Jim O'Rourke is a well known musician, btw.

Jim O'Rourke is wonderful. He's one of those musicians that I assumed only a few people knew about, at first, but then realized he's beloved by many.

Especially the song "Memory Lane."

Yep, his album Insignificance is truly among the baddest of ass. Plus he went and joined Sonic Youth afterwards. And mixed the last two Wilco records.

Didn't get to see the Decemberists.

Sorry to hear it Mr. Broom. (You must live right downtown to be two blocks away from Jackpots. Yay Lawrence.) It was a good show but soooo short. They played for about 70 min. and it was mucho packed near the stage. The only thing I would feel bad about missing was the encore - a very well-received Smiths cover of "Ask."

Hey folks of the music thread. Squees all around to Hec for good book reviews, Rio for impending wedded bliss, Alicia for being cool and happy when meeting Bono and all other good things that have happened to all you good people.

Squee for me as well - I actually got to meet a Buffista at Winfield. After much note leaving I got to meet, hug and take a pic with Katefate. Yay! She trekked all the way back to my campsite and I was not there but we had both mentioned trying to hook up at a certain show that night and with 5,000 people in the general area where we said we might be I thought it was going to be impossible to find her, but a semi-Buffy freak friend of mine who was with me walked right past her, noticed her Buffistas shirt (from the first F2F I believe) and there was subsequent "Omygod are you Kate?! Omygod are you Tina?" Fun.

Other fun music notes: The Pixies show I saw last month in Columbia rocked well beyond my wildest expectations. So glad I bought tickets when I did. I was thiiiis close to Kim Deal for like three hours!!

I have no access to CD-burning equipment at the moment so I have not sent my Buffista exchange replacement mix off yet. As soon as I can, I promise that I will.

I have had several odd job changes since last posting. I am currently waiting for the offices of this magazineto finish being built so I can start my job there as their lifestyle editor and general writer of stuff. Yes, it is a motocross magazine and no, up until about two months ago I didn't know anything about motocross. But hey - I get paid to write definitely about music and even maybe about comics (I'm still trying to convince them that comics are "cool.") Sweet. In the meantime it is odd-job city for me. Currently that means working at a government call center and answering angry senior citizens' questions about Medicare. Not so sweet.

I am still lurking but just wanted to say hey. Hey.

Hey Tina! So good to hear from you. Glad you're the music maven of the motocross world.

Isn't Katefate the best? I lurve her. In fact, all of the kate-derived Buffistas are pretty rocking: Katefate, Katie, Katerina Bee, Kat...

I just had a Frasier moment which, as you might imagine, doesn't happen to me very often. I almost left my croque monsieur under the broiler too long. "Oh no, my croque monsieur!"

Birthday bliss! I've been on a self-imposed CD-buying diet of late, but I got a gift certificate today that I put to good use. I bought the Garden State soundtrack and new albums by Bjork and Zap Mama. I am verra verra happy.

I bought the Garden State soundtrack and new albums by Bjork and Zap Mama. I am verra verra happy.

Is the Bjork one Medulla? I've been wondering whether I should get that. I listened to a bit of it in the record store, and I had strong reactions in different directions. Not sure what would win out on extended playing.

ETA: Huh. My close-italics tag kept getting eaten there. Can they no longer be used with smart quotes or something?

Yes, it's Medulla. I listened to bits of it in-store and loved it. It's that voice, man. I haven't put it on at home yet (listening to Garden State now, mmm).

I'm listening to A Perfect Circle's cover of "Imagine." Whoa, it's creepy. Cool, though.

Yeah, I really like this.

Hey Tina! So good to hear from you.

Howdy yourself, Hec. Before I disappear back into semi-frequent lurkdom I wanted to share.

I have been listening to the same album all day. I bought the new Elliott Smith today. And I am here to echo the glowing reviews it has been getting.

It's fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone who has liked his stuff in the past. I read incredibly sad suicide notes all through it (but at the same time there is a strong "life was serious shit before but it's been getting slightly better lately"-vibe going on) but much beyond that it is sweeping, Beatlesesque without being annoying about it, creative, gorgeous, dark and hopefull - all the good stuff - and there is not a track that I can even think about skipping.

It is only 15 songs of the supposed more than 23 he had finished when he died so it is a regular priced album (I got mine for 11.99) and not the bloated double-album I had initially feared. They played it at the bar before the The Decemberists show the other night and I was suprised at how perfect it was for bar music - not quite as achingly slow acoustic solo-ish as I had expected.

And on a completely opposite note - I happened to be one of the lucky Americans to catch the Ashlee Simpson lip-synching screw up on SNL last night. I actually put my hands up in front of my face when I realized what was happening. (She got caught lip synching when they played the wrong song and stormed off stage at the beginning of her second number.) Horrifying AND funny.

RIO! I'm so glad I read this thread every once in a while! MY GOODNESS! I know a nice apartment available next week, but that's too soon, huh?

And in famous-people encounters, I was having George Pelecanos sign a book, and was all, "Youknowthatobscuremusicthingyouwroterecently? IknowDavidSmayandsenthimoneofyourbooks. Because I liked it."