The Lovemakers seriously need to release their new cd already. The first time I saw them, opening for The Prids at the now-defunct Voodoo Lounge, they blew the half-dozen or so people in attendance away, despite (or perhaps because of) half their set being Cure covers. Last Friday I saw them play to a VERY packed crowd at Cafe Du Nord and they've done nothing...
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I walked out of my house this morning and decided to start walking. I had my mp3 player fully charged, comfortable shoes, and 8 hours to kill. After an hour or so, I found myself at the huge tourist trap that is the Golden Gate Bridge. But why stop here?, I wondered to myself, and I continued on my aimless trek, crossing the bridge into...
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emilygee:
Oh, man. It would really butter my bread should you share the nostolgia!
longblackbangs:
So the Concourse is a big venue...ughhh. I've never even heard of it. Well, that sort of blows.
The bridge story is pretty crazy. I've never made it out there on foot myself. From where I'm coming from I usually am like, "Fuck this" by the time I get to the Cliff House.
The bridge story is pretty crazy. I've never made it out there on foot myself. From where I'm coming from I usually am like, "Fuck this" by the time I get to the Cliff House.
I was going through some of my stuff at my parents' house that I had left there when I moved out years ago and found a sealed box of Topps Cyndi Lauper trading cards. How rad is that? I want to have an 80s party just so I can hand those out as party favors.
emilygee:
I am streching the limits of my sanity in this job. Unbearable as it used to exist is now the status quo.
And I could sure use some 80's nostolgia to spruce up my space. May I have two trading cards, please?
And I could sure use some 80's nostolgia to spruce up my space. May I have two trading cards, please?
For the last week or so I've had that song Self Control by Laura Branigan in my head. You know that song, right? The one from the 80s that goes "You take myself, you take my self control" in the chorus, and then all of a sudden it breaks into a single loud power chord that makes you want to RAWK for just an instant......
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poetik:
Possession?
longblackbangs:
I've never heard that song...or at least don't think I have. To Limewire I go!!!
And imagine that. We both go to New York and I get spit on by gangstas and you almost get hit on by gangstas. So were like basically blood brothers now...right?!?!
And imagine that. We both go to New York and I get spit on by gangstas and you almost get hit on by gangstas. So were like basically blood brothers now...right?!?!
Reason #453 why San Francisco rules:
Just when I thought I had been everywhere and seen everything cool, along came the "first annual video game music showcase" or something like that. It took place in the middle of the Tenderlon, in a 5th story room called the Drum Machine Museum. (what the hell? a place like that actually exists?). The attendees were video game music...
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Just when I thought I had been everywhere and seen everything cool, along came the "first annual video game music showcase" or something like that. It took place in the middle of the Tenderlon, in a 5th story room called the Drum Machine Museum. (what the hell? a place like that actually exists?). The attendees were video game music...
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hellomrworld:
sf is a wild town
emilygee:
hey! that's what billy said!
you two have leaf blowers on the mind. funny that that's the one thing both of you immediately pictured.
you two have leaf blowers on the mind. funny that that's the one thing both of you immediately pictured.
So.. the past week has found me and the girl I was seeing breaking up... or at least slowing things down, I don't really know. She's going to have to move to SoCal in the next few months, and doesn't want to get too attached. I'm trying not to think about it too much, or to think about it as having gained a friend, but...
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poetik:
Like they say... all good things come to end. At least, it's an amicable end, or pause 
By the way, optimism is a good thing. At least in my book. There's often a positive to every negative. It keeps the balance
By the way, optimism is a good thing. At least in my book. There's often a positive to every negative. It keeps the balance
longblackbangs:
wow, I'm sorry to hear about you and the lady. I guess leaving on good terms is the best thing that can happen in that case, though. Still, it can't be easy.
Well, with the gift of time you should give me a ring sometime.
Oh, Rational Youth and Ultravox! I got around to downloading a number of their songs and am really digging it. I think I'm just gonna buy the British Sea Power since I've been hearing good things about them for some time. Have you heard anything by Radio Berlin? Their most recent album "Glass" is tits.
Well, with the gift of time you should give me a ring sometime.
Oh, Rational Youth and Ultravox! I got around to downloading a number of their songs and am really digging it. I think I'm just gonna buy the British Sea Power since I've been hearing good things about them for some time. Have you heard anything by Radio Berlin? Their most recent album "Glass" is tits.
Geez, it's been hectic recently. Between work, clubs, shows, parties, and an improptu trip to LA, I've been busy as hell. And I finally decided I should start going to this site some more - you know, get my money's worth. Although I'm almost off work right now, so I guess I should have done this sooner. Oh well. Until then, here are my reasons...
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poetik:
Those concerts sound good to me! I haven't been to a show in ages 
longblackbangs:
And I finally decided I should start going to this site some more - you know, get my money's worth.
You need to work a little harder on that 'getting the money worth' thing
You need to work a little harder on that 'getting the money worth' thing
I saw Mates of State last night... one of the bands that opened for them, Smoosh, was a duo consisting of a boy and a girl. Now when I say "boy" and "girl" I mean kids who were scarcely 1/3 my age. Seriously, an 11 year old girl and a 9 year old boy playing happy minimalist keyboard music may sounds gimmicky, and it is,...
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kelland:
Smoosh.
Haha, fun name.
If I come to Cali, there will be mass molestation.
You will have to confine me in a room with padded walls.
Haha, fun name.
If I come to Cali, there will be mass molestation.
You will have to confine me in a room with padded walls.
emilygee:
but were they any good?
Valentine's Day (*shudder*) was actully cool this year. A holiday I normally hate was spent doing things I love with an awesome girl. We went to our favorite Italian restaurant, exchanged gifts (in my hatred of standard greeting cards, I made her a record jacket, complete with cover art, a tracklisting, and the dust sleeve was where I wrote the smarmy stuff that would otherwise...
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poetik:
I totally agree. This was the first Valetine's day I actually enjoyed and it was te best I've ever had. And didn't focus on the commercial stuff, I just focused on having a good time, and I did!
longblackbangs:
Yes! Yes! Yes! The Prids show was my plan for the evening. My friend has been also raving about Crosstide since he last saw them in Chico. He said they were similar to the Stills. So hopefully his comparisons are correct.
Yesterday I caved in and bought a mannequin to put in my room. I've wanted one for a long time, for no reason in particular aside from they make great conversation pieces. So I went to a thrift store a couple blocks away and bought an old blue full-body one from the 50s or 60s . It's either a flat-chested or prebuscent girl (with a...
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poetik:
It doesn't make you creepy or gay... I'd say it makes you a guy who likes to play dress-up and that sounds more like a metrosexual to me! LOL I'm kidding.
I sleep with a snoopy doll and I don't even think of what that makes me. Damn, now I kinda wonder...
I'm kidding.
I sleep with a snoopy doll and I don't even think of what that makes me. Damn, now I kinda wonder...
longblackbangs:
I live off of Lawton so thanks to the ol' English alphabet I am right next to the Judah line.
And about the swimming pool. After I posted that comment and my hair had fully dried I realized what the chlorine does. Basically my hair started to get thin and curl. So on wednesday I swam with my head out of the water...and wil continue to do so until I get my act together and get a swim cap.
Your live-in hipster sounds cool as hell. You got to let us know the first time you wake up in the middle of the night and nearly poop your pants thinking someone's lurking in your room. Actually, get yourself one more and you can have some hipster friends to drive in the carpool lane during rush hour
The show at Hotel Utah sounds sick. I'm always a sucker for a good sythpop show. Do you know which of the two you are gonna be going to?
And about the swimming pool. After I posted that comment and my hair had fully dried I realized what the chlorine does. Basically my hair started to get thin and curl. So on wednesday I swam with my head out of the water...and wil continue to do so until I get my act together and get a swim cap.
Your live-in hipster sounds cool as hell. You got to let us know the first time you wake up in the middle of the night and nearly poop your pants thinking someone's lurking in your room. Actually, get yourself one more and you can have some hipster friends to drive in the carpool lane during rush hour
The show at Hotel Utah sounds sick. I'm always a sucker for a good sythpop show. Do you know which of the two you are gonna be going to?
Anyway, (there's another one of those overused words!) I wasn't planning on going to New Order but mainly that is because I just assumed it was sold out by now. I'm not going to Coachella so I might look into that. I am, however, going to see M83 on Thursday as long as tickets are still around by the time I get to that site today on my internet travels. Any plans to go see them? Really think ya should!