Green Tea

After the book signing/photo exhibition event I attended on Saturday night, I walked for a little while and decided to have sushi at a small place near St. Marks. I sat at the sushi bar which is where I usually prefer to sit. They don't take reservations which is as good a policy as I can think of.

Open Late For Inherent Vice

Inexplicably, some bookstores stayed open late on Monday night for the release of the new Thomas Pynchon novel, "Inherent Vice." I didn't know that there was so much demand for his novels. This seems like a total marketing stunt and I'm a little surprised that a hip indie bookstore would fall for this sort of sales marketing. Pynchon is definitely not on the level of Dan Brown or JK Rowling, that's for sure. Staying open late is cool, but I don't know how many extra copies they'll sell unless the famously reclusive Pynchon (he curiously appeared on an episode of the Simpsons with a paper bag over his head) was going to make an in-store appearance. Highly doubtful.

I downloaded some old punk songs this past week from a few renegade music blogs. I remember liking the Honey Bane single "Girl on the Run" a lot when I was a teenager. I always liked her very unique voice though what really made this single stand out to me was the great snarling British punk guitar sound. You can find more songs on her MySpace.

Blow Your Brains

Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison on the same bill. Serious?

If that's not enough to blow your brains, there is really nothing that will do the job. But after your brains are blown, no fair suing Atsuko because you were warned well in advance.

Walking and Smoking

A man on the Lower East Side out for an evening walk. I conveniently left out the dog.

I took a bunch of pictures, I should probably post more. Tomorrow.