A lot to cover today...

My trip to Maine was epic, with Cardente having an allergic reaction at Darren Rahlves' retirement party, spending four days with my boss, his wife and his two yr old son, and watching how many girls come up to Bode and ask him to sign body parts. Perhaps the funniest part was when a girl sat down at a table with Matty, myself and Bode and the first words out of her mouth were, "It must be annoying to have people come up to you all the time and talk to you." Lunatic. And she wasnt even hot.

Also, I completely fell off the diet wagon due to the Root Beer BBQ Wings at the Shipyard Brewhaus. I am back to salad, sushi, and wraps, but those wings were glorious.

The best thing that came out of the weekend was probably matty's newfound revelation that he would never ask people for autographs again. Th is is long overdue. He is 28 years old. Two weeks ago he asked the bassist for the violent femmes to sign his ticket stub. It truly is the end of an era.

In the spirit of Mustachio, this does raise a good question though. At this point in your life, is there any athlete, actor, musicsian, etc who you would ask for an autograph if you saw them? I think I might ask Jonathan from Blowout. Does that make me gay?

I caught Stellastarr* with Editors the other night at the Warsaw. I reviewed the Editors a while back when they played Rothko and came away pretty unimpressed, the band being decent, but ultimately failing to live up to all the hype. Well, scratch tha. This time they kindof blew me away. They are one of the few bands whose sound really works better in a larger venue. I guess thats where the U2 and Coldplay comparisons come from, but damn, their sound was huge. I also just want to point out that the Warsaw is easily one of the best venues in NYC and every time I go there the crowd is super fired up.

Now for a little TV talk. As mentioned above, the new season of Blowout is truly fantastic. Jonathan Antin makes me proud to be an American. Amazing. On the flip side, what a letdown from the Gauntlet finale and reunion special. The reunion only had about 12 participants and absolutely no drama, although Kina tried to start some shit that never got off the ground. I did shed a small tear when Mark "retired" and handed his bandana off to Derrick. God bless MTV.

Also on MTV, did anyone see True Life: I'm a Reality TV Star? At the 50 minute mark on my dvr, i said to my roommate, I cannot wait for this to be over so I can erase it from my life. Oddly captivating, it eliminated any regret I may have had over never submitting myself for Real World or any other show. Although if the Bachelor called I might be interested.

This weekend I have my fantasy baseball draft and am seeing Hard-Fi saturday night. I will also be doing some curls to prepare for all the fist pumping that will go down at the Art Brut show next week.

Finally, I got the new Stills album yesterday and I cant endorse it highly enough. Totally evolved sound with more keyboards/pianos and super rad vocals. Pick that shit up when it comes out or see them with me at The Mercury Lounge next Wednesday.

(sorry...my work computer is fucked and cant upload pics)