I need a break kids. I'm burning the candle at both ends, and the results are half-assedness in everything, including this little blog. I know it's only viewed by an average of 19 people per day (and I love all 19 of you dearly), and so this isn't an earth-shattering announcement. But to those of you who do read this, I would like you to know that I appreciate it, and that this is far from the last you'll hear from me. Thanks for the support and the memories. And a special thank you to all the bands that have truly made my endeavors here worthwhile and electrifying.

In the interim, I would ask for no more music submissions/press releases/etc. You can catch my writing up at LOOSE RECORD under the not-so-secret alias of S.L. Weber (which started as a way to see whether people read women differently than men in music journalism and ended up as a funny byline). Loose is where it's at, and, aside from my obvious bias, I turn to them even before OH MY ROCKNESS.

Other plugs (some more obvious than others):

BROOKLYN VEGAN

COOLFER

GORILLA VS. BEAR

MUSIC FOR ROBOTS

SAID THE GRAMOPHONE

STEREOGUM

TODD P

So here's a hug and a kiss until we meet again (which should be sometime around June 2006). And when we do, my hopes are that Like A Rolling Stone will have its own domain name, a podcast, perhaps DJ dates, and most of all, an actual cool factor. But at the very least, I'll be putzing around again, writing up shows and whatnot. Loose until then, and then the glory of Summer '06.

A song that wraps up all the sentiment I have for NYC and the bands that reside here (and the added bonus of it being one of my all-time favorite Four Tops songs):

Four Tops: Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Buy it here.

Rock Photo:

Mick Jagger with the City circa 1970.

By © Cecil Beaton. Taken for Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS.




Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl/Someday I'm gonna make her mine/Oh yeah/Someday I'm gonna make her mine-S.