record store day tomorrow!!

that’s right! record store day is happening tomorrow - saturday, april 19th. as i’ve mentioned before, record store day celebrates your local independent record stores: their culture, place in our communities, artists and most importantly, music.

for a list of all of the participating record stores (nationally) go here.

if you’re in the dallas area, good records is putting on a great party that will celebrate record store day and their 8th birthday!! they will be having live music from 11 am till midnight including red monroe and the black angels! here is a complete list of all of the artists collaborating for this joyous event. word around the campfire is that there will be beer and food, and as always, you can find your favorite new album there - i’m not going to tell you what it is, you’ll have to figure that out yourself.

so come out if you’re around and celebrate records, music, artists, and independence in the industry (or what is left). stop downloading music for a few hours and remember the rush of picking out that album, holding it in your hands, seeing the beautiful artwork, and feeling the live music running through your veins.

“Yes, yes, I know. It’s easier to download music, and probably cheaper. But what’s playing on your favourite download store when you walk into it? Nothing, that’s what. Who are you going to meet in there? Nobody. Where are the notice boards offering flatshares and vacant slots in bands destined for superstardom? Who’s going to tell you to stop listening to that and start listening to this? Go ahead and save yourself a couple of quid. The saving will cost you a career, a set of cool friends, musical taste and, eventually, your soul. Record stores can’t save your life. But they can give you a better one.” - Nick Hornby, Author, High Fidelity, Slam, and others…

see y’all there!

skinny margaritas!

i love margaritas, but i know how incredibly bad they are for you - especially if you’re trying to keep that slim figure! my friend karla sent this over today and it seems to be the perfect remedy:

skinny girl’s margarita

On the RocksWhat you’ll need:

* 2 oz of clear Tequila (100% agave, Patron Silver)
* (count 1, 2 while you pour, no need for measuring)
* A splash of fresh lime juice
* A splash of Cointreau, Grand Marnier or Triple SecCombine all ingredients over a glass of ice

Garnish with a lime wedge and salt (or sugar) if you’d like.

Makes one serving

also, if you’re out on the town, just ask your bartender for patron silver on the rocks (or your tequila of choice), fresh lime juice and a splash of triple sec.

deelish!!

lol-beasties

another hilarious find from ihashotdog.

but the best part is when you realize how right it is…

weekend fun times

so i had the most relaxing weekend i’ve had in awhile… however, for me, it was pretty eventful and i thought i’d share.

saturday i took roxy to the bark park for the first time! while fun, i really wish that bulldog puppy would have not tried to mount my dog a million times - resulting in her being totally terrified and we left.

then i made a venture over to the dallas farmer’s market. wow, i don’t think i’ve ever witnessed anything like that! it was so much fun and i nearly bought out the place.

since i forgot my camera, i took this pic from jeffrey at IgoUgo.

here is a very small sampling of delicious findings (and my fruit stand i finally get to use since i have counter space!)

sunday i did a little shopping for my best friend’s wedding shower (yes - to bed, bath, and beyond).

i went to lula b’s antiques to find some decorative plates. with no luck i moved on to good records … where i always find something i just have to have. i took these beauties home with me:

l to r: explosions in the sky, “those who tell the truth shall die, those who tell the truth shall live forever”; david bowie “fame” single (featuring a remix with queen latifah!); sonic youth “the destroyed room - b sides and rarities”

so after that, i settled in with roxy, listened to my records, read beautiful boy (which is awesome, by the way), and thus concluded my nice weekend.

nappak

this is so cool. found it on kanye west’s blog (random?). i would like one, plz, kthx.

plus it just folds up!! and you can roll it around - how neat is that?!

but wait, is the night-light included??

official website: www.nappak.de.

say anything

i just could not stop laughing at this when i saw it this morning…

there really is a striking resemblance

from icanhascheezburger.com

only a smidge jealous…

it was just announced that prince will be headlining the coachella valley arts & music festival this year. the festival, only weeks away, was being bashed for having a less-than-stellar lineup as of yet. well, they just took the cake. prince will be taking the saturday night headlining spot that was originally thought to be for portishead. well yay for my friends who are going!! take a picture, buy me a t-shirt, and soak up that desert sun for me!!

update: at first i thought that goldenvoice had this up their sleeve all along and waited because of the stature of the headliner - however, i’m hearing that this was a very last minute attempt to sell tickets and make up for their sub-par lineup.  word on the street is that they paid prince $4.8 million dollars!! holy cow.  i guess it really does pay to be prince.

what do you do with those corks??

for some reason i have been collecting wine bottle corks for years.  i have bags and bags of them just taking up space in our loft. why? because i’m hoping some great project will just come to me in a burst of creativity.  well, lucky for me, today is diy day on design*sponge and they’ve got the perfect project!!  cork coasters and trivet set!

while this might not be the cure for all of those corks, it’s certainly a cute way to display some of them!!

read the whole post and “how to” here.

lollapalooza 2008

it’s official!!  here is the initial lineup for lollapalooza 2008:

Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Wilco, The Raconteurs, Louis XIV, Love and Rockets, Gnarls Barkley, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Lupe Fiasco, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Cat Power, The National, G. Love & Special Sauce, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Explosions in the Sky, Brand New, Gogol Bordello, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Dierks Bentley, Okkervil River, Amadou & Mariam, Blues Traveler, John Butler Trio, Girl Talk, Your Vegas, CSS, Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves, Battles, Steel Train, Jamie Lidell, Bang Camaro, Butch Walker, The Blakes, Mates of State, Tally Hall, Spank Rock, White Lies, Brazilian Girls, Magic Wands, Chromeo, Electric Touch, Duffy, Innerpartysystem, The Kills, The Postelles, Rogue Wave, The Parlor Mob, The Go! Team, Bald Eagle, Mason Jennings, Krista, The Gutter Twins, Ha Ha Tonka, Yeasayer, Witchcraft, Grizzly Bear, We Go To 11, MGMT, Sofia Talvik, The Weakerthans, Booka Shade, Santogold, Black Kids, Black Lips, Dr. Dog, Nicole Atkins & the Sea, The Ting Tings, Kid Sister, Office, The Cool Kids, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, The Whigs, Manchester Orchestra, Foals, Uffie, The Octopus Project, Cadence Weapon, Ferras, De Novo Dahl, Noah and the Whale, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, K’NAAN, Serena Ryder, Newton Faulkner.

And if that doesn’t do it for you - watch the video!!

so close, and so awesome

the chicago sun-times has “leaked” some of the lollapalooza 2008 lineup - and my hopes are being fulfilled thus far! Among some of the suspected artists are chicago’s own wilco and kanye west, along with girl talk, kid sister, the cool kids, mates of state, and as mentioned earlier, radiohead and nine inch nails. the official lineup comes out monday - so until then i won’t freak out. but come monday…