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Davíd at Mercury Lounge August 2004

It’s funny how things happen! An old friend, René, started a new venture out in Los Angeles called Gourmet on Wheels. He kindly put me on the top of his links page and I reciprocated by putting him in my blog links and my website links. While doing so I decided to update the links, get rid of some and make sure the ones there are working. So when I clicked on Davíd’s link, I was surprised and delighted to find that he’s doing a Monday night stint in September at the Living Room! (I was also perturbed that I only found out this way!) I finally made it over there last night after a free seminar at Noble Desktop. I’m so glad I went! Now I only wish I went the first 2 Mondays as well! It felt so good to see one of my favorite singers in an intimate setting like the Living Room. Felt just like old times! He played lots of old songs like Core, Isis And Osiris, Why Spy?, Soul Custody and a few others. He started at 8:20 because the band before him started late. Unfortunately, he only could play until 9 so I was bummed. Next Monday is his last show there and he promises it will be crazy. I’ll be there for sure!!

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August marks the 4 year anniversary of the CD mix of the month group and we celebrated it in the daylight at Coney Island this past Saturday. What fun! Me, Robyn, Brenda, Alison, Carrie, Nuno, Alan and Gio were the attendees. Me and Robyn were the only ones brave enough to ride the Cyclone (Nuno was running late so he rode later). The Wonder Wheel was super (swingy) fun, the Freak show was goofy and not really so freaky (or maybe I’m just jaded?), the bumper cars were fun but I was disappointed Nuno couldn’t get on (the car he was in didn’t work and then all the cars filled up). There are more pics in my flickr here as I am too lazy to repost them here. I admit I was feeling a bit achy on the home later that afternoon but I would still do it again!

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My July mix, some fun music to listen to on the beach. If you are interested in downloading this mix, let me know.

(1) Stayin’ Alive • N-Trance
(2) Come Go With Me (Remix) • Exposé
(3) Total Eclipse Of The Heart • Nicki French
(4) Beautiful Life • Ace Of Base
(5) Love To Love You Baby • Donna Summer
(6) I Wanna Have Some Fun • Samantha Fox
(7) Burning Up • Madonna
(8) Heaven Must Have Sent You • Bonnie Pointer
(9) Boogie Oogie Oogie • A Taste Of Honey
(10) One Night In Bangkok • Robey
(11) Sidewalk Talk • Jellybean
(12) Double Dutch Bus • Frankie Smith
(13) Pass The Dutchie • Musical Youth

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01. Feel No Pain • Sade
02. That’s How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart • Aimee Mann
03. Melt Your Heart • Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
04. Killing Him • Amy LaVere
05. Baby Baby Baby • Aretha Franklin
06. So Alone • Juliana Hatfield
07. Ain’t It The Truth • The Gossip
08. I Feel It All • Feist
09. Shove It (Feat. Spankrock) • Santogold
10. Dickhead • Kate Nash
11. Slide in (DFA mix) • Goldfrapp
12. Paper Planes • M.I.A.
13. Send Him Back (Pilooski Edit) • The Pointer Sisters
14. Doing Alright With The Boys • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Tuesday night was the June mixer and I’m glad I didn’t bail because I had a good time! It was just a small group of ladies, me, Joy, Carrie and Alison. We were originally going to have it at Mama’s bar because I heard about the Sour Patch Kids vodka! But at the last minute we changed to Bowery Electric because Alison’s brother was DJing. It was really such a nice evening and I did not even feel intimated by all the young, uber skinny models in the bar (Alison’s brother’s fiance was a runway model and she was bartending). Maybe I was just tipsy by then and didn’t care! HA! And I learned so many interesting things that evening! Like how all the females in Alison’s family look like Alison, Alison’s brother is socially awkward (he’s an actor), Carrie went on a date with Moby and lots of other things!

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Sunday evening I met up with Pete, Nate and Mari to go see Jamie Lidell at Bowery Ballroom. I was very close to bailing because as I mentioned, we were in a heat wave and there were supposed to be severe thunderstorms that evening. It wasn’t bad in the backyard earlier that day and had I realized how sticky and hot it was going to be in the house, I would have stayed in the blow up pool! In any case, I did go meet up with them and we had a drink at the Magician since Jamie wasn’t coming on until 10pm. We made our way over about 9:45pm and that’s when the storm was just starting. We just about made it to the venue without getting too wet but not before I let out a blood curdling scream from the crack of thunder that made Pete crack up.

Jamie came on around 10 after 10 and played for an hour before I called it quits. It was a good show and energetic, as he always is but I felt his turntable stuff went on a little too long. Even tho this girl behind me spilled beer on my leg, I had a good time and glad I made it out!

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My May mix available.

01. So You Want To Be A Rock’n'Roll Star • The Byrds
02. I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) • The Moody Blues
03. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It) • The Rolling Stones
04. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School • The Ramones
05. You Can’t Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man • Okkervil River
06. Sing Your Life • Morrissey
07. Folk Singer • Brendan Benson
08. Sing • Travis
09. The Songs That We Sing • Charlotte Gainsbourg
10. Aretha, Sing One For Me • Cat Power
11. I Sing The Body Holographic • New London Fire
12. Double Bass • Gorillaz
13. The Guitar Man • Cake
14. Guitar, Talk, Love & Drums • Gary Myrick
15. Little Guitars (Intro) • Van Halen
16. Little Guitars • Van Halen
17. The Guitar • They Might Be Giants
18. She Bangs The Drums • Stone Roses
19. We Will Rock You • Queen

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Monday I went to see The Swell Season (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova of Once) with Brenda at Radio City. I didn’t bring my better camera so I knew I wasn’t going to get good pics inside so I made sure to take a pic of the marquee. They played for over 2 hours! It was a good show albeit a bit slow for my mood and Glen Hansard talks a lot! I was a little disappointed that they didn’t play one of my favorite song songs from the Once soundtrack, Fallen From the Sky. But Pete pointed out that they must not have packed their Casio keyboard on tour with them. LOL. We left right before their last song and I read here that they had a standing ovation. It was a good show.

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So last night I finally got to watch the movie Once (which just won an Academy Award for best song on Sunday). I loved it! At first watch, I thought it was cute and charming but as it sunk in, I started falling in love with it. I watched it again today with Sienna and while she was napping. I watched the extras and some commentary with the director and the 2 lead actors on a couple of the songs. I NEVER watch commentary! They will be at Radio City in May and I’m hoping to go. Now that they won an Oscar, they will be more popular than ever. Here’s the video of them performing the song at the Oscars Sundance (the Academy won’t let it be posted)! It’s a beautiful song!

Then on Sunday I finally got to meet eatsdirt aka Edwina who I “know” from flickr. She came over to take some vintage cameras off my hands. She was telling me about the “fight” between Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien, which I haven’t seen. She sent me the link to her livejournal that posted the video. It was indeed a very funny video, as you can imagine with those 3 guys. But in looking at her other posts, it was this video that drew me!

Cracked me up!

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I’ve posted my December mix online for CDMOM. If you are interested in downloading it, leave a comment and I’ll send you the info. I had the mix done a couple of weeks ago but I didn’t have a cover design in mind. I finally settled on a picture I took of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center last year while I was temping at Health magazine.

1. Red Dragon Tattoo • Fountains Of Wayne
2. Red Eyes And Tears • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
3. Orange Crush • R.E.M.
4. Orange Blossom Special • Johnny Cash
5. Yellow Light • Remy Zero
6. Yellow Butterfly • Tahiti 80
7. Green Glove • The National
8. Green Grass of Tunnel • British Sea Power
9. Clear Blue Air • Turin Brakes
10. Lightning Blue Eyes • The Secret Machines
11. Violets • Candy Bars
12. Purple Toupee • They Might Be Giants
13. Black Magic • Jarvis Cocker
14. Black Mirror • The Arcade Fire
15. White Limousine (Radio Edit) • Duncan Sheik
16. Entering White Cecilia • The New Pornographers

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My November mix uploaded yesterday so it was still November!

1. Sugar Sugar • The Archies
2. Sweet Pea • Amos Lee
3. Peach • Prince
4. Sugar Pill • Ambulance Ltd.
5. C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips • OK Go
6. Peaches & Cream • Beck
7. Sipping On the Sweet Nectar • Jens Lekman
8. Some Candy Talking • Richard Hawley
9. Sugar On MyTongue • Talking Heads
10.. I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix) • Bow Wow Wow
11. Chocolate • Snow Patrol
12. Brown Sugar • The Rolling Stones
13. Lips Like Sugar (12″ Mix) • Echo & The Bunnymen
14. Ice Cream Man • Van Halen
15. Little Cream Soda • The White Stripes
16. Cinnamon Girl • Neil Young

Cupcakes were from the Little Cupcake shop in Bay Ridge. Now I want some cupcakes!

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