The Week That Was
If you don't spend at least one major holiday slutting it up like the Ladies Man, you're not really living.
Friday: Damn, the newswires
are just hoppin’ the day before Halloween! Some things to note:
- Death Cab for Cutie is joining the New Moon mall tour for one date in Hollywood. That was the single best sentence I’ve ever written, mainly because I think the last mall tour I heard about involved that adorable little party animal Aaron Carter. Not sure vampires and Ben Gibbard will top that.
- Oh, hey Spoon! I really like the text-friendly way they spell song titles, so I’m excited to report that Transference, their seventh album will be out on January 26. Featuring the excellently-titled track “Got Nuffin.”
- And finally, if you haven’t seen the video for Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” yet, go watch it. Better yet, move to New York to experience this EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Saturday: Happy Halloween! I’m on antibiotics right now, so my initial plan of parading around in my underwear with a wand (I’m a princess, OK?) and getting sooooo wasted is out the window. So, I’m left to ponder what to wear for the next big slutfest. Tim Meadows as The Ladies’ Man would call is “Skanksgiving.”
Sunday: “Michael Jackson film dances to No. 1 worldwide.” Thanks for the magical headline, Reuters. It’s not as if I’m surprised. The only things America loves more than mourning a morally ambiguous dancing man-child are babies dancing to “Single Ladies.” It made $101 million. The movie, not the dancing babies.
Monday: Ouch. I knew 30 Rock’s
ratings weren’t so hot in America, but who knew Germany would hate
the lovable Liz Lemon so much? The show scored a rating of “zero”
in its German debut, meaning that less than 5,000 viewers tuned in.
Whatever, I bet the fun-cooker sounds just as great in German.
Oh, Lil’ Wayne. You’re
probably going to jail. That’s usually what happens when you plead
guilty to attempted gun possession. I keep thinking I’m typing that
wrong, but that’s his crime. Apparently, it’s a step down from “illegal
gun possession.” This is one of the 30,000 reasons why I would not
succeed as a criminal lawyer. I have no idea how someone can attempt
to possess a gun that they have in their possession.
Tuesday: Expect new albums
from both Liars and Hot Chip—you can get new Liars early next year,
and Hot Chip’s untitled release will be out by February.
It’s gotta be difficult to be Girls. They’re just about as hyped as they can be, and now, they’ve changed their line-up. As Chet White explained to Pedestrian.tv, their guitar player quit halfway through the European tour. So, they’re now getting a whole new band thanks to Dominant Legs, who hail from San Francisco. Best of luck, Girls.
Wednesday: If you feel like
your reissue collection is seriously lacking in the “Neil Young”
category, you’ll be happy to hear that Reprise will release a CD version
of Dreamin’ Man Live ’92 on December 8, with the vinyl coming
out on January 12. I didn’t read this headline carefully at all, and
thought it was a Neil Diamond reissue. This is decidedly better.
Thursday: Given the raucous holiday that did take place on Saturday, it only seems right to post videos of Halloween shows that range from the “WTF” to…well, most of them were “WTF,” but some inspired giddier acronym usage than others.
Ted Leo’s Misfits tribute
show (and yes, I’m linking to Pitchfork in lieu of Reuters for the
SECOND week in a row. SCANDALOUS.): http://pitchfork.com/news/37017-watch-ted-leos-misfits-tribute-show/
Monsters of Folk as KISS: http://pitchfork.com/news/36984-watch-monsters-of-folk-play-kiss/
And finally Weezer as a band that’s hip with the kids. Because a Gossip Girl is singing with him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c288K0C71xU
Posted by Alyssa Vincent, Alyssa Vincent on Nov 06, 2009 @ 12:00 am
