The Modern Age

Tuesday, September 26, 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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“When I’m with you,” he said, [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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Barbie and Elmo are coming together to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tickle Me Elmo. [...]