ORIGINAL HIPSTER

Listening to the new Slash album. It pretty much rocks, in a better-than-mainstream-but-still-mainstream kind of way.

Been doing PR for a band that’s about to release a new album. More info on this to come once it gets closer to the big date. I also might be playing keyboards and doing backup vocals for the band, depending on how rehearsals go. We’ll see.

Drinking Brooklyn Lager in Brooklyn. It’s finally happened: I’ve switched from wine to beer because I can’t afford wine (except for the $3.99 Trader Joe’s bottles). Plus wine always gets me way too drunk too quickly. So beer is the slower way to go. Usually I’m too freakin’ full after a couple beers to drink anymore. So everybody wins–my liver, my brain, my wallet…

I still don’t have a full-time job. I’m on food stamps. And can I just say, God bless food stamps. Only downside is that you can’t buy essential things like toilet paper, toothpaste, and soap with them. I guess that’s what Welfare is for, but I’m not on Welfare.

Concert tips for this week: If I had $12 to spare, I’d go see Monotonix at the Brooklyn Bowl on Wednesday. On Friday, I’d go see the Notekillers at The Living Theater.

Other upcoming things to be aware of: New Rufus Wainwright album scheduled for April 20 release. (That’s my half-birthday.) Holy Grail plays Irving Plaza (which I guess means The Fillmore?) Sunday 4/25.

Scandalous news: Killola and Bitch were supposed to perform a concert last night in Lincoln, NE, at some place called The Grove, but the club owner thought Killola’s poster was too offensive and cancelled the show.

New on my radar: Minq Vaadka (NYC) and The Ruby Suns (Aukland, New Zealand)

That’s all for now, folks. Stick with me, and you’ll hear about all the cool things I can’t afford to do.

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