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hell's the hippest way to go out
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| oh yeah, and i better see you at this |
[06 Oct 2005|09:07pm] |
PISTIL's "Guts" Issue Release Party at Four
1551 W. Division St.
Friday, October 7
9 p.m.
Help us celebrate the much-anticipated “Guts” issue (#6) at Four in Chicago. There will be magazines, drinks, conversation and a fashion show beginning at 10 p.m., featuring fashion by several Chicago designers. DJ Martin "Boogieman" Luna and DJ Jernell Geronimo spin house and hip-hop. The party is from 9 p.m. until midnight, but Four is open until 4 a.m. There is a $10 cover, which includes a fresh copy of “Guts.”
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| i hate your dog because he hit on my cat |
[06 Oct 2005|06:40pm] |
so i've probably said this about 100 times already, but i have so much work to do for this upcoming tour. but i went to office max and bought funpaper for will's ultimate press kit that i'll be working on tonight//tomorrow.
i just got my first assignment for Time Out, which is pretty sexy. i'm interviewing Andy Bell of Erasure about his solo album. it'll be interesting.
we're going to play SCENE IT and kevin's in a few. i was organizing my mutli-colored organizational file box. now i'll be organized (right.)
tomorrow is tegan and sara for anniversary uno. saturday jamie and i were invited to be part of a Hold Steady music vid so i hope we make it. we'll be late because stellie has a vet appointment. that night i have a meeting with one of the other bands i promote because their album is hitting the street soon so we're devising the "plan." working overtime, that's me.
i bought new shoes today from strange cargo. and a wallett with an audio tape on it. holla.
jamie is reviewing cat power for the sun-times coming up. i love chan. maybe she will not oppose my hugging her.
"i know you think that i look dumb in a hat//i love my dog because she pees on the pad"--jamie's rendition of juliette and the licks. she also is a hat person.
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[30 Sep 2005|01:07am] |
so i've been e-mailing with michelle tea to set up an interview and she suggested national coming out day.
i'm in love with her.
if you haven't read any of her books or writings or lesbian erotica you're fucking crazy. she so rules.
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[28 Sep 2005|10:50pm] |
remember when i just spent $1000 booking flights and a downtown new york hotel for 3 nights?
my credit card does.
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[28 Sep 2005|11:33am] |
i'm certifiably crazy after yesterday. i had three interviews for two different publications. they all went well though, esspecially with The Gossip, who was the only in-person conversation. and after both the interview and seeing them live again, i can officially say The Gossip are the fucking best. i'll never dance to another!
i've been a joyful bundle of stress with this new WEW/Murder By Death tour, school starting, and freelancing picking up. i like being busy, esspecially doing things like interviews, going to shows, and talking to people about music 24/7, but it's just a crazy change from laid-back summer.
i don't think i'm going to arcade fire tonight because i have too much to do. PISTIL is going to start a BAND OF THE WEEK on the new redesigned website when the new issue comes out next week (with a release party at FOUR, you should all come. it's the same night as tegan and sara, so some after they play Metro.) so that'll be another fun addition. thankfully sara and i are switching off duties on that. as far as PISTIL assignments go, i have about a month to get some CDs out for review, edit them, interview Michelle Tea, write the story, put together a collaborative story, and edit the music section with sara.
"Hey, where has Trish been? I haven't seen her in forevs."
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[26 Sep 2005|10:32pm] |
i almost fucking forgot about The Gossip at Empty Bottle tomorrow. i am interviewing Beth for ROCKPILE.
SASSY.
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| beetlebum |
[26 Sep 2005|12:34am] |
i need to be more organized. seriously, if there is a self-help book about organization i need it. but then i'd lose it before i finished it and that would suck.
i clean my desk everyday and plan on using my desk calendar. by the next day, my desk is covered in books, folders, papers, reciepts, a sweater or two, water bottles, etc. etc. etc. and every month i rip off another empty month.
i tried to find a decent planner that starts before Jan. 2006 but that's damn near impossible now that the new year is inching closer and closer. and i'm super picky about planners. i need enough space for each day, but i don't want the planner itself to be too big. i also don't want any sort of purple carnation cover that says some bull shit inspirational quote like "LIFE IS A BOX OF CHOCOLATES" or a picture of a girl shopping with "YOU GO GIRL" written below her mini-skirt.
i'm so bitter about planners.
but i love stationary. seriously, i get excited at the mere sight of an Office Max. maybe i should put my file cabinet to actual use. at least my iBook helps a little. i have folders. that's a step in the right direction.
i should call that Geek Squad and ask them to set up a database for me that will actually fucking work so i don't start a new one everyday. it took me like 5 days to figure out how to print labels. it'll take me 5 more when i try again and have completely no idea how i got them printed the last time.
it's been one of those days. half good/half bad, entertaining to say the least. this weekend was good though. worked the renegade craft fair, bought some renegade crafts.
today my puppy had a puffy face and i had to buy her baby benadryl. it was the fastest and bitchiest i've ever been at jewel. i was on a rampage in the self-checkout. 'fuck your water, stella's got a puffy face.' now she's fine, save for the occasional teething but that's normal. she's so spoiled. she got about 1000 admirers at the craft fair and played with just as many other dogs.
i have bruises from whirleyball. i start my rockpile editing this week. organization, are you out there? it's me, crazyface.
goodnight chicago!
and scene.
finale: idlewild ruled. i like books and magazines, reading in general. jamie and i are one year a week from friday.
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[22 Sep 2005|05:36pm] |
my Scottish boyfriends are in town tonight. i haven't seen them since the Austin airport where i scoped them out reading, eating, walking, breathing, etc. i'm so in love with Idlewild. i think a large part of it is their lyrics. their new album is just full of gems!
you're so sure that you don't need love,
only it's as if I hadn't slept,
as laughter smiles back in your direction,
but you're protected by the smoke from your cigarette,
then you try,
to hold my hand,
under the table,
but it's far to vague to be meaningful
hey roddy, will you marry me (and jamie?)
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[19 Sep 2005|12:31pm] |
last night, jamie, emily, nicole and i went to sing karaoke at two different bars. em and i sang veruca salt and ashlee simpson ('la la') and then moved to hidden cove where we split up the duo and went solo. j and nicole did rousing performances of 'come to my window,' 'can't touch this,' and the proclaimers 'i'm gonna be.' i love karaoke, beer, and pool.
umm idlewild is in two fucking days. i am ready for their magical love that i have missed so long, since march. their new album is the new black so go buy it.
i like my classes so i'm doing good and keeping up with homework.
my dog has a pile of 10 different shoes, 3 actual chew toys, and 2 socks in the middle of our dining room floor rug, which she has claimed as her play zone. she's a nut.
i have so much work to do for W.E.W's tour with Murder by Death. i'm not drinking for....when's idlewild?...2 days.
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| i'll get back if you ask, i'll get back if you ask me |
[11 Sep 2005|12:21pm] |
last first week of school and i finally have my schedule set. i'm bummed i couldn't switch into one class--Intro to Lit: The Beat Generation--but there are limited lit classes for some reason. now that i think about it, i don't know why i didn't get credit for my AP Lit class in high school so that i don't have to take Intro to Literature. fuck.
so the rest of my classes are Gay and Lesbian Studies, Creative Non-Fiction: Writing a Memoir, Public Relations Writing, and my last journalism class ever, Trade Magazine Writing. i'm all done with my major after that class. now i'm attempting to fit in all the classes i said i would when i first laid my eyes upon Columbia's huge book o' course descriptions.
i googled my G&LS teacher and the first thing that came up was a story aboout her called "MY FAVORITE TEACHER." it was published in the Advocate by American Idol Season 1 loser, (and Columbia attendee for one whole semester) Jim Verraros. any friend of Jim's is a friend of mine.
lately i've been slowing down a little on the work front, working on one tour vs. two, which is good, and Maps and Atlases upcoming show with New Black. thankfully i have my dessert, mandala mckenna, helping me out. right now, i'm on some other record label mailing lists, so as soon as i get some of their releases, i'll be jumpin on as many campaigns as i can handle.
i have to go to reckless and sell some cds and then finish my homework. fucking homework.
also, in extreme dispair i disclose that j and i will not be going to CMJ because i won't have my student loan check in time. however, we're going to NY the following weekend. but that's fine because now we can go to Back Up Plan: Bloc Party and Sufjan. they have been summer essentials.
last night kevin had a 50s birthday party and everyone HADDDD to dress up. so j, michelle and i decided we're going to have a theme party. a dinosaur party. and kevin is the only one that has to dress up.
umm so life's going good. UR comes out this week with my Sufjan feature. i'm also a profiled contributing writer so check my 100-word bio with nast pic c/o Myspace.
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[29 Aug 2005|03:24pm] |
i have to take a break from the millions of things i am doing all at once. thus my livejournal is blessed with my time.
this weekend, jamie and i went to saginaw to see my parents' new digs. i like the area, the neighborhood, the house. stella enjoyed the yard. suburban shopping 2005. my first time at a super walmart where i almost bought 'grease 2' just because it was only $5.50. (i didn't.)
so good news. i am in talks with one of the editors at ROCKPILE because he asked me if i was interested in becoming an assigning department editor after i e-mailed him about contributing. he said he was very impressed with my resume, clips, etc.
i also heard back from the assoc. editor at SPIN who told me to send her some pitches and she'll get back at me when she returns from vacation as to if she likes any of them, or if they completely suck and i need to think of more.
CMJ is a very likely possiblity but depends a lot on loan money. i just paid bills today. oh the fun of it.
school starts a week from today. my very last year. hmm. i'm not all that thrilled. i'm kind of over it, and ready to get on with life. but the classes i'm taking seem interesting enough, and i planned it well so that i have one class per day monday-thurs, so i can get up at my usual 8:30 a.m., do work until i have to leave for escuela at 1:30, and be back a little after 5 to finish what must be done, play with my pug, go to the gym, shows, etc.
i'm sort of bummed about not seeing the White Stripes tonight but i didn't get on the list and paying so much for 2nd balcony didn't seem like the right idea.
i had to review death cab's new album for UR and i was sad to give it a really bad review. god it sucks.
hmmm go see Tight Phantomz this Friday at Schubas. they are getting some swell write-ups in Time Out and the Onion this week, courtesey of yours truly. hopefully some others too so i deserve getting paid for such a sweet job. stella likes it too.
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| headache |
[17 Aug 2005|12:20pm] |
working from home is so best. business has been going super well. well enough that with only one of my artists, in one month i'll be making as much as i did working at school or at Virgin. and it's fun. it's actually fucking amazing. i'm in talks with a few other labels to work some tours and upcoming albums, but meanwhile i'm working some Southern accounts.
it's pretty sweet because i still have time to write. i interviewed Mckenna's husband yesterday. i was very intimidated to talk to him because he's, well, insanely fabulous, intelligent, and talented. (for those unfamiliar with Mckenna's marriage, she is involved with Mr. Sufjan Stevens.) we affectionally refer to him as Sufjy. so Sufjy was very insightful, conversational, and quoteable. it'll be in UR's September issue.
is anyone going to CMJ? i think j and i might be. i applied for press credentials, and i think she might be for the Sun-Times. she also has great job news, but i'll let her disclose that on her own.
j's sister was in town for a couple of days. we took her to the Windy City Rollers bout, which was way cooler than i expected for the most part.
stella has been waking us up super early so i feel like i barely sleep. getting up early is good for my getting work done, though...which i'm obviously not doing as i type this.
oh yes, i also went to coldplay on a party bus with j and jene. it was good, but felt short because we got there after the opener, and i had a lot of beer on an empty stomach.
work!
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[11 Aug 2005|02:56pm] |
while watching 'boy meets world,' corey goes to see mr. feenie at the hospital.
mr. feenie: "where are your parents?"
corey: "they're not here, i rode the bus. in fact they don't even know i'm here."
mr. feenie: "why are you here corey? a hospital is a very scary place."
jamie: "why are they trying to teach kids that hospitals are very scary places? why not 'why did you ride the bus here all alone corey?'"
and i laughed.
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| obligatory livejournal update |
[11 Aug 2005|12:28pm] |
i have so much work to do. i feel married to my computer, which isn't so bad considering it's a very attractive ibook and it keeps my lap warm.
j and i saw electrelane and le tigre last night. they both ruled. i was supposed to review the show for Rockrgrl but the magazine is folding. j is reviewing the show for the Sun-Times though, and i didn't take notes, so i guess it's a blessing in disguise. selena from PISTIL took photos of the show, so we might write something up for the next issue of PISTIL instead. which reminds me of the editorial meeting in two weeks. i have to start formulating some feature ideas and collecting relevant promos for reviewers.
i'll get to that right after i send out 1,000,000 press releases. i'm doing some tour press for Southern Records, which rocks. i have some hot ass bands i'm reppin'.
so WI was cool. i don't feel like the Dells are any more awesome than other water parks. they give me the same sunburn.
and here is stella.
  
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| jump on it |
[04 Aug 2005|12:17pm] |
so things are going super well.
my apartment is finally 3/4 of the way painted (one room to go!) and my website is so close to done, thanks to ryan at see no evil. i have three bands confirmed, and i just picked up some tour promotion for a hot ass band on Southern. that's really exciting!
i basically have my work cut out for me. and the only bad news is that our free internet has been down for two days in the apartment so i can't do as much work online as i'd like. but alliance bakery has free wi-fi, which rocks, but i'd love to be able to work from in my newly air conditioned living room.
what else what else--i had a great interview with Jessica Hopper about HIOQI for UR. she invited me to a yard party this weekend, which sounds fun if not obsessed with stella. who am i kidding? i totally will be over-obsessive, basically mauling the dog and proclaiming my affection way too often in a high-pitched voice even a dog can't love.
stella is taking her first road trip to the Dells next week with j, emily, nicole, and myself. we've titled it 'dyke dells 2005' and we're staying at em's cousin's lake house so Stella can frolick and be scared of the lake (much like her mother. or mother #1 i guess.)
i have lots of work to do. duh.
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| this just in: |
[30 Jul 2005|09:49pm] |
pictures of stella, the baby we will claim exactly one week from today:
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[27 Jul 2005|07:08pm] |
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and we're getting stella the black pug pup in less than two weeks.
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