YOU WANT DRUGS

For fans of Young Love (featuring Dan Keyes from Recover), you will not be disappointed from this video on StolenTransmission.com, the FIRST in the series "Live From The Casa De Ultragrrrl". It's a live acoustic performance by YL's DK called "We Want Drugs"....

But first, if you like what you hear and live in NYC, you can see Young Love in their FIRST EVER live performance on Thursday June 8, at Stolen Transmission (the party)

WHERE: Stolen Transmission at The Annex - 152 Orchard St. Btw Stanton and Rivington (LES)

DATE: June 8

TIME: 11:30pm

If you want to buy the single which this single appears on -- as well as the album version of "Tragedy" and a demo version of "Find a New Way" -- you can buy it ONLY AT Ultragrrrl.com... just so you know.

GUCCI PUCCI POO

For those of you who are fans of Pucci, you should check out this auction.

that's all for now.

COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET

I found this little monkey in my closet trying to help me pick out an outfit.

DAMONE HAD TO CANCEL

Unfortunately, Damone had to cancel their performance tonight at Stolen Transmission. I can't be too upset, because they pulled out to open up for Joan Jett!

But come anyway for the dancing and drinking. Karen and I enjoyed the basement so much, that we're gonna be down there tonight. So if the upstairs looks bare... just go to the back and down the stairs.

ATTN: GURJ AND KAREN

Thanks to Laura's blog, I was able to find the myspace profile for the dude who plays the groom in the Panic! at the Disco video. Holy shit! i thought he was in the band and was like "shiiiiiit... Brenden Urie is the 2nd hottest dude in the band."

Fuck, every time a P!ATD song comes on i get happy. I know i'm not the only one of the reformed hipsters.

EDIT: I see he's an MC Chris fan... Hey Chris: do your girl a solid and hit that boy up and tell him i think he's pretty.

RIP MIKEY'S GLASSES

Death comes to his glasses, birth cometh to his pending high fashion modeling career:



ah, the things you find while falling into a myspace hole.

C'mon people -- get those endorsement deals rolling in. Dior Homme, i'm looking at you.

WHAT A FUCKING SCAM!

OK, so every so often, i get a call from the fine folks at Vivid Entertainment calling to see if i'd like to upgrade my subscription of Girls Gone Wild. Upgrade? Does that mean it comes with a tshirt? A drunken college girl ready to touch herself when i give her a drink and the prospect of getting said tshirt? I dont know because every time they call I interrupt them by saying "i'd actually like to cancel my subscription" which is followed by "you need to call the girls gone wild company about that". Which is followed by "could you give me their number?" which is followed by...

*Click*

THEY HANG UP ON ME! I will foreve rbe getting fucking GGW until i'm old and gray and my tits fall off!

WOW. WE'RE SUCH FUCKING DORKS

So I DVR "Steven's Untitled Rock Show" since each day it satiates my need for seeing all the best new emo videos. I was AIMing with Karen giving her the play-by-play of not only what I was finding on the internet and ebay, but also what I was watching. I decided to let you all in on the major-dorkage without her permission cause she'd say no-way.

Ultragrrrl: omg. aiden are hosing steven's untitled rockshow!
Ultragrrrl: i tivoed it
Karen: is wiL talkingabout me??
Ultragrrrl: yeS
Karen: scorE!!!
Ultragrrrl: omg!!! a noy video!!!!
Karen: fate!
Ultragrrrl: OMG. THE AIDEN VIDEO!!!
Ultragrrrl: I'M SOOOO KEEPING THIS EPISODE FOREVER.
Karen: hahahahahahaha
Ultragrrrl: DIIIIIIE RAMANTIC
Ultragrrrl: DIIIIIE ROMANTIC
Karen:THIS IS A NIGHTMARE
Ultragrrrl: carlos looks amazing in the video
Karen: i cant believe he agreed to do it
Ultragrrrl: so cool of him to branch out.
Karen: and to think he thought the killers were "poppy"
Ultragrrrl: well, this is just him getting to his goth roots.
Ultragrrrl: i love the scene where he hangs upside down dressed as the crow
Karen: hahahahha i just love his lipliner
Karen: im totes stealing that one day
Ultragrrrl: lipliner is such a lost art
Karen: seriously, we need occasion to revive it
Karen: i was totes all about the lipliner with nude lipstick in jr high
Karen: what the hell was that mac shade that everyone had???

So can anyone help karen out with her inquirey?

GOOD DAY, GOOD DAY

I know that some people have been having trouble ordering the Saints+Lovers single, so now you should be alright:

Click the button above to purchase the Saints+Lovers single featuring their cover of Joy Divisions "Atmosphere."

OY VA LOST

I am kinda, sorta, totally obsessed with figuring out the meaning behind Lost. I sit on message boards when I'm home reading, reading, reading, and finally came across this message board thread which basically explains EVERYTHING. It could be a spoiler to you, or it could make you a little more obsessed. Either way, this person with his Quatum Leaping theories and Transhumanists ideas might actually be onto something. And by "might," i mean, definitely.

click here to be made geekier than you ever imagined

I JUST WANNA BRING YOU DOWN SO BADLY!

Last night I had such an amazingly fun time DJing at Stolen Transmission. The owner, Jason, booked a show to happen in the upstairs til around 12 or 1am, so he offered to have us DJ in the basement bar until the bands were off, but Karen and I were excited to DJ in a more intimate spot, so we asked if we could just stay there... and it was great. I love small spaces. I love DJ decks that are shorter and fit my tiny body. I like being RIGHT NEXT to the bar... I think Karen was stoked too. If you came and didn't know to go downstairs, i'm sorry. Next time I'll be sure to give a heads up. Maybe we'll have DJs on both floors from now on. By the way, Damone will be performing next week at midnight. That's June 1. You dont want to miss it. I know there's a bunch of dudes out there who read this that love that band.

June 8, 16, and 22 will be the Young Love residencey. I believe all but about 4 people got the YL singles they ordered.. what do you think? The sand on the packaging glows in the dark by the way!

Lately, Karen and I have been participating in what i like to call emo-offs when we DJ. She'll start off with some emo song, and i'll try to out emo here and usually it just ends in a fiery Brand New Deja Entendu mess. I went to the bathroom during our set and came out to hear Panic! at the Disco being played which was followed by Weezer, and then Taking Back Sunday... well, two TBS songs because Brian came over and asked us to play their new single. When I said "well, we're already playing an older TBS song... wouldnt that be a faux pas." he looked at me as if to say "you must be fucking kidding me... your entire set is faux pas" so we played "makedamnsure" next. Honestly, our emo-offs are hilarious to the two of us... not sure about anyone else there, but people were actually dancing a lot.

I really just enjoy watching people dance. I think that's one of the most fun things I can do in my life. And when people are dancing to songs I'm playing them, the feeling is immediately accented by immense joy. When i play a song that fails, the polar opposite happens and I scramble to find the song that will make people cheer. Usually, George Michael's "Freedom 90" will do that, or Dexy's Midnight Runner's "Come on Eileen" or the Strokes' "Last Nite." Last night people were really really feeling the White Rose Movement, which is great because that song is fantastic. I was overwhelmed with joy when the crowd swelled when i played Young Love's "Discotech," and even happier when Dan Keyes came over stoked out of his face.

So i bought a String Quartet Tribute to a band i love... It's actually pretty great. I think i found the album I'll play when I DJ weddings and need "dinner time" music.

Here's a song for you to download... can you guess who it is?

HOUNDS OF HELL

So... in the comments section, can we please discuss LOST?

I mean, wtf, is anyone else more confused than before like I am?

FOR FRIENDS OF BEN CHAPPEL

I recieved this from Ben's friend Michael:

Basically, his mother wants to create a book of his selected works (poems, art, etc.), and she wants people to send her an email so that we get a list of people who are interested before interest teeters off...especially because she doesn't think she can bring herself to start the book for some time now.

So please, even if its given that you would be interested, just send an email to iMissYou@benchappel.net, so that Claudia feels/understands how ben affected/inspired/etc. the people around him.

Thanks,
Michael
(Ben's best friend since age 7)

PAINT ME VIOLET

I've had the blogger window open all afternoon trying to update this blog of mine, but then something comes up, and another thing comes up, and then i'm sitting here at 8pm hoping that I dont miss Art Brut at the Blender party...

You know when you're sleeping and you have to pee and all you do is dream about peeing? Suddenly, everything in your dreams takes a backburner to the fact that you have to pee? That happened to me the other night. I was dreaming that I had to save all these puppies and kittens but I had to pee so badly... then i found myself in the VH1 offices peeing into the water cooler cause apparently that was the bathroom, but it wasn't, so while i was trying to have a conversation with Paul and Carlos from Interpol (?!?!?), i was trying to hide the fact that I was peeing in a watercooler and telling them about a project I had in mind for them. I finally sprung out of bed and ran to the bathroom but couldn't go back to sleep and resume my dream about saving the puppies and kittens. Instead, I fed Bella who was annoyed that I woke her up.

Last thursday was a really fun Stolen Transmission (you can click here to see photos!). It was Brandon's birthday party, Young Love's single release party, Gurj, Darryl Palumbo, and Rob Hitt all Guest DJed tthat night... and while Brian didn't end up stripping like he did for Gurj's bday party last week (as seen on the left), that's not to say that i didn't end up seeing a stripper that night... or maybe trying to make my friend Casey as uncomfortable as humanly possible by giving him a half-assed lap dance at around 4am. Come 5am and Scientist Andy Eisberg was giving me a science lesson in everything humanly possible. That man can take the simplest thing and explain the scientific reasoning behind it in a way you understand... and i shit you not, he's a scientist.

Anyway, Friday was one of most fun DJ gigs I've ever had. I DJed Jordana the Intern's prom! I'm so excited that she's going to be graduating soon because I need a full time intern like craaaaaaaaaaazy. Jordana took one of my best friends as her date and nearly everyone danced the whole time. It's so crazy because she goes to this Upper East Side school called Birch Wathen Lennox and you'd expect the whole thing to be filled with snobby girls who just wanna hear cheesy dance music the entire time, but instead, it was a bunch of cute little girls dressed like they raided Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's closet. When I played The Go! Team's "Huddle Formation" the dancefloor got filled... When I played Young Love's "Discotech" the dance floor got filled... When I played Nightmare of You's "My Name is Trouble" the dancefloor got filled and one girl actually yelled out "OH MY GOD! NIGHTMARE OF YOU!". I attempted to allow the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps" be the slowdance song of the night... but the kids were too stoked to slow dance. One girl requested I play the YYYs all night... Sia's "Breathe Me" and Nick Lachey's new ballad seem to get the couples awkwardly doing that slow dance thing. It was one of the more fun gigs I've ever had... if you want me to DJ your prom or whatever event is coming up in your high school PLEASE HAVE ME!

So saturday I spent the day loafing around. Made it down to TisWas at the Annex to see Melody Nelson DJ, and then to Cake Shop to see my friend Jesse's band Professor Murder, but after downing 3/4 of a bottle of wine AND 2 glasses of champagne, AND not eating, my hours were numbered and I found myself walking home at 2am. An early night. But that wasn't before bumping into Elliott and Nader on my way there... laughing about Nader calling me up at 5am while i was in Utah, and letting him know that I will always answer my phone, no matter the time.

Last night I came home right after work and went right to bed after lurking on myspace for far too long. Fast asleep by 11pm... oh dear, i cannot be fatigued! Tonight I party with Karen and Vicki! Yay!



Good news for all Permanent Me fans out there! Their EP Dear Virginia is available now! You can buy it online from various retailers or get the hard CD!

Click the button that most suites your fancy:

Incase you can't make it out to see Permanet Me out on tour with Cartel before they head into the studio, you can check out these great YouTube's of them.

Here's one of "Allison" taken at the Lincoln Theater... I love that you can hear kids singing in the background:

I love this one from Club Ritual in Long Island cause the kids are going fucking apeshit:

And for all you Real Magic TV fans out there, the band appeared on the site!

MY NEW DAILY OBSESSION

I've found myself kinda obsessed with Music Secret. I don't really get it at all. I know i've appeared on it a couple of times (apparently, my secret is that i've hooked up with Brandon Flowers -- which is laughable to anyone that knows either of us... I was more of a Wyatt girl). But i like looking at the graphic art the kids make. Theyr're ALL apparently obsessed with Fallout Boy and My Chem. Either they love them or love hating them... either way, say goodbye to about 30 hours of your life.

also, fluxblog is stoked on the oohlas!

HELLO!

Does anyone know of a service that picks up clothes that one might want to donate to charity? I've got bags and bags of old clothes that I don't need, but there's just too many bags to lug around with just my two hands. Anyone? Thanks!

I'm gonna post more tomorrow... i DJed a prom the other night. it was awesome!

YAY!!!

Permanent Me are SPIN.COM'S BAND OF THE DAY!

Also, last night i went to this converse party that SPIN was throwing and Josh madden was djing... DELIGHTFUL! check out the photos!.

Also, in case you missed hearing Daryl Palumbo DJ at Stolen Transmission last night, dont worry, you can still check out a photo of his RIDICULOUSLY ENORMOUS COCK (nsfw). I complimented him on it last night. Seriously, if my dong was that large, i would take photos of it CONSTANTLY and maybe just walk around with it hanging from my fly. Girls would be lining up to bone it.

OMG! LITERALLY



AND LOL AT THIS!:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDOn



Also, this is kinda creepy:

YOU WIL COME

NO MORE BALLERINA BLUES



I might very well be at that show. Still working out my scheduling... but it's looking good.

Last night I was in bed by 11pm. I've officially grown old. However, my brain was racing and my body itching uncontrollably. Much against everyone's advice, I decided to start watching Trainspotting. I haven't watched that movie in about a year or 3, and it's one of my favorites. I used to watching it every day, fantacizing about going to Scotland and meeting boys that look like Renton and dancing to Blondie and making out to Pulp, and the my early 20s happened and I did that over and over again. I was no longer the 16 year old sophomore befriending a boy that had a shaved head and bruises on his arms because I thought he was on heroin (he wasn't). I was the 23 year old cackling because she met yet another dude who had actually gone to rehab.

So i sat in bed, itchy for no reason, attempting to watch Trainspotting. The beginning was fun -- watching a young Ewan McGregor flying through the streets in a yellow pallor, mindlessly laughing. I watched as drugs were injected and the monologue about not caring about a thing because of heroin. I watched for about 30 seconds more after a girl declares heroin better than any meat injection, and turned changed the channel. It's weird that what was once a glamorized fantasy is now a harrowing nightmare. I've seen people sick like that. Feared for their lives. Prayed that they'd get a less waxy complexion sooner than later... suddenly it all seemed too real.

I needed something less real.

So i put on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and was giggling in bed. Laughing uncontrollably. Jeff Greene is probably my favorite side-kick ever. He's perfect. Nothing Larry can do is wrong. He will take Larry's side on basically anything (except when it comes to dressing like Wizard of Oz characters). He adds nothing to grounding Larry. He feed's his crazy. He's warm and thoughtful. He's great. Sometimes I wonder if I'm Larry or David when I'm talking to Karen. Neither one of us will really disagree with the other ever, and almost always take a person's side on basically anything (sometimes we disagree on what party to go to or some shit). Thoughts on this Karen?

IS THIS HELL?

You've probably heard Gurj freak out about this band before, and I gotta back her love. This is Hell's new album is out now! When it comes to hardcore music and songs that sound like "roooooar!" then this is it... and even if you're not, you can still find something to appreciate in this.

DO IT FOR THE KIIIIIICKs



You don't even have to read Marc Spitz' amazing book Too Much Too Late to enter this contest, but, it wouldn't hurt since the book is truly fucking great.

Click the banner to find out how to enter the contest by writing the song that the fictionalized version of me falls in love with.



Also, on a totally different note -- can someone re-design my blog for me? I've been told that i'm missing out on this whole "putting ads on blogs" thing (i told the person "i had text link ads from adbrite once, but Evelyn Bateman said i was a sell out so i took them down") and now i'm ready to sell out/cash in... or whatever terms you people feel comfortable with. If you think i'm gonna change my content, you'll be happy to know that the content changes nearly daily! Uh...

I got the new Girls Gone Wild DVD (i get a new one in the mail every month... there's a collection that i just give away to ppl when they come over). ANYWAY... This one is about Sex Starved College Girls. They're girls! in college! and they're sex starved! Try to think of Larry David and Jeff Greene from Curb Your Enthusiasm getting excited about this, and maybe you'll find it funny. Anyway, it's sitting on my coffee table now, and I just thought I'd share that with you. Oh, an no, i don't plan on taking porn ads. Unless they pay well. Maybe hipster porn ads.

WALK IN SILENCE

Word'em Up!

The Saints + Lovers single is FINALLY available! Horay!

it contains their cover of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" that might be the best cover of that song I've ever heard. No joke.

The single is $4 and contains 3 songs. The CD sleeves were all hand painted works of art, seriously gorgeous, by Jordana the Intern. Truly one of a kind. Absolutely amazing.

HOT TAMALE

Brad Walsh is a man of many talents, and interviewing is definitely one of them.

Check out this interview with Ollie Stone of the Oohlas. It was a delight to read.

SL PHONE HOME

I'm writing this from a very comfortable bed in Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, to be exact. I'm here for something confidential, but I've met people I feel confident I will stay friends with once I leave. I called my boyfriend last night explaining to him the liberating feeling of walking by a person, extending your hand and introducing yourself and then just talking to them. about anything. there is never an issue that you're butting into a conversation. There's never the feeling that you're intruding. People are happy to meet you, and you're happy to meet them -- a feeling i've lost with age. It's really great to sort of feel like i did when i was 20 and all I wanted to do, desperately, was make friends. These days, when I try to do something like that -- walk up to a group of people (or even just one person) and introduce myself, i feel like i'm unwelcomed. I feel like I'm about to be the butt of their jokes. I fear that I will end up being written about on their blog or on a message board (it's happened... feeding into my paranoia -- just the other day i read a really mean comment about me on a msg board and realized it was by some dude that tried to take me home ... his wife was out of town... i disgustingly turned him down ... and he disgustingly ripped me a new asshole on ilm) So, I've learned to just hang back. Keep my mouth shut. Avoid as many social situations as possible. Stick to my couch where it's safe.

Yeah, hopefully, this weekend will repair the damage of age.

By the way, not all people with giant, gorgeous teeth are Morman, but it appears, so far, that all Mormans have giant, gorgeous white teeth. It's such a wonderful trait. Some celebrity examples to back my theory: Donnie and Marie Osmond, Brandon Flowers, John Heder.... there are more I'm sure. As someone with little wolf-teeth who is obsessed with giant chompers, I'm in teeth examining heaven!

Buy the New Young Love single!

That's right. It's for sale now. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU?
You can be the proud owner of the first Young Love release EVER. You've heard me, my interns, and Gurj, talk endlessly about how fucking genius this dude is and now uh... you can find out for real.

Click the Button Above to purchase the Young Love single for $4
Tracks:
1. Tragedy
2. We Want Drugs
3. Find a New Way (demo)
The single's sleeve is covered in glow in the dark sand and mirrors. there's a little added surprise in the cd... it's a good time. And you can hear "Tragedy" and "Find a New Way" on Young Love's Myspace page.

ALSO: There will be a party celebrating the release of the single next Thursday, May 18 at the Annex (152 Orchard St. btw Stanton and Rivington). Young Love's singer, Dan Keyes, will be doing a DJ set. Rob Hitt from Midtown/iSurrender Records will be DJing as well. AND it will be Brandon Reilly's birthday celebash. He's turning 25. Wow!

THAT'S NOT ALL In the month of June at the Annex for Stolen Transmission, we're going live show crazy:
June 1 - Damone
June 8 - Young Love (live!)
June 15 - Young Love (live!)
June 22 - Young Love (live!)

Um, yeah, that's right. Young Love is doing a residency at Stolen Transmission! Gurj will be there with endless panties to throw at him. Be there to catch them before he does.

See you tonight at Gurj's birthday???

PS - Saints + Lovers' single for their Joy Division cover of "Atmosphere" will be on sale on monday. You know you're excited.

I HEART YOU

something to do tonight after work:

KAREN COINED: EMORBID SLANG

(the above photo was taken from monkeycat... yes, monkeycat)

I'm honored that New York Magazine named me one of the most influencial new yorkers, but that hasn't taken the pressure to get married off me from my father:
"I am proud of you, I wish you luck and happiness in everything you do.
Mom and I always feet that you are on the right track, doing the right things and maintaining the high standard expected from you.
Keep up the good work and continue making us happy and proud .

Dad


(FIND A HUSBAND ALREADY)"

Hahahahah. Amazing. I'm happy I finally made him proud! He may have to wait for the husband bit tho.

I haven't givent a really great diary-like entry in a while, so I'm gonna start that again i think cause my brain has the worst memory and over the weekend karen IMed me to say she just looked at a bunch of photos in a photo album and said "we've got a great life." She's right. I'm happy for every day of my life.... but i can never remember shit.

Friday night I met up with Brandon in the West Village. We went walking around and looking at puppies in the pet shops. There was still the male Brussells Griffon at Puppies and Parrots on Christopher Street and I nearly started crying as i saw it spooning with a little boston terrier. Seeing all those little puppies is hard. I miss my departed Maxine and cry almost every day about her. Everyone in my family does. She was the little sister, the daughter, the baby. I just stare at those little shih-tzu's in the store and want to start things all over again. Brandon had to drag me out of the store by the hand as i looked back teary. But I know that the right thing to do is to get a dog from a shelter if I'm ever REALLY ready for a dog.

We skipped out on seeing Art School Confidential and met up with Joe and Jenne at the Lion's Den to see Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. As you might imagine, when it comes to reggea, i'm not really the genre's #1 fan. Suuuuuuure, Matisyahu is cool and a crazy hasid and I can kinda appreciate that. But when it comes to hearing bands that about 100 crazy hippies who do that hippy dance know, I don't know what's good technically, but i can tell you what i like, and I liked them.

I was exhausted after the show that Brandon and I just went back to 3A. I'm so tired these days. Late nights seem like a distant memory to me.

Saturday was a gorgeous day for a memorial. Since a lot of Ben Chappel's friends couldn't make it down for his funeral last month, his friends decided to throw a little mid-day tribute to him at Hanger bar, a bar owned by his good friends Betsy and Natalka. Inside the bar and hanging outside were all his friends who came to celebrate the life of their friend. The walls were lined with photos of him ranging from him as a wee one in the bath tub with his sister, to all the other women in his life and Jeff Tweedy. It was a lovely tribute.

I then hopped in a cab and made my way to Bamboozle just in time to see Permanent Me, who are just blowing my mind these days. Them now, compared the them when I first saw them play is like night and day. They exude confidence and write amazing pop songs that would make Rivers Cuomo jealous. My good friend Rob Hitt is putting out their EP on i Surrender (their LP will be out on ST later this year), and the EP was selling like hot motherfucking cakes. You can see them on the road with Cartel starting tomorrow. Do it. Trust. And buy their EP here at Smartpunk.

Unfortunately, because of the memorial, I missed Monty. Missing a Monty show is like knowing that you could have a massive vat of the best ice cream and getting to it by the time it melts. The best thing about the bands on my label is that they're really good. I like that about them. Haha.

At around 1:30 am, Karen came over to 3A to meet up with me, Brandon and Brian. We had a quickie drink of pink wine and went over to Misshapes where we stood in the corner and sexually harassed everyone around us. Petey Wentz was there. He's cute. He's no wiL aideN tho, and that's why we went (well, for wiL and Leslie's DJ set, of course). at about 3:30 we all left. I think.

Sunday I returned to Bampoodle with Brandon and we were greeted with the rumors that an older man had tragically passed away during Fallout Boy's set. The concept is completely terrible when you imagine that he was probably there with his kids and trying to have a great time with them. So sad. I hope it's not true.

I spent most of the time with my friend brooke drinking beers and trying to pretend that I'm a 20 year old just like she is. Getting around Bamboozle when you're my age is hard, I dont know how kareN, jennY, gurJ, norA, and briaN did it. Oh wait, yes I do. They got around so much because they were stalking wiL from Aiden! Everyone one of those shits chickened out in getting a photo with him DESPITE being about 3 feet from him constantly. When gurJ, brookE, and myselF made it to the catering to eat, i spotted wiL in the emorbid flesh eating while wearing red makeup. I was stoked out of my fucking face, but lacking a camera, so I let him eat and just got over excited. Brandon and Ryan met up with us and couldn't believe how in a matter of 3 days we had turned wiL into a hipster icon. ironic or not, he quickly became the most anticipated band dude to possibly decend upon Misshapes... Anyway, I think that after Gurj's report from the Panic! at the Disco show, she's moved her obsession from wiL to Brendan, the fallen morman.

We came home after Bamboozle, leaving the Bam and the booze behind us. I was exhuasted, but stayed up til 2am watching the Wilco movie "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart."

By the way, last night I was taking the subway listening to my iPod on shuffle when a pretty and gentle female voice appeared in my head singing "you broke my heart" over and over again like a little angel. I looked at my iPod and found the name Lavender Diamond scrolling across my screen. You know when you're feeling a certain way: happy, in love, heart broken, sad... something about a piece of music can move you to tears? This was one of those moments. I don't know how the EP found it's way into my iPod, but I sure am glad it did.

Oh, and this photo makes me happy... check out the t-shirt Jessica is wearing!

She loves ST music!

Anyone else have a picture of them wearing this shirt??? send to me!

Thank you Julie Pietrangelo for this link to Daily Puppy.
Which led me to this link to Pandavix.
And this link to Adorablog.

Oh dear...

NICK SNOW, ARE YOU DRUNK ALREADY?

<- This is my roommate Gurj Bassi. Her birthday is on friday and we're celebrating on thursday. So if you would like kiss her and shower her in gifts of affection, you can:
Thursday 11 May
11pm til she passes out
The Annex, 152 Orchard St (between Stanton and Rivington)
No cover charge, no RSVP, just turn up in your birthday suits

I love you.

PUTTING THE LINKAGE TO SOME USE

Hello new readers.

This is Buddy:


Buddy is the adorable mascot of a fantastic blog called CityRag. He was saved from an animal shelter that is on it's way to losing it's funds and closing down. As an animal lover, this killed me (you have to see Alex's immitation of me looking at photos of dogs online that need rescuing... he even manages to look like he's crying like i do!).

Go to this link on CityRag and donate. $2, $10, $100... anything will probably help these people out.

Thanks!

WHY DONT YOU DO SOMETHIN?

The nerds I get to totally fucking nerd out with about music hit me up this weekend to let me know that Muse's first single "Supermassive Black Hole" leaked onto limewire. Super music nerd fans are usually the biggest, gayest, geekiest flock of muse fans. Especially emo dudes. Can someone explain to me why so many dudes in emo bands would get down on their knees and suck Matt's dong at a drop of a hat? Not that i dont think he's a fucking genius, but it's all a very hilarious phenomenon.

Anyway, I think "supermassive black hole" sounds like Britney Spears' "Do Somethin'" ...

Click here to decide for yourself.

EDIT: OMG it looks like someone else heard the similarity and mashed the two songs together!!! LISTEN HERE to the supermassive black dong

THOUGHTS?

Did anyone watch LOST the othernight? I would type more, but i dont want to spoil it for anyone, so lets continue this in the comments section for those of us who saw it.

if you dont watch LOST, download it now on itunes before the weather gets too good that you dont want to leave your house ...

YOU'RE SO EMO

no. you are.

OK, if you've ever seen the Tarts of Pleasure DJ, or wish you have... vote for us by clicking here.

There's a band playing annex tonight (may 4) for Stolen transmission. They have to be unannounced cause they're going on tour with AFI soon, and their name isn't Dillinger Escape Plan and the singer lives in my apt. They go on at 12:30. Free. 152 Orchard St (btw Stanton and Rivington).

Please add Leslie Simon to your myspace. She's an editor at Alternative Press and one of the coolest girls out there. She invented emo. true story. Then go see her DJ on saturday with a bunch of emo bands at misshapes. emo. emo. emo. Dudes from AFI, Thursday, Men Women and Children, and she told Gurj that she'd bring wiL Aiden.

What else is going on????

hmm... Young Love's single is going on sale soon. I wanna do a release party at Stolen Transmission since he is our number one fan. Yippee!

see you at bamboozle?

NERDS ONLY POST

For those who like watching LOST (and have dreams about it like me), you gotta check out this message board thread. Apparently, in the UK (where they're just beginning season 2), they ran a commercial for the Hanso Foundation that was supposed to appear to be just a regular TV ad. If you were sharp, you caught the number (0800 66 66 40), and called it. Well, just go to the message board to see what happens when you call, or try for yourself (for those dialing from the us: 011-44-800-66-66-40). i hit option #5 and got goosebumps. At least there are some clues about where they are and why.

I'm so excited for tonight's episode that I actually had a dream inspired by Lost. I was on the island with everyone on the show, and oddly enough, Matt Rubano. A few of the women decided to make rafts to see how far they could paddle out and swim back. Meanwhile, a bunch of us found a hut on the island and i found a little dog (yay), but i was scared of it (boo). Dakota from Life With an Astronaut showed up and he and Matt found guitars and started playing "bloody up your dress" from the band the Medics, which was beyond trippy and surreal. Then Matt tried to kiss me. When I told him i had a boyfriend he said "you wont be seeing him anytime soon." Way to go Matt. Scamming in my dreams. Needless to say, i stayed loyal to my mizz-an.

Also, this might rule your life a bit:

WE DREAM OF COMMON SENSE

Incase you were really anxious to hear new Bright Light Fever music, you are in luck. And if you haven't ever heard BLF before, this might make your undies a bit stokies:



If you're in the Sacramento area, you need to go see them live. Seriously.
Saturday May 6th
@ The Underground Cafe in Roseville

Shiny Toy Guns
Kill Hannah
Clear Static
Bright Light Fever

All Ages. Show Starts at 8pm.

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Lee Hazelwood. Ever since listening to Lee and Nancy Sinatra's "Some Velvet Morning" -- which Lee wrote, but i found out about the track because of the Primal Scream cover -- I've found myself completely drawn to his voice. It's probably the voice that Ian McCulloch based his own impeccable voice, and maybe one of the most gorgeous male voices aruond. It's thick like molassas and passionate like a panther. I highly recommend you download "Some Velvet Morning" from iTunes, especially if you're even remotely an Echo & the Bunnymen fan.

Yesterday I came home and cut my hair with a razor along side Gurj. I was going for a sort of Natalie Imbruglia circa "Torn" hair-did, and I think I may have actually come close to accomplishing that. I'm impressed. Something I wish I had when I was in high school that would've made me infinitely happier is a fucking hair straightener. My hair straightener is my most loved styling apparatus. It's just a cheap revlon hair straightener, but it works wonders and no matter what haircut i have, it makes it look way better.

After doing this I went with Karen to see Cold War Kids at Pianos. They're playing there again tonight and tomorrow night, and I really recommend them. They're a four piece from LA that sound like an old Black soul band from the south circa-a long time ago. I think someone was actually playing a beer bottle at one point. Anyway, go to their myspace page and check them out. I really enjoyed the show and it was the first showcase I've been to in a while and loved. Also, Shandi from America's Next Top Model DJs at Pianos on monday... 80s music. Sounded pretty decent. I wanna find all the Top Models that moved to NYC and have them DJ the annex one thursday. If you're one of those girls, please email me: sarahlewitinn@gmail.com

After Pianos, Karen and I came back to mine so i could give her my old laptop that I bought a couple years ago off craigslist that smells like B.O.. It's seriously offensive. Everytime I open it, people are like "omg, is your laptop sweating? how does it smell like B.O?" It works ok, and has a massive hard drive of 10 gigs (WOW!). We sat around discussing Aiden. Not even their music as much as how much the singer of Aiden looks like Carlos D.

(in other words... how is Jenny Penny NOT OBSESSED with them?)

Tonight I'm going with the above mentioned Penny of Jenny to see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Hammerstein... then maybe Thursday at Irving... then maybe Dita Von Tiesse with Trent, the most famous Mexican in all of blogland.

Oh, I really hate having "secret" shows at the Annex, and I'm really sorry to do this, but a lot of times our friends wanna play Stolen Transmission but they can't announce it because they have another show in the city in the near future and contracts say "no advertised show" and shit like that. Even when they're your roommate...

So, with that, Karen's former roommate and one of the current residents of Apartment 3a (so you know, the people that live in 3a are: josh madden, gurj bassi, me, brandon reilly) is in a band. His (or her) band is going on tour very soon with a band that's not Aiden, but wears make-up. I may have put out this band's single.

BAND I CANT ANNOUNCE
At Stolen Transmission
Thursday, May 4.
The Annex (152 Orchard st. btw Stanton & Rivington)
12ish.
FREE SHOW
21 +


Also, I got great news: I managed to convince Young Love (aka Dan Keyes) to let me release a single on Stolen Transmission! Only 250 of them. There are 3 songs: "Tragedy", "We Want Drugs", and "Find A New Way (demo)". i'm gonna put them on sale on monday i think. I'm stoked out of my face. The singles are covered in glow-in-the-dark sand and mirrors.


Hopefully, i'll be able to put the Saints + Lovers single for sale too! Had a bit of an issue with the master recording (ie: it's gone missing), so i need to buy a new one. Kids, get organized or it may cost you. The single includes a cover of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" that will blow your mind and the CD sleevs are hand painted works of art created by the genius Jordana the Intern.


umm... I think that's it for now.

I love you?

SUPER OLD MCR VID!

GO HERE TO SEE IT: Stolen Transmission

I was going through some of my cds at home and I found this awesome piece of fun in one of my cd spools. I know that this technically has nothing to do with Stolen Transmission, BUT it kinda does. MCR and ST go way back... This video was taken for me by my friend Chris Kelly at one of MCR's first shows at an American Legion Hall in Cresskill, NJ. This was back when I was working with the band (which is why you'll find my name and old phone number at the end) back in maybe january or february 2002, just when Frankie had joined the band. Apart from that history, Mikey is a regular at the Stolen Transmission party... so it's fitting. Anyway, enjoy. xo sarah lewitinn

A SHIT TON OF STUFFS

Go to the Stolen Transmission website to hear the Oohlas newest song and a video that they made for it using footage from their trip to New York. The song is called "Tripped" and it's one of the best songs I've ever heard in my life. Before you sue me for hyperbole, you need to hear the song, and then you'll be like "you know, sarah, you're right."



OK, so possibly one of the best stories i'll ever tell (which is remarkable, cause i'm known in most circles as one of America's worst story tellers):

I took monday off after working 8 consecutive days from the morning til 2am every day mixing the oohlas record. So for brunch I went with Brandon to La Palapa (you must, must, must try their Huevos Rancheros Verdes asap), and then we went to St. Marks cause for whatever reason, I thought it'd be a good idea to get my nose pierced.

So we're walking home and crossing Houston when a car cuts us off and honks at us. So naturally, Brandon gave the driver the finger and the car pulled aside. I look inside and then realize that my mom was the one driving! I had no clue that Brandon gave her the finger so I turn to him and go "OH MY GOD! IT'S MY MOM! This is perfect! Now you can finally meet her!" So we walk over to the car, my mom rolls down the window and says to Brandon "I saw what you did!" in a playful voice. He basically throws himself into the car through the window to give her a hug and apologize. I turn to him and say "huh? what did you do?" he explained and i doubled over laughing. Meanwhile, my mom really didn't care at all. She was more concerned about my nose ring, which she hated. "You're not 17 or 18! that looks ridiculous! take it out!" I was too busy laughing at Brandon to care what she thought. What's amazing is that he'd been so concerned about meeting my mom and making the perfect first impression, and this was it. She said "this is the perfect way to meet. no set up. totally natural."

Well, at least she thought he was cute.

HELLO

This is what will happen in a 24 hour span of my life, starting from last night at 10pm.

- 10pm - Sat at the Shed studio where the Oohlas record was getting mixed and listend to 11 of 12 finished songs. Blew my mind. This record is seriously on another level, I can't even begin to explain how amazing it is. I actually said "this record is going to make people eat their own cum." Yeah... classy. But in all seriousness, I had an idea that this record was going to be amazing, but I had NO idea it was going to be this intensely incredible. Plus, this is my first ever completed record (save for the mastering part). Next up is Bright Light Fever, which will fucking flip me out as well. Anyway, i'm really proud.

- 11:30pm - went home to get dressed and pick up my music for djing at misshapes.

- 1am - Arrive at Misshapes. Say hi to some people before getting my shit set up to DJ. Get told by Leigh "Axl Rose is coming here. He's going to be sitting over there. PLAY ALL THE HITS."

- 1:30am - I'm busting out my greatest hits collection and decide to throw in some George Michael's "Freedom 90." I turn to my left and see Axl on his feet singing along at the top of his lungs. Sean Dak comes over and points out Axl as well. Me, him, and Jackson kinda freak out.

- 1:50am - DJ Jess, the next DJ, comes up to me and says that he heard that Axl is digging my set. My mind is blown.

- 2:15am - Jump into a cab and head back to the studio to hear the final mix of "The Rapid." I'm greeted at the elevator by Greg Oohlas who rushes me to the mixing board to listen as it's printing. Perfect timing. I lay my head at the deck and start tearing.

- 3am - Head back to the apt with the oohlas and gurjy wurgy. Sorta freak out over the recrod. Go right to sleep cause i'm so drizzunk.

- 11:30am - wake up and take a shower. order breakfast. Spend some QT with the Oohlas before they leave.

- 2pm - Brandon arrives back home. I run downstairs to help him bring his luggage up to our apt. When we get back to the elevator on our floor, the Oohlas are standing there to greet Brandon, say good bye to us, and fly home.

- 3pm - Brandon and I play with Bella, the cat for a few hours and eat lunch.

- later tonight - we're going to Sin-e To see a secret BRAND NEW SHOW!!!! I'm so excited, I can't even tell you.

OK, more to come later. I'm stoked on life right now, you have no idea.

THIS REMINDS ME

I'm DJing Misshapes on saturday, i think.

TONIGHT

Nick Snow made this flyer for me. Duh.

HOLY SHIT

Imagine my surprise when i read the byline of this article about TomKat!

Yes, that's my other brother, Albert. The oldest of the bunch, with whom I lived with for about 2 years on and off on his couch on the Upper West Side (you should've seen me walk into his posh building every night at 4am with makeup smeared all over my face and an outfit that probably made the doormen giggle). I had NO CLUE that he writes for CNN.com, did you, Lawrence?

Here's a photo of me and my brothers, Albert and Lawrence.

LOLOCUAST!

Holy fucking shit of cats in a blanket.

Bright Light Fever have a new video on their website that's fucking hysterical.

OOOOOOH! I WANT THIS!!!


Look at that baby! I want that baby now! OMG, i've never felt my ovaries ache so badly until this very moment. Brandon, i hope you're reading this cause uh... "i think it's time that you should know...". (EDIT: new NOY video for "The Days Go By Oh So Slow")

That photo comes from Nick Snow's friend, Emily Driskill, whom at 20 years old, is a fucking remarkable rock photographer. I'm going to make all the ST bands holla at her when they're in Texas. Holy Moses.

OMFG

I appreciate all my interns more than they'll ever know because they fucking rock more than any other interns on this earth. They're specially selected after numerous tests on many things and after several recommendations from various psychics (one of those psychics being me).

I just want to take this chance to focus a bit on Nick Snow (don't worry Sasha, Jordana, and Jackson, you will get your chance too, but right now, it's Nick).

Nick Snow is the funniest motherfucker I've ever met. There isn't one day when he hasn't thrown either me, alex, or gurj in to a fit on convulsions. I've had friends THANK ME for introducing them to him. I've had nights when I thought I couldn't smile end in nights where I found myself in tears of hysterical laughter thanks to him.

If you're smart, you will either befriend him, girlfriend him, or hire him to do whatever it is that he thinks you should hire him to do.

The end.

FOR REAL FOR REAL... WORD

I know that I've pimped this party before, but I'm serious. It's one of the coolest parties I've been to in NYC. It's totally different than anything else I've ever been. That's why I'm helping promote it. I really, really, really suggest you go.

MONKEY PEOPLE

Men, Women and Children everywhere will love the Men, Women & Children video... which I think the singer, TJ, came up with the concept for.

See It Here. I'm so stoked on that video.

Another video i'm stoked on is Taking Back Sunday's "Make Damn Sure."

Are there any budding video directors here? I think we might do a contest at Stolen Transmission with music videos, but that's still in the works... HOWEVER, never hesitate to make some videos for our bands. Macs are awesome for that. You can put them up on youtube.com and email me the link at sarah.lewitinn@umusic.com ... i'll post them here and on stolentransmission.com and shit. I'm a big fan of those emo stick figure videos, hint hint.

LOL @ that MW&C photo! Nice accessories boys!

THINGS I WANT BURIED IN MY BACKYARD

Congratulations to Nightmare of You for winning the Yahoo!s "who's next" thing!

You can see the hot boys perform and do an interview here.

I'm gonna smooosh their little faces in!

I just got back from Sacramento. Read about my trip here. Oh, and once you're on the website, please post on the message board. it's fun. yay!

HAPPY PASSOVER!

NEW STOLEN TRANSMISSION MESSAGE BOARD

My hot canadian friend Justin from SceneSpin set up a fucking great message board for Stolen Transmission since the one that we're currently using blows massive donkey dicks.

Please start posting and have fun and be cheeky. Make friends and enemies. Talk about music. Find some young love and shit like that.

RIGHT HERE

Thank you!

SORRY BOY

My apologies to my boyfriend because not only did I suddenly decide to attempt to eat as much as humanly possible (seriously, i'm eating when I'm not even hungry, just cause) and will probably be twice the size of the girl you left at home before tour, but I'm going to be sharing a bed with this bombshell for a week:


Ollie Stone. Ollie of the Oohlas. Olivia. Olive juice.
Me + Her - You = word.

Wanna see more photos of her and the two other men of the Oohlas that I'll be sharing a room with for a week? Here are Ollie, Mark, and Greg:
PHOTOS

THESE TRAVELS

I'm leaving for Sacramento today for the day. 24 hours. I'm going to the Casa De Bright Light Fever to hear a new track or two and the songs that they're recording for their debut record on Stolen Transmission. For anyone that likes the band The Bronx, you'll be excited to find out that Joby Ford from the Bronx is producing it. I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I have a tendancey to repeat myself. It even annoys me.

Speaking of things on my label, if any of you are in Hamden, CT this friday, GO SEE PERMANENT ME AND MONTY AT THE SPACE!

Go. Seriously. Run. Hurry.

Also, did anyone see American Idol this weekend? I missed it and finally looked at the website and saw that Mandisa was kicked off. Whoa. How did the judges react to this? Someone please tell me!

THE FIRST TRANSMISSION

Monty finished recording their debut album for Stolen Transmission and turned it in today. I took a poop on it.

Just kidding, I punch my stereo speakers and threw them at my intern's head and said "YOU TRY MAKING A RECORD AS GOOD AS THIS! NOW GO GET ME SOME FUCKING COFFEE!!!!"

You can watch the video they made in honor of the end of the recording of the album with Matt Squire (panic! at the disco). It's so fucking sweet and cute, it's disturbing.

Watch it here.

Hey Ollie, I have a really important question for you that I'm going to publically ask you on my blog: You're going out the front door, not the back door, but haven't you ever heard of closing a Goddamn door?

And Gurj, I want you to show me a little bit of spark you've been saving for your bed post.

(two people will think that's funny: gurj and ollie).

TART BRUT



My Brother Lawrence helps me prove the neopotism isn't dead by performing a guest DJ spot tonight at STOLEN TRANSMISSION at The Annex (153 Orchard btw Rivington and Stanton... lower east side).

Joining him will be every hipster's favorite band ART BRUT!!! If you want to hear the song "we formed a band" you just might hear it from stage rather than the dj booth... at about 1am. hint. hint.

FROM NOW ON

Brad Walsh is my new favorite party photographer.

I'm hopped up on allergy meds... i would write more but my brain is not working.

WAR GAMES

Gideon Yago had been MIA from my life for about a year or 3 cause everytime I called him he was like "I'm going to Iraq tomorrow night, I can't hang," or "I'm going down to New Orleans to help with relief efforts," or "Please tell Dan I can't make it to his wedding tonight... I'm scheduled to interview the President." You know, normal shit like that.

Anyway, just like the rest of us, Gideon now has a Flickr account filled with photos from his travels. From a truckload of young eyeliner clad afghani boys, to a friend immitating Nicole Richie, there are tons of gorgeous photos up there that I suggest you check out.

ACROSS THE STARS

I just updated the news section of the Stolen Transmission website. Please go check it out.

While on the topic of Stolen Transmission... If any of you got an i<3Music T-shirt from the SXSW party, please take a photo of yourself wearing it and send it to me.

And, if you go to any of our band's myspace pages (The Oohlas, Permanent Me, Monty, Bright Light Fever), you'll notice that you can listen to AND add their songs to your myspace page. If you add their song to your myspace page, send me an email with your address and my space address so i can send you a super special Stolen Transmission goodie bag.

HEARTS ARE LIGHT

Someone new that I've met that I really enjoy the company of, is Nightmare of You's guitar tech, Big Brother Mike (or Hot Mike as brandon and i call him). This is BBM:


Now, apart from looking like the twin of my friend Patrick from Youth Group, he also rules because he's just as obsessed with Lost as Brandon and I are... which is to say a lot (so much so, that it's infiltrated our dreams). Also, Mike is an amazing photographer who entertained us all with slide shows of his photography from the current NOY tour and tours he's been on with other bands. He spent ages on the road with the Get Up Kids and combined a bunch of photos from a tour to make a little video that's actually really fucking cool. I asked BBM to post it on YouTube so i could share it. He did.



Also, Sasha the Intern sent me a link to an RPG blog about me... There are a few of those that I sometimes peek at (well, attempt to, but i can't really since they never accept my friendship on those things so i can't read the "friend only" blogs that are about my life... kinda ironic)... This one is like the Passions version of my life. Apparently I was dating Josh Madden and then cheated on him with Gurj. I'm also the mother of Josh's baby... and he left me when I cheated on him with Gurj... Gurj and I also broke up. No word yet on where/when/if Brandon fits into the equation, but apparently he's dating Michelle Nolan of Straylight Run on all these RPGs. So I'm dating Josh all over the internet and Brandon's dating Michelle all over the internet, and Gurj is a little homewrecker. Fucking amazing.

If anyone reading this is role-playing me, will you accept me as a friend so i can keep tabs on my fake life???

NEVER EVER

It never gets easier dealing with death. You run out of tears after a while, but it never becomes easy. Especially when its one of your friends. There's shock and denial. You tell yourself that it's a temporary thing. You call your friend and leave him a voice mail telling him that you miss him and want to see him soon. You pace outside the last apartment you knew he lived in, hoping to catch him on his way out. And then it hits.

For me, it hit when I was in Brandon's tour van driving from Philly to DC. We passed Ben's home-city, Baltimore, on the way and that's when the tears started welling up. I focused my eyes on the ceiling, quietly telling myself what happened, as if I had been on an emotional leave, and eventually burying my hysterical face in my boyfriend's chest as he tries to console me.

The next day I boarded a train from DC to Baltimore to attend the funeral of my friend Ben. And all I can remember is him wrapping his arms around me and kissing every inch of my body in the most loving and playful way possible. All I can remember is him padding around my apartment fixing things as I proudly called him the apartment 3a houseboy. All I can remember is the squintiness of his eyes and the curves of his mouth.

A lot of people knew Ben Chappel. A lot more women knew him than anyone could ever imagine. He was enigmatic and charming. Sometimes confusing. Always painfully smart.

I never want to bury a friend again. I never want to say goodbye forever, again. Not this young. I'm so sorry, Ben. I'm so sorry.

Ben's photos.
Ben's mypsace.
A cute site that Ben made.


(Lizzy and Ben)