bachelorette success

brittish 1/27/11: new year new book bitches

1. let's stay together: al green

2. just to be the next to be with you: mr. big

3. a change is gonna come: sam cooke

4. the tourist: jfatsenstein, aka julian casablancas (NEW STROKES ALBUM COMING MARCH 22!!)

5. to love somebody: janis joplin

6. take a bow: madonna

7. spaces between spaces: john buck wilkin

8. waiting on a friend: the rolling stones

9. ocean city: kurt vile

10. rememo: kings of leon

MY BOOK IS ON SALE

Please take a look. My 1st chapbook is out. I've waited a long time for this, and I am really excited. Thanks to Dancing Girl Press and Kristy Bowen. Also to John Balbarin for the awesome cover! And, as always, to Daniel DiStefano and Alec Marsh for the reading they did and the advice they gave.

brittish 12/7/10: finals procrastination nation

I will do anything to not write my paper today. Here's my fake microphone music.

1. If We Fall In Love Tonight- Rod Stewart (everyone has a little 106.7 fm inside them.)

2. Let It Bleed- The Rolling Stones

3. Long Long While- The Rolling Stones

4. Substance- Girls

5. A Face In The Crowd- Tom Petty

6. Slow Night, So Long- Kings of Leon

7. Summerboy- Lady Gaga

8. Santa Baby- Madonna

9. Christmas All Over Again- Dream Diary

10. Fortune Teller- Forest Fire

11. You Blacken My Stay: Adam Green

12. Kokomo: Adam Green and Ben Kweller

brittish 10/11/10: BIRTHDAY EDITION

Happy Birthday to me!

1. A Escondidas- Camilo Sesto

2. Estar Enamorado- Rafael

3. Shane- Liz Phair

4. She- Green Day

5. Out of Time- Rolling Stones

6. Ize of the World- The Strokes

7. Big Mouth Strikes Again- The Smiths

8. How to Fight Loneliness- Wilco

9. Donde Estes- Camilo Sesto

10. Rehab!!!!- Amy Winehouse, in honor of KELLY!

AND NOW A BIRTHDAY TREAT FROM PORK!!!!!!!!!!

Kelly Byrne posted on your Wall.

Kelly wrote:
"From one poet to another ---- Happy birthday, I love you!

My best friend Brittany was born today
Many years ago, she’s getting old, I must say!

Her lifelong dreams are coming true.
She wants to be known as “Beef” by me and you.

She’s going back to Queens, leaving Greenpoint behind
But dirty hipsters will always stay fresh in her mind.

She loves Perez Hilton, a good whiskey & Wegs-
And the pitter patter of old Timmy running past her legs.

I love her so dearly, she’s the best gal around!
Since our days in the Shit Hole, when our friendship was found.

Happy birthday, dear Beefy, have a lovely day!
You’re my favorite and I wouldn’t have it any other way!!!!!!"

brittish 7/19/10

I haven't been writing because I've been busy. Busy, busy. Every day I wake up and dream about the rest of my life. I pick paint samples and sinks from Home Depot. Because soon I will move and have a "nest" to fix up for my very own. And when I do, I will be listening to this:

1. "stick to yr guns" the cribs
2. "headdress" amazing baby
3. "slow faze fast" the dead trees
4. "lovin' cup" the rolling stones
5. "breaking locks" adam green
6. "a change is gonna come" sam cooke
7. "baby i'm yours" arctic monkeys
8. "please, please, please let me get what i want" the smiths
9. "left and right in the dark" julian casablancas
10. "stay the same" rod stewart
11. "any way you want me" elvis presley
12. "taper jean girl" kings of leon
13. "stay away" nirvana

brittish 6/8/10: redux edition

you wear it well: rod stewart

(the best part of) breaking up: the ronettes

loser dust: hole

the bucket: kings of leon

ocean city: kurt vile

tres regalos: vicente fernandez

ahora quien: marc anthony

better trends: japanese motors

down on loving you: the soft pack

walcott: vampire weekend

brittish 3/19/10: the ROMANCE edition

When you're in a great mood, be HAPPY. Listen to songs that sound utterly ridiculous and delusional due to their naivete, innocence, and optimism, and sing them at TOP VOLUME. On life's roller coaster, take advantage of the upswings and don't be ashamed to have hope and believe in something outside yourself. Just know that eventually that fucking coaster's gonna drop you, and your stomach will fly out of your chest at breakneck pace and probably shatter your heart on the way out. Until then, love and listen to cheese ball tunes. And smile because you're lucky to be alive.

brittish 1/25/10 classic flashback craze

At work today I found myself thrilled with the radio tunes that floated from the speakers. First "Baby I'm Yours," the classic Barbara Lewis song that Arctic Monkeys covered in 2006.

Next, "Close to You" by the Carpenters. Imagine the person you die over walking into a room with animated bluebirds flying over his shoulders. Makes you GRIN every time; works like a charm!

How about a little country? "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette for when you want to wallow in pre-feminist blues that surface in every girl from time to time.

"Baby Love" by The Supremes makes me jump around like a conejita, flippin' my bleached blonde pony tail for joy.

Want to slit your wrists? Then how about "The Endof the World" by Skeeter Davis. I dig her hair so much and wish I could sing with such pathetic/awesomeness.

And best for last, "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes. Let the lyrics speak for themselves.

"The night we met I knew I needed you so/and if I had the chance I'd never let you go/So won't you say you love me?/I'll make you so proud of me/We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go/So won't you please (be me, be my) Be my little baby/Say you'll be my darlin'/Be my baby now/Ooh whoa whoa oh-ohh/I'll make you happy, just wait and see/for every kiss you give me I'll give you three/Oh since the day I saw you I have been waiting for you/You know I will adore you till eternity."

it doesn't take much

to make me happy. this is me at midnight ringing in my 25th yr with "someday."

brittish 7/3/09

Happy almost 4th of July, aka my favorite holiday. Why is this my fave day of the year? I'm not the biggest patriot ever, I hate mosquitoes, and I don't eat burgers or hot dogs! But I love the summer, and I love fireworks. So even though for the past few years the rain has obscured the light show, and the years before that some asshole boy(s) always fucked over my plans (fucking potheads!!), and I have NOTHING going on tomorrow night, I still love the 4th. So here's a toast to the land of the free and the home of the brave!

My favorite national monument, for obvious reasons.

Weekly tunes:

1. Little Girl- Julian Casablancas w/ Dangermouse (official song of the summer)

2. Pretty Little Mess- Young Lords

3. Shelter- The Dead Trees

4. 12:51: The Strokes

5. Someday: The Strokes

6. Pieces of What- MGMT

7. Play the Part- Little Joy

8. Never Tear Us Apart- INXS

9. With Strangers- Little Joy

10. Stratford-On-Guy- Liz Phair

11. No One's Better Sake- Little Joy

12. Keep Me In Mind (Daytrotter Session)- Little Joy

13. Go West- Liz Phair

14. Pale Blue Eyes (Live): Hole

brittish 6/26/09

Last night I stayed up way late watching Milos Foreman's awesome Czech New Wave film Loves of a Blonde, 1965. In contrast to the ultra-serious, nihilistic French New Wave (Godard flavor) Loves of a Blonde has a sense of humor that permeates the sad plot: the romantic follies and triumphs of Andula, the young factory worker looking for love as a means to escape her boring life.

I wish I looked exactly like Andula, played by Hana Brejchova. But instead of bleaching my hair again, I turn on the iPod and DANCE.

This week's tunes:

Teen Lovers: The Virgins

I Want You: Bob Dylan

12:51: The Strokes

Louisa: The Virgins

Work It Out: The Virgins

Shelter: The Dead Trees

Easy Beat: Dr. Dog

Better Trends: Japanese Motors

California Dreamin': The Mamas and the Papas

Happiness is a Warm Gun: The Beatles

Love Will Tear Us Apart: Joy Division

Television (Daytrotter Session): The Dead Trees

No Hope Kids: Wavves

Day I Die: Drug Rug

Summer in the City: Regina Spektor

La La La Lies: The Who (BBC Sessions)

Love Buzz: Nirvana

Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World: The Ramones

If You're Going to San Francisco: Scott McKenzie

Don't forget free Dr. Dog tomorrow @ Prospect Park.

brittish 6/19/09

Week #3. So much for summer happening. At this date, these tunes should make you want to go swimming in the freezing cold Atlantic, but I'm afraid they're a little less joyous than that. June's been a bust, but there's another week and a 1/2 so maybe something will change. Until then... try to listen to as much Japanese Motors as you can to get that California fresh feeling, and throw in a little bit of Adam Green's Kokomo (double Kokomo if you can stand it) to get your summer started.

Self-Taught Learner: Lissy Trullie

My Mistakes Were Made For You: The Last Shadow Puppets

Unattainable: Little Joy

Devil Inside: INXS

Meeting Place: The Last Shadow Puppets

Don't Watch Me Dancing: Little Joy

Shoot the Poets: The Cribs

Fernando Pando: The Virgins

Regrets a Paradise: Japanese Motors

Rocket: Albert Hammond Jr.

Love Is A Losing Game: Amy Winehouse

Under Control and Salty Salute (Live in Santiago): The Strokes

Va Va Virgins (Daytrotter Session): The Virgins

Be My Man: Adam Green

Oh Brother: Japanese Motors

Wasted Little DJs: The View

Misery and Profits: Japanese Motors

Turn It Up: Young Lords

When It Started (Live in Toronto): The Strokes

Spendin' Days (Acoustic): Japanese Motors

Lawn Boy: Phish

Kokomo: Adam Green and Ben Kweller

brittish 6/12/09

Simple Kind of Life: No Doubt (yes, repeat from last week.)

Ripped Knees: No Age ("If I'm an island/then you're the darkest sea.")

Five on the Five: The Raconteurs

Single Fins & Safety Pins: Japanese Motors (perfect for summer)

Skeletons: Tiny Masters of Today

Kids: MGMT

I'll Be Your Mirror: Velvet Underground

She's a Rainbow: The Rolling Stones

I'll Stick Around: Foo Fighters

Drain You (From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah version): Nirvana

Fuck and Run: Liz Phair

Novotel: Adam Green

All Apologies: Nirvana

Rape Me: Nirvana

Heads up to all thrifty music fans: Virgin Megastore @ Union Square STILL has an 80% off everything sale going on, and it will be up for the next 2 days. So if you are in the mood to really look thru a strewn chaos of CD's and DVD's, you should go and find some great deals. Everything is literally $2.

brittish 6/5/09

2nd weekly installment of the best playlist ever. Remember suggestions are always welcome.

Fluorescent Adolescent: Arctic Monkeys

Empty House: Air

Ramble On: Led Zeppelin

Simple Kind of Life: No Doubt

Who Loves the Sun: The Velvet Underground

She Moves in Her Own Way: The Kooks

For the Rest of Your Life: Drug Rug

Ripped Knees: No Age

Kind Words From the Broken-hearted: The Cribs

Weekend Wars: MGMT

The Age of the Understatement: The Last Shadow Puppets

Calm Like You: The Last Shadow Puppets

Sunday Morning: The Velvet Underground

Stephanie Says: The Velvet Underground

I Wanna Be Your Dog: Iggy Pop and the Stooges

True Love Way: Kings of Leon

Forget About It: Lissy Trullie

New York: Cat Power

Things I Did When I Was Dead: No Age

Ragoo: Kings of Leon

BRITTISH: new weekly installment

"brittish" is my go-to playlist on my beloved antiquarian iPod (Photo model circa 2005! Bigger than Zach Morris's portable phone and tough enough to knock out a rapist.) "brittish" is like "on-the-go" but better because it's lovingly curated every week to perfectly enhance the Manhattan walking/subway-riding experience. Each of the about 25 songs makes every scene a real-life film and can change the visual perspective from Godard (fave!) to Hopper (existential!) to Bogdonovich (American!). So from now on, every Friday I'll post my current "brittish" list. Hopefully you'll d/load some new songs and hopefully you'll send me some suggestions because I'm always on the look-out.

brittish: 5/29/09

"Little Girl:" Julian Casablancas
"Chopsticks:" Liz Phair
"Unattainable:" Little Joy
"The Kids Are Alright:" The Who
"Jumpin' Jack Flash:" The Rolling Stones
"You're Pretty Good Looking for a Girl:" The White Stripes
"Die, Die, Die:" Dr. Dog
"I Can't Win:" The Strokes
"Balaclava:" Arctic Monkeys
"Happy's Just a State of Mind:" The Cribs
"I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked:" Ida Maria
"Someday:" The Strokes
"Right Hand on My Heart:" The Whigs
"Like a Vibration:" The Whigs
"Agoraphobia:" Deerhunter
"Money:" Lissy Trullie
"One Week of Danger" (Virgins-07 version): The Virgins
"No One's Better Sake:" Little Joy
"Pull This Blanket Off:" The Raconteurs
"I'm Not Saying:" Nico
"Don't Stop:" The Rolling Stones