my friend leslie created this wonderfully sick & twisted line of greeting cards a while back. they make me lol. spread the ohmyword. (sucks that i won't be able to send any of you these now. or i might anyway, too bad. just pretend it's a manske joke and it gets better on repeat.)

Labels: cards, friends of LDT, ohmyword, twisted humor

A friend of mine from college made this movie with his brother. It follows 6 horses and their human entourages as they try to make it to the Kentucky Derby. Amazingly, one of the horses was Barbaro. It's a great sports story, even if you don't follow racing or loiter at the OTB.

It's getting some great reviews and I highly recommend it.
In NYC it's playing at cinema village (12th St/University)

:: watch the trailer ::

Labels: docs, friends of LDT, kentucky derby, movies, the first saturday in may

together at last.
(yeah that's my favorite new faux-racial-epithet-as-totally-obvious-joke joke.)


happy terrible two, crackers!
and welcome back, blacks!

lots more show and band info here.

get your $10 advance tickets now. and here. (it will likely sell out at the door, if not before.)


PREVIOUSLY
= show your love for the blacks
= the blacks @ club midway

Labels: concerts, crackers united, friction, friends of LDT, nyc, the blacks

i think most of you already know this by now...
but gavin is our token black friend.
and also. he rocks.

come out tonight & tomorrow night to check out the NYC debut of his SF band -- THE BLACKS -- live and in concert at your local LES hotspots.

TONIGHT @ club midway 9pm, $5

WEDNESDAY @ piano's 10pm, $8 (with von iva, also from SF)

the blacks will also be playing the FRICTION 2 year anniversary show
sept. 20 @ mercury lounge.
(with die romantik, the most serene republic and one more TBA)



for more blacks-ploitation:
= listen on their myspace page - theblacksarehere
= buy the album on itunes THE BLACKS :: nom de guerre ::
= read a review and interview with singer luisa black over at CokemachineGlow
= feel the bloglove with crackers united

Labels: concerts, friends of LDT, music, new york, the blacks

no surprise to anyone here,
but ghostland killed it last night at bowery. i'm far too hungover to actually compose any further thoughts about it - so here's a pictorial narrative instead:



















don't miss them at misshapes saturday. next time they're in town they'll be selling out webster. just sayin.

Labels: bowery ballroom, concerts, friends of LDT, Ghostland Observatory, music, nyc

Untucked is Lewis L. Fowler, Charles Divak, Steve Giraldi and Jonathan
Emmerling, in that order.


Untucked was formed in 2005 for tax reasons.
Untucked draws inspiration from The Kids in the Hall, Michel Gondry,
pocket tees and Macaulay Culkin.
Untucked will shoot your wedding for $75,000. We will do a very weird job.
Untucked doesn’t mean what it says when it drinks.
Untucked loves you in a needy, smothering kind of way.


oodles more untucked genius right here.


i suck for not posting this sooner. i'll do a way better update shortly.

and look at all the press they're getting.

GO JONATHAN! and steve! and the other 2 untuckers who i've hung out with briefly at various concerts!

see you kids on gawker tomorrow.

Labels: arcade fire, comedy, friends of LDT, movies, untucked films, videos

Don't think I don't know where I came from. It's nice to be bloggin all over the place. Anyways, this is obvies more relevant for the let's do this kids. Anyways, my friends run this little festival in SF called Noisepop and there are some good bands that play, one of whom was our little Ghostland Observatory (who by the way are pretty much HUGE now). Anyways, they played a two and a half hour set, WTF? Did we even know they had that many songs? They had two encores! Awesome for them. So while Robbie was drinking their beer in the dressing room, my friend Julie was out there getting some good pics of the band which you can check out HERE.

Labels: concerts, friends of LDT, Ghostland Observatory, music, noisepop

Hey Kids,

So I got my new blog up and running. I still have a ton of work to do on it (ie. the header is only temp and is a piece of shit right now), but "I'd rather be blogging" right? Anyways, take a gander and let me know what you think. The Hot Lisp

Labels: blogs, friends of LDT, the hot lisp

Some of you received an email from me, but here is for the rest of you that read this.
Please go see the movie Astronaut Farmer. A friend of ours wrote it, directed it and
stars in it with his daughter. We would go see it if it were your friend. It's good.

Labels: astronaut farmer, friends of LDT, movies, polish brothers

My sister is going to be soooooo famous. Now you can say you knew her when.


Gabe works at a plant nursery. Heather does too. The only thing between them is the man in the green jumpsuit.

Jessie did a short (15 minutes that will change your life!) film this past fall, and it was picked up for the SXSW Film Festival. More info, including showtimes, is here. If you're going to be around, go check it out at the Dobie. Jessie will be answering questions after the film...in the Dobie food court. Or maybe the Schlotsky's around the corner, depends on how snacky she's feeling. And, you know, if anyone has questions for her.

Labels: austin, friends of LDT, movies, sxsw, the trouble with jumpsuits

the powerful new film from acclaimed editor aaron curran
(and acclaimed doc director rory kennedy)

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Premieres on HBO. Thursday, February 22 at 9:30pm.

The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? Did U.S. government policies make it possible? How much damage has the aftermath of Abu Ghraib had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world? Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred.

read this compelling review from sundance.


"get ready for the feel good movie of the year"
- me

it's just like "animal house on the night shift"
- several army higher-ups (referring to the abu ghraib photos)

if you don't have HBO, don't worry.
"i’m sure most sports bars will be playing it..."
- aaron curran

Labels: abu ghraib, friends of LDT, movies, politics, tv

show your support for miss natalie and the drive-thru daiquiri state.

6-9 pm
TONIGHT
@ kathryn markel fine arts
529 w. 20th street, suite 6W

$20 voluntary admission*

there will be cajun music, a keg generously donated by louisiana local - abita brewing company, and a coned grassroots representative there to help people switch their electricity use to the green grid (if you haven't already.) up with wind power! down with global-warming-strengthened hurricane wind! bring a con-ed bill to make the switch easier if you can...

pass it on.
hope to see you there.


*all proceeds benefit southern mutual help's rural recovery response program. which, in a place where the government has been totally ineffectual, has been instrumental in finding ways to funnel relief funds into the hands of those who need them most, and how they need them most. e.g. setting up direct accounts for families at the local lumber yard.

Labels: friends of LDT, good causes, lousiana, photography

Come out and support Natalie's amazing effort to help out some of the families affected by Rita.

Labels: friends of LDT, good causes, lousiana, photography

I don't see enough of my friend David.




But until February 17, me, you and everyone we know can catch him on loop in a Cammi Climaco video installation at Silo's last exhibition from Freeman's Alley, "To be Continued".

Lots o' goodness to be had. Takers?

Labels: art, friends of LDT, videos

if you happen to be in LA on the 26th...come destroy my new office.
going to be a good party. -aaRon

Labels: advertising, friends of LDT, LA, music, parties, robot repair

i've come to a few conclusions over this past week while i was down in austin with jac, nick, matt, nat and bret* for the ACL festival:

#1 - 108 may not win for best temperature, but it doesn't really matter when you have ice cubes in your bra and you're watching the arcade fire**.

#2 - there will be thousands upon thousands of photos of filthy feet posted on flickr this week.

#3 - you don't have to smoke cigarettes to get the black lung disease.

#4 - whoever you're looking for will inevitably be near the beer mug flag... no wait, 15 people in front of the whataburger... right there, just to the left of spongebob and the easter egg looking thing... don't you see them?

#5 - jacque has a new career ahead of her as a sign language interpreter for franz ferdinand. she's also the best target for practicing throwing pistachio shells.

#6 - much like heroin, queso can be addictive even the first time you try it. just ask matt.

#7 - i need to work on my spittakes, bret is the master. seriously, the master.

#8 - you should never forget to coordinate what you're wearing with your friends. this is very important. otherwise you might wind up wearing completely different colored shirts and not matching at all. and what fun would that be? i mean, who's gonna bother taking pictures of you posing on the hood of a bright yellow car if you're not wearing your matching green striped polo shirts?

#9 - there are people who will wear their ACL 05 wristbands all year long, just to do it. but thankfully, none of my friends will be those people.

#10 - jumping in with a noodle and tecate is nice. but cruising with a tube and a bullet is divine.***


*matt's not very good at keeping surprises.

**coldplay loves the arcade fire. a lot. and they'll tell you so. a lot.

***ok ok, let's not argue. next time we'll just have to do both.

Labels: ACL festival, austin, concerts, friends of LDT, music