Bachelor Party prep

I'll be honest, bachelor parties scare me a little bit... which was one of the reasons I didn't want one. Something about being with a group of guys drinking... I have a hard time turning down shots even when my liver and brain have thrown in the towel.

Anyway, I'm mentally preparing for tonight's activities. A stop to the bank for a wad of George Washington's and I'm off to B-more. Here's to hoping I don't feel like this lady tomorrow.

Horray Friday!

For the 3rd week in a row, posts have been fairly non-existent due to the house and office moves. I've also become fairly obsessed with the Phightin' Phils as they bum-rush the Mets at the top of the NL East. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything returns to normal next week, although I'm heading to B-more for a bachelor party this weekend so it may take me a bit to recover from the impending debauchery. Enough sniveling though, let's get after it...

- Of Montreal covers Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" in their upcoming digital only EP. Check it out on Aquarium Drunkard. I definitely favor the original, but I'll give them points for trying.

- Pink Floyd nuts take note before shelling out your greenbacks for the 40th anniversary release of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. MOKB has a review of the rerelease and whether or not you really need it.

- I'm seriously digging Iron and Wine's The Shepard's Dog. A nudy bar is one of the few things that could keep me from their concert at the 9:30 Club this Saturday and it just so happens that's where I'll be instead of the concert. Oh well, maybe I'll ask the DJ to spin one of their tracks in between Beyonce's "Bootylicious" and the Divinyls' "I Touch Myself". Blogs are for Dogs has a couple of tracks posted here.

- The Austin City Limits TV schedule through next year has been released. There are definitely some dates that I'm marking on my calendar. Ultra8201 provides the nourishment.

- Does anyone else remember the actress Gina Gershon and did anyone else think she was hot? If you answered yes to both of those and don't want your image of her ruined, don't look at this from Brooklyn Vegan. I guess she finally realized that she's not the greatest actress and has taken up music. She has a handful of dates scheduled and dammit, not a one is in the DC area. A funny comment about the picture from BV, "they look like porn versions of the olsen twins!" Now my mind is sidetracked thinking about the Olsen twins doing porn...

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Tuesday - Sea Wolf

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Wednesday - Bright Eyes

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Monday - Rilo Kiley
• Wednesday - Devendra Banhart
• Thursday - Bjork
• Friday - Jose Gonzalez

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Wednesday - The National

This week's late night TV lineup

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Tuesday - Steve Earle
• Wednesday - Against Me
• Thursday - Gogol Bordello
• Friday - Velvet Revolver

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Monday- Emmylou Harris
• Tuesday - Paolo Nutini
• Wednesday - LCD Soundsystem
• Thursday - Cold War Kids
• Friday - Editors

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Tuesday - KT Tunstall
• Wednesday - Rogue Wave
• Friday - Ben Harper

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Wednesday - A Fine Frenzy
• Thursday - Teddybears

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Wednesday - Mute Math
• Thursday - KT Tunstall

Hooray Friday! (a day early)

I apologize for my lack of communication this week. I'm in the process of moving houses and offices so things are a bit hectic. I'll make this short and sweet (but hopefully informative)...

- The Into the Wild soundtrack by Eddie Vedder is streaming on the WROV website. Official release is Sep 18th. Thanks to Metro D for the heads-up.

- The White Stripes cancelled their upcoming tour due to Meg White having acute anxiety. No rescheduling information was given.

- An Aquarium Drunkard has a pretty good review of the Spoon concert in LA this week. I may end up heading to Maryland to catch them and the Sins at Merriweather. I wish they didn't cancel their 9:30 Club dates though.

- A new Wu-Tang track has surfaced from their upcoming 8 Diagrams release. Check it out on Blogs are for Dogs.

This week's late night TV lineup

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Wednesday - Daughtry

Late Late Show w/Craid Ferguson

• Wednesday - Spoon

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Tuesday - Spoon
• Wednesday - The Bravery

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Thursday - Teddybears

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Monday - Joss Stone
• Wednesday - Modest Mouse
• Friday - Hot Hot Heat

On the Road turns 50

I remember RatBat Bear handing me his copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road after I graduated college. Ironically enough, I was preparing for a road trip of my own from Philly to Oklahoma. I was never (and still really am not) a big reader. I mostly stick to magazine and newspaper articles - their lengths seem to work more with my ever-diminishing attention span. But On the Road was different. It just flowed... made reading not seem as much like work. It's amazing that Kerouac spent years "researching" for the novel and then cranked out such a gem in less than 3 weeks (good enough to be named by Time as one of the All-Time 100 Novels). Wouldn't we all like a shot of productivity like that?

Lisa Birman from Naropa University summed it up when she said, "On the Road is one of those books that every generation discovers without fail." I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. I'm convinced that On the Road will be kicking around forever. Hell, 100,000 copies are still purchased each year. I'm not one of them though - I have RatBat Bear's copy.

Check out some of the articles that have been popping up over the past week or so:

• Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Dallas Morning News
• Los Angeles Times
• Kansas City Star
• NPR.org
• ArtsBeat blog from The New York Times - this is pretty cool because 450 comments have been posted so far

This week's late night TV lineup

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

• Monday - El-P
• Wednesday - Rilo Kiley
• Thursday - Galactic w/Lyric Born

Tonight Show w/Jay Leno

• Thursday - Kings of Leon

Late Night w/Conan O'Brien

• Monday - Feist
• Wednesday - Dinosaur, Jr.
• Friday - Hot Hot Heat

Last Call w/Carson Daly

• Wednesday - Deerhoof

Late Show w/David Letterman

• Monday - Grinderman
• Thursday - Manchester Orchestra
• Friday - Arctic Monkeys

Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson

• Monday - Lily Allen