& how that band played, you really had to stare, you'd hardly be aware that you were blinking, yeah...

7 years ago yesterday I went to see Rooney @ The Village Underground in NYC. They were named after the principal an 80s cult film about skipping school, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, starring Matthew Broderick. It also inspired the name of the band Save Ferris (known in the late 90s for their cover of a song called “Come on Eileen”). Ezequiel likes this movie.



Well. The lead singer of Rooney, Robert Carmine, is the ½ brother of the former drummer of Phantom Planet…Jason Schwartzman! Awesome actor from Rushmore, Spun, I ♥ Huckabee’s, Marie Antoinette, Darjeeling Limited & the awesome series Bored to death. I ♥ Jason Schwartzman, dude. Robert’s real last name is Coppola Schwartzman, by the way. & he had a small role in The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola’s ~masterpiece~. One of my fav movies.

Anyways, Phantom Planet. Poor Phantom Planet. They did the theme song from The OC. Californiaaaaa, here we come. If you ask me…that song…sux. & that’s what everyone knows them for. Maybe it doesn’t suck, but it’s…blah. & they are a nice band, rly. I have their first 2 albums. Maybe there’s something about California tunes. I don’t like “California” by Rufus Wainwright either. But wait, I ♥ “California lovin” by 2pac. A lot. So nevermind. Also, I ♥ The OC. Saw eeevery episode. Seth Cohen is a st0ne f0x & if he were a real person, I dunno…I wish he were a real person & we were best friends. Summer Roberts, I am so jealous of you. I ♥ Marissa Cooper too although she was such an annoying drama queen (like me)/damsel-in-distress-omg-I-need-a-boy-to-rescue-me-always-pls. I have a photo of her on my wall, hah. Also, on one of the episodes, Rooney played a gig @ The Bait shop, the Rock n Roll club where they all lived : ) "Down at the rock n roll club", Richard Hell.

But this was a post about Rooney. The concert in NYC rocked. I was exiting the bathroom when I almost crashed into…Fab Moretti from The Strokes. OMG. Then Nick Valensi was leaning against a wall. He was so long & lean, it was love. I actually ended up meeting Fab Moretti nearly 3 years later here in Buenos Aires, but that’s another story ; )

Recommended Rooney tunes: Popstars (1st one I heard, makes fun of Britney, Nsync, Mandy Moore etc), Blueside, Daisy Duke, I’m shakin’, If it were up to me, Sorry Sorry, The Floor, Stay away, Meltdown.

Hey baby
You've hit me again one more time
You said "Bye bye bye bye bye bye good-bye"
Well I don't wanna be with you tonight, forever

Do you understand my monologue?
These are the words of the popstars
These are the words of the upsophisticated money-machines
For the killers of rock and roll
- "Popstars", Rooney

Phantom Planet: Lisa (Does it hurt you?) -- my #1 fav, The local black & red (#2), Turn smile shift repeat, So I fall again, Lonely Day, Recently distressed.

Sitting in your room,
Drinking your perfume,
Wondering which day of the week
I'll die on now,
I'm lying on your bed,
Unscrewing your head,
Trying to figure out
What's wrong, inside,
So you don't hate yourself tonight...yeah
- "The local black & red", Phantom Planet

Will try to rip & upload mp3s soon.