Monday, August 18, 2008
BAHAHAHAH
My friend Brian Montuori, who is also an incredible artist, sent this over to me the other day because it looks exactly like him. He suggested that I share it with his doppelganger Alex Shenitsky... but I thought I'd share it with the world as well. This dude in this photo looks so much like Brian. Less so like Alex, but funny none-the-less:
Saturday, August 16, 2008
I GUESS THIS IS GROWING UP
I think a huge part of adulthood is the ability to admit and face your faults. Sometimes those faults are so hidden in the back of your subconscious, that they have a hard time coming to the surface. I think that's been happening to me lately. It simply took some sort of friendly reminder of conversations in the past, advice given in the past, and warnings given in the past. Admitting to yourself that you messed up is half the battle. Having the opportunity to admit to someone else that you really fucked up is the other half. I think that deep down inside I knew that, and that's why I was in such a funk for so long.
Human relationships are hard. I like the ones I have with animals.
Last night was the weekly Hanger Bar party, which I had to DJ alone since Karen has fucked off to the UK to visit friends and enjoy some festivals. I have some pretty awesome friends that decided to keep me company since I'm thinking about taking some time off from my Friday gig to enjoy the last days of summer without major obligations. Jordan Silver came. He's newly unemployed after giving up his amazing job at Tom Brown to become a poet. Writing that sentence is probably as weird as reading it. Peter Gaston came after spending the entire day at home working since the interwebs at his office went down. Nicole Smith came with her roommate for her last friday in NYC (so sad!!!!). Brian Battjer came. He's usually the voice of reason in my life and was the only person to help me get over my dog Maxine's death a few years back. Once again he came through. I love having him in my life.
I DJed a bit of 90s music -- as per usual -- but threw in a lot of modern tracks, which I have been slightly reluctant to play out. An adorable boy came over to celebrate my 90s selection and asked if I would play a Sugar Ray song. I know, I know, they're pretty fucking awful, but this boy was adorable and so I couldn't resist. He ended up pulling a pen from a book in his bag and jotted his number on one of my cd cases. "I'm here til tuesday... then I leave for Paris for 4 months. Please call me, I'd love to hang out with you." I asked him to include his name with his number and he was off. The week before a cute boy gave me his number and it was later revealed that he too would be leaving 4 days later for an extended period of time. Peter suggested that I make this a weekly occurrence: boys excitingly giving me their number... but only if they are here for like 4 more days. It's like traveling around the world, but without leaving the island.
Today I went to some outdoor electronic music thing called the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, with my friend Heather and Gurj... and Monkey! It was this cool thing by the Gawanus Canal in Carroll Gardens with electronic music (duh), delish mexican food, drinks, and your obligatory Brooklyn family or seven. Monkey was a huge hit and she nommed on corn on the cob like the cutest little alien dog that she is.
I'm off to the movies now with Brian, Meredith, Matt and Elle. We're going to see Topic Thunder or whatever it's called with Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in black face. Matt and I were on the Weekly Riff on FUSE yesterday and the movie was one of the topics. I'm excited to see if it's actually any good. It's also nice to have Matt back in my life.
In case you missed the Weekly Riff last night, you can see something right here.
Human relationships are hard. I like the ones I have with animals.
Last night was the weekly Hanger Bar party, which I had to DJ alone since Karen has fucked off to the UK to visit friends and enjoy some festivals. I have some pretty awesome friends that decided to keep me company since I'm thinking about taking some time off from my Friday gig to enjoy the last days of summer without major obligations. Jordan Silver came. He's newly unemployed after giving up his amazing job at Tom Brown to become a poet. Writing that sentence is probably as weird as reading it. Peter Gaston came after spending the entire day at home working since the interwebs at his office went down. Nicole Smith came with her roommate for her last friday in NYC (so sad!!!!). Brian Battjer came. He's usually the voice of reason in my life and was the only person to help me get over my dog Maxine's death a few years back. Once again he came through. I love having him in my life.
I DJed a bit of 90s music -- as per usual -- but threw in a lot of modern tracks, which I have been slightly reluctant to play out. An adorable boy came over to celebrate my 90s selection and asked if I would play a Sugar Ray song. I know, I know, they're pretty fucking awful, but this boy was adorable and so I couldn't resist. He ended up pulling a pen from a book in his bag and jotted his number on one of my cd cases. "I'm here til tuesday... then I leave for Paris for 4 months. Please call me, I'd love to hang out with you." I asked him to include his name with his number and he was off. The week before a cute boy gave me his number and it was later revealed that he too would be leaving 4 days later for an extended period of time. Peter suggested that I make this a weekly occurrence: boys excitingly giving me their number... but only if they are here for like 4 more days. It's like traveling around the world, but without leaving the island.
Today I went to some outdoor electronic music thing called the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, with my friend Heather and Gurj... and Monkey! It was this cool thing by the Gawanus Canal in Carroll Gardens with electronic music (duh), delish mexican food, drinks, and your obligatory Brooklyn family or seven. Monkey was a huge hit and she nommed on corn on the cob like the cutest little alien dog that she is.
I'm off to the movies now with Brian, Meredith, Matt and Elle. We're going to see Topic Thunder or whatever it's called with Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in black face. Matt and I were on the Weekly Riff on FUSE yesterday and the movie was one of the topics. I'm excited to see if it's actually any good. It's also nice to have Matt back in my life.
In case you missed the Weekly Riff last night, you can see something right here.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
NEW INNERPARTYSYSTEM VIDEO
If you made a music video to capture the past ten years of my life, it would look like this:
STOLEN TRANSMISSION FOR THE WIN
For those of you wondering what's going on with Stolen Transmission, please click on the image below.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
MY NAME IS GERALDINE, I AM YOUR SOCIAL WORKER
I'm obsessed, obsessed, obsessed with this song called "Geraldine" by Glasvegas.
The video is RIGHT HERE.
Here's an acoustic version:
The lyrics have been really speaking to me. I don't really know how to address a recent event in my life, but this song does it better than I could ever imagine someone doing it who doesnt know me:
I've been going out so much lately. I am really trying to get back to my old self that people who have been reading this blog say they miss. I miss her too, you know. I feel like i'm back at zero or closer to zero -- which is where I was when I started this blog which i used to document my adventures.
I spent the past two and a half years working incredibly hard on two things. By the end of the second year, one of those things started killing me inside. I would come home miserable and crying because I felt like things were beyond repair. When a plug was pulled I rejoiced. My life felt like it was given a second chance. Another aspect of my life was given a chance to be evaluated. Sometimes we evaluate the progress on things differently than people involved, but either way, that other thing in my life is over and now I'm back to being this little jewish girl living in her lower east side apartment, scamming after boys and falling in love with bands. The blockage has left the brain/heart.
I recently spent two days in Killers land with Karen. She and I needed a return to 2004 desperately. We went to see them at Highline Ballroom, which was a secret show I think, and my buddy Ryan Pardey (aka the Captain ... for fans of Sawdust) and his new band Halloween town, were opening. Ryan had given me the heads up about his band warning that I might not really like them... or i might LOVE THEM. I'm typically a supportive friend and am generally just happy to see people I know get on stage and perform in front of a group of people.
I forget how he described them to me, but I would describe them as being some what Grandaddy-ish. Less spacey and more to the point though. Anyway, at first I stood as close to the stage as I could get -- which happened to be next to a bunch of buddies I went to high school with in Tenafly. Karen stood behind me and we cheered our friend on in support. I wasn't a fan off the bat, but I thought they were good. I turned to Karen and said "They're not bad!" She shrugged her shoulders and nodded. By the time they played a song that might be called "I Miss My Wife," the entire audience was hushed, staring up onto the stage with their mouths hanging open.
Ryan is a brooding type of guy. He's over six feet, has red hair and a red beard and intense eyes. That's him on the left:
I eventually turned to Karen and said "Holy shit, they're fucking awesome." Something had suddenly connected with the band, Ryan, and the audience to this cosmic fantastic second. It was one of those revealing moments that I forgot existed. Finally, I saw Ryan as this wonderful performer -- the guy he kept on telling me he was -- and not just as the sweet dude I hang out with every few months and text with occasionally. Up on stage he was slowly transforming himself from awkwardness to Ian Curtis embodying frontdude (turns out he watched Control about three times that week).
I ended up rounding up my girls and forcing them on a road trip to the Foxwoods to see the band play. We managed to run down to the front of the stage and sing and dance to all the songs we love so dear. At one point Brandon waved at us -- not sure how he didnt laugh his ass off since we definitely looked dumb as fuck. Mark told us he tried not to look at us cos it would throw him off. After the show in the dressing room I told Brandon how I really needed to get back to 2004 and he thought it was crazy that I was nostalgic for that specific year. But things were just so much easier then, weren't they?
Here's Karen's photos from the foxwoods.
The video is RIGHT HERE.
Here's an acoustic version:
The lyrics have been really speaking to me. I don't really know how to address a recent event in my life, but this song does it better than I could ever imagine someone doing it who doesnt know me:
when your sparkle evades your soul
i`ll be at your side to console
when your standing on the window ledge
i`ll talk you back from the edge
i will turn your tide
be your shepard and your guide
when your lost in the deep and darkest place around
may my words walk you home safe and sound
when you say that im no good and you feel like walking
i need to make sure you know thats just the prescription talking
when your feet decide to walk you on the wayward side
up upon the stairs and down the downward slide
i will turn your tide
do all that i can to heal you inside
i`ll be the angel on your shoulder
my name is geraldine, im your social worker
i see you need me
i know you do
I've been going out so much lately. I am really trying to get back to my old self that people who have been reading this blog say they miss. I miss her too, you know. I feel like i'm back at zero or closer to zero -- which is where I was when I started this blog which i used to document my adventures.
I spent the past two and a half years working incredibly hard on two things. By the end of the second year, one of those things started killing me inside. I would come home miserable and crying because I felt like things were beyond repair. When a plug was pulled I rejoiced. My life felt like it was given a second chance. Another aspect of my life was given a chance to be evaluated. Sometimes we evaluate the progress on things differently than people involved, but either way, that other thing in my life is over and now I'm back to being this little jewish girl living in her lower east side apartment, scamming after boys and falling in love with bands. The blockage has left the brain/heart.
I recently spent two days in Killers land with Karen. She and I needed a return to 2004 desperately. We went to see them at Highline Ballroom, which was a secret show I think, and my buddy Ryan Pardey (aka the Captain ... for fans of Sawdust) and his new band Halloween town, were opening. Ryan had given me the heads up about his band warning that I might not really like them... or i might LOVE THEM. I'm typically a supportive friend and am generally just happy to see people I know get on stage and perform in front of a group of people.
I forget how he described them to me, but I would describe them as being some what Grandaddy-ish. Less spacey and more to the point though. Anyway, at first I stood as close to the stage as I could get -- which happened to be next to a bunch of buddies I went to high school with in Tenafly. Karen stood behind me and we cheered our friend on in support. I wasn't a fan off the bat, but I thought they were good. I turned to Karen and said "They're not bad!" She shrugged her shoulders and nodded. By the time they played a song that might be called "I Miss My Wife," the entire audience was hushed, staring up onto the stage with their mouths hanging open.
Ryan is a brooding type of guy. He's over six feet, has red hair and a red beard and intense eyes. That's him on the left:
I eventually turned to Karen and said "Holy shit, they're fucking awesome." Something had suddenly connected with the band, Ryan, and the audience to this cosmic fantastic second. It was one of those revealing moments that I forgot existed. Finally, I saw Ryan as this wonderful performer -- the guy he kept on telling me he was -- and not just as the sweet dude I hang out with every few months and text with occasionally. Up on stage he was slowly transforming himself from awkwardness to Ian Curtis embodying frontdude (turns out he watched Control about three times that week).
I ended up rounding up my girls and forcing them on a road trip to the Foxwoods to see the band play. We managed to run down to the front of the stage and sing and dance to all the songs we love so dear. At one point Brandon waved at us -- not sure how he didnt laugh his ass off since we definitely looked dumb as fuck. Mark told us he tried not to look at us cos it would throw him off. After the show in the dressing room I told Brandon how I really needed to get back to 2004 and he thought it was crazy that I was nostalgic for that specific year. But things were just so much easier then, weren't they?
Here's Karen's photos from the foxwoods.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
BATMAN THOUGHTS
I thought the movie was good, but I saw it just after going through something very personal, so I was in a darker place than most people seeing the movie.
Here's my thoughts... and there's no spoiler:
1. I disliked Christian Bale as Batman's VOICE. His performance was great, but his voice really threw me off totally. I also didn't feel like his character was developed enough. I guess it was really well developed in the first movie, so there's no need to tread on it, but some background would've been nice.
2. The depth of the Joker's psychosis really wasn't explored enough. Sure, he's got no real motives other than destruction, which makes him the ultimate socio/psychopath. However, I really think that his character would've truly benefited from having a hopelessly devoted sidekick or girlfriend. Someone who would do absolutely anything for him, and loved him and was just 100% trapped in his spell. Someone who the Joker would ultimately sacrifice, showing how deeply fucked up he really is. Killing a bunch of people you don't know and don't care about is easy in theory. Regular people do it every day. But killing someone that shows nothing but forgiving, non-judgmental, and hopeless devotion to you is truly the act of someone extremely fucked up. Like, killing the family dog -- it takes someone of a different caliber to do something as messed up like that, but those people exist. With any socio/psychopath, you have people that follow them and are devoted to them. That's what allows them to have power. It's almost impossible to understand their magnetism, but showing it, explaining it, would've really given Heath Ledger's role a lot more substance.
Here's my thoughts... and there's no spoiler:
1. I disliked Christian Bale as Batman's VOICE. His performance was great, but his voice really threw me off totally. I also didn't feel like his character was developed enough. I guess it was really well developed in the first movie, so there's no need to tread on it, but some background would've been nice.
2. The depth of the Joker's psychosis really wasn't explored enough. Sure, he's got no real motives other than destruction, which makes him the ultimate socio/psychopath. However, I really think that his character would've truly benefited from having a hopelessly devoted sidekick or girlfriend. Someone who would do absolutely anything for him, and loved him and was just 100% trapped in his spell. Someone who the Joker would ultimately sacrifice, showing how deeply fucked up he really is. Killing a bunch of people you don't know and don't care about is easy in theory. Regular people do it every day. But killing someone that shows nothing but forgiving, non-judgmental, and hopeless devotion to you is truly the act of someone extremely fucked up. Like, killing the family dog -- it takes someone of a different caliber to do something as messed up like that, but those people exist. With any socio/psychopath, you have people that follow them and are devoted to them. That's what allows them to have power. It's almost impossible to understand their magnetism, but showing it, explaining it, would've really given Heath Ledger's role a lot more substance.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
HEAR ME ON THE RADIO!
I'm gonna be on Matt Pinfield's show on 101.9FM Thursday morning at 8am in NYC. You can stream live: http://www.1019rxp.com/
I'm so fucking excited. I think i'm gonna be on the show ever week.
Friday, July 11, 2008
PARTY TONIGHT!
The Hanger Bar is on 3rd between Ave B & Ave C.
Tonight (Friday).
11pm - 4am.
All 90s music.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
"LOVE IS NOISE" VIDEO BY THE VERVE
Oh my goodness.
When I was 17 years old, I had a photo of Richard Ashcroft that I ripped from some magazine pasted onto my bedroom wall. Each night, before bed, I would look at Dicky Ash and wish him a goodnight before closing my eyes.
11 years later, and I would still do that.
Here's the band's new video.
The Verve - Love Is Noise
I wish it had those philipino prisoners in it instead.
When I was 17 years old, I had a photo of Richard Ashcroft that I ripped from some magazine pasted onto my bedroom wall. Each night, before bed, I would look at Dicky Ash and wish him a goodnight before closing my eyes.
11 years later, and I would still do that.
Here's the band's new video.
The Verve - Love Is Noise
I wish it had those philipino prisoners in it instead.
Monday, July 7, 2008
IS BRIAN MOLKO MY LUKE SKYWALKER?
I sent my mom this picture of Brian Molko from Placebo and said "Look! it's like if I had a twin or if you had a kid between me and Lawrence!" My friends had always teased me that Brian and I looked almost identical, and even once when I met him pre-phone interview at a party he said "It's nice that I'll be able to put a face to the voice," to which my friend replied "You could put your own name to the voice! You guys look like twins!" Then someone at their label kinda freaked out when they saw me and him standing in the same sight line.
My Mom called me just now and was asking about him, what does he sing, do i like the band... and goes "is he egyptian jew? where is he from?" I told her Luxembourg and she said she had a doctor friend that was an Egyptian Jew with the last name Molko from Luxembourg.
So I kinda freaked out. What if I have been lusting after someone I'm related to for the past 10 years?! Oh my God. I told her I had a meeting and had to get off the phone to prevent hyperventilating.
I wikipedia'ed the name Molko and found that it was derived from the name Molcho, which is in fact, a Sephardic last name.
If anyone reading this is friends/in contact with Brian, could you please direct him to this posting? Thanks!
For reference, here's a picture of me from last year. I'm on the left:
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
I found a disc called "photos 2004" on my bookshelf and found these incredible gems taken summer2004ish.
You'll find photos of the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Killers, Green Day, Guided by Voices, Idlewild, Five O'Clock Heroes and tons of just silly times.
A little tip I gave to a new younger friend that I'll pass along to anyone else: never get depressed and drink yourself to happiness like I did. 6 Beers a Night = 20lbs extra baggage (more to love) and a pufffffffy face. At least just drink vodka sodas. less carbs.
You'll find photos of the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Killers, Green Day, Guided by Voices, Idlewild, Five O'Clock Heroes and tons of just silly times.
A little tip I gave to a new younger friend that I'll pass along to anyone else: never get depressed and drink yourself to happiness like I did. 6 Beers a Night = 20lbs extra baggage (more to love) and a pufffffffy face. At least just drink vodka sodas. less carbs.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
FRIDAY NIGHT 90S PLAYLIST
Here's a section of what I played last night at the Hanger Bar. It's not my entire set, but only from when I remembered to start writing down what I was playing:
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Doll Parts - Hole
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Molly's Lips - Nirvana
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Debaser - Pixies
Somebody to Shove - Soul Asylum
36 degrees - Placebo
Laid - James
Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Breed - Nirvana
Trickster - Radiohead
Stay Away - Nirvana
To the One I Love - REM
What's the Story Morning Glory - Oasis
Hum - Sheila Divine
Loser - Beck
In the Meantime - Spacehog
Song 2 - Blur
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Love Me - Cardigans
Trash - Suede
Violet - Hole
Sorry Again - Velocity Girl
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Semi-Charmed Kind of Life - Third Eye Blind
When I Argue I See Shapes - Idlewild
Here and Now - Letters to Cleo
Stay - Lisa Loeb
Closing Time - Semisonic
* Thrid Eye Blind was played by request.
* If you never heard "Hum" by Sheila Divine, you MUST! It's so perfect.
* I know that Fugazi's "Waiting Room" was from 1989, but I stuck it in my playlist anyway.
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Doll Parts - Hole
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Molly's Lips - Nirvana
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Debaser - Pixies
Somebody to Shove - Soul Asylum
36 degrees - Placebo
Laid - James
Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Breed - Nirvana
Trickster - Radiohead
Stay Away - Nirvana
To the One I Love - REM
What's the Story Morning Glory - Oasis
Hum - Sheila Divine
Loser - Beck
In the Meantime - Spacehog
Song 2 - Blur
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Love Me - Cardigans
Trash - Suede
Violet - Hole
Sorry Again - Velocity Girl
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Semi-Charmed Kind of Life - Third Eye Blind
When I Argue I See Shapes - Idlewild
Here and Now - Letters to Cleo
Stay - Lisa Loeb
Closing Time - Semisonic
* Thrid Eye Blind was played by request.
* If you never heard "Hum" by Sheila Divine, you MUST! It's so perfect.
* I know that Fugazi's "Waiting Room" was from 1989, but I stuck it in my playlist anyway.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
NYC Kittens Need a Home!
My friend Elhaam rescued a mommy cat and her four kittens from a shelter about 7 weeks ago and she's looking for a home for them.
Read about them HERE
If you're intersted in adopting the kittens, you can reach out to Elhaam via her MySpace: myspace.com/elhaamlovesyou
Read about them HERE
If you're intersted in adopting the kittens, you can reach out to Elhaam via her MySpace: myspace.com/elhaamlovesyou
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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.
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.
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.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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:
As Brad Walsh pointed out, Lily Allen has turned into Ollie.
I AM LOVING THIS:
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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:
Saturday, May 24, 2008
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:
and while you're on youtube... i finally figured out that the song "home" by great northern is in this nissan commercial. duh:
Friday, May 16, 2008
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
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
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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.
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!
Monday, April 21, 2008
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.
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!
Monday, April 14, 2008
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.
Friday, April 11, 2008
SING ME TO SLEEP
I saw Duke Spirit the other day at Bowery Ballroom, and fuck, am i in love. Seriously... i can't believe how fucking unbelievably that band is and Neptune is going to be one of my top ten favorite albums of the year. I really think that they could be the next Verve. Leila just has that Richard Ashcroft-ness to her that I can't really understand.
I wrote this pretty extensive love letter to her on AlmacksDanceHall that i think you should read.
Anyway... check out this video for "Sovereign"... incase you happened to see me on the subway today while I was listening to my ipod, i was listening to this song. It took everything in me to no do pirouettes in and out of the subway cars. God, this band is just fucking blissssss! OK, if they're not the next Verve, they could be the next Interpol! Either one I'd be happy with.
I wrote this pretty extensive love letter to her on AlmacksDanceHall that i think you should read.
Anyway... check out this video for "Sovereign"... incase you happened to see me on the subway today while I was listening to my ipod, i was listening to this song. It took everything in me to no do pirouettes in and out of the subway cars. God, this band is just fucking blissssss! OK, if they're not the next Verve, they could be the next Interpol! Either one I'd be happy with.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
FIERCE TRANNY, A HOT MESS IN VEGAS
I'm going to Vegas tomorrow (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!?) with Brad Walsh, Christian Siriano, Geneva Valentine and Melissa Beck (from the Real World New Orleans!).
Yes, it'll be reality showtastic.
Even more so because Christian is JUDGING the Miss USA pageant and Tao is throwing him a party on Saturday and he was allowed to invite 15 friends, so that's how I'm going! Everything will be paid for and the Kardashians will be there so my ass might explode in jealousy.
Check out this video of me filming Brad as he's photographing me to test out lighting:
I am just really really really hoping to run into K.Fed there. If that happens, i will be so happy.
Also, i am giving away A PAIR OF 2-DAY PASSES on my new blog, AlmacksDanceHall.com.
Have you entered to win tickets to Coachella yet? No? You're a stupid idiot because you can win a free pair of 3-day passes just for signing up for this site by clicking here. Did I forget to mention that PRINCE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN ADDED TO THE ROSTER?
i will say this much... not that many people have signed up for the tickets, so you have a pretty fucking incredible chance of winning.
Also, while I wont be at ST tomorrow at the Hanger Bar, you still should go for a very special STOLEN TRANSMISSION: ST GIVES BACK:
Yes, it'll be reality showtastic.
Even more so because Christian is JUDGING the Miss USA pageant and Tao is throwing him a party on Saturday and he was allowed to invite 15 friends, so that's how I'm going! Everything will be paid for and the Kardashians will be there so my ass might explode in jealousy.
Check out this video of me filming Brad as he's photographing me to test out lighting:
I am just really really really hoping to run into K.Fed there. If that happens, i will be so happy.
Also, i am giving away A PAIR OF 2-DAY PASSES on my new blog, AlmacksDanceHall.com.
Have you entered to win tickets to Coachella yet? No? You're a stupid idiot because you can win a free pair of 3-day passes just for signing up for this site by clicking here. Did I forget to mention that PRINCE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN ADDED TO THE ROSTER?
i will say this much... not that many people have signed up for the tickets, so you have a pretty fucking incredible chance of winning.
Also, while I wont be at ST tomorrow at the Hanger Bar, you still should go for a very special STOLEN TRANSMISSION: ST GIVES BACK:
Monday, April 7, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
ALMACK'S DANCE HALL
Incase you didnt know, I'm blogger (and i guess editor) of AlmacksDanceHall.com - a live music and new update rock blog.
I do daily updates with show reviews and this feature i dubbed "red bull and adderall" ... which is just basically an afternoon news breif.
anyway, yesterday i was so fucking upset when i missed a show by a band called Drink Up Buttercup. I really think that they could be huge this year... or if not huge at least blog-loved. total blog rock. haha.
anyway, my buddy meridith valiando caught them and wrote this review about the show. maybe i'll see you at the next one!
I do daily updates with show reviews and this feature i dubbed "red bull and adderall" ... which is just basically an afternoon news breif.
anyway, yesterday i was so fucking upset when i missed a show by a band called Drink Up Buttercup. I really think that they could be huge this year... or if not huge at least blog-loved. total blog rock. haha.
anyway, my buddy meridith valiando caught them and wrote this review about the show. maybe i'll see you at the next one!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
CALL THAT NUMBER!
Decoy Music posted a disturbing Innerpartysystem TV interview. It appears to be a public access show. There's a number that flashes on screen: 646-510-0317. Call it.
Seriously, call it.
Seriously, call it.
CLUB NME!!!!
If you're 18+ and love to dance and wish you were old enough to go to a fun party in NYC where there was great indie rock dance music and a pretty amazing photographer taking photos to post on your myspace/facebook/buzznet/bebo, then this is your jam:
Thursday, March 20, 2008
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF...
I had the best dream lastnight. It was that this boy that I was obsessed
with when I was younger found me while I was on a cruise ship with my bf
and told me that he's single now and he'd love to hang out... and my bf
said it was ok. I haven't really thought of this person *in that way* in
like, nearly 10 years, and so seeing him was enough of a treat, but
having his affection -- finally, after all these years, was too much to
handle.
In my dream I kept on pinching myself -- LITERALLY pinching myself to
see if I was dreaming, thinking "this is too good to be true!" and in my
dream, I didn't feel the pinches and knew that it actually was... too
good to be true. I started hitting my arm, trying as hard as I could to
prove to myself that I wasn't dreaming, and the boy was like "what are
you doing?!" leaving me to explain my actions.
I never felt compelled to pinch myself in a dream before, and never
thought people actually did it. I never even thought I could dream so
lucidly, as to be confused between dreams and reality. I don't think
anything is lacking in my life (except for money), and my interactions
with this boy were G-rated, and all infront of my boyfriend in my dream
(simple pecks on the mouth)... but my God, was I happier in that dream
than I have been in a while. I think a lot of it has to do with that boy
being a manifestation of an extremely care-free and blissful time in my
life. God, I was the happiest person in the world when I was 19. I
barely drank, I think the amount of time I smoked weed I could count on
one hand, and I listened to music with the unbiased ears of a newborn.
Infact, losing that boy's attention is part of why I jumped into a
confused downward spiral of trying to forget things that upset me with
drinking... or trying to relive them with careless inhibition. I don't
fault the boy. It certainly wasn't his fault at all. I had this
obsessive crush and I probably got too creepy for him, which I guess can
happen.
I just really wonder why he was in my dream. What was the symbolism? Why
did I insist on proving to myself that it was a dream, instead of just
enjoying that moment.
with when I was younger found me while I was on a cruise ship with my bf
and told me that he's single now and he'd love to hang out... and my bf
said it was ok. I haven't really thought of this person *in that way* in
like, nearly 10 years, and so seeing him was enough of a treat, but
having his affection -- finally, after all these years, was too much to
handle.
In my dream I kept on pinching myself -- LITERALLY pinching myself to
see if I was dreaming, thinking "this is too good to be true!" and in my
dream, I didn't feel the pinches and knew that it actually was... too
good to be true. I started hitting my arm, trying as hard as I could to
prove to myself that I wasn't dreaming, and the boy was like "what are
you doing?!" leaving me to explain my actions.
I never felt compelled to pinch myself in a dream before, and never
thought people actually did it. I never even thought I could dream so
lucidly, as to be confused between dreams and reality. I don't think
anything is lacking in my life (except for money), and my interactions
with this boy were G-rated, and all infront of my boyfriend in my dream
(simple pecks on the mouth)... but my God, was I happier in that dream
than I have been in a while. I think a lot of it has to do with that boy
being a manifestation of an extremely care-free and blissful time in my
life. God, I was the happiest person in the world when I was 19. I
barely drank, I think the amount of time I smoked weed I could count on
one hand, and I listened to music with the unbiased ears of a newborn.
Infact, losing that boy's attention is part of why I jumped into a
confused downward spiral of trying to forget things that upset me with
drinking... or trying to relive them with careless inhibition. I don't
fault the boy. It certainly wasn't his fault at all. I had this
obsessive crush and I probably got too creepy for him, which I guess can
happen.
I just really wonder why he was in my dream. What was the symbolism? Why
did I insist on proving to myself that it was a dream, instead of just
enjoying that moment.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
MUUUUUUUSE
Anyone reading this blog would know that i'm kind of a Muse superfan and have been since 1999. Like, super fan. Like, I've seen them play a bagillion times and think Matt Bellamy is a genius and own all their albums and a bunch of b-sides, and one time a kid came up to me at a party cos he saw a photo of me in spin in 2003 wearing a muse shirt i bought off the internet for like $40 and me and craig nicholls from the vines used to freak out over muse together and it was really the only thing that bonded our shallow friendship. MUSE.
Anyway, I actually bought the Hullabaloo DVD a few years ago at Amoeba records and fucking loved it. I still sometimes watch it. And now Muse are coming out with a new DVD called HAARP (out April 1) that was filmed last June over two days at whembly arena... AND I'M NOT MAD. No, only muse could release DVDs a couple years apart and the event feels as good as the first time.
Here's some previews... I'm glad to see that they've toned down a bit... or not:
Anyway, I actually bought the Hullabaloo DVD a few years ago at Amoeba records and fucking loved it. I still sometimes watch it. And now Muse are coming out with a new DVD called HAARP (out April 1) that was filmed last June over two days at whembly arena... AND I'M NOT MAD. No, only muse could release DVDs a couple years apart and the event feels as good as the first time.
Here's some previews... I'm glad to see that they've toned down a bit... or not:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER
The PlayRadioPlay album, Texas, is out today. I'm currently downloading the album on iTunes, and i think it'll surprise people... at least based on what I heard while I was still in IDJ offices. PRP! was always on IDJ, but ST released the EP... so it's all family.
While we were all still there, me, Alex Shenitsky, Joanna Noyes, Kanani Yates, and Eric Speck made this video to one of the PRP songs... it goes with what the actual video was:
I've been having some really tripped out dreams lately. The other day i had a dream i was eddie murphy's teenaged/20-something daughter and having an illicit affair with him. Last night I had a dream that my mom called me from the Knitting Factory where she was at a secret show for Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, and My Chemical Romance... and I couldn't make it or something.
My dream then seiged into me at a furniture shop with Rob Stevenson, buying couches for our new Stolen Transmission offices. We were trying out a bunch of them and he was saying stuff to me about how we got fucked with our JV deal with IDJ and now we can only afford the floor samples. We then ended up in the part of the store that was actually someone's house getting restrored. The construction workers were putting in all new things, but what surprised me the most was that it took 3 workers (plus a pulley) to install a tiny flower pot with tiny fake flowers.
Sometimes I wonder if my dreams are trying to tell me something.
In addition to my new writing job for Almack's Dance Hall, my dad is going to teach me how to get into the whole eBay thing. He started, sort of accidentally, a couple years ago, working day and night because he can sometimes get a bit obsessive, and now he can afford to take my mom away on incredible vacations every other month, which is nice because of the heartattack she had last year. Her doctors told me it was fairly serious, and that kind of caused me to lose my mind for a breif period of time, which caused my work and relationships to suffer as I felt personally responsible for her ill-health (Jewish Guilt, obviously).
Ugh, I just found out that my friend Max's father passed away. I sent condolences and called his girlfriend to see if there's anything I can do. This is so sad. I'm going to go. bye.
While we were all still there, me, Alex Shenitsky, Joanna Noyes, Kanani Yates, and Eric Speck made this video to one of the PRP songs... it goes with what the actual video was:
I've been having some really tripped out dreams lately. The other day i had a dream i was eddie murphy's teenaged/20-something daughter and having an illicit affair with him. Last night I had a dream that my mom called me from the Knitting Factory where she was at a secret show for Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, and My Chemical Romance... and I couldn't make it or something.
My dream then seiged into me at a furniture shop with Rob Stevenson, buying couches for our new Stolen Transmission offices. We were trying out a bunch of them and he was saying stuff to me about how we got fucked with our JV deal with IDJ and now we can only afford the floor samples. We then ended up in the part of the store that was actually someone's house getting restrored. The construction workers were putting in all new things, but what surprised me the most was that it took 3 workers (plus a pulley) to install a tiny flower pot with tiny fake flowers.
Sometimes I wonder if my dreams are trying to tell me something.
In addition to my new writing job for Almack's Dance Hall, my dad is going to teach me how to get into the whole eBay thing. He started, sort of accidentally, a couple years ago, working day and night because he can sometimes get a bit obsessive, and now he can afford to take my mom away on incredible vacations every other month, which is nice because of the heartattack she had last year. Her doctors told me it was fairly serious, and that kind of caused me to lose my mind for a breif period of time, which caused my work and relationships to suffer as I felt personally responsible for her ill-health (Jewish Guilt, obviously).
Ugh, I just found out that my friend Max's father passed away. I sent condolences and called his girlfriend to see if there's anything I can do. This is so sad. I'm going to go. bye.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
OFF THE MARKET!
Congratulations to the lovely Jessica Parker and Jesse Johnson!
THEY GOT ENGAGED!
I could be wrong, but I think i was there when they met? If I did the introduction, i'd like to have commission of their absolute adorableness.
I'm so happy for these two love birds. You gotta check out Jessica's blog... it basically chronicles her adventures in love. It's like reading Go Ask Alice, only the exact opposite.
THEY GOT ENGAGED!
I could be wrong, but I think i was there when they met? If I did the introduction, i'd like to have commission of their absolute adorableness.
I'm so happy for these two love birds. You gotta check out Jessica's blog... it basically chronicles her adventures in love. It's like reading Go Ask Alice, only the exact opposite.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I NEED A PLACE TO STAY IN AUSTIN ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHT
AND...
I AM FUCKING IN LOVE WITH JASON CASTRO
Jason Castro is unlike any boy i have ever loved. His hair hasnt been washed in ages, but not in the same way that boys i typically like dont wash their hair -- which is just let that shit get so greasy that it's gonna get processed and turned into a fossil fuel. He's got those dumb dreadlocks. They're so fucking horrible... BUT OH MY GOD, DO I LOVE HIM.
When Jason Castro wears suit jackets, it's not in the retro-nazi way that Interpol do, or in the ironic prep-boy way, it's in the I'm-about-to-meet-my-girlfriend's-parent's-and-I-want-to-try-to-impress-them,-and-these-dreads-are-so-cool,-arent-they? kind of way. My boyfriend has never met my dad, so he's not like the boys i typically love.
Even after hearing his really dumb story about how shitty of a weave he has, and how those things grossly can rip out of his head, i watched this following video of him performing "Hallelujah" and melted into to my seat. You know that genius line in "Superbad," when that kid goes like "have you ever looked into his eyes? it's like the first time ever hearing the beatles." IT WAS LIKE THAT! Watching his performance, i swear there were heart shapes flying from my eyes straight to the tv. i want to lay on some grass field with him as he hands me little flowers. I want to trade in my black clothes and wear nothing but flowery bullshit and get rid of my JPG perfume and buy a ton of patchoulie oil.
UGH.
Watch this:
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THIS?!!?1 His performance of "If I Fell"!!!! JASON CASTRO, I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH SIMON COWELL DIDNT. I want to go back to college and get a bachelor's degree just so I can meet someone like Jason Castro and hang out in his dorm room as he plays me his shitty music and make me listen to his Seal covers:
Listen to his voice, he totally has this like, old school non-english speaker accent going on with his vocal delivery. I'm talking Julio Iglasias and Claud Francois. The shit I grew up listening to (while all you ppl with your hip parents got raised on the Beatles, my parents only listened to Arabic and French music, and my mom loved Julio). Dude just needs to cover "to all the girls i've loved before" and he'll have the latin vote AND the college vote AND my vote.
By the way, I love that other dude from Australia. He's totally got the auto-erotic asphyxiation thing going on. If i had to choose between him and spitzer, i'd choose him. yum.
BUT HE'S NOT AS GOOD AS MY BABY JASON CASTRO!!!!!
I AM FUCKING IN LOVE WITH JASON CASTRO
Jason Castro is unlike any boy i have ever loved. His hair hasnt been washed in ages, but not in the same way that boys i typically like dont wash their hair -- which is just let that shit get so greasy that it's gonna get processed and turned into a fossil fuel. He's got those dumb dreadlocks. They're so fucking horrible... BUT OH MY GOD, DO I LOVE HIM.
When Jason Castro wears suit jackets, it's not in the retro-nazi way that Interpol do, or in the ironic prep-boy way, it's in the I'm-about-to-meet-my-girlfriend's-parent's-and-I-want-to-try-to-impress-them,-and-these-dreads-are-so-cool,-arent-they? kind of way. My boyfriend has never met my dad, so he's not like the boys i typically love.
Even after hearing his really dumb story about how shitty of a weave he has, and how those things grossly can rip out of his head, i watched this following video of him performing "Hallelujah" and melted into to my seat. You know that genius line in "Superbad," when that kid goes like "have you ever looked into his eyes? it's like the first time ever hearing the beatles." IT WAS LIKE THAT! Watching his performance, i swear there were heart shapes flying from my eyes straight to the tv. i want to lay on some grass field with him as he hands me little flowers. I want to trade in my black clothes and wear nothing but flowery bullshit and get rid of my JPG perfume and buy a ton of patchoulie oil.
UGH.
Watch this:
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THIS?!!?1 His performance of "If I Fell"!!!! JASON CASTRO, I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH SIMON COWELL DIDNT. I want to go back to college and get a bachelor's degree just so I can meet someone like Jason Castro and hang out in his dorm room as he plays me his shitty music and make me listen to his Seal covers:
Listen to his voice, he totally has this like, old school non-english speaker accent going on with his vocal delivery. I'm talking Julio Iglasias and Claud Francois. The shit I grew up listening to (while all you ppl with your hip parents got raised on the Beatles, my parents only listened to Arabic and French music, and my mom loved Julio). Dude just needs to cover "to all the girls i've loved before" and he'll have the latin vote AND the college vote AND my vote.
By the way, I love that other dude from Australia. He's totally got the auto-erotic asphyxiation thing going on. If i had to choose between him and spitzer, i'd choose him. yum.
BUT HE'S NOT AS GOOD AS MY BABY JASON CASTRO!!!!!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
LOST FANS, LETS TALK
For anyone that is as obsessed with LOST as I am, here's a theory i have:
We all know that mental time travel is possible, because of what Desmond has been going through. We also know that Ben gets off the island (because of his interactions with Sayid off the island). So my theory is that Ben is Ben's man on the boat.
I think that he gets captured in the future, and is able to jump through time and knows what's going on and is trying to make it all stop. He's trying to change the future, but he's probably not going to be able to.
I also think that Daniel Faraday is Jacob stuck in a time travel warp thing... he was exposed to radiation for a prolong period of time when doing those experiements with the rat.
Let's discuss.
We all know that mental time travel is possible, because of what Desmond has been going through. We also know that Ben gets off the island (because of his interactions with Sayid off the island). So my theory is that Ben is Ben's man on the boat.
I think that he gets captured in the future, and is able to jump through time and knows what's going on and is trying to make it all stop. He's trying to change the future, but he's probably not going to be able to.
I also think that Daniel Faraday is Jacob stuck in a time travel warp thing... he was exposed to radiation for a prolong period of time when doing those experiements with the rat.
Let's discuss.
Friday, March 7, 2008
I GO OUT!
So a few weeks ago, I was sitting around my apt, looking at old photos from shows I used to go to and telling Karen how much I miss going out to shows every night and loving the bands. Ever since starting Stolen Transmission, whenever I went to a show it was to see a band I was scouting. So I was stuck at the show thinking "is this band going to sell? what's their fan base? how would i market them?" Its like fucking homework all over again. I missed standing up front and not giving a shit and wondering what the band is doing later so that I could party with them and dance.
Then, ironically, my friend Dan from Universal hit me up asking if i wanted to write a blog for the universal website where I had to see a band every night and write about it. Literally, like, the next day this happened. The best part is that I dont have to write about bands on universal at all... but they would prefer that i made universal bands priority over who i saw that night, but it's not mandatory.
The ironic part is that Stolen Transmission used to go through universal before ties were severed in december leaving me income-less.... But now, i have an income again (a smaller one than before, but enough to barely pay rent until Stolen Transmission finds a new home)... AND I GET TO GO TO SHOWS!
So, i'm out every night and reviewing shows. Here's the website: ALMACK'S DANCE HALL.
Please book mark it!
Also, I'm DJing at SXSW!
Then, ironically, my friend Dan from Universal hit me up asking if i wanted to write a blog for the universal website where I had to see a band every night and write about it. Literally, like, the next day this happened. The best part is that I dont have to write about bands on universal at all... but they would prefer that i made universal bands priority over who i saw that night, but it's not mandatory.
The ironic part is that Stolen Transmission used to go through universal before ties were severed in december leaving me income-less.... But now, i have an income again (a smaller one than before, but enough to barely pay rent until Stolen Transmission finds a new home)... AND I GET TO GO TO SHOWS!
So, i'm out every night and reviewing shows. Here's the website: ALMACK'S DANCE HALL.
Please book mark it!
Also, I'm DJing at SXSW!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
WHY I CANT SLEEP AT NIGHT
This article was posted on boingboing.net 11 days ago. I have been having a hardtime sleeping ever since. Why aren't any of the canidates addressing global warming enough?????? THIS IS FUCKING INSANE.
The article is old, but it's all very real.
Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us
· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years
· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism
Mark Townsend and Paul Harris in New York
The Observer,
Sunday February 22 2004
Article history
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'
The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.
The report was commissioned by influential Pentagon defence adviser Andrew Marshall, who has held considerable sway on US military thinking over the past three decades. He was the man behind a sweeping recent review aimed at transforming the American military under Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Climate change 'should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a US national security concern', say the authors, Peter Schwartz, CIA consultant and former head of planning at Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and Doug Randall of the California-based Global Business Network.
An imminent scenario of catastrophic climate change is 'plausible and would challenge United States national security in ways that should be considered immediately', they conclude. As early as next year widespread flooding by a rise in sea levels will create major upheaval for millions.
Last week the Bush administration came under heavy fire from a large body of respected scientists who claimed that it cherry-picked science to suit its policy agenda and suppressed studies that it did not like. Jeremy Symons, a former whistleblower at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said that suppression of the report for four months was a further example of the White House trying to bury the threat of climate change.
Senior climatologists, however, believe that their verdicts could prove the catalyst in forcing Bush to accept climate change as a real and happening phenomenon. They also hope it will convince the United States to sign up to global treaties to reduce the rate of climatic change.
A group of eminent UK scientists recently visited the White House to voice their fears over global warming, part of an intensifying drive to get the US to treat the issue seriously. Sources have told The Observer that American officials appeared extremely sensitive about the issue when faced with complaints that America's public stance appeared increasingly out of touch.
One even alleged that the White House had written to complain about some of the comments attributed to Professor Sir David King, Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, after he branded the President's position on the issue as indefensible.
Among those scientists present at the White House talks were Professor John Schellnhuber, former chief environmental adviser to the German government and head of the UK's leading group of climate scientists at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He said that the Pentagon's internal fears should prove the 'tipping point' in persuading Bush to accept climatic change.
Sir John Houghton, former chief executive of the Meteorological Office - and the first senior figure to liken the threat of climate change to that of terrorism - said: 'If the Pentagon is sending out that sort of message, then this is an important document indeed.'
Bob Watson, chief scientist for the World Bank and former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, added that the Pentagon's dire warnings could no longer be ignored.
'Can Bush ignore the Pentagon? It's going be hard to blow off this sort of document. Its hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority is national defence. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon,' added Watson.
'You've got a President who says global warming is a hoax, and across the Potomac river you've got a Pentagon preparing for climate wars. It's pretty scary when Bush starts to ignore his own government on this issue,' said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace.
Already, according to Randall and Schwartz, the planet is carrying a higher population than it can sustain. By 2020 'catastrophic' shortages of water and energy supply will become increasingly harder to overcome, plunging the planet into war. They warn that 8,200 years ago climatic conditions brought widespread crop failure, famine, disease and mass migration of populations that could soon be repeated.
Randall told The Observer that the potential ramifications of rapid climate change would create global chaos. 'This is depressing stuff,' he said. 'It is a national security threat that is unique because there is no enemy to point your guns at and we have no control over the threat.'
Randall added that it was already possibly too late to prevent a disaster happening. 'We don't know exactly where we are in the process. It could start tomorrow and we would not know for another five years,' he said.
'The consequences for some nations of the climate change are unbelievable. It seems obvious that cutting the use of fossil fuels would be worthwhile.'
So dramatic are the report's scenarios, Watson said, that they may prove vital in the US elections. Democratic frontrunner John Kerry is known to accept climate change as a real problem. Scientists disillusioned with Bush's stance are threatening to make sure Kerry uses the Pentagon report in his campaign.
The fact that Marshall is behind its scathing findings will aid Kerry's cause. Marshall, 82, is a Pentagon legend who heads a secretive think-tank dedicated to weighing risks to national security called the Office of Net Assessment. Dubbed 'Yoda' by Pentagon insiders who respect his vast experience, he is credited with being behind the Department of Defence's push on ballistic-missile defence.
Symons, who left the EPA in protest at political interference, said that the suppression of the report was a further instance of the White House trying to bury evidence of climate change. 'It is yet another example of why this government should stop burying its head in the sand on this issue.'
Symons said the Bush administration's close links to high-powered energy and oil companies was vital in understanding why climate change was received sceptically in the Oval Office. 'This administration is ignoring the evidence in order to placate a handful of large energy and oil companies,' he added.
The article is old, but it's all very real.
Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us
· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years
· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism
Mark Townsend and Paul Harris in New York
The Observer,
Sunday February 22 2004
Article history
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.
The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.
'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'
The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.
The report was commissioned by influential Pentagon defence adviser Andrew Marshall, who has held considerable sway on US military thinking over the past three decades. He was the man behind a sweeping recent review aimed at transforming the American military under Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Climate change 'should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a US national security concern', say the authors, Peter Schwartz, CIA consultant and former head of planning at Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and Doug Randall of the California-based Global Business Network.
An imminent scenario of catastrophic climate change is 'plausible and would challenge United States national security in ways that should be considered immediately', they conclude. As early as next year widespread flooding by a rise in sea levels will create major upheaval for millions.
Last week the Bush administration came under heavy fire from a large body of respected scientists who claimed that it cherry-picked science to suit its policy agenda and suppressed studies that it did not like. Jeremy Symons, a former whistleblower at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said that suppression of the report for four months was a further example of the White House trying to bury the threat of climate change.
Senior climatologists, however, believe that their verdicts could prove the catalyst in forcing Bush to accept climate change as a real and happening phenomenon. They also hope it will convince the United States to sign up to global treaties to reduce the rate of climatic change.
A group of eminent UK scientists recently visited the White House to voice their fears over global warming, part of an intensifying drive to get the US to treat the issue seriously. Sources have told The Observer that American officials appeared extremely sensitive about the issue when faced with complaints that America's public stance appeared increasingly out of touch.
One even alleged that the White House had written to complain about some of the comments attributed to Professor Sir David King, Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, after he branded the President's position on the issue as indefensible.
Among those scientists present at the White House talks were Professor John Schellnhuber, former chief environmental adviser to the German government and head of the UK's leading group of climate scientists at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He said that the Pentagon's internal fears should prove the 'tipping point' in persuading Bush to accept climatic change.
Sir John Houghton, former chief executive of the Meteorological Office - and the first senior figure to liken the threat of climate change to that of terrorism - said: 'If the Pentagon is sending out that sort of message, then this is an important document indeed.'
Bob Watson, chief scientist for the World Bank and former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, added that the Pentagon's dire warnings could no longer be ignored.
'Can Bush ignore the Pentagon? It's going be hard to blow off this sort of document. Its hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority is national defence. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon,' added Watson.
'You've got a President who says global warming is a hoax, and across the Potomac river you've got a Pentagon preparing for climate wars. It's pretty scary when Bush starts to ignore his own government on this issue,' said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace.
Already, according to Randall and Schwartz, the planet is carrying a higher population than it can sustain. By 2020 'catastrophic' shortages of water and energy supply will become increasingly harder to overcome, plunging the planet into war. They warn that 8,200 years ago climatic conditions brought widespread crop failure, famine, disease and mass migration of populations that could soon be repeated.
Randall told The Observer that the potential ramifications of rapid climate change would create global chaos. 'This is depressing stuff,' he said. 'It is a national security threat that is unique because there is no enemy to point your guns at and we have no control over the threat.'
Randall added that it was already possibly too late to prevent a disaster happening. 'We don't know exactly where we are in the process. It could start tomorrow and we would not know for another five years,' he said.
'The consequences for some nations of the climate change are unbelievable. It seems obvious that cutting the use of fossil fuels would be worthwhile.'
So dramatic are the report's scenarios, Watson said, that they may prove vital in the US elections. Democratic frontrunner John Kerry is known to accept climate change as a real problem. Scientists disillusioned with Bush's stance are threatening to make sure Kerry uses the Pentagon report in his campaign.
The fact that Marshall is behind its scathing findings will aid Kerry's cause. Marshall, 82, is a Pentagon legend who heads a secretive think-tank dedicated to weighing risks to national security called the Office of Net Assessment. Dubbed 'Yoda' by Pentagon insiders who respect his vast experience, he is credited with being behind the Department of Defence's push on ballistic-missile defence.
Symons, who left the EPA in protest at political interference, said that the suppression of the report was a further instance of the White House trying to bury evidence of climate change. 'It is yet another example of why this government should stop burying its head in the sand on this issue.'
Symons said the Bush administration's close links to high-powered energy and oil companies was vital in understanding why climate change was received sceptically in the Oval Office. 'This administration is ignoring the evidence in order to placate a handful of large energy and oil companies,' he added.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
GOING TO THE CHAPEL
Anyone who reads this blog is probably inclined to think: this girl is all sass and no class. Well, you'd be mostly right, but sometimes I can class it up. Sometimes.
I went to an engagement party on 5th Avenue at some fancy schmancy hotel at some fancy schmancy members only club called Doubles. It was for my dear old friend Chris Kelly and his fiance Leah. At one point in his life, when he was 17/18 years old, Chris was being poised to be former Island/DefJam head Lyor Cohen's protege. He would come into the office every day after school and try to figure out how to save the music industry. Lyor had him on speed dial. There were stories about how a teenaged Chris would have one of the conference rooms set up with graphs and pie charts and numerical equations... there were rumors that he had thought of iTunes years before it existed. After about a year, Chris decided that he wanted to become a brain surgeon and a couple years later he was teaching biology to pre-med students at Columbia University (coincedently he taught one of my oldest friends ... which lead her to say "you know that guy!?") and writing cookbooks. In about 5 years he will be doing surgery on people's brains (if he isn't doing so already). I met my current partner, former Island/DefJam exec and Stolen Transmission co-founder Rob Stevenson through Chris when he was an intern. I met Chris on AOL in 1998 when we bonded over Placebo. He was 14 and I was 18. He told me he was 18. I really didnt have any reason to not believe him.
Anyway, last night, Lyor was there... along with about 300 other people to celebrate Chris' engagement to this wonderful woman Leah. And as a surprise Leah hired the Kingsmen -- an a capella group from Columbia University. Dressed as your typical ivy leaguers in kahki pants, navy blazer, and university tie, the group got up infront of the crowd and performed The Beatles' "She Loves You," The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," and Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl." Now, incase you caught it... the Kingsmen is also the name of the classic band whose biggest hit was "Louie Louie". I dont know if anyone caught that.
I went to an engagement party on 5th Avenue at some fancy schmancy hotel at some fancy schmancy members only club called Doubles. It was for my dear old friend Chris Kelly and his fiance Leah. At one point in his life, when he was 17/18 years old, Chris was being poised to be former Island/DefJam head Lyor Cohen's protege. He would come into the office every day after school and try to figure out how to save the music industry. Lyor had him on speed dial. There were stories about how a teenaged Chris would have one of the conference rooms set up with graphs and pie charts and numerical equations... there were rumors that he had thought of iTunes years before it existed. After about a year, Chris decided that he wanted to become a brain surgeon and a couple years later he was teaching biology to pre-med students at Columbia University (coincedently he taught one of my oldest friends ... which lead her to say "you know that guy!?") and writing cookbooks. In about 5 years he will be doing surgery on people's brains (if he isn't doing so already). I met my current partner, former Island/DefJam exec and Stolen Transmission co-founder Rob Stevenson through Chris when he was an intern. I met Chris on AOL in 1998 when we bonded over Placebo. He was 14 and I was 18. He told me he was 18. I really didnt have any reason to not believe him.
Anyway, last night, Lyor was there... along with about 300 other people to celebrate Chris' engagement to this wonderful woman Leah. And as a surprise Leah hired the Kingsmen -- an a capella group from Columbia University. Dressed as your typical ivy leaguers in kahki pants, navy blazer, and university tie, the group got up infront of the crowd and performed The Beatles' "She Loves You," The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," and Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl." Now, incase you caught it... the Kingsmen is also the name of the classic band whose biggest hit was "Louie Louie". I dont know if anyone caught that.
INVISIBLE ROCK BAND
Things at the Hanger Bar got a bit interesting last night when we decided to start our invisible rock band....
Here are some more photos
I had a dream/nightmare last night in which I was in LA, enjoying myself living somewhat like a vagabond but strangely at a really nice hotel with my brother Albert. I remember buying oldschool rollerskates, cute platform sandles, and giving myself a hideous haircut (which i've done in real life). Then, I realized that it was 4pm on monday and I was a 5 hour flight from NYC and therefore missing my own book release party. Devastated, I attempted to hang myself. Not fun.
Here are some more photos
I had a dream/nightmare last night in which I was in LA, enjoying myself living somewhat like a vagabond but strangely at a really nice hotel with my brother Albert. I remember buying oldschool rollerskates, cute platform sandles, and giving myself a hideous haircut (which i've done in real life). Then, I realized that it was 4pm on monday and I was a 5 hour flight from NYC and therefore missing my own book release party. Devastated, I attempted to hang myself. Not fun.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
JUNK-MAG CELEBRATES NIGHTLIFE
Brad Walsh and his faghag, Kathy, decided to celebrate the cuties of the NYC party scene... and like most things they do, it's gold:
We’ve got nothing against Blue States Lose. Kathy and I have both been targeted, and there was a month when Gawker thought I wore everything wrong, but it’s funny (or at least it used to be). But we figure there should be a place to shout out the good stuff too. The great outfits, the gorgeous people, pure eye candy.
DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF. [Archives]
By Brad and Kathy. This week the photos are selected from our galleries from Club NME and High Voltage at The Annex.
[that was in their words, not mine. check it out.]
We’ve got nothing against Blue States Lose. Kathy and I have both been targeted, and there was a month when Gawker thought I wore everything wrong, but it’s funny (or at least it used to be). But we figure there should be a place to shout out the good stuff too. The great outfits, the gorgeous people, pure eye candy.
DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF. [Archives]
By Brad and Kathy. This week the photos are selected from our galleries from Club NME and High Voltage at The Annex.
[that was in their words, not mine. check it out.]
KERLI!
I love Kerli. When I was working in IDJ offices, i think she was the artist that a lot of people scratched their head about the most. She looked like Claudia Schiffer sang like Bjork and was about 5 feet tall and came from estonia and talked about fairies and spirits and was totally hippy dippy, but had this really really dark sensability to her.
Obviously I loved her. I was so sad to be out of the kerli-loop when I left those offices. She gave the best hugs that lasted about 5 minutes and that would make you feel like a million bucks, and so I would miss those as well. She also covered "She's In Parties" by Bauhaus, but i dont know if that'll end up on the album or a b-side or something.
ANYWAY. I found a video for her song "Love Is Dead" online and while it's sort of hard to watch it's a really great song and the concept of the video is good... it's just weird to see her as an old lady for half of it.
Click the image to watch the video.
And here i am with Kerli... :
Obviously I loved her. I was so sad to be out of the kerli-loop when I left those offices. She gave the best hugs that lasted about 5 minutes and that would make you feel like a million bucks, and so I would miss those as well. She also covered "She's In Parties" by Bauhaus, but i dont know if that'll end up on the album or a b-side or something.
ANYWAY. I found a video for her song "Love Is Dead" online and while it's sort of hard to watch it's a really great song and the concept of the video is good... it's just weird to see her as an old lady for half of it.
Click the image to watch the video.
And here i am with Kerli... :
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
NEW PLAYRADIOPLAY! VIDEO!
Just cos I'm no longer affiliated with IDJ doesnt mean I dont still love the stuff coming out of there.
PlayRadioPlay has a new video for the new version of "Madi Dont Leave" that's on the new album called Texas that's coming out on March 18.
Watch it Here:
Vote for it on: OvenFresh.
PlayRadioPlay has a new video for the new version of "Madi Dont Leave" that's on the new album called Texas that's coming out on March 18.
Watch it Here:
Vote for it on: OvenFresh.
IT'S TIME TO GET PERSONAL
It's been a while since i've been really personal on this thing and since I'm finally almost positive that nobody is reading this -- like it was in the old days when i started this blog and would blog in detail about my daily adventures -- i feel like i can be personal again. Which is good, because i have terrible memory and need some sort of memory helper. i know that keeping a personal diary might be better, but i lose everything, so i guess i'll keep some shit in code or something.
Since i sit at home most of the day working infront of the TV, I watch a lot of Law&Order. A lot. I prefer SVU and Criminal Intent because i fucking love Vincent D'Onofrio and how his character tilts his head whenever he's figuring something out.
One thing that stands out is how much they deal with sociopaths. Brandon ended up buying a book about sociopaths and I ended up looking it up on wikipedia, which led me to Antisocial Personality Disorder, which is basically an offshoot of sociopaths.
I started noticing that there are a couple of sociopaths in my life. It's a pretty big statement to suggest that someone is a sociopath, but i'm also the perfect person to attract sociopaths. I'm very forgiving and want to believe that everyone is essentially good and mean no harm. I'm a championt of the underdog, and if i see someone in need, I want to help them out and take them under my wing and let them into my life. This has caused me to get very hurt by people whom I thought were very close to me.
I was able to confirm the chance of certain people in my life as being a sociopath when I sent the description to a couple of mutual friends and said "does this sound like anyone we know?" Only to find that the friends said the same people. Weird.
Thankfully, the people who fit that description I've naturally weeded out of my life, or they were weeded out for me by caring friends. It's kinda weird when you look back at years of friendship and realize the shit that was going on, and the lack of emotion from people, or lack of caring, and how truly distrubing it is.
Thinking about this all made me think about how some musicians could possibly qualify as sociopaths. Their dual personalities, the excessive drinking, the promiscuous behavior, their charm, intelligence, need to move around a lot. It got me to remembering a conversation I had with someone a while back who was telling me about her early experiences with a singer of an extremely popular emo band. How he would lie about things constantly, fuck over close friends, and one thing that threw me for a loop - fuck larger girls just so he could call them fat in the middle of banging them. Maybe that dude is a psychopath rather than a sociopath. I dont know. I'm not a head doctor. Or maybe hes just messed up. Maybe they're all just messed up and I'm too focused on the symptoms of sociopaths because of Law&Order, to think that something else might be wrong.
Since i sit at home most of the day working infront of the TV, I watch a lot of Law&Order. A lot. I prefer SVU and Criminal Intent because i fucking love Vincent D'Onofrio and how his character tilts his head whenever he's figuring something out.
One thing that stands out is how much they deal with sociopaths. Brandon ended up buying a book about sociopaths and I ended up looking it up on wikipedia, which led me to Antisocial Personality Disorder, which is basically an offshoot of sociopaths.
I started noticing that there are a couple of sociopaths in my life. It's a pretty big statement to suggest that someone is a sociopath, but i'm also the perfect person to attract sociopaths. I'm very forgiving and want to believe that everyone is essentially good and mean no harm. I'm a championt of the underdog, and if i see someone in need, I want to help them out and take them under my wing and let them into my life. This has caused me to get very hurt by people whom I thought were very close to me.
I was able to confirm the chance of certain people in my life as being a sociopath when I sent the description to a couple of mutual friends and said "does this sound like anyone we know?" Only to find that the friends said the same people. Weird.
Thankfully, the people who fit that description I've naturally weeded out of my life, or they were weeded out for me by caring friends. It's kinda weird when you look back at years of friendship and realize the shit that was going on, and the lack of emotion from people, or lack of caring, and how truly distrubing it is.
Thinking about this all made me think about how some musicians could possibly qualify as sociopaths. Their dual personalities, the excessive drinking, the promiscuous behavior, their charm, intelligence, need to move around a lot. It got me to remembering a conversation I had with someone a while back who was telling me about her early experiences with a singer of an extremely popular emo band. How he would lie about things constantly, fuck over close friends, and one thing that threw me for a loop - fuck larger girls just so he could call them fat in the middle of banging them. Maybe that dude is a psychopath rather than a sociopath. I dont know. I'm not a head doctor. Or maybe hes just messed up. Maybe they're all just messed up and I'm too focused on the symptoms of sociopaths because of Law&Order, to think that something else might be wrong.
HUMANZEE
A couple months ago, somehow, i started watching something on youtube about this possibly bonobo chimpanzee that may or may have not been half-man half-ape. It was in a series that got broken up into 6 or something on youtube and i watched all of them until about 4am.
I just saw that they're airing it on Science Channel at 9pm on thursday. OMGOMGOMG! i dvr'ed it.
watch part one:
I just saw that they're airing it on Science Channel at 9pm on thursday. OMGOMGOMG! i dvr'ed it.
watch part one:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
WIN PASSES TO THE BOOK RELEASE PARTY
I'm having a party to celebrate the book release at Angels&Kings on March 3. There will be Karaoke hosted by Karaoke Killed the Cat... and just because it'll give us a reason to give away nice prizes, there will be a contest for best performers judged by myself, Matt Rubano from Taking Back Sunday, Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance, and Steven Smith from FUSE.
YOU CAN WIN PASSES TO THIS PARTY BY SENDING ME YOUR OWN KARAOKE SUBMISSIONS FROM THIS WEBSITE (singshot.com) There's gonna also be some sort of open bar situation... and OK Magazine is tied into the event in some way. I think they thought I was Britney Spears or something. I'm not sure.
TO ENTER: Email me the link of you singing a song to pocketkaraoke@gmail.com to win passes to my release party!
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 29
YOU CAN WIN PASSES TO THIS PARTY BY SENDING ME YOUR OWN KARAOKE SUBMISSIONS FROM THIS WEBSITE (singshot.com) There's gonna also be some sort of open bar situation... and OK Magazine is tied into the event in some way. I think they thought I was Britney Spears or something. I'm not sure.
TO ENTER: Email me the link of you singing a song to pocketkaraoke@gmail.com to win passes to my release party!
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 29
Monday, February 18, 2008
THE POCKET KARAOKE IS COMING OUT MARCH 3!
And to celebrate that...here's a video of me doing mall-karaoke at age 8 to "Walk Like an Egyptian"
I'm having a party to celebrate the book release at Angels&Kings on March 3. There will be Karaoke hosted by Karaoke Killed the Cat... and just because it'll give us a reason to give away nice prizes, there will be a contest for best performers judged by myself, Matt Rubano from Taking Back Sunday, Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance, and Steven Smith from FUSE.
There's gonna also be some sort of open bar situation... and OK Magazine is tied into the event in some way. I think they thought I was Britney Spears or something. I'm not sure.
BUY MY BOOK!
On Amazon.com
On Barnes&Noble.com
I'm having a party to celebrate the book release at Angels&Kings on March 3. There will be Karaoke hosted by Karaoke Killed the Cat... and just because it'll give us a reason to give away nice prizes, there will be a contest for best performers judged by myself, Matt Rubano from Taking Back Sunday, Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance, and Steven Smith from FUSE.
There's gonna also be some sort of open bar situation... and OK Magazine is tied into the event in some way. I think they thought I was Britney Spears or something. I'm not sure.
BUY MY BOOK!
On Amazon.com
On Barnes&Noble.com
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
THIS IS A LOVE SONG!
I love Steven Smith from Fuse. I met him in 2001 or 2002 when I was an assistant at VH1 and we got along immediately. He's so fucking nice and cool... and he can sing! Who knew?!
Check out this Valentines Day-themed video and song he did:
Check out this Valentines Day-themed video and song he did:
Friday, February 1, 2008
OH MY GOODNESS
So i'm cleaning out my storage space in my apt and i found a box of cds.... and in the box of CDs is a disc labeled "Kill Hannah in NYC july 2003 photos". I put it in to see the pictures... and HOLY SHIT.
PHOTOGRPAHIC EVIDENCE OF WHY I STARTED THIS BLOG!
OK, so I know I had a chubby phase which i may or may not still be in... but these photos showed off a VERY CHUBBY phase. Like, maybe 20lbs more than I weigh now. My face is totally bloated with beer, my body is bloated... even my feet are bloated! This was during the height of my partying and going out every night with Greg and Raphael (aka the Boyfriends). We would go to all the open bars, get totally wasted, and make out with each other. Meanwhile, my body was slowly expanding and I look unrecognizable. I frantically aimed Karen last night when I found them, freaking out. I couldnt believe how blind I was to my unhealthy behavior when it was staring at me in the face.
While cleaning my storage area, I found tons of bags of clothes filled with size 10 clothes. I couldnt understand why i had size ten clothes in my pocession. I just held them up and looked puzzled as I organized them in a donation pile. Now I know. What the fuck.
All those blog posts with people saying i looked gross were right.
Holy fucking shit.
Meanwhile, I was making out all over town with every dude, having the time of my life. But oh my god. I dont even want to share these photos because they're sooo ... I just look totally unhealthy. I have no problem with healthy weight gain. No problem at all. But this is straight up bloat. I think the reason why I was able to go out every night and party til 4am each evening was:
1. I was drinking 8 beers at least an evening. So i was basically blind drunk. I found photos where my eyes are close, but i'm standing or dancing.
2. I must've been storing reserved energy in the bloat/fat like a camel.
3. The music scene was really awesome then.
4. I was definitely chasing/running from something.
Here's a photo... mind you, this is a more flattering one... with Greg and Raphael:
PHOTOGRPAHIC EVIDENCE OF WHY I STARTED THIS BLOG!
OK, so I know I had a chubby phase which i may or may not still be in... but these photos showed off a VERY CHUBBY phase. Like, maybe 20lbs more than I weigh now. My face is totally bloated with beer, my body is bloated... even my feet are bloated! This was during the height of my partying and going out every night with Greg and Raphael (aka the Boyfriends). We would go to all the open bars, get totally wasted, and make out with each other. Meanwhile, my body was slowly expanding and I look unrecognizable. I frantically aimed Karen last night when I found them, freaking out. I couldnt believe how blind I was to my unhealthy behavior when it was staring at me in the face.
While cleaning my storage area, I found tons of bags of clothes filled with size 10 clothes. I couldnt understand why i had size ten clothes in my pocession. I just held them up and looked puzzled as I organized them in a donation pile. Now I know. What the fuck.
All those blog posts with people saying i looked gross were right.
Holy fucking shit.
Meanwhile, I was making out all over town with every dude, having the time of my life. But oh my god. I dont even want to share these photos because they're sooo ... I just look totally unhealthy. I have no problem with healthy weight gain. No problem at all. But this is straight up bloat. I think the reason why I was able to go out every night and party til 4am each evening was:
1. I was drinking 8 beers at least an evening. So i was basically blind drunk. I found photos where my eyes are close, but i'm standing or dancing.
2. I must've been storing reserved energy in the bloat/fat like a camel.
3. The music scene was really awesome then.
4. I was definitely chasing/running from something.
Here's a photo... mind you, this is a more flattering one... with Greg and Raphael:
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
THE POCKET KARAOKE!
Did you get my first book, The Pocket DJ? If you did, could you pleaes please send me a photo of you holding the book?
thank you so much!
I have a second book coming out on March 3, that's called the Pocket Karaoke, that's like a part 2 of the Pocket DJ. So even if you don't feel like you're up for getting up on stage and performing a a karaoke event, there are still some great playlists in there... more than the last book, i think.
You can pre-order it here:
Amazon.com
BN.com
Here's a short description (from bn.com):
Your nights of poring over massive karaoke binders are over! With more than two thousand songs handpicked and organized by music industry insider and DJ Sarah Lewitinn (a.k.a. Ultragrrrl), Pocket Karaoke is the definitive, portable guide to making your next karaoke performance unforgettable -- in all the right ways. This must-have reference book includes:
• SONG LISTS BY ARTIST: Featuring all of the best artists, along with levels of difficulty, drink minimums, performance tips, and similar artists.
• SONG LISTS BY GENRE: From oldies to new wave, disco to emo, funk to hip-hop, all the crowd-pleasing favorites are listed here.
• SONG LISTS BY CELEBRITIES: More than thirty musicians, DJs, and journalists list their top five favorite songs to perform at karaoke and why.
• SONG LISTS BY OCCASION: With duets, seductive little ditties, roof-raising party-starters, and more.
• Plus KARAOKE GEAR -- where to buy online, all-in-one systems, and computer programs to take your obsession to the next level!
thank you so much!
I have a second book coming out on March 3, that's called the Pocket Karaoke, that's like a part 2 of the Pocket DJ. So even if you don't feel like you're up for getting up on stage and performing a a karaoke event, there are still some great playlists in there... more than the last book, i think.
You can pre-order it here:
Amazon.com
BN.com
Here's a short description (from bn.com):
Your nights of poring over massive karaoke binders are over! With more than two thousand songs handpicked and organized by music industry insider and DJ Sarah Lewitinn (a.k.a. Ultragrrrl), Pocket Karaoke is the definitive, portable guide to making your next karaoke performance unforgettable -- in all the right ways. This must-have reference book includes:
• SONG LISTS BY ARTIST: Featuring all of the best artists, along with levels of difficulty, drink minimums, performance tips, and similar artists.
• SONG LISTS BY GENRE: From oldies to new wave, disco to emo, funk to hip-hop, all the crowd-pleasing favorites are listed here.
• SONG LISTS BY CELEBRITIES: More than thirty musicians, DJs, and journalists list their top five favorite songs to perform at karaoke and why.
• SONG LISTS BY OCCASION: With duets, seductive little ditties, roof-raising party-starters, and more.
• Plus KARAOKE GEAR -- where to buy online, all-in-one systems, and computer programs to take your obsession to the next level!
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