for those who are hoping to rock

hold on to your little pantaloons. help is coming (though maybe not quite as soon as you'd like).

but first:

another post today. a short feature on Lambchop leader Kurt Wagner for his hometown alt-weekly, the Nashville Scene. I believe it's available in print later this afternoon (Thursday) and the Voice online should have something else of mine tomorrow or the next day, and next week the long-form interview version of my discussion with Kurt will post and then probably another Possibly 4th Street episode after that.

while normal's not really the word, the schedule of at least the past couple days has been, say, a little less insane (horrible, stupid, overused word often signifying overwriting, so let's call this usage a tribute to the still touring Lindsey Buckingham (who will play NYC the night that Springsteen and Billy Joel have decided to raise money for Barack Obama - ouch)).

but Monday was kind of nuts. early morning finishing touches on the aforementioned Lambchop piece. early afternoon finishing touches on the interview with Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier.

yesterday, though, some much-missed, much-appreciated time with my spouse and a yes/no/maybe (final verdict: no) follow-up with the aforementioned Mr. Buckingham.

and today a trip to J. J. Byrne Park in Brooklyn (not exactly my old or new stomping grounds (read: a long damn subway ride in which to work through a few more pages of Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn (I miss reading)) to film a Possibly 4th Street with Damien Jurado (and Jenna Conrad and Eric Fisher). nice, talented folk.

which makes the recent iPod playlist consist of three primary albums: Damien's Caught in the Trees, Beck's Modern Guilt and the upcoming collaboration between Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power entitled Dark Developments (out either October 14th or 28th, depending on who you believe).

I'm going to take a night off from the Live Metallica download code because, honestly, not only is it late but the codes are on the computer in the other room which currently contains a sleeping spouse.
and it's more important to me (much more important actually) for her to be happy with me than you.
sorry.

but come back tomorrow and I promise something super man-bear-pig special, and maybe even worth your time.

busy ain't genius, baby.

just because the headline's different, doesn't mean I'll let you down

we've got the Live Metallica code coming (don't you dare skip ahead), but there will lots of free reading this week.
first up is one of those long-form interviews online at the Voice, this time with Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier. and this one comes with a free mp3.
Stereolab is headlining the venue formerly known as Irving Plaza this Thursday, Friday and Saturday (though hopefully they won't start until about an hour after the Auburn-Vandy game ends).

and now, without further ado, tonight's code good for one free download of Metallica's December 20th show in Oakland, California (home of the recently certified insane Raiders owner Al Davis):

MTP081220518F8CEB15

free live metallica download codes (day four)

yes, it's time for day four of our mucho exciting free live Metallica download code promotion (is this a promotion? what are we promoting? stay tuned for an exciting pyramid scheme offer (just kidding)). and we've finally discovered the only entity uglier than Auburn's victories over Mississippi State and Tennessee (farewell, Phil Fulmer. we knew you much longer than we would've preferred): the stock market.

ouch,
ouch,
ouch,
ouch,
ouch.

directions for first-timers:
click on this Live Metallica link, register, and then enter the code.

if you're the first blog reader to copy and paste that day's code, then Metallica will send you a free download of the concert in question.

so here, without further ado, is today's code, good for one free download of Metallica's upcoming February 1st show (currently pegged as the end of the tour) at Newark's Prudential Center:

MTP090201173B277869

good luck.

free live metallica download codes (day three)

despite, or maybe because of, a really terrible afternoon at Shea, another Raiders loss (I could go on and on) we're a little earlier tonight, but it's time, once again, for another free live Metallica download code.

directions for first-timers:
click on this Live Metallica link, register, and then enter the code.

if you're the first blog reader to copy and paste that day's code, then Metallica will send you a free download of the concert in question.

so here, without further ado, is today's code, good for one free download of Metallica's upcoming October 25th show (less than a month away) at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri:

MTP0810253E0647811F

free live metallica download codes (day two)

once again, for the next week or so I will be posting codes for free downloads of upcoming Metallica shows.

this is how it works.
click on this Live Metallica link, register, and then enter the code.

if you're the first blog reader to copy and paste that day's code, then Metallica will send you a free download of the concert in question.

so here, without further ado, is today's code, good for one free download of Metallica's upcoming December 13th show at the Save Mart Center in Fresno:

MTP081213FD6C9BD0F3

free live metallica download codes

hey, this should be fun (or not).

for the next week or so I will be posting codes for free downloads of upcoming Metallica shows (my parole officer, a real metalhead, says this will qualify as community service).

this is how it works.
click on this Live Metallica link, register, and then enter the code.

if you're the first blog reader to copy and paste that day's code, then Metallica will send you a free download of the concert in question.
if you're not the first blog reader to copy and paste that day's code, then the site will tell you that the code has already been used and you'll have wasted close to three minutes of your valuable time.

nobody said life was fair, you know.
or if they did, they were lying to you.

so here, without further ado, is today's code, good for one free download of Metallica's upcoming January 31st show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey:

MTP09013129206A7CE3

a mostly inside day

despite the beautifully crisp weather.

but I did manage to get a couple of outside errands done.

overheard conversations:

(a woman who appeared homeless talking to a man who appeared homeless (he was pushing a cart full of soda cans)) "you're going to f*&# me all night and THEN expect me to spend the night with you?" (homeless conversations don't always make sense)

(an elderly woman pushing a walker at the bank teller window) "I bet I spend a third of all my money on medicine. I have a terrible skin condition. have you ever heard of the hives? there's nothing worse in the world."

and you ask why I spend so much time in the apartment (plus McCain's "I'm too busy to debate and that ought to show I'm presidential" ploy has been pretty entertaining).

the Rivers interview is up at the Voice (I have the early interview - unpublished (used as reference for a much-reprinted feature back in the day) - which I may post later. as in around the weekend).
perceptive readers will notice that it's not quite half past ten, which means Weezer's probably 15-30 minutes into their MSG set.
and if I'm blogging here, then, well, you know . . .

I'm guessing the Garden isn't all the way full since Ticketmaster was running a $30 special (regular price: $54.50) this afternoon.
the band's headed south and west from here. Atlantic City Friday, followed by Camden (call it Philly), Auburn Hills (Detroit), blah blah before curling around to Duluth, Georgia (Atlanta) on October 25th.