brandon in budapest

Had a rather disturbing dream recently where I was pampering a woman like in some bad romance novel -- lighting candles around the bathtub, gathering scented oils, that whole bit. Fair enough -- the mind can take us on strange journies at night -- except for the part dealing with the woman.

It was Mariah Carey.

So fucking disturbing.

Please, someone offer me insight as to what my brain was trying to tell me.

In less creepy news, last week's Tiga gig was kinda fun, at least in terms of the amount of people who were there. Pics are now up here. Also, Siri just moved to Reykjavik, so I'm going to Iceland for a long weekend soon! How funky is that?

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Amusing playing to an empty terrace in pouring rain, with the world cup playing on a big screen above your head...

good shoes - we are not the same
fratellis - creeping up the back
oohlas - small parts
cut copy - going nowhere
adorable - homeboy
motormark - eat drink sleep think
raconteurs - steady as she goes
joan jett - do you wanna touch
the kills - love is a deserter
dfa79 - sexy results (MSTRKRFT)
bravery - psa
the rapture - WAYUH
impossible dreamers - spin
erol, etienne de crecy - we are you friends
dogs - london bridge
586 - we got bored
diamond nights - girl attractive
tones on tail - go
long blondes - sexamatronic
girls aloud - swinging london town
mynx - i'm so LA
hot chip - over and over
bow wow wow - i want candy
klaxons - atlantis to interzone
princess superstar feat mc 7 - that rappish song
crossover - apples on a stick
tegan/sara versus mylo - waking in paris
mystery jets - boy who ran (riton remix)
missing persons - walking in LA
raveonettes - great love song
eagles of death metal - i want you so bad
fugazi - waiting room

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So, i've heard there's something like a foot of snow that's fallen in southern Germany and Austria. It's fucking June 2nd. Maybe the courtyard summer social life isn't so appealing afterall. At any rate, some upcoming gigs that you may or may not want to bring your ski wax and snow shoes for:

June 2 (that's tonight!) - @ Sark, gumipop
June 10 - @ Tuzrakter, after Amber Smith Concert
Later - @ ???, resident dj once gumipop venue secured

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I'm a closet typography whore. So it's heartening/saddening to see Microsoft pick up a creation of the font guru himself, Lucas de Groot, to serve as their next default font in Word 2007. Calibri, it's called, and upon first inspection I was surprised how close it looked to good 'ole Officina Sans Office. Sure enough--no surprise at all--it's a de Groot. Officina Sans was a design office standard in the mid-90s, and now I guess its little step child is set to become the world standard.

As for my personal font playground, I still swear by DaFont, that site rocks so hard--at least to the extent that font websites can indeed rock.

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