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Archive for August 2007
Oh how I wish I was going to be in town for this. The lineup is AMAZING!
UPDATE: The folks over at vLES are being extra cool and allowing me to post the RSVP info. You’ll need to be on ze list as it’s a closed event.
vLES Presents
Matt & Kim
The Virgins
Cakeshop
Sunday 9/2, 10 pm
open bar 10:30-11:30
rsvp: events @ vles.com
In reality, breaking up doesn’t feel that bad – Mental Health – MSNBC.com
Lovelorns’ level of distraught is ‘dramatically overstated,’ researcher says
Hearst Tower Escalators Offer Unexpected View of Employees — New York Magazine
The cascading glass escalators in the lobby of Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower, which carry the ladies of Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, and Harper’s Bazaar to their offices, also offer a view up their skirts.
My friend Joc mocked up these images (she had to take Topanga out of the first shot) and I LOLed. The though of Shia LaBeouf and Zac Efron taking on the roles of Corey and Shawn is AWESOME.
vs
To quote her original email:
Will the real Corey and Shawn stand up?
I’m just sayin… am I the ONLY one who sees this?
Boy Meets World… the Movie?
Someone call up the studios, I think we have a potential hit on our hands.
Have you heard of this? My friend Josh just sent me this link to a discussion board talking about how if you sync up certain songs on “Kid A” with one copy delayed for 17 seconds you get a completely new song/album experience that some fans claim Thom Yorke has said is “intentional”. Some have found that certain songs work best with delays of 19 and 20 seconds.
Do you think this really is the work of some madcap plan, or is it just a happy coincidence courtesy of round robin style arrangements?
Listen for yourself:
DOWNLOAD/LISTEN: “Kid A” by Radiohead (two copy sync)
DOWNLOAD/LISTEN: “Everything In Its Right Place” by Radiohead (two copy sync)
DOWNLOAD/LISTEN: “Morning Bell” by Radiohead (two copy sync)
Um… so is it wrong that I’m becoming obsessed with Zac Efron? I just watch the majority of High School Musical 2 last night and I was struggling to figure out if he was gay or not the entire movie. I’d go back and forth… it’s kinda a toss up.
Oh, and according to a recent “Teen Topix” study, Zac Efron beat out Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Shia LaBeouf as the “hottest male movie star of the summer.”
So when I’m on vacation, the last thing I want to do is go do work. Apparently Luke Pritchard of the Kooks does not have the same work ethic as I do, because this past Sunday he performed an semi-impromptu acoustic show at Soundfix in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, despite the fact that he’s in town “on holiday”.
The set was slightly delayed by the fact that his cab driver dropped him off on the wrong street (presumably Bedford and South 11th instead of NORTH 11th), forcing him to hoof it to the record shop. That would have been a great sight to see–Luke Pritchard strolling down Bedford, guitar in hand, appropriately dressed for Williamsburg in a gray v-neck American Apparel shirt, skin-tight black jeans and boots, causing double-takes by passers-by.
When he did arrive, he treated the small crowd to a short set of Kooks favorites like “Ooh La”, “Naive”, and a “Seaside”/”See the World” medley as well as a great cover version of Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” before strolling out as casually as he came in.
More at Sentimentalist Magazine
Like the Virgins – New York Times
Until last year, they had no label, no shows and no record, so knowledge about this cool New York band was strictly by hipster word of mouth.
Sexual Preference – New York Times
There are women who dress for themselves, and women who don’t.
Thanks for making the first ever After the Jump Festival a major success!
Official After the Jump Cards
Ra Ra Riot packed the house, then brought it down.
The Virgins strutted their stuff.
Official t-shirts of the festival…in a variety of colors!
Locksley made the ladies swoon. (Myself included.)
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