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12:25 p.m. Dischord 2004-04-29

Reaped AUGHHHH! 48 FREAKIN HOURS TIL INDIE RAWQ HEAVEN!! AUGHHH!!!
Hee hee. I'm going to Coachella & you're not. Neener neener.
So. This week's been a busy one. Besides the unending drama that is my love life, or lack of, I've been eagerly waiting my trip to Indio, aka, The-hottest-fucking-place-on-earth-to-hold-a rock-festival, California. Beck's been added to the line up. Having never seen the scientologist funk-hop wonder, I hope he goes up against, oh, Radiohead. Since I've seen Radiohead & would much prefer that most of the 30,000 people at this sold out show stare at Thom while I groove in the shade to my would-be husband. If only he hadn't chosen L Ron Hubbard as his Lord & Savior...
They're showing BodySong at the concurrent Coachella Film Festival, aka, "Hipster Movies we've Made with Rock Stars in the Past Year", to which I plan to go since a) it's the US premier b) Jonny ("I play cool stuff like the glass harp & theremin") Greenwood did the soundtrack and c) movie theaters are dark and cool, which beats the savage 100 degree temperatures that are predicted.
In other news, I saw 1an McKaye (M1nor Threat, Fugaz1, etc) speak for free at Loyola University on Tuesday. He spoke about straightedge, how corporate rock screws everyone over & how he hates that he's attributed to inventing the term 'emo'. He's really an engaging speaker, just got up there & was like, "ok, what's your questions", & went on from there. Someone asked what his biggest mistake was, and he told this story about a couple visiting him w/ their little 4 y.o. girl. He was playing with her & decides to take her out on his long skateboard to show her the ropes, and ends up eating it big time on a hill. So the little girl is hurt (her leg was dislocated in the fall) & he's all scraped up, so her parents take her to the hospital. About an hour later he gets a call, and it's the parents, who need him to come down to the hospital b/c child services didn't believe the little girl ate it in a skateboard accident, they thought the parents had abused her and wouldn't treat her until it was proven otherwise. All basically because they had dreadlocks & looked like hippies. So 1an McKaye had to go down there & explain it all so this girl could get her leg fixed, and that's what he regretted most: that he had someone's life in their hands and acted so irresponsibly and likewise that the world is so fucked up that a couple of people are immediately suspect parents because of how they look. Incidentally the girl is around 12 now & brags about this story.
Anyway. He spoke for about 2 hours, all of it really good, really engaging, despite the dumbass fratboys asking stupid questions in their best stoned-out voices. The best was this ratty assed dude in a freakin WHITESNAKE tshirt, who asked, "So, uhhh, do you ever 'Look Back And Laugh?'" (a minor threat song). McKaye just gives him this look, waits a beat & says, 'Yeah. Sometimes. Next question."
At the end everyone was piling out of the hall, & there's all these hipsters & nerdsters worshipping at the feet of one of punk rawks major dieties, the best was this pocked marked kid (see, dumbass people asking stupid questions) in something like a yellow Peanuts tshirt standing dumbly at McKaye's side, holding a fugaz1 cd & dangling a permanent marker, obviously waiting for an autograph while McKaye ignores him. So people are piling down the stairs & literally I'm a foot away from him, as he ignores the dorky guy & chats with some other indiepunkhipster. I stick my hand out and look straight into his blue eyes.
"Thanks man, that was really good."
He shakes my hand. His eyes are really that iceburg bluest. He seemed surprised that someone would be so forward. Or perhaps just enamored of my raging natural beauty.
"You're welcome."
Some kids behind me saw me do that & tried to shake his hand too. That's right! I've started a trend. Anyway, I went outside & unlocked my bike (b/c I'm punk rawk!!) & called S. Some sorority pledges walked by singing the theme song to Perfect Strangers (?!)
"I just shook 1an McKaye's hand!! I'm so punk rock!!!" I said.
She said something to the effect that I sucked, but nicely, and then I hung up and rode home on cloud nine.
So anyway that's my other story from this week. His new band, The Evens, are gonna be a Coachella, definetly checking them out, they're a duo, so I guess kinda punk-folk? I shall see. Hopefully there won't be a lot of people there & I can be like, "Hey, I saw you in NOLA this week! You rule! Let me buy your cd!"
And in a perfect world this would set off some fine chain of events leading to me hanging out w/ 1an McKaye backstage and making fun of Bright Eyes or something.
The end.
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12:25 p.m.	Dischord	2004-04-29
Reaped	AUGHHHH! 48 FREAKIN HOURS TIL INDIE RAWQ HEAVEN!! AUGHHH!!! Hee hee. I'm going to Coachella & you're not. Neener neener. So. This week's been a busy one. Besides the unending drama that is my love life, or lack of, I've been eagerly waiting my trip to Indio, aka, The-hottest-fucking-place-on-earth-to-hold-a rock-festival, California. Beck's been added to the line up. Having never seen the scientologist funk-hop wonder, I hope he goes up against, oh, Radiohead. Since I've seen Radiohead & would much prefer that most of the 30,000 people at this sold out show stare at Thom while I groove in the shade to my would-be husband. If only he hadn't chosen L Ron Hubbard as his Lord & Savior... They're showing BodySong at the concurrent Coachella Film Festival, aka, "Hipster Movies we've Made with Rock Stars in the Past Year", to which I plan to go since a) it's the US premier b) Jonny ("I play cool stuff like the glass harp & theremin") Greenwood did the soundtrack and c) movie theaters are dark and cool, which beats the savage 100 degree temperatures that are predicted. In other news, I saw 1an McKaye (M1nor Threat, Fugaz1, etc) speak for free at Loyola University on Tuesday. He spoke about straightedge, how corporate rock screws everyone over & how he hates that he's attributed to inventing the term 'emo'. He's really an engaging speaker, just got up there & was like, "ok, what's your questions", & went on from there. Someone asked what his biggest mistake was, and he told this story about a couple visiting him w/ their little 4 y.o. girl. He was playing with her & decides to take her out on his long skateboard to show her the ropes, and ends up eating it big time on a hill. So the little girl is hurt (her leg was dislocated in the fall) & he's all scraped up, so her parents take her to the hospital. About an hour later he gets a call, and it's the parents, who need him to come down to the hospital b/c child services didn't believe the little girl ate it in a skateboard accident, they thought the parents had abused her and wouldn't treat her until it was proven otherwise. All basically because they had dreadlocks & looked like hippies. So 1an McKaye had to go down there & explain it all so this girl could get her leg fixed, and that's what he regretted most: that he had someone's life in their hands and acted so irresponsibly and likewise that the world is so fucked up that a couple of people are immediately suspect parents because of how they look. Incidentally the girl is around 12 now & brags about this story. Anyway. He spoke for about 2 hours, all of it really good, really engaging, despite the dumbass fratboys asking stupid questions in their best stoned-out voices. The best was this ratty assed dude in a freakin WHITESNAKE tshirt, who asked, "So, uhhh, do you ever 'Look Back And Laugh?'" (a minor threat song). McKaye just gives him this look, waits a beat & says, 'Yeah. Sometimes. Next question." At the end everyone was piling out of the hall, & there's all these hipsters & nerdsters worshipping at the feet of one of punk rawks major dieties, the best was this pocked marked kid (see, dumbass people asking stupid questions) in something like a yellow Peanuts tshirt standing dumbly at McKaye's side, holding a fugaz1 cd & dangling a permanent marker, obviously waiting for an autograph while McKaye ignores him. So people are piling down the stairs & literally I'm a foot away from him, as he ignores the dorky guy & chats with some other indiepunkhipster. I stick my hand out and look straight into his blue eyes. "Thanks man, that was really good." He shakes my hand. His eyes are really that iceburg bluest. He seemed surprised that someone would be so forward. Or perhaps just enamored of my raging natural beauty. "You're welcome." Some kids behind me saw me do that & tried to shake his hand too. That's right! I've started a trend. Anyway, I went outside & unlocked my bike (b/c I'm punk rawk!!) & called S. Some sorority pledges walked by singing the theme song to Perfect Strangers (?!) "I just shook 1an McKaye's hand!! I'm so punk rock!!!" I said. She said something to the effect that I sucked, but nicely, and then I hung up and rode home on cloud nine. So anyway that's my other story from this week. His new band, The Evens, are gonna be a Coachella, definetly checking them out, they're a duo, so I guess kinda punk-folk? I shall see. Hopefully there won't be a lot of people there & I can be like, "Hey, I saw you in NOLA this week! You rule! Let me buy your cd!" And in a perfect world this would set off some fine chain of events leading to me hanging out w/ 1an McKaye backstage and making fun of Bright Eyes or something. The end. http://www.dischord.com	Sown
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