hi, back sort of, sorry, email full, etc...

Get home safe buddy!

bvegan: use gmail, you won't have e-mail problems anymore. And you can then set it up so that mail from brooklynvegan.com redirects to the gmail. If you need some help with setting it up, let me know.

BV, I sent you a message on MySpace. It's not important, though.

Did they offer vegan frozen dessert at the ice cream social?

Fujiya & Miyagi last night at Mercury Lounge were absolutely incredible! Can't remember the last time I had so much fun. And I thought the crowd were totally into them.

Pela kicked ass at sxsw. saw them during a day show and their showcase at eternal. peter & the wolf went on right before them at eternal and was the worst shit ever. the singer was drunk and did the same amount of tequila shots onstage as they did play songs (5). rosebuds were awesome at the saturday day show and instead of margot and the nucleur so so's going on after, a spontaneous set by the polyphonic spree ensued. twas crazyyyy. PB&J i saw twice even though they played like 17 times. sucks the bassist had his guitars stolen while in austin.

other bands that were great worth mentioning: brothers & sisters, ra ra riot (AWESOME showcase performance), matt & kim, octopus project, frog eyes, girl talk and probably more.

Well, the Secret Chiefs 3 played an amazing set at the Bowery on Thursday. Other than that, some of us took off a few days of drinking in preparation for what should be an amazing week of shows (at least for me):

Tuesday - Clutch/Dub Trio at Irving
Thursday- Clutch/Dubt Trio at Maxwell's
Friday - Gene Ween at Gramercy
Saturday - Ellen Allien at Studio B

Hotmail?! Who uses hotmail????

BV, do you have a job? Or, do you make a living off the site? We know so little about you....

Pogues were great on St. Patty's night. Shane was in a wheelchair because of his fall in Boston earlier in th e week, but was relatively sober and the Pogues played a grea and long set (26 songs)!

Setlist:

If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Streams Of Whiskey
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Turkish Song Of The Damned
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Boys From The County Hell
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Young Ned Of The Hill
Tuesday Morning
Kitty
Sayonara
Sunnyside Of The Street
The Body Of An American
Lullaby Of London
Repeal Of The Licensing Laws
Thousands Are Sailing
Dirty Old Town
Bottle Of Smoke
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn

Sally MacLennane
A Rainy Night In Soho
The Irish Rover

The Star Of The County Down
Poor Paddy (Works On the Railway)
The Auld Triangle
Fiesta

"BV, do you have a job? Or, do you make a living off the site? We know so little about you.... "

let's keep it that way, superheroes work best when no-one knows their secret identity

Matt & Kim were great, saw them 2x's, crowd was amazing at Todd P's. I also dug Indian Jewelry, Tunng and Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. So many bands, hard to remember what all I saw now, I really should have written them all down.

I second the gmail suggestion. Works like a dream.

One of the highlight of my SXSW experience, at least the music part:

Outside of Emos, middle of the day. Lily Allen walks by.

Me: Hey, it's Lily Allen!
Her: Hey, it's a douche bag!

whattabitch!

BV is really Michael Bloomberg in disguise. He is a billionaire and does this website purely for our enjoyment.

hey mike, thats a pretty funny story...nicely done...it must be a blast going down there...and i third the Gmail suggestion

Have we determined yet if Brooklyn Vegan is male or female?

bjork announced 3 shows for nyc.
http://bjork.com/

HAHAHAHA
Go Go Lily Allen. That is awesome.

So MIke, the highlight of your trip to SXSW was being completely dissed and made a fool of by Lily Allen?

Sounds like she was only half right. Not only a douchebag but a moron as well.

Why does everybody like Matt and Kim?

sorry, is that shane mcgowan in the pic or do my eyes sorely and sadly deceive me?

Answer at banner on top - BV is "a vegan from Brooklyn" - c'mon people, how much more do you really need? :-)

I'm pretty sure it's The Emperor circa Return of The Jedi

BV got in really early in some IPOs in the tech industry and sold before the bubble burst. He's independently wealthy and a philanthropist in addition to running the site.

why does everyone love matt and kim?

because they are awesome?

Lily Allen will be a distant memory in two years, so don't take that diss too hard. Why is it so hard for famous (and Lord do I use that term loosely in regards to her) people to be nice to someone who says hello or acknowledges them in public? God forbid she just said "Hey there!" or "Hi!" No, instead, some twit above has to defend her assholeness. For what reason?!?

rage didn't play but there was a huge amazing show with morello

video here
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1554901

shane looks like a cadaver in that pic, briefly reanimated by beer.

it's odd that lily allen was such as ass at a music industry festival. if that's gonna be your attitude, then why even go? isn't self promotion the entire point of these things?

"Ever since I can remember, I bin poppin my collar"

Yawn . . . fuckin' YAWN

Some people get a little tase of fame and immediately think their shit don't stink. Lilly's 15 minutes is almost over anyway.

I used to like Lily Allen much more before I read her myspace blog and realized that she was an unabashed heartless brat.

Welcome back.

Bjork's tour dates have just been announced:

May 02 - New York - Radio City Music Hall
May 05 - New York - United Palace Theater
May 08 - New York - Apollo Theater
May 12 - Chicago - Auditorium Theatre
May 15 - Denver - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 19 - San Francisco - Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 23 - Vancouver- Deer Lake Park

San Francisco goes on sale 3/24; the rest 3/30.

BV, can you loan me a few million?

Why can't people just be chill and let people like Lily Allen just walk down the street without having to yell out their names? She knows who she is, she doesn't 500 people telling her every day. Give the girl a smile or a wink, a break . Self promotion? ... well we're talkin' about her so ... Lily gets her PR!

So did Rage play SXSW or not????

You mean people don't yell out "Froggy" everytime you walk down the street?

Yeah, totally agree with 2:31p and 4:00p. Usually these people doing the acknowledging are not being subtle or nice about it but simply trying to draw attention to themselves or trying to make the person feel uncomfortable.

Case in point, this guy Mike above. He is posting how it was a highlight and made him happy that he got a rise and nasty comment out of LIly Allen. Does not sound like he was simply trying to be nice and say hello. More like a "hey look at me i am cool i recognize you on a street" Something tells me the fools defending him are of the same ilk.

lily allen is hot and her music is aight but common, you are kidding yourself if you think she will be anything 2 years from now.

Yes, us "of the same ilk" are sooooooo glad to have an artist we admire and/or recognize act like a jerkoff to us just because we give 'em a shout-out on the street. There's no defense for rudeness, no matter who you are.

I crossed the street with Albert Hammond Jr. on the way to his set at Waterloo Records.

p.s. Froggy, these comments hardly constitute "PR." This is called bitchin' about a stuck-up wanktress.

BrooklynVegan is a former porn star with more than 200 movies still available!

Simply put-rudeness begets rudeness. Who cares if Lily Allen is anything in 2 years. As of right now, she is hilarious for putting this dude in his place.

"I crossed the street with Albert Hammond Jr. on the way to his set at Waterloo Records."

And by "with" he means: "at the same time as."

welcome back bv!! i missed you!! can't wait to read your big review...

3 different bjork nyc dates=incredible!

they will sell out in 5 seconds...

I doubt very much Lily Allen ... an upper middle class London bird ... uses the term "douche bag"! Sure, you have the right to give people a shout out on the street, but that's what leads them to travel in convoys of black escalades, surrounded by ten 'monkey men', instead of just walking down the street. Me, I prefer a to give a small acknowledgement, rather than yelling at them like a douche bag!

"I doubt very much Lily Allen ... an upper middle class London bird ... uses the term "douche bag"! "
words are free man, millionaires as well as us poor folk will use the term 'douche bag' when necessary.

haha lily allen is awesome. that made me laugh.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

"words are free man, millionaires as well as us poor folk will use the term 'douche bag' when necessary."

erm...except if you're from London where no-one ever says that - along with fall, sidewalk and "I can't wait for the next Fratellis single"

i just became a lily allen fan.

I crossed the street with BV once, that was my 15 seconds of greatness...

There will be a presale for Bjork on 3/28.

way to spill the beans eduardo

the nightwatchman played - tom morello. don't think rage against the machine played. he rocked. his first night slash, perry farrell, les claypool, nuno bettencourt, alexi murdoch joined him on stage. it was out of control - the best show i saw.

MTV somehow got video of the Tom Morello solo show with Slash, Perry Farrell, Les Claypool, Wayne Kramer, Alexei Murdoch show

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1554901

looks amazing

Bjork is smoking the pipe if she thinks she's going to sell out Radio City, United Palace and The Apollo ... who does she think she is ... Lily Allen?

did anyone catch the pillow fight show at sleepy's?
so awesome
set list?

modest mouse tix...
info here:
http://www.sonybmgemail.com/arch/ViewMail?m=qm3tf9o93&mi=co9fz

presale tomorrow, but through that JOKE of a company Shopify that handled the two recent bright eyes on sales... if something doesn't go wrong, i will be shocked.

Bjork + Lily Allen + Amy Winehouse could not sell out Radio City + United Palace + The Apollo.

Went to the cancelled Pogues show on Wed, went back Thurs for the show. I've loved RS&TL for years, never seen them live. The band were excellent, I wish Shane were in better shape but from what I've read he was in finer than usual form. I never realized how much of their catalogue I missed!! Shane MacGowan is god.

I've come to realize that Colin Meloy is just Shane reinvented as a bookish, saner man without a taste for the whiskey. Just think what he could accomplish with a wicked drug habit....but is a few years of absolute brilliance worth more than many years of near brilliance?

who does the booking at the apollo?

sxsw was incredible.

we met david byrne on south congress!

highlights included polyphonic spree at club deville, andrew bird at emo's, pb&j were terrific too.

disappointed by deerhunter and the sound at todd p's parties.

al sharpton.

Who does the booking at United Palace and who are they blowing? ... Bloc Party, Iggy, Arcade Fire, Bjork, Modest Mouse ... on 175th St? ... does that place even have a bar?

it all has to do with me moving into that neighborhood.

gentrification, bitches.

does this mean the hipsters are taking over washington heights now?

United Palace is booked by Bowery Presents.

there goes the neighborhood.

hipsters have been taking over washington heights and inwood for a few years (as the last "cheap" part of manhattan, but not really anymore). it's getting worse, but isn't anything new either.

and oh, to realtors and hipsters, it's either WaHi or Hamilton Heights.

still bummed about iheartcomix party getting shut down

Our apologies to all who attended parties during SXSW that were shut down (ours included). Something was very different this year and we've just begun to investigate. Stay tuned.

Our apologies to all who attended parties during SXSW that were shut down (ours included). Something was very different this year and we've just begun to investigate. Stay tuned.

Highlights:

Chad VanGaalen @ the Flemish Eye showcase...or should I say a video of him playing in his kitchen. He had troble crossing the border from Canada so he sent a 5 minute clip of himself which they played on the wall at Lambert's. The sound was actually pretty great.

Matt and Kim - Saw them at the Beauty Bar Patio. With the energy they exude on stage, no matter how technically talented they are, it made for an incredible show.

The High Strung @ Habana Calle 6 (Park the Van Showcase) Right before they started, Derek (drummer) pulled the plug for the string of lights circling the small stage. Chad Stoker pulled off his glasses and pulled on his Rock goggles. and he needed them. Indeed. That man is crazy.

Pattern is Movement - Hometapes Showcase - Mohawks
Andrew and Chris were joined by Scott Solter (producer of their last two releases and owner of Tiny telephones - homecamp of John Vanderslice awesomeness). Chris Ward (drums) sits up front and to watch him play is a delight. The disjointed, turning, scaling vocals by Andrew Thiboldeaux seem like movements of the classical type...and I guess they are, just pulled forth by the distortion of rock'n'roll.