:: matty ::

Coldplay - North American Tour Dates

7/14 Los Angeles, CA The Forum SOLD OUT
7/15 Los Angeles, CA The Forum SOLD OUT
7/18 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion 6/14
7/19 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena on sale now
7/23 Chicago, IL United Center 6/14
7/25 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center on sale now
7/27 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival on sale now
7/29 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 6/14
7/30 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 6/14
8/2 Hartford, CT XL Center on sale now
8/3 Washington, DC Verizon Center on sale now
8/4 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden 6/14
10/20 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place TBA
10/21 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena on sale now
10/26 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center TBA
11/3 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills on sale now
11/7 Orlando, FL Amway Arena TBA
11/9 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center TBA
11/11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena TBA
11/13 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center on sale now
11/14 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center on sale now
11/16 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center on sale now
11/18 Houston, TX Toyota Center TBA
11/19 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center TBA
11/21 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Arena TBA
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena TBA
11/26 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena on sale now

Boring, The Pierces

:: Luxury!

Pandora's Box, 1991

Born in kansas
On an ordinary plain
Ran to new york
But ran away from fame
Only seventeen
When all your dreams came true
But all you wanted
Was someone to undress you

And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
Still the grace remains
And though the face has changed
Youre still the same

And its a long long way
From where you want to be
And its a long long way
But you're too blind to see

Frame of silence
Of an innocence divine
Is a dangerous creation
When you fail the test of time

And all the photographs
Of ghosts of long ago
Still they hurt you so
Wont let you go
And you still don't know

And its a long long way
From where you want to be
An its a long long way
But you're to blind too see

When you look around yourself now
Do you recognize the girl
The one who broke a thousand hearts
Terrified the world

And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
And if the face has changed
The grace remains
And you're still the same

And its a long long way
From where you want to be
An its a long long way
And you're too blind to see...

:: Holla to Kerry Weeks, my girlfriend in high school who just found me about a week ago. Kerry and I had an incredible time our Junior and Senior years of high school running around Westfield, NJ and Long Beach Island.....good times, right Ker? Kerry is married now and I can't wait to see her! Picture above was when I was 17 or 18...not sure which.

Daughtry Live

Sent from my iPhone

Chris Daughtry, Live

:: Snapped this morning as I walked out of the subway near the Apple Store & CBS studios. They were setting up for Chris' live performance at noon today. Love the iPhone camera.

Apple & Starbucks

:: Absolute Genius.

You'll see.

Elton John, Your Song, Princess Diana Concert

Cyndi Lauper

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I drove all night

Money Changes Everything

Eric & YB, these are for you. Second row, genius. Rosie O'Donnell on percussion: wanna have fun, Girls!

True Colors Concert - Clips

Erasure Garageband Competition

From Erasure's site:

How would you like to remix an Erasure song and have it officially released? Well this competition may just interest you...

Erasure in conjunction with Apple have teamed together to bring you this exclusive competition.

Using the Apple software GarageBand (part of Apple's iLife software suite for the Mac), you can download instrument & vocal loops for the Erasure song When A Lover Leaves You (taken from their new album 'Light At The End Of The World') and use this to create your own remix.

The winning remix (chosen by the band) will be available as part of Erasure's third single release later this year.

:: More info

When A Lover Leaves You
Written by Clarke / Bell

What a situation
Senses gone and left me
Lies are like confetti on the floor
Words are leading nowhere delicate and tender
Tenterhooks that drive me to despair

Storms are blowing winds are calling to me
Be my escape, my reward
It is you I adore see me through

Where there are demons I see angels passing by
The morning after nights before I have tried

When a lover leaves you
Cuts you without knowing
The world just falls apart beneath you feet
Talk is cheap and useless nothing but excuses
Lies are like confetti in my hands

Storms are blowing winds are calling to me
Be my escape, my reward
It is you I adore see me through

When there are demons I see angels passing by
The morning after nights before I have tried

Be my escape, my reward
It is you I adore see me through

Where there are demons I see angels passing by
The morning after nights before I have tried

Andy Bell, My Home

My Home: Erasure's Andy Bell
Vibrant colour, dazzling art and beautiful views across London – Erasure's Andy Bell has come a long way from Peterborough's housing estates

You Thrill me, Madonna

Jennifer Lopez, Gay Pride 2006 NYC

Yikes! Thanks for the fwd Jason.

In a manner of speaking

In a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That I could never forget the way
You told me everything
By saying nothing
In a manner of speaking
I don't understand
How love in silence becomes reprimand
But the way I feel about you
Is beyond words

Oh give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
Oh give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me everything

In a manner of speaking
Semantics won't do
In this life that we live
We only make do
And the way that we feel
Might have to be sacrificed

So in a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That like you I should find a way
To tell you everything
By saying nothing

Oh give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
Oh give me the words
That tell me everything

That's me in the corner

Three more days to REM at Madison Square Garden. Section 2, Row P.
We love Warner Music.

:: Please say hello to The Kicker, the re-incarnation of Elizabeth Spiers (the original Gawker) over at New York magazine. Get your push pins ready Liz!

:: This week's soundtrack from my iPod - I can' stop playing, thanks to this place playing KICK ASS music, thanks Mark, and to Jeremy who pulled out some oldies but goodies on his latest CD to me.

Major Tom, Peter Shilling
Save a Prayer, Duran Duran
Sister Christian, Night Ranger