Yesterday morning in Marseilles I found out our good friend Dashan Coram has died. Very shocking. I’ve known him for many years. Recorded in his bedroom and played in his band and he played in mine. He’s a huge presence in the NY music scene I grew up in. I still can’t believe it. It’s [...]
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May-June Tour Dullairy (Part Deux)
Posted in Lvov on Tour, News Item, tagged Black Lips, Composting toilet, Jack Lewis, Jeffrey Lewis, Kesha, King Kahn, Lou Reed, Rocket From the Tombs on 24 May 2012 | 2 Comments »
May June European Tour Dulliary
Posted in Lvov on Tour, News Item, Uncategorized, tagged Ching Chong Song, Dufus, Ish Marquez, Jack Lewis, Jeffrey Lewis, Lisa Li Lund, Mike Watt, Monet, Paris Pastries, Rouen Cathedral, Seth Fergolzia, Tour diary on 17 May 2012 | 4 Comments »
4th day on the road. Driving from Amsterdam to Brussels I put on an episode of WNYC Soundcheck. Mike Watt is the guest. He talks about keeping a tour diary to stay sane on tour. I didn’t feel like keeping one yet, but I feel the craziness and depression creeping in, maybe it was driving [...]
Latest News: Seinfeld Sues WordPress
Posted in Compelling, Discussion, News Item, Sorry to Get all Politico, Uncategorized on 22 November 2011 | Leave a Comment »
is this legal?
Sometimes I Like Stuff: Vol IV “I Love This New Hollywood Couple”
Posted in Compelling, Discussion, Dreams, News Item, Sometimes I Like Stuff on 22 November 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, maybe I’m tired and talking crazy. But whatever I don’t care if people think I’m crazy, I just love this new hollywood couple. http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-11-21/cute-couple-alert-emma-stone-and-andrew-garfield-stroll-in-nyc-photos/ http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-11-21/cute-couple-alert-emma-stone-and-andrew-garfield-stroll-in-nyc-photos/ http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-11-21/cute-couple-alert-emma-stone-and-andrew-garfield-stroll-in-nyc-photos/ I mean. Can it get any better than this? Right now? Right now? It just feels so right. I admit it. After seeing the “Social Network” I developed [...]
About Town In Portland: Nurses @ Holocene 9/22/11
Posted in About Town Portland, Discussion, News Item, scene and herd., Sometimes I Like Stuff, tagged AU, Holocene, Inside Voices, Jeff Brodsky, John Gnorski, Nurses, Wet Wool on 29 September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to write a review of this show, but I didn’t so just some pics. Friends from college opened the show, John Gnorski and Jeff Brodsky AKA Wet Wool. They were pretty awesome. AU played. Then Nurses. [...]
Brother Jeff’s Corpse Story
Posted in Compelling, News Item, Nonsense, scene and herd., STREET BEAT on 30 April 2011 | 3 Comments »
Brother Jeff’s Corpse Story “I’d been smelling this stench on my hall for about 3 weeks, even complained to maintenance over a week ago, saying that I even thought it might be someone who died, I got the semi-racist response “it’s probably just a Chinese person cooking a cabbage, that always smells bad.” Finally yesterday [...]
welcome, readers!
Posted in News Item on 15 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
for those of you who have found us by searching for: “how to say i’m fat like a pinata in spanish” glad to have you on board. -MBD
the day that fun died: the 2009 academy awards.
Posted in News Item, tagged mickey rourke, mr. roboto, WALL-E, Werner Herzog on 25 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
first thing’s first: this kid’s still on the air. makes me happy. i did some research. his name’s pete wiggins. he’s five. i like that he has a name. so, yeah, moving along… a few days late (it’s really hard to summon up the inspiration to comment on an event and telecast that simply sucks [...]
stay tuned.
Posted in News Item, tagged Academy Awards, empty promises, Oscars on 22 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
don’t forget to check in this week to read our first annual not-quite-live blog of the 2009 Academy Awards. the one with the statues. there might be illustrations. what do i know? -MBD
Does the Pinata Edit?
Posted in Compelling, News Item on 4 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
Breaking news: It’s come to the attention of certain writers here at the Pinata that higher ups may be re-editing their worker’s stories if they speak ill of the Pinata. As a top editor here I assure our readers that we up-hold the first amendment and all that stuff.
