August 2008
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This Week in Music
Same Old Drag / The Apples in Stereo
Smiley Faces / Gnarls Barkley
Stranger / Clan of Xymox
Easy Love / MSTRKRFT
Signs of Life / Every Move A Picture
Blue Moon Revisited / Cowboy Junkies
I Didn’t Come Here to Die / Spoon
What’s He Got / The Producers
No Name No Slogan / Acid Horse
You Wish / Nightmares On Wax
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La Plage!
Time for the annual trek to Sea Pines. Olivia and I headed down early, so Mary could relax alone at home with Piper. I’m not sure if that’s a dig at me, but hey, I only had to worry about one kid, which—much like having total consciousness on your deathbed—is nice.
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This Week in Music
A Forrest / Nouvelle Vague
No Tears / Tuxedomoon
Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Radio Edit) / Bodyrox
Atto D’ Amore (Dub) / Serge Santiago
Do Not Break / Ellen Alien
Free Stress Test / Professor Murder
Dreaming Of You / The Coral
I Feel Space / Lindstrøm
Twiggy Twiggy / Pizzicato Five
Tainted Love (Remake) / Coco Electrik
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Betty Turns 75
Mary’s aunt Betty turned 75, and we went to The Smith Family lake house to celebrate for a surprise birthday party. Wait, I meant to say we celebrated via a surprise birthday party—we celebrated for the surprise birthday party a week ago, in the mountains. Man, I love that cool mountain air. So…airy. But I digress.
Piper slept the whole time, and Olivia was actually pretty good....
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This Week in Music
30 / Fischerspooner
Days Go On / Greg Laswell
Going On / Gnarls Barkley
Blood and Peanut Butter / B.C. Camplight
Arms / Seabear
Inertia Creeps / Massive Attack
Dirty Old Town / The Pogues
Wuthering Heights / The Puppini Sisters
26 / Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra
This is Miami / Sander Kleinenberg
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Someone's Been Scanning...
Time for some pictures—I’ve been busy lamenting scanning my past, and this is what I have to show for it so far. More embarrassment to come, I’m sure.
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All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been...
– Jane Wagner
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This Week in Music
Happy House / Siouxsie & The Banshees
Ooh La La / Goldfrapp
Because / Madita
Young Folks / Peter Bjorn and John
Ghostwriter (Remix) / RJD2
Sinnerman / Nina Simone & Felix Da Housecat
Sex Changes / The Dresden Dolls
Mandy Goes to Med School / The Dresden Dolls
Nightshade / Alexkid
Normandie / Shout Out Louds
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This Week in Music
Better Version of Me / Fiona Apple
Lost in Today / Uncle Green
Big in Japan / Alphaville
Birth! School! Dole! Angst! / Edson
Amnesia / DJ Gius
Between Something and Nothing / The Ocean Blue
Attack Ships On Fire / Revolting Cocks
Baby / Koop
Blind Mary / Gnarls Barkley
Beef Jerky / Cibo Matto
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If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I...
– Dorothy Parker