Getting pretty sick of the Vampire craze. It made me sad to see a movie preview for a different vampire setting with John C Reilly. WHY DID YOU SELL OUT JOHN?!?! Kevin and Olivia from Attack of the Show have it right:

Dearest Olivia, though i’m sure you are super high maintenance and kind of a snot, i’d like for you to stop by and molest me one of these days.

<3 GregR

Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, i’ve been able to tour Washington DC with them this afternoon. Follow: @muse @1077theend @gregr1077

Pic 1: Dom standing under a stained glass window containing moon rock…

Pic 2: rocking the organ in Washington National Cathedral

Pic 3: outside the White House

Pic 4: Dom and Morgan hanging out with Nature Boy

Pic 5: Matt in Capitol building rotunda.

Pic 6: On the speaker’s private balcony with 1 of only 2 people permitted to arrest The president! (big guy on the right)

Now i don’t have to go to DC!

:E GregR

Karen O teamed up with a group of cohorts referred to as The Kids to create all the music for the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are. Stream the songs from the movie here. Check out the trailer – it looks awesome. Jim Henson would be proud:

Also, Harms just blogged about the screening of the film that we are putting on.

:E GregR

Mike Blowers picks (to the pitch count) a Matt Tuiasosopo HR during pre-game

Dave Niehaus loses it in only the best of ways

Make sure you go to SAFECO this weekend and check out the last M’s homestand of the year (could be your last chance to see Griffey, Beltre or even Felix)

We’ve talked A LOT about the Spike Jonze adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are that is coming out in October.

Well, GREAT NEWS!  The End is doing a premiere of the movie on Monday, October 12th.  We’ll have a couple of ways to snag tickets, but while they are available use the code: KNDD9PQZ

and snag’em here

Tonight at The Crocodile, The Presidents of the USA are playing with Krist Novoselic guest Dj’ing and other music types hanging out lending their support for 3 political candidates.

Tickets have gone from $200 to $200 suggested donation (they want people there, so give what you can).  VIP passes are still $350

More info is here

This is from Krist Novoselic’s Seattle Weekly blog about why he supports these candidates:

The music community is supporting Dow Constantine, Mike McGinn, and Peter Holmes for a simple reason: They have made clear that they will be supportive of issues of importance to our community. (Read about McGinn’s nightlife plans in this Daily Weekly post.) People need to know what kind of government will result from the election. Here’s why:

Read the rest of the article here

Stayed up late last night to watch this, dragging this morning

However, 100% worth it.

I listen to new music from all sorts of bands every single day and SDRE is better than them all.  I can’t NOT get excited when I watch this.

Get tickets to see them at the Paramount in October if you haven’t done so yet.

One man’s mission to break the world record by buying lunch for girls named “Wendy”….before you get too excited about a Frosty, he’s only doing it in Ohio.

Neil Diamond aka “The Silver Mother F’in King” has covered Sandler’s Hanukah Song in a last ditch effort at world peace…Neil, I’m so in!

Neil Diamond – The Chanukah Song

via The Stranger / Videogum

Wow! How many plugs for products can one show sneak in? Does this perhaps explain the low ratings that Leno is experiencing?

Do you buy products that Jay Leno loves?
How does his hair stay like that?
Have you watched one episode of Leno since Kanye’s appearance on day 1?

:E GregR