Despite feverish efforts by both "Killing Zoe" and "Empire Strikes Back," "Ghost World" remains my favorite movie of all-time. Enid, played by Thora Bitch, is essentially me as a girl, and after seeing this maybe a few hundred times, I still can't get over how it moves me.
Ghost World 8:00PM $9.75 Regular ticket price; Student and senior discount tickets available at door; Brattle Member passes can be used for admission.
(2001) dir Terry Zwigoff, w/Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi [111 min] Dan Clowes and Terry Zwigoff team up to bring Clowes’ comic book GHOST WORLD to the big screen – but this isn’t your average superhero story. In fact, there isn’t a super power to be found in this sarcastic coming-of-age tale. Birch and Johansson play Enid and Rebecca, two misanthropic proto-hipster high school friends who find it difficult to adjust to the challenges of the ‘real world.’ Cruising yard sales for retro-cool finds, they cross paths with creepy geek Seymour (Buscemi) whose seemingly pathetic existence eventually changes Enid’s perspective on life.
Do I like death metal? Nah, not so much. Do I like bands with completely illegible splatter-font logos? Ab-sol-fucking-lutely. I'd imagine Maryland Death Fest VIII is eight shades of bloody orgasm for kids into this scene. Looks legit, though I'm questioning that one illegible font band with the ying-yang all up in there.
Leave a garrison there if you feel compelled, and never mind the date error on the flier -- just got a text from Lobot and he said it's definitely tonight. Word.
Got hooked up with some cool video footage of Neon Indian's March double-show at Great Scott, taken by the fine folks at Somerville-based Extraneous Noise Productions, who have already created some dope live footage of Bad Rabbits, Royal Bangs and Via Audio. Can't wait to work with these cats in the future -- I wish I had them at the pill on Friday for Class Actress' heart-melting performance.
So if you’re already holding a ticket for tonight’s sold-out Yeasayer gig at the Paradise Rock Club, be sure to get there early to blow the eardrums out by the sly-wink Sleigh Bells kids. Buy some merch, too. Between this release and Crystal Castles’ lethal second disc, it’s certainly going to be a summer of loud, noisy pop. It's the sound of now.
Hotline repost Monday morning evs city: Now Hotline usually ignores most nightlife news involving the Dirty Apple down I-95, but we know more than a handful of heads who were preparing to hit Brooklyn's Bell House tonight and tomorrow to see reunited shoegazers Chapterhouse.
Well, turns out it's all a no-go, as it was announced late last week the British band nixed its stateside tour due to that angry molehill in Iceland. European travel restrictions will finally kill off this shoegaze revival once and for all!
But since it's a gray, water-crisis day here in Boston, let's pay tribute to Chapterhouse with some love for 1991 classic "Pearl." I will personally never tire of spinning this song after Ride's "Vapour Trail," letting the outro cello play out over "Pearl's" first few chords. The band's official statement follows the YouTube jump...
Due to the recent volcanic activity in Iceland Chapterhouse have been forced to reschedule their upcoming tour of North America. The disruption to international flights caused by the ash cloud left Stephen stranded in Japan. Although the earliest flight earmarked for his return to the UK was May 3rd, he managed to get a standby ticket and return on monday evening. However, this caused him to miss his interviews at the American Embassy, which means that there is no hope of us getting him a US artist visa in time for the shows.
We are all extremely disappointed that this is our only course of action, but wish to stress that the tour is being postponed, not cancelled. We are currently working hard with the promoters in order to find the best time to reschedule the shows, keeping them at the same venues with the same line ups. Any fans with tickets will be able to use them for the replacement shows. Due to Ashley's commitments with his other band 'Tunng', the new shows are likely to be in the second half of September. We will confirm these dates as soon as possible.
The band are very upset about this turn of events and would like to convey their sympathy and apologies to everyone that will be affected, but on a more positive note, we intend to add a couple of dates to the rescheduled tour. Please bear with us. We look forward to playing in front of you all in a few months time.
So my heart is still speeding after Friday night with Liz & Class Actress in town, but it's never too soon to look ahead. This Friday at the pill, we're teaming up with the "We Are The Mods" screening at the Museum of Fine Arts to present the official afterparty. We'll amp up the 60s, soul and Brit classics, maybe through Quadrophenia on the big screen, who knows. We still have time to piece together the details, but here's a teaser... More info at the pill boston dot com:
So as many know Privus pulled the cord on the Circus reunion, so we spit some nightclub snow maki back at them and moved the jam to Great Scott (piggybacking the Twin Berlin & Royal Bangs show). This means one thing: the Harvard Avenue shuffle between Abott Square and tonight's installment of Videodrome. Screw the Great Boston Water Crisis 2010, let's sober up and fly healthy under Jager skies. The scorecard, illustrated:
Founder of Vanya Records. DJ/promoter of The Pill dance party. Outgoing music editor of the Boston Phoenix. Outgoing music director of WFNX. Outgoing host of Boston Accents. Lover of Boston, my cat Lola, and the New Jersey Devils. Blog relaunched March 20, 2013.
Despite feverish efforts by both "Killing Zoe" and "Empire Strikes Back," "Ghost World" remains my favorite movie of all-time. Enid, played by Thora Bitch, is essentially me as a girl, and after seeing this maybe a few hundred times, I still can't get over how it moves me. 
