Fake Tales of Seattle: The Arctic Monkeys at the Paramount
“This band is so good” I told my friend more than a few times during the Arctic Monkey’s Saturday night set at the Paramount. On…
Jeez, they'll let anybody in these days…
Alright, so I have to admit. I kind of think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a big waste of time. Institutionalizing popular…
"Let Me Borrow that Top"
I'm madly in love with Kelly, Kelly of "Shoes" and "Text Message Breakup" fame. These videos have brought me endless hours of giggling joy. Now…
The Navy finally figures out the MySpace generation
Leave it to the U.S. Navy to summarize the Myspace generation better than I have ever seen. In their report to recruiters, they say that…
Photo of the moment: last night's Kinski show
We have a full live show review forthcoming, but when new imaginary photographer Kyle Johnson sent over photos from last night's Kinski show at the…
What's in a name: "So What"
For reasons I can't explain, I woke up today completely amused by the notion that these two songs have the same name. I'm a huge…
"Pioneers" (M83 Remix) by Bloc Party
Remix albums are an odd entity. Most of the time they are, how do you say, completely, utterly, remarkably and fabulously unnecessary. How many "good"…
7 Words You Can Never Say on Television (but can say on the TIG blog)
George Carlin is going to be at Benaroya Hall tonight.For some reason that I don't quite understand, I won't be. I really, really wish I…
Great moments in auto-generated e-mail
This gem of an e-mail from Live Nation found its way in to my inbox this morning:At Live Nation, we want to create great experiences…
The Lucksmiths, their shows in NYC TONIGHT, and reality TV!
Looks like this lil tour of the Lucksmiths has brought out all kinds of folks exclaiming their praises... which means now there's more folks signing…