD: “Mercy Mercy Me” by Julian Casablancas, Eddie Vedder, and Josh Homme

From Roses + Bluejays:

StarTime and Crumpler will be letting the first 50 people through the door with proof of a ticket to the June 30th Futureheads/French Kicks show at Webster Hall. Once in, you’ll instantly be entered to win 1 of 10 of the Futureheads/Crumpler bags. The band will also be on hand to say hi, have a chat, give away some lovely swag, and of course, share a pint. This is all happening at Crumpler Bags (West Village) @ 49 8th Ave. – corner of Horatio & W. 4th St. – Thursday 6.29.06 @ 7:30PM to 9:30PM

Crumpler bags are awesome. They are my camera bag of choice!

Ok guys, I made a mistake in labeling a photo yesterday–the second ring on Mike’s left hand wasn’t diamond, it was just metal mesh, as you can see here in this photo that seems to have been taken a while ago (below). But do notice that his knuckle ring and bracelet are NOT diamond encrusted as they are now.

When he wasn’t so famous (or buff!):

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The Streets show tonight at Webster Hall was beyond awesome. This show was 1000x better than the last time I saw them at Irving Plaza. First off, Mike Skinner insisted on getting the audience drunk, pulling out a bottle of whiskey, climbing atop the barricade and pouring it into the mouths of the kids in the crowd. Whhhaaatt??!?!

Mikey was looking fit, decked out in a pristine pair of his limited edition Reebok Classics sneakers dubbed the “Streets Workouts” (see above — only 300 made, 50 for sale), a white undershirt, Levis 501 jeans, Gucci belt, and tastefully dripping in some impressive bling (see below). [EDITOR'S NOTE: Read my correction on the labeling of the photo]

SET LIST
Pranging’ Out/ Don’t Mug Yourself/ Let’s Push Things Forwad/ All Goes Out the Window/ Same Old Thing/ It’s Too Late/ Could Well Be In/ Too Much Brandy/ When You Wasn’t Famous/ Never Went to Church/ Turn the Page/ War of the Sexes/ Has It Come to This/ Blinded By the Lights/ Weak Become Heroes/ Dry Your Eyes. ENCORE: Fit But You Know It

There were some snippets of “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” by Arctic Monkeys and “Don’t Cha?” by the Pussycat Dolls sung during the show, and Mikey kept mentioning various thoughts on the joys of poker and how he’s going to do the New York City Marathon this year in November. This was part of the reasoning behind pouring liquor into the audience–he was attempting to eliminate competition by getting other NYC marathon runners wasted. He also kept asking the audience, “DO YOU TRUST ME?” Yes we do Mike, yes we do.

Other memorable moments of this, the last night of the Streets tour, included Mikey demanding the audience on the ballroom floor to get “low” (meaning squat down) when the drummer stood up, and then leap up into the air and jump around when he sat. He threw a plastic cup full of vodka into the mezz, hitting some kid in the head. Later I heard the kid say it bounced off his head, but he still got alcohol in his mouth.

He put the mic up to some girl in the front row and asked her to give him some advice for training for the marathon. She slurred, “Your fit, but you know it!” Then Mikey said, “I have no idea what you just said.” Then he put the mic up to her again and she screamed something like, “WE LOOOOVEEE YOUUUU MIIIKEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY!” to which he said, “You’re scaring me,” as he took the microphone back and launched into “Fit But You Know It.”

He proceeded to demand that the bottle of vodka and the bottle of whiskey be completely emptied out by the end of the song…No IDs necessary thanks to your friendly local bartender, Mikey Skinner.

During the song almost everyone on stage took of their shirts. When the backup singer threw his into the audience, the guy behind me caught it, and then when he threw Mikey’s into the crowd I saw a man LEAP into the air and snatch it. Mikey didn’t jump from the balcony, like he’s done a few times on the tour, but he did jump into the crowd from the stage…shirtless. Mikey Skinner is THE SEX.

BTW, the ladies weren’t the only one thinking that…I saw some dude throw his arm around the guy next to him and the side hug-ie stopped dancing and gave him a weird look. When I told Jeff about what I’d just witnessed, he said, “the guy behind me also did that.” Whatzup manlove at the Streets?

Speaking of “manlove”, check out more reviews over at Music Snobbery.

Here are some links for you to check out that are related to some of the stuff I talked about on Jo Whiley’s show today:

Read more about Prince’s show at Butter at Stereogum and Product Shop NYC. Get the blow-by-blow of the Lindsay Lohan/ Paris Hilton/ P Diddy scuffle.

View photos and learn more about my experience at the Keane show at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom.

Gonna be in NYC this summer? Here are some fun things I suggested doing:

Correction: Siren Fest is July 15th, not 17th (whoops!) in the neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. This year’s lineup includes the Scissor Sisters and Art Brut. Best news is, the festival is FREE! Learn more about Astroland, the amusement park that houses the famous Cyclone roller coaster. And make sure to stop by Nathan’s for a world-famous hot dog.

Bryant Park Film Festival [Now thru August 21st] Last year people spotted Natalie Portman at a screening of The Way We Were at the film fest.

Visit Top of the Rock, an observation deck 70 stories above ground, and get spectacular views of Manhattan. Open 8:00 a.m. to midnight, 365 days a year with the last elevator going up at 11 p.m.

Shopping for shopping, Alife Rivington Club for the hippest sneaker store in town and Century 21 has the absolute best bargins on designer gear.

It’s not a secret that I have another web site, but I have never come out and said it on The Modern Age. I’ve been blogging on this other site for about 3 weeks. You can read the “about” section to learn the details as to why I needed another site.

It’s called So More Scene.com and all I do is talk about bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, and My Chemical Romance. If you do not have any remote interest in these bands, do NOT read my new site. And for all you loyal readers, don’t worry–TMA is still my main blog. SMS is just about me having fun!

Ryan Adams, you are a crazy crazy man. A crazy crazy man who seems to be sober now (only drinking Diet Coke, no Jack) with one left hand covered in chipped black nailpolish (hollllaaa Carson Daly!) and decked out in perfectly-fitting Batman tshirt, jeans, and cowboy boots, looking as HOT as ever!

Ryan Adams is the perfect rock star boyfriend–ok, minus the totally bonkers factor. Talented, witty, and impossibly good-looking. I actually got into a fight with Jen Music Slut at the Flashy Python show about Ryan Adams’s level of attractiveness. I voted for the “undeniably attractive” she voted for “not so much.” Needless to say, I think Jen is crazy.

The setlist according to Matt (sorry guys, it was 2am and I was in no way shape or form to be writing down set lists):

Love Is Hell/ This Is It/ Please, Do Not Let Me Go/ Cherry Lane/ Note to Self Don’t Die/ Peaceful Valley/ Wish You Were Here/ Magnolia Mountain/ Easy Plateau/ Hard Way to Fall/ Let It Ride/ To Be Young/ Dear Chicago/ Cold Roses/ Shakedown on 9th Street/ Beautiful Sorta. ENCORE: Call Me on Your Way Back Home/ Come Pick Me Up/ Mockingbird

As you can tell by the set list, it was an amazing night. There wasn’t as much looney banter as there was during that infamous 4th of July concert at Battery City Park a few years ago, but there was some excellent talk about ninjas, unicorns, and DVDs. In attendance was JP Bowerstock, Nellie McKay, and Adams main squeeze du jour, Jessica Joffe.

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Rivers Cuomo at Harvard: The Tough Sex Life of a Rock Star – Gawker
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