I LIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, I SLEEP ON THE LEFT, THATS WHY EVERYTHINGS GOTTA BE LOVE OR DEATH

HOKAY. lets finish it up.

FRIDAY: I awoke with a hangover and an empty tummy. I ran to Pomme Frites poste haste, only to the make the mistake of ordering my frites with the sauce on top instead of on the side, which makes the sauce-to-frite ratio far to high to be tolerable. So I was walking along with my too saucy frites and who should I spot doing a walking-down-the-street photo shoot but LATE OF THE PIER. I couldn't believe that I recognized them, but I suspect I have a semi photographic memory. They seemed delighted that someone knew who they were and were very curious about my frites and wanted to taste them. They concurred with the imbalance of sauce. The weird thing though was the the photographer kept snapping away while we chatted. SO look out for me in a Late of the Pier photo shoot in the near future. haha. maybe. We talked about their show the night before and I told them that I would do my best to wrangle a way into see them at Irving Plaza.
I proceeded to Nora's day show at Rehab which included not only a great lineup of bands, but also free Function Water and free Colt 45. Here is me sampling some of that barley malt goodness.
The first band I was there to see was Jukebox the Ghost who were incredible. I've been hearing about them forever but hadn't gotten around to listening to them. Wowzers. I love lead singers who play piano at the same time. Its kind of a weakness actually. And "Hold It In" just might be the catchiest pop song I've heard in a long while. The Noisettes were up next. Another band that I had been hearing about for years but hadn't seen yet and they were great as well. The girl lead singer had possibly the greatest outfit I'd ever seen on anyone ever. I don't have any pics of her but you can head on over to Nora's coverage of the event for full disclosure. Tally Hall was the last to play and, after hearing/seeing Nora's obsessive twitters about the band, I was glad to finally see them for myself. They were adorable in their matching vests and matching vocal stylings. I think my favorite was "Welcome to Tally Hall" which featured beatboxing. Clearly making it stand out among the rest. The rest of their set was really good too. Apparently they showcased some new material, but I didn't know. It was all new to me. Here is me hiding behind Nora's CD case

After the show me and Nora went to the Zune reception at Lolita. Which was kinda awkward, because we were like the only two females there. And the photographer made us pose with this random guy. Double awk. BUT it had free drinks and there was a really nice plate of grilled veggies. Which was a plus. We didn't stay long but I'm glad we went, because when we left, there was the most amazing sign I've ever seen in my life. Behold:




I know. What are festoons you might ask? I don't know, and neither does Nora, but you can expect them to be coming in the form of a party name to a club near you sometime in the future. Nora peaced out to read Twilight, and my phone was about to run out of battery so I skipped on over to my friend Kacey's house, who I was going to see White Lies with at Bowery Ballroom at 9. The moment I got up to her room I passed out on her couch and didn't wake back up until like 8. So I composed myself and scurried over to Bowery with Kacey in tow. We met up with Paul and let me tell you, White Lies were absolutely amazing. They were one of the only bands I REALLY wanted to see during CMJ and they did not disappoint. They were like, out-Killering The Killers, I think that is the best way to put it. Their music is like the album The Killers should have made as a Hot Fuss follow-up. Just listen to "Death" and you'll see what I mean (the Crystal Castles remix of it is awesome as well). After that, Paul assured us that he could somehow get us in to the Late of the Pier show at Irving Plaza (most people know that as the Pete Tong/Soulwax show, but I was really only there for LoTP). They were great once again. I've already raved about them so you know the story there. However, Brooklyn Vegan somehow took another awkward picture of me looking confused in the crowd (The first one happened at a Crystal Castles show last year). WHY do I always look so confused in the crowd? Maybe I'm just concentrating really hard on the music, but I am probably just irritated by the flash.
Anyways, the show was awesome. After that me and Kacey went to Veselka for some grub (vegetarian Borscht is da bomb yallz) and then I stopped by Lit for a beer with Paul before collapsing into bedfordshire.


SATURDAY:

Saturday was pretty light on the CMJ shows. The only set I saw was Chief's at Pianos. Who were awesome. Of course. Actually, thier performance got them a write-up in Tripwire, which you can find here .

After their gig, which was at 4, I had to run to Am Appy to find a costume for my porno chic party I was DJing with my friend J. I had no time to try on because I had to go to J's apartment to learn Serato, because I didn't even know how to use it. I grabbed a leotard, some sparkly tights, and hoped for the best. Luckily, both the outfit and the party went pretty well. Here are a few pics. You can see more at Josh Shots (Josh aka host of the party aka love of my life) and on Ithinkyoureswell (if Antwan EVER posts the pictures). I was kind of drunk for most of it, but it was kind of stressful, since I had never DJed with Serato or with J before, but everybody really seemed to like it. Although it wasn't as fun when we had to carry the 100 lb (and I really don't think I'm exaggerating) coffin down 4 flights of stairs while we were both drunk. Somehow I got home with all my shit, but I am not exactly sure how.

Me and J. The Macktown Kids.

There was vinyl on there like 5 mins later I swear


ANYWAYS, yep thats it, that was my CMJ week. yay. I PROMISE TO POST MORE ABOUT LIFE.