We've totally relocated & switched to the Tumblr interface: http://www.therichgirlsareweep ing.com (once the name server does its switcheroo -- if the link doesn't take you there, try this one ). Thx for stopping by -- enjoy the archive (no, we can't repost old files!); hope you like the new version of The Rich Girls are Weeping. Now with more ideas & way fewer mp3s. xx cindy & pinkie
And so you say to us, Cindy, Pinkie -- what is pleasing to you tonight? And we reply: Michelle Williams' "Break the Dawn" -- girl, may we please borrow your dancers? Pretty please? [And, summer jam watchers -- this is being pushed with roughly the same strategy as "Umbrella" ... hit in the clubs with a bolted-on rap version (with Flo-Rida instead of Jay-Z, natch) for the Hot 100 chart position.] We hope you are doing well; I got a sassy vintage banana seat bicycle & [...]
(photo courtesy of the airborne toxic event mi espacio ) Item No. 1: Okkervil River are playing Lollapalooza ? How did I miss that? Item No. 2: It was grand to finally catch Airborne Toxic Event -- you may remember that we wrote about them in October 2006 (!!!) -- at Piano's the other night. Those kids sure put on a hell of a show -- tight, sharp and fun. Look for a new album later this year -- the new songs blow the band's first efforts out of the water (not [...]
(photo credit: WOMAN myspace ) I've become so jaded these days about going to shows. If a band doesn't, well, destroy me with their live set, I'm just so not interested. And that doesn't mean that the band in question has to consist of a bunch of crabby, hollerin' loud-ass dudes, mind you. But it uh, kind of helps. Which brings me to WOMAN. (Yes, that's all caps. Perhaps you should imagine me yelling every time you read their name in this post. It's really too bad I can't record [...]
(photo: jean lannen ) Oh, hello! I owe a review of the Bellmer Dolls/WOMAN/Magick Daggers show a few weeks back (OMG, do I ever have to go to Union Pool on a Friday night on a holiday weekend again? Please promise me I don't.) -- and a reminder of a few things that are coming up in the next week or so. I promise, I'll post that tomorrow. I swear. In the meantime, we're a bunch of crabby grumpuses over here at Castle Rich Girls tonight, which meant that there was [...]
Hello all. We're not dead in a ditch, promise. We were out of town for over a week, got new hairdos (I am so blonde now, no longer everyone's favorite dyed-black grumpus. I'm still getting used to it, thx.), and then had to recover from all that travel. We're cool. Just mad busy! Oh, and our server is still in limbo, so ... hope you like words and embedded videos! I'm only partially kidding, we're working on getting that resolved ASAP. But hey! If you need yr daily fix of Rich Girls blather, we post on our [...]
(photo courtesy of bumpershine ) It is distinctly possible that this post will be the end of me. And, you may not want to read this review, either, come to think of it. (See a few weeks back for the first of my unreadable reviews ...) I was actually kind of hoping it would write itself. These things sometimes do -- and when the Bellmer Dolls closed out their set on Saturday night with a cover of Harry Nilsson's "Jump Into the Fire" with assistance from a whole slew of people including [...]
(photo totally ganked from the preacher and the knife-space because we know how to use the mac version of prtscr) Look, I know I don't write so much anymore about bands you haven't heard me yak on and on and on about -- which is why I'm going to devote this section of the post to fawning over (relative) young 'uns Preacher and the Knife , who, along with Effi Briest and Crystal Stilts , are the one of the only new bands we've heard in the past year [...]
Hi -- we're having some technical difficulties today stemming from a DMCA takedown notice that arrived early this morning. Pls. excuse the lack of images, broken links, etc. We're getting things cleared up as soon as possible.
It just occured to me that our new header, which was inspired by this image (thx Mr. Hill!), kind of looks like a creepy, gloopy version of the Idolator logo. Totally unintentional, I promise!
I'm pretty sure that no one will want to read this review. But before I start berating you, I should start at the beginning. This story is really about ... yarn. Now, I know what you're thinking, I can hear you all the way over here. "Cindy Hotpoint has jumped the shark for reals this time. I mean, we tolerated her moving to NYC and no longer providing us with the best remixes in the known universe and her incessant rantings about The Mountain Goats, Shearwater and the Bellmer Dolls. But ... yarn?" (It's [...]
We've caved. We have a Tumblr (like all the cool kids, apparently), which we totally adore . We've already linked to lots of thrilling things: scopitones, recipes, show schedules ... you name it. One thing I hate, however is the lack of comment functionality, but I'm sure that serves some esoteric Web 2.0 purpose that I can't fathom. It feels so self-indulgent with no feedback! And yet! It's high on the instant gratification factor! There's good and bad, I guess. (Speaking of new toys, I've dabbled with Muxtape , but haven't posted anything yet.) Anyway, [...]
(Little Annie in London, 1993. Photo by Conyle Jay) 4.12.08: The Charleston: Wmsbrg, Bklyn: Bellmer Dolls/Josh Garza & Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines/Little Annie with Paul Wallfisch If there's something I'd almost very nearly forgotten living in NYC, it's my love of the unexpectedly awesome new venue. The problem with existing in the greatest city in the world is that there's always something incredible going on somewhere, and you are so not there. I'm used to it, though, as this happens to me pretty much [...]
Sunday night is 120 Minutes on VH1 Classic. Just like the uh, good old days. (Yes, we are so that old!) What follows is a transcript of an actual conversation between your friend, Cindy Hotpoint, and the illustrious Pinkie Von Bloom, which took place just a few minutes ago. [ Love and Rockets ' "So Alive" on the TV] PVB: Blegh! CH: Oh yay! Man, I was so obsessed with this song when it came out. PVB: I'm [...]
(photo courtesy of wkrantz ) Hola people! Sorry we've been off the radar for the past few weeks -- late March was a killer. First off, we must thank everyone who came out to see us dj -- it was nice to see you! In case you didn't make it, here's some recaps, as well as some news about our two most favorite bands (that are still together), The Bellmer Dolls and Shearwater . Sidecar Bar is lovely, and the fried chicken is totally scrumptious. We can't speak for [...]
(photo courtesy of iandavid ) Well, sorry we didn't get to the post-apocalyptic playlist last week; I'll save that for another time -- promise. What to say about The Mountain Goats show at Webster Hall? I'll admit, it was weird. It's always kind of weird to see your friends play that venue; its so huge, and hey, remember that time you saw them with 30 other people in a tiny room a million years ago? (It's an old story around here...) But it was an amazing show nonetheless; it was the first time [...]
Hello, dear readers. We've got a mad week ahead, what with The Mountain Goats tonight at Webster Hall and The Gutter Twins on Wednesday, also at NYC's moldiest venue. (n.b. The Mountain Goats play Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Wednesday, btw) You should come too, yeah? Have fun recovering from SXSW; we'll see you later this week, wherein we will post our post-apocalyptic playlist (it's a real bruiser), tell you about our misadventures at the Virgin Megastore and exhort you to go see The Vanity Set this weekend [...]
Andi and Duckie are silently judging you. Believe me, the above image will make sense. In a minute. This is just a brief post. I hope that everyone @ SXSW is having a good time; we're looking forward to seeing What Made Milwaukee Famous and Louis XIV at Irving Plaza (or Filmore East, or whatever they're calling it these days...) tonight. It seems like outside of the SXSW action, all anyone was really talking about this week was Vampire Weekend [...]
Thank you, Madonna Louise Ciccone for reminding us that it's OK to be a control freak, and that you can't expect to get anything if you don't ask for it. Watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards show wasn't really intentional. I think, or rather hope, that Cindy was channel-surfing; I was rudely awakened from from a couch nap I don't really remember falling into by Damien Rice warbling butchering Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." I mumbled something about if Jeff Buckley were still alive; Cindy informed me that I'd missed Lou [...]
( photo credit: Chrissy Lush ) What can you say about seeing Nick Cave? Even a truncated, kind of under-rehearsed set? It was fucking awesome . Especially now that we're uh, grown-up ladies. Because, although we've been fans since high school, or perhaps earlier -- we can't quite agree on that point -- we'd never seen Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play live. (We imagine we both probably saw the video for "The Mercy Seat" and thought: He's pretty, but this [...]
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