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Pondering the Monolith Lineup

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Here’s what I’m interested in seeing this weekend, and obviously I am going to have some tough time-slot decisions to make! Uh oh! You KNOW how I am about making decisions!

Saturday
2 – Port O’Brien
2 – Foals
2:30 – The Morning Benders
2:45 – KaiserCartel
4:30 – Cut Copy
5:10 – Liam Finn (going to him in Oct, could skip)
5:45 – The Fratellis (I’ve seen them, could skip)
7:15 – Vampire Weekend
8:45 – Silversun Pickups
9:45 – Atmosphere

Sunday
4:15 – The Avett Brothers (!!!)
6:30 – Chester French (!!!)
6:30 – The Kills (just saw them at Lolla, will probly skip)
7:15 – Band of Horses
8:00 – Akron/Family
8:30 – Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip (since I’ve seen them at a great venue already, maybe I’ll just go late?)

There are lots of other bands playing that I could technically have on my ‘try to see’ list (CSS, TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones, etc.) but I’m trying to remember that I am old and tired and be a bit less ambitious.

You say it’s urgent, so urgent. So urgent, just you wait and see, how urgent our love can be. It’s urgent.

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Songs I have listened to this afternoon include:

  • “Dream On” Aerosmith
  • “Janie’s Got a Gun” Aerosmith
  • “Beth” KISS
  • “Tom Sawyer” RUSH
  • “I Want to Know What Love Is” Foreigner
  • “Juke Box Hero” Foreigner
  • “Back in Black” AC/DC
  • “Hell’s Bells” AC/DC
  • “You Shook Me All Night Long” AC/DC

As well as the song in the title. Apparently I am stuck in another decade this afternoon. These are all selections from my “Late Night Cruise on Lake Shore Drive” playlist. You should have one.

You play tricks on my mind. You’re everywhere but you’re so hard to find.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for August.

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Bought:

  • The Likeness, by Tana French
  • I Was Told There’d Be Cake, by Sloane Crosley
  • Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
  • Darkest Fear, by Harlan Coben

Read:
  • The Likeness, by Tana French
  • Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
  • Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl
  • Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (poetry)
  • Break In, by Dick Francis (re-read, many times over)
  • Bolt, by Dick Francis (re-read, many times over)
  • The Hob’s Bargain, by Patricia Briggs

Three days (Fri, Sat, Sun) to Freedom.

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Tonight: Great Lake Swimmers. Such a long time coming! Had tickets, but didn’t make it, in 2005 and 2006, had a conflict in 2007. [Have you heard Ongiara? Srlsy. You want to.]

Tomorrow: Hot Doug’s. Oh my. Duck fat fries. I said DUCK FAT FRIES. Oh yes.

Sunday: Secondary browsing location. a.k.a. Suckiness of the Suckiest Suck. But then….

Monday: FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. For two weeks anyway.

First week: Athens and the Twins and Hotlanta and my Future Husband. Rock. Stars. It’s all going to happen. You’ll wish you were there.

Second week: I move no further from the couch than it takes to get a beer or maybe open a new DVD. Srlsy. NO FURTHER. You will also wish you were there. Buy a ticket to Chicago and you can be. I mean, if I like you enough to crawl all the way to the front door. It could happen. Depends. You might want to check before you buy the ticket. 🙂

Cover It Up, Baby.

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Oh look, I just found a half-written entry from September 13, 2007. I think I’ll publish it now. Just for fun. As one does.
My friend Megan recently posted a list of favorite covers.

Here are some of mine:

  • “Only You” Joshua Radin (covering Yaz)
  • “Baby Got Back” Jonathan Coulton (covering Sir Mix-a-lot, don’t ya know)
  • “Build Me Up [Buttercup]” Rhymefest & ODB (covering…some old song?)
  • “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Everlast (covering Neil Young)
  • “Faith” Boy Least Likely To (George Michael)
  • “Crazy” Raconteurs (Gnarls Barkley)
  • “Jessie’s Girl” Matt the Electrician (Rick Springfield)
  • “Take It on the Run” The Folk Yous (REO Speedwagon & my favorite karaoke song!)
  • “The Glory of Love” A New Found Glory (Peter Cetera?)
  • “Walk Away” Eliza Carthy (Ben Harper)
  • “True Love Will Find You in the End” Beck (Daniel Johnston)
  • “Tiny Dancer” Ben Folds (Elton John)
  • “Thin Line” Indigo Girls (Gerard McHugh?)
  • “Take Me Out” The Magic Numbers (Franz Ferdinand)
  • “Since U Been Gone” Ted Leo (Kelly Clarkson)
  • “Ms. Jackson” The Vines (Outkast)
  • “Helplessly Hoping” Ride (CSNY – sounds so much like the original, it’s barely a cover!)
  • “Give a Little Bit” GooGoo Dolls (Supertramp – hmmm, same issue as above)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for July.

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Bought:

  • Peeps, by Scott Westerberg
  • Uglies, by Scott Westerberg
  • Finding Battlestar Galactica, by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, and HIllary Robson
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy, ed. by James B. South
  • Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ed. by Elana Levine and Lisa Parks
  • Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl
  • Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang

Read:

  • Trespass, by Valerie Martin
  • Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart
  • Finding Battlestar Galactica, ed. by Lynette Porter, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson
  • Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld

I spent a significant part of the month reading two other books (The New Grant Book of the American Short Story, ed. by Richard Ford; and Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy, ed by Jason Eberl), but since I haven’t finished them, they’ll have to wait for August’s list…

Background Entertainment

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Things that kept me company yesterday and today while I worked on a secret project. Generally I stick with old, old many-times-watched favorites for situations like this.

  • SModcast #55 (not old, but too damn funny)
  • SModcast #56 (and the same)
  • Bull Durham (still quirky and fun on the gazillioneth watch)
  • Streets of Fire (my love for this movie knows no bounds)
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (the Brosnan/Russo one, sexy sexy)
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider (Angelina Jolie, best female action star ever?)

The bold of which is possibly my favorite movie IN THE WORLD and I am SHOCKED, s-h-o-c-k-e-d shocked, that there is no Snip entry on it to link to. My Gods, People, What Have I Been Doing with My Time?

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for June.

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Bought:

  • Raven’s Strike, by Patricia Briggs
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom
  • Breath, by Tim Winton
  • Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child

Read:
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom
  • War with the Newts, by Karel Capek
  • Raven’s Shadow, by Patricia Briggs
  • The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom
  • Raven’s Strike, by Patricia Briggs
  • Life Class, by Pat Barker
  • Lush Life, by Richard Price
  • Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (stories)
  • Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child

Hmmm, I think that’s the first month since I started keeping track that I’ve actually read more than I bought. WOOOT!