best + sorta famous — i keep a diary

The show was fantastic.

the february roundup

February, 2010

louis ck ↗+

Thanks for inviting us, guys! We had an amazing time!

it's britney, bitch

August 25, 2009

After the show, Gina took us backstage and we got to say hello. So rad. Thanks for having us, we had a great time!

the january roundup

January, 2009

Hahahahaha. OMG. I wasn't at this party, but Leigh emailed me this photo the next day and it's so good that it needed to be posted here. (PS - Leigh, what are you drinking? Is that a giant glass of Scotch??)

the november roundup: part one

November, 2007

...but Blake proved that she could indeed hang with the "cool kids." Holy cramoly, that, my friends, is a prize-winning ugly face! Wow.

leigh's 23rd birthday

July 27, 2007

Wow, just wow. I was going to make a joke about the types of tiny, simple machines that could be powered by harnessing their collective "star power," but I think I'll just stick with "wow" instead.

the january roundup: part two

January, 2007

Besides Herman, there were even some "real" famous people there. You know you've made it in the karaoke world when Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, and Dennis Haskins (aka - "Mr. Belding" from Saved By The Bell) team up to sing as a trio at your birthday party!

the january roundup: part two

January, 2007

Scott Ian from Anthrax!!! First Emilie's boyfriend turns out to be in NIN, and then I end up at a party with Scott Ian??? It's like all the wishes I made back in 1987 finally came true! (Now if I could only get a handjob from Samantha Foxx....)

the november roundup

November, 2005

Turns out we picked a cherry spot! Madonna had to walk right in front of us in order to get to the booth.

madonna djs at misshapes

October 22, 2005

I took photos of us laughing at him.

the october roundup

October, 2005

We got to the building in question and fucked around pressing all the apartment buzzers until someone finally buzzed us in (Holly Golightly style, boyeeee). We weren't positive the intelligence we'd gotten was accurate until we got into the lobby and saw this sticker on one of the mailboxes (I shit you not!). He even calls himself DLR. Fucking amazing.

a diamond dave 4th of july

July 04, 2004

Clockwise: Sarah, Ronnie, David, Mark, Some Guy, Jake (Spin's publisher), Matt Pinfield (Ha!), and Brandon.

sarah's prom party with the killers

June 24, 2004

sarah ↗+

Speaking of pimping, this lady was walking around the party and people kept coming up to her and kissing her ass. After watching her run shit for like 20 minutes, I finally couldn't take the expense. I walked up to her and told her that I loved her outfit and asked if I could take a pic. She was like "But of course!" Afterwards, I was like, I hope this doesn't offend you, but who are you? She was like "Not at all, darling. I am Zelda. I'm a fashion designer." Does anyone out there know who this lady is? Or did someone's grandma get into some extra fabric and use it to escape a nearby nursing home?

tax day and movie party karaoke

April 15, 2004

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The masses of humanity will always have to suffer. You tell 'em, Dr. Graffin.

trip to cali part 1: nyc to la

December 10, 2003

Death by Glamazon. Sign me up

pick up lines at the ford modeling party

August 13, 2003

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After Amanda had finished singing, Tracy Morgan wandered in from the next room (!!!) and asked Frank if he knew how to play "Let's Get it On" by Al Green. He killed it.

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

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"Must like sushi, long walks on the beach...oh, and one mo' thing: shouldn't steal my stuff." New York City, I love you so much.

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

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...and then halfway through the song, took that mother over. Check out Tracy (making the Brian Fellows face!) and Shawn looking on in awe! Hahaha.

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

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After he'd finished singing, one of Tracy's friends (Shawn Wayans, I think) came up on stage and the band kicked off a Stevie Wonder tune. Seth ran up and joined them to first provide some backing harmonies...

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

Look! Sometimes there's even the occasional celebrity. That's Peter Reigert (he played "Boon" in Animal House, remember), up on stage to sing "Shout." (He was there because it was the wrap-party for a movie he'd just finished directing. Beverly D'Angelo [aka - Ellen Griswold *swoon*] was in the movie too and I was hoping that I'd get to dedicate a karaoke jam just for her, but she was a no-show. Bah.)

sid & buddy karaoke

May 19, 2003

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We were standing at the back of the party, looking to see if we kind find anyone who could trump the excitement of Doogie and we see Keanu Reeves was sitting at a table all by himself. So I went over, said hi to him, started chatting him up telling him how much I loved him in "Point Break" (too bad you think I'm kidding) and then I asked if he'd mind having his pic taken. He said "No, not at all."

Just as he stood up pose with Vicki, his publicist (that blonde lady you see in the background) rushed over out of nowhere and is like "No! No photos. Sit down Keanu!" She then sorta pushed him back down to the table he'd been sitting at, dragged a chair over, and sat in front of him, guarding him. Which was really awkward because Keanu was now sitting all alone at the table, with this lady sitting in front of him with her back to him so she could glare at us. Which made us feel bad. We didn't mean to get Keanu in trouble!

So we just sorta hung out in the area and a few minutes later as the evil publicist lady was trying to usher him out of the party, he snuck over, apologized, and said "Quick, she's not looking! Take the pic!" (So Keanu, if you read this, thanks. Oh, and evil publicist-lady, if you read this, you can eat a bowl o' dicks! Cause we got the pic! Boo-yah!)

the matrix reloaded movie party

May 13, 2003

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We prowled the crowd on the hunt for some serious celeb action. And lookie who we saw milling around - that's right, it's Neil Patrick Harris (aka - Doogie Howser, M.D.)! Booyah!

Me to Vicki and Sarah: "Quick! Pretend like I'm taking a picture of you two so we can get Doogie in the background." I think he overheard the word "Doogie" because he started moving around trying to get out of the way. But we got you Doogie. Oh, yes. We got you.

the matrix reloaded movie party

May 13, 2003

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Jason Schwartzman. Those are gangsigns. O.R. they?

spun movie premiere party

March 06, 2003

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Hahaha. Grant cold lamps with Mike Skinner (aka - The Streets).

spun movie premiere party

March 06, 2003