Tuesday, September 26, 2006.
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September 2006
I saw the Raconteurs during their first night here in NYC at Roseland Ballroom. The set list was:
Intimate Secretary/ Level/ Hands/ Together/ Yellow Sun –>Moody Miss Judy/ Store Bought Bones/ Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down): Cher/Nancy Sinatra cover/ Broken Boy Soldier. ENCORE: Steady, As She Goes/ Blue Veins
By far the best moment of the night was Jack singing Nancy Sinatra’s the Sonny Bono-written “Bang Bang”. It totally could have been a White Stripes moment.
In the audience were Jack White’s wife and baby’s mama mother of baby Scarlett, Karen Elson, and director Jim Jarmusch.
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Annie Leibovitz’s Amazing ‘Life in Pictures’ – Newsweek Entertainment – MSNBC.com
In her new book, Annie Leibovitz, our most famous photographer, places celebs side by side with surprisingly personal images of love and loss. An exclusive.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | End of the road
In the last column charting his gastronomic adventures around the world with Franz Ferdinand, Alex Kapranos is appalled by British table manners in Prague
New York City Guide – Recommendations and Reviews by Citysearch
You voted for the best Tailor in New York, and we counted. Check out the results below. Do you have any better recommendations on a tailor?
John Cameron Mitchell’s Heart of Lust — New York Magazine
John Cameron Mitchell wants America to stop being scared and start having more sex.
Internal Investigation Rocks ‘Project Runway’ — New York Magazine
Did Jeffery outsource the sewing on his final collection?
YouTube – Ashlee Simpson on The Charlotte Church Show
Charlotte + Ashlee = boobfest.
Carlos D bag on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Someone knitted a bag with Carlos D’s face on it. Be amazed.
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In no particular order:
Trader Joe’s
Holy smoke! I grew up with a Trader Joe’s near me, but for some reason I never went to it–probably because I didn’t cook. I just recently got back into *gasp* shopping at the supermarket to cook in my apartment, and one day after I’d been to Union Square Wines I was riding the M14D across 14th Street when I saw that Trader Joe’s had a wine shop. I had totally forgotten TJ’s was near Union Square. I went in and WOAH, it’s so cheap there! And GOOD food.
Whole Foods can EAT IT! TJ’s 4EVA…although I did buy this really tasty pesto sauce from WF the last time I was there. Poor Food Emporium, home of my freshman year of college food shopping, how quickly you’ve fallen from my favor. 
“My Love” by Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
Um…I love this song. It’s so hot.
My Wacom writing tablet
I’ve had this Wacom writing tablet since college, and when I moved I brought it with me. But I misplaced the pen, so it was pretty much useless. I looked online today to see how much writing tablets cost and I was bummed to see that even the cheapest one was like $90 at J & R. Damnit!
I looked to see if they sold replacement pens, but to no avail. I checked the store hours to see what time they closed today and saw they were closed for the Jewish holidays. Since I wasn’t going out shopping I decided to clean out these baskets I have been meaning to get in order for months and months and MONTHS. Low and behold, I found the pen to the writing tablet in a random bag. Hooray!
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Wanted to do a quick update. I saw a Swedish band at Mercury Lounge not to long ago called Johnossi. I had a terrible time trying to remember the name of this band until I read that it was the combined names of the two guys in the band: John and Ossi.
What do they sound like? Think White Stripes meets Two Gallants. So yes, that basically equates to being awesome. They create such an incredibly full and LOUD sound for just two people.
I think the funniest thing about Johnossi shows is that you can totally tell who got in on the band’s guest list: just look for the fashionably hip tall skinny blond-haired, blue eyed folks in the audience. It’s just a reminder of why you should never let your significant other go to Sweden without you.
In any case, please listen to Johnossi’s “Execution Song” on their MySpace. It’s just BEGGING to be bought for a car commercial. It has the right amount of guitar reverb and straight-on rock sound to work with an image of a car zipping around winding bends. Mark my words.
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John Cameron Mitchell – Shortbus – Movies – New York Times
Although it has the style of many low-budget independent movies, John Cameron Mitchell’s “Shortbus†has sex scenes as graphic as those in a hard-core skin flick.
Our Affair Was One Long Lesson in How to Break Up – New York Times
“When I’m with you,†he said, “I feel incredibly alive, and yet always terrible.â€
Here’s Your Syllabus, and Your Condom – New York Times
Fall also happens to be back-to-school season for the condom industry.
Too Big for Your Boss – New York Times
Beware, protégé, of the mentor who is jealous of your success.
Gothamist: Clubs Like Their Girls Young, Drunk
NOOO! I don’t believe it!
Sling Media :: Welcome
Holy mother of god, it’s the Sling Box!
The crowning of His Airness – Focus
Three air guitarists battle in final round of first Austin Air Guitar Championship
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Get your own tiny Flickr cards! (plasticbag.org)
These are SO cool
ohnotheydidnt: Introducing Cobrasnake Cory.
You crash course in Cory Kennedy
fashionologie: the heroin chic chick
On Cobrasnake muse Cory Kennedy
Best Week Ever » Blog Archive » Jared Leto Was Right After All
You’re probably wondering who Cory Kennedy is, and your curiousity would be justified as she’s an otherwise uninteresting human being whose sole claim to fame is being the waif-like teenage runaway girlfriend of the increasingly ubiquitous hipster pho
NME.COM – News – Jay-Z to get special guests at London show
Coldplay’s Chris Martin is to join Jay-Z onstage at his London show next week (September 27).
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From The Fever mailing list:
dearest friends,
After 5 wonderful years of making music together we the Fever have decided to disband. We’re playing one more show Thursday Oct 5th on the high seas of the Hudson River on the Rocks Off Boat Cruise .
Come celebrate with us while we blow it out on this fitting final act. plus!!! Special Appearance by our arch nemesis WOLFBATE!! mark yr calendars and watch us drift off into the sunset
FOREVER YOURS,
Achilles, Geremy, Jay, & Keith
the fever
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The Killers played their “secret” gig at Webster Hall tonight. Tickets were available online as late as 3 hours before the show.
As we waited for the Killers to come on, the general consensus on the “children’s summer stock version of Moulin Rouge meets strip mall restaurant opening” set design was thumbs down. The giantic mirrored ball with Christmas lights dangled around it was…confusing to say the least.
[Seriously, what is all that crap????]
When the Killers came on stage the audience errupted into applause. At the risk of “blowing their wad too soon” (that’s what we call it in the biz), the band played some of their biggest (and soon to be biggest) hits right off the bat: “Somebody Told Me”, off Hot Fuss, and “When You Were Young”, off the new album. The momentum slowed down a bit 3/4 through, but the final encore of “Mr. Brightside” pumped the audience up one final time.
They debuted a handful of new songs off the new LP…and they sounded very Bowie meets Stephen Trask. So in a phrase, “glam rock”.
Not only was frontman Brandon Flowers sporting the “pornstache” but drummer Ronnie Vannucci also appeared to have his clothing and grooming styling done on the NBC backlot during a taping of “My Name is Earl.” There was also another guy in the back who seemed to be playing the keyboards and guitar who ALSO had a ‘stache to rival Burt Reynolds.
I have to say, The Killers live show has vastly improved from the very first time I ever saw them (at Ultragrrrl’s Prom at Rothko back in June of 2004), and most certainly since I saw them in a traumatizingly bad episode of American Pepsi Smash Hits–the single incident that convinced me that the Killers sucked live.
Although they are still no Morrissey or White Stripes, they are trying. Brandon Flowers twirled about the stage in what Jeff called “Nutcracker spins” (hands up at a 90 degree angle, hopping on one leg, around and around in a circle) and looked a little bit like a Pee Wee Herman doll being pulled on strings, but it was better than him just standing in front of the keyboards, pounding away and singing in an unanimated fashion.
Somehow the music seemed less monotone, the songs were allowed space to breathe. All in all, a good night for pop music.
For more photos, visit Bao’s Flickr and The Music Slut.
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Fisher-Price unveils T.M.X. Elmo – Yahoo! News
Fisher-Price, a unit of Mattel Inc., on Tuesday took the wraps off T.M.X. Elmo, ending months of unprecedented secrecy that’s had the toy industry abuzz.
Amazon.com: Barbie – TMX Elmo Doll with Gift: Toys & Games
Barbie and Elmo are coming together to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tickle Me Elmo. Barbie doll comes with a red, fuzzy Elmo that “giggles” when you press his belly. Requires 3 button cell batteries, included. Barbie doll measures 12″.
YouTube – Tickle Me Elmo X TMX Elmo
This is so terrifying, but kids seem to like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ump9ir4w-I
The 13 Worst Things to Happen to Detroit in 2006
Surprisingly, Jack White leaving town isn’t on here…or was that 2005?
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New Yorker Michel Gondry takes his French surrealist tastes to new levels in his latest works
SPIN.com: Panic Attack
Check out exclusive photographs from Spin’s journey on the road with young upstarts Panic! At the Disco and their carnivalesque show.
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Sofia Coppola’s clothing line
When Is Thin Too Thin? – New York Times
Yet there remains an ideal among designers who seem to prize an ever thinner frame to display their clothes. Some who attended the New York shows question whether acceptable boundaries have been crossed, as when fashion glamorized images of heroin abuse i
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