grizzly dog

lola, my beautiful golden pup, really loves television. and bears.

tonight, she was enamored by timothy treadwell and his amazing story in the 2005 documentary, grizzly man.

she's probably thinking, "i could take those grizzlies. but i don't have to. i have a nice home right here."

invite everyone

it looks like the new pornographers / belle & sebastian double power tour has some friendly competition. go oc style and bring your friends to the 2006 franz ferdinand / death cab for cutie super mega reformed indie tour: [dates via brooklyn vegan]

DEATH CAB & FRANZ FERDINAND DATES
3/22 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum
3/23 Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium @ Sacramento Conv Ctr.
3/24 Reno, NV Reno Hilton Pavilion
*3/26 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
3/27 Tucson, AZ Centennial Hall @ University of Arizona
3/29 Austin, TX The Backyard
3/30 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
3/31 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
*4/1 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
*4/3 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
*4/4 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
*4/5 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
4/7 Durham, NC Cameron Stadium @ Duke University
4/8 Camden, NJ Tweeter Indoor Theatre
4/9 Ithaca, NY Barton Hall @ Cornell University
4/11 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
4/12 Boston, MA Agganis Arena at Boston U.
4/13 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
4/14 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
4/15 Montreal, QC Cepsum @ University of Montreal
4/17 Toronto, ON Ricoh Coliseum
4/18 Detroit, MI State Theatre
4/19 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
4/20 St. Paul, MN Northrop Auditorium
*4/21 Madison, WI Orpheum Theatre
4/23 Winnipeg, MT Burton Cummings Theatre
4/25 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Center
4/26 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral
4/28 Vancouver, BC TBA

* indicates Death Cab for Cutie only shows

i mean, really

it's shmucks like this guy that aren't really helping the case that ang lee, heath ledger and jake gyllenhal so adventurously tried to quell with a film like brokeback mountain. more hate crimes in the south massachusetts really shows why most of them never took their confederate flags off their sleeves.

i know we all want to see less homeless people in ann arbor (except the "spare any change my good friend?" man, of course).

but why, oh why, would these deliquent kids want to literally beat homeless people? now they're charged with first degree and attempted murder, and i really hope they spend the rest of their lives in a 3 x 3 cell.

queer battle

2006 oscar nominations are here. nothing out of the ordinary, save for my girl kiera knightley's nod for pride & prejudice. expect my predictions in due time, but for now, i'll say this: go team baumbach! [i still love ya, woody.]

detroit rock surge

the raconteurs are finally here!

listen to the streaming 7" on their website (which, btw, is an amazing throwback). [image courtesy of stereogum]

jack white + brendan benson + patrick keeler + jack lawrence = highly anticipated 2006 shizz

oh, and check out my top ten albums of 2005 (i know, i know, very belated) in today's michigan daily

rumours come true

that's right. last night in the ripe musical landscape that is manchester, UK, 1/2 of the smiths reunited onstage at the manchester vs. cancer charity event. johnny marr and event organizer andy rourke haven't played together in nearly twenty years! unfortunately, only a prayer in miserable heaven would bring morrissey himself back to join the pair. oh well, we'll have to sit on our heels until he unleashes ringleader of the tormentors on april 4th.

also, the arctic monkeys continued their war of the worlds-esque takeover (slated for the US in february: take cover) with a giant spread in the arts section of the new york times today. prepare for the masses. ew.