Archive for June, 2006

More Raconteurs

I know this is late, but here’s a message posted on the Raconteurs newsletter yesterday:
The Raconteurs just added a second date in NYC. So if you didn’t have a
chance to get tickets to their Roseland Ballroom show on September 26th,
tickets just went on sale for September 25th.
Tickets still available.

Links for 2006-06-22

Lindsay Lohan’s A-List Fight Club? | Lindsay Lohan : People.com
In a one-hour span during Thursday’s surprise Prince concert at New York City club Butter, the 19-year-old verbally sparred with nemesis Paris Hilton, as well as with Diddy, PEOPLE reports in its new issue.
Daily Record - Updates - [...]

Links for 2006-06-21

+++ fettY +++
Dangerously cute jewlery
Bittersweets NY

Guardian | Blogs struggle to impress in UK
Blogging in the UK has less than half the popularity it enjoys in America, an international study into newspaper readers’ online and offline habits has found.
New York [...]

You Got Your Karma, I Know I Got Mine

Love Monkey alert. When I went to the loo after watching Flashy Python at Joe’s Pub, look at what was staring back at me…T.Geig!

In related news…
Scott has a link up to a video of Teddy Geiger doing a cover of Postal Service’s “Brand New Colony”. (Link via Nora.) But want to listen to it over [...]

So Happy Together

Rivers Cuomo officially off the market. He has married his girl, Kyoko.
Check out this photo of 6 of the 7 career-spanning members of Weezer:

[SOURCE: Weezer.com]

Rolling Stone Discovers Those Funny Little Things Called “Blogs”

So there’s this thing I keep hearing about, something called “the internet.” Then there’s this other really neat sounding thing I also keep hearing about, it’s called “blogs.” I read all about it in Rolling Stone, because they have a new “blog” on the “internet”: Rock and Roll Daily.
All kidding aside, please read it because [...]

Links for 2006-06-20

Keane on AOL Sessions
My mom loves Keane
BBC calls time on Top of the Pops
The BBC’s flagship pop music programme Top of the Pops has been cancelled after 42 years, the BBC has announced. Art Brut will be left with nothing to sing about.
How [...]

A Brush with McDreamy

As I mentioned yesterday, they’re filming Enchanted in my neighborhood. Actually right on my block, so on the way home tonight I caught Patrick Dempsey, aka “Dr. McDreamy” from Grey’s Anatomy, filming a scene. Looks like plays a daddy, b/c there was an adorable little girl by his side. No Idina sighting.
I can [...]

Monkey Business: Andy OUT Nick IN

To all bassists: consider yourself warned. From ArcticMonkeys.com:
19.06.06
Andy Nicholson
We are sad to tell everyone that Andy is no longer with the band.
Nick O’Malley, who stood in for Andy while he was absent from the recent tour of North America, shall carry on playing bass for the remaining shows this summer.
We have been mates with Andy [...]

The Strokes “You Only Live Once” Video Revealed

After much anticipation, the new Strokes video for “You Only Live Once” is available for your viewing RIGHT NOW!
It’s basically The Strokes playing in an all-white room, wearing all white, with mysterious black water coming out of various holes in the wall. Julian DANCES (and looks GREAT btw), and the ending…well…even though it’s a little [...]