Thank G for Battles

Breakfast Club dancing to Pinback

You're so bummed you didn't think of this first!

reminder

Fall in love too easily.

Office's "The Ritz"

So, Office is in L.A. Hooray! They played Cinespace last night, and are playing The Standard tonight, then the Roxy tomorrow. What a week for these luvers!


Catch them if you can!

OFFICE - The Ritz

Sending hugs over cyberspace doesn't hurt.

My dad's sister (Aunt Imelda) came home yesterday from a weekend trip with her friends to find my Uncle Eddie had passed away during her absence. Though he was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago, he was in remission and as far as I'm told it's unclear what caused his death.

My Aunt Cora (who is my dad's brother and my favorite Uncle Ralph's wife) called me yesterday to tell me that Uncle Eddie had passed. And not only that - their dog passed away during the weekend as well.

Of all my cousins, I'm probably closest to my cousin Mark (both in age, career, and interest) - and Uncle Eddie was his father. I called him yesterday as soon as I found out. He was on a train back home to Philadelphia from Baltimore, where he was on a business trip. He sounded fine when he picked up the call - and then when he heard it was me and we began to talk he slowly started sobbing, which is what I found so heart wrenching... He seems better today, and says that, "Everything is going smoothly." The funeral is in a suburb of Philly on Saturday at 11am. I'm looking for flights right now.

All this might be very factual, but I'm so numb right now that the facts are all I have to give.

If you've read this, I don't mean to make you sad. I just want you to reach out to someone(s) in your family and let them know you're thinking about them and love them and send them hugs, even if over the phone/email/etc.

Biggest hugs and lots of love from your friend Celeste.


Somewhere on the east coast in the 1970s.
Mark Cruz, Uncle Eddie, and Celeste Tabora.

The true cost of music piracy

...according to NY Magazine.

Sebastian <3's Axl

NME reports:

Guns N' Roses man teams up with Sebastian Bach
Axl Rose joins long-time pal on new album
22.Aug.07 6:07pm

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose has teamed up with former Skid Row frontman and long-time pal Sebastian Bach on Bach's forthcoming solo album 'Angel Down'.

Rose appears on two of the album's tracks. The first track, '(Love Is) A Bitchslap', is the album's first single. The second track is a cover of Aerosmith's 'Back In The Saddle'.

Bach, who sang on the forthcoming Guns N Roses album, said he decided to ask Rose to return the favour as a joke, and was surprised at his response.

"I just texted Axl, I go, 'Hey, dude, when are you gonna come and sing on my record?'" Bach told Blabbermouth.

"I was just joking -- I didn't think he would do that. But he never ceases to amaze me. His response was, "When? Where? What time? Where is the studio? What time do you want me there?" I was, like, 'You've gotta be fucking kidding me. Pinch me, I'm dreaming.'"

'Angel Down' is due out in the US on November 20. It is Bach's first solo album since 1999's 'Bring 'Em Bach Alive'.

--By our Los Angeles staff.

Guess what I saw in the garden on my way home?

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Originally uploaded by smurfn5

Yeah!
He looked just like this: Mostly white.
Surprisingly cute and didn't spray me.