April 2012
This post from “overheard in New York” pretty much sums up my...
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i want to stand next to john cusack in the pit
On the music front, is there anything in particular that you are listening to right now? Have you gone to any good shows lately?
The last live concert I saw was Gogol Bordello. Great, great, show. I also can’t wait to go see Bruce [Springsteen] again.
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I always feel bad, man. I promise you there is no white writer out there, who...
– Junot Diaz, at New York City College of Technology in Downtown Brooklyn.
more.
(via thesmithian)
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JADEDPUNKHULK talks to Brian Fallon
HULK SURE YOU TIRED OF FIELDING QUESTIONS ABOUT BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SO LET HULK ASK YOU QUESTION ABOUT BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - IF BRUCE HAD FAVORITE JAWBREAKER ALBUM, WHAT YOU THINK IT BE?
BF: Bruce doesn’t know about Jawbreaker, but I think he’d pick Bivouac. His favorite song would be “Chesterfield Kings,” because all his chicks, they smoke those thing
Rob Delaney: I love Levon Helm and America →
robdelaney:
Levon Helm, drummer and singer of The Band, passed away from throat cancer last week. The outpouring of love directed his way over the last week, from every corner of the world, was remarkable. His family did an interesting thing too; they told the world before he died that he was in his final…
a nice must-read
When I have to train a traditional media planner...
whathappensinmediaplanning:
I’m like
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His nephew, Jake Clemons, took over many of his riffs and solos, delivering a...
– the first MSM review of the shows that doesn’t over-state Jake’s playing nor make more out of it than it is.
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i shouldn't even have bothered to explain it
coworker: have a good time at the show tonight!
me: oh, i'm not going tonight.
coworker: but isn't the show in new jersey?
me: right, at the meadowlands.
coworker: and you're not going?
me: no. going to the garden, friday and monday.
coworker: but didn't you go to atlanta?
me: right, that was the tour opener.
coworker: and north carolina?
me: it was the night after atlanta, we were already there, friends live there.
coworker: but you're not going to the show in new jersey.
me: we're going on friday, to the garden. and monday.
coworker: didn't you just go to philadelphia last week?
me: right, because the philly shows are amazing.
coworker: but you aren't going to get on a bus and go to new jersey. this doesn't make any sense.
me: [hoping silence will end this conversational exchange]
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Jungleland - A Springzine: Jungleland - A... →
junglelandzine:
It’s here, boys and girls - last week I received all 150 copies of the Jungleland zine, and I’m pleased to say that they look and feel beautiful.
You can order your copy here, for the bargain price of £3. The first 20 orders get a free Jungleland pin badge, made by Sean Haughton (aka Rock…
I’m always a sucker for a print zine. bought one.