Saturday, July 08, 2006

here's where everything comes together, either that or it all falls apart

sup, folks?

last night i attempted to do something productive with myself, a.k.a see pirates of the caribbean, but when christine and i arrived at 6:40 for the 7 show (stupid, stupid) we were told that it was sold out not only for 7, but also the 9 show. in three theatres!! who are all of these swashbuckling freaks? i couldn't believe it.

on another completely random topic, i went to portsmouth last weekend. as many know, i am obsessed with this town. truly and completely obsessed. it never fails to put me in a good mood. i really would love to live there someday. hipsters everywhere, a great record store, a great coffee shop (several, actually), AND a wonderful vintage store which i always go to.

this place is called odd showroom, and it's run by a really awesome lady named amity joy who makes a good portion of the stuff in there. i always spend a good chunk of time in there browsing and end up buying some ridiculous pair of shoes or shirt, or dress, or whatever.

ANYWAYS, i was looking up stuff about the store after i went last weekend, and apparently, this woman used to date the late and great singer, elliott smith. i decided to listen to the album i have of his and realized that one of the songs on there is called "amity". crazy! so, i own two shirts that elliott smith's ex-girlfriend made, and that excites me.

speaking of music, i have been almost unhealthily obsessed with the band superchunk. so i'm about 11 years too late, but that's fine. not even just superchunk, though...the whole mid-90's indie movement has piqued my interest recently. if you are feelin' like a little flannel, i would recommend you also check out sebadoh, dinosaur jr., walt mink, and perhaps some older guided by voices.

but for your enjoyment, here's a superchunk video which i found the other day for their song "hyper enough" off of the brilliant album "here's where the strings come in". it's SO 90's and i friggin' love the beginning. YEAH!



p.s. i love the new justin timberlake song, "sexyback" and i don't care who knows it. it's absolutely on fire. that man is so fantastic.

p.p.s. why does the new rock star: supernova suck much more than last season so far? there are only about 3 decent people on the show, and in my opinion the best one is the dude from manchester. represent new hampshire, dude!

3 comments:

kim said...

seriously, WE ARE DISCUSSING IT'S AWFULNESS later, plz. it's been far too long, haha. you will looove sexyback, i will send it to you asap!

Anonymous said...

the mid-90's indie movement? how about soundgarden's '94 opus "Superunknown"? And what about radiohead's incendiary "The Bends"? Or how about Elastica's self titled debut? Huh?

kim said...

MEHHH no. elastica is ok. soundgarden's "black hole sun" rules. you know my feelings on radiohead.