The NHM has been putting on a free lecture/concert series the first Friday of every month since January. They ended the series June 9th with a lecture about the parallel evolution of apes and dolphins and a concert with the Annuals and the Mountain Goats. I grabbed my eight year old son Bodie and a camera as soon as I found out. The natural history museum looked all jazzed up with mod lighting patterns playing off the walls and drink stations set up against the backdrop of well lit stuffed African Mammals.
We started our evening taking the last tour of the marine hall before reconstruction begins. The seventies silt that rests over the hall begs for updating, but I still dig the fonts. We were given a tour led by the slightly nervous Regina Wetzer, Ph.D. who talked knowledgeably about marine life, interdependencies, etc. but I mainly remember 3 things from it. 1. There are thousands (millions?) of tiny creatures who live in the sand. So there’s that to think about next time I go to the beach. I can snuggle into the warm cozy give of accommodating little lifeforms in their sandy ecosystem, and hope even harder that I don’t get sand in uncomfortable places.
2. This guy
who’s longer than I could fit in the frame without a telephoto lens and looks like a really cute eel. I guess these guys really do live in our pacific ocean but only come to the surface when they’re dieing. Love the orange frill. (more…)
Our new favorite band. Seen by chance. Remembered forever. What can I say besides watching this band is a genuine experience and I’m glad I was there. El Olio Wolof - Purchase at diggstation!
Friday, May 23rd in BOSTON @ Paradise
Saturday, May 24th in BROOKLYN @ Southpaw
Sunday, May 25th in PHILADELPHIA @ North Star
Monday, May 26th in NEW YORK @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, May 28th in CLEVELAND @ Beachland Ballroom
Thursday, May 29th in DETROIT @ Magic Stick
Friday, May 30th in CHICAGO @ Empty Bottle
Saturday, May 31st in MINNEAPOLIS @ Triple Rock Club
Tuesday, June 3rd in SEATTLE @ Chop Suey
Wednesday, June 4th in PORTLAND @ Doug Fir
Friday, June 6th in SAN FRANCISCO @ Bottom of the Hill
Saturday, June 7th in WEST HOLLYWOOD @ The Roxy
Sunday, June 8th in SAN DIEGO @ Casbah
Monday, June 9th in TUCSON @ Plush
Wednesday, June 11th in FT WORTH @ Lola’s
Thursday, June 12th in AUSTIN @ Emo’s Lounge
Friday, June 13th in NEW ORLEANS @ House of Blues
Saturday, June 14th in ATLANTA @ The Earl
Sunday, June 15th in CHAPEL HILL @ Local 506
Monday, June 16th in WASHINGTON @ Black Cat Backstage
Tuesday, June 17th in BALTIMORE @ Ottobar
It was last week I was listening to the latest Sub Pop podcast when I heard the familiar sounds of the fleet foxes. At first I thought I had hit the wrong song but, then it occurred to me. Sub Pop is putting out a Fleet Foxes record!
If you dont subscribe to the Sub Pop Podcast…do it.
6th LOS ANGELES, Hotel Café
7th LOS ANGELES, Hotel Cafe
8th AUSTIN , Scoot Inn
9th LAFAYETTE, Blue Moon Café
10th NEW ORLEANS , DBA’s
18th NEW YORK , Banjo Jim’s
19th ROSENDALE, Rosendale Cafe
20th NEW YORK , Rockwood Music Hall
21st PHILADELPHIA , Johnny Brendas
22nd, NEW YORK , Pete’s Candy Store
26th, TORONTO , Drake Hotel TBC
apparently it’s pronounced “McEye”
We watched her play at an in-store performance at Fingerprints last night to a surprisingly small crowd. She played a couple of her new songs (including my favorite of her new songs in which the chorus goes: “Feminists don’t have a sense of humor”), some dusted off and re-appropriated old standards, a few of my very favorites from her older stuff and one decidedly adorable kitty song. She busted out a ukulele for a few songs but most were just her and a keyboard. She ‘meowed’ did zombie sounds and even made up some lines about Long Beach which included the phrase ‘fo shizzle.’ Afterwards I had her sign some stuff, gushed a bit and gave her a homemade button. She also liked my earrings :) She was cute, humble, intelligent and charming, just as I expected.
What I love most about Nellie is that her lyrics speak to the passionate pessimist in all of us. Reminding us what it is we hate in the disaffected, the self-centered and the self-righteous–while also picking up the responsibility of voicing our leftest downfalls. Sounding off in near perfect pitch about the feelings of helplessness and complacency we have, and the distinctly post-modern habits that deny us the ability to really affect change.
Here are some pics I took there as well.
There are two big weekends in the year, both start with the letter C: …(and sound like diseases) comicon. and coachella. While I can expect the same thing from every comicon–more bandwagon billies than the last– COACHELLA is mysterious until they post the line up. Of course, we can always expect on making the hard choices about which band to see, and which to give up.
…saturday it is…
but then again sunday’s giving me the eye too.
Fingerprints in Long Beach has tickets with only a $4 surcharge!!!
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Regina Wetzer, Ph.D. who talked knowledgeably about marine life, interdependencies, etc. but I mainly remember 3 things from it.
It was last week I was listening to the latest Sub Pop podcast when I heard the familiar sounds of the fleet foxes. At first I thought I had hit the wrong song but, then it occurred to me. Sub Pop is putting out a Fleet Foxes record!
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