a. so last night I went to see Russian Circles and Dalek at Mercury Lounge. People if you have ever loved metal and don’t know Russian Circles, please check them out. they were fucking amazing. honestly. just great.
so good. all of my friends who bailed out. you totally missed out.
So this past weekend I had the chance to check out the National @ BAM both Friday & Saturday night. (Thanks to scalpers I got Sat. tickets cheap on the streets) Anyways, here’s my take.
Friday’s show was more low key and stuffy. It’s really odd to see a “rock” show where we are suppose to sit in out seats. At the Saturday show, the band told everyone it was okay to stand, so that was better. Saturday the band also seemed a bit more relaxed and comfortable with the venue, the Sat. version of Mr. November was probably one of the best versions I have ever heard, Matt and the band gave it their all. Saturday 2/23 was better…..
Here are the set list for each night, and if you go to Nyctaper.com you can download his recording of Friday’s show!
2/22
Start A War
Brainy
Baby We’ll Be Fine
Slow Show
Secret Meeting
Mistaken For Strangers
Squalor Victoria
Abel
Wasp’s Nest
Racing Like A Pro
Apartment Story
Ada
(New Song)
Karen
Fake Empire
(Encore 1) City Middle
(Encore 1) Mr. November
(Encore 1) About Today
(Encore 2) Gospel
2/23
“Start a War”
“Brainy”
“Baby, We’ll Be Fine”
“Slow Show”
“Secret Meeting”
“Mistaken for Strangers”
“Squalor Victoria”
“Abel”
“Wasp Nest”
“Racing like a Pro”
“Ada” (w/ Sufjan Stevens)
“Apartment Story”
“(New Song)”
“Green Gloves”
“Fake Empire”
Encore 1:
“City Middle”
“Mr. November”
“Daughters of the Soho Riots”
wow I woke up feeling like shit this morning.. cough* .. anyway, how did we do on the pool? I think we might have had a tie or even won.. anyone?? here’s some kinks to the kinky..
b. Songs that name drop locations in New York HERE. What no June of 44, of info and belief?
c. For all those people who saw Be Kind Rewind this weekend. Check out the video below.. you’ll love it..
d. our favorite tipster Tom points us in two different directions today… 1. Joe Strummer full concert HERE. 2. Fucked up has their own blog HERE.
e. honestly. check out the video below.. the funniest thing about this is that he asks if he can ask a question before he starts.. like.. Um I have a serious question here, are you guys fucking retarded??
It is time for the First annual “Friends in Blogs” Oscar Pick’um. The rules are simple, we have to submit one set of picks per blog and whoever picks the most right is the winner. The winner declares movie supremacy for the next year, and the losing blog has to review 1 movie (as picked by the winner) for the next 3 weeks on their blog. This is a great opportunity to make someone watch “Chairman of the Board” or “Freddy Got Fingered”
It is time for the First annual “Friends in Blogs” Oscar Pick’um. The rules are simple, we have to submit one set of picks per blog and whoever picks the most right is the winner. The winner declares movie supremacy for the next year, and the losing blog has to review 1 movie (as picked by the winner) for the next 3 weeks on their blog. This is a great opportunity to make someone watch “Chairman of the Board” or “Freddy Got Fingered”
Director:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -”No Country for Old Men”
Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Actress:
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Supporting Actress:
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Animated Feature Film:
“Ratatouille”
Adapted Screenplay:
“No Country for Old Men” (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
Original Screenplay:
“Juno” (Diablo Cody)
Foreign Language Film:
“Mongol” (Kazakhstan)
Art Direction:
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Cinematography:
“No Country for Old Men”
Film Editing:
“No Country for Old Men”
Costume Design:
“Atonement”
Makeup:
“La Vie en Rose”
Sound Editing:
“The Bourne Ultimatum”
Sound Mixing:
“No Country for Old Men”
Visual Effects:
“Transformers”
Original Score (Music from a Movie):
“3:10 to Yuma”
Original Song from a Movie:
“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
Documentary Feature:
“No End in Sight”
Documentary Short Subject: (still need to pick this one…_)
“Freeheld”; “La Corona (The Crown)”; “Salim Baba”; “Sari’s Mother”
Animated Short Film:
“I Met the Walrus”
Live Action Short Film: (still need to pick this one…)
“At Night”; “Il Supplente (The Substitute)”; “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”; “Tanghi Argentini”; “The Tonto Woman”
keep checking back.. THERE WILL BE BLOOD. (well metaphoric blood of course!)
