tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75143898860081343042012-02-03T13:17:04.964-05:00Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-43566805058488839552012-02-03T13:17:00.000-05:002012-02-03T13:17:04.971-05:00

I don't believe that it's February for several reasons, including but not limited to the unseasonably warm weather/lack of snow, and also the feeling that it "can't possibly be February already!" But somehow it is February, and all the summer wedding related paraphernalia has started to trickle in which is just a little scary (so! many! weddings!). I have a few friends who have been applying/

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Jeff Mangum held a captive audience at BAM last Friday night. Unlike some other shows I had attended there, no one rushed into the aisles on the main floor or crowded the stage. Everyone remained seated, focused, faced forward to hear every note and see every strum of his guitar. About 1/3 of the way through the set he broke the fourth wall to tell us that "you know, you can yell things at me

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Twelve days into 2012, these are the things I've been amusing myself with: ...a (belated) New Year's mix: Welcoming 2012 from thewarehousedream on 8tracks. ...anticipating the new album from my 2009 album list toppers, Fanfarlo, who have a slightly updated sound: ...and, reliving a highlight of 2011 (and possibly of my entire music-listening, concert-attending life): Otherwise,

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Happy New Year! I finished writing up this list while I was home in Chicago last week, and have just been very tardy in posting it. Apologies. I would resolve to be a more regular blogger this year, but I fear that it will become a failed resolution pretty quickly, so I'm not making any promises. After much internal struggle and debate, and attempts to not be overwhelmed/influenced by the

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The irony of yesterday's massively sold out Childish Gambino show at Terminal 5, was that everyone in attendance had to miss/DVR/download the (pretty hilarious and Donald Glover-heavy) episode of Community that aired last night. But of course, the concert is a non-repeatable experience and I can say pretty confidently now that Camp is going to be an awesome release of 2011. Full of everything

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Happy Monday! The world didn't end (again), but CMJ has come and gone once more. I didn't see a lot of bands at CMJ this year, but I still had a couple favorites: I saw Boy and Bear at Union Hall in Park Slope on Friday night. They headlined a show that also included Conversion Party (who I recently saw open for CYHSY) and WATERS from California (and some other bands, too, I think, who we missed

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My Last.FM account informs me that my most listened to song in the past 12 months is "Freak Out" by Tapes 'N Tapes. That sounds about right. And I furthered my allegiance to this song on Friday night at their concert at Bowery Ballroom. Their opening bands were mostly agreeable: The Static Jacks had a very...enthusiastic group of (mostly) guys bouncing around up front as if it were some 2002 pop

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Shana tova to my Jewish friends! I've spent the day watching some folks I know leading Rosh Hashana services at 92Y Tribeca. Tonight a three-sevenths-Jewish group of us are having a potluck to ring in the Jewish New Year full of (hopefully) delicious foods, a Kosher wine that tastes better than Manischevitz, and a much-hyped homemade version of Apples to Apples. My contribution to this shindig

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-55894384001721216142011-09-26T19:00:00.000-04:002011-09-26T19:00:02.446-04:00

Saturday night I fit a seemingly impossible number of people into my one-bedroom apartment for a space themed housewarming party. It was overflowing with aluminum foil, pop rocks, and really awesome friends who dove head first into the theme. I also threw the party so it coincided with several friends visiting from out of town, which made the festivities extra fun. I'm having some party-planning

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The time has come: my friends are starting to get married. I went to my first non-family/family-friend wedding this weekend in Columbus, OH. Despite some travel woes (flight to Chicago delayed 90 minutes! first flight to Columbus canceled!) we barely made it to Ohio for the rehearsal dinner on Saturday night. As we rushed to get dressed and ran downstairs in the hotel, we came around the corner

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Seemingly out of nowhere on Monday morning, a tweet/post went up on BrooklynVegan that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah would be performing at Littlefield that same night with tickets going on sale at noon. I dutifully waited with my laptop and pounced, snagging 2 tickets. The show was great, as the crowd wasn't pushy nor the venue overly full (despite being sold out). Everyone seemed so chill, in fact,

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Just about one week ago I was heading off to Newport, RI with team T.E.A.M. (tiffany, eve, ana, and [myself]) for the Newport Folk Festival. Our drive was never too traffic-y (thanks, John!) and our hotel was kind of ridiculously oversized for the 4 of us. On the surface, Newport is a really typical waterside vacation spot. All the buildings have the same look and feel and themes, but what sets

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-364136698882884132011-07-26T16:03:00.000-04:002011-07-26T16:03:09.517-04:00

Just a quick post to note the assembly of covers over on Stereogum as they tribute The Strokes' first magical album, Is This It. You can stream all the covers, or download the whole thing. I'm partial to the Morning Benders' version of "Last Night" which turns an originally semi-frenetic song into a breezier jangly summer jam. Also, Owen Pallet's take on "Hard to Explain" is beautiful. "

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Summer thus far has been full of lots of great things, but rising to the top of the list is the amount of ice cream I've ingested. And it's all so good. I took an ice cream making class over at Brooklyn Brainery and am on a quest to re-create Homer's fresh peach ice cream (or at least make one that's better than the other peach ice creams parading around NYC which are all far inferior to Homer's)

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Happy (belated) Independence Day! No, not the movie, though that potential for alien invasion has come up multiple times over the course of the weekend. For the 2nd year, my friends and I took to Brooklyn Bridge Park for some picnic-ing. While cooler out than last year (pathetic but true), it was still sweltering and by the end of the picnic the icing on my cake had given out to the point where

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Happy first day of summer!! While it has certainly been warm enough already to qualify as summer, today is officially the first day. To celebrate the longest day of the year, I have a pretty long mix prepared for you all. I'm excited for some of the trips and things that I know will be summer highlights already: Newport Folk Festival the final installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise the

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-83977155064236558962011-06-14T21:38:00.000-04:002011-06-14T21:38:19.343-04:00

For over a month it has felt like I've been in a state of perpetual motion. Starting with a new company, looking for apartments/signing/moving/unpacking, and now I am finally starting to settle in. There is still a lot to be done with the apartment, but most things are out of boxes and have a home. Until I manage to get a new couch and frame some of this art, things are more or less how they'll

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Gauntlet Hair: The Dodos: After what feels like a long hiatus, I went to see a show on Friday night. We went to see The Dodos play at Music Hall of Williamsburg, and despite not getting there terribly early, I found myself breezing right up to the stage. Front row! Gauntlet Hair opened, and while their name is a little silly, their sound was really good and the crowd seemed really into them

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-58812706368147396062011-05-26T10:37:00.000-04:002011-05-26T10:37:01.814-04:00

Sometimes it feels like most of what I do in New York is go to concerts or "hang out." Not that there's anything wrong with those things (clearly I love concerts...and my friends), but there are so many other things to do in this city. As the weather warms up, I've started coming out of my winter hibernation and have gone to some great things: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty I can honestly say

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-62174222890962317612011-05-20T00:50:00.000-04:002011-05-20T00:50:06.977-04:00

So, let's play a little catch up here. Last Saturday I went to see the Donald Glover/Childish Gambino (OH WAIT SAME PERSON) show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. I bought one of my friends her ticket as a birthday present, but it was fairly selfish because the show was even more awesome than I anticipated. Aside from the fact that Donald Glover is incredibly funny and charming and witty, and

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-75978540275245040222011-05-09T19:53:00.000-04:002011-05-09T19:53:31.786-04:00

I have been sucked into a wormhole of design blogs and heart-ing things on Tumblr and Pinterest. It's an endless loop gluing me to the internet. The problem with these kinds of blogs, as opposed to music blogs, is that when you see something you like it is generally much more difficult to acquire it. It fills my head with ideas about large-scale projects and DIYs and redecorating (and just

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Today I've gotten myself a Pinterest account and downloaded the new Fleet Foxes album Helplessness Blues, which in case you haven't heard it, is beautiful and perfect for this lovely spring day. And, it's only $3.99 today, which makes it pretty much impossible to pass up. ALSO You may notice that some tweaks got made to my blog design, namely those links right up under my

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In my continued celebration of bike month, today I would like to highlight the network that has arisen of Cycle Chic blogs. Back in 2007, one of the first blogs I was reading daily was called Copenhagen Girls on Bikes, which is now Copenhagen Cycle Chic. It has spawned a network of (permissible) copycats all over the world, including one here in New York. Introducing New York Cycle Chic from

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(via design-fetish) Happy National Bike Month! These reflective bike accessories are so clever, though I suppose the gloves aren't terribly practical now that the weather is warming up. I'm still bike-less after mine got stolen last year, but I'm thinking I'll get one at the Brooklyn Bike Jumble on May 14th. Choosing a bike is so difficult balancing a desire for a "cute" bike and budgetary

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Trips home are always packed to the brim, and this past extended weekend was no different. I went home for my mom's birthday/the end of Passover, so both of those occasions were automatic family time. I also crammed in a Cubs game, seeing two of my friends' apartments that I hadn't been to, and eating all of my favorite foods that you just can't get in New York. Plus, bars and running and CTA

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-38264196120738980972011-04-22T09:30:00.000-04:002011-04-22T09:30:44.830-04:00

In honor of Earth Day, here are a few of my latest favorite eco-friendly ideas: Easy to use vertical planters! Attach to any magnetic surface, and come with magnetic panels you can attach to any wall. Raising money now on Kickstarter to launch. via Design*Sponge GrowNYC's pilot campaign to collect compostable materials. I've been doing it for a few weeks, it's not difficult at all and gives me

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It's barely even spring, and lately all I can think about is summer. The free shows are being announced, I've got my ticket to Newport Folk Fest, and I've shoved all my boots and heavy coats into the back of the closet. Come on, sunshine and warm weather! Summer in America is bookended by two patriotic holidays, with the big one tucked in the middle. Everything gets all red, white, and blue and

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-35266581769919516972011-04-14T12:23:00.000-04:002011-04-14T12:23:50.194-04:00

The new video for The Decemberists' song "This is Why We Fight" ties in perfectly with my post from a few weeks ago. The kids in this video, though, remind me a lot of the movie Hook (and why is this "king" dressed kind of like Prince?) This is also an appropriate segue into a playlist I've had hanging around. [this is why we fight | rebellion (lies) | life during wartime | atomic | 16

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Last night I saw The Hold Steady at Terminal 5 with some friends. It was the first time I'd seen them since 2008, and their live show has only gotten better and stronger over time. Craig Finn has really embraced his identity as a rockstar of sorts, and fed off of the incredible energy at T5. The crowd must have been 3:2 guys:girls - almost no groups of only girls within my eye range. But also,

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-76010227518465097322011-04-09T01:56:00.000-04:002011-04-09T01:56:52.575-04:00

This week has kind of flown by. I'm hatching lots of new plans, including reviving my Etsy shop, and dropping off my compostable refuse at the Greenmarket this weekend. In addition, here are a few other tidbits: Things I did: * After reading a tweet by @ohjoystudio, I knew immediately that I had to go make myself some Cuban potato balls. They're pretty tasty, though I think I undersalted the

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The flip side to my last mix*: songs that remind me of these movies every time I hear them. The first two tracks/movies I completely blame attribute to my parents as I was growing up. Other major players: John Hughes movies, and somehow I've doubled up on Frankie Valli songs. (This was originally inspired by a post on Design*Sponge.) These songs are from: Dirty Dancing Top Gun Almost Famous 10

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-56654268374751787852011-04-05T18:56:00.002-04:002011-04-05T18:56:00.507-04:00

I was doing work earlier and "Barbara Streisand" came on, leading to being totally distracted making this mix on 8tracks. A complete stream of conscience, songs making direct allusions to old-timey actors / stars. Track List: Clark Gable - The Postal Service Barbara Streisand - Duck Sauce Fred Astaire - Lucky Boys Confusion Buddy Holly - Weezer Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes Steve McQueen -

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RIP LCD Soundsystem I don't know that I've ever been to a concert where it was so clear that every person attending really wanted to be there. The show was long and after a while I was running on adrenaline as I let every song pick me up again. I felt like I needed a five hour energy at the end of the 45:33 run, but then "Us V Them" totally revived me. There had been a lot of speculation about

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There are no words to adequately express the sheer joy and energy I felt seeing The Strokes again after all this time, in their hometown no less. In Julian's own words, they hadn't played a "legit show" here in "basically forever." They knew the significance of that show, to a sold out monster of Madison Square Garden, and they absolutely delivered. Sure, Julian apparently can't remember the

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-7328632903393806532011-04-02T12:45:00.001-04:002011-04-02T12:45:00.208-04:00

LCD Soundsystem has the beats and the synths and a real genius in the way the songs build. This is all true. But what makes me come back to them time after time is James Murphy's lyrical genius. They have an inexplicable mastery of the repeated one-liner, and (oddly) poignant observations throughout their danceable songs. In honor of their retirement, this collection of my favorite lyrics is my

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-15424082894637547412011-04-01T09:07:00.000-04:002011-04-01T09:07:00.619-04:00

I think I need to mentally prepare myself for how musically epic this weekend may/will be. Since I was sick last week and missed Noah and the Whale, I'm coming off of a bit of a live music drought and diving head first into two literally massive shows at Madison Square Garden. First up is the Strokes' return to New York. It's amazing how excited I can get over a band whose particular brand of

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-80827592235333528262011-03-25T16:49:00.000-04:002011-03-25T16:49:25.238-04:00

I have consumed a gross amount of Netflix/Hulu/YouTube this week (as well as soup, ginger tea and dayquil) all as part of a massive effort to not be sick anymore! My first real fever-y sick day came at a very inopportune moment, as it meant that I had to skip the Noah & the Whale concert that I had been looking forward to for months :'( From the looks of things, it seems like it was a great show.

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-45137003072937783362011-03-15T19:00:00.001-04:002011-03-15T19:00:06.197-04:00

(image via 20x200) My little musical heart has been overwhelmed in the last few days. Two great album releases today (The Dodos and Noah & the Whale), full streaming of the new Strokes album, and a really beautiful song from The National. No Color is only $2.99 today on Amazon! A serious serious steal. It has ass-kicking drums, vocals from Neko Case, and is overall a really solid album. If I

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-69899954531451384162011-03-10T18:43:00.001-05:002011-03-10T18:43:00.722-05:00

I'm in the middle of a concert dry spell right now - the last show I saw was at the beginning of February! I have no tickets coming up until the 22nd (Noah and the Whale), followed by the holy grail of weekends at (unfortunately) Madison Square Garden: The Strokes and then the farewell show of LCD Soundsystem.  (Yes, I am one of those non-scalpers that managed to get tickets, though I'm not even

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-39067687814727189032011-02-23T13:00:00.000-05:002011-02-23T13:00:11.633-05:00

While February is always the shortest month, it feels like it is coming to an end even more quickly than usual.  It feels like just the other day that I went to see Chromeo and then to "My So-Called Prom" - but I haven't even uploaded those photos onto my computer yet!  I realized how tragically behind I was because the Oscars are coming up on Sunday, and I'm pretty close to having seen all the

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-55239471454085421582011-02-14T08:24:00.000-05:002011-02-14T08:24:45.754-05:00

Things I love today: Over the weekend my mom was here - we saw Iphigénie en Tauride at the Met Opera with Placido Domingo.  Also ate at one of my favorites, and bought a sweet new wallet that actually fits all my crap.  Win!

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-17442989745234153572011-02-03T00:00:00.003-05:002011-02-03T00:00:07.673-05:00

I know someone who hopes this is literal: Ken wishes you all a Happy Chinese New Year!

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-88997594033136586782011-01-29T15:06:00.000-05:002011-01-29T15:06:47.719-05:00

[image via The Sartorialist] Somewhere between turning 25, the New Year, and a constant onslaught of snow/sleet/rain, 2011 has made me pretty restless so far.  I have an itch to make a change, to do something - I just don't know what that thing is quite yet.  Hibernating is nice and all, but winter makes it seem impossible to get anything done in this town.  I'm also on the hunt for a new hobby -

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-37178531243096343242011-01-27T10:21:00.000-05:002011-01-27T10:21:17.404-05:00

Today is totally ordinary - you know, if you ignore the 11 inches of snow outside.  Which apparently we are, because I'm writing this from work (shhhhh), but I must admit that the snow does add a certain amount of charm to an otherwise dreary midtown.  With some trusty Bean Boots, though, the commute was not so shabby.  Especially considering how I was out last night and it was heinous - sleet

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Friday night I braved the cold, windy trek to Terminal 5 (really, why is it so far out of the way?) to attend the Last.fm 'festival' with Tokyo Police Club, Two Door Cinema Club, and Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin.  Most of SSLYBY's set was spent standing in a variety of lines (entrance, coat check, bar), but we were well-situated by the end of their set and progressed further up

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Happy New Year's (Eve)!  This past year has been jam-packed (mostly with work), but I just came back from an exceedingly fun week at home where I had my first Christmas, saw lots of friends, ate my favorite foods, and turned yet another year older.  I came back yesterday to the remaining horrors of Sunday's blizzard, with snowbanks almost as tall as I am blocking in half the cars in my

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Last week, on a whim, I bought myself a ticket to see Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr play at Bowery Ballroom (they were opening for Bear Hands).  I showed up just in time to see (the) Tony Castles and there was practically no one in there.  I casually found myself right up front, in perfect position for the awesomeness that is the DEJrJr set design.  They play off the ridiculousness of their name perfectly

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Choosing my ten favorite albums this year has seemed particularly daunting.  Maybe it's because I already knew there would a struggle when a few months into the year my calendar was already overflowing with reminders about album release dates from old favorites.  The inevitability of new bands being noteworthy made things almost too overwhelming to think about. That being said, here are my

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Here we are at the end of Chanukah! Just in time, I found this card today which I wish that I had found earlier because I definitely would have sent them out.  Not only is it super adorable, but it's a "gift that gives back" (I'm not really a fan of that phrase, actually, but I can't think of a way to say it better...). This card are more are available at Goods 4 Good which is both

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In roughly 10 days, some friends and I are throwing a little holiday party which we are quite excited for.  In anticipation of this event, I've been trolling the internet to find some inspiration for those things that will turn it from average to awesome. I think I've hit the nail on the head: Gnome bowling I can even make them look a little more like santas or elves I think! Or, maybe we should

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I was having a pretty Scrooge-y sort of day, and then PMA posted the new Noah and the Whale song "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."  It's bright and sunny and is bringing me out of my winter doldrums. Also, I may have already bought tickets to see them in March 2011.  Scarily, just over 3 months from now. Noah And The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N by ListenBeforeYouBuy Speaking of songs that unnecessarily

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After spending most of the weekend on the go, today was a nice change of pace.  I slept in, worked on some gift-related projects, and spent the afternoon in the kitchen.  I came in from the cold and listened to a Sam Cooke Pandora station and made beef stew over egg fettucine: Interesting fact: this Pandora station has played a rather disproportionate number of songs from the Dirty Dancing

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Happy 4th Night of Chanukah!  Half way through! I've been running around all day doing touristy things around NY with some friends who had an out-of-town guest staying with them.  In the process I went by the Columbus Circle Holiday Market and discovered that they have a pretty spectacular set of food stands (not that I ate anything - we had just come from Sarabeth's).  There is a Pies & Thighs

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Night #3 of Chanukah is upon us, and I'd like to actually talk about (shocker!) gifts. For once in a blue moon, Chanukah is actually sort of far enough from my birthday that I could conceivably receive a separate Chanukah present from my birthday present (but I'm not holding my breath).  Something that is certain to not change this year, though, is my love of polar bears.  It seems my favorite (

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Here we are, Chanukah night #2.  The first night of Chanukah ended up being not-so-great, as I found myself battling a minor round of food poisoning at around 2am.  But, I went to work and I'm feeling pretty good now.  Positivity for Chanukah!! I feel like I'm just playing catchup on the last couple of months as I severely fell off the blog-wagon.  To touch briefly on two of the albums that

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 the wine bottle menorah is back for year 2! Chanukah is about a miracle of light, and of oil.  But this year it is beginning (now!) freakishly close to Thanksgiving, which turned out to be a celebration of...butter.  So much butter.  I'm amazed that none of us keeled over.  I'm avoiding potatoes for a few more days, too, post-Thanksgiving because I cooked mashed potatoes & sweet potato casserole

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Happy Halloween everyone!  Here's a little mix to cover all your all Halloween-y occasions.  Last night I went to a Halloween party dressed as Sailor Mars.  I was accompanied by a "Katy Perry on Sesame Street" and "Amber from Teen Mom."  It was a pretty strange mix and as we discovered, none of us were super recognizable.  As for today, I bought some candy after brunch (such a shame you can't

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This is my declaration of love for CMJ, my oft-desired, less-attended NY music festival of my dreams.  Every year I inch closer and closer to being the kind of hardcore CMJ attendee I want to be, but am always thwarted by things like having a job and friends and then oversleeping because of hanging out with said friends and missing the free Saturday showcase I wanted to go to. SIGH. In any case,

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So while I'm in the midst of writing up my post-CMJ thoughts, and pre-Halloween thoughts (and don't even get me started on the other things I've wanted to share), I just had to lead off the week with this gem: The non-remixed version is on their Myspace page: I Wish I Was A Polar Bear by Ted & Francis Ted & Francis are from Australia (win) and re-mixed my favorite Two Door Cinema Club song (

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Surprise!  I lost my voice at a housewarming party on Saturday, and here we are Thursday night and I still sound ridiculous.  In the meantime I've honed my non-verbal communication skills and consumed a gross amount of mint tea.  I've also had some time to think about how my blog has taken a slow death lately, but I want to get things going again!  I barely even know where to start... While I've

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Last week was all about the Cee-Lo video for me.  But this week...this week it's quickly losing ground to the video that Arcade Fire has put out for "We Used to Wait" - it's engaging (literally, interactive), a cool new concept, and perfectly nostalgic just like the album itself.  If you haven't tried it out yet, go here: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ I also found it really interesting

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Sorry for my lack of blogging lately, but I'm back just in time to tell you in depth about how freaking amazing Arcade Fire, Spoon and Owen Pallett were at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.  Like, confetti-falling-from-the-sky amazing (which, it did).  Like, so amazing that David Byrne and Annie Clark (St. Vincent) were there to witness its amazingness, too.  Like, "Wake Up" still giving me

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It's been a while since I've had a real themed playlist on here.  Going along with my book post from a few weeks back, here's a little literary playlist for your (music) library: Young Adult Friction by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Let's Write a Book by Field Music Wrapped Up In Books by Belle & Sebastian Amsterdam by Guster Bright Pink Bookmark by Frightened Rabbit Fables by The Dodos

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Originally I was supposed to go home this past weekend to go to Pitchfork, but plans fell through, and in its place I went out to Coney Island on Saturday for the Siren Festival.  It was hot and humid out, and we tuckered ourselves out by playing games and going on rides (and you know, being outside in the crippling heat) for a few hours before the first bands we wanted to see.  Thus, we only

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*EDIT: I'm pretty sure the poll is messed up so I'm removing it :'(  If you have (or already had and tried to share your) opinions, post them in the comments.  And see the cheat sheet for the songs. Hey guys, that time of summer has come up when I have to choose a new ringback tone on my phone (aka that song you hear when you call me).  For those of you that call a lot, this is kind of a big

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...and in case you need a refresher course on what all of my song options in the poll are, here they are: a) "Ask" If there's something you'd like to try, ask me I won't say "no" - how could I? b) "Don't Stop Me Now" If you wanna have a good time, just give me a call! c) "Fables" *the clip you'd hear is the beginning of the song with the guitars d) "We Can Get Together" Heaven is whenever

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aka, my super belated post on the Tokyo Police Club & Passion Pit show at Prospect Park By some miracle I made it to Park Slope in time to catch the end of the Suckers' opening set, and find Tiffany in the crowd before things got too crazy.  We played a few rounds of spot the American Apparel/horrificially dressed concert-goer, which topped off during Passion Pit when we were mauled by some

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Holy cow it's hot out there!  It's been blazing hot for days, including the holiday weekend.  But...that didn't stop it from being fantastically fun and awesome.  There were out-of-town guests which led us to spending a good chunk of the weekend at Rob's uncle's (unoccupied) townhouse apartment.  We had playdates in his cousin's basement playroom (she's 10, and we're just that cool that we had

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A few songs from some old favorites making the rounds lately: (aka, my google reader starred items so far this week) Of Montreal - "Coquet Coquette" via Pretty Much Amazing ** enjoyable and catchy, though still lacking some of the real quirky weirdness that made me love them originally.  I do like it more than Skeletal Lamping though. Frightened Rabbit covers The Lemonheads "Confetti" via

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Saturday night was the last time that Voxtrot will ever grace the stage as a unified band.  I'm really glad that I went to the show - they were spot on, and you could feel that everyone in the audience was having a collective moment.  They were one of the first buzz-bands I ever latched onto in my early blog-reading days, and I saw them on a hot summer day in '06 (the first summer I ever lived in

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"notebook" tank, Available here(via Cool Hunting) MatildaFranny and Zooey If you're unfamiliar with Textbook, it's a great tumblr with a regular feature re-outfitting fiction/historical characters in modern high fashion.  I loved these posts, and more recently a pair of Harry Potter series characters (Bellatrix and Fleur).   Speaking of books, I'm still moseying along through Consider the

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It's remarkable how versatile Jenny Lewis can be.  Her solo project is already quite different than Rilo Kiley, and her newest side project Jenny and Johnny almost makes her sound like a completely different person.  I'm enjoying the free download that they're floating around ("Scissor Runner") - it's a peppy summer number  full of jingle-jangle.  On some level, I wish I heard a little more of

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I was so excited to hear that the Freelance Whales and morning benders were going to be playing a free show at Governor's Island, and then had a small freakout moment of disappointment when I realized that it fell on the same Saturday as the Mermaid Parade.  but! the stars aligned, and I was able to do both, quite easily in fact.  Liz, Tim and I left Coney Island together and made the trek from

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Saturday afternoon was spent at Coney Island, for my second year in a row of attending the Mermaid Parade with my friends from school.  I went the low-key "mermaid-look" route this time around, donning aqua and green and leaving the wigs and costumes to my other friends.  There was all sorts of good old fashioned Coney Island craziness and outlandish characters walking the streets, and some

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image via The Pursuit Aesthetic

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This mid-week musical moment is really 10 moments: a mini-mix of songs I've been listening to to kick off the summer. 10 for early summer '10: hand me downs by The Morning Benders Everlasting Light by The Black Keys Miami by Foals The Weekenders by The Hold Steady I Can Talk by Two Door Cinema Club Favourite Colour by Tokyo Police Club Add a playlist to your page using iLike

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...and if you think I'm talking about the World Cup, you are barking up the wrong tree. what I'm *really* interested in are the two dueling Arcade Fire singles: one that was for the UK ("We Used to Wait") and one for the US ("Ready to Start").  I actually like them both a lot and just listened to them back-to-back three times trying to choose a favorite, but so far it's a tie.  You can decide

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Summer has more or less arrived, complete with jam-packed (yet kind of lazy) weekends, frozen drinks, an assortment of hotdogs, and rooftop parties. wildflowers on the Highline  Pretzel dog at the Rusty Knot Rusty Knot signature drink, complete w/ lounging mermaid "Ito" hotdog from Asia Dog ow/ the birthday girl on her East Village rooftop (stolen from Facebook)

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The problem with this glass is that 90% of its awesomeness lies is the name that they gave it online and has nothing to do with it actually being a useful object. And of course, it's being sold by UO.

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-42761766869727465362010-06-07T19:36:00.003-04:002010-06-10T23:47:53.372-04:00

This weekend I ate: Grimaldi's pizza, thai food, dimsum at the Golden Unicorn Listened to: Finished reading: Paris Trout and then bought: And hung out with these fantastic folks: I would say it was a Cornell overload, but there's no such thing :-)  Great visit/luncheon/party/brunch, Al!  I (and NY) miss you. PS - here is the cutest, random yellow duckling: spotted at Rockefeller

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I am so behind in re-capping the deliciously wonderful Memorial Day that I had on Monday!  It was also my last day before the big, bad world of working every day at 9am(!) - I guess I'm a grown-up now or something. I hosted a small brunch party - I made corn-blueberry pancakes, biscuits, and spinach-egg-halloumi-stuffed baked tomatoes.  People brought over bagels, fruit, champagne, and daisies!

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Memorial Day weekend became a whole new thing two years ago, because it also became graduation weekend.  My parents and I drove to NYC on Memorial Day of 2008 to start looking for an apartment, and it was the end of my days in Ithaca. This dose of sentimental nostalgia was brought up early this year, with the release of "Graduation Song" by the duo Kinetics & One Love - otherwise known as two

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Even after the real video was released, I'm still smitten whenever I see this:

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My desktop rotates images every 30 minutes.  Here is what I will aptly call, the blue section: May 25, 2010 newsflash: a hopeless endeavor? no.  sometimes, like today, the rhino succeeds.  image credit: *can't remember which blog i pulled this off of SKYplay 20x200 threadless

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Last night a few of us went to the Bell House for NYC Pop Fest (which has actually been going on since Thursday and ends today).  We managed to catch all 6 bands: Very Truly Yours - from Chicago!  Adorable, fun music that made me feel like it should be a soundtrack for a cutesy Zooey Deschanel movie. World Atlas - Brooklyn's version of Belle & Sebastian (pretty much?)  A gazillion musicians on

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I'm exhausted (in a good way!) after a long weekend of balancing more activities than I'd normally have all week.  Nikki and Dan were here from DC!; so was Eve!; work, a concert, a play, and a birthday party.  I've eaten and drank and sat in the sun and spent a crazy amount of time running around (I don't even want to think about how many times I walked between the York St F train/DUMBO and my

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I was going to try to be really objective in writing up the Zync/AmEx-sponsored, YouTube-streamed The National concert at BAM, but failed repeatedly as I realized that the reasons it was so great are because The National continually conjures up feelings and reactions that are entirely non-objective.  In short, it was basically the greatest thing ever.  Matt Berninger feels every word and note

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-88843281684289098622010-05-09T16:09:00.000-04:002010-05-09T16:09:48.375-04:00

This weekend was full of fun and celebrations (and less work than I thought!).  Friday was Slope Day, not that any of us went up for it.  Instead we had a fake NYC version in which we sang songs that were popular when we were in junior high and ate fried pickles (surprisingly not as terrible as they sound).  Saturday was Ana's birthday party.  Dinner at Madiba, drinks and fun times at Botanica. 

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This weekend was surprisingly busy and diverse, and I accomplished a lot of the little goals I've set for myself lately.  I saw FSAD friends that I don't see very much, went to the Ft Greene Flea and got a People's Pop on a 90 degree day, went back to the beer garden in Astoria (the older one, not the sushi-serving new one), had an awesome dance party, and even clocked some mostly painless hours

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-17841410420687084362010-04-29T23:34:00.000-04:002010-04-29T23:34:09.657-04:00

Across the street from the site of the Brooklyn Flea in Ft. Greene is an enormous old stone building otherwise known as the Brooklyn Masonic Temple.  Built in 1909, it's a really incredible place full of marble staircases and intricate details - many of which sadly are hard to appreciate because the building doesn't get the greatest care these days.  I've had a strange past few weeks bouncing

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-34781255028336851152010-04-25T23:49:00.000-04:002010-04-25T23:49:36.981-04:00

Great show Saturday night!  There was some sort of concert fairy godmother that put really short girls in the front row (by really short I mean some even shorter than me) - which really is how things should go more often (ahem tall people).  Second row, therefore, was like a dream. The Luyas, from Canada (as they often noted), opened the show.  They were fun (and much hyped by the show's

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-68023614539277587692010-04-20T08:48:00.000-04:002010-04-20T08:48:03.265-04:00

Did you know that the keyboardist in Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is also an actress on Greek? Nora Kirkpatrick at Coachella (via Refinery29) Yeah, I bet you didn't.  I'm pretty sure that if you drew a venn diagram of people who listen to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, vs people who watch shows on ABC Family, the overlap would barely exist.  But it does (shhh), and now you know,

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Just a small note to tell you all how much I'm enjoying this video.  The mood of this song is so swanky and cool as it starts out, as are the kids in this video: "Promises" the morning benders | MySpace Music Videos Next Saturday I'm going to see them at Music Hall of Williamsburg and could not be more excited.  It will be a great end to a week that also includes going to two of the four

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-42698247910232026012010-04-08T10:58:00.000-04:002010-04-08T10:58:29.206-04:00

This weather is wacky. So is my census stuff. My body's ailments would not be out of place in July (hello small sunburn and bug bites! it's still APRIL!)  2010 just seems to be flying by (1 quarter over already??), and I've had to add album release dates to my Google Calendar just to keep up (hint: May is gonna be download cityyy). But where do I stand now? Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-35161796014772527032010-04-01T11:57:00.000-04:002010-04-01T11:57:33.002-04:00

Happy April Fools Day! I briefly considered making some announcement like: I'm moving to California! ...but that was just too sad to joke about.  Instead, I'll give you this: and this:

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-57857923094815633972010-03-26T16:37:00.000-04:002010-03-26T16:37:43.488-04:00

Happy Friday, folks!  I'm in a pretty good mood despite Cornell's crushing defeat last night against #1 ranked Kentucky ("your last name is Cousins because you're going to marry yours!"), and the fact that it's "spring" and yet still freezing outside (go away, winter!).  The upside to those is that I saw a lot of my friends last night to watch the game (yay!) and it was supposed to rain/snow all

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-65106778341562356562010-03-21T18:45:00.000-04:002010-03-21T18:45:12.187-04:00

Yesterday was the "last day of winter" but it got up to 73 degrees here in Brooklyn, and I took a walk around Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO.  It was beautiful out, and the lines at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory / Grimaldi's were absolutely insane. It was also "Macaron Day" and I grabbed a delicious (and free!) pistachio one from Almondine bakery in DUMBO: P.S. March Madness really is crazy.  I'm

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-39685085460287802222010-03-19T10:48:00.000-04:002010-03-19T10:48:58.881-04:00

Freshmen year! Wow. Midnight before Ali and I left California, we (along with Kait) sang Happy Birthday to Maddie and made her open the presents from her family (we gave her ours on Thursday because we're impatient people).  I love birthdays, and I was so happy to be there for Maddie's 24th!!  Friends and birthdays are the best! NY is great and all, but the best best BEST part of this weekend

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-26513104867135646742010-03-17T12:19:00.000-04:002010-03-17T12:19:26.495-04:00

I'm fairly certain we ate our way through the weekend.  Here's a play-by-play Thursday Gracias Madre - organic, vegan Mexican food.  Way more delicious than it should have been (considering I'm not into vegan food normally).  I had tacos that were filled with asparagus and butternut squash.  mm.  Their salsa and guacamole were also really good. In-N-Out Burger - there are about 18 photos that

Miriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07445213937763866867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514389886008134304.post-4947876554989548912010-03-16T15:27:00.000-04:002010-03-16T15:27:59.025-04:00

I'm back from a great 4-day stay in the Bay area visiting some of my college friends (notably Maddie whose birthday was yesterday!).  There are a bunch of them out there, but they're mostly spread out, which meant that we spent time in San Francisco, Berkeley, Davis, Sacramento, and Santa Cruz.  It was a lot of driving around, but also SO much fun.  I have so many things to say and chronicle

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