International Bright Young Things: A Tour Diary by Interpol
April 4: Dortmund, Germany
Paul: After tonight’s gig at Visions Party, the place turned into a club night. Someone gave us drink cards with 30 little circles, each corresponding to a euro. I ordered three Jägermeisters, a beer, and a gin and tonic. Despite my best attempts, I never got to 30. I went back to the hotel for a while but returned around 3:30 a.m. to see if anyone was still there. I went around the back and startled a couple having sex on a car. They were frantically pulling their pants up before I could apologize. I felt bad about it. I hope that the intrusion didn’t irreparably kill the mood.
Paul: After tonight’s gig at Visions Party, the place turned into a club night. Someone gave us drink cards with 30 little circles, each corresponding to a euro. I ordered three Jägermeisters, a beer, and a gin and tonic. Despite my best attempts, I never got to 30. I went back to the hotel for a while but returned around 3:30 a.m. to see if anyone was still there. I went around the back and startled a couple having sex on a car. They were frantically pulling their pants up before I could apologize. I felt bad about it. I hope that the intrusion didn’t irreparably kill the mood.
By Spin Staff 07.30.03 3:00 AM
April 4: Dortmund, Germany
Bands to Watch: Vendetta Red
WHO: Seattle screamo quintet led by mic-twirling Roger
Daltrey doppelgänger Zachary Davidson.
By Spin Staff; Tim Kenneally 07.24.03 3:00 AM
WHO: Seattle screamo quintet led by mic-twirling Roger Daltrey doppelgänger Zachary Davidson.
The Sex Lists
Six Rock Stars Who Finally Came
Out
By Spin Staff 07.24.03 3:00 AM
Six Rock Stars Who Finally Came
Out
Six Rock Stars Who Finally Came Out
1. Rob Halford 2. George Michael 3.Michael Stipe 4. Bob Mould 5. Melissa Etheridge 6. Elton John
Seven Pop Stars Who Aren't, Contrary to All Appearances, Actually Gay
Beautiful Stranger: Shannyn Sossamon
The first five minutes of The Rules of Attraction, a
blissfully unrepentant look at collegiate hedonism from Pulp
Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary, are a barrage of twisted
energy: James Van Der Beek is dealing drugs and seducing nubile
freshmen; Jessica Biel is downing Jack Daniel's and taking on an
entire football team; and a gorgeous loser played by Shannyn
Sossamon is getting raped and vomited on by a townie while an
accomplice videotapes it all. It's a scene that's cruel and
unnerving--and one that Sossamon wanted to make.
By Spin Staff; Stephen Rebello 07.23.03 3:00 AM
The first five minutes of The Rules of Attraction, a
blissfully unrepentant look at collegiate hedonism from Pulp
Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary, are a barrage of twisted
energy: James Van Der Beek is dealing drugs and seducing nubile
freshmen; Jessica Biel is downing Jack Daniel's and taking on an
entire football team; and a gorgeous loser played by Shannyn
Sossamon is getting raped and vomited on by a townie while an
accomplice videotapes it all. It's a scene that's cruel and
unnerving--and one that Sossamon wanted to make.
Forever Young: Alexis Bledel
Confronting teen immortality in Tuck Everlasting,
Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel plays a role she knows all too
well
By Phoebe Reilly; Spin Staff 07.23.03 3:00 AM
Confronting teen immortality in Tuck Everlasting,
Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel plays a role she knows all too
well
Live: Weezer/Dashboard Confessional
This Weezer show was a study in spirited schizophrenia, fitting for
a band whose leader, Rivers Cuomo, loves to sing about personality
crises. The set was heavy on Weezer tunes most likely to be found
on mix tapes (but where were "In the Garage" and "Pink Triangle"?),
with Cuomo playing geek one song and guitar god the next. A blazing
"Tired of Sex" blew away a meandering "Burndt Jamb" with a welcome
wave of feedback; a snarly and raw "Hash Pipe" crashed into a
deliberate and dignified "Only in Dreams," like the beefy
jock-rockers probably ran over a shy Cuomo in some high school
hallway long ago. But Cuomo doesn't want to be the guy who looks
just like Buddy Holly anymore. Tonight, his dapper suit and tie put
him a lot closer to Elvis Costello, and his gawky earnestness was
all Jonathan Richman. But there was an intelligence and
vulnerability behind what history will recall as "classic
Weezer"--1994's debut "Blue Album" and its follow-up,
Pinkerton--that was lost behind tonight's
not-so-ironic-anymore flashpots and fog machines.
By Chris Ziegler; Spin Staff 07.23.03 3:00 AM
