Rachel's Rants - a NEW entertainment blog that is so worth a read. All Concert pics at Rachel's Pics . British accents and British Boys of course, San Francisco, PopScene, Saccharine (at Zucchabar - Adams Morgan), Black Cat, live music, NYC, indie films at local art house theaters, 9:30 club, complaining about anything and everything, Bring Back Monica Lewinsky, Anti-Bush, sarcasm, dark humour, Ewan McGregor, Angelina Jolie, Gina Gershon, Denis Leary, thunderstorms, long walks, beautiful scenery, yosemite, and traveling everywhere my heart desires (although my checkbook cant afford it)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this band. Lee is pretty f'ing cool!
I'd like to meet:
The indie hipster types, minus the hipster :). All those people in NYC who arrive to broadway shows on time - meaning for the 8pm show, dont come in at 8:10 - drives me INSANE! Those camera friendly people in the front row of shows who snap away for their blog, or just because they like photos. Someone who knows their indie music, but isnt a pretentious f*** and doesnt live off of pitchfork to decide whats cool and whats not. All the hockey fans in NYC who are not rangers fans ;) Ok, so honestly Jagr is now a Ranger, but I'm not becoming a fan. And most especially, film lovers, especially indie films, but not so indie that you cant laugh at Will Ferrell.
And if you ever wanna meet other folks in the city to go to concerts with, go to a club, check this out and join.
Indie/BritPop Fans United!
Music:
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Birdmonster
Extra Blue Kind
The Thermals
Decibully
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Headlights
Division Day
Ra Ra Riot
The Affair
Pela
Bishop Allen
The Dandy Warhols, Supergrass, Blur, Elefant, Interpol, Muse, Ambulance Ltd, Robbers on High Street, Radio 4, Idlewild, Doves, New Pornographers, The Bravery, VHS or Beta, Stereophonics, Ash, Phaser, Ian Brown, The Bicycle Thieves, Suede, Pulp, The Bluetones, Geneva, Gene, The Smiths, The Cure, New Order, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Upsidedown, AmbassadorNow, Lavajet, Manic Street Preachers, Placebo, Starsailor, Travis, The Shins, Zero 7, The Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Trashcan Sinatras, Keane, Snow Patrol, Paloalto, Mansun, October Project, Top, BRMC, Jesus & Mary Chain, Garbage, Dance Hall Crashers, The Specials, English Beat, Madness, The Jam, Supertramp, Abba, House of Love, James, The Charlatans, Tim Burgess and of course Morrissey!too many other artists to name, but i will say it was a sad, sad day when Gene announced their split.
Movies:
Travis - Pipe Dreams
Travis performing "Pipe Dreams" at Irving Plaza in NYC on 7/15/07.
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Maximo Park - The Coast is Always Changing - Live at Webster Hall, NYC 7/12/07
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Birdmonster and Mason Proper performing "Ice Age" at Gramercy Theater in New York City on March 31, 2007.
DiG!, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Maria Full of Grace, Garden State, Harold & Maude (my all time favorite movie), Donnie Darko, Bladerunner, Alien, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Eurotrip, The Graduate, Sunset Blvd. "Im ready for my closeup, Mr Deville", Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Last Tango in Paris 'Git The Butta', Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, Gia, Go!, Sixteen Candles, A Clockwork Orange, Bubba Ho-Tep, Evil Dead, Really bad mystery/thrillers, Playing by Heart, Bound (Gina Gershon in anything), same with Angelina Jolie, Pushing Tin, Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett is amazing), Girl Interrupted, Foxfire, Prey for Rock & Roll, Demonlover, Buffalo 66, Copycat, Il Postino, 9 1/2 weeks, All About My Mother, Pedro Almodovar, Better Than Chocolate, Go Fish, City of God, Finding Forrester, My Dog Skip, Office Space, Slapshot, I Shot Andy Warhol, Winged Migration, Capturing the Friedmans, Bus 174, Boiler Room, Trick, But Im a Cheerleader, Heathers, The Shining, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Gattaca, Amores Perros, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), Bridget Jones Diary, The Fight Club, A River Runs Throught It, A Home At The End of the World, Swingers, Igby Goes Down, Talk to her, Secretary, Seven, True Romance and the list continuously goes on of great movies I love.
Anything by Darren Aronofsky who has to be one of the most brilliant directors out there; also a huge fan of Roman Polanski. Lately catching up on all the "classics" that I somehow never saw *boo to me, but better late than never!*
Television:
Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Sex & The City, Entourage, Newsradio, Kids in the Hall, Burn Notice, Heroes, Lost, Damages, Five Days, Rescue Me, The Job, or anything for that matter with Denis Leary, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, NHL2Nite, Any show Buccigross is hosting, Hockey
Books:
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
others to be listed at a later time.
Heroes:
Kristi Yamaguchi - seriously! I thought one day I might be as good as her. That dream was way shortlived. She still rocks!
