yes, I am shamed and humbled, if not completely close-mouthed. I have recently communicated (the way that really counts: back and forth) with Mr. Chiarella (it's possible that I may be testing a Google Alert here).
if you have not partaken of the Tom Sawyer-esque brilliance (complete with footnotes) of his piece on Halle Berry (who smiled at me once backstage at Conan (I swear)), please do so.
the musical half-week in review:
what I'm listening to this very second (at 3:40 a.m.): S.M.V.'s (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten) Thunder (out on August 12)
the two Possibly 4th Street episodes we recorded on Wednesday: Tilly and the Wall (in Peter Cooper Village where the local authorities summarily dismissed us, thankfully at the tail end of their second song) and Bowerbirds (in and around the Mollusk Surf Shop on Brooklyn's River Street, mere blocks from where we recorded with Phosphorescent last year)
who we saw on Wednesday night: Aimee Mann (see fairly creepy (double click for the full effect of Aimee's right eye), fairly bad photo above) at the muchly crowded Highline Ballroom (the staff there is very nice, considerate, professional, et al, but there is no photo pit; thanks to the kindness of a stranger similarly disconcerted by the sardine-like main floor I was allowed to step in front to take a few pics from the balcony which, as you might imagine, renders but faint hope capturing anything even serviceable given the distance, the dark, the movement (translation: I came home with bupkis, less than bupkis (is that how you spell bupkis?)). but we enjoyed the show)
phrase of the evening: "Snow White, who's a fucking idiot apparently" - Aimee Mann discussing her research when attempting to write a song for Shrek 3
(but the back and forth, back and forth, and a recent change to the Metro Card menu (which reminded me of the time I filled my father's pickup truck with diesel (it did not run on diesel) because the local gas station had reordered the pumps since my last visit) caused me to purchase a two-week Metro Card. I did not need, nor did I want, a two-week Metro Card, especially since I have two monthlys, left over from days of regular employment, still in their cellophane resting upon my cluttered desk)
this evening: a very enjoyable interview with Dan Boeckner and Hadji Bakara of Wolf Parade backstage before their second Terminal 5 show (Harvilla reviewed night one in his NSFW-titled blog). they're both huge Tusk fans and I, of course, am charged with delivering a treatise on said classic album for Continuum's 33 1/3 series at year end.
pubs: my interview with Aimee Mann (as previously mentioned) posted on Monday and Wednesday saw the Possibly 4th Street episode (at least still photos and prose) with Falcon. audio/video are upcoming.
also, Tilly and the Wall are currently offering a free MP3 of "Pot Kettle Black" (right click when you get there), which has to be the most infectious legally free download you'll find all summer, so take advantage.
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