Every few months I end up posting a sort of “calendar” of events/things that I am looking forward too (it seems that last fall was good, too). Eventually I do intend to write or find some sort of WordPress plugin that makes this easier and less table/post-ish, but there are just so many things on the horizon that I cannot wait… As always, let me know if you wanna join for concerts or want information on any of this stuff. (Note: I get CD release dates from Metacritic’s Upcoming Releases, I get DVD release dates from Joblo’s DVD Release Dates Schedule and Cover Art, and I get movie release dates from Entertainment Weekly‘s Coming Soon.)
| Month | Day | Exciting Thing |
| August | 22 | Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton (I’m already preparing to be thoroughly embarassed when I buy this), Kelis Was Here by Kelis, Idlewild by OutKast, Classics by Ratatat |
| August | 29 | Arrested Development season 3, Desperate Housewives season 2, Nip/Tuck season 3 |
| September | 5 | B-Day by Beyonce (CD), Dreams by Whitest Boy Alive (Erlend Oye’s [Kings of Convienience] new band), Lost season 2 |
| September | 8 | Dandy Warhols at the Showbox (buy tickets) |
| September | 12 | Crazy Itch Radio by Basement Jaxx, The Outsider by DJ Shadow, So This Is Goodbye by the Junior Boys, Pieces of People We Love by the Rapture, FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake, Return to Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio |
| September | 15 | The Black Dhalia opens in theatres (new film by Brian De Palma; I am about to start reading the book) |
| September | 19 | Battlestar Galactica season 2, part 2 |
| September | 24 | Season 3 of Desperate Housewives begins |
| September | 26 | Ta-Dah! by the Scissor Sisters, Lady Vengence (part of the triology that includes Old Boy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengence), The Presets at Chop Suey (buy tickets) |
| October | 3 | The Information by Beck, Sam’s Town by the Killers, Scissor Sisters at the Showbox (buy tickets) |
| October | 4 | Season 3 of Lost begins, Shortbus opens in theatres |
| October | 6 | Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica begins, The Departed opens in theatres (Martin Scorsesse’s remake Infernal Affairs) |
| October | 13 | Ladytron at the Showbox (buy tickets) |
| October | 20 | Fast Food Nation opens in theatres, Marie Antionette opens in theatres |
| October | 24 | The L-Word season 3 |
| October | 26 | Placebo at the Showbox (buy tickets) |
| October | 27 | Babel opens in theatres |
| November | 3 | Volver opens in theatres |
| November | 14 | Hot Chip at Neumos |
Looks like there is a lot to look forward to! If you have any additional recommendations, please let me know.
This looks great, Jason. I’ll have to add some of these to my own calendar. I saw that Scissor Sisters are opening for Beck here on the East coast. I’m guessing it won’t be an intimate setting, though. I just saw Little Miss Sunshine in the theater. Have you seen it?