i’m pretty damn pleased with this show!

unfortunately, there was a bit of a wee crisis, or make that a wee-wee crisis. the nearest bathroom, the one which i use during the show, was out of service [something about the hallway flooding]. this meant that there was no available bathroom and wouldnt you know, i had an entire bottle of water pre-show. i know what you’re thinking: too. much. information. hey, don’t you want to know about the behind-the-scenes business of the music industry? now you know: sometimes there’s no place to pee and you have to hold it in.

scrawl - green beer - he’s drunk / plus also too
portastatic - polaroid - i hope your heart is not brittle
pavement - shoot the singer - watery domestic ep
the long blondes - #1 - giddy stratoshperes ep - N
beirut - postcards from italy - Gulag Orkestar - N
howard churchill & the radars - bells should be ringing - the best of mel-ron records

loretta lynn - trouble on the line - van lear rose
gal costa - tuareg - tropicalia - N
bruce springsteen - tenth avenue freeze-out - born to run
the shirts - empty ever after - s/t
cordalene - whats your comfort? - the star ledger - N
the starlite desperation - go kill mice - go kill mice

finns motel - recent linear landscapes - 4 songs from escape velocity - N
bo diddley - you cant judge a book by its cover - his best
strapping fieldhands - slingshot wounds - the third kingdom
pylon - feast on my heart - hits
scratch acid - mary had a little drug problem - beserker
caribou - people eating fruit - start breaking my heart

guided by voices - official ironmen rally song - under the bushes under the stars - R
jennifer o’connor - driving through - the color and the light
kaada - celibate - music for moviebikers - N
senor coconut - behind the mask - yellow fever! - N
john cale - bring it on up - vintage violence
dump - 1999 - that skinny motherfucker with the high voice?

white whale - we’re just temporary ma’am - ww1 - N
the rave-ups - they do talk - class tramp
jolie holland - old fashioned morhpine - escondida
the dead c - max harris - perform vain erudite and stupid - N
nick castro & the young elders - one i love - s/t - N
eyeball skeleton - flat top vampire - #1 - R

b mulvey - trivia - cascades - N
poster children - if you see kay - daisy chain reaction
priestess - i am the right, color me black - hello master - N
the operators - punch you out - the light and the dark
helium - silver strings - no guitars
silver jews - inside the golden days of missing you - the natural bridge
choo choo la rouge - ESP - ill be out all night

scrawl - major/minor - he’s drunk / plus also too

Okay Paddy, “Fraktur”
Director: Ryan Cannava

This is a town where ambition is treated like a four-letter word so when a local band comes out with a video it’s massive pandemonium, or in my case, blogworthy. Okay Paddy deserves an award for making videos that are awesome on so many levels — funny, screws around with narrative/city geography and looks good. The only issue I have is with the concept of indie rockers running — NOT REAL!

Bands, take note: hire this Ryan Cannava dude. Additionally, hire Brian of The Sw!ms to be in all your videos. His ‘fro is like the Bee Girl of hairstyles.

I can’t believe it was only a few years ago that Pat [the unfunny comedian] and I worked at Tower. He handed me a demo of his band and since then, it’s been true love.

» Previously on HJ: MTS gushes about all things Okay Paddy-related.

» If you were a captive audience on SEPTA last week, you might have stumbled upon a Metro article about Her Jazz.

» The ever-awesome Doree Shafrir wrote this hilarious piece on dating dealbreakers, featuring quotes from my pal [and PW writer] Maggie Serota.

» Picked up the new issue of _Philly Mag_. Before I go any further: I realize talking about the craptacularness of this mag is old hat and totes obvs but seriously, this “Best Of” shit is awful. A whole “Kids” category? Kill me, now. Please. [note: i happen to like kids, even though i was a crap babysitter in high school.]

» Martha Coolidge, why?! Well, ever since those two episodes of _Sex & the City_, I should have figured this was gonna happen.

» OK, music talk: *Antelope*. Is this what happens when you cross CCR guitar economics with post-punk? Maybe, maybe not but all I know is that I like listening to this song over and over again.

Antelope, “Game Over”

I mention them because they are touring, with Joe Lally of Fugazi of all things! Here’s some dates for you, and oh, buy their records:

09/11/06 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St.). $8. 7:30pm All Ages.

09/12/06 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St.). $8. 8pm All Ages.

09/13/06 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place (47 East Mohawk St.). $7. 9pm All Ages.

09/14/06 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom (15711 Waterloo Rd.). $7. 9pm All Ages.

09/15/06 Chicago, IL @ South Union Arts (1352 S. Union Ave.). $10. 9pm All Ages.

09/16/06 Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe (263 E. Lincoln Highway). $6. 8pm All Ages.

09/17/06 Grand Rapids, MI @ Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division Ave.). $7. All Ages.

09/18/06 Detroit, MI @ Bohemian National Home (3009 Tillman St.). 9pm. All Ages.

09/19/06 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks (4931 Penn Ave.). $8. 8pm All Ages.

» Last things last: I realize that indie and punk rockers are not exactly the um, athletic types but I would like to play more tennis. James nonwithstanding [’cause he always plays with me], do any of you want to hit a few around? Who knows how long this weather will stick around!

Still trying to crawl out of my funeral and insomnia-induced haze and tackle the mountain of work at my job, so I’m staying offline until Monday. In the meantime, old Philly band The Reds garner an entry on Lost Bands of the New Wave Era, which is one of the best mp3 blogs out there.

Due to a death in my family, I’ll be offline for a couple days.

Why torment yourself in Hipster Hell? Not only does this present itself as an option, it’s during the daylight hours! I like daylight, and not because its health benefits.

» Why hasn’t anyone told me about National Napping Day before?

Seriously, it’s your funeral people — Phoenix, French Kicks and locals The A-Sides play an “invite only” concert at the Trocadero, kindly sponsored by Camel cigarettes.

With every growing day I sound more and more like an actual straightedge wackjob, so I’m not going to mention the health issues surrounding smoking _at all_. Nope, not one peep from me. However, I will politely point out that Camel’s parent company, Reynolds American Inc., has donated 87% of its political contributions to the Republican party. Conservativecocainesexjams all night long! Enlist with the party train soldiers! Get rad in Iraq!

And with all the smoking going down tomorrow night, no one will notice how truly crappy Phoenix or the French Kicks are. As Philabuster pointed out, the French Kicks couldn’t even fill the North Star last time around. What sort of dumbass in Camel’s marketing thinks they can pack a 1,000-person venue? And how many years has it been since they’ve written anything remotely worthwhile?

Philly I’m ashamed of you, buying into crappy marketing like this so easily. Keep it up and you’ll be simply fodder for Blue States Lose.

nothing like doing a radio show on the hottest day of the year [so far]:

the evens - on the face of it - s/t

the mice - bye bye kittykat - for almost ever scooter
okay paddy - Your Bar’s On Fire - The Cactus Has A Point - N
eugenius - wow! - flame on
Matthew Friedberger - under the hood at the paradise garage - Winter Women/Holy Ghost - N
explosions in the sky - yasmin the light - those who tell the truth shall die, those who tell the truth shall live forever
junior walker and his all stars - pucker up buttercup - Anthology

robert wyatt - at last i am free - 7″
espers - flaming telepaths - the weed tree
sonic youth - reena - rather ripped - N
saccharine trust - i have… - pagan icons
amps for christ - proof man - every eleven seconds - N
think about life - commander rikers party - s/t - N

ruin - life after life - fiat lux
be your own pet - adventure - s/t - N
The Husbands - tell me your love is only mine - There’s Nothing More I’d Like Than to See You Dead - N
essential logic - quality crayon wax OK - fanfare in the garden
yo la tengo - a house is not a motel - the river of water 7″
bardo pond - Destroying Angel - ticket crystals - N

the caribbean - tarmac squad - plastic explosives
neu! - hero - neu 75
run on - into the attic - on/off
pink mountaintops - cold criminals - axis of evol - N
matmos - on and on - matmos / die mintr batss 7
tomorrow’s friend - banging everything in sight - s/t

lizzy mercier descloux - sun’s jive - 12″
art brut - moving to la - bang bang rock & roll - N
the narrator - we call police - youth city fire
the moaners - heart attack - dark snack
Portastatic - Older Summers - Who Loves the Sun - N
bishop allen - a tiny fold - may ep - N
willie nelson - permanently lonely - crazy: the demo sessions

the national - american mary - s/t
thee more shallows - monkey vs. shark - monkey vs shark - N
michael columbia - out of every - stay hard ep - N
jawbox - motorist - for your own special sweetheart
comet gain - mainlining mystery - beautiful despair ep - N

shuggie otis - freedom flight - inspiration information