we came to dance

sometimes i become irrationally paranoid that the isight camera on my macbook is secretly recording me. like just now... steve from new found posted acceptance's "take cover" on his blog. gooooood song. i just listening to that 3 times and had myself a little sing-a-long. then i happen to look down and see the lense and think "what if"...

but hey... GASLIGHT. amazing show. lv boys came in, losie came down, the band KILLED it. saw about a million awesome people i have known over the years, drank til last call and then some and woke up sunday without so much as drymouth. it's not too often i leave the upstairs area (yea in PA the bar has to be separate, sorry losie, don't forget your id next time), or go into what could be considered "the pit" much anymore, but i think i had more fun than i have at a show in years, all very much worth it. winter show slump is officially over i think, alot of great stuff coming up. cannot wait.

left out...

so i really don't get the hype of 'where the wild things' are. well maybe it's not that i don't get it but i don't remember ever reading that book as a child. was it really that big of a deal? was i neglected?? i think i turned out ok... but everyone's been losing their minds over that trailer all day and i don't get it. maybe if they made or  into movies, i could join in the nostalgia. but for now i'm lost. 

same shit, different day

a whole lot of nothing to report,

so just enjoy the recently touched-up strummer mural

"let it out... you're doin alright."

Damn you, Bozo

So reading yahoo news i come across the story about the creator of bozo the clown passing away. I click on it, mainly because I was on the local version of the show as a child and my mom likes to break out the vhs to embarass me on occassion. the first line follows:

Alan W. Livingston, the music executive who created Bozo the Clown and signed the Beatles during his tenure as president of Capitol Records, has died. He was 91.

Whoa. Hold up. Now I guess Bozo is pretty cool, if you are under the age of 9. But this man signed the Beatles. This was possibly the single most important A&R move of all time. Really, he changed the face of American music. Apparently Capitol didn't want to bring the Beatles on in 1964, fearing their breakthrough single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was "unsuitable for American audiences". Not only that but he signed the Beach Boys, and Frank Sinatra when he was left without a contract late in his career, leading to his comeback. The clown thing should have been a fucking afterthought. So RIP, Alan W. Livingston. I'm sure a ton of people skipped over your obit last week not realizing you were pretty much a music industry legend. 

ill communication

apparently my being 'tired' after ny trip was really the beginning of some lovely cold thing. excellent. thought i was done with that for this winter but apparently not. time to go back to my coma... gotta recover for either making time or i am the avalanche this weekend... still undecided.

oh yea and i got some calls from the highline today... yea i heard about alk3. sick. maybe the show drought is starting to end. bring on spring!

exhausted

ny kicked my ass all weekend long. too tired to discuss but check out this lovely blog if you need a good read. he is spot on... 3 days in brooklyn and i'm so ready to go full on hipster-hunting. yikes.

IT CAME

now this looks like the clash's self titled debut album on vinyl, and you wouldn't be wrong for calling it that. BUT,
this is actually an original 1977 UK pressing. as in, the ORIGINAL self titled debut, released 2 years before the American version, with alternate track listing. and really, the first release ever by "joe strummer".  

as proven here:

this thing is like my child. consider this the birth announcement. i think i now own every original clash full length. good day.