The Slow Gin Fizz

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liveblogging the aforementioned haiti benefit of awesome January 28, 2010

sort of. what started as a liveblog attempt via my phone quickly deteriorated into my typical drunken frustration with technology. BUT, i took notes! beer was cheap. italicized notes are cheryls. needless to say, SIC. hard to believe that career in journalism never worked out.

seriously, my comments read kinda negative, but this show was a hot blast.

  • omg jumbalaya! Oh, meat. cornbread!
  • organic cookies are stupid
  • omg, they sell every can of beer ever!
  • I LOVE JUG BANDS FROM STATEN ISLAND
  • seriously, this is good stuff. is this what steampunk or pipe is?
  • pat kiernan is doing trivia! he just said the word sexy!
  • oh god, he said the lyrics to baby got back!
  • ZELDA RUBENSTEIN DIED
  • she’s like the wind…too soon
  • he is talking about snuggies now
  • PAT, JIAN LOVES YOU!
  • jimmy fallon as neil young?
  • oh, apparently this is a thing that happens. i’m not sure why it’s funny, but he does a good job of singing like neil young?
  • and now he’s singing the fresh prince theme song. pop culture confuses me.
  • oh. comedy.
  • lisa worries she’s overshared about upcoming bathroom venture :0)
  • chimey band starts their playing
  • this bar needs stools
  • i like banjo
  • that’s a hat worth having
  • NAPKIN
  • let me know when you’re ready for another drink. CHERISHED! (?)
  • i’m alright with goulash
  • michael showalter, i don’t think i get you, but cheryl hearts you lots
  • oh, she said you weren’t that great either
  • ‘it’s that i’m drinking’
  • chick in front of us us so excited to find out that sondre lurche lives in williamsburgh
  • it’s like a better than ezra concert (said sondre)
  • i think he’s kinda boring. but nice.
  • todd barry. you look familiar. slightly less unfunny than the other guys.
  • ha, he used the word boundryless. that’s funny.
  • howie and maryellen would not enjoy this
  • just give it to me and i’ll put it in
  • (said by drunk dude in front of us) “dude, my dream girl. she’s bossy, and more importantly, she’s hot”
  • the wrens actually rock. they should rock continuously throughout the songs though.
  • too bad they’re named for a bird
  • raucous noise
  • most of my songs would be centered on ‘ping’
  • wow, they’re covering Higher Ground. neato!
  • ‘this is my least favorite song’ – lead singer of supergroup with the dude from the new pornographers
  • so, apparently the theme of this concert was ‘the time of parasols’
  • i honestly don’t remember anything about this band. the chick singer had a nice voice. but i think i was bored.
  • seriously, did i miss something? we have electricity now, are jugs and banjos necessary?
  • but more importantly, hot
  • i probably would have enjoyed this more if the other acts weren’t so old timey and the theme wasn’t abused
  • lisa’s red stripe is chock full
  • alright guy, where’s lauren ambrose
  • aw, ted leo is covering that sappy Sade song. it only kinda works.
  • and it’s definately no ‘since you’ve been gone’
  • he’s ok. i feel like my friends in bands are better than this.
  • that’s the sound your bottom makes on the way to hitting wood
  • OMG IT’S CLAIRE FROM SIX FEET UNDER AHHHHH
  • i can’t believe i’ve seen her and billy’s band in the span of a month. sorry claire, i like billy’s singing more
  • dude, she looks the same, so weird. and i’m reminded of the episode where she sings that musical number about pantyhose. she sings exactly the same.
  • it’s ok. she has that really powerful ‘american idol’ voice that i hate because it’s strong but not necesarily pleasant sounding
  • and it’s a swing band. i miss modern rock. and not brooklyn.
  • awww, but the cover of ‘don’t think twice, it’s alright’ was adorable
  • i’m so upset that fun. never showed up. fun., if you play, i will come!
 

in case anyone needed a sweet musical push to give to haiti January 26, 2010

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WED 1/27: 6pm / $50

STRENGTH THROUGH UNITY
A BENEFIT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

100% of the proceeds will be split between Save The Children and Partners In Health.

All performers will be playing abbreviated, acoustic and/or stripped down sets. Scheduled to appear (in approximate order of appearance):
JIMMY FALLON
THE WAHOO SKIFFLE CRAZIES
New York State Senator DIANE SAVINO
HERE WE GO MAGIC
PAT KIERNAN of NY 1
FREELANCE WHALES
EUGENE MIRMAN
SONDRE LERCHE
MICHAEL SHOWALTER
THE WRENS
TODD BARRY
AC NEWMAN of NEW PORNOGRAPHERS plus RHETT MILLER of OLD 97s plus NICOLE ATKINS as a SEEKERS cover band.
TED LEO
JIM GAFFIGAN
LAUREN AMBROSE & THE LEISURE CLASS
THE BLOW
fun.
THE WALKMEN

Guest DJs (AU REVOIR SIMONE / TED LEO / ELI “PAPERBOY” REED / TRAVIS MORRISON) will be doing one hour shifts in the front lounge until…

A special two hour edition of keyboard karaoke will be hosted by SARA SCHAEFER and JOE McGINTY in the front lounge from 11pm-1am.

Early birds can come for free food courtesy of GREAT JONES CAFE, DUB PIES, and more.

Raffle and door prizes courtesy of NONESUCH RECORDS, THE DOUBLE WINDSOR, FRANKIE’S 457, BEGGARS/MATADOR, BLUE RIBBON, DRILLTEAM, BAM, and more.

ASIA DOGS will be here all night selling hot dogs for $2 to donate to the cause!

There is absolutely no guest list for this event.

 

movie review: bad lieutenant January 10, 2010

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things are bad in the ‘bad lieutenant’ sense

  1. bad medicine
  2. bad touches
  3. bad boys
  4. bad asses
  5. michael jackson
  6. Bipolar Affective Disorder
  7. bad religion
  8. bad company
  9. bad timing
  10. bad seafood
 

‘Lost’ in emotion January 6, 2010

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I’ve never watched a single episode of Lost, so I figured this final season would be a good place to start. So here’s a list of ways I envision Lost ending based on what I do know of the show: there was a plane crash, people are lost, it’s meta, there’s a polar bear maybe, sometimes they have curtains, daddy issues, time is bendy

  1. whoops, they were looking at the map upside down the whole time
  2. they are all the illegitimate children of JR Ewing so they went back in time and shot him
  3. the ‘polar bears’ were really just Disney employees in costumes who defected and were in hiding
  4. when that dude said to go right, the chick didn’t know if he meant his right or her right, but was too embarrassed to ask
  5. as children, they all drove their father’s away with their incessant watching of Gilligan’s Island
  6. they are all avatars except the fat nerdy guy who scurries about providing tech support, which is why everyone else is so attractive
  7. the curtains are actually made of the same material as invisibility cloaks
  8. some dude left the island to go get cigarettes and the paper saying they’d come back in ten minutes. and he didn’t.
  9. apparently everyone on the island had walked under a ladder on the day of their flight
  10. you CAN dig a whole in your backyard that goes all the way to china!
 

movie review: avatar January 2, 2010

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  1. longest movie i’ve seen in 2010. wow, that’s the first time i typed the year! it looks so futuristic.
  2. much like the movie avatar, which takes place so far in the future that we can genetically create aliens, and yet they still can’t seem capable of manufacturing decent bullet proof vests
  3. there are occasional subtitles for the alien language lines, and they totally use papyrus font. apparently it’s the official font of indigenous peoples.
  4. watching a movie in 3D just reminds me of how much i loved captain eo. it’s just another part of me.
  5. anyone think it’s odd that the earth creatures are trying to take over this other planet, and the only people involved are trigger happy americans led by giovanni ribisi?
  6. apparently in the future, no one wears suits and the military no longer requires uniforms
  7. where the hell was nasa whilst all these shenanigans were going on? whatever that jelly like stuff was inside the pods, i want a bed made out of it.
  8. a better name for this movie would’ve been ‘avatars with brave hearts in the ferngully-like  matrix’
  9. other planets are really sustainable and have totally gone green
  10. nachos are better in 3D
  11. it makes you think about how awkward it would be to see your boss naked, bleeding, and wrapped in ivy
  12. aliens have absolutely no sense of humor and tell jokes never. if this means no comedy shows in space, count me in.
  13. our animals get a serious ‘needs improvement’ rating compared to the animals of other planets. i really thought we’d all have pet velociraptors by now.
  14. only in sci-fi can you get it on with an alien and end up mated for life. not totally unlike vegas or halloween.
  15. even though it was way too long, i liked this movie if only for the fact that i didn’t have to hear anyone say ‘i’ll never let go jack!’.