The Week That Was
My main reason for not wanting to live in New Jersey is to avoid getting the clap by sitting on the subway, but maybe Alyssa has some good reasons to want to move out there.
Friday: Sorry, Blur fans. Even though the band has been touring all over Britain for the past couple of months, those little cockteases seem to have stopped it at that. Members of the band indulged fans by informing them that they were indeed going to“jam” together, and recently, bassist Alex James had this to say: "That was what we said we'd do and we did it and it was great. It hasn't been mentioned the idea of doing anything else but hey, it was great." Oh. I’m glad it was great for YOU guys.
Get ready for Fuck Buttons to assualt your ears once again! Thanks to their great band name, that sentence could just have easily appeared in a police report. Instead, I’m just referring to their new album Tarot Sport, which has a UK release date of October 12. No word yet on the US release date, but I’ll pass it along once it comes in.
Saturday: So, when people weren’t crapping their pants over New Moon at Comic-Con, they were sobbing because Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at the Alice in Wonderland panel. The 3-D trailer was a huge hit at the convention, mainly because it looks amazing. Seriously, I haven’t been this truly excited for a movie since The Dark Knight. If this movie and Where the Wild Things Are turn out to be half as great as they look, I’m going to be one happy cinema camper.
Sunday: This is a testament to just how bad Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is. G-Force beat it at the box office. You know, the movie that appears to be about a guinea pig army? WITH NICHOLAS CAGE VOICING ONE OF THE CHARACTERS? I bet that news made J.K. Rowling stop rolling around in her bags of money and go “Hmm…perhaps these movies have gone downhill. Ah, well. Back to my rolling!”
Monday: Get ready for the mystical sounds of The Decemberists to come to a city near you! I’m expecting loads of bloomers, ascots, and overblown set pieces as they perform Hazards of Love in full. If you can’t see them at Lollapalooza, try to see them in Orlando, Nashville, San Francisco, or tons of other places through early November.
Tuesday: Ooo, this news makes my ears smile. It looks as awkward as it sounds, trust me. Broadcast and Atlas Sound are teaming up for a tour of massively ambient proportions. They’ll hit everywhere from Atlanta to Toronto to Seattle from October 15 to November 7.
Wednesday: I’m intrigued by the movie Paper Heart, because I like things with precious premises. It’s a slightly fake documentary about Charlene Yi (who needs to have another role so that everyone stops referring to her as “the stoner girlfriend in Knocked Up”) and Michael Cera figuring out why they do or don’t believe in love. As per standard with adorable indie movies, it’s got a great soundtrack. You’ll hear a new track from Zach Condon and Perrin Cloutier of Beirut, material from both Cera and Yi, and stuff from former Unicorns member Alden Penner (who also produced the album).
Thursday: Let’s get the Reuters shit show underway, shall we? This will be our “headline edition,” because those kids sure do know how to write ‘em.
- “Avril Lavigne ready to ‘mellow out and sing’”: The alternative approach she’s taking toward her new album, tentatively due out in November. Rather than screech about how much she hates your fucking girlfriend. Mainly because she’s a motherfucking princess. Lyrical stuff, man.
- “New Backstreet Boys album due in October”: !!!!!! Nothing creative about this headline at all. But October 6 just got a hell of a lot better.
- “It’ll be a mob scene, really, on NJ waterfront”: I love some Jersey, and I love the mafia, so I love this story. Actually, it sounds pretty cool—Bada Bing! actors from The Sopranos gave a free reading of On the Waterfront on Wednesday night. Reason #45 why I wish I lived in New Jersey.
Posted by Alyssa Vincent, Alyssa Vincent on Jul 31, 2009 @ 12:00 am
