friday afternoon round up

Giddy up, let’s see…

I went to see a wonderful show on Tuesday night with Angela, Dan, and Emily. Paper Raincoat and Elizabeth & the Catapult at Joe’s Pub – love love love both bands. And as much as I really wanted to stay for more songs from Elizabeth & the Catapult, we left after three because we’re old and it was a work night. Aside from the music, the best part of the evening was the balding man sitting alone at the table in the very front singing along while eating a hamburger and taking photos.

Running has been ok… I’ve just been really busy and really tired so I didn’t run Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday which seems way longer than what it really is. Surprisingly I knocked out 6 miles last night and 4 miles this morning. Planning on 15 tomorrow and Traci and I are braving the Staten Island Half Marathon very very very early on Sunday.

YV did an ASPCA even last night and managed to get in a few gossip and magazine blogs. And now they’ve been Gawkered (love Gawker obvi):
and the text, yay: If you looked at this photo and bet $10,000 that these guys are a rock band, you just won yourself $10,000, which according to XE.com is currently worth 262,344,571.73 Vietnamese dong.

Voila le YV. What these guys do is rock, professionally. They’re a band, and they’re from the UK. Bunch of ssssssssexy sssssssssizllers, n’est pas? I would totally date all four of them if I were a woman, but I’d be very open and communicative and wouldn’t hide anything except for my PIN number because you’re not supposed to share that with anyone, not even your god damn mom.

Also, I love the new Brandi Carlile CD. *LOVE*

this city swells up like a symphony

Ohhhhhhh I’ve been listening to the *new* Paper Raincoat CD all morning. Love it.

It officially comes out October 6th (Joe’s Pub release party, yay) but if you reordered the CD, you got the download link early.

Check them out here.

They’re the closest band to the Weepies that I can find, and that makes me happy.

Early favorite tracks include: Right Angles, Sympathetic Vibrations, It All Depends, and Safe In The Sound.

i can feel my heart go “oh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhh”

On Sunday night, two of my cravings were satiated: Cafe Habana and Paper Raincoat.

To keep up with the spirit of the weekend of freedom, I met up for a late dinner with Judy, Dave, Angela, and Amber at Cafe Habana to be followed by a secret set at Rockwood, the aptly named band, “Cardboard Bikini”. Heh!

Needless to say, I was starving and while everyone else got the grilled corn, I added a mushroom burrito to my order. No, seriously, the best grilled corn ever. It’s slathered in butter, topped with cheese, sprinkled with cayenne pepper, and complimented with a lime slice. It’s a cob of perfection. And I totally housed the burrito as well, I was starving! And a hungry Mir is not a pleasant Mir… I highly recommend stopping by the take-out window if you find yourself near Prince Street.

We headed to Rockwood taking a shortcut on Urine Street. It’s not really called that, but it should.

Rockwood was at capacity for Paper Raincoat and though we found spot with a clear eyeline, it was also exactly behind where The Tall People decided to be. They also blew kisses.

To summarize, The Paper Raincoat is the collaboration between Amber Rubarth and Alex Wong who have solo career and also play with others in the NYC “scene”. The songs are a narrative about a fictional group of people in NYC when pieced together will be like a novel…or perhaps a movie, or musical theatre… I’m being cheeky.

The show was sweaty and great with minor technical confusions. Since it was a “secret show”, they tried to rename their songs as well. Such as “Mystic Rain Part 1″, “Mystic Rain Part 2″, “Knight Rider”, and lots of songs with “love” in the title. They played the hits and everyone sang along and clapped and whooped and hollered. Good times. The more I see them, the more they fill The Weepies gap. I like them a lot, though I do have a gripe with the word “sound” in almost every song.

CD release on Oct 6 with Elizabeth and the Catapult (love love love!) at Joe’s Pub. See you there?

Here is my favorite song of theirs:

And here is the song they end with: