- why aren’t there more plays about wrestling? or for that matter, any about UFC?
- but of course, it wasn’t really about that. it was about stereotypes and racism, but in a non-annoying, thoroughly enlightening way
- though the rink was a nice touch
- it’s pretty cool having a camera man film things to be on a monitor whilst the play goes on. the camera man got some pretty boss shots.
- apparently my mom uses the word ‘boss’ now. i have zero clue what it means or how to use it properly.
- it seems like it means ‘good’ since she used it as a comment on my breakfast, which was awesome. so i guess one would say that this play was pretty boss? aka it’s either really good or has a lot of calories.
- i wish i had exactly one wrestler friend
- the acting was pretty stupendous. there’s a word i understand!
- but seriously, i laughed a lot. out loud. AND i hugged bryan whom got me tickets. i don’t even think i hugged rachel when she got me a stuffed Mr. Beefeater aka Mr. Beefy
- OH and my roomate erin taught me a new drinking game for theatre. apparently you have a drink for every cast member that was on Law & Order. it’s a super great game as long as you aren’t seeing Les Mis
theatre review: the elaborate entrance of chad deity @ 2nd stage theatre May 28, 2010
Final Thoughts on LOST May 24, 2010
WARNING: spoiler alert, colorful language
- why does the man in black cum locke lose it’s power and becomes mortal whilst jack as jacob still has it? or did he?
- dunno if anyone caught this, but the music at the end sounded really similar to the score in the movie ‘peggy sue got married’, a movie that also had emotionally laden time travel.
- so, I am so glad that after knowing the end date of the show for 3 years, the writers managed to not explain anything
- what the f did Widmore want with this island? What goddamnit?!
- in the end, were the numbers really just only numbers?
- I needed way more libby. Or at least more than a single shot of libby. Or at least a running end of the show scrolling narrative about how she went from affluent widow to psych hospital patient
- what the f are sawyer and kate going to do with their lives? Somehow I don’t see them going for a masters. Sawyer likes to read, so maybe he’ll become a novelist. Maybe kate will become a triathalete.
- no explanation of the polar bears or the random horse that everyone saw
- so now that Richard wants to live, is he going to grow old and die?
- did anyone else cry besides me?
- of all the romantic remembrance reunions, I thought the most emotional one was Charlie and Claire, even though I don’t love them. and of course, jin & sun, with the baby, and Juliette. Oh sweet jesus.
- I don’t really love that LOST writers cared more about making me cry than answering my questions
- does hurley get to leave the island now to cull new candidates? If so, perspective candidates are really lucky
- ugh, I think it was too soon to write about this. I keep remembering the last scene of everyone together and tearing up. I don’t think television is for me.
- oh and a special thanks to Apple for selecting the last song from 6 feet under to play this morning. really, THANKS
reasons i am really really really really really really sick of reading about street artists May 22, 2010
- because i can’t go 5 minutes without 10 articles being written on them
- it’s art, and people are excited. awesome! go to a fucking museum, art institutions are in trouble and need your money.
- if people don’t respect the [at times] wonderful architecture they tag up, why the f would they respect your painting on a public wall?
- if you are so concerned about your work being vandalized, get a canvas, paint it, and put it up in one of the many aforementioned museums that exist in this country
- shepard fairey, your work is incredible, and would be incredible regardless of the medium. banksy, your work is only interesting because it’s on walls. and based on the awesome imitators, it’s not that hard.
- does anyone else find it bizarre that these artists refuse to use canvas but have no problem selling their work on tshirts and in books to hipsters? anyone?
- i love when ugly walls are painted with something cool. why don’t we let that more artists that aren’t famous and rich enough to buy space paint there?
- i wonder if my stick figures would ever take off if i put them everywhere in nyc
- LAG [my initials] would be a great tagger name
- if i got famous, i wonder if i’d get to meet hurley. i bet we’d be friends.
Things that only happen at pearl jam concerts at madison square garden May 21, 2010
- all of my feelings are accurate and positive
- i am not annoyed to be in midtown
- I am able to enjoy the awesomeness of opening band the black keys and forget that they are hip and from brooklyn
- I spend ten dollars on a terrible beer that I drink out of what basically amounts to a grownup sippy cup, spill foam all over me, and love every moment
- someone besides me gets excited about the song ‘Down’
- I am slightly less annoyed than usual to be hearing the song ‘Jeremy’
- I am not the oldest person at the concert
- baseball team affiliation is no longer relevant
- i am hearing the best song ["state of love and trust"] from the best movie soundtrack [Singles] performed live
- I am not thinking about complex carbohydrates or smoke monsters
- eddie vedder reduces me to a contemporary tween only capable of mono-syllabic abbreviated squeals
- I forget that I am old and crotchety and have to wake up early the next day
- bad seats are not bad seats
- new yorkers are happy and polite
- world is a perfect plane of existence
Concert review: Metric 5.16.10 Terminal 5 May 17, 2010
An open letter to Emily Haines of the band Metric
Dear Emily,
Hi! How are you? I’m fine. Actually, I’m awesome. I saw your show last night at terminal 5 and it was completely beyond awetastic. First off, thank you for coming to America (like that neil diamond song). While your native land of Canada is great and has excellent beer, hockey, and maple syrup, we need you here. I apologize for you not having achieved the success you deserve here, but we catch on eventually.
I apologize for not really listening to your band beforehand and not knowing the words. Regardless, I was blown away and will make a greater effort in the future. One of your songs actually made me tear up a little. I want to be the rolling stones, in case you were wondering. I don’t care what anyone says, I think the sound at terminal 5 is fantastic. At one of your songs towards the end, I did feel like I was eating bass a little, which is not as tasty as it sounds. But that’s ok. I am kinda in love with your drummer (Joules, best name ever), and he is one of the best I’ve heard in some time. And lo, he’s from flint, michigan. Bonus! Your band is pretty much everything I like about some of my favorite bands, but improved. It’s a bit more flowy and melodic than the yeah yeah yeahs but still with the edge and cool, a bit jerky lyrically like the violent femmes but better sound, and overall, a whole lot of awesome. The big sound reminded me a lot of muse, whom I hate, but you removed everything I hate about them and made it better, ie, singing really awesome and making the songs the right tempo. You are one of the few women I’ve listened to in a while that did not annoy me (and that goes for musicians and non musicians alike, friends excluded). Your unborn children would be extremely lucky to have you sing them to sleep at night. Btw, your audience had a lot of chicks and they were less annoying than most audiences full of chicks. During the show at one point, you started chanting ‘fight for your right to party’ and that really rocked my world as I am a huge beastie boys fan. So thank you for that, I am a fan for life. I was most impressed by how every song you played had that huge theatrical ending like it was the last song, with all the energy of the first song. This was a dream concert and I feel humbled to have attended. So yeah. anyone reading this should stop not listening to Metric. Thanks Emily, K.I.T!
xoxo,
lis
Concert review: hole, terminal 5, 4.29.10 April 29, 2010
- backstory: hole was my first concert at 15 and I am now 30
- back then I’d flip through my parents ny mag seeing all the concerts I wanted to go to in the city and wanting desperately to live there. I am 2 days away from my 5th anniversary of living in queens. And I have my own ny mag subscription and go to all the concerts I want.
- bias alert: ‘live through this’ was the first album I wore out listening to and it still holds up and I still love Courtney
- she looks just as angelic as she always did. she sounds like the love child of bob dylan and marianne faithful, which totally works
- I hate girls. especially the ones who argue in the bathroom about who likes pj harvey more. and stop waving your hands in the air to a nonexistent beat. throw your hands in the air like you DO care.
- this dude was reminiscing about his drug days and the time he slept with a girl with a Mohawk. he now has a wife and kids and looks like a subpar banker. and he is boring. yes, YOU are boring now, even when talking about music I like. go back to the drugs.
- so I walked in knowing none of Hole’s new stuff. Most of the songs she played from the album were kinda ballady but instead of being bored, it took me to that place of wanting to sing with my eyes closed. absolutely lovely. she’s been through way more than I ever will, but I still felt relatable to Courtney Love. skinny little bitch is a phenomenally well written and executed song.
- had I not hated the audience so much, I would have hugged them
- I have severely underestimated how much I love the song ‘celebrity skin’. when played live, it is spleen rupturingly good.
- hearing Violet really took me back to that 15 year old angsty place. it felt really weird, almost uncomfortable. but in a good way.
- I would’ve really liked to hear ‘jennifer’s body’ or ‘olympia’ but that’s ok. I understand.
- the marianne faithful thing really comes through when she covers the stones and ‘gold dust woman’. the latter was a treat and she does a really good job of channeling stevie nicks without seeming possessed by her.
- stellar drumming!
- I don’t care what other people say, I love terminal 5. you get that old school feeling of ‘I’m at a concert and it’s a big deal’ feeling.
- this show meant a lot to me. I think I still have the buzz of happiness.
Liveblogging Rupaul’s Drag Race Grand Finale April 26, 2010
brought to you by the makers of my roomate Erin, who made her and gave us a LOT of wine 29 years later
- omg i can’t even stand it
- this show makes me hate women less
- jujubee is beyond adorable
- terrence was right, all sentences should begin with ‘bitch please’. though i don’t think that’s how he meant it.
- these women inspire my eyebrows
- santino should judge all reality competitions
- his voice warms my loins
- OMG FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY. dude, we gotta do that. but not in heels.
- apparently the choreographer is the tiniest fiercest white man of all time
- so THAT’s the difference between nailing and hammering
- i want Tyra’s baby mama to be a judge in the competition
- ok so LOGO has the greatest commercials of all time. and it’s no coincidence that most of them involve vodka.
- oh god, i’m making my roomate read my blog as i blog in the same room as her whilst watching the same show and drinking the same wine. she is a saint.
- is it wrong that i don’t care about the drag queens’ feelings.
- i am only interested in bitchslapping and balltucking.
- they’re talking about the Carringtons. somewhere my darling sean just pee’d a little.
- great tip for living ‘try to get a little more rollercoaster in your ride’
- oh my god they’re making a psuedo soap opera. this is incredible. even more than degrassi.
- ‘jujubee came full loaded’
- can someone please have a party that would allow me to wear a leather bodysuit and fishnets? or not.
- damn, heel to eye casualties
- IT BURNS
- awww, young queens are trying to figure out the 80s. so cute!
- omg they’re channeling LisaLisa
- omg i used to be the shy fat kid too! oh wait, that was yesterday.
- these bitches curse way better than all of the military guys i’ve dated
- omg, santino is wearing a Slash top hat. ahhhhh.
- wow, raven is doing cabaret 2010. incredible. ok fine, i love cabaret.
- omg, my roomate is playing her voicemail out loud. it’s like being on The Hills! (don’t worry, commercial break, you didn’t miss anything)
- damn rupaul, you did it. your new hit single ‘don’t be jealous of my boogie’ is stuck in my head for all eternity.
- thank you dad for never sitting ME down to watch your drag reality show
- omg the Interior Illusions Lounge! best lounge ever!
- ahhhhhh they’re all going to lipsync for their lives!
- ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh jujubee noooooooooooooooooooo i miss you already
- tyra is SO not better than her
- crap, i’m team raven but i don’t want tyra’s kid to be homeless. he has a hard life ahead of him.
- omg and the winner is…
- SPOILER ALERT…
- oh. tyra. ok. well, it’s for the kid.
- wow, the winner hyperventilated and forgot to breathe. you don’t see that shit on american idol.
- RAVEN I LOVE YOU GIRL!
- god, who the fuck am i.
- oh yeah. a fag hag.
- KISSES!
Things I love about Jorge Garcia April 20, 2010
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- he eats cupcakes like a sandwich
- he didn’t realize that Jacob was a dude in twilight
- he makes his own bread
- he likes bed and breakfasts
- I can only assume this means he likes biscuits
- he weighed in on snuggies and slankets and totally non-ironically
- he enjoys sledding
- he has bug allergies like me!
- he spends xmas in Wisconsin
- his name is Jorge
feelings i had yesterday about my jenlain ambree beer April 18, 2010
i tried to liveblog this, but liveblogging is really hard in the presence of greatness. my phone is too smart.
1) this is so good, i need to liveblog drinking it
2) my friends late. Jen is my new friend. We share.
3) i love drinking out of the engourged chimay glasses
4) hehe, i said engourged
5) omg my friend JUST got here and i’m drunk
6) this is really amazing beer
7) anyone know what ambree is? Besides french? its amazing. Not like los mets. Yes have some.
9) omg cheryl is quoting me on facespace! i’m so happy
10) i really love cheryl and cheese beer. In that order. Er maybe.
ps- jimmy’s 43 really is the happiest place on earth
Puppet show review: stuffed and unstrung April 17, 2010
- union square theatre is totally adorable
- confession – I love puppets and loved the show before I even saw it
- so, this was kind of an homage to jim Henson who is amazing. they redid some of his old puppet skits from pre-muppets and it was totally adorable. I love/miss him.
- is it possible that I only enjoy improv when there are puppets involved? I think!
- there is something beyond hilarious about hot dog puppets
- I wish I had one of those folding director’s chairs with my name on it
- it must be really hard to improv jokes AND puppet movements. Wow!
- there needs to be a movie called ‘puppet up the volume’ ie a puppet version of the movie ‘pump up the volume’
- it’s really cool to watch a puppet show onscreen and see the strings. or sticks rather. and every puppet show needs a sassy gay host.
- not as good as sock puppet showgirls, but pretty damn close.
