I’m in New York right now. To be more specific, Brooklyn. It’s raining. To be more specific, pouring. I have a lot I could write about, but am not feeling up to the task. As a general note, it has been a very busy, fun and productive trip thus far. We’ve gotten some great stuff filming, and it has been a pretty eye opening experience as well. And my muscles ache from filming, which I’ll take as a good sign. And I had Dunkin’ Donuts. How good is Dunkin’ Donuts. In case you thought that was a question, I will tell you: very good. Chocolate frosted, cinnamon donut hole, chocolate glazed donut hole and iced coffee. That was my delicious breakfast yesterday. And a banana, for good measure.

I saw The Gossip last night at the Knitting Factory. Can’t get enough of them. Once again they were awesome, and I had a renewed love for my somewhat-recently-lost love, punk rock. We had been slightly estranged as of lately, but no longer. Got to hear Aaliyah’s masterpiece (props to Timbaland) again. And guess who stood right next to me during the show? Debbie Harry. Very exciting, to the point where I was distracted at times. And I got into the sold out show for free. Thank you to the Knitting Factory employee who snuck me in. I’m sure he’ll be reading this.

More NYC entries to come, with photo accompaniment.

Went to The Gossip at the Troubadour on Saturday night with Laura. Really great show. Beth Ditto really knows how to a) entertain b) sing c) dance. She moved around so much that it was hard to get a shot that wasn’t blurry. I really wish I could post video, but I can’t. In addition to a varied, energizing set, they played three amazing covers: Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5″, Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” (those two only in teaser portions) and the highlight, in its entirety, “Tell Me are You That Somebody” by Aaliyah (RIP). That last song can be downloaded from the Gossip remix album and I highly recommend it.

One question: when did they get so popular/hip? I saw Kate Moss, Courtney Love (!), Linda Perry, Rick Rubin and designer Jeremy Scott at the show, and there were quite a few more people rocking out on the VIP balcony that could be famous that I didn’t know. I mean they deserve the attention, but I was just surprised. I was shocked just to find out that the show was sold out.

Below is a photo of Kate Moss and friends. She was rocking out in the balcony like 2 people away from us. She was in VIP, we were not. It’s not a great photo because a) it was dark b) it was an awkward angle and c) it was awkward period. I didn’t want to be one of those people taking photos of celebrities and posting them on my blog. Now I have become that annoying person. I’m thinking of not posting it, but who’s really going to read this anyway?

She’s the one with the hair, next to the guy with the hat. I’ve always found her interesting, and pretty much the only model that I can say that about (except former model Alexis Bledel). On a purely superficial level, she’s friends with photographer Corinne Day (a mutually beneficial relationship in terms of art and career), has stayed with Marianne Faithfull (or the other way around), is also friends with Anita Pallenberg and Sadie Frost, pole danced in a White Stripes video directed by Sofia Coppola, dated Johnny Depp for awhile, has the same birthday as me, and seems to have somewhat interesting taste in people, music, clothes/designers, etc. But that her dancing/jumping/hair thrashing to The Gossip has confirmed it. I like Kate Moss. And I will stand by that statement.