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- pat & i went to the m-room last night to see shekeepsbees open for pattern is movement. SKB is basically jessica larrabee, who you may remember from the english system. after one really great record (2002’s banded blue) and a couple of tours, TES broke up in 2003 and jess moved to brooklyn to [...]

last night’s the silence kit / i love you but i’ve chosen darkness show was a beautiful time. they fit really well together, playing that dark pop that kids go bananas over. TSK opened by channelling some early cure (’geometric’) and then added an unexpectedly upbeat number during their set, while ILYBICD at times recalled [...]

our good friends and labelmates in the silence kit are playing at the khyber tomorrow (tuesday) night with the much-hyped i love you but i’ve chosen darkness! i know it’s a school night but it should be a lot of fun if it’s not sold out.
also, check out the sweet interview in philly edge with [...]

i’m so glad i overcame the sloth that was threatening to sink my thursday evening. instead of reading comic books and watching the latest top chef, i hopped in the car and made my way out at the last minute to see buried beds at the tin angel last night. i’ve seen them a number [...]

mogwai - mr. beast - i originally got turned on to mogwai from their track on 1999’s everything is nice matador records anthology and have been a fan ever since. i was a little disappointed in their last album, happy songs for happy people, as it was a little too pretty and lacking in the [...]

salmon burgers with ginger mustard mayonnaise
for mayonnaise:
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard
3/4 teaspoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger root
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
for burgers:
3/4 pound salmon fillet, skin discarded
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
2 teaspoons finely grated peeled fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 hamburgers buns, cut sides toasted lightly
2 thin slices sweet onion
1. in [...]

the ritz let me down two weeks in a row! i was excited to get out of work and catch the 5:05 matinee of v for vendetta this afternoon. it was more like v for vat the hell was that? an abysmal attempt at portraying a pseudo orwellian future (frankly, equilibrium even did a better [...]

this afternoon i removed the ancient alpine receiver from my car and installed a sony CDX-GT200. for the price ($109), it’s pretty hard to beat. it’s fairly similar to the one in monica’s car (plays cd-rs/cd-rws with mp3s and wmvs) give or take a few features (only a 3 band EQ, one display color, not [...]

woody allen’s match point wasn’t bad but it’s a complete retread of 1989’s amazing crimes & misdemeanors, to the point that if you’d seen the latter you end up spending 2/3 of the movie looking at your watch and thinking of better uses of your $6.75 because you know how it will end. unlike crimes, [...]

if there’s a bright side to having a crappy car stereo that doesn’t have an aux input or play cd-rs (at least, not without a ridiculous amount of cajoling), it’s that it allows me to get reaquainted with my cd collection. it’s a nice change of pace to commit yourself to one cd at a [...]