Friday, November 21, 2003

Appleseed Casket

Is that the new name?

Hopefully, I’ll get that Aquabats DVD soon (Probably tomorrow?). There was another DVD that came out this week that I wanted to check out: The Two Towers Extended Edition. And next week, X-Men 2 gets its release. There’s just way too many DVD’s I’m interested in right now.

That side-project sounds awesome. I tell you, those Kansas Kids think of everything.

Batty

So The Aquabats released a DVD this week. Sounds pretty cool. I'm waiting for Brock to pick it up!

Modest Mouse sure is playing with our minds. They have, yet, another new splash page but no updated news!!! The tension is killing me.

There's a new side-project band that sounds kick-ass! I don't know how many people are in it, but the two main players are: Junior, the drummer from The Casket Lottery and the lead singer from The Appleseed Cast. I forgot the name of the band. I deleted the email with the news on it. When I find out and I'll let everyone know.

Oh, and there's a new Q&A with Paul Thomas Anderson at Cigarettes & Coffee!

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

The ballad of John and Yorke

Radiohead are the Beatles of our generation -Alex

Challenge accepted:

  • Magical Mystery Tour

  • Paranoid Android

  • Something

  • Fake Plastic Trees

  • Yesterday

  • Karma Police

  • I Am The Walrus

  • Treefingers

  • Blue Jay Way

  • Like Spinning Plates

  • Come Together

  • There, There

  • Hey Jude

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

$orry. The program un-expectantly quit.

I’m so pissed right now. Microsoft Word has been ‘un-expectantly quitting’ on me all day. It quit at least 4 times when I was working on my screenplay and it just quit after I had finished a big long post for you guys. I don’t want to even attempt to write another post right now…


Monday, November 17, 2003

For the Drunk guy

Looks like ‘later’ turned out to be much later. I’m sorry; it was hectic last week.

Speaking of Modest Mouse however, I really had a good time. Name a Modest Mouse classic and chances are they played it. ‘Paper Thin Walls’, ‘I Came As A Rat’, ‘3rd Planet’, ‘Wild Pack Of Family Dogs’, ‘Trailer Trash’, ‘Out Of Gas’ and even Gabe’s cover song ‘Bankrupt On Selling’ were on the set list. What was truly surprising though was the enormous crowd that greeted the band. That’s easily the first show I saw sold out at Nita’s Hideaway, and it outnumbered the crowd I saw attending Ugly Casanova a year or so ago.

Part of that factors into a comment that Gabe and Alex made that night. “Everyone was dancing at the Flagstaff show!” In other words, the Phoenix crowd can get a bid jaded at times. The lead singer Isaac Brock was quiet and reserved in front of the large audience and some feel that Modest Mouse is better to see in a smaller city like Flagstaff or Tucson.
Ironically, Modest Mouse played the following night in Tucson. But for the moment, I can only go on what I saw here in Phoenix: It was a fantastic set with a great band.

I do want to point out something from my experience at the show however. This is stuff that should probably be kept in mind if you ever see me at a show here in Arizona. Think of it as the first rule in concert etiquette when hanging out with Brock.

Behave for Brock

1. Get away from me rummy.
This was part of the fun at the show. A drunken guy with a buzz-cut approached me and leaned on me for a few moments. Then, staring me straight in the eye he muttered some incoherent gibberish and was on his way. First of all, never do this to me at a show. It bothers me, and your breath smells like urine.

That’s that for now. I’ll see you later.

Mouse it up!

Brock, I've been sitting here waiting for your "Mouse in the House" review. Just kidding. It was a good show. I'm too lazy right now to write my own review. Perhaps when I get some gumption.