Grabiquity

nada surf acoustic set at triple door = ahhhh

The new Nada Surf album is quite cool - I think they still have live streams on their myspace page, plus they'll be back in Seattle at Showbox on 3/28.

Great show at great venue... and some great pictures courtesy of Drew Klonsky & Piper Carr. 

what i'm listening to: josh ritter live @ real

Link: josh ritter rhapsody session.

1. Right Moves (Rhapsody Session Version) - Josh Ritter 2. Open Doors (Rhapsody Session Version) - Josh Ritter 3. Chrystal Chandeliers (Rhapsody Session Version) - Josh Ritter 4. Empty Hearts (Rhapsody Session Version) - Josh Ritter 5. Walls (Rhapsody Session Version) - Josh Ritter

so very glad ryan adams is still alive

Saw Ryan Adams at the Paramount last night.  Live performance absolutely killed.  Blend of dark/deep talent in a sweetly dorky package.  Authentically sober, swigging Alka Selzer & Squirt, rocking an Iron Maiden tshirt & faux leopard fur platform boots, on stage about 3 hours, he shot a YouTube video from stage... maybe there's a pixel or two of me in there somewhere (2nd row!).  Here are some shitty cameraphone pictures + the abovementioned YouTube video.  I can't stop thinking about this show.  He's really good.  And I truly dig live shows that feel like they were written & performed just for me.

...which leads me to add I'm acutely aware of how mainstream my tastes have become.  I like TV.  I own a beige couch.  I've just learned my credit score, tax return, & charitible giving receipts align with the national average.  I design average products for average people.  Am about to lose the right to select that wonderful "18-34" range when filling out forms.  The "NPR top albums of 2007" closely matched my own list.  I now embody ADULT ALTERNATIVE.  Gah.

This only partially explains why Radiohead is on permaloop at Barnes & Noble though... please find someone else to blame for that.

track 8

Recommended: hauling ass on that awesome twisty tree-ful non-Bellevue part of I-90, on a crisp clear day with Rainier & the Cascades in full glory, listening to track 8 of Neon Bible.  Try eastbound hung over, & westbound after a nice filet.  Ignore all the powerpoint in between.  Mmm.

bizarre celeb death pool trifecta

A coworker & I were just wondering if there's anyone out there that had money on Sir Edmund Hillary, Heath Ledger, & Bobby Fischer down for a 2008 expiration date.  What would that pay out?