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iPhone Rock Lighter
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From my blog Rock Tourist. The first iPhone Rock Lighter. Enjoy.

I've been talking to this author, James Othbert, for a book he's been working on about Advertising. He also has a blog, which I've been reading. He had mentioned Leo Burnett's "man expert" before, but these comments from her struck me as particularly insightful and, well, pretty much dead on, for me, at least.

...According to the study, in 1970, four out of five American men in their late twenties were married. Today it's less than half. A generation of men -- men raised in divorce, or who have glimpsed their bitter, unfulfilled dads silently weeping in the garage, or who have been subjected to the YouTube video of David Hasselhoff slobbering drunk in front of his daughter -- are giving marriage, fatherhood, and what it means to be a man a bit of a rethink.

"Because of the environment in which they were raised, men in their mid-twenties today are far more sensitive to the repercussions of their actions and the ramifications of responsibility," says Cameron, who surveyed thousands of men in fifteen countries. "They've seen that their fathers' concept of masculinity didn't work out so well."

Read the whole thing here

Hey! So I know many of you are hurting from smapple's reduced hours - so I thought I'd tell you about my massage therapist. Her name is stephanie and she is awesome and she has a new practice (in addition to a few days she is keeping @ AltThera downtown). I can't recommend her strongly enough. She's having an open house, or you can email her here

'When I saw it at Cannes,' says Hooky, 'I knew that it was a great film and that it would be very well received because even though it's two hours long, only two people went to the toilet the whole time. In fact, one of them was Bernard. The other one was a 70-year-old woman.'

- The Observer

Barbarian + Freezepop = Awesome Video YES.

Dear tech crunch. Love your blog, but 7 of your 14 stories in my RSS today were ads for your own conference. Leave it be. Please.

The Season of the Rock has begun. Only nine days with no rock between now and november. Of course, I'll be traveling and missing a bunch, but the travels are offering their own rewards. doubt I'll make them all, but I will go to as many as I can. Starred ones = tickets bought or firm plans.

Last Night (which I can't go to but still): Do Make Say Think
Tonight - Mandy Moore* (which was pretty f'n hilarious, I have to say)
9/19 - Charlene @ PAs
9/19 (SF) - Air
9/20 (SF) - Silver Apples
9/21 - Rilo Kiley*
9/22 - Chemical Bros & Ladytron (NYC)
9/23 - Gruff Rhys & Ulrich Schnauss*
9/23 - Klaxons
9/23 - Handsome Family
9/23 - Mission of Burma
9/24 - Thomas Dolby
9/24 - Turbonegro*
9/25 - Devendra Banhart*
9/26 - Blonde Redhead*
9/27 - Freezepop & Ad Frank*
9/27 - John Vanderslice
9/28 - Akron Family*
9/29 - Fujiya & Miyagi, Dirty on Purpose
9/30 - The Sea and Cake
9/30 - Mountain Goats*
10/1 - Magnolia Electric Co.*
10/3 - Gruff Rhys & Her Space Holiday (LA)
10/4 - Patrick Wolf
10/5 - Jesu (LA)
10/5 - Caribou
10/6 (This day HURTS with all the options) - Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Les Savy Fav (NYC)*
10/6 - Throwing Muses/Tonya Donelley/Kristen Hersh
10/6 - The National
10/7 - Sunset Rubdown*
10/9 - The Pipettes*
10/10 - Pinback*
10/11 - High on Fire, Mono
10/11 - Shitdisco
10/12 - !!!
10/13/14/15 - Smashing Pumpkins
10/13 - Architecture in Helsinki*
10/13 - Voxtrot
10/17 (Finally! A few days off) - Spoon
10/17 - 10/21 - Iceland Airwaves*
10/19 - Stars (I am bummed to be missing this)
10/21 - British Sea Power
10/22 - Hold Steady, Art Brut*
10/23 - Jesu
10/23 - The Jesus and Mary Chain (LA) (talk about a win-win on the 23rd)
10/23 - The New Pornographers
10/24 - Film School
10/25 - Pipettes (LA)
10/25 - Blonde Redhead (LA)
10/26 - Buffalo Tom
10/28 - Seana Carmody
10/29 - Damon & Naomi
10/29 - Jens Lekman
10/30 - Rogue Wave
11/1 - The BQE: Composed by Sufjan Stevens (NYC)
11/2 - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
11/5 - Bob Mould*
11/10 - Yo La Tengo*
11/12 - Final Fantasy*
11/13 - Broken Social Scene*
11/21 Tega and Sara

Then there is the rest of the stars tour, which I am hoping to catch in SF (11/14) or Seattle (11/16). UGH.

I want to grumble about him superceding me as most recognized showgoer in boston rock, but there's really no arguing it. It's true. Tall guy wins, hands down. Maybe it's because "pudgy guy" isn't as unique.

Anyway, this is hilarious:

http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid24463.aspx

Hello there.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE NEED ROCKERS.

This December 7-9, Me, Amanda and Cameron are headed to All Tomorrow's Parties: The Nightmare Before Christmas. This year's is curated by Portishead, who will be playing their first live show in 10 years.

ATP is my favoritest festival in the whole world and is an awesome, awesome experience. Awesome bands, awesome location, great dancing, great people, uncomfortable beds and lousy food. But with kitchens!

When in your life will you get to dance to DJs like Mogwai, Sterolab and old Haçienda DJs in one night?

You can read about my last visit here

Anyway, I bought a four berth, and Amanda and Cameron are in their own chalet. I don't want to fill the four berth up, but i think two more people should come. Anyone interested? Aug? Mike?

Full lineup:*

PORTISHEAD
BORIS
OM
APHEX TWIN
JULIAN COPE
SPARKLEHORSE
ONEIDA
BLACK MOUNTAIN
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
FUZZ AGAINST JUNK
SEASICK STEVE
TEAM BRICK
EARTH
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
KLING KLANG
LADYTRON
THURSTON MOORE (SOLO)
AUTOLUX
JAH SHAKA SOUNDSYSTEM
SUNN O)))
FRANçOIZ BREUT
GLENN BRANCA PRESENTS NEW WORK FOR GUITARS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
GLENN BRANCA WITH THE PARANOID CRITICAL REVOLUTION »
JERRY SADOWITZ
THE HORRORS
CHROME HOOF
MALCOLM MIDDLETON
JOE VOLK
LUCKY LUKE
THE HEADS

* as an aside, I've decided that this time I am going to dance to Ladytron the entire time. I've seen 'em like 4 times and I never dance, but I love dancing to them. Oh and also, I've decided I don't care at all that they only have 4 lines of lyrics in any song - just pretend they're techno the way it should be, and it's all of the sudden awesome.

Umm... creepy?

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