Regular set, The Crow's Foot, Sun. Jan. 17, '10

1. "Shake a Shot" - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

2. "Green Gloves" - The National

3. "This Time Tomorrow" - The Kinks

4. "Plus Ones" - Okkervil River

5. "Watching the Planets" - The Flaming Lips

6. "If You're Feeling Sinister" - Belle and Sebastian

7. "Young Hearts Spark Fire" - Japanadroids

8. "She's Bored With You" - Reigning Sound

9. "Always Wanting More" - Jay Reatard

10. "Serva Ad Manum" - Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies

11. "Drugs" - Black Kids

12. "I'm With You" - The Ponys

13. "Providence" - The Love Language

14. "Once and Never Again" - The Long Blondes

15. "When They Fight" - Generationals

16. "My Heart" - Smith Westerns

17. "Music is My Girlfriend" - Let's Wrestle

18. "TV" - The Darlings

19. "Hole In My Head" - Box Elders

20. "Get Rid Of That Girl" - The Donnas

21. "Girl In Black" - The Branded

22. "Always the Same" - The Legends

23. "seems to be on my mind" - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names

24. "MLKs" - Strange Boys

25. "Mais Maintenant Il Faut Danser" - Nous Non Plus

26. "Lover, Killer" - The Foxes

27. "Call Me" - Reigning Sound

28. "Go On Baby" - Baby Dayliner

29. "Maroon Bible" - Beulah

30. "The Land of 1000 Bars" - Goodnight Loving

31. "Girl About Town" - Helen Love

32. "Little Things (That Tear Us Apart)" - Irene

33. "Faking It" - Jay Reatard

34. "Sexy In Latin" - Little Man Tate

35. "Well Alright" - Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays

36. "Does This Mean You're Moving On?" - The Airborne Toxic Event

37. "The Golden Age Of Aviation" - The Lucksmiths

38. "Everything With You" - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

39. "That's The Way Boys Are" - Lesley Gore

40. "Letter To Memphis (Live At The BBC)" - The Pixies

My worship Grand Reopening set, 1-17-09

"It Ain't Gonna Save Me" - Jay Reatard

"Honey In The Sun" - Camera Obscura

"Lisztomania" - Phoenix

"Memories" - Slick Rick

"Hey Boy" - The Magic Kids

"Heaven's Stranger" - Eat Skull

"Beg, Steal, or Borrow" - Babyshambles

"Bad Kids" - Black Lips

"If This Is Love" - The Darlings

"Always Wanting More" - Jay Reatard

"Can You Dig It" - Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies

"Last Nite" - The Strokes

"What Became of the Likely Lads" - The Libertines

"Lalita (Daytrotter Sessions)" - The Love Language

"Maps" - Rogue Wave

"Where Eagles Dare" - David Pajo

"For Real" - Okkervil River

"Pocket and Wing" - The Fresh & Onlys

MY CLUB OFFICIALLY REOPENS TODAY! YAY!

So, I'm just going to post the flyer, because it pretty much speaks for itself. All the djs are doing one-hour sets, and it's starts at 7pm slt and will end, well, when the last person leaves, according to our closer, Katherine (Katy) Ivory. It should totes be a blast, folks, so if you don't bring your ass out here tonight, I'm seriously going to think you don't believe in fun and good musics. Oh, and by the by, I'll be wearing one of the sluttiest outfits in my inventory and drinking 40s of Miller High Life. If ya can't afford the good stuff, you might as well get shit that goes down like water so you can chug, at least that's my philosophy ;)

SLURL: worship - a music church

On the Tenth Anniversary of Mike's Murder -- Dasher Word Challenge (word = murder), 1-14-09

RIP Michael Crosby

9-20-1979 to 12-31-1999

1-14-10

On the 10th Anniversay of Mike's Murder

one instant

that's all it takes

then

like when a dam breaks

suddenly

everything changes

the water rushes in

and you grasp at the littlest things

just to keep air in your feeble lungs

oh god

i can smell the stench of

a waste sanitation plant

and see its barren terrain

i remember

standing on the exact spot

where you lay

bleeding

breathing

that one last garbled desperate breath

i know they say death is instant

when someone is murdered execution-style

but that "instant" can last forever

can haunt and wound and fester

years later

when we gasp for breath

as sudden tears spring to our eyes

when certain songs come on the radio

and we pull our cars to the side of the road

collapse on the steering wheel

grieving not for our own stupid pain

but for what you could have been

oh, mike

you were a fucking star

you lit me up

whether with joy or the giggles or fury

you never failed to make an impact

and now

ten years later

all i can do

is remember you with love and admiration

and hope that there's something more than this earthly existence

for you, my friend, my brother,

were the best of the best,

you belong in a heaven filled with blunts and busty babes

and beats that get the booty shakin'.

and i see you there,

your demons finally ceasing to exist.

your face lit with that smile no girl could resist.

you're a star, mike,

bright in the inky night sky,

showering us with your undeniable light,

and bullets will never extinquish you.

copyright 2010 Katherine Andrews

Dasher Challenge Poem - Word: Raindrops, 1-11-10

Okay, so here's the deal: one of the writing groups I'm in in Second Life (TM) has this thing called the daily dash. Everyday we get a group IM from the moderator telling us a word for the day and we are supposed to write on it for fifteen minutes. I've never done it until now, so here's my first attempt at "dashing" in SL (TM). Hope you enjoy! <3

1-11-10

Dasher Challenge Poem -- Raindrops

raindrops gently dancing on my skin

in hot fetid humid air

like little beads of reprieve

from this steamy heat

that overwhelms me

flooding my senses

with senstions

and deviations

with no good explanation

oh i love watching the heat rise from the pavement

in waves of wiggly transparencies

and the steam permeates everything

and the intermittent raindrops sing to me

sprinkling down their song upon my skin

causing "some wierd sin"

oh, what trouble will this get me in

i hear the words of b. j. thomas

"raindrops keep falling on my head

and just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed

nothing seems to fit

those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep fallin'"

ah, i don't fit and yet a single raindrop

transforms all that and i'm lifted out of myself

and petty concerns no longer have any consequence

as the "raindrops keep fallin'"

and "i'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin

b/c i'm free

nothing's worrying me"

oh god bless the raindrops

and the heat

and the steam

and days like this

oh, nothing beats this bliss

copyright 2010 Katherine Andrews

My (uber-cheesy) Top 25 Songs of the Decade

In no particular order:

1. "Time For Heroes" - The Libertines

2. "Razorblade" - The Strokes

3. "Float On" - Modest Mouse

4. "Haiti" - Arcade Fire

5. "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys

6. "buriedfed" - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

7. "Fix You" - Coldplay

8. "A Minor Incident" - Badly Drawn Boy

9. "Smile" - Lily Allen

10. "Lover I Don't Have To Love" - Bright Eyes

11. "Baddies Boogie" - Babyshambles

12. "Obstacle 1" - Interpol

13. "Fidelity" - Regina Spektor

14. "Popular Mechanics For Lovers" - Beulah

15. "Flathead" - The Fratellis

16. "Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats" - Los Campesinos!

17. "Find Another Girl" - The Hives

18. "Karma Police" - Radiohead

19. "Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

20. "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1" - The Flaming Lips

21. "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)" - The Eels

22. "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West

23. "Unless It's Kicks" - Okkervil River

24. "Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

25. "Lalita" - The Love Language

Slove Haikus (Redd Columbia's Plurk Challenge), 1-4-10

1-4-10

Slove Haikus

1.

Won't you hold me closer

I can't feel your pixel breath

so warm on my neck

2.

Why does this seem so

real when I know better.

You're just an image.

3.

I feel you in me.

You're not here though, you're pixels.

The line is blurred.

4.

You are like a ghost.

You float in, out, of my world.

You apparition.

5.

Tingling spine, shivers.

Promises of things yet to

come. So much to fear.

6.

I've given you so

much. My heart is all yours.

Please treat it with care.

7.

A huge crush, a rush.

Emotions, devotion.

So much to lose.

8.

When you whisper

your sweet nothings to me,

I melt, asshole.

9.

I become dizzy

with lust when you call me "slut,"

or "good girl." Le sigh.

10.

You're so bad, you ass.

So easily, you make

me swoon, pixel man.

copyright 2010 Katherine Andrews

A veritable bevy of faves (The Crow's Foot, January 3, 2010)

Soz, I compiled a set that includes a variety of songs from different favorite lists - my favorite songs I'm currently I'm currently digging on, my favorites of 2009, and my favorites of the decade. Here's the set list, from The Crow's Foot, 6-8 pm SLT, Sunday January 3, 2010.

"Oh! Bondage Up Yours!" - X-Ray Spex

"Honey In The Sun" - Camera Obscura

"Girly Girly Girly" - The White Wires

"Burn You Up" - Thao

"Heaven's Stranger" - Eat Skull

"Razorblade" - The Strokes

"Hey Boy" - Magic Kids

"There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" - A. C. Newman

"Days" - Sambassadeur

"Stayed Up Late" - The White Wires

"You Can Come Over" - Shannon And The Clams

"What's Going On In Your World" - Violet Vector And The Lovely Lovelies

"Sparxxx" - The Love Language

"Zero (N.A.S.A. Bloody Lobo Remix)" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

"Jackie Wood" - Box Elders

"Contender" - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

"Beginner's Luck" - Eels

"My Reality" - Jay Reatard

"We're Not Going" - Darlings

"Gold Medal" - The Donnas

"Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats" - Los Campesinos!

"Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1" - The Flaming Lips

"Karma Police" - Radiohead

"Haiti" - Arcade Fire

"Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys

"Baddies Boogie" - Babyshambles

"Popular Mechanics For Lovers" - Beulah

"For Real" - Okkervil River

"Some Weird Sin" - Iggy Pop

"Float On" - Modest Mouse

"Sheila" - Jamie T

"Smile" - Lily Allen

"Find Another Girl" - The Hives

"Flathead" - The Fratellis

"Fidelity" - Regina Spektor

"Time For Heroes" - The Libertines

Okay, I'm late to the party but...

The Love Language debuted a new song - "Heart To Tell Her" - which I ADORE, on December 11, 2009, at the Local 506, in Chapel Hill, NC. I have not been able to find an mp3 ANYWHERE (and believe you me, I've scoured the interwebs), but there is a vid of them doing it live at Local 506 on 12/11/09 on youtube, which I've been kind enough to embed here. Check it out! It's maybe my second favorite song by The Love Language, and as others have blogged, I sure hope this track makes it onto the band's upcoming 2010 Merge debut.

Also, check out their official video for "Sparxxx," my favorite video at the moment.

My Top 5 Albums/EPs Of The Triangle in 2009

First, let me say lord, there was a lot of good music in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina (known as The Triangle) this year. A lot of which I was unaware of, sadly, or unaware was Triangle music (again, sad). Researching this list however, has given me a looong list of musics to download, which I'm very excited about. New musics, local musics, yay! Anyway, without any further ado, here's the list:

1. The Love Language - The Love Language

2. Bombadil - Tarpits and Canyonlands

3. Bowerbirds - Upper Air

4. Violet Vector And The Lovely Lovelies - EP II

5. The Kingsbury Manx - Ascenseur Ouvert!

Also, check out these links to more Triangle music from INDYWEEK.com:

2009 Top 10 Triangle Albums (and yes, I overlap almost completely with this list, lol)

10 in 2010

Enjoy!

Love, Kate :)