THIS VIDEO IS A TRIP

REMEMBER ORCHARD BAR CIRCA 2005?

OK, so Karen and I have been doing the Hanger Bar for Stolen Transmission for a while, and it was kinda dead for a while. Well, not totally dead because it's been filled with our buddies and shit, but then... for the past few weeks, shit has been picking up. The dance floor has been like the Orchard Bar dance floor was when we did Stolen Transmission there with Ed, Dan, Mark, Josh and Eben. (by the way, they all got jobs which is why they're not at Hanger with us now... so sad)

TONS of making out
TONS of mayhem
TONS of dancing

But like it was with Orchard Bar, it's all done in a low-key way where you can hide and you can get away with being there with your friends and nobody will even know. Seriously, I can count on both hands how many times people were there, but I had no clue, but like, then they send me pictures and I'm like WTF? I don't know how that's possible, but it's been happening.

OK, and then remember at Orchard Bar when we'd DJ stuff like Harvey Danger and other 90s stuff and everyone would semi-freakout? Well, we finally took that as a hint and decided that we should be playing ONLY 90S MUSIC. That means you WONT hear MIA. you WONT hear the Ting Tings. you WONT even hear Joy Division. If you wanna hear those things, Trash does their party around the corner filled with tons of very fashionable PYTs. Our party is the anit-fashion....just like the 90s.

So put on your favorite doc martins, your favorite slip dress, your favorite converse, yoru favorite ripped jeans. Don't bother washing your hair, you'll sweat anyway... and washing your hair was so lame in the 90s.

See you tomorrow night, I hope. Oh, and add the party on MySpace.

SHE'S JUST BEING LOVELEIGH

Below is why I love the Misshapes:

ANIMAL LOVERS!

Become my friend on ZooToo... which is a social network for animal lovers that gives a portion of their ad money to animal shelters and stuff.

ZOMG! BRAD WALSH IS ON TV!!!

He is gonna be in the audience during Bravo's! A-List Awards thing.... he's even in the commercials! Mah frienz r so famuz.

BRAD WALSH'S BDAY!

I'm hosting this shindig with a few others:

THIS LOOKS LIKE FUN

I'm DJing this tomorrow:


And going to this tonight:

THE FUTUREHEADS' ALBUM IS OUT!

The Futureheads' newest album, This Is Not the World, is out NOW in the states! HORAY! The album was self-released by the band, and really fucking incredible. You can buy it on iTunes by CLICKING HERE

A WORLD OF PERFECTION!

There is so much amazingly perfect and wonderful things about this dress/hair combo of Lily Allen's, it's not even funny. I really hope she keeps her hair pink.

As Brad Walsh pointed out, Lily Allen has turned into Ollie.

I AM LOVING THIS:

PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT

GREAT NEWS FOR EAST VILLAGE WOMEN

Luis Garcia-Ponce, the man who attacked several of my female friends (which I wrote about here) in the East Village last summer, has finally pled guilty. In a couple weeks, he'll be sentenced to twelve years in prison for eight separate counts of sexual assault. The district attorney tells me he'll likely serve about ten of those twelve years, which is good enough for me. Following his sentence, his name will be added to the national sex offenders registry and he will be subject to deportation.

I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THESE CREATURES

Nick Snow (who is celebrating his graduation tonight at the Annex at 10pm, come down!) sent me this incredlbe link.

Go to the link, but here's a preview of what you will find...

PICTURES OF THESE GUYS:





I CANT FUCKING TAKE IT.

Why are they the most incredible looking things on earth?

I mean, their only real competition is Monkey:

(photo by my brother Lawrence.

IT'S FUN TO DO BAD THINGS

I have been seeing this clip on my new favorite TV show, Attack of the Show, and it's fucking incredible. This kid is amazing. I think he's HeyKerri's future husband:

WEEZER IS FINE BY ME

I love this video so fucking much:





and while you're on youtube... i finally figured out that the song "home" by great northern is in this nissan commercial. duh:

NIGHMARE OF YOU ARE ON TOUR!!!

The Bang Tour Has Started!

Nightmare Of You's tour with Paper Rival and Edison Glass has started! You can follow Nightmare of You on their tour adventures via twitter by adding them at twitter.com/nightmareofyou or by texting "follow nightmareofyou" to 40404.

Here are the dates:

May 15 2008 8:00P Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 16 2008 6:00P Webster Underground Hartford, Connecticut
May 17 2008 8:00P Xtreme Wheels Buffalo, New York
May 18 2008 8:00P Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
May 20 2008 8:00P The Basement Columbus, Ohio
May 21 2008 8:00P Subterranean Chicago, Illinois
May 22 2008 6:30P Mojoes Rock House Tinley Park, Illinois
May 23 2008 6:00P Main Street Cafe Kansas City, Missouri
May 24 2008 8:00P The Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado
May 25 2008 7:00P Solid Ground Salt Lake City, Utah
May 27 2008 8:00P CHOP SUEY Seattle, Washington
May 29 2008 8:00P Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo, California
May 30 2008 8:00P Knitting Factory - LA Hollywood, California
May 31 2008 8:00P Chain Reaction Anaheim, California
Jun 1 2008 7:00P SOMA - Sidestage San Diego, California
Jun 3 2008 8:00P The Clubhouse Tempe, Arizona
Jun 4 2008 7:00P Club Congress Tucson, Arizona
Jun 5 2008 8:00P Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas
Jun 6 2008 7:00P The Prophet Bar Dallas, Texas
Jun 7 2008 9:00P Stubb’s BBQ Austin, Texas
Jun 9 2008 8:00P The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 10 2008 6:30P Crush Lounge Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jun 11 2008 7:00P 2 Cents Plain St Louis, Missouri
Jun 13 2008 7:00P Fireman’s Hall North Caldwell, New Jersey
Jun 14 2008 8:00P Blender Theatre At Gramercy New York, New York

DEDICATED TO JASON CASTRO

HE SHALL BE MINE!

Once a week I have to head into NJ for meetings with a company I consult
for called <a href="http://www.zootoo.com"
target="_blank">zootoo.com</a>. Its a wonderful company that's created a
socially aware social network with aims of helping animal shelters and
celebtrating the great things about pets. It's also a great resource for
pet owners on health care for their pets, where to find groomers, and
meet ups.

On my first trip top the bus at Port Authority, I felt the back of my
dress being lifted. I thought my dress got caught up in my bag or
something and fixed it, only to realize that the young man behind me had
been lifting my dress and taking a photo of my goods with his
cameraphone. I tried to swing at him, I yelled at him, nobody did
anything. I went to get him but he disappeared and so I went to find a
cop. There were none. I yelled out for one, and still nada. I think I
wrote about that before.

Each week I see this perv and each week I let him know I'm onto him.
Weather it's a glare, an accidental shove, or a random crazy scream at
him, he knows I know who he is.

As luck would have it, this week I spotted him within 10 feet of 5 cops.
I made eye contact with him, he tried to hide, I told the cop what
happened and we chased afterhim... but he disappeared!

I will be back, same time same place tomorrow but I will have my video
camera to document the perv for everyone to see.

The game of cat and mouse is going to end. The mouse shall be the
victor!

I NEED WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS

As some of you might know, I have a new blog called AlmacksDanceHall.com that is a NYC show and nightlife based blog.

My editor wants there to be like 3 show reviews A DAY!

I, obviously, cant do this alone. So I'm trying to find people who are writers and photographers to help out. I'm looking for people who are energetic and excited about music and live shows. I want a personal and enthusiastic touch to the reviews. For instance, my brother wrote a love letter to the drummer of the Raveonettes.... that was personal and a fun read. I dont need this site to be the next pitchfork or brooklynvegan because those sites already exist. i'm looking for a site that reflects the experience of going to a show -- the people you meet, the songs you dance to, the puke you spit up at the end of the night... I'm looking for people to give me their personal diaries from the night.

If you want to write or take live photos for the site, please write me at: sarah@stolentransmission.com

Almacks will pay for your show tickets, cab ride, drinks, and an OK fee for your work as well as credit. I need reliable people who can turn things in either the same night or next day.

Please send me your writing clips (even if it's just a blog posting) and/or photos you've taken at live shows.

FIND ME. DRINK FREE!

Tonight Cartel are playing at the Blender Theater with I Am the Avalanche and afterwards I'm djing their afterparty!:



ALSO...

if you go RIGHT OVER HERE, you will find out how to win a pair of floor seat tickets at Jay-Z's show at MSG in NYC. OMG!

DUKE SPIRITED AWAY

Duke Spirit are so so s so fucking good!

In 2005 I went to Miami with the Misshapes and a bunch of friends for
Winter Music Conference and had to watch the boy I was in love with fall
in love with another girl right in front of my face -- almost throwing
it in my face -- and oh my god did it kill me. (Sorry if you're reading
this, btw, and know who you are... no hard feelings now, obviously!!!!)

Anyway, I think I killed everyone's mood on each drive from my parent's
condo in Hallendale to South Beach because I insisted on listening to
their EP over and over again to help me get through the heartbreak. It
was so fucking good and perfect.

Ollie Oohlas got into them about 2 yrs ago and kept on bugging me to get
back into them too. She had befriended the band and they stil remained
magical to her.

On Tuesday I got to see them at Bowery Ballroom and I swear to God, it
was like a time warp to the happiest years of my life as being a music
fan seeing shows and loving life.

The most magical time of the night was during "Sovereign" (which is
somewhere on my youtube.com/sarahlewitinn page). A disco ball spun
around over Leila's head as the entire room slowdanced with her. It was
fucking unreal. I wish I could go back to that moment every day and I
keep watching the footage on my camera whenever I'm out and needing
inspiration. Right now I'm in love and happy with almost every aspect of
my life, and so when I listen to that song it doesn't soothe a broken
heart... instead it feeds a happy soul. I keep wanting to do spins and
slow dance with an imaginary partner as I sit around listening to the
song.