What I Tweeted, 2009-12-20 Edition

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Monday

• I think this is the start of another awesome week. Let's see if I'm right… #
• Listening to "More" from Tyrone Wells on a free sampler, and loving it. In "Your Eyes" meets Coldplay. http://www.tyronewells.com/ #
• I posted a slew of queued blog posts last night; if you're having a slow day visit https://www.crushingkrisis.com to catch up on my adventures. #
• I know I despise baseball & don't know a single thing about its inner-workings but am I reading correctly that we are GIVING AWAY Cliff Lee? #
• Drilling "Falling Slowly" on piano for our Live @ Rehearsal recording on Wednesday, and the revue on Saturday. A little nerve-wracking. #
• @paullucci We play the Shubin Holiday Revue for the theatre's supporters each year (Gina's mother's theatre). Will likely result in video :) in reply to paullucci #
• @paullucci Otherwise, we need to book some shows! Though, not likely to catch me playing piano at those – that's special for this one :) in reply to paullucci #
• Our current covers: Falling Slowly, Video Killed the Radio Star, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Hunger Strike, Don't You Want Me, Space Oddity. #
• We were working on Love Shack for a while, but it never quite panned out. I think we need a drummer for that. #
• @suz925 I knew Glee would make acappella cool :) in reply to suz925 #

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Tuesday

• Chest feels a little tight this a.m. I swear, if I get sick the week of the X-Mas revue because people came into work sick I will revolt. #
• Highly disappointed in HP6; note-perfect for so much of the film, but they seriously screwed the pooch on the ending. Gorgeous, though. #
• Meanwhile, rehearsed as much as my voice allowed. Nailed Total Eclipse of the Heart, ready for piano on Falling Slowly. Feeling accomplished #
• @amanda_nan SERIOUSLY. Five erred enough to bug me a little, but six transgressed WAY too much. NO BADASS FIGHT? NO WEREWOLFING? WTF?!? in reply to amanda_nan #

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Wednesday

• As soon as a song hits the radio it #isplayedout. Radio is where good songs go to die, not where they can be found. #
• @gloriabell @hoovers I definitely lobby harder for friends than I do for myself. I wish I knew HOW to do it it for myself w/the same fervor! in reply to gloriabell #
• @radiocolin I have not subjected myself to radio since the 90s. It's crap for discovery and crap for hearing what you want. Zero purpose. in reply to radiocolin #
• @radiocolin No I'm not, Colin. I'm looking for the term RADIO. I have listened to all of those stations. in reply to radiocolin #
• @radiocolin Those stations have their moments, but still a crap shoot. Again, why rely on someone else to play music for me? I have it all. in reply to radiocolin #
• @radiocolin Well, maybe I listened to the radio when I had 7000 songs. That was a long time ago ;p in reply to radiocolin #
• You know, I only holler at @radiocolin because he makes me think so hard :) #
• @radiocolin I think my official intake this year was something like 1300 new songs, and I listen to 5000-8000 uniques in a year. in reply to radiocolin #
• @radiocolin And, let's be honest, my artist of the year is Lady Gaga. It's not like my taste is SO DIFFERENT than radio :) in reply to radiocolin #

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• Rocking some organizing at work and listening to Philly local artist Adrien Reju, one of @not_pele's fav LPs this year. http://bit.ly/7PQD5O #
• Listening to The Sleepwells, one of my favorite Philly bands and favorite albums of 2009. http://bit.ly/7JGBCQ #
• Lassoo by @dukespirit … this song is AWESOME. Their single? Dunno, but I love it. ♫ http://blip.fm/~hvx7j #
• As bad as the industry is for print publications right now, it has to be worse for print porn pubs, right? I mean, who is still buying? #
• @adventuregrrl True, but with every song as 3-5 minutes of your life, why suffer crap? I have, like, 1% tolerance for music I don't like. in reply to adventuregrrl #
• @dorkabella I am also into specific craving season. I think it's just winter, and my body trying to fatten for a non-existent hibernation. in reply to dorkabella #
• @spillsmusic The first time I saw Weekend at Bernie's as a child I thought I was going to die from laughter. in reply to spillsmusic #
• @dorkabella LOVE THIS: "If you want a list that sucks the dick of already overplayed, overrated albums, check out Pitchfork." in reply to dorkabella #
• @polexa True. My gauge is that if I can't see a bus at my stop I will likely get to my destination on foot AT THE SAME TIME the bus does. in reply to polexa #

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• @KateFromage Please tell her that we're sending all our cancer-blaming, cancer-crushing, cancer-beating energy from Philly to her bedside! in reply to KateFromage #
• An even-tempered review of Avatar that I am inclined to trust, from @brianorndorf – http://bit.ly/4Wa0Ki #
• Do you #blamecancer? Get #LOUDforLindsay today @ 3:33ET by sending positive words, thoughts, & energy to @ldr12 to wake from her coma. #
• Almost 10yrs ago I had a close internet friend in a coma. I wrote a song for her that her friend played by her bed. She WOKE UP days later. #
• Did she wake up because of my song? Probably not. But my positive energy was there to greet her when her eyes opened. #
• @amyisarockstar Hah! I was shocked when I heard she woke up – it's what we all wanted, and I had focused so much of my life on it. Amazing. in reply to amyisarockstar #
• Time to be #LOUDforLindsay! Lindsay just lived past the 10yr anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, even though she was given 2yrs! Wake up! #
• Clearly Lindsay has kicked cancer's ass for YEARS now. Just needs to kick a little more to wake up. Come on @ldr12! I want to talk to you #
• Keep positive words and thoughts in the air – be #LOUDforLindsay. @jenny_a1 is newly on Twitter she she can share our tweets w/Lindsay #
• Together we're so much more powerful than cancer. We can connect the experiences of all of the survivors, families, & lovers to crush cancer #
• Withering take-down of the Table-Games bill in PA by @philebrity-award winning blog The Clog: http://bit.ly/6e8qJ8 #

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• FLYING home to get in a lite dinner and vocal warmups before our massive rehearsal, recorded live in HD video. Hut! #
• Kelly Clarkson: "There’s still some like singer/songwriter stuff [on the album]. It’s almost like Garbage-meets-pop-meets-Muse." >> I'LL DIE #
• @dorkabella Would be awesome if she went whole hog in the alt-country vibe like Patty Griffin, or even (dare I dream) Grace Potter. in reply to dorkabella #
• I have something congested up my nasally nasal that is vibrating painfully every time I hit an Eb. True story. #
• @Blueskyfox Playboy at least still has some decent journalism in it from time to time (it is hilarious that I know it). in reply to Blueskyfox #
• @saraiderin Just a teensy bit stuffy. Although, my co-workers are getting hit hard with sinus problems right now. in reply to saraiderin #
• Whoo boy. That was a lot of sangin' #
• Mission Accomplished: I have a TON of new Arcati Crisis videos to share! Was going to wait until 1/1, but not sure I can hold out that long. #

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Thursday

• I apparently used two days' worth of voice last night, because I sound like a cave troll this morning. But, in a healthy, non-raspy way. #
• Soon I will be like Bono and need to travel everywhere wearing a humidifying mask. #
• My single work x-mas ornament – a snowman snowglobe – just shattered from a 3" fall onto my desk. Covered in a shower of snow-glitter. #
• @anniemal Not sure about the fire-breathing, but I say we start with crocodiles and eagles and see where it takes us. in reply to anniemal #
• The crocodile's bite force is more than 5,000 pounds per square inch, by far the strongest bite of any animal. #

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• Heading to my @brimil Incorporated holiday luncheon with my boss @brimil. ;) #
• Encrusted tilapia with berries. http://twitpic.com/twjh4 #
• @melissa_shae @redmoonriver @mandy_payne @amyisarockstar Was w/@brimil @ devonseafood.com, one of my fav lunches in the city. #
• Wait, so, there's a 500-following limit on lists? But… I know more than 500 people that live in Philadelphia… #

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Friday

• The vent above my desk is blowing a GUST of cold air directly at my chair. GUST. Like, strong enough to blow a piece of paper out of my hand #
• Listening to the utterly gorgeous all vocal/guitar LP "For the Record" from my friend Andra Taylor. Must play a show w/her in the new year. #
• Still tithing a piece of my every thought towards @ldr12, for her to keep moving & start waking up. You can do it, Lindsay. #
• Dear Adam Levine: You sing like a duck. Yes, a very rangey duck, but still a duck. It takes more studio magic than anyone should need to fix #

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• Just watched Julie & Julia. A little middling, but the best movie about blogging ever. I totally identified with every second of half of it. #
• Video devices that record in formats that only work with their crippleware should say exactly what codec you need to watch in other programs #
• @trishagriffith Amy Adams was a total cross between me and E. It was uncanny. in reply to trishagriffith #
• Good lord, 2hrs of uploading for one YouTube video? I think we need to call Verizon and renegotiate our upstream. #
• About 2700 songs on my "Favorites of the Decade List." Should be fun to narrow down. #
• @FriedWontons4u Was that 96? The huge one I always remember was 93 or 94, because I recall watching the "All I Wanna Do" video over and over in reply to FriedWontons4u #
• @FriedWontons4u Apparently I didn't have wacky misadventures in 96. I do recall a huge 1-day accumulation in 98/99 that I walked home thru. in reply to FriedWontons4u #

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Amanda Palmer & My Doomed Song

• This @amandapalmer ukulele song about Gaga and Madonna is pure genius in its commentary http://bit.ly/GAGAvlog (& I thought I'd dislike it!) #
• Why is it 2am? I'm just getting to the point of the night where I feel like rehearsing (but probably shouldn't since we have a show tonight) #
• Started unintentionally writing a sortof Amanda Palmer / Magnetic Fields mashup song, but I don't think I'm EVER going to want to play it. #
• Still, it has a certain ridiculous charm: You're the best thing I've found since 2000, better than my college diploma or 'Since U Been Gone' #
• @dixbert Sometimes I can just tell they're doomed from the start, and then they become dead weight at the bottom of my rehearsal list. in reply to dixbert #
• I think I'm afraid to write quirky songs because they might turn out to be people's favorite, and that's not how I want to be perceived. #

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Saturday AKA SNOPOCALYPSE

• I'm quite sure the holiday revue is no longer expecting 100 guests given the weather. #
• @Billy_Sea I'm toying with the idea of participating this year. I unintentionally wrote an EP this month, think I can repeat my luck. in reply to Billy_Sea #
• If you're in the winter wonderland of Philly right now you should follow @FOX29philly, providing a hilarious tweet-along to their show. #
• @radiocolin I know! Local news is so damned pleased with themselves when they predict heavy snow and it ACTUALLY HAPPENS ZOMG. in reply to radiocolin #
• Okay, Twitter until 10, then I have to do something productive. And that is NOT re-watching Star Trek with the commentary. #
• @mrdelv I have so much tidying and putting away to do! Plus, warming up for the show tonight, which 10ft of snow wouldn't cancel. in reply to mrdelv #

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• Hoping our performance of Falling Slowly tonight will be as gorgeous as this: http://bit.ly/6KitbX (I'll be playing piano!) #
• @1000TimesYes The ones that stick out for me are: Fun's Aim & Ignite. RxBandit's Mandala. Heartless Bastards' Mountain. in reply to 1000TimesYes #
• @trishagriffith It just doesn't fit. The silly self-consciousness of it would
  render it an immediate non-play tune. Of which I have plenty. in reply to trishagriffith #
• Currently the most frequently-appearing artist on my songs of the decade list? Not Rufus Wainwright, shockingly … it's the Yeah Yeah Yeahs #
• I will say that Rufus does dominate the hell out of my 50 favorite songs of the decade. Appropriately. #
• @femelmed This decade: Art Teacher, Poses, or Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk. Overall, would add Foolish Love. in reply to femelmed #
• Four songs from @therealtoriamos to DL in high quality on @daytrotter, including 2 of her best from the new holiday LP: http://bit.ly/6xt1NH #
• @daytrotter You guys are on FIRE lately. Amazing artists, amazing production. I want to send some more Philly bands your way! #
• @femelmed Indeed. If I do a fav-albums-of-the-decade list I suspect it will occupy the top spot. Rare for EVERY song to be 4- or 5-stars. in reply to femelmed #
• Can't decide if Fiona Apple merits a song in my Top 20 of the decade, although she has THREE notched in the top 50. #
• I should mention that the list is shameless about music I love, and has nothing to do with fairness or critical reception. #
• Hmm… last spot in the Top 20… local band or multi-platinum global superstar. Hard call. #
• This list-making makes me realize that I spent most of 2009 catching up on amazing music from 2008. My 09 favorites are super-slim. #

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• How much do I want to go outside and record a video of me playing a song in the snow? A LOT. #
• Wow, I ranged up to a soprano A. I mean, it was TEENY, but I had it. So much for feeling hoarse. (But I'll never catch up to little bro's B) #
• @saraiderin Need to finish warming up vocals, bundle up, and decide how to execute said video (camera on kitchen windowsill, looking out?) in reply to saraiderin #
• Whoa. Who are "honeyhoney," how are they so awesome, and why do I not know who they are? #

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• Having an impulse to forget looking pretty for the Revue tonight & tease my hair up to ridiculous Robert Smith / Edward Scissorhands heights #
• @saraiderin Oh it's intense! I have a framed photo from a decade ago when I had to tease it big for a play. Decided against it for tonight. in reply to saraiderin #
• If some of you center-city-ites would want to trudge down to 4th & South to see us play and be fed copious amounts of awesome food, DM me. #
• When trains are delayed an hour, doesn't that makes them effectively on time, just on a lag? Or, is the TRIP an EXTRA hour? #

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The Shubin Theatre Holiday Revue

• Ladies & awesome-haired gentlemen, I need advice: How do I keep my perfectly curly locks safe and plump for the show on my walk? A bonnet? #
• @amanda_nan Yeah, I'm not relishing my mile walk to the theatre AT ALL. E said you should have just come over early and holed up w/her :) in reply to amanda_nan #
• I currently look a lot like Rosie the Riveter. #
• I am only showing you this because I love @drew and he said, "pics or it didn't happen" http://twitpic.com/u8luj #
• @AmyZQuinn I applied just enough to get my curls there in one piece, I think. Then I will do some maintenance :) in reply to AmyZQuinn #
• Incredibly helpful coiffure consultants, I am off to venture into the icy world that is Philly. If you don't hear from me in an hr I'm gone. #

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• Philly from the roof of the Shubin Theatre. http://twitpic.com/u8v2y #
• @saraiderin they couldn't even talk when they opened the door and saw me. I apparently looked like an extra from a snowy disaster movie. in reply to saraiderin #
• @T_ricia I fashioned a sort of a bakalva (sp?) out of some scarves, gave me okay forward vision in a little tunnel. That was about it. in reply to T_ricia #
• Words cannot convey the amount of holiday decorations in this house. I will attempt to document. http://twitpic.com/u8zg7 #
• Green room! http://twitpic.com/u9247 #
• Crashed through a hilariously acoustic punk set, ending with our Total Eclipse of the Heart. YouTube coming Monday. #

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• After 8yrs I have graduated from asst house manager to kitchen helper in the holiday wonderland. http://twitpic.com/u9jn1 #
• @mboaman Not only am I a moderate Saints fan, but I enjoy anything that results in a Cowboys loss. I will keep an eye on you for updates ;) in reply to mboaman #
• @saraiderin glare. Although later I had to do an end around the theatre to the house door and obtained the snow effect as well ;) in reply to saraiderin #
• B T Dubs, my hair is AMAZING – beyond expectations. I am seeking a room lit well enough to capture its amazing texture and depth on camera. #
• One of our x-mas revue associates recommends to me the Everclear cover of Brown Eyed Girl, making note. #

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• Safely home! Involved lifting a sheet of ice as big as my torso & pushing Gina's car 30ft down the street. You know, standard Arcati Crisis. #
• Wow, and here's a quote about my life: RT @laermer One man's proofreading is another's glance! in reply to laermer #

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Sunday

• I like how quiet and simple the world becomes when it snows. I wish it was still snowing. #
• I've added 10hrs of new music to my collection in the past day thanks to Amazon mp3 sale & daytrotter.com. I <3 @daytrotter! #
• I just made up a breakfast (I know, it's 4pm, shut up) that is either called "Scrambled Crabs" or "Crab Feta Puff," and it is good. #
• I'm happy for kids who have off tomorrow, but the resulting street-noise on my block puts the total kibosh on recording in our living room. #

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Indie Band Vocal Critique

• Few things annoy me more than hip indie bands that write great songs but have crappy vocals. #
• @marksherrick There are certainly many that I dig. It's just disheartening to slide down Best-09 lists and discard so many so quickly. in reply to marksherrick #
• @marksherrick Agreed there. I intersected with popular music more than normal this year; having a bit of a mainstream resurgence. in reply to marksherrick #
• @alexrolfe Of Montreal comes to mind. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe Mitigated in the studio, but live it's blech. Used to have a similar opinion of Arcade Fire, but their musicianship wore me down. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe Basically, I've spent the last 36 hours on Daytrotter.com – found some amazing new favs, but a few disappointments as well. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe So, okay, in contrast, what are some indie bands with surprisingly awesome vocals? in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe I'm obsessed with Ra Ra Riot – a little squeaky at points, but so controlled and melodic that i hardly care. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe Is that the guy with the deep baritone voice? I keep sampling them, but I never find a song that I love. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe Fun and The Format. Nate sings like he has a vocoder installed permanently, hidden inside his prosthetic left ass cheek. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe Oh, a bad one – Brendan Benson. So average as a singer. Who anointed him as worth listening to? in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe A little peppier/cheekier on the record, but Iove the engineering on that session. in reply to alexrolfe #
• I've been having an idea today. It might be a good one. I have to consult with @wfenza, who I'm not yet allowed to refer to as "my lawyer." #
• @alexrolfe SERIOUSLY. Sometimes I can't take it and other times it is the prettiest thing ever. A little too weird for me on record, so far. in reply to alexrolfe #
• @alexrolfe I kinda forget about it for six months at a time and then go into crazy binges of proselytizing in reply to alexrolfe #

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• Re: snowbound movie theatre parking lot, @not_pele: This is a post-apocalyptic scenario. #
• I had to trade her a future 1am Wendy's run for this trip to Avatar. Hopefully worth it. #
• @iPhillyChitChat I have to turn on major summer camp counselor mnemonic devices to absorb names on first introduction. in reply to iPhillyChitChat #
• RT @jodyms: Friends of @ldr12? Please meditate and pray for her right now. They are working very hard to wake her. in reply to jodyms #
• Digesting Avatar thoughts, but I'll say this: if you can see it screened digital, see it digital. If you can see it 3d, DEFINITELY see it 3d #
• @drew I have a mutha of a headache now, but I can't imagine seeing it flat. Totally the right call to brave the snopocalypse. in reply to drew #