dressing in drag your best friend's clothes, while boys kissed boys in hotel rooms

When Team Love first launched in 2004, I was extremely curious in finding out all the bands and artists Conor Oberst had on his roster. One of those bands was Tilly and The Wall. I downloaded their debut album Wild Like Children immediately and have been loving it ever since. I think a huge part of why I like the album so much is because I saw them live opening for Bright Eyes. They were so much fun. From what I can remember, their set did not consist of a drum kit; instead, members of the band would tap dance and clap. They sang in harmony along with an acoustic guitar, resulting in a very camp fire like atmosphere. May 23 is the release date for T&TW’s second album entitled Bottoms of Barrels. I think it may have the potential to surpass the amazing first record: I have heard three songs from Bottoms of Barrels so far and none of them were disappointing. The stand out track for me is "Bad Education". It sounds like something out of an Antonio Banderas film... wait, is that a good thing?? Anyways, I think "Bad Education" did a great job at capturing T&TW's live qualities; I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album.

Bad Education from Bottoms of Barrels
Nights Of The Living Dead from Wild Like Children [wicked-cool song]
Bessa from Wild Like Children

preorder Bottoms of Barrels at the Team Love store and get a limited 7" for only 99 cents. They did that for the Jenny Lewis release also, fucking great deal!!!!

anonymous phone call

Last night, I received a phone call at around 8:30, but bad receptions may have caused me to sound really rude to the person on the other end:

Me: "Hello"
Caller: "How’s going?"
Me: "Good, who is this?"
Caller: "It’s ----"
Me: "Who!???"
Caller: "----"
Me: "I don’t know who you are, bye."

I was at Wal-Mart buying hair gel... (damn, I just remember I swore not to ever buy anything from Wal-Mart due to the fact that they employ child workers overseas) the receptions sucked plus there were so many loud ghetto-ass people. Each time the caller told me his name, I could not hear what he said. So, I just assumed I didn’t know that person... maybe it was someone that I really didn’t know, but if you were the mystery caller, sorry for being rude and please leave a comment and let me know who you are.

happy good friday exclusive download

Everyone who knows me or comes to this blog knows how much I love Patrick Wolf. First, the name of the blog is taken right from Patrick Wolf’s album; second, I have posted countless P.Wolf related stuffs since I started this blog; and lastly, 95% of my recent art has been inspired by P.Wolf songs. So, to celebrate this amazing artist, I have collected a bunch of b-sides as well as a few remixes. This list is most likely not complete, but I think it’s a pretty good list, enjoy!

download Patrick Wolf b-sides and remixes here (warning: large file, 98mb)
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Tracks:
B-Sides
Afraid
Blue Bells (Live @ K4 in Nurnburg, Germany April 27, 2005)
Empress
Get Lost (Live @ Paradiso in Amsterdam April 14, 2005)
Godrevy Point
Godrevy Point (Live on XFM Session)
– amazing live acoustic version, he combined The Towans at the end of the song, very cool!!!!
Idumea
Idumea (Live on BBC 6 Music)
Magpie (Live @ Paradiso in Amsterdam April 14, 2005)
Penzance
Pigeon Song Demo
Polish Confusion (Live @ Benicassim Festival Spain August 8, 2004)
Pumpkin Soup
– probably my favorite P.Wolf b-side
Running Up That Hill (Live @ La Cigale in Paris September 12, 2005)
Short Stories
– this song inspired this
Souvenirs
The Hairy Song Demo
The Hazelwood

Remixes
Björk - Army of Me (Army of Klaus Patrick Wolf Remix)
Circlesquare - 7 Minutes (Patrick Wolf Remix)
Wind In The Wires (Clifftop Demo)

buy Patrick Wolf releases here

who wants one??

out of boredom, I made this tonight... someone please give me the money to make this shirt (credit goes to Tricia for the idea!)

daryl palumbo is my hero aka new glassjaw disc please!!

This one is for Nicholas from Odessa, Texas, who has recently said some really nice things about my blog. Thank you and enjoy!

Head Automatica: !!! Remixed (The Popaganda!!! Sessions)
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a look back at 2005

One of the most important things that make an album great is its ability to last. Good albums are released weekly, but great, timeless albums are very rare. So, I want to take this time and go back to my ‘best of 2005 list’ and see which albums I am still listening to and which ones are “so last year!”: (I know, this is a very self-indulgent post!)

1 patrick wolf - wind in the wires
I still listen to this album at least two to three times a week, probably one of my favorite albums of all time!

2 sufjan stevens - Illinois
Only listened to this a few times this year, but still a great album.

3 bloc party - silent alarm
Ok, here’s an album I loved last year, but I haven’t listened to it in a long time.Semi “So last year!”

4 final fantasy - has a good home
Only stopped listening to it a few days ago because I have got my hands on the new Final Fantasy disc, He Poos Clouds… which is an even greater album!

5 bright eyes - i’m wide awake, it’s morning
Still very into this record.

6 death cab - plans
“So last year!” This album is probably the worst DC album. It is very catchy and I listened to it a lot when it first came out, but cheesy lyrics really hart this record… it is no We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes or Transatlanticism

7 against me! - searching for a former clarity
Just listened to this today!!

8 antony & the johnsons - i am a bird
“So last year!” but wouldn’t mind seeing this band live!

9 spoon - gimme fiction
All spoon albums are timeless!

10 nade surf - the weight is a gift
11 andrew bird - the mysterious production of eggs
Best Andrew Bird album!

12 buck 65 - secret house against the world
13 boys night out - trainwreck
“So last year!”

14 xiu xiu - la forêt
I still preferred Fabulous Muscles

15 bayside - bayside
“So last year!”

16 pajo - pajo
17 alkaline trio - crimson
The album is “So last year!”, but A3 is still one of the best bands ever!

18 bell orchestre - recording a tape the colour of the light
19 mars volta - frances the mute
“So last year!”

20 the fiery furnaces - ep
“So last year!” To be honest, I don’t even know why this is on the list!


Here are some records released in 2005 that I didn’t get a chance to listen to until 2006 and they should all be on the list:

a wilhelm scream - ruiner
sigur rós - takk...
broken social scene - broken social scene
great lake swimmers - bodies and minds
jens lekman - oh you're so silent jens

song of the moment

just felt like posting this song up... this is for everyone who has to take the subway constantly, and being stuck in the dark tunnels on a beautiful day like today. Enjoy!

Great Lake Swimmers - I Will Never See The Sun
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i really need to stop posting random things on this blog and work on my essay that's due tomorrow!

P is for _ _ _ _ _ _ _

UPDATE I want this shirt!!!

I wasn’t going to post an update of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert until tomorrow afternoon, but I’m just too excited to share my experience with you all! The concert was damn good… again, shitty openings… well actually, the first act was pretty good, but I was only there for the last two songs. Karen O was so crazy!!!! She has such amazing and energetic stage persona. Some of the things she did: screamed into the mic while the head of the mic was halfway in her mouth; spun non-stop and sang perfectly at the same time; wore this really cool/weird skeleton outfit; wore a disco ball hat and spun it on her head. So, that was the YYYs show.

Now, here the highlight… So, I stood near the front at the far left side of the stage near an entrance to the backstage area. During maybe the second or third song, I noticed this girl in a green top walked out from backstage for like 10 seconds then headed back again. For the entire time, I was kind off looking at this girl and saying to myself “damn, she looks really familiar, where do I know here from?” Then, all the suddenly, it hit me… I went up to Millie and screamed, “OH MY GOD, I JUST SAW NATALIE PORTMAN!!!!!!!!!!!” Then, during the next song, I saw her again watching the show from the back… such a distraction! I think I was watching her rather than the YYYs during that entire song. So, that is not even the best part. Halfway through the show, she came out again, this time she was rocking out and dancing right beside me and Millie while the YYYs played “Y Control”… seriously, I almost died from excitement. I wanted to say something to her, just a “hi” or ask her to sign my ticket, but I didn’t want to bother her as she was just trying to have a good time like everyone else at the concert. So, that was my exciting evening. Now, I must go take a shower and go to sleep. I have to wake up in like 6 hours... class at 9am then workout after… I’m going to be so exhausted again!

old money stinking, send those faggots back to forest hill

Ok, where to start??... So, Final Fantasy last night was again, pretty great! It was my third time seeing FF live in 2006, and I must say, all three shows were quiet different and amazing in their own ways. (you can read about the first two shows here) Last night show was at the Music Gallery, which is basically a church. Seriously, artists and bands should do more shows in churches; the atmosphere is always amazing and they produce the best sound. So, like the New Amsterdams show, the opening acts sucked! They were all pretty boring, especially the second act: Matias. I swear half of the people were sleeping during their performance. They were horrible... totally unbearable! I think they only played for like half an hour, but it felt like 2 hours!!! Shit, talking and thinking about them makes me want to go to sleep. I don’t know if I want to see the opening acts for Yeah Yeah Yeahs show tonight?!?! Anyways, back to Final Fantasy. He had this whole projection art thing in the background throughout his entire performance yesterday. They were like random drawings and silhouettes of castles, kings, the CN Tower, etc. I thought those were very neat.



So, here’s the weird part: During the wait for Final Fantasy, this woman, who ended up being Owen’s friend, sat beside my friend Liam. She was filming the performance on her super8 or something. So, Liam gave her a glance and she started talking to him. So, to make this long story short, she was like, “do you want to come backstage after the show and I can get Owen to sign your CD...” I thought she a little crazy aka bullshitting, but after the show, she came to us and brought us backstage. (which was very nice of her) We meet Owen and Liam got He Poos Clouds signed. After, we just stood there, not knowing what to do... it was extremely weird and awkward!!!!
Nonetheless, go here to see pictures from last night show. They are kind of blurry as I was too scared to use the flash.

i don't want to go to jail

is this a warning to the universe of mp3 blogs? should i be afraid?