Halloween, Halloween, Trick or Treat!

Juliet was the bomb diggity at her Halloween Parade...she sang the songs quite loudly and it was so cute i nearly cried!

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

stay tuned for some pix of Dumbo the Grape!

"it mean penis is erect!"

i hate new york

did you see the flavor of love reunion yesterday? that shit was insane! i hate that ny so damn much. she infuriates me. she is like a drag queen on crack. and they gave her her own show!!! vh1 is so capitalist...only doing things for the money and ratings. i liked when buckwild threw the shoe and almost hit la la. why is her name la la? and la la has to kiss new york's ass or she's fired, so she's all bitchy to buckwild. so annoying.

welp, right now i'm going to continue to watch bravo's 100 scariest movie moments and watch for deron miller and his wife discuss movies like "wizard of oz." altho i do not agree that JAWS is the scariest movie of all time.

e/s mention on ultragrrrl's blog!

from Sarah "ultragrrrl" Lewitinn's blog:



DEBBIE IS GOING STEADY

My buddy Marc wrote a book about a band that kinda gets rediscovered by a blogger that is based on me, which was very flattering for me. Anyway, in the book, my character flips out over a band's song "Lets Go Steady Debbie" and they become an overnight success. As part of a contest, bands were asked to submit a song... and the winner is playing the Productshop Showcase with the Horrors! should be fucking fun.

We have a winner- Three Rivers Press announces rock band winner in novel contest!

Veteran rock writer Marc Spitz moved readers with his fictional band, the Jane Ashers, in TOO MUCH, TOO LATE (Three Rivers Press, $14.00 paperback), and now New York band ECHO STATION has brought them to life with their contest-winning adaptation of the hit song Let's Go Steady, Debbie, described in the book. This one-of-a-kind contest has won the band a showcase performing slot at Club Studio B next Friday November 3 and 1000 promotional copies of a CD single, sponsored by Productshop Records.

The band read the book carefully and wrote their own interpretation of the sensationally famous (yet fictional) song, standing out from the pack and impressing the celebrity judges and pop culture luminaries, including Marc Spitz, James Iha (ex-Smashing Pumpkins), Andy Greenwald (SPIN, author of Nothing Feels Good, Miss Misery), Chuck Klosterman (SPIN, author of Killing Yourself to Live), Alan Light (former editor-in-chief of Vibe, Spin, and Tracks, author of The Skills to Pay the Bills ) Sia Michel (former SPIN magazine editor-in-chief), Jason Gordon (Productshopnyc.com), Mary Huhn (New York Post) and Sarah "Ultragrrrl" Lewitinn.

In TOO MUCH, TOO LATE, the Jane Ashers, broken up for nearly 20 years, reunite for a casual garage session and, thanks to a precocious blogger, they make it big. Their runaway single, “Let’s Go Steady Debbie,” takes the world by storm and propels the rapidly aging Sandy Klein into the irresistible yet overwhelming spotlight of the global music scene. Are they too old to take it or can they pull it together and rock the world?

um, i'd say wow if i didn't have laryngitis...

today on productshopnyc.com, the boys received an official nod from CMJ, being listed as a CMJ Buzz Band! they even gave a lil' shout out to yours truly, altho they did in fact call me Lady Jane. alas, i am still quite excited and PROOOOOOUD of my boys!!!
CMJ BUZZ BANDS | Echo Station
BAND: Echo Stations
FROM: New York, NY
ABOUT: This band is all about rock n' roll. Some bands work on their image when they should be working on hooks. They got the swing of Whiskeytown and the rock of The Figgs. They're also the winners of our "Let's Go Steady, Debbie" contest, in which a band wrote a song inspired by Marc Spitz' Too Much, Too Late (Three Rivers Press), and we'll be putting out a limited edition single very shortly.....
WEBSITE: www.echostationsmusic.com
BLOG LOVE: Go Steady Debbie Contest, Lady Jane
MP3: "Mr. Heartbreaker"

ECHO STATION AT CMJ


November 3 :: Studio B :: 6pm


Echo Station

what a time it was...

i don't know when i'll recover from this weekend. from thursday to sunday, it was non stop celebration and good times. which was great don't get me wrong. but right now i feel like i could quite easily die. my chest is just burning with fire and death, and i cannot speak at all. and it's not fun. it's quite annoying. but alas, the good times...
friday night was the echo station show @ victor's. so it's kind of a biker bar. we walk in, and i am the only one in the place wearing a costume.





as you can imagine, it was quite an embarassing moment for me. everyone was just like glaring at me. awkward! luckily, within minutes, the rest of the gang came strolling in, so we had a big, fat crowd of insanely dressed lunatics (in this biker bar!)here is my slideshow documenting the night (as well as the next night).

Create Your Own!echo station rocked (of course) and we had an insanely fun time! andy and i ended up staying out until like 3:30 which is of course why i am so sick right now. dumb.
the next night was wonderful as well. we went to nyack to see rocky horror. first frenchie from grease! came out and introduced the show (she was quite cracked out, i'll tell you) and then there was a rocky horror concert. then they showed the movie. it was a good time. there was a lunatic behind us, and she was cracking us up. next year, we will have a dry run before we go so we know all the cues and words to yell and things to throw. when they throw the toast (when they're toasting over eddie's dead body) andy got hit, and since he had NO CLUE what was going on, he was like, "something hit me!" and he bent down, and alas, a piece of toast! he turns to me with swirling eyes and says, "a piece of toast!" it was hilarious. unfortunately, we are all old and cannot go out 2 nights in a row, so we left right after and were in bed by 12. which was, incidentally, still too late for me.
sunday my mother and sister and i went to the city. we went to the hard rock cafe for lunch. then we um, shopped at the gap. it was dumb. i wanted to go to the wax museum again, but my sister insisted, let's just stop into the gap real quick. yea, 2 hours.





we had coffee at the juan valdez cafe, which i will tell you straight out is better than starbucks, and cheaper too. then we saw rent. which was, of course, wonderful.
on the train ride home, there was some drama behind us...a perscription drug medicated harrison mother and a crying, sniveling daughter who kept saying, "i'm so sorry i'm so sorry" and the mother was like, "no! too bad!" and kept getting up and changing seats and coming back and yelling, and changing seats again and coming back and when the daughter ignored her, she was all huffy and dramaqueen and flipping her hair and then CHANGED SEATS AGAIN! it was madness. i wanted to tell her to stop being such a baby. sheesh.

holy christ. i am dying here. i went to nyc last night to see "the producers" and didn't get back til so late, after midnite...let me tell you, the wackjobs were certainly out last night...on the subway there were these dickheaded teenaged girls playing the penis game. you know, where you scream the word penis. hahaha. like its funny if your 12. i wanted to stab them. then on the train on the way home, this nut of a girl and her boyfriend tried to have sex in the bathroom. and everyone was applauding and slapping hands with them (um, i wouldn't touch their hands...ew)and then i had my last day of school today, which was emotionally draining as well. the kids all made me a book, as i might have mentioned before, and it was cute..."she takes me places" and "i like the games we play." some girl said, "she takes me to the nurse." i've never taken her to the nurse...oh well.
its 5pm and i'm ready to crawl into bed. however, as ms. trish the dish said, i have to dig deep into my party soul and suck it up. we're not even leaving for the show til 10ish, so i guess i will be able to rest (ish). um, my costume has been pieced together i guess. its not exactly what i expected, but due to a sewing machine malfunction, it will have to do. ultimately, i used staples. i love the way it looks. how it will hold up will be another story. i best be prepared with some sort of undergarmet in case...

anyway, i really hope a lot of youse can come out tonite in costume and play with us...set theory is not going on til 10:30 or 11, so god only knows when e/s will be on...but get ur butts out if you can, no matter how late...and wear a costume to add to the festivities...

just in case you did forget...

its a celebration, bitches!

official echo station press release saves my day...

i know that i can not complain any more since after friday, my life is a piece of cake...i'm done w/student teaching, and that means i've not only completed requirements for my ms.ed., but also my nys teaching certification... plus, theracare immediately got me 10 more hours, early intervention (which means i'm working w/2 year olds!!!) and get my hours...monday thru friday, 9-11! then of course i have my other kid 3-5 two days a week...in all, not bad at all! however, today was fucking rough. even tho i woke up even earlier than usual (juliet screaming "mommy come get me!" until i woke up...)i still got out of the house late, and my backroad/sidestreet drive was covered with construction and therefore traffic so i was late dropping of juliet. then juliet had a crying fit when i left, and FLEW out of the door behind me. which of course broke my heart and i had to take her back in and sit with her. so i was crushed, as well as late for student teaching. student teaching was fine. the kids are planning a "surprise" for me, which will be sure to make me cry (i swear i was like, thank god i'm almost done with this...then i see what they've been writing about me. "she takes me places." i don't even know what that means, but i am welling up just typing it.)so then my teacher has me come to a meeting during lunch about reading, which was interesting but left me w/no break and no time to do any work. she let me leave at 2:30ish cuz the kids were at art and it was a waste of time. so i'm all like "hurray!" thinking i'd get to my case in p.c. at 3 and be out by 4. at 3:15, no one's home, and my cell rings. its juliet's teacher. she is having some behavioral issues in school. i'm not even getting into this here, cuz i am just exhausted from talking it out with my mom and mother in law... all i'm saying is, having a 2 year old's teacher call you up w/behavioral concerns (which she has directly inherited from andy and i) is just emotionally exhausting. so then at 3:45 the kid comes home, we work bla bla bla. he's about the same as usual, which is just exhausting on a good day. then i go to my mom's for dinner, eat, get ready to leave...the ENTIRE car ride is filled with juliet's hoarse screams of "get me my princess cup!" over and over and over and i'm now on the verge of hysteria cuz what the hell is her princess cup??? we pull into our parking lot, i fly to her car seat, and lo and fucking behold, her cup is right in her seat. i'm like, "i am a shitty mother. i put that cup there. why didn't i tell her that?" so i'm near tears for being so impatient and evil and harboring thoughts about her being a crazy monsterchild (in school) and so i go, "oh i'm sorry honey!" and she smiles and says, "oh mommy, i'm sorry too!" devil and angel. its just exhausting. now. andy apparently got the supplies i need for my costume...but not the dress. christ. so i have to create a dress by friday. and tomorrow, i have the same day, but after my case in p.c., i have to hop a train to nyc to see the producers. i'm going to die of exhaustion. but i cannot complain, cuz after friday, my life changes for the best...
and here is the best part of the day...check out the bulletin marc spitz posted on myspace!!!!
We have a winner- Three Rivers Press announces rock band winner in novel contest!Veteran rock writer Marc Spitz moved readers with his fictional band, the Jane Ashers, in TOO MUCH, TOO LATE (Three Rivers Press, $14.00 paperback), and now New York band ECHO STATION (www.echostationmusic.com) has brought them to life with their contest-winning adaptation of the hit song Let's Go Steady, Debbie, described in the book. This one-of-a-kind contest has won the band a showcase performing slot at Club Studio B next Friday November 3 (with The Horrors, The Thermals and more) and 1000 promotional copies of a CD single, sponsored by Productshop Records.

Go to www.productshopnyc.com for more info on the party.

The band read the book carefully and wrote their own interpretation of the sensationally famous (yet fictional) song, standing out from the pack and impressing the celebrity judges and pop culture luminaries, including Marc Spitz, James Iha (ex-Smashing Pumpkins), Andy Greenwald (SPIN, author of Nothing Feels Good, Miss Misery), Chuck Klosterman (SPIN, author of Killing Yourself to Live), Alan Light (former editor-in-chief of Vibe, Spin, and Tracks, author of The Skills to Pay the Bills ) Sia Michel (former SPIN magazine editor-in-chief), Jason Gordon (Productshopnyc.com), and Sarah "Ultragrrrl" Lewitinn.

In TOO MUCH, TOO LATE, the Jane Ashers, broken up for nearly 20 years, reunite for a casual garage session and, thanks to a precocious blogger, they make it big. Their runaway single, “Let’s Go Steady Debbie,” takes the world by storm and propels the rapidly aging Sandy Klein into the irresistible yet overwhelming spotlight of the global music scene. Are they too old to take it or can they pull it together and rock the world?

About the band
Echo Station was formed in October of 2000. The four members of Echo Station shared the same musical vision: To make rock music that would leave even the most casual listener wanting more. Echo Station quickly began its assault on the New York City club circuit with highly successful shows at CBGB, Brownies, Arlene Grocery, Pianos and Don Hills. Since then, Echo Station has continued to bring their energetic live show to the masses by playing over 100 + shows all over the northeast.

On January 2nd, 2004, Echo Station released their 4 song Mr. Heartbreaker EP to a drove of loyal fans at CBGB in New York. The success of the release and the praise from fans and critics regarding the CD have prompted the band to strive for shows at prestigious venues such as Mercury Lounge and Bowery Ballroom, while also seeking to secure a recording contract with an established label.

musical overload

so tomorrow night my in laws got tix for us to see "the producers" on broadway, which is supposed to be fantastic. then on saturday we're going to see the play/movie of "rocky horror picture show" which we all know is fabulous. THEN on sunday, my sister and mother and i are going to see "rent!" AGAIN. and sometime this winter, we're going to see "mary poppins" and if it kills me, i'll be seeing "a chorus line." isn't it odd that i'm going to all these musicals? i haven't seen a show on broadway since "little women" like 3 years ago. one great xmas years and years ago, my godmother got us tix to see "beauty and the beast", "grease" AND "tommy" all in the same month. that was just awesome.

this is for christina...

happy happy joy joy!

this little man is doing the happy dance cuz he found out that I'M DONE STUDENT TEACHING ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 27TH 2006!! isn't that wonderful news?! please, feel free to watch this hilarious clip to remind you of your youth in celebration of my happy news. and please, come to the show on friday to celebrate with me!

...and can we really measure if we think we're any better?

i have far far far too much work to be writing a blog right now. i'm supposed to hand in my unit plan tomorrow along with my log, narrative of classroom, sample cover letter, and sample letter of intro to parents. so far i've done what my mentoring teacher wanted me to do, which is download a font (i am addicted to downloading fonts) that the kids can trace during handwriting time or whatever, and write out 23 addresses. during which of course my printer started to crap out. so then i checked my email and myspace and still cannot bring myself to start. its 9 o'clock.
i have so much tormenting my brain right now but i just don't want to open pandora's box and spill it all out. so i guess i'll go do work. i'll just say as per usual that people suck. as per usual. you know it as well as i do.
i look forward to friday. and did i say we were going to see rocky horror on saturday night? so excited. however, my sanity this weekend depends solely on not having to continue student teaching. did i tell you my mentoring teacher told me that while it isn't fair that my friend who lives w/her parents and has a graduate assistanceship is getting a break on her student teaching, "life isn't fair." OH LADY, BELIEVE ME, NO ONE KNOWS LIKE I KNOW THAT LIFE ISN'T FAIR. i could kick her in the ass. if only she knew.

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW...

Buy your tickets here...now...for the Echo Station @ Studio B event of the Fall...

riDICKulous

the omen 666 sucked even worse than the original, but possibly more so cuz the kid was just plain ugly.
however, aqua teen hunger force's new season premiered tonight. it was entitled "dickisode" and they pretty much spoke of dicks and balls about 5,000 times. and there were pictures. it was outrageous.

ooooooooh check THIS out...

Various Echo Mentions:
watercoolergossip.net
upcoming.org

the need to express to communicate...

i updated the look of my blog but i'll be honest with you (as i always am) that i'm just not happy with it...i think i'm going to have to teach myself how to use photoshop so that i can create a better banner and such. also, i am typing a random and meaningless entry cuz when i was fooling around with my template earlier, i think i fucked something up. doesn't it look odd? anyway, the rest of my day sucked. but according to The Bass Player in that Band aka andy from echo station, they sound amazing today at practice. (of course).

i want to lick you in front of all these people...

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beautiful fall days...perfect for outings.

so we took juliet to see her first movie today. honestly it was the first public outing we've had since the dreadful outback situation, and that was what? a year ago? she was dying to see "the pumpkin king" a.k.a. "a nightmare before christmas" which is being shown in 3D (i thought at the IMAX but alas, open season is in the imax). she was really good, and i was so proud of her! she got bored towards the end, so i took her out and we walked around the theater looking at the poster for "charlotte's web" and we met another mom and a little boy named julian and the two of them played for awhile. the movie was kind of beautiful, cuz anbc is a stunning movie which was only made better w/the 3D. however. the movie was NOT originally a 3D movie, so it wasn't that cool and 3D like it could have been. and it didn't even fit the screen. and no previews. kind of disappointing, but we did see a cool pixar 3D short and that was amazing.

so last night was jen's surprise 30th birthday party and there was a super special surprise guest... joebags came home from costa rica early to celebrate! it was great to see him and it was such a wonderful echo station reunion. the boys are starting what in the theater is known as "hell week" (which for the boys of echo station will not one but two weeks of intense and grueling practice)and it all begins at 3 o'clock today! i got even more excited about friday night (halloween show) after talking about costumes last night. i actually decided to start anew w/my costume, after the movie today...it's a surprise for now. i know, like who cares? a little girl in my class wouldn't tell me what she was being cuz its a surprise. but i was like, just tell me i'm not going to be here on halloween. so she told me. but anyway.
here are some pix from last night:





the boys reunite...best echo picture yet!






echo wives






the hardcore echo crew...stacey chick, lady jaded, amybeets, suzi i. and jenny penny

f.y.i.

from urban dictionary dot com...1. yumpop 2 up, 1 down

A very cool website.Go to www.yumpop.com!

I went on yumpop today!

2. yumpop 2 up, 2 down

To place ones penis into another's ear after rubbing it in yogert

Hey baby, wanna yumpop ?
Billy: Which do you prefer - strawberry or rasberry ?
Timmy: Whatever, just get that head down *pop*

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

holy mother of pearl...yes, the exciting news of the day is that echo station's win of the marc spitz/spin magazine/productshopnyc "let's go steady, debbie!" contest was not a 2 song disc as hoped...but a 5 song EP!!!! how amazing is this news?! CONGRATS BOYS! how hot is the cd, btw?!

t.g.i.a.f.

i just purchased a pair of leather pants for the echo station show on november 3rd (you're planning on attending right? even if just to see my fat ass in a pair of leather pants...)and i'm quite nervous. my legs are about 24 inches long, which makes most pants look quite retarded on me.

i just saw on e! that Kazakhstan (which i learned today, while studying a globe in my kindergarten classroom, is right near russia)(i was quite bored during my lunch break. i learned a lot) invited Sacha Baron Cohen aka borat to come visit them. apparently they feel the need to prove to him that women drive cars and their wine is not horse piss but grape fermentation and that "jews are free to go to synagogue"(which sounds kind of iffy for the jews...like, they're not quite citizens, but they CAN go to synagogue)...i would like to say WATCH OUT sacha cuz they are quite simply going to assassinate you! seriously.

um. echo practice again tonight... tomorrow jenny penny is turning 30!! woohoo! i am going to try to do an echo interview (if i can get the energy up to write one and such)(i'm so bored during school hours yet have no internet or computer access. once i get home i'm so beat all i can do is click my mouse around. and write this nonsense). word on the street for studio b is really happening...my dear old high school friend, lo, lives in brooklyn and LOVES the thermals (who are playing as well) and she claims that there ought to be quite a turn out that night (at least amongst her friends) so that is exciting! a bit of confirmation that sarah ultragrrrl will be mentioning echo station in her blog, so KEEP LOOKING FOR IT!! marc spitz appears to be an angel, and that makes me happy. i am so excited for november 3rd (hence the leather pants)(which still may be a disaster).
well, andy is now home...so i will go play with him.

i just love this one...thanks vinny & set theory!

cuz it's jack...and fyi, a nightmare before xmas 3D is out tomorrow in IMAX theaters!also, i know i suck at spelling. and i don't reread or grammar check anything in here. i'm sorry. andy read my blog today and was like, you suck at spelling. and i do. and i'm a teacher. and a writer. yet i just don't care. so i apologize. especially if it is distracting. i have soooooooo much more to write but i'm starving so i have to go eat a lil something something...but i'll be back.

ready to talk...

i am so goddamn exhausted and my glands are swollen and its fucking 9 o'clock at night already and i have done nothing all night except for jackass around myspace and blogger.com and photobucket but at least i remembered to print out some pictures for my aba therapy session tomorrow. which came out like shit. of course.
as you can see, the echo station/set theory show for halloween was nearly cancelled due to the closing of paulie's (speculation inserted here). luckily someone found a nice (um, we hope?) spot to salvage the halloween festivities! scroll down for the info.
some exciting news on the echo boys front...apparently andy spoke to the author of "Too Much, Too Late," marc spitz, who is the one who of course started the whole "Let's Go Steady, Debbie!" madness...and he sure had a lot of great things to say. such as...james iha (formerly smashing pumpkins/a perfect circle)(!seriously!) is most definately going to be at the show at studio b on november 3rd!!!!! i might swoon in his presence. he also said they'll have copies of the echo station cd to hand out, which is so exciting (cd will have "Debbie" plus my absolute favorite song, "Mr. Heartbreaker"). he also thinks that famous blogsteress sarah lewitinn will be there too (she did post on her blog that in a few weeks she is having the horrors play at her apartment and the horrors are playing at the show...so it seems credible!)so that is all so exciting! and what makes it all even better is that i might be a certified M.Ed. at that time who is rich, bitch! (again, fingers crossed). i have been making pretty posters for echo station all night and what i really want to do is write a whole blog about them but right now i'm so fucking tired. so i'm not going to. but stay tuned...

...about to promote my balls off...

they might be giants (boy!)

i am so pleased to say that juliet is going to be attending her very first concert on november 18th...and that concert is going to be a band that was actually one of the first concerts that i went to myself (altho i was 15, not 2) and that band is THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS. how freaking cool is that? its a children's show, featuring their cd/dvd no! and here come the abcs! which juliet loves and knows all the words to. when i told her, her eyes got real big and her head nearly exploded. we have great seats too! its in some theater in nyack, so it may be a small arena...maybe we'll meet and hang out w/the johns...so cool, multigenerational music...

just when you thought things couldn't get any worse...

i don't want to say too much about it, but i may be happier than i could have ever imagined...my professor came in today to observe me @ student teaching, and i confessed to her that i just was having a very difficult time not working...i mean, working 10 hour days and getting paid NADA really sucks, and having a 2 year old doesn't make the financial situation any easier...she was sympathetic, and we may have found a way to get around the special education student teaching...having one of my other special ed. experiences count towards the requirement...so keep your fingers crossed, or knock wood, or pray to the lord almighty...my life may have just turned right the heck around.

if you could only live my life...

more useless information gained from that y&f interview that may or may not have really taken place...
vinessa interplak: do you have any super powers?
lady jaded: well, yes. my super super power is being super keen listening skills. it comes from the obsession with adult swim and i guess music. i can tell you who every voice is, and if i can't, it drives me straight up the wall and i'm on imdb before you can say um...i don't know. anyway, i can also tell you when you are listening to a cd of a band and suddenly, it is no longer the usual singer, but a guest. for instance, when rachel bolnan sings "psychotherapy" on the skid row Bsides ourselves cd. or when duff sings "so fine" on use your illusion 1. it makes me feel cool. cooler than usual. no, just cool.
vi: what did you dream about last night?
lj: i dreamt that i was a vampire. and i was saving little girls from being killed by the other vampires. plus, something about christian bale. which is why batman begins is on in the other room...
vi: anything else you'd like to add?
lj: no. i'm pretty bored. are you?

rotting away...

its been awhile since i've posted and i attribute that to the fact that the last few days have been pretty fucked up for me. i'm on the edge of hysteria, and i'm just hoping that things can only get better. the past 2 years have been a real kick in my ass, and i think it is all catching up with me as of late. things suck, and i am just looking to survive the rest of this semester.

word on the street is that the boys in echo station have been practicing in their new studio in norwalk, and that they are sounding amazing and having a blast! rumors also circulating about an amazing halloween show...i know i can't wait.

i'm pretty bummed that i missed out on the violent femmes playing in brooklyn on friday. however, we did end up finally seeing jackass number 2 and yes indeed i loved it. it was fucking hilarious. especially the penis puppet part. man pontius is funny.

anyway, i am going to do the ton of homework i have due tomorrow. fyi, i have my graduation exit interview tomorrow. what does it mean? i have no clue. but it is just one step closer to the end...thank fucking god.

it gets even more ridiculous

who knew that juliet looked like george michael, little bow wow and shawn michaels?

the dumbest shit EVER

in all seriousness, i look NOTHING like these people. how dumb is this thing? its a scam. now i'm doing andy...okay, he looks like some hot guys, such as jesse bradford and a hobbit...but dolly pardon? Hahahahahha!

home sick. not homesick.

i've watched dora the explorer's halloween show 324641213 times today. i'm ready to shoot my television.

farewell to CBGBs...an echo station tribute...

according to the news, the legendary CBGBs is closing this weekend after 32 blood, sweat and rock and roll infused years. it frustrates me to no avail since the reported back rent due on the joint is merely $91,000. hello, hilly kristal...don't you think that you could have easily thrown a few "save cb's" concerts and RAISED that drop in the bucket that would have saved this punk-rock institution? i'm sure that there are myriads of bands, both signed and unsigned, famous and infamous and just starting out, that would have donated their time and energy to be part of such a historical salvation. but whatever. the doors are slated to close this sunday, october 15th, with the also-legendary patti smith. says lou reed of this unfortunate event, "CBGB's changed the face of rock in New York City and gave countless bands opportunities they might never have had ... to be seen and heard ... at the palace of punk.It will be sorely missed if it does in fact go into the ether of memories."
according to productshopnyc.com, here is the final week's schedule:
CBGB & OMFUG >> THE FINAL WEEK >>
Monday, October 9 Bad Brains, Avail, McRAD, Dub Trio
Tuesday, October 10 Bad Brains, Bouncing Souls, The Mob
Wednesday, October 11 Bad Brains, Underdog, Stimulators
Thursday, October 12 The Losers Lounge Tribute to the Talking Heads
Friday, October 13 The Dictators, Sic Fucks, Bullys
Saturday, October 14 The Dictators, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (acoustic set), The Waldos
Sunday, October 15 Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jae Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan
and here is a look back on the memories that our personal favorite, echo station, have had @ the iconic site...we've spent countless nights in the urban-decay filled rooms, and no one will forget those bathrooms...our memories are burned in our minds, and we will never forget...too bad they all did...

Create Your Own!"

dumb ass weather

i am getting so sick AGAIN cuz of this hot cold hot cold weather bullshit. i totally forgot to do my homework this weekend, so i've decided not to go to class and just drop off my work after its done cuz my actual professor is out and there is a fake one and why the hell should i waste my time? and why am i wasting yours telling you all this? cuz i don't actually have any desire to do my homework. sigh.
did i tell you that my sister may have picked out her dress? its black, which makes me very happy...i lurve it. it is actually the same one i wore in a wedding in florida last year only its a different color. okay i'll go do my work now. sorry to have bored you :)

the new "the state" skit...

it's not too funny, but i was shouting with glee when i saw all the cast members, whom i have missed ever so much...

Echo Station on PRODUCTSHOPNYC

holy shit! i was checking out the productshopnyc page just to see if echo station got billed on their flyer yet, and what do i see right under the beautiful announcement that the world's best t.v. show, "the state" is now on iTunes? well:

THERMALS & HORRORS | Tix Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for A Night Out With Product Shop NYC, our unofficial CMJ party that will be co-headlined by The Thermals and The Horrors.

The show, which will be at Studio B, will also feature live sets from Birdmonster, Ra Ra Riot, Sam Champion, Ferraby Lionheart, and Echo Station, plus a few more surprise guests.

Tickets are $10! All the bands will be playing full sets. And we got one or two surprises up our sleeves.........

BUY TICKETS HERE

click on the link to see echo station mentioned in all their glory!!! its right under "the state" and right above jimmy buffett. CONGRATS on your first big name drop, echo station!!! i am so freaking stoked right now i'm jumping out of my skin!!!

juliet's pumpkin themed slide show...

cuz i'm obsessed w/halloween, and now so is she...

Create Your Own!

all families are psychotic OR families suck OR i'm thinking divorcing my family...

seriously this weekend was supposed to be filled with happiness and light and good times and new memories splashed over reminiscence of the old...and what resulted was damn near a bloodfest of the highest caliber. there was the quote "i can come and go as i please" uttered in response to daughters actually wanting to spend time with their parents...as far as i'm concerned, everyone sucks. i'm done trying to pretend things are good and normal and i guess you can say there is a big fat split right down the middle of our family. good fucking ridance.


however, this is my cute little d with pretend earrings in her tiny little ears. she had a fun day. cuz she doesn't know any better.

bad 4 good

i don't know quite how to put this. when i was a kid, i loved this teeny tiny boy from the d'addario guitar ads. he was too cute. later on in life, he became young stevie vai in the video for "the audience is listening." he is thomas mcrocklin, who soon formed the band bad 4 good, whom i've spoken of various times in this here blog. well. thanks to the miracle which is youtube (i adore you youtube!)i found old videos and this electronic press kit from 1992. these kids were babies. thomas was 12, zack was 14 (the bassist), brooks was 15 (the drummer, now of bad religion fame) and danny was 16. they were fucking amazing. i showed my brother this video, and he got so depressed that he is already older than 12 and cannot and will never be able to play guitar like thomas mcrocklin. i fucking love these guys.

christina, this is for you:
(p.s. tell me if you don't think brooks had some weird, twitching problems)

echo status updates part II

Echo Status: Updated 10/04/06


10/04/06:
We've ironed out the details for the CMJ (Let's Go Steady Debbie) show. The show will take place on Friday, November 3rd at Studio B, 259 Banker St, Brooklyn, NY. We are opening the show at 6:30pm. Tickets will be $10.00 and are available on Ticket Central or at the door that night.

The early showtime on a Friday will make it difficult, if not impossible for many of our "local" fans to attend. We apologize for this, but it is something that is out of our control. We know you'll be there with us one way or another. We love you all for the support you've shown through the years. This is an important gig for us and without a doubt, the best opportunity we've had to showcase ourselves to people in the music biz. We're looking forward to showing them a rock show echo station style.

If you can't make it down for the start of our set, by all means get there when you can. The organizers have put together a great lineup for the entire evening. This is sure to be a true night of drunken rock n roll! We'll be around long after we're done playing, participating in the rock star lifestyle. Come down and party.

Speaking of parties, the Halloween show has been confirmed. We'll be playing Friday, October 27th with Set Theory at Paulie's Grill and Bar in Elmsford. Be sure to wear your costumes!

With everything confirmed, we'll spend the next month working hard at getting back into playing shape and promoting the CMJ show. We'll keep you posted on the progress. Until then, keep your calendars clear on October 27th and November 3rd. If you have any time off coming at work, there is no better way to spend it then coming to Brooklyn on the 3rd to see a good night of rock n roll! Love you all.

-Mike

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y&f interview part II

(*note* c.l. do you recognize the title of this magazine? how about the interviewer's last name?)
where were we...
vanissa interplak: so you have a daughter. tell me about her.
lady jaded: oh she is just the most delicious thing known to mankind. she is wildeyed and crazyhaired and loves halloween just as much as i do, and andy does, and briget from 'girls next door' does...
vi: briget from 'girls next door'?
lj: yea, you know. not the pretty one or the dumb one. the boring, slightly ugly one? who i hated until last year i figured out that she is obsessed with halloween. much like me. she starts celebrating on october 1st, just like me! at an episode that just was on recently, they went to a baby shower of some explaymate and she got the baby its first halloween costume!
vi: do you watch 'girls next door' often?
lj: if its on and nothing else better is on. i like it. once, on viva la bam, holly was on. she's the pretty one.
vi: what other shows do you watch?
lj: mostly i watch adult swim. we're obsessed with it, and this past sunday i actually got to watch the new, sunday-night-only shows. like metalocalypse and squid billies. and pee wees playhouse is just frighteningly hilarious. i love it. as far as tv goes, we are pretty much addicted to tiVo since we would miss everything. we watch nip/tuck, which is sucking balls but should get better next week. um...house. grey's anatomy. which is interesting since i hate EVERYONE on the show but love the show. i guess i like mcdreamy. just cuz he was from 'can't buy me love' which was like one of my favorite movies from when i was a kid. i don't know...that's really it.
vi: let's talk about some "it" stars. what do you think of lindsey lohan?
lj: ew, why would you ask me about that freckly disaster? i fucking hate her. however, my cousin's cousin used to go to school with her in merrick long island, and she had a huge crush on him but since she was an ugly, freckly little beast, he broke her heart. how awesome is that?
vi: how about paris hilton?
lj: pretty sure nick carter beat the shit out of her. also, she's dumb. but she doesn't really bother me.
vi: jessica simpson.
lj: oh you want me to go there? she is a filthy, dirty little whore. who had SEX with bam margera when MARRIED. no one told you to be a fucking virgin when you got married you twit. oh wait, yes, your daddy did. did you know her father gave her a ring when she was 12 to 'promise' she'd save herself? is that not creepy? i mean, my parents told me they'd buy me a car if i didn't have sex, but there were so many holes in that...like, did i have to wait til i was 16? married? when was the car coming? did they think i thought they'd ever have the money to buy me a car? anyway, i hate jessica simpson. i also hate the way she looks.
vi: ashlee simpson.
lj: oh you mean, sarah michelle gellar?
vi: brangelina...
lj: i honesly didn't ever believe that they were together in the first place. like, they never came out as a couple. so i don't really give a shit. i like angelina jolie. i hate brad pitt. i really hate jennifer anniston. but i love maddox.
vi: tori spelling
lj: she is definately not an IT girl right now. however, she is pregnant and was totally screwed from her daddy's inhereitance. so i guess she has some press.
vi: britney
lj: the dumbest fuck on the face of the planet? first of all, why did she marry that man? he makes me itch just looking at him. then she goes and gets knocked up AGAIN when she can barely handle the one kid. i feel bad for her cuz she looked just as ugly as i did when pregnant. and dude, having one kid is hard enough, let alone having 2 that are like, the same age. why doesn't she find a nanny who is qualified? she has the money to hire someone w/ credentials. did you know that bam and jess margera are only 13 months apart? april and phil must love the sex...
vi: i guess bam margera...
lj: other than that he is an attention seeking, money hungry whore? i love him.

(stay tuned for even more of the incessant ramblings of lady jaded when y&f intervew part III comes...stay tuned...)

some things to cheer you up. just a little. if you're down. or even if you're not.

i've spent my day creating a helloween mural on my cabinets with juliet, who i didn't send to school. oh, yes, i'm home. for a "mental health" day; also cuz andy wanted to go to the yankee game and wouldn't have been able to stay with juliet. so i'm supposed to be getting ready for my sister coming to visit, hurray! but alas, the internet has again wrecked havoc on my time. my eyes, glazed over; my mind, numb to stupid surveys and fucked up glittery blog thingies. like this:



just so dumb, yet so easy to keep a jackass like me preoccupied. there is a preliminary flyer up at productshop nyc that is announcing the show which echo station will be playing at; however, they are not yet announced on the flyer...keep checking in.



anyway, i have work this afternoon, but my supervisor is coming out and will be there the whole time so it shouldn't be too bad. tomorrow is FRIDAY thank god. (even tho i didn't even stay @ school for one full day yet this week. oh well. fire me. oh wait. i'm doing your job for free. what did that dog say up there?)this is how i feel when i'm in that classroom:



how funny are these dumb things? they are totally making me smile. all day long.