My new FAVE band is
FRANZ FERDINAND!!!!!!! - a wicked 4 piece from Scotland. They play revved-up melodic new wave rock 'n' roll that sounds like The Fall at times and like vintage Elvis Costello at others.

I went to go see them the other night at Northsix with my friend Steve. It was so good! Each song was better than the one before. The place was packed and everyone LOVED them! And there were tons of A&R people there including the legendary Seymour Stein (he of Sire Records fame - Madonna, Talking Heads, Ramones, etc.)!

My friends Beth, Veronica, Carmelita and Steve and I hung with the band, their manager and label folk after the gig. I talked to Alex the lead singer for a while. He was great!!

Don't miss their next show if you live in NY FEB 19th at the
Bowery Ballroom. The NME in the UK put them on the cover recently and claimed them the next big thing! I think this time they might be right!

And I love this! Uber indie label Sub Pop Records makes fun of pitchforkmedia.com - a snobby music website. It's hilarious! Can you spot the real one?

Sub Pop

pitchforkmedia.com

I'm off tomorrow to Cannes, London and Paris for a week...don't miss me too much!

rock on,
Catonia

More SEX & THE CITY photos in Paris, France!


And these ones have CHRIS NOTH in them - THE RETURN OF MR. BIG!!

I can't wait for the new Starsky and Hutch movie starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson!

Check out the movie poster

Also another fave actor of mine the one and only Vince Vaughn is in it...hoorah!

Below is link to hear 20 minutes of LIVE Twilight Singers in The Netherlands for VPRO's Club Lek - it's rad. rtsp://streams.vpro.nl:554/pac01/16135180/surestream.rm

And I just read that JASON FALKNER (formerly of The Grays and Jellyfish) will be the opening act for Travis in the US/Canada and Mexico. Yay!!

rock on,
Catonia

SEX & THE CITY IS FILMING IN PARIS - how exciting!!
Maybe the season finale takes place there.

And I'm going to be in Paris in 2 weeks - can't wait!

See photos here

A tad politically incorrect but this is definitely brilliant!

A Saddam Hussein parady of Outkast 'Hey Ya'

There is a new-ish radio station in LA called INDIE 103.1 (it isn't techically really 'indie' since they play major label bands) but the playlist is pretty cool.

Listen live here


SAMPLE PLAYLIST:
103.1 LOS ANGELES PLAYLIST

Rank TW Artist Title
1 NETWORK Supermodel Robots
2 MICHAEL ANDREWS Mad World (Ft. Gary Jules)
3 POLYPHONIC SPREE Light And Day
4 POSTAL SERVICE Such Great Heights
5 FAINT Agenda Suicide
6 PHANTOM PLANET Big Brat
7 NOFX Franco Un-American
8 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE Stop
9 ATMOSPHERE Trying To Find A Balance
10 1 GIANT LEAP My Culture
11 BLINK 182 All Of This
12 INTERPOL Obstacle 1
13 P.O.D. Execute The Sounds
14 JET Rollover D.J.
15 KILLING JOKE Seeing Red
16 THE THRILLS One Horse Town
17 BRIGHT EYES Lover I Don't Have To
18 POP, IGGY Little Know It All
19 TRICKY The Love Cats
20 IMA ROBOT Dynomite
21 CHICKS ON SPEED Yes I Can
22 CURSIVE Art Is Hard
23 LAGWAGON E Dagger
24 NADA SURF Happy Kid
25 WHITE STRIPES You're Pretty Good Looking
26 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Cabron
27 RADIOHEAD Sit Down Stand Up
28 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL Screaming Infidelities
29 RADIOHEAD 2 + 2 = 5
30 GO HOME PRODUCTIONS Ray Of Gob
31 FLOGGING MOLLY If I Ever Leave This World
32 WHITE STRIPES Hello Operator
33 RANCID Red Hot Moon
34 RADIOHEAD There There
35 RADIOHEAD Optimistic
36 RADIOHEAD The National Anthem
37 RADIOHEAD Where I End And You Begin
38 RADIOHEAD Go To Sleep
39 FLAMING LIPS Do You Realize?
40 BAD RELIGION Sorrow
41 INTERPOL NYC
42 DOVES There Goes The Fear
43 RADIOHEAD Idioteque
44 FOO FIGHTERS All My Life
45 USED The Taste Of Ink
46 NADA SURF High-Speed Soul
47 JET Cold Hard B****
48 WILCO Heavy Metal Drummer
49 FOO FIGHTERS Times Like These (One Way...)

ATTENTION ANDREW WK fans:
Andrew W.K.’s TV series will launch shortly and he wants it to be about the fans. The hard-partying singer is asking for your music videos, home movies, and generally anything that shows you having a good time.
Videos may be sent to:
Andrew W.K.
P.O. Box 1960
Radio City Station,
New York, NY
10101-1960
Have fun, go crazy, and you might just end up on Andrew’s MTV2 show.

Who knew??? Howard Stern turns 50 today - wow! I didn't realize he was that old...but one of his favorite bands is the Foo Fighters so he can't be all that bad.

My friend Shirley wants me to get into HBO's
Curb Your Enthusiam and being a HUGE Seinfeld fan... I thought I should give it a shot. Larry David was the co-creator of Seinfeld with Jerry Seinfeld and the character of Geroge Costanza was largely based on David himself. So I'm trying....saw the 2nd episode of the new season last night at her place. I'm super glad that Ben Stiller is in it right now because I love him!!

Here's a good article:

FUNNIER, OR JUST MORE ANNOYING?
James Kaplan wonders at the phenomenon of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

THE DARKNESS RULE!!!!!!

I went to THE DARKNESS in-store at Virgin Times Square last night
- it was a MOB SCENE. Tons of people were scurrying
around the store to get a glimpse of them. And
hundreds of fans were on the lower 2 levels seeing the
show. They played 4 tracks on the lowest level in the
store. I couldn't get down there due to arriving so
close to 6pm. The Virgin security were quite rude. It
sounded awesome though! I'm not sure what Justin was
wearing since I couldn't see anything. They went
straight from the in-store to The Late Show with David
Letterman to tape a performance. It airs tonight!!!!
Don't miss it! RAWK ON!

MY TOP 10 LISTS - ALBUMS and SINGLES of 2003:

Albums:
1) The Twilight Singers play Blackberry Belle (One Little Indian)
more Twilight Singers info

2) The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart (Vice)
more Stills info

3) The Strokes - Room On Fire (RCA)
more Strokes info

4) The Flaming Lips - Yoshmi Battles The Pink Robots (DELUXE cd/dvd version) (Warner Bros)
more Flaming Lips info

5) The Darkness - Permission To Land (Atlantic)
more Darkness info

6) Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts)
more Broken Social Scene info

7) Atmosphere - Seven's Travels (Epitaph)
more Atmosphere info

8) Brand New - Deju Entendu (Triple Crown/Razor & Tie)
more Brand New info

9) Mew - Frengers (Epic UK)
more Mew info

10) Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (Astralwerks)
more Basement Jaxx info

Singles:
Outkast "Hey Ya" (Arista)
Beyonce "Crazy In Love" (Columbia)
Junior Senior "Move Your Feet" (Atlantic)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps" (Interscope)
Super Furry Animals "Golden Retriever" (XL Recordings)
Postal Service "Such Great Heights" (Sub Pop)
The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" (V2)
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Elektra)
Dizzee Rascal "Fix Up Look Sharp" (XL Recordings)
Chemical Brothers feat The Flaming Lips "The Golden Path" (Astralwerks)

Ryan Adams = Courtney Love

Scroll down to the Jan 7th entries - the 3rd one...
Ryan leaves a message for the music critic for the Chicago Sun Times - Jim DeRogatis


And this is the actual review

Here is Greg Dulli's list of his top 10 albums of 2003.

Greg Dulli (Twilight Singers)
Martina Topley, Bird/Quixotic
Andre 3000, The Love Below
Atmosphere, Seven's Travels
The Darkness, Permission to Land
Iron and Wine, The Sea and the Rhythm
Mark Lanegan, Bubblegum
Skip James, Hard Time Killing Floor
Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On
Astor Piazzolla, Remixed
Jet, Get Born


I must start working on my list...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I had two weeks holidays - woo hoo!

Back at work today and I don't really feel like being here. Oh well.

Did you hear about Britney Spears getting married?? Too funny. This is a false journal entry from a couple who faked running into Britney just after she got married...still funny even if it's not true. But too bad - they got it annuled! Brit's 22 and a divorcee. Imagine that.