January 31, 2006Friday Night Dance-A -Thon
If you're looking for a good time on Friday night - this is the place. Here's a few pics from one of the first weeks. There are way too many people in there to take pictures anymore.
January 30, 2006Call 1-800-FeelharmonicI have the honorary title of 'the boss' in the Memphis Feelharmonic DJ collaborative. If you are unfamiliar with the group, it's four DJ's spinning records at the same time. These guys aren't your garden variety needle droppers, they're turntablists! Anyway, we all discuss musical themes and venues when they decide to throw parties. My personal duties usually include hyping the event and securing the afterparty space. I was kind of worried about the last one they threw as they decided to do it at The Full Moon Club, which isn't one of my favorite venues. But I was pleasantly surprised at the turnout and I think the bartender was too cause he was slammed most of the night. Anyway, there's another party coming up in February, and if you love to shake it, shake it, shake it to more sophisticated selections (i.e. not top 40), then you should check it out! The next party everyone is wearing costumes!!! Don't forget yo grillz, playas!
Here are some pics from last weekend:
Good Night and Good LuckI really, really hope Chris Weary ends up getting super famous, then when someone mentions his name I can casually say, oh yeah Chris, we used to sit on the couch together and confess all of our sins to each other. I can tell people about his crazy hip-hop dj party in the basement of Kudzu's and about how I saw his band Dirty Coast's first performance and last performance, and how they were on the same night. Anyway, Chris moved to NYC last week to take over the universe. He'll be missed and we wish him the best of luck.
January 28, 2006Talk About RandomWhen it rains it pours. Well, I was planning to go to SXSW in March to write about some shows for The CA, but today I got a call about a possible job on a pilot that is filming in town. I tried to knock myself out of the running, but the Producer really seemed like he wanted me to do it, even saying it would be cool if I didn't start until after my Amsterdam trip. I was really looking forward to going to Austen, but it would have been really hard to swing not having a job until April. Anyone want to hook me up with a trust fund? I haven't left my house except to run a couple of errands since Tuesday. I'm trying to stay in and not spend any money, so you know, I can have light and heat. I was almost coerced into going on the trolley tour tonight with a promise of free wine at the galleries, but I have finally come to the conclusion that free alcohol only leads to bought alcohol. Trust me on that one. So anyway, my DVD player pooped out the other night, so I've been holed up in bed with my laptop eveynight I did get a funny text message tonight from Amy D - who I beleive did make it down to Main Street: Some dude just stopped me and asked / insisted I was rachelandthecity!! UPDATE: Hey, look it was this guy Funny thing is, I've met Paul several times before when I was going to MPact Memphis Meetings - guess I didn't make much of an impression!!. Basil Bayne told me the other night that his friend told him that I was much cuter in person than my pictures - but I'm not THAT cute! January 27, 2006Art Show TonightFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 27th- March 11th 2006
Jeanine Jablonski www.deltaaxis.org Why Date When You Can Masturbate?I've avoided writing about dating and relationships on this website for a myriad of reasons. Mostly simply because I haven't really been interested in dating much for a while (I haven't seen any real action since last summer). But it seems every time I do write about it, it gets a lot of response, and I know that I am not the only one out there that finds the whole situation frustrating. By my age, it seems everybody is already weighed down with so much baggage, most of the time it's hard to be motivated to help carry anyone else's. What I find most frustrating is that it seems there is a certain system of values that we all want to hold ourselves up to, but when we do, or at least when I do, I seem to end up spending a lot of time alone. I seriously wonder, do people actually get asked out on dates? Do they play hard to get and still get caught? Does anyone really chase anyone? If any of these things actually exist in real life, I have certainly never witnessed them. Most people I know that are dating, well, let's be honest, they went home from a bar together and then had a decent enough time that then they determined they would go have dinner and see if they could hold a sober conversation. Anyway, like I said, for the past 6-8 months, I've pretty much been happy not dealing with dating at all. I became so frustrated with idiot men, that I just kind of gave-up. I got tired of becoming close to guys and then have them push me away because they thought that I wanted something that I didn't. Just because you know someone intimately, and I don't mean sexually, doesn't mean that you want to marry them. Guys always think I'm in love with them when I'm not. I'm just incredibly open and intense. Sucking the marrow and all that, disecting and analyzing and then laughing about the whole thing. Its all absurd in the end, but I keep trying to figure it all out. This one guy once told me that he couldn't date me because I was too intense. I was just like, what does that mean? The way I see things, I only have some 70 years on this planet, if I'm lucky, and I want to see it all, hear it all, feel it all, taste it all, and do it all. You can sit around and watch other people do stuff on reality tv if you want, but I'm gonna go out there and live while the living is good. It just seems for the near future I'll be doing it alone. And I'm perfectly ok with that. I mean if asked to choose between a massage and sex, I would definitely have to choose the massage. Why? Cause, well, you know, I can't give myself a massage. January 26, 2006Sometimes My Life Is Awesome!Last week I was contacted by Holland.com, the tourist board for the Netherlands, about if I was interested in being one of 25 bloggers invited to Amsterdam to take a vacation and be initerviewed about itt. Um, duh? So, my flight is booked for the 15th! All of our trips are staggered, but I'm pretty excited about who I am going with - Perez I was telling my friend Steve about the trip and he was like, "Wow. Those guys are pretty big time. Why the hell did they pick you?" I was like, "Dude! I am totally famous on the internets!" That was fun to say out loud. Anywho - with my meager living writing, staying unemployed until after this trip is gonna be harsh. Anyone have any advice on how to make a little bit of extra money over the next couple of weeks without selling blood, serving beer or working in a cubicle as a temp? If you like me, now would be a good time to make a donation! hint hint! January 23, 2006Getting Your Music in Film and Television7 PM Thursday Feb 2nd at The Media Co-Op 1000 Cooper in Midtown Memphis. Sponsored By The Recording Academy KARYN RACHTMAN - Music Superviser to films including, The Basketball Diariesm, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Reality Bites, Boogie Nights, Bulworth, Holes, The Rugrats Movie. Karyn will be giving a talk on Music in Film and TV Moderated by famed recording engineer Ralph Sutton(Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Motley Crue). Student Admission: $10 Memphis Roller Girls!From their Myspace Profile: About me: Who I'd like to meet: iver City Rollergirls is already being used by a league in Richmond, VA, so we changed it to Dirty South Derby Girls. We discussed getting general interest flyers made with the email address. Once we get enough interest we'll make a date for the first meeting to go over specifics and stress the committment this will take in order to play. Business that we're going to handle in the meantime: Sam: Make flyers, talk to the skate rinks to secure a practice/bout space, rates. There is an official roster of player names at usrollergirls.com/players . This will give you an idea of names that are already taken. Players must be 18 and over. We're going to figure out the legalities of insurance. Players may be required to sign a waiver that they understand that this sport is high contact and if you play you take responsibility for yourself. We're going to talk to other leagues to see how they handle this. There are many roles needed to make this happen. Right now we're just trying to get players together to form teams. Party TonightGRAND OPENING: MEMPHIS INDEPENDENT RECORDINGS STUDIO 431 N Cleveland. Just south of Sears' tower. Free Beer 7 pm till...I'll be there passing it out.... Chris Swenson & Brian Knight Productions. January 19, 2006January 18, 2006Save Libertyland!!!The group, Save Libertyland! continues the effort to find new, for-profit management alternatives so that the park can be rescued from demolition. Several city council members support the group's effort to bring the issue, including the lease controversy, before the council in early February. The group will hold its second in a series of concerts dedicated to saving Libertyland, a Valentine's Dance for Love of Libertyland, on Saturday, February 18, at the HiTone Cafe in Midtown. The show features an early (5-8 p.m.) musical event for children and families, as well as a late show (10 p.m. -til), featuring Harlan T. Bobo and the Luv Clowns, the MiniVan Blues Band, and introducing 14-year-old Audra Brown, who sings and plays acoustic guitar. Donations ($5 minimum) are welcome and the documentary film crew will be on hand. For more information, contact Save Libertyland! at 901-276-0346. Check out Harlan T. Bobo's perfromance earlier this month on Live @ 9 January 17, 2006"Give Up" - Not Just An Awesome Postal Service RecordSince we're on the subject, here's something else about dating I would like to get off my chest. While I get countless numbers of solicitations from random men via email, I sometimes think that this blog turns guys I actually know off. Like they think that if they dated me I would write about our relationship, or if they screwed up, I would "out them." I can understand their hesitation, but all one would have to do is check my archives, in the close to three years I have had this website, I don't think I've ever had a negative thing to say about anyone I've dated. Now suckass co-workers, that's another story. And I know who reads this, so I know what I can get away with and what I can't. Anyway, this came up today because some guy emailed me that he's visiting from LA and would like to take me to dinner. I emailed him back and politely said, "thanks, but no thanks." To which, of course, he had to email me back and continue his plea. Now this is what I don't understand. He must either think that I don't want to seem desperate and that's why I said no, but maybe he can convince me why I should take a chance. And that does always cross my mind when I get one of those emails, like why the hell would anyone think that someone like me would be into meeting some stranger? I can hardly make enough time in my schedule to hang out with the people I know! I screen my calls just so I can sit at home and watch infomercials sometimes becasue I need a break from being around people in general. Needless to say, my point is, if i'm in the mood to socialize, my first choice is going to be someone that I actually know, not some internet stalker. One final explanation, cause I know that some people will totally take this all wrong, its not that I don't enjoy meeting new people, or have any problem with someone coming up to me at a bar and telling me that they read this site, I'm cool with all that. I don't even care if you email me and invite me to dinner. But when I tell you no, please give it up. January 16, 2006I'm Flirting HandicappedOne of my main problems in cohabitaitng with the opposite sex is that I can never tell when they are hitting on me. I remember when I worked on Hustle & Flow last summer, I was standing outside our production office smoking a cigarette when Terrence Howard came out and joined me. Now, at the time, I really had no idea who Terrence Howard was. I knew some of his credits, but he certainly wasn't someone that I had any real knowledge of as being a movie star. When I met him a few days earlier he had definitely flirted with me by shaking my hand for an extended period of time and staring into my eyes for too long, but I just kind of laughed him off and rolled my eyes. I just thought that he was playing that role of "I know that I'm the star, but I want you to feel like I am acknowledging you as a person and I'm not the stuck up actor that you may think I am." When I worked at MTV that happened a lot. Some celebrities tried way to hard to touch you or remember your name or try to be personable, but hey, I digress. Anyway, Terrence came outside and bummed a cigarrette and started talking about, of all things, the way that the building we were working in was built. He talked about the shoddy constructon, how he liked to work with his hands, how details were important, and how you had to put care into your work, and on, and on, and on. I was just like,"'What the fuck is this cat talking about?" But I nodded my head and agreed with whatever he said. Then he got a little closer to me and looked me in the eye and asked me if my house needed any work. I was like, "Dude. I live in an apartment." I can't remmember what he said next but it was something to the effect that he meant my "temple" not my home. Get it? I didn't. I was like, yeah, I think i'm good. See ya later. I went back inside and went back to work. It took me a couple of days to figure out what had actually gone on. Anywho, Friday night I was at Dish and this girl comes up to me and she says, "My name is Suzanne and I would like to buy you a drink." All I could think was, "Great! I haven't had a date in months and now this chick thinks I'm a lesbian!!!" (not that there's anything wrong woth that!) Turns out she reads this site and was just being SUPER AWESOME!!!! Anyway, thanks for the drink Suzanne. January 11, 2006January 7, 2006A Special X-Mas GiftOne of the things that I wanted to write about last week when I was in MT upgrade hell was the amazing night I had when I went to the Impala CD release at Automatic Slim's. When I went to meet Chris, Kasey and Tony, I was completely shocked when my oldest and dearest friend Kyra Roy came up and tapped me on the shoulder. She was visiting from NYC and I hadn't seen her in at least 2 years. After she got married and I moved back to Memphis, we lost touch and our relationship became one of those where you always think about the other person but never make the time to get in contact and catch up. Anyway, we certainly caught up that night. I knew things were just like old times when I started to tell her a story about one of our mutual friends and I pulled out a cigarette and offered her one, we both always smoked Marlboro Reds. She declined mentioning that she hadn't smoked in two years. Two puffs in and she leans over and says, 'Ok, give me one." Shortly after she lit up her husband leans in and asks her for a drag. She looked at him, smirked and said no. At first I thought that she said no because she didn't want him to fall off the wagon too. Then it hit me, and I piped in, 'Kyra can't smoke after anyone. It's always been one of her things."
So, we chatted away and listend to Impala - who were so great! Scott Bomar looked very cute in his green suit, but alas, after our last conversation I've decided that I can't talk to him anymore. I think I accosted him the night of the Soul Party at The Hi-tone while slightly slurry, and now I'll be forever embaressed to look him in the eye. Although I did find out recently that he used to be Harlan's roommmate - which would have been intensely fascinating to be a fly-on-the-wall during.
Ok, one last thing. I saw a really good band last Monday night at The Hi-tone as part of Eldroado Mondays. I really enjoyed Star & Micey, even though Ithink they could probably use the help of a drummer to round out their sound a bit. Anyway, they did not have any copies of their music for sale. This seems to happen a lot in Memphis. I realize that they are probably just starting out, but I know a guy that can help you record a good quality EP in a day for around 300 bucks. An EP of 4 or 5 really good songs is all anyone really needs starting out, making an entire album can be overkill too early, but I think you have to have something at the show for people to buy when they dig you. Either way, if you get a chance, check these guys out.
January 5, 2006I'm the Opposite of a StalkerI interviewed Eldorado Monday night for a story in the Playbook that comes out tomorrow. During the course of the conversation Mick says, "Hey, you're boyfriend is playing with us on the 16th." I was like, "Who's that?" And he says, "Harlan T. Bobo." Which led me to tell him a funny story about how during the WEVL benefit last year I bought one of Harlan's coloring books and then asked Judy to ask him to sign it for me. I ususally don't have a problem talking to anyone, hell, my hitting on Jack White last spring is legendary - but I can't seem to bring myself to look Harlan in the eye. Sure, after several drinks I am always up front at his shows and I might even say hello if inebriated enough, but in the same way I could never bring myself to speak to Ryan Adams when I used to always see him in bars in the East Village - I really just don't have anything intelligent to say to someone who I've spent countless hours with through their music. I don't want to come off like a jerk fangirl. So I just keep my mouth shut and avoid. I actually saw Harlan in Shnucks a couple of weeks ago. I went to the milk aisle and hid until I was sure he left. Anywho - here's his upcoming schedule - go see him, buy his albums and avoid him in grocery stores - it's fun! 1/16 (MLK Day): Hi-Tone (w/the Ruckus)
January 4, 2006New Years Eve RecapMoveable Type sucks ass - and that's all I have to say about that. I didn't have high expectations for New Year's Eve. Too much stuff to do, too many parties, and too many shows. Since I knew we probably would not be at the same venue at midnight, I started off the night at Ryan's for drinks, then we went amd met more friends at the Beauty Shop for salad and champaign - then I went totally against the grain and decided to go to Swig to hear J-Dread spin some god-awful eighties crapola. I wasn't there for the music though, just to suppurt my friend. Luckily for me, and him, after plans were shared, several other good friends of ours decided to join us. Jason's set ended at 11:30 and since we knew we would never make it out of downtown before 2006, Lorin reserved a table at Blue Fin for us to ring in the New Year. So, we gathered our posse and headed over for the big event. After sharing champaign and a few toasts, we were promptly kicked out and so we headed to Brooke's birthday party at Kudzu's - then finally after a short visit at a friend's house, I headed downtown to end the evening with Helen at a private party at The Black Diamond. Fun night - let's do it again next year.
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It seems like it was just a few weeks ago when Brad Johnson came out of retirement as a party promoter to start throwing a new event every Friday night at Dish. Now the place is packed every week. It started out as a sort of word-of-mouth deal, he just sent out a bunch of emails to a bunch of mid-towners known for having a good time and every week the crowd grew larger and larger. Now it's become the hottest party in town, packed with the beautiful people. It's funny because I've seen people that I never thought would set foot in a "lounge" tearin' up the dance floor in the place. It's also a hotspot for celebrity watching, if they're in town, they're probably going to show up here. Everyone from Jack White to Justin Timberlake to David Gest has been spotted up in the place. 
