CMJ '08: Dinner And Drinks

We won't sugar-coat it -- we saw no live music on the second official night of CMJ last night. Instead, we joined a cadre of NYC rock critics and two of our favorite publicists/people for a lengthy dinner in the East Village. And you know what? We didn't talk about music! Later, we accompanied a friend to Soho to recover a wallet that had gone missing the night before -- thank you, random guy who found it!

During the afternoon at the Brooklyn Vegan party at Piano's, we saw one song of the unfortunately named Eagle Seagull (jittery indie rock, with violin) and a few more by Muslims, who are something of a buzz band this week. We liked their Hot Snakes-y garage rock and agreeable personality, especially considering they were hopped up on nine cups of coffee. Still, the most memorable thing about the day was a slice of deep-dish pizza from Rosario's ... sorry, Muslims! -- Jonathan Cohen