July 2009
73 posts
June 2009
82 posts
seas.
last night i drove up to DC to see the amazing SEAS play a show at solly’s tavern.
the trip served multiple purposes. first and foremost, i really wanted to see ben and the dudes play. it’s been really exciting to see this start as a project with songs posted online over the course of the past few years and then inevitably grow into a live band that is still growing and finding...
mcsweeney's puts me on front street.
WELCOME TO OUR BRANDING HOUSE
by Frank Ferri
“You sure look the part. Short beard, tight-fitting thrift-store shirt, slim-fit jeans and large-framed glasses that scream “I’m hip!” I should hire you on appearance alone. But legally, I can’t. Besides, there’s a lot more to our shop than how we look and dress.”
read the whole brilliant essay here.
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nada surf - i like what you say
they say you...
my weekend is shaping up to be fucking awesome.
i got off work, and immediately hit up the nile with all the quirk gallery crew. the dudes behind the bar were playing a crucial mix of michael jackson songs and we may have all attempted to moonwalk. and there may be videos of it.
now i’m at home, listening to SUPERDRAG at extremely loud volumes and just enjoying having the house to myself. tonight i will roll to cous cous to celebrate...
“He’s the Slim Fast, Diet Coke of vampires.”
– Stephen Moyer of HBO’s True Blood referring to Twilight’s Robert Pattinson
alt-country.
nick miller: on a side note, as my only alt-country friend, i need to discuss something with you
phil: haha i love that i'm your only alt country friend
phil: i've been slacking on alt-country and listening to passion pit and taylor swift all the time
nick miller: i mean, passion pit are alt.. and taylor swift is country. so you're still repping.
phil: whoa! never thought of it that way!
not a bad deal for myspace tom.
“A single source close to Tom tells us that in the wake of Chris DeWolfe’s departure, Tom signed a new, two-year-deal worth $500,000 per year. As a part of the deal, Owen and new News Corp digital media boss Jon Miller asked Tom to stop coming to the office.”
according to this article at businessinsider.com.
i’ll tell you what. i could think of worse jobs out there. ...
kenny knows me too well.
phil: so i have an appointment at 8:40 with a mac genius, who will likely tell me they need to keep my computer for a week.
kenny: you can borrow my extremely slow powerbook for all your messageboard and blogging needs.
phil: well, yeah.. though, i could probably benefit from disconnecting for a while.
kenny: after that day goes by, then you can use my laptop.
play from your fucking heart.
do me a favor.
watch THIS video (or as much as you can watch without dry heaving):
then watch this video from bill hicks, which basically sums up my thoughts on this issue:
Watchhey WHISKEY!
some dudes here in richmond created their own fan-fiction sequel to ghostbusters called GHOSTBUSTERS: HELLBENT.
it’s playing at the historic byrd theatre this weekend! come down and i’ll buy you popcorn!
new york fried chicken pizza subs
there’s a restaurant in my neighborhood called new york fried chicken pizza subs.
it is hands down the creepiest place you could possibly get food in richmond. during the daylight hours it seems sketchy enough, but when the sun goes down, it’s total creepsville.
new york fried chicken pizza subs has been shut down for tax code violations, health code violations, shootings,...
words of wisdom.
discovered from talia’s amazing blog, who discovered this quote at salon.com.
“I am a person in a human relationship, and I can say that when a person starts doing things I don’t like, at first I try to stop her. I can think up many reasons why my way is best. But what I find over and over is that when I am thinking of all the reasons my way is best, I am not seeing the person in front of...
"hey, i totally read your blog."
now, i haven’t exactly put together a list of “first things i wish a model at a videoshoot would say to me”, but off the top of my head, i can think of a few things. “hey, i totally read your blog” would definitely be in my top five.
turns out this model was a friend of some of my friends and had stumbled upon my blog a few months ago. her name was julia and we had...
ricky vs. keyboard cat vs. phil
so at first i deleted this post, thinking it was going to stir up more trouble than it’s worth, but then i drank two tallboys at the bar and i’ve decided the world needs to know the incredible story of ricky and the keyboard cat.
so a month ago, a video got posted on one of the messageboards i read. it featured a guy named ricky who had recently been dumped by his girlfriend. in the...
checking in.
oh hey blog.
sorry for not checking in a little more often. the temptation to post a quick video or a quick picture and then run away sometimes becomes too tempting to resist.
time is flying by. i can’t believe it’s already mid-June. summer just got here and i feel like we’re barrelling through it. i have a list of things i’d like to do this summer and it already...
Watchscott rattler of the infamous rock band rattler shares with us some tips for how to party during tough economic times in their latest “ask scott” feature.
the secret stars - shoe in
http://facebook.com/isboring →
i’m not gonna lie. i’m more than a little proud of this.
Watchweirdo kid starts spontaneous dance party at santogold concert
stolen from marisa.
this is pure magic. it made my afternoon.
dear phil from richmond
paperchilton:
last night my friends from richmond came into town. i asked if they knew you, but just giving a first name and a description of “a cool dude with a beard and glasses” didn’t really cut it. so, if you know nathan ellis, his lady friend alissa, or tim barry, then let me know. richmond will always have my left titty (my heart) because i feel at home when i’m there or when richmond...
god texts the ten commandments
from the geniuses at mcsweeneys:
1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok - ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. :-X only w/ m8 8. dnt steal 9. dnt lie re: bf 10. dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.
M, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl. ttyl, JHWH. ps. wwjd?
It's hard out there for a receptionist.
khrushchev:
Here are some things:
it’s hard for a receptionist to send flowers to a funeral home when you don’t know the name of the deceased
it’s hard for a receptionist to connect you to your desired party when you do not know the name or department of the desired party
it’s hard for a receptionist to finish the work you give her when you call her every fifteen minutes to see if she’s...