Siren Fest Photos 2008

I've only gone through my Film School and Stephan Malkmus shots so far but i figured i'd share asap

Here's the first batch of Siren Fest photos from this past weekend. Enjoy 'em and try to stay cool!

Watchmen Trailer

this looks unbelievably good. zach snyder, you're the mutha f'n MAN.

Happy 4th!

have a happy and safe one!

NYC Street art

makes me happy

12 more pix from today's wander after the cut.

hehe

when boredom strikes...

so does boba!

(taken on yet another rainy day here in NYC)

Mocean Worker Photos - JVC Jazz Festival 8.24.08

a few buddies and I went to see the always hilarious, always fun-as-fook, MoWo do his thing last night at the newish "le poisson rouge." Old school rave kids will remember this space as "life," the place where the crystal method's dat stopped mid-"performance." ahhh …

Sigur Ros Photos MoMA - 6.17.08

I'm still melting from this past Monday and Tuesday's double whammy of Sigur Ros shows.

Amazing, inspiring, moving, deafening... you know, all the basic signs of a great show

In-between the moments of pure sonic bliss at MoMA I managed to snap some pics sooooo here …

oh hi dear readers,

have i been neglecting you? sorry about that. haven't been around much, ya see.

here are some new and purty pics of NYC street art to make it up to you

9 more after ze break

NIN - The Slip

well, it seems as if mr trent quickly got over his original dissapointments in the "pay what you want" model of music distribution, eh? then again, the fact that he made $750,000 from the limited editons of "ghosts" in a single day probably helped ease his pain . as a …

Film School Photos - Mercury Lounge - 5.1.08

this was my third (?) time seeing film school and i swear that they keep getting better and better and better every time. badass show. definitely check 'em out when they roll thru your town. (especially if you like the delicious sounds of MBV but don't want to spend

Meat Beat Manifesto Photos - Highline Ballroom

yet again fighting a grumpy computer to bring you these shots...but hmmm perhaps it was worth it?

my Meat Beat Manifesto Photos from Highline Ballroom, NYC.

Hopewell Photos - Cakeshop - 4.18.08

took me a week to get these up since i was fighting off some evil flu... but, hey, better late than never, right?

the boys rocked it as always...i was silly impressed at the whole show, really. ( the live version of monolith was especially \w/ )

if you haven't listened …

ATP Festival

A festival with both the all-mighty My Bloody Valentine *and* Mogwai?!?!? HELL.YES.

the negative? "The ticket price is $225 + booking fee" OOF!

The Duke Spirit - Bowery Ballroom - 4.08.08

I've been looking at this monitor farrr too long today so i'm going to make this short.

Here are my photos from The Duke Spirit at Bowery Ballroom.

Quick Links for a grey day

Mogwai are finishing up their new record (!!!!!!)

The Black Angels are close to releasing THEIR new record as well (!!!!!!!!)

There's a free, online version of Photoshop now.

There's an even NEWER trailer for Iron Man. It's going to rule. oh yes, yes it is.

Mexico hates …

I for one welcome our robot overlords

RIP Tim Haslett

I'm not good at this stuff, i'm really not. i'm also questioning if it's even proper to post about something like this on my "blog" ... but upon further thought i feel like not acknowledging it isn't right either.

statenews.com - article on tim's death.

Tim was one of …

red hair and ufos

no, this isn't me as a kid, it's just an incredible simulation.

Unkle - 'Restless' video

featuring my bigger, tougher (but not nearly as good looking) evil twin
Josh Homme of qotsa on vocals

The Watchmen

If you aren't as geeky as myself (highly probable) you probably missed the fact that, after manymany missteps, one of the best and most influential graphic novels of all time, 'The Watchmen' is very close to finding its way to the big screen. Hizah! Helmed by Zach …