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last year for vday i posted the ralph wiggum "choo choo choose" you card. a classic. to the right is the card that lisa simpson gave him in return.

last year i also talked about one of my favorite salinger stories, which includes the best love letter ever. you can read that post here, the story is here.

this year, i have nothing to offer you except for this awesome song that lawrence just sent me by vive la fete.

jendcarlson: what does vive la fete mean?
lawrence: Long Live the Party
lawrence: (but party as in partying, not political)
lawrence: Kinda like "Party hard!" (ed. note: lawrence loves andrew wk)

this song was written as a tribute to the band noir desir (translation: dark desire), whose lead singer beat his wife to death. which, as lawrence pointed out, is the anti-valentine.

noir_desir.mp3 - vive la fete

enjoy my lovelies! it's a good one.

better late than never

i finally bought one of siege's prints. if you don't know what i'm talking about, lawrence has an explanation of it on his blog.

here's the print i got, in the frame i bought that's made of wood from an old barn. now i just need to find a place to hang it.

buy your own print here
what is operation eden?
operation eden blog

life + death

i have weird attachments to death, and deaths. kurt cobain being one of those deaths. jerry garcia being another. when i was younger i watched la bamba and cried for at least 2 weeks afterwards. it sunk in how final death was, how it affected people, how it changed the lives of those still living. how, no matter what, you will never ever be able to talk to the person again, even if you left things unsaid. i don't think i'll ever not be terrified of it. 

yesterday morning i woke up, took one look outside, contemplated romping around in the snow and then gave in to my sunday morning laziness by watching a movie. in typical "taking life for granted" mentality - i figured the snow would be there later. and from where i was sitting it looked fluffy and white, had i gone outside i would see it was covered with dirt already.

i put last days in the dvd player. i hadn't seen it yet, but had heard good things. i was worried that i'd only be able to see michael pitt as his character in dawson's creek and it would ruin the entire film for me. but i hit the play button anyway. after watching 40 minutes of "blake" (pitts' kurt cobain character) walk around in the woods, mumble to himself and pour some cereal into a bowl - i fell back asleep. i haven't hit the play button again, but likely will since if i don't i'll have this weird feeling of incompleteness overcome me.

last night at bowery ballroom i stood in some dirty snow outside of the venue and one of the guys from rock kills kid heard me discussing the movie. we agreed that it "sucked" and he expressed his great dislike for michael pitt. i actually thought pitt did an impecable job of making me forget that he once was on the jv football team at capeside high and vying for the love of jen lindley. he seemed very cobain-esque, despite the fact that no one really knows what it means to be that.

a year or two ago i read perfume, which cobain based the following song after:

scentless_apprentice.mp3 - nirvana

movable hype 7.0 featuring cloud cult

since dave just posted the date, i'll go ahead and announce movable hype 7.0

gothamist.com's movable hype 7.0
@ the knitting factory (main space)
april 17th, 2006

confirmed: CLOUD CULT
unconfirmed: i ain't sayin' yet. but this one is going to be big. like fireworks. and sasquatch.

SXSWist

so the -ists have been combining their efforts for a big show down at sxsw. actually, it's basically been the austinist crew and myself. all of the details aren't set yet but here's what i got so far...

Wednesday March 15th
Red 7 [E. 7th Street]
2pm on

Austinist and Gothamist's Day Show!
 
Lineup

2pm: the brokedown
3pm: snowden
4pm: bravo silva
5pm: rainer maria
6pm: the ark
7pm: TBA
8pm: human television
9pm: controller.controller
10p:  ghostland observatory
 
deejays, possible comedic hosts and other assorted goodies to be announced later. it's free, so if you are in austin for sxsw, come over and say hi!

last year i was in austin for sxsw, photos here and here.

movable hype 6.0: pictorial recap

last night i was totally amazed by all of the bands. slowlands blew me away, their cd is great - but i thought their live show was incredible. metal hearts lived up to my expectations and thensome. and burnside project was fun and even made me dance a little (or, sway drunkenly whilst holding on to the balcony rail).

there were also two awesome cakes made for us by gothamist readers.
pictures of the night here.

metal hearts

tonight is movable hype 6.0 which is also acting as gothamist.com's 3rd birthday party, so i hope to see you there. if you come and find me i'll stuff gothamist birthday cake in your face.

however, one of the real reasons to go (aside from getting a sugar coated slap from me) is METAL HEARTS. these kids are from maryland, they're like 19 years old and have written better songs for their debut album than a lot of bands. bands that have been around since before this band was even listening to music.

they are coming up to do this one-off show in nyc tonight, so don't miss them! their dreamy pillow rock will have you swaying to the sounds of heartache.

disappeared.mp3 - metal hearts

[more at their myspace profile / pre-order their album @ suicide sqeeze]

you got to get them into your ipod

did i mention bravo silva's album is now available on insound. you should buy it. and as a bonus, here is a song you won't find on the album:

got_to_get_you_into_my_life.mp3 - bravo silva (beatles cover)

comfort hasn't failed to follow so far...

friday night i went to see amanda palmer at joe's pub. this is my favorite venue, perfect for this show. i wasn't quite sure what to expect, i had seen dresden dolls open for nine inch nails last year - but i knew amanda's solo show would be different.

from the first note tapped on the piano i knew i was about to be blown away. she sang everything from dresden dolls songs to her own songs songs (the new one called "ampersand" is my favorite) to covers ranging from antony and the johnson's to regina spektor to nine inch nails to madonna. each lyric was so clear it cut through me and i could actually feel the music because of it. i felt this weird feeling of relief after the show, it effected me a lot - which makes it difficult to relay. jeff was with me and was equally amazed.

i also decided that i wanted to take up piano again. anyone want to give me cheap piano lessons? (seriously, email me if you know of anyone or are someone who will give me lessons!) i used to play in the 5th and 6th (and maybe 7th) grade. then my teacher's husband shot a squirrel and cooked it up for lunch while i was there, and that was the end of lessons for me.

he could always make a string buzz

last night i went to the angel orensanz foundation for the jenny lewis show. i totally forgot that m.ward was opening, which made me happy. and king of mope, conor oberst, even joined him for one of my favorite songs, o'brien. combined, these three probably created the most mellow and somber atmosphere, i seriously think i could hear people wallowing - it echoed in the arches of the church.

[no pictures were allowed at the show, which is why the few i snuck in came out worse than usual]