An interview with Mr. Lisa’s Husband, Billy Bragg.

Lisa just emailed me with the excellent news that she snagged us two fifth-row center seats for Flight of the Conchords at Town Hall NYC. OMG!!! Now I just need to decide on a tee-shirt — Jemainiac or Bretrosexual? Read the rest of this entry »

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Howard Stern is playing Rufus Wainwright’s “Across the Universe” right now. So weird. Actually, I guess Fred is playing it. But Howard and Robin are going ga-ga over it. Yay, Rufus!

I’m loving R.E.M.’s new album. We’re going to see them in June and I can’t wait! Here’s one of my favorite songs from the new album, Mr. Richards.

R.E.M. will be performing on The Today Show tomorrow, and The Colbert Report on Wednesday.

“It’s a bit spooky, innit?” said Rick Astley, the singer who made the song famous in 1987 and who is not dead.

The other day, a bunch of gossip rags reported that Michael Stipe had “come out.” I don’t know what rocks these people have been living under, as he’s been out for years. Anyway, this is pretty amusing.

I managed to get a couple of not-sucky photos from the Blackout Sabbath event the other night. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night was the Rufus Wainwright show. Let me just say this: FAIL. Read the rest of this entry »

Going to see Rufus tonight. Definitely bringing my camera this time.

Lyrics to well-known songs, placed in alphabetical order. Can you figure them out? [via]

The drummer from ABBA has died in a freak accident. Like, a REALLY freaky accident. Yikes. I didn’t even know ABBA had a regular drummer. So sad.

Lisa has two extra tickets for sale to see The Pogues at Roseland Sunday night, with opening act Billy Bragg. Should be quite a show. If you’re interested, email me or post in the comments as soon as possible and Lisa will get back to you with details.

I caught Vampire Weekend on SNL this weekend, and was completely charmed. They are now in rotation on the iPod. The lead singer totally reminds me of the kid who played Mannie in the movie Go.

More about the band here, and a video after the jump. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

Blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41.

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After the jump, my new favorite song: Read the rest of this entry »

Not like this is news or anything, but Ticketmaster and corporate-owned arenas can suck it. What the hell is a “convenience charge,” anyway? I should be charging THEM for convenience. I don’t find it “convenient” being forced to step over vomiting teens in order to use the bathroom. Nor do I find it “convenient” to purchase lawn tickets but not be allowed to choose where on the lawn I’d like to sit. And does anyone really find it “convenient” to pay $8 a cup for domestic beer?

Having said that, I’m going to see The Police + Elvis Costello this summer.

A three-year-old Korean toddler singing “Hey Jude.” Read the rest of this entry »

Stereogum has a couple of Ween clips today…the second one, featuring a very stoned Dean and Gene on The Jane Pratt Show, is GOLD.

Last night we watched Across The Universe by Julie Taymor. We liked it. I was afraid it was just going to be randomly thrown together Beatles songs with trippy visuals and a clunky storyline. Glad I was wrong. Obviously, the songs drive the story, but the story worked. The guy that played the lead, Jude, was head and shoulders above the rest of the cast, though. The cameos were great fun and included Bono, Salma Hayek, Joe Cocker and Eddie Izzard. I woke up this morning with songs in my head. Read the rest of this entry »

I spent much of the weekend immersed in pop culture. After thumbing through my pile of magazines (People, Entertainment Weekly, Radar, Interview and, uh, Cook’s Illustrated), I decided to watch HBO’s Bernard and Doris. Being the Doris Duke freak that I am, I was totally jazzed to see this movie. I knew it would be full of drama and half-truths — and it was — but it was also totally camp and Susan Sarandon was fabulous. She played Ms. Duke as a sexually voracious boozehound with a penchant for smoking weed, and I loved it. Ralph Fiennes was terribly understated and played the role of Bernard Lafferty with probably more respect than the actual man deserved.

My thoughts on the Grammys after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

New R.E.M.! I really like it.

Your new favorite video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Janet, Lisa, Bluebunny and I all went to see Mika at Terminal 5 in Hell’s Kitchen this weekend. BTW, I really liked Terminal 5. Great venue. We also brought Lisa’s 17-year-old niece, and she didn’t seem too put out at having to spend the evening with four old ladies. Anyway, you guys. The show? Was awesome. Just so much fun. The crowd was incredibly diverse; people of all kinds. We saw parents with their kids, cute gay boys holding hands, teenage sluts, hippies…Janet even spotted a gigantic bald man in the audience, passionately singing along to “Big Girl, You Are Beautiful.” Too funny.

We arrived at the show around 8:00pm or so and found ourselves a spot on the upper level, which gave a bird’s eye view of the stage. Our view was blocked at some points by other people or equipment, but I didn’t care. Read the rest of this entry »