Joanna Newsom and the Brooklyn Philharmonic

I remember when Keith first told me about this girl. I think he was going through one of his "I'm obsessed with this girl singer/songwriter" stages. Either way, I remember putting on his headphones and listening to this girl wail on a harp and sing in an almost off-key manner.

Well, she's grown up a lot since that little music session in the University Cafeteria. Just reading New York Magazine, I came across her name and an announcement for one of her shows. It's amazing how a really good musician can become an overnight sensation within a few short months.

Besides the fact that she will be playing a show in the near future here in New York City, she's also playing it in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (aka BAM) which Brooklyn Industries is currently selling bags for.

And to put the icing on the cake, she's playing with the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Even though that does sound like a group of rowdy gangster together with their musical prodigy, it doesn't sound half bad. You know, going to a show in Brooklyn for a Philharmonic. That's pretty much news to me because I never knew that.







On a sidenote. Heath Ledger died on Monday night. You know, just in case you didn't hear about it within the first ten minutes of the breaking news.

The New Macbook "Air"

When I think of laptops, I think of two things:

1. Apple. It's something about their products that make them seem much more superior than the rest.

2. Weight. Those heavy consoles that you have to put in a bag that's even heavier without the extra weight in it.

Luckily for me, I don't have to think about these things anymore since Apple and Steve Jobs took care of it for me with the new Macbook "Air".

Now, here is the part where I laugh my ass off about this product. It's thinner than a credit card, it's got no cd drive and it's probably only made for business things...like meetings or sudoku puzzles.

Either way, looking at this sucker makes me fall in love with it. Yes, I have fallen in love with a piece of machinery that will probably fail to make as much money as say, the iPhone?

I'll probably end up buying it and regretting that I can't watch episodes of Family Guy on it. Probably better off with an iPhone.