outta mind outta site

radiohead debacle continues

apparently nissan's offering makeup tickets to those denied entrance during the show...makeup tix consisting of free lawn seats to a show in new jersey in august. right.

city living...in the suburbs?

call me skeptical, but that's what this article claims:

Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Judie Rosenthal walked or rode her bike everywhere. Who needed a car when everything was a block away?

Now she’s doing it again, this time in suburban Maryland. About a year ago, Rosenthal moved into a one-bedroom condo at the Palladian Condominiums in Rockville Town Square. Everything is at her fingertips, Rosenthal says, just as it was in Brooklyn: “To me, it’s very revitalizing.”

Rockville Town Square, a new development of stores and mid-rise apartments and condos, embodies the trend of creating walkable downtowns in the suburbs. William Rich of Delta Associates, a real-estate research firm in Alexandria, calls it “city lite.”

rockville, brooklyn? really? well, anyways, read the whole thing here.

on radiohead

what is there to say? last night was miserable. it took us a good two hours to get to nissan pavilion, even taking sneaky 66 exit 44 instead of clogged-up-to-hell 43b. it was torrential and biblical in the amount of rain we were getting. the $10 chicken fingers i had to buy for dinner were awful. the $10 24oz beer was little consolation. our seats seemed to be the only ones in the pavilion that got rained on *the entire show.* i may have well as jumped in a mud and rain puddle 17 times for how wet i was for well over five hours.

but, whatever. it was radiohead! and it was truly awesome.

rain down

i think i might have energy to do a full radiohead report later on, but for now, here are some links:

-this week's nightlife picks
-a great beer festival this weekend
-president from panama? "If the presidential race comes down to John McCain versus Barack Obama, it will be the first time the presidential nominees were not born in the continental United States."

weekend picks!

le weekend picks are up. have at 'em.

An outdoor James Bond film festival, the queen of rockabilly, a Radiohead concert, and Artomatic’s opening are just a few of the many events going on this weekend. Read on for more.

very belated weekend report

back to these! let's see, can my addled brain recall what i did only a few days ago...

friday night: i had grand plans to either bake a meyer lemon cake or hit up heather's birthday at the red derby. instead, i somehow came home with a pack of corona and some guacamole and spent the early evening devouring those on rachel's patio with a bunch of neighbors. later in the evening, i had even more grand plans to hit up the kills show at the black cat, but instead got drunk on lana's patio and babysat unexpectedly for an hour. (okay, we weren't actually drunk while babysitting stu's nephew, who we said we'd take care of while stu and his brother managed to spend nearly *two hours* at the grocery store. but we *were* freaked out. no babies for a very long time! turns out they cry a lot!) in the meantime, moochie killed a rat nearly the size of her in the back alley and it squealed a lot. then we ate some delicious grilled meats. not rat. the end.

springy-summery bands with absurdly long names that i'm enjoying in this weather

-margot and the nuclear so & so's [myspace]
-somebody still loves you boris yeltsin [myspace]

feedback

a week or two ago, we started turning our FeedBack series (accosting diners on the street as they exit a restaurant and getting their opinions) into a lofi video operation. and who was i pleasantly surprised to see when reviewing the video but kate in our inaugural video outside of cork! check it out here (it also features some guy who might be the most excited bloomingindale-ian ever). this week, we headed to georgetown to do the same outside of tackle box, the new restaurant from the owners of hook.

bands that i get tricked into thinking are radiohead every time they're played on woxy because the singers sound *exactly* like thom yorke

-aloha
-midlake

chat with travis morrison

another thing to pimp out: travis morrison, known largely as former lead singer for the dismemberment plan, and object of my musical obsession, was kind enough to do a live online chat with us in advance of his saturday night black cat show. ask him a question in advance here, and check back at 11 am tomorrow, when he'll start answering.