POPSERIOUSNESS

There's a new website called PopSerious that i'm contributing to along with some really cool people. There's a bunch of columns, and the column i'm contributing is called The Bullshit Gourmet. My posting should be up shortly, but here's a preview:

FIRST POST!:

The Bullshit Gourmet

What is the Bullshit Gourmet?
The Bullshit Gourmet is easy, cheap, and delicious food that you can make on your own. If I can make it, you can make it.

Balsamic Pasta Salad

What You'll Need:

1/2 - 3/4 cups of Balsamic Vinegar (depending on your taste)
2 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 lb Fusilli Pasta
3/4 of a chunk of Polly-O Mozzarella Cheese
1/4 cup of cilantro
3 Bell Peppers of any color
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Cutting board
1 Large bowl
Knife
Large Sauce pan
1 colander


First put the balsamic pasta and oil into the large bowl.


Chop up the peppers


Chop the cilantro and put the cilantro and peppers into the large bowl.


Chop up the mozzarella


Put the Mozz in the bowl


Stir the peppers, cilantro, cheese, balsamic vinegar, and oil together and let sit. Add salt and pepper to taste.


Boil a few quarts of water in the sauce pan and then put the pasta in. Let cook for like, 7 or 8 minutes, or until al dente (which means it's edible but not mushy). Rise and drain the pasta in cold water so that the pasta is no longer warm. Pour the pasta into the bowl with the peppers and mozz.

I forgot to take a picture of the end result because I'm dumb.

But here are photos of my friend Chris Black eating the pasta salad and enjoying it:




SECOND POST:
The Bullshit Gourmet

What is the Bullshit Gourmet?
The Bullshit Gourmet is easy, cheap, and delicious food that you can make on your own. If I can make it, you can make it.

Tempura Bananas with Vanilla Yogurt

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

3/4 cups of ice cold water
2 cups of tempura batter
4 bananas
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 cups of vegetable oil
1 small cooking pot
1 small mixing bowl


Mix together the cold water, tempura batter, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and sugar.


Slice the bananas and stir into tempura batter mixture.


Make sure banana slices are totally coated and covered

Boil the vegetable oil.


With a pair of tongs or a fork, drop a piece of the tempura coated banana into the boiling oil. Be careful! You can put about 3 or 4 pieces in at a time. Pull out hte pieces when they turn a golden brown like the ones in the photo above.


when you pull them out they'll look like zeppoli's doughnuts or something.


my artsy photo of them.


Place a bunch of the fried bananas into the bottom of a bowl.


Put a few scoops of vanilla yogurt on top of the bananas.


Try looking as cute as Gurj when eating it!!!!

CLOVERFEILD

I went to see the monster movie, Cloverfeild, on monday night. As a superinsane fan of LOST, i was expecting a lot from JJ Abrams and I was pretty pleased. I would've done the movie a bit differently where the NYC theater ending would be different than any other ending shown.

Anyway, me, gurj, brandon and vin decided to make our own version of cloverfeild as soon as we walked out of the movies. We're such fucking losers, but this is kinda funny.

SLEDDING IN PARK CITY!

Me, Geordon Nicol, Leigh Lezark, Brad Walsh and my buddy Wyatt Bozwell, blew up an inflatable mattress and walked it up a hill (covered in 3 feet of snow) and rode it down. It was so much fun! Enjoy the videos.

ROLLIN WITH THE HORRORS!

I went to Sundance to watch over the Horrors and make sure they were taken care of, fed, and given free schwag... along the way we got to see the gorgeous documentary that Nylon's Editor In Chief, Marvin Scott Jarrett, did. Here are photos from the 2 days I spent with the boys. It was so much fun. I love them.

Click on images to enlarge (even if it says that the flickr image doesnt work, it does when you click on it. i dont know why that's happening... ANNOYING!).

for more photos AND video, go to StolenTransmission.com

I LOVE JOSHUA!

This blog is dedicated to Joshua from the Horrors.

that's all.

VINYL SLEEVE HEADS!

My buddy Gideon sent me this amazing link to Yadogg of people posing with Vinyl Sleeves as heads.

So i thought I'd do my own:


Here are some great ones on the site:

BRANDON REILLY OR ZAC?

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

THE HORRORS DOCUMENTARY

NYLON Magazine's Editor, Marvin Scott Jarrett, did an amazing documentary about the Horrors' first full American tour called Counting In Fives. The doc will be premiering at Sundance on Friday!!!! I'll be there! I'm so excited!

This is such a big deal for Stolen Transmission Records, myself and everyone ever involved with the Horrors. It's such an honor!

Please take a second to check out the trailer for the doc... You might spot Jenny Penny in there in a very very very amusing scene:

"TV DINNER" COVER

Some band called Candy Attic did a delightful cover of the Oohlas' "TV Dinner" ... give it a listen: www.myspace.com/thecandyattic

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE!

The craziest shit happened to me on the subway on wednesday...

I had spent the majority of my day at the Norwood, this arts club on 14th street I got a fellowship to which has been doubling as the new Stolen Transmission office. I spent the day there with Rob and Jo, going over plans for the year, meeting with people, organizing shit, drinking the cheapest wine on the menu and feeling like a million bucks. I was caught up on sleep (finally), and excited to meet up with my former intern Courntey and her friend Derek for dinner with Jo.

Jo and I hopped on the 14th street A train at about 7:20 and were just chatting about how nice it was to see an old friend that came to visit us at the Norwood. I remember glancing up and seeing this older dude who looked a bit sickly with frazzled gray hair and rough skin and an odd demeanor... angry almost. 5 minutes later, at our next stop at West 4, Jo and I were walking off the train when I felt a gust of air hit my face. I looked up and saw that older sickly guy and said "Did you just blow in my face?" as sweetly and innocently as possible.
"You started it!" he said. I was confused.
"What do you mean? Why did you do that?"
And then he did it again!

Joanna saw the whole thing and pulled me out of the subway and we just stared at each other in disbelief. "Maybe you bumped into him?" she offered as a reason for his crazy.

We got to Vegetarian Paradise and sat down. I started eating my dinner and suddenly got a hot spell. I stood up and walked out of the restaurant to get some fresh air, and five minutes later I came back in and joked that I was old and going through menopause... and I noticed my throat started to feel sore.

About 10 minutes later I started feeling really ill again and said I had to leave immediately because I really wasnt feeling well. I paid for the dinner since I caused it's early end, and ran to a cab. I was feeling ok with the window open and the breeze hitting my face, but by the time I got to my corner on the LES I could hardly keep my eyes open cause I was in so much pain. I quickly paid my fare and ran to the building where i could hardly stand in the elevator. I thought I was for sure going to pass out.

I rushed through the door and puked three times.... everything out. I texted brandon who rushed home from Brooklyn only to find me in fetus position on the couch. I've been sick with like, a bad chest cold, sore throat, fucked up ears ever since!

BEWARE OF THE CRAZIES ON THE SUBWAY!

ME PLUS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

This is what I would look like if I was super loaded, was a former teen sensation, and actually got to fuck Kevin Federline.... it's also EXACTLY what I look like:



Britney Spears is totally biting my style!

OH HOW I LOVE ISIGHT

I just borrowed Josh's iSight and I've been trying to broadcast the stolen transmission parties on stickam, but the reception is never good at the Hanger Bar. So sad, but i guess it means that the scandals that happen in the DJ booth dont actually get broadcasted.

My first love affair with iSight happend when I saw all those kids on youtube singing along to their favorite songs and posting them online. It seems silly, but it's sort of entertaining.

PlayRadioPlay! decided to go with that concept with their video for "Compliment Each Other Like Colors," which was shot all on iSight and directed by Josh Mond (who brought his talent of ligthing to the fold). The end result was pretty cool. Check it:

THE SHINS IN TROUBS

Marty Crandall from the Shins was just arrested for domestic violence against his girlfriend, former Top Model Elyse Sewell.

It looks like someone got to his wikipedia page!

Incase someone changes it, here's a screenshot (click for a larger version):

THIS WILL AMUSE OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS

Check it out... some girl was on Dr. Phil cos she's obsessed with Josh's brother Joel. OMG, this is kinda amazing:



I was kind of the same way about Thom Yorke:

"i love his looks, his personality, his wonkey eye, his voice...."

I LOVE THE CARTOONS

Tonight me, peter and quinn were talking about our favorite block of cartoons: Ducktales, Gummi Bears, Chip n Dale.

Here are their theme songs:

PARTY TONIGHT

Faris from the Horrors Is DJing TONIGHT at Stolen Transmission with Ollie from the Oohlas!

The Hanger Bar
3rd st between B and C (nyc)
11pm - 4am.
Tonight tonight tonight
Also with DJs the Tarts of Pleasure

PRETTY GIRLS

Stolen Transmission Party photographer, Brad Walsh from Junk-Mag.com, came over to Stolen Transmission's new HQ (aka my apt) to take some gorgeous photos of Ryann Donnelley from Schoolyard Heroes and Ollie Stone from the Oohlas.

Click here to see them.

To see photos from past stolen transmission parties taken by Brad Walsh click here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

STOLEN TRANSMISSION PARTY TONIGHT!!!

You can be here with out being here!



brad walsh says: sarah lewitinn is a boozehound and i have had intercourse with her on several occasions.

karen says: this whole thing is a lie. sarah has never stopped drinking. ok maybe for like 20 mins or so but that was only because she was trying to figure out how to webcast this shizz.

LIVE FROM STOLEN TRANSMISSION

for those of you who cant make it to the Stolen Transmission party at Hanger Bar tonight! check it out!!! now you can watch it live!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE!

Sorry I've been so MIA. I guess I've been actually having too much fun with life lately, which is a good thing. I havent felt this calm and relaxed and back to myself in years. It feels amazing. I've been watching insane amounts of Law & Order and falling in love with Vincent Di'Onofrio. I've been going out to parties and walking into rooms dancing(!!!). I've been riding my bike and clipping coupons and cooking up storms. I made a salad with citrus dressing and tempura goat cheese balls and gnocchi (store bought) with gorgonzola sauce (from scratch!) Brandon's family bought me a 12-piece cooking set for the holidays and so, i'm a little too excited about that (thank you !!!!!). I've been living on a budget, but drinking champagne. I went to see Innerpartysystem open for the Bravery and stood up front and danced til I got dizzy and said hi to everyone i used to work with and gave them hugs and demanded that they buy me drinks. I was on this MTV2 show as a "celebrity judge" which made me laugh... but I predicted the winning band, which made me delighted. I went to NJ with IDJ peeps for Milo's Christmas party and was saddened by the lack of mexican items in his house... however, we arrived on his doorstep singing "Feliz Navidad". I went to Leigh's boyfriend's Max's housewarming party and then to Feng-Feng's Happy Ending party with Geo and was whisked to a table and had a bottle of champaign thrown infront of me. We saluted to life but i had to leave early since a "last toke ever" ruined my ability to stand. Last night i went to Joe Mccaffreys and his parents are amazing and decided to share their knowledge of alcohol/cheese/cookie pairings... so i had stilton cheese and primadonna cheese on oatmeal crackers paired up with port wine (which tastes a lot like manishewitz.... the kosher wine i drink on shabbat), and chocolate cookies with whiskey! I also tried espresso vodka for the first time and it's delish.

A lot of fun things have been happening and I need to document them! I need to document them here!

Tomorrow, Ollie Stone from the Oohlas and Ryann from Schoolyard Heroes are both coming to crash at the new ST headquarters (my apartment!). We're gonna have a little bit of a lost weekend, i think, that might last a week.

Today I came home from Brandon's family's place on Long Island and accidently took a full pill of adderoll (i've finally been diagnosed ADD), instead of my normal half pill and did 2 loads of dishes, made balsamic pasta salad, 5 loads of laundry, changed a lightbulb that's 12 feet high, cleaned the kitchen... woooooooooooah. I finally crashed after 2 glasses of champ, a glass of wine, and two beers. I was put in bed and woke up about an hour ago and started cleaning my bathroom.

Now I'm sitting in my livingroom, watching L&O, updating my blog, and waiting for Ollie to land in 1.5 hours. I'M SO EXCITED!

I need to sleep but i can't. ack!

If you've missed the friday night party at the hanger bar that karen and I throw, you've been missing a legitimately fun time. Its a friend-type hang, like orchard bar was, where you lose time, get drunk, have deep conversations in some corner, dance like a bar mitzvah kid, get boozed up, leave with stories.... last week Kele from Bloc Party showed up outta no where to DJ for a bit at like 3am. This week, Ollie from the Oohlas and Ryann from Schoolyard Heroes will be lending their musical tastes.

STOLEN TRANSMISSION FRIDAYS
The Hanger Bar
3rd street btw B and C. NYC
11pm - 4am.
Dec 28th. 2007.

DJs the Tarts of Pleasure (ultragrrrl & karenplusone), plus: Ryann from Schoolyard Heroes and Ollie from the Oohlas.

Now, time to find some Tylenol PM!

BUY MY SHIRT!

I designed this shirt a while ago and decided that since i've spent the whole week hungover, that i should finally make it. The shirt is $14.95.

WHY BARON RULES

Wednesday started off a little different than normal with Brandon leaving for a short UK tour. Additionally, I had a 1pm lunch date with my friend Ron in the garment district and had a terrible idea of attempting to ride my bike there. I hopped on my bike and everything seemed ok... I had my bike on a gear combo that was comfortable and was striding by nicely when suddenly, I became really tired. I trudged down the street getting more and more worn out, but figured that if I just kept with it, at least to the 1/9 subway, that I would've worked out enough to give me a lot of lasting energy for later that evening when I was due to hang out with my friend Baron and his girlfriend. I WAS RIGHT! Oh, and I nearly hit Tina Fey while thinking about how amazing 30 Rock is. Next time I'll fantacize about what a great person Brad Pitt is.

So I go to meet Baron and Gina (his gf) at Cube63 on Clinton St at about 9 but he's running so I sit down and wait for him and start listening to the couple next to me.
Guy: "Are you jealous by how comfortable I am."
Girl: "No."
Guy: "Lemme see your boots. I'm hard now from your colorful socks. Lets
get out of here and get stoned."
Girl: "I don't want to smoke."
Guy: "What?! Then why did I just make that call?!"

It was bizarre, but by the time Nick Snow and Gurj came to meet up with us, and we moved onto our second bottle of sake our conversations turned outrageous. The thing about Baron is that he's your friend most likely to get naked and cover a bar with crisco so he can slide down it (he has), or get naked and start hulahooping in your bedroom while Brian Battjer films him (which has happened). Everyone needs a Baron in their life. I thought the coversations couldn't get any worse than Baron loudly announcing a story about the time he tried to embarass me by thrusting his balls in my face but then Gina started telling an unrepeatable story that ended up basically clearing out the restaurant. It couldn't have been *that* bad since some lady from Lola y Maria gave gurj two coupons to the store.

So we left Cube63 and went back to my house to play guitar hero to kill time before heading out for the night. About 30 min later Baron went running towards the bathroom, but not before projectile vomiting on my wall. I know this sounds dumb, but that was fucking awesome. I had no problem cleaning it up cos it meant that the night was heading in the right direction.

We leave my apt around 12 and head over to Annex for High Voltage where we met up with Vin Galvin. It was fucking packt like sardines in thereso we had a quick drink and went to 205 to see what was going on there. When we arrived the door girl asked if we wanted to get a bottle. Naturally gurj and I said no but Baron was like "yeah, lets get a bottle!" So we got a bottle of Kettle One and sat around drinking. Nick Snow ended up puking in the middle of dancing. An hour later we finished our bottle and went to 2nd on 2nd, but it was closing and Lucky Chengs was too, so we went back to Annex, but Nick and Vin decided to take a piss on the street so we lost them. When we got back to Annex it was still crowded so Baron and Gina loaded me and Gurj into their cab where we headed up to the Waldorf Astoria where they were staying (why not?). Gina popped open a bottle of champagne and an hour later we were doing the cartwheels down the hall.


Here's me and Gina playing Guitar Hero!


Me and Baron and a bottle K1 makes three. At 205


Vince, Gina, Gurj and Nick Snow ... who happens to look very happy just before puking on the floor.


the four of them again.... vinny lurkin.


Me, Baron and Nick met on a message board in 2000/2001. We've been friends ever since and I've had some of the strongest relationships I've had with the people I met on that board.


Gina and Baron


This photo sort of describes the night.


If this photo could speak, it'd say "SPRING BREAK!!!!"


failed gang sign, obviously.


The end of the night... at the waldorf.

CARTWHEEL VIDEO!

Here's a video of me and gurj doing cartwheels. it's kinda ridic.

THE WALDORF ASTORIA

Right now I'm in a lot of pain. I'm in a lot of pain because I was doing cartwheels with Gurj in the hallway of the Waldorf Astoria at 5am. There was video taken of this event and Gurj tells me that at the end you can hear me say "People over 20 years old should not be doing cartwheels" and a day later I stand by this comment. I can't walk right. I can't stand right. I want to get a cane. I think I might be an old lady. Yesterday afternoon I was riding my bike to a meeting, and got exhausted about 5 blocks from home and I also nearly ran over Tina Fey on Houston and 6th Ave (on my bike) about 5 seconds after thinking about how much I love "30 Rock."

Ladies and Gentlemen, my adventures are back!

I will post an extensive blog tomorrow which will detail exactly how I ended up at the Waldorf doing cartwheels. My friends have been saying they havent seen me so happy with life in TWO YEARS! It's like since friday november 30th (you know, THE date) my smile has been wider, my energy higher, my hunger for life more intense... i'm doing cartwheels in the hallway of a fancy hotel at 5 am for goodness sake! My soul is back. MY FUCKING SOUL IS BACK!

MONKEY IS TERRIBLY CUTE

About a year ago Dan Hunter from PlayRadioPlay came over to do a "Casa De Ultragrrrl" in my apartment. Monkey decided to sit in on the cuteness:

INNERPARTYSYSTEM TONIGHT 8pm AT PIANOS! EARLY SHOW!!!!

TONIGHT InnerPartySystem is playing at Pianos!!! 8 PM!!!

EARLY SHOW!!!! EARLY SHOW!!!! EARLY SHOW!!!! EARLY SHOW!!!!

check out this video of them performing at Annex during CMJ


Check out these target="_blank">great photos that Meik took last week at the Annex: