Aaaahhhh!!!!! The Cure + Hong Kong = ME GOING!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day
I know that is late. I should have posted that on Sat. Thanks for the last minute post FTC. You are the best !!!!

(O) Wicked. (Pantages Theatre, 2007) Grade: A

Thoughts: Wicked fun! Wicked clever!! So on St. Patty's Day, Hedwig and I went to see Wicked at the Pantages and it was wonderful. The musical is fun and witty and extremely enjoyable. Hedwig is already going to see it again in August and I'm trying to think of when I can go again :) If you can fork over the dough I would highly suggest seeing this.

this is a blog
about nothing
a blog for Saturday

OH yeah, New Wave, did you notice that Arcade Fire has the top 8 tracks played on last.fm?
theyre taking over!

Anyone going to see this???

MATCH DAY
This will be a quick one because it's been a long day, but:

I matched at....POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER in Family Medicine!

Congratulations to all my friends. I'm so proud of you all! And remember....we all end up where we are supposed to. Divide and conquer!!

Thoughts:

- Earlier this week, I wrote Arcade Fire's Neon Bible was blowing up. Well according to Billboard it was no. 2 this week. WTF!! It just beat out the DAUGHTRY. AF is big time now.

- Today Darth and I will be going to the Simpsons MTR Paley Festival event. I'll let you know how that goes.

- Today is free coffee day at Starbucks. I'm too lazy to wait in line.

- Wicked is this Sat. and Hedwig and I are pretty pumped. Not only is it St. Patty's Day but we get to watch something about a green witch.


- I was reading old blog entries from back in the day and apparently I use to send out a lot of death threats to blog so ... sorry. Ha ha.

update on the forthcoming film about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, Control:
The Killers have covered JD's "Shadowplay" for the soundtrack. Not sure what I think about that. I wonder if they'll get Interpol or She Wants Revenge on that action. Also, New Order are re-recording some JD songs.
Set for a Sept 2007 release, this is a movie I definitely want to check out.
read more here

(B) Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski, 1982) Grade: A
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would, considering the protagonist is a somewhat uncouth, alcoholic male. But the character felt real; I could picture him in my head as an actual person, and that’s what really struck me. Well, that and the fact he enjoyed reading and writing: Words weren’t dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.

Am I allowed to do a book count New Wave? Book count: 5

February 14th has come and gone and the women got their day that's been set aside for them. Apparently somebody has decided to make March 14th the male version of Valentines day. Click here to find out more

(M) The Conformist
Grade: B

This movie is based on a novel about a man who feels so different inside that he wants to try to conform to the most normal person he can be in society. The film is set in Italy during the time of Fascism and the main character is a fascist. It's an interesting story but what is amazing is the cinematography. The film is shot so incredibly that it makes me want to watch all the films this cinematographer did, however he's done TONS! The main character has married the most normal girl he could and sets off to Paris on a secret mission to kill his beloved teacher who is an anti-fascist. I can't speak enough about this movie visually though, it's amazing.

WOWWWWWWWWWWWW
So I was watching tonight's episode of "I Love NY", when, during commercials, a teaser for a new show appeared..."The Flavor of Love Girls: CHARM SCHOOL starring Mo'nique"!!!!
I can't wait. The show includes:
Goldie (my favorite)
Bootz
Buckeey
Rain
Hottie
Pumkin
Smiley
Like Dat
Saphyree
Krazy
Buckwild
Serious
Toastee

I watched the middle of "The Shining" this weekend. I was searching for a place to watch the beginning and the end, when I stumbled upon this great "preview."

"Shining."

This is a cheap blog only because while trying to find pictures for the blog, I found an entry that said everything I wanted to say. I was watching TLC's "My Unique Family" this evening and Bree Walker and family were being featured. What makes them unique is they have Ectrodactyly. I remembered her from when I lived in San Diego, where she was a newscaster.

So...here's the link. I just thought it was really interesting, and I totally agree with what the author has to say.

Bree Walker

You know you've had too much plastic surgery when Wikipedia says so....

"In recent years, it has been observed that Walker seems to have undergone visible facial plastic surgery; her lips especially, appear to have been injected with collagen. It is estimated five quarts of collagen have been used."

I use to be obsessed with Travis but after 12 Memories my love for them faded. Their new album The Boy With No Name comes out in May and I'm a bit excited. Here is a video for their single "Closer". I forgot how much I love the band ... they are so cute :) Oh and watch for Zoolander to show up in the video.


I actually like this song more.

(A) Neon Bible. (Arcade Fire, 2007) Grade: B+

Thoughts: Three years ago, Arcade Fire released Funeral and the indie world embraced them. This week Arcade Fire released Neon Bible and everyone went insane. The amount of press over the group and album is huge. This is a great album but I don't see it sticking with me as much as Funeral. The track No Cars Go is better on their EP compared to this new version. Fav. tracks - The Well and Lighthouse, (Antichrist Television Blues) and Windowstill.

(A) Carnavas. (Silversun Pickups, 2006) Grade: A-

Thoughts: Talk about coming late to the party ... Silversun Pickups have been around for awhile and I'm just barely realzing how amazing they are. Based out of LA (I think the Silverlake area), this group has put together one KICK ASS album with an Smashing Pumpkins/My Bloody Valentine/guitar distoration and fuzz influences. I can not stop listening to this album. In addition, I give the band props for really working hard on their sucess and opening for many artist like Brendan Benson, B.R.M.C and recently Snow Patrol. Fav. tracks - Common Reactor, Melatonin and Waste It On.