Monthly Archives: June 2005

Connie Wohn, 100% platinum, finally launched her DJ booking co. Stylus 503; she books Shayla, DJ Rev Shines (LIfesavas/Misfit Massive), DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid (bhangra superstars) and Chris Funk (yes from decemberists–bet you didnt know he could rip … Continue reading →

Soon, Marisa and I shall post our LIVE CHAT about the foibles, the triumphs, the turpitude of last night’s totally amazing elleGIRL issue release party. It will look something like this: Man in white linen pants, gold belt and Top … Continue reading →

Jessica and I saw the neckface van on a rare trip to “north brooklyn” last sat, and immediately wrote over the double-headed bat part (our collective graf tag is SPIDER). Hey wmsbg, let’s see how you fare against Park Slope … Continue reading →

From our favorite Elizabeth Mendez Berry: Dear friends, Many of you know how profoundly destructive U.S. military aid has been to Colombia. There is an extremely important vote regarding the future of U.S. policy in Colombia and it’s going down … Continue reading →

Here is another reason listening sessions are the katie holmes’ foot of album appreciation: because if the record you’re reviewing isn’t actually finished when you hear it, three months in advance to comply with standard-issue mag deadlines, you do not … Continue reading →

what is your address? myself, my friends and last night’s entire population of ESPN Zone want to send you something in the mail. it is a plaque called “THE BIASED REFERREE WINNER’S CIRCLE AWARD.” The only reason the pistons shut … Continue reading →

Thanks to the internet, Peter Macia, he of left coast muscle, right brain flexing and both hands on all wheels, now blogging. OMG, his first long post is about bell hooks, gw bush, mike tyson, & fear. OMG! I’ll take … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Dan and Lupine for being the 14,028 and 14,029 persons I know this year to get engaged, married and / or babied. It is sweet and fresh and I am humbled by, and hopeful for, the suddenly disproportionate … Continue reading →

Lyric courtesy Remy Martin, soundtrack courtesy Summer Madness (yes, it really is that good–for one, 50 gets mashed sensitive over the PM Dawn song from the Boomerang soundtrack–and that’s just the beginning?). Summer Madness courtesy my HBO bootleg BFF and … Continue reading →

the hit it or quit it editorial massif continues to hold it down in central HQ, making diagrams, grinding up smarties and snorting them, writing reviews as 1st person Lou Rawls, writing titles in their own handwriting and holding each … Continue reading →