We were watching John Water’s Female Trouble last night and noticed a striking resemblance between Divine and Amy Winehouse. Right?

I recently got this bit o’news from Goes Cube. I was planning on going to the show anyway (gotta go get me a copy of the new EP!) But maybe you all will want to join in the fun.

GOES CUBE KICKS OFF WINTER TOUR WITH BAM NEXT FEST SHOW AT BROOKLYN’S MAGNETIC FIELD ON FRIDAY 2/22

This is NYC’s FIRST of TWO opportunities to purchase Goes Cube’s tour-only EP. Titled “Not What We Thought,” EP is limited edition, hand-numbered; already receiving advanced accolades from press.

For nearly all of March (and the end of February), Goes Cube will cover 15 states (including DC, which technically isn’t a state), and play nearly every single night for a month. This is the third time in a year Goes Cube is on the road for a significant tour.

The odyssey (also their chosen brand of mini-van) is getting an early start thanks to their kick-off show happening 9pm Friday, 2/22, at Magnetic Field (97 Atlantic Ave, at Henry St, in Brooklyn). The show is part of the Brooklyn Next Festival.

A year ago, Goes Cube was touring in support of their top-selling EP, “Beckon The Dagger God.” That EP is now sold out, but that’s no cause for concern: Goes Cube will have their limited-edition EP “Not What We Thought” for sale. In fact, this tour is the only opportunity for people to get their hands on it – and this show is the first of two opportunities for NYC (the last being their highly anticipated homecoming show at Union Pool on 3/28). Featuring all new and unreleased songs (with the exception of the lead track, which was premiered by Stereogum in late January), the EP is limited-edition, and hand-numbered by the band.

Press was given an advanced listen to the EP, and the reviews have been spectacular:

- Stereogum said “We’ve never heard them get this massive.”

- EarFarm said “Goes Cube has offered a road map for the future of heavy music right here in Song 56, on all of ‘Not What We Thought.’ Deadly.”

- The Culture Of Me called it a “fucking masterpiece” and said that Goes Cube “has exerted every possible ounce of themselves into ‘Not What We Thought’ and what’s come out as product is astonishing.”

- Tuddd’s Muddd said “Goes Cube has counted to infinity. Twice.”

Those who like their rock music loud and without pretension are advised to mark their calendars (schedule here: www.goescube.com/shows.html) so they can pick up their copy of “Not What We Thought” and experience Goes Cube’s live set, which has been described by the press as “brutal” “punishing” “destructive” “painfully loud” and “purely visceral.”

Goes Cube is:
Kenny Appell - drums
Matthew Frey - bass guitar, backing vocals
David Obuchowski - guitar, vocals

www.goescube.com
www.myspace.com/goescube

Remember these drawings from oh so long ago? They’ve been “lol”-isized. Good for a couple of laughs. Reload the site to see more.

Hat tip to plime.com

Deanna’s new dog, Miso, is rather wiggley and beyond cute!

had a quasi sick day / working from home day today. This is sorta what the day has looked like.

Dawn Summers has posted her last hilarious report of trip so here’s my final synopsis.

Melbourne - yay! Civilization!

Lots of walking - Mad secretly torturing DS

Crown Casino - Pauly and Change100, lots of pros: Phil Laak - cute, Shannon Elizabeth - who cares?

Hotel keys - slippery in DS’s fingers

Mad’s birthday: Australian Open - Tsongas - lots of cute tennis guys (and of course I don’t mean those little boys behind us) - need I say more?

City Circle Tram - DS lifesaver

Poker - winning lots. Yay!

Restaurants - no ice for DS. More “bacon” for Mad

Touristy stuff: Melbourne Museum - fun and sad, Old Melbourne Gaol - no go

Poker - Mad - (not in DS’s post since she was playing Scrabble) I did pretty good that night, up $725. As I proudly took my $1K + to the cashier I noticed a guy in front of me cashing out racks and racks of black chips for over $50K. I felt really small when I saw all those racks. After cashing out, the guy turned around and I saw it was David Grey. Okay, back to the regularly scheduled synopsis.

Scrabble - DS - Kiwi Chris inducing giggles

Touristy stuff: Old Melbourne Gaol, The State Library

Poker - what else were you expecting?

St. Kilda’s Beach - rain rain go away. Restaurant - ice? service? escargot? Last bacon for Mad.

Touristy stuff: National Gallery of Victoria, Queen Victoria Market - who closes their market at 4 on a Saturday? , Chinatown

Poker - broken record now?

Last full day in Melbourne: DS - Scrabble tournament. Mad - stepping outside DS’s post again…I wandered around the city for the day, visited the Fitzroy and Collingwood neighborhoods and Melbourne’s 423 Smith Street (a shoe outlet). Took lots of photos of graffiti and visited Nick at the Lightning Ridge Opal Mines.

Poker* - um, problem with that?

Aussie Millions After Party with Pauly and Change100. Met Jeciimd as well.

Back to the synopsis…

Cab to airport - DS fascinated by roll down windows. Will slowly introduce her to lp records and rotary phones.

Melbourne to LAX to NYC - hot to warm to cold. Freezing to be exact.

Back home in time for work the next day.

* Number of times I got mistaken for Annie Duke - 2 1/2. Howard Lederer did a double-take when passing by my table, a drunken guy at the Aussie Millions After Party insisted on taking a photo with me, and even Ms. Duke gave me a bit of a look when I passed by her on the jet. Too funny!

Check out the indepth comparison over at KFR.

Another synopsis of Dawn Summer’s hilarious posts about our trip:

Breakfast - DS - insane price, ate a bite of everything on the menu. Mad - my first serving of Australian bacon. My breakfast view:

On to Mansfield. You call this a resort? View from our cabin’s back porch:

Restaurants - order at cashiers, drinks from the bar, food served at table. Flies.

Second Australian bacon serving - lamb noisettes wrapped in bacon:

Internet access? Bugger off…

Bus Stop Cafe - DS ice cream lick, Mad look of horror. My third serving of Australian bacon:

Mt. Buller Beerfest - little beer, little elves and not so little arm wrestling.

Grocery Shopping - why the name change? Burger King = Hungry Jacks. Isn’t Hungry Jacks a pancake mix here?

Birds - SQUAWK!

Wine - good! Ian - nice!

Ceilidgh the Wine dog - cute to Mad, scary to DS

Mansfield Zoo - kangaroos and wallabies too!

Mansfield Country Resort - all the amenities you expect from a resort. Swimming pool, mini golf…

Bingo - no way!

Cemetery visit - beware of zombies!

Bus to Melbourne - yay!

Goodbye Mansfield

I cooked the second package of bacon from the Bacon of the Month Club this weekend at Alceste’s Superbowl gathering. Unfortunately there was no poker but there was Rockband - I played groupie.

January’s selection was hickory smoked bacon from Jim Oliver’s Smokehouse:

This meaty, salty country bacon was a good companion with some of the sweets:

Cooking and cooked:

Cooking it up in Alceste’s kitchen:

Thanks Al!

by way of veronica

So Mary, who is up on these things, just sent me a link to the flickr Sleeveface pool of images. Pretty nifty. Anyway, i am certainly going to search through our albums tonight and see what we can come up with.

Just a few examples:

See the full gallery here.

Sent in from David by way of Sarah.