The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

First off, warm hugs and wet kisses to everyone who came out to Rififi last night to catch Bacardi & Cola and J. Lu on thee wheels o' steel. The place was packed with freindly faces and the bitches were practically throwing their panties at MTC/Bacardi because he kept dropping 80s-bombs. Due to the great turn-out and the happy bartender, we will be doing it again next week. Looks like we're on our way to an official residency.

SUNDAY NIGHT America's favorite female-fronted Devo cover band, DEVA, is playing a show. DEVA goes on at 10:00, but you might want to catch the opener. At 9:00, the also female-fronted Baby Maiden will cover Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast album in its entirety. The fun is at Crash Mansion (in the basement), 199 Bowery at Spring. Admission is only $8. It's a 21+ show (thank christ!).

March is looking like one of the hottest music months in recent memory. The release schedules are cookin' with gas. Let's take a look at some of the stuff that's supposed to celebrate the arrival of spring, shall we?

British Sea Power A 10 on the anticipation scale.
Fischerspooner An 8 on the scale, because wanting them to fail miserably still counts as being interested.
Queens of the Stone Age Um... 5?
New Order I want to be more excited about this than I am. Let's face it, they haven't made any good new music since I was in high school.
Doves Another 10.
Bloc Party A goddamn 11!
The Mars Volta They have big hair. I do not care.
Moby He has no hair. I want to... punch him right there?
Daft Punk Okay... I admit it... 9.
Billy Idol Mwaaahaahaa!!! Oh man that's hilarious.
Beck Who even knows what this dude is capable of at this point? This gets a 10 just because I want to see whether this is his death metal album or his polka album.
The Bravery Fun. Chicks dig. 9.
Weezer It's all been downhill since Pinkerton. 6.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 7.
Nine Inch Nails Does curiosity count as anticipation? I guess it did for Beck, but I really like Beck's last two albums. Trent Reznor is just so... over. I dunno... 7?