Friday MEME

List all the musicians you've seen play live:

Listed Alphabetically

I'm sure I have seen more than this, but I got bored after 100.

1 10,000 Maniacs
2 Aimee Mann x2
3 Alice in Chains
4 Ani Difranco x 6
5 Arrested Development
6 B-52's
7 Badly Drawn Boy
8 Beastie Boys x3
9 Beck x2
10 Ben Folds x3

11 Beth Orton
12 Beulah
13 Billy Idol
14 Bjork
15 Bob Dylan
16 Bush
17 Cibo Matto
18 Counting Crows
19 Dave Matthews Band
20 Dinosaur Jr
21 Emm Gryner
22 Everclear
23 Fiona Apple
24 Fishbone
25 Fleming & John
26 Foo Fighters
27 Frente
28 Front 242
29 Hole x2
30 Ice-T
31 Indigo Girls x5
32 Interpol
33 INXS
34 Jane's Addiction
35 Jesus & The Mary Chain
36 John Mayer
37 Joss Stone
38 L7
39 Leona Naess x2
40 Lisa Loeb
41 Live x2
42 Liz Phair
43 Luscious Jackson
44 Lush
45 Marilyn Manson
46 Maroon 5
47 Ministry
48 Moby x2
49 Muse
50 Nelly Furtado
51 Nick Cave
52 Nine Inch Nails
53 Outkast
54 Paula Cole
55 Pavement
56 Pearl Jam
57 P-Funk
58 Porno for Pyros
59 Pretty Girls Make Graves
60 Primus
61 Prince
62 Prodigy
63 Public Enemy
64 R.E.M. x3
65 RATM
66 Red Hot Chili Peppers x2
67 Rufus Wainwright
68 Run DMC
69 Ryan Adams x2
70 Sarah & Tegan
71 Sarah McLachlan
72 Smashing Pumpkins
73 Soiundgarden
74 Sonic Youth x2
75 Spacehog
76 Stone Temple Pilots
77 Sum 41
78 The Breeders x2
79 The Cramps
80 The Cranberries x3
81 The Cure x3
82 The Devlins
83 The Donnas
84 The Figgs
85 The Flaming Lips
86 The Muffs
87 The Rapture
88 The Roots
89 The Strokes
90 The Toadies
91 The WallFlowers
92 The White Stripes
93 Thursday
94 TLC
95 Tool
96 Tori Amos x6
97 Tribe Called Quest
98 Veruca Salt
99 Weezer x2
100 Yo La Tengo

How Not To Dance

If you're looking for a Disco Dancing Lesson try this.

I can't wait to get to the club to try out my new moves!

How Soon Is Now?

From: Popbitch (no, not my alter ego)

Does Mozza heart Johnny?

The Smiths.

Keep Your Bush To Yourself

Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac --Bush Campaigner

Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?" said Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt.

Don't worry Susan, if Bush is re-elected there will be a whole lot of people that will have to take you up on your prozac suggestion.

Scandalicious

Some of you might have heard that one of my co-workers has seen better days.

You can read all about it here.

Good Shows Galore

Ya'll, I am so tired. I always revert to a very distinct southern drawl when I am very tired. Add a drink to that and I sound like I just got finished pickin' cotton from the field. I really wanted to go see Jay Farrar tonight at the Hi-Tone, but I just don't think that I am gonna make it.

In better news, there are a lot of good upcoming shows in the area. Ryan Adams (my future husband when he finally gets past that white trash Parker Posey - j/k, I love Parker!) is coming to The Daisy. Miss Ani is coming too. I've seen her more times than I can count, but it's always a righteous show. The good folks over at Thursday Night Fever say Ben Folds, Wilco and Polyphonic Spree will be dropping in on music city over the next few months. So, all that complaining my friends listen to about there never being any good shows in these here parts will be silenced, at least for a bit.

Oh, and I know you know I know, but no.

Stealing is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

So, knockoff Newby's is doing a White Trash Party Saturday night. What a straight up Melange rip-off. I guess they figure that since Melange doesn't advertise, none of their frat boy clientele will know the difference. They're even going so far as to have a costume contest. This situation brings to mind an old Soundshock t-shirt I have:

Always Originate. Never Pirate.

Simpsons Reveal Homersexual

The upcoming season of The Simpsons will have a little surprise, as one of the cartoon characters will come out of the closet and marry his or her gay partner.

The obvious person would be Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns trusty sidekick, who has been seen on a gay cruise, purchasing dolls, and fanaticizing about his male boss. That might be a little too obvious though. Some speculation is that it is in fact two people: Lenny and Carl, Homer's co-workers, who always seem to be spending time together. Another not so far fetched guess is Lisa. Think about it.

Sure, if she wasn't 8 - I'd buy that.

Jump on the Kabbalah Train

Does anyone else remember when the Britney Spears Everytime video came out and Britney is being hounded by the paparazzi and she's all fighting with that actor guy who no one can remember his name and she ends up in the bath tub and her head is bleeding, and what's that on her arm? Is that blood? No it's a red string. Well, that's pretty cheap, where's the bling bling? Oh it's a kabbalah thingy, well, oh - how so Madonna, I mean, uh, Esther of her...

Now you can have one too.

Email of the Day

-----Original Message-----

Have you been reading Wonkette from the DNC? it's some funny shit.

Of course,

It gives me a "get out of jail free" card for not actually watching the
convention. When people say, "did you see the part with blah, blah,
blah?" - I can lie and say yes and then steal something witty to say
about it. Isn't the internet fabulous?

Email of the Day

Obscene Interiors

Surf at your own risk.

Link courtesy of John!

Real World Rejects

I don't watch reality shows. I don't! I swear! Ok, ok, except The Osbournes and the first two seasons of the Real World. None of the others have interested me in the least.

They're silly. They're ludicrous. They're stupid. They're embaressing.

But come on! How can I possibly pass up Amish Teenagers Gone Wild?

White Sighting

I had a pretty good weekend. I didn't get anything worthwhile done. I did finally get to catch up with a lot of people and I had a fabulous mini-spa day Saturday and a really great dinner with Ellen.

I had a star sighting while I was downtown Saturday afternoon. I saw Jack White walking down Second street near Union. He totally looked like a Robert Smith clone with his hair all teased and wild. My first inclination was to grab my camera, but I couldn't get it together without making a total fool out of myself so I missed the shot. I was wondering what the hell he was doing in Memphis, then I figured maybe he was doing something with Walk the Line. Then yesterday, I think I unraveled the mystery. I was driving by Earnestine & Hazel's down on South Main and saw a camera crew and Loretta Lynn's tour bus sitting outside. So, I bet they're both here filming the video for this song.

EDIT: I called Earnestine & Hazel's and there was definitely a shoot with Jack and Loretta going on. The guy couldn't tell me the song, but he said, "It was a trip!"

Everything you were afraid to ask about "Donnie Darko"

With the release of the new director's cut, there are even more questions about the 2001 cult fave. Who's the fat guy in the track suit? What's with the 6-foot rabbit? We answer them all.

Donnie Darko Cliff's Notes

Tell 'Em How You Really Feel

If you're looking to send a heartfelt e-card (because actually going out and purchasing a card is for suckers!) screw Hallmark, try Pickle Party.

Thanks to Jeremy for turning me on to this site!

Usher Is The New J.Lo

From Popbitch:

Mariah Carey demands puppies, Cameron Diaz has
someone to shave her armpits, J Lo needs a
flunky to do up her shoes. Usher showed at
P Diddy's party in Bottinos, NYC, last week
that he's the newest diva on the block.

Usher's bodyguard then takes a packet of peanut
M&Ms, asks for 5 wine glasses, separates the
chocolates into the glasses by colour, and asks
bar staff to take over to the star on a tray.

At the party Usher was wearing a t-shirt with a
picture of, er, Usher, on the front.

Ebay Auction of the Day

When A Spanking Is Not Enough

White Trash Party

I didn't dress up, I came as myself.

More pics here and here.

He's Got The Power

TRAVIS: Internet Supahstah!

Please view this with your speakers turned up!

Ebay Auction of the Day

Drunk Armless Midget

I'm not judgin', just reportin'.

Poppin' Wheelies

I know my posts have been lame lately, I'm just too busy to write much. I'm putting the very little creative energy I have into my other site right now. I did see something quite interesting on my way home from work tonight though. I was driving east on I-40 when I saw a large group of motorcyclists driving in the opposite lane going west, there were probably about 10 of them. All of sudden, 3 of them pop wheelies and drive that way for about 30 seconds. Not only were they lucky they didn't have an accident and cause a major pile up, I was lucky that I didn't run off the road watching those fools. It did look pretty cool though.

Email of the Day

Mark Steyn

"One-Man Global Content Provider."

-Mark

Email of the Day

Howdy,

-Ethan

Bye Bye Summer

I was talking to Daniel last night when it hit me that I am working so much right now, I am probably going to miss out on summer. I had all of these things that I wanted to do, but with only one day off, it will be hard to do anything except laundry and errands. It only took a couple of days for me to remember what I enjoy the least about film production, it takes over your entire life.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I like my job, I'm good at what I do. I just hate doing it 14 hours a day. 8 hours would work out perfectly, unfortunately, that's not how the beast works. Oh, and another thing that sucks is how you lose touch with your friends. I've never been much of a phone person, I'm more of a face-to-face person, and people that I used to talk oto or go out with every couple of days, now I haven't seen or spoken to them for weeks. I feel bad, but after talking all day long, the last thing I want to do when I get off work is talk to anyone. I just want to go home and let the quiet sink in until I have to get up and do it all over again.

The Anti-Climatic Birthday Bash

I am still playing catch up on posting some pictures from last Saturday night. The evening started off great, but then ended on a complete downer, so I kind of just cast it aside. I will try to get the gallery up as soon as I get a chance.

I had planned on going to the Masquerave party at Melange and then stopping by my friend Steve's birthday party before calling it an early evening due to work on Sunday morning. But, then I talked to Stevan and decided to stop for a drink at Brandon's before going over to Melange.

Well, it just so happens that Brandon lives next door to Steve, so I never really made it out of the neighborhood once I arrived. I just went back and forth from one house to the other until "the incident." It seems some dude overdosed at the party before Steve even arrived (he didn't get off work until midnight.) So, just as Steve pulled up to his house, so did the fire truck and the ambulance. We were standing on the side walk wondering what the hell was going on when I decided that when someone is being carted off on a stretcher, the party's over. So I went home.

Wild Nights

So last night was the big night out. After spending all week coming straight home and falling into bed, I couldn't wait to go out, even if I was tired as hell. We didn't wrap until around 11PM and then I didn't make it out of the office until after midnight, so it was a pretty late night. Some of the crew ended up going down to Wild Bill's, an urban juke joint in Memphis, to kick it southern style.

We drank 40's and ate old school chicken wings. It was great. There was a really great band playing motown and we danced and sweated and danced and sweated all night. Everyone was dancing with everyone. A lot of the regulars, which consisted of mainly middle aged and older black men and women, were probably petty confused to see our lot of young urbanites come in and take over the place. But they were more than accomodating and got a big kick out of us taking over their neighborhood party. A lot of the crew from Walk the Line was in the house also. It was probably quite an experience for the out-of-towners, it was quite an experience for me.

I'm Rick James, Bitch!

From: PopBitch

Everything you always wanted to know about Rick James but were afraid to ask (becasue he might imprison you and burn you with his crack pipe.)

Rick James, one of America's most famous cocaine casualties is back after a crack meltdown, prison sentence for assault, stroke, heart failure and hip surgery in the 90s. Dave Chappelle is portraying James in a film of his life:

1. James joined the Naval Reserve as a teenager,
his misbehavior got him sent to Vietnam but he
went AWOL and took a bus to Toronto where he was
saved from a big fight by Robbie Robertson.

2. Started a band with Neil Young, called the
Mynah Byrds, and signed to Motown.

3. Spent a year in the brig for desertion when,
after an argument, his manager informed the
navy of James' whereabouts.

4. Launched Teena Marie and Mary Jane Girls, and
gave Prince his first break.

5. Is one of the most sampled artists in the
world e.g. MC Hammer, U Can't Touch This.

6. Took a five-year drug sabbatical, smoking
$7,000 of cocaine every week. He kept aluminium
foil on his windows to block out daylight.

7. Once bought a $28,000 leather and mink jacket
from Bijan's in Beverley Hills just because he
thought the sales assistant was being rude to him.
It didn't even fit.

8. Is very rich thanks to wise investments -
mainly pork. "Whenever there's hard times, black
people going to eat some bacon," he said.

Call of the Labradoodle

Jennifer Aniston is on the waiting list for a labradoodle because Brad Pitt is allergic to dogs.

Billy Bragg owns a labradoodle called Buster.

Good to know.

Welcome Back

Did you know Mase is back?

Calm down!

Email of the Day

When in a country where the vice-president can secure a multi-billion dollar "no-bid" government contract for his own company Halliburton who subsequently overcharges the military for gasoline and for rations that are never delivered BUT someone like Martha has to serve time simply for being perfect, it makes me lose all faith in the judicial system.

Oh, and since she & I are now pen-pals, does anyone know what wine pairs best with a cheese sandwich?
- Nathan

Drama. Drama. Drama.

What a day, what a day. 14 hours of fun.

The problem with working in entertainment is that it is filled with type "A" personalities. Everyone knows everything. Everyone's an expert, everyone's a leader. The thing is, if you aren't like that, you don't make it very long. If you are timid or unsure of yourself you will be miserable and eaten alive. You have to be determined and willful and stubborn. Does this remind you of anyone??

Well, I gave up on being assertive after my first week at my new "life drain." Sometimes it's easier to just sit back and let someone else steer. We work so long and so hard, you just don't have the energy to "discuss" things. Just tell me what you want me to do and I will do it.

My only complaint is that since most of the people I am working with are from NYC and LA, they think that because I'm a "local" I don't know what I am doing, even though this is my 6th feature. But of course, everytime someone is condescending or overly explanatory, I'm not gonna go into my career history, I just nod and thank them for the instruction. It doesn't help that people always think I'm like 24. I mean, I do appreciate looking younger, I really do, but it doesn't get you anywhere in terms of respect. I actually don't think I even look young, I just act immature.

BTW, we didn't make it to either rooftop party. By the time we wrapped, Happy Hour was long over.

What Is Love?

At the office where I work we have a MPD Cop that has been placed in our parking lot to make sure our cars don't get broken into or stolen. His name is Terry. I talk to him sometimes when I go outside for a smoke break.

Tonight when I went outside and lit up, Terry got up from his chair and walked over to me and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"What is love?"

Now, I don't know about you, but this wasn't exactly the question that I expected to get from some random police officer standing in a parking lot.

"Uhm, I guess it's a chemical reaction" I said.

I actually have this whole theory about this chemical reaction idea. However, I wasn't really prepared to go into the whole thing, so I didn't protest when Terry laughed in my face and said matter-of-factly, "no, that's not right."

So I said, "ok, then, what is it?"

"I haven't gotten it into words yet, but I have an idea."

Deep.

I was kind of perturbed that he didn't even consider my chemical reaction answer. Who the hell does this guy think he is? Maybe he noticed that I seemed perturbed because then he said that he thought there were a lot of good looking women in our office.

I was like, "really? like who?"

"Like you."

Ok, I like him again.

Reader Participation

If you live in or around Memphis I need your help. Tomorrow night I plan to take some people from the film I am working on out for the evening and let them get a taste of Memphis. We have been working so much, no one has had a chance to really go out yet. I figure one of the rooftop parties would be a nice place to start. But which one? There's one at The Peabody and one at The Madison. Anyone know the difference between the two? Are they both basically the same? I haven't been to one yet - the crowds are a little white collar for me - but with a mixed crowd, they seem like a reasonable bet. Whatdoyathink?

Fine. Whatever.

Yesterday was a day of highs and lows. But I pretty much kept my cool throughout until almost the end of the day. That's when I learned the true meaning of the phrase "The straw that broke the camel's back."

Things didn't start off that great. There was a major accident on I-40 and an 18-wheeler was overturned. Traffic was bumper-to-bumper. My bumper ended up hitting the bumper of the Dodge Ram in front of me. My car was damaged, the Dodge Ram was undamaged. I asked the owner of the Dodge Ram if we could pull to the side of the road and just exchange information. He insisted that we call the police. Fine. Whatever.

We waited fore over an hour for the PST's to arrive. I got a ticket for failing to keep a lookout or some bullshit. Fine. Whatever.

I took my car to a body shop in order to try and get an estimate and see what the damage was. I was told that they didn't have time to look at it right then even though I called ahead and asked if they could look at it right now. And even though they couldn't look at it, they could tell me that I shouldn't drive it and I should leave it there and get a rental. Fine. Whatever.
So I go to Enterprise 'cause they "pick you up." The ride there was excruciating as the 80-year-old driver felt the need to tell me all about her sick granddaughter who was in the hospital after a bad spell of "upchucking." Fine. Whatever.

I finally arrived, waited in line, signed all the paperwork and walked outside to get into my car. Of course, it wasn't a car. It was an Explorer - which to the people at Enterprise was a "free upgrade." But to me - it was not what I asked for. I complained and was told that if I didn't want an SUV, I would have to wait until another car was returned. Fine. Whatever.

I finally got to work and I won't even go into that saga. Lets just say I was like - Fine. Whatever.

Later in the day things started to look up. I got a call from a major music magazine to do an interview about my MP3 blog. This should have been pretty exciting, but I was super busy and tried to hurry up and just get it over with.

Now here's the rub. I was on my way to set and stopped by Office Depot to pick up one pack of padded envelopes for the AD department. No sweat.

So, I go in, find the envelopes and walk over to the checkout. As I walk up some woman with a basket full of crap almost side swipes me as she jumps ahead of me in line. But, you know, I'm cool. I'm like - Fine. Whatever.

Here's where I almost lost it. Here's where I almost comitted murder. After all of the woman's items have been rung up finally, after she has been told the total, she reaches into her purse and do you want to know what she pulled out?

A CHECKBOOK! Can you fucking believe it? A Godforsaken checkbook. WTF?Are we like in 1992 or something? Did she not get the memo that as a civilized people, in order to keep the peace, we all agreed to no longer use the checkbook?

The people in line behind me got quite a laugh when I began mimicking stabbing this woman in the back with my imaginary butcher knife. If I had had an actual knife, this poor woman would have died. The police would have been called, and I would have been taken away to prison. And you know what I would have thought? Fine. Whatever.

Falling Asleep At The Wheel

I have stuff to say and stories to tell - but I'm just too tired tonight. I'll be back tomorrow.

Sleep To Dream

I am so out of the loop. I have no idea what's going on in the world, all of my life has been consumed by my new job. I feel like I have been on vacation in a foreign country. I've worked no less than 16 hours a day for the past 5 days, only entering my home to sleep and bathe.

I did have a really super awesome day yesterday. I'm bummed that I can't say anything about it. If I did, all of the really great stuff that is supposed to happen probably wouldn't and that would suck. So I will just keep it to myself for now - but let me assure you - it is AWESOME!

I had plans to end a week of stone cold sobriety last night by going out with some friends and hitting the bar. However, after arriving at Alan's house, I chatted for a bit and then ended up curled up with Rupert on the couch fast asleep. I woke up around midnight just in time to order pizza, wait patiently for it to arrive, consume it and then pass out a second time. It was quite pitiful.

Somehow I did make it home to my own bed last night. All I really want to do today is stay in bed and watch Awesomely Badder Hair on VH1, but I had to make myself get up. I have responsibilities ans shit to do and only one day in which to get stuff done because I have to be back at work tomorrow.

Quote of the Day

"Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people really talk, make paltry human enterprises seem important. Singers and musicians show us human beings making sounds far more lovely than human beings really make. Architects give us temples in which something marvelous is obviously going on. Actually, practically nothing is going on." -VONNEGUT

Tales From the Idiot

Today at work my task was to design ID badges for the crew to wear while on the set. It seems there may be some that would try to infiltrate the inner circle, I think that's ludacris.

Anyway, last night I ran around with my camera and made everyone pose for a picture for the badge. I thought that I shot almost everyone, but I was sure there were a few stragglers that I had still yet to meet.

So today, I was designing the layout and inserting the pictures when I saw this guy come into the office that I hadn't seen before. We were expecting a few more crew guys to arrive today, so I jumped up, grabbed my camera and trotted over to the guy just as he was about to turn and go back out the door. The following is a short excerpt of our conversation:

Me: "Hey man, did I take your picture yesterday?"

Him: "No, why?"

Me: "I need to make an ID badge for you for the set."

Him: "OK"

He stepped back and I took a headshot.

Me: "Thanks man! By the way, I don't think I've met you yet, I'm Rachel - what's your name?"

Him: "Uh, John. John Singleton."

And thats all I have to say about that.

Calgon, Take Me Away

I have a new job. I am working in the production office at Hustle & Flow. I started last week, but I've felt a little weird about writing about it.

Michael Moore - Welcome to the Family

Michael Moore is starting a blog.

Read about his first wild week with Fahrenheit 9/11.

Late Night Rant

Boys Suck...

That is all

Carry On.

Fahrenheit 911 Review

Remember when I said I would write about Fahrenheit 911? Well, I'm lazy and he already did it pretty well.

Quote of the Day

you done disagreed with a branch, and picked a fight with the whole tree..

-Jason Sims

From this

Memphis is so full of D-R-A-M-A! I love it!

Party Like A Rockstar

I was on my way home last night from Cosmic Bowling with Daniel and Ben, with every intention of getting to bed early for a change. Then I talked to Jason and ended up at The Premiere (you know, the club next to Wal-Mart on American Way) going through a metal detector to get into the place to see Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick (we got to hear Biz Markee while we were waiting in line.)

It was a pretty good show. Doug E. Fresh, the originator of the human beat box was definitely the crowd pleaser. I don't know how much anyone else enjoyed the show, they stayed in the back while I moved toward the front to get my booty shake on. I think I had a really good time. They make some strong drinks over at The Premiere and it's kind of all a blur. Work came early this morning.

Secret Crush

I have it bad for Alton Brown. He's nerdy and cool, young and old, hip and lame all at the same time. And he can cook! Last year I was so obsessed with Good Eats that I Tivo'd every episode and then recorded each to DVD so that I could have my very own library of Video Cookbooks. Now I just need someone to cook for, but I digress.

Anyway, Alton's house in Buckhead (that's in Atlanta for all you nah-therners) where many episodes of Good Eats were filmed is up for sale on Ebay. If any really rich reader of this blog wanted to purchase this home for me, it would make me very happy.

Dear Mr Anon@hotmail.com

Who are you and why do you post anonymously? I'm intrigued. You've been around here for a while and have never come clean on who you are. I have my suspicions.

Working For The Weekend

I was very pissed off to wake up and read this today.

I had plans to go to Libertyland this afternoon - it's only $10 after 5, but it's not looking very nice outside. Which, of course, means I will have no excuse not to go to pilates tonight. Damn the sun.

After staying home last night to recover from the bar-hopping crazinees that went down on Tuesday, I am ready to go out and kick it tonight. Thursdays are always a precursor for how your weekend will go, so let's hope for the best.