What Now?!

Saw them play one of my all-time favorite albums, Doolittle, in it's entirety last night. I got pretty shook up at points.

Frank Black's howls shake doors off hinges, Kim Deal's voice wraps gorgeously around them, Joey Santiago's guitar soars and wails, David Lovering's drums keep it tightly together, and a thousand people shout "GOD IS SEVEN" at the top of their lungs.

Now it's time to stuff my face with turkey. Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

I wasn't planning on going to this show, but a friend had an extra ticket. Seeing Dinosaur Jr. open for Sonic Youth = LOUD.

The mighty Elvis Costello appeared at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble tonight to sign his new "Spectacle" Season 1 DVD.

I was actually pretty starstruck upon meeting him... Probably because I've spent the last 15 years obsessing over his first three albums!



Can't wait to watch the series. The episodes I caught on air were pretty amazing, particularly the Lou Reed and Rufus Wainwright appearances.

I just found out about this series of drawings by some of my favorite artists taking on the conjoined twins from Hellen Jo's great "Jin & Jan". Here's my rushed take on the characters...



I realize now that they look WAY too old. I'm pretty sure they're supposed to be high school age. Argh!

Damn, this weekend was CHUNKY...



I was surprised to hear about the King Con earlier this week. I would've loved to have a table at this show (especially since it was in my neighborhood!), but still enjoyed walking around as a fanboy.

( Lot's of photos in the cut... )

1. The Builders and the Butchers: The World is a Top
2. Pierre Henry: Psyché Rock
3. Of Montreal: Gronlandic Edit
4. Marnie Stern: Roads? Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads.
5. Electric Six: Graphic Designer
6. Aereogramme: Wood
7. Idlewild: Little Discourage
8. The Kelley Deal 6000: Dammit
9. Jeff Alexander: Come Wander With Me
10. Beach House: D.A.R.L.I.N.G
11. Grizzly Bear: Two Weeks

Complete zip file (11 mp3s, 52 MB) can be downloaded here. Songs up til' the 30th. Enjoy!

Had a blast last night in Williamsburg, hanging with friends and ogling some amazing and hilarious Halloween costumes. People really go all out for this holiday!

In contrast, and in keeping with my recent tradition of lazy-ass costumes, I threw on a mask and dressed up as this character from a Suehiro Maruo drawing...


I actually have NO idea who the character is, but I love his design.

And now that Halloween is over, the stores have officially skipped right over to Christmas. Saw this at Pathmark today and laughed at the description: "WITH HAT AND PATHETIC TREE!"



ALSO: I took a couple of months off the Kaiju comic to work on a semi-secret 26-page project, which I just finished yesterday. Here's a couple of random panels from it...



More on this project when (or if) it develops...

Had a rawkin' blast seeing them for the first time in years, despite the stiff Sunday night Brooklyn crowd.

And here's some footage I shot of them performing their infamous Gay Bar @ Maxwell's back in 2004:

I journeyed down to yet another con yesterday to witness the shock and awe.

( Photos in the cut... )

AND THEN ICEMAN AND DEATHSTROKE BUST OUT A FREESTYLE

I have met my new best friend in Lowell MA, and her name is "Kitty":





DAMN I AM TURNING INTO A SOFTIE