The week in Peej
8 July 2008While my mom and I were off Kerouacing I took a very “I’ll see you in two weeks don’t expect much direct communication” approach to our loved ones and my mom took a very “I’m going to call you every day just as my nighttime minutes kick in to ask whether or not it’s raining in new jersey under the auspices of needing to know if the outside plants got watered, but really I want to point out that we’re out here having a great time and you’re at home. In the rain.” Tres Hemingway.
During one of the calls to Little Brother Peej, he let fly that he’s in Spin Magazine this month (Page 28, the one with Coldplay on the cover) as one of their Songs You Need To Download Now (number 13! With a bullet!). I freaked out but we were somewhere in the middle of Texas and I had no idea how to find a Spin magazine. So I did the next best thing and called our other brother in Virginia.
“Hey, we’re at Coldstone. We just gave the baby ice cream for the first time in her life,” he said of the slippery, slippery slope they’re setting an almost-one-year-old Meg on.
“PJ’s in Spin Magazine!”
“{half a pause} I’m going to get it right now, I’ll call you back.” {Click}
He called back in 12 minutes. “There is a PICTURE of PATRICK in SPIN MAGAZINE.”
This is my favorite thing that’s happened to Peej so far, which is saying something considering how much I freaked out when MTV News sent John Norris to Glen Rock to talk to the band. (According to my boyfriend, Wikipedia, El Norris himself turns the big 5-0 soon. Mazel tov!).
A day after that I got an email from Ali (whom you may recall as the gal who immortalized my wedding guest practices in TONY) saying that they were in Time Out this week. My favorite part is the opening: Most people living the examined life spend years trying to find answers to all of existence’s big questions, eventually settling for something that rings true to them or just giving up entirely. But what if you’d read a bunch of philosophy and all the classics and had everything figured out by age 20? And you realized it wasn’t pretty?
And then YESTERDAY my mom mentions that NPR reviewed the album. N!P!R! The pinnacle of nerdery! This puts me all of 3 degrees away from Ira Glass, people! Thank you, Peej!
We finally wound up tracking down Spin in Wyoming. This was after a serious false start in Reno, when I saw two copies at CVS (the one that sold wine) and immediately bought them, only to notice 5 minutes later that they were the April issue, still being displayed in July. Oops. (This also set off what was probably the biggest argument my mom and I had all trip as she tried to get me to return the magazines and I refused to do so. “Just take them back. It’s not your fault.” “It IS my fault. And if I take them back, then I won’t learn anything from it.” “yes, you will.” “NO, I WON’T.” “But you could get your money back!” “It’s three dollars!” “It’s SIX dollars.” “JUST. DROP IT.”) When we finally found it in Wyoming, I stood in front of the magazine of that Hastings for a considerable about of time, trying to wrap my head around the fact that the good people of Wyoming had access to my little brother.
I think my entire extended family is going to the show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on friday (my annual pilgrimage to the ‘Boken… see you in ‘09!), should you want to hear some screaming both by Stickleses on and off stage.
3 Responses to “The week in Peej”
July 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Didn’t know if you had already heard - the band was also mentioned in Chicago Magazine last month. I can mail you my copy if you want.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Even the RAP Guru enjoys the sseet sounds of the Peej
July 8th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
This is completely awesome. Are you getting ready for your segment on Behind the Music yet?