Lisa and Kevin.


Kevin and Lisa.

Jeni, Andrew, Shannon.

Brandon, telling me a really bad joke.

Zach Hurd at Googie's Lounge, Lower East Side.

Bleecker Street.

Bowling Green.

Black Day at Hyo Dong Gak, Koreatown, with Megan, Christina, Robert, and Edwina.

Half of me knows I should be ashamed of this; the other half is actually kinda proud.

Vienna Teng at (Le) Poisson Rouge, West Village...


...with special guests The Paper Raincoat (who were a bit twee, even for me)...


...and Ben Sollee, who plays the cello like it's a guitar and makes it do things I've never heard it do before.



Vienna's new CD, Inland Territory, is gorgeous and everyone deserves a listen. "Antebellum" enters definite song-of-the-year territory, though I also have a great soft spot for "Stray Italian Greyhound", especially after hearing her tell the story of its inception.









Priscilla catches Vienna after the show, and the two discuss the song "Augustine".

Joe in the East Village.