I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF LIVING THINGS

I'm sorry, I'm just so fucking obsessed with Living Things' "Let it Rain." My iTunes play counter says I've listened to it 30 times and that doesn't include the amount of times I listened to it on their MySpace and website. Even NYLONmag.com likes it.

I love that and Kings of Leon's "Sex On Fire".

Is there any way to embed MySpace players?

Here's some photos of Living Things since they're pretty and Floria Sigismondi took them and I'm a huge fan of hers:

THE CURSE OF KILL HANNAH

Anyone that's been reading this blog for a while knows that I'm very good friends with the Kill Hannah boys. I met Mat Devine when I was an 18 year old virgin with braces that was just simply charmed by the fact that he looked like Adam Ant and wanted to be his bestfriend immediately. It makes me so sad to hear the following news, but I'm so happy that nobody was hurt:

Kill Hannah’s bus caught on fire and burned down over the last couple of hours, going from Bologna, Italy where they played last night to Paris, where they are supposed to play tomorrow. They are in the Swiss Alps, and we have just gotten them to a hotel.

Everyone is out alive and safe...but they’ve lost most of their personal belongings. We have lost passports, etc, but fortunately their cash was in a safe and it survived the fire.

They're are going to have to do emergency passports in Switzerland as they cant leave the country to go to any other part of europe without them, so they will most likely need to cancel Paris and Belgium. The gear in the trailer seems to be all that made it, but we have no idea what else is lost that may be necessary for gigs, etc...

CMJ

The thing that sucks for people who work and live in NYC during CMJ is that we have to work during CMJ week and then see bands at night/day and then come back into the office the next day. When we go to Austin for SXSW, we go to meetings, we drink bloody mary's, we goof around and see bands and we're don't have to go to a fucking office. It's way better. CMJ is miserable for local music industry folks. I think that the local music industry folk should just get together and say "OK, for 4 days we can get away with not showing up to the office. Shit will still work out." Until then, I shall weep.

On Thursday I'm DJing at Whiskey Blue, so if you need an escape from the madness of CMJ, please come say hi to me. I'll be DJing from 10pm - 2am.

Sadly, this means that the shows that I was going to see on Thursday are basically no longer happening.

If I could, I would drop everything to see:

• 10:30pm - 11:10pm Passion Pit (The Annex, 152 Orchard St @ Allen St, New York, NY)
  
• 11:00pm - 11:40pm The Shivers (Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St @ Richardson St, Brooklyn, NY)

I fucking love The Shivers. One sunday afternoon, about a year ago, Brandon and I were heading back home from brunch at the Norwood. We had had such a lovely and splendid afternoon filled with amazing food and bloody marys... and our cold limbs trudged into the F-Train subway station to wait for the subway. There was this dude in a Yankees jacket, hoodie, baseball cap, jeans, sunglasses... he looked strung out or something. It was Keith from The Shivers. He played songs off a keyboard that was mounted on top of a walker that an old man would use. It was almost romantic and sad all at the same time. As the train arrived, he played "Creep" by Radiohead. It was fucking gorgeous. I bought one of his albums right there for $5 and listened to it a bunch.

GO SEE HIM PLAY.

This is him:


Also, I am going to be presenting something called "The Ultragrrrl Report" on FUSE's new show "FUSE On Tour" starting November 9th, and every Sunday after that. Basically, I'm going to be talking about shows I've seen that week, Tour news, and up-and-coming bands that I saw and loved. I'm really fucking excited about this opportunity! I love talking about music and sharing the music I love with people and being on TV. Haha. Watch me!

CMJ SCHEDULEING HELP

Taylor from hypem.com sent this email to me and i was like "this kid is trippin..." but then i clicked the link and i think ti's gonna save my fucking life:

I know it's cool for NY kids to hate on CMJ, but I thought I'd give
you a heads up to my side project anyway! You can check out all the
weeks worth of events at http://cmj.sched.org

WEIRD

I think that blogger deletes my posts!

PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEKEND

On Saturday afternoon, I went to Spitzer's Corner with Wyatt to grab a quick brunch. Unfortunately, it took an hour for our food to arrive so I canceled my order, but while waiting for it I glanced to the other side of the restaurant and saw Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel brunching together. I literally gasped and said "OMG! Wyatt!" He replied "I know, I'm friends with them, so make sure I say hi before we leave." Then I glanced over to the couple next to us and they were possibly more gorgeous than Brangelina and spent the rest of the time there creeping on them. When the couple left, our waitress came over and said "Did you guys see who is here?!?!" I replied "Forget about them! Did you see the couple sitting next to us? Genetic perfection! I hope thye make babies immediately."

About 20 minutes later, while we were still waiting for our food, Sarah and Jimmy walked by and Wyatt called out to Sarah. "Do you remember me? It's Wyatt. I cut my hair off." Sarah and Jimmy freaked out -- kind of like I would if I had gone up to them instead of the other way around. "OH MY GOD!!!! WYATTTT!!!!!!!!!!!" They were so cute and affectionate with each other and Sarah introduced herself to me and Wyatt described me as "My super Jewish friend who is dating a Black." Sarah and I talked about the election and being jews and her viral video and then made plans with Wyatt to see him later that night.

This is Wyatt:



Then I went to my boyfriend, David's. We were going to go to Mitsuwa -- the Japanese market in Edgewater, NJ -- but opted to just be lazy and wait for dinnertime. We met up with Gurj, Joanna, Chris Black, and Courtney the Intern at the Vegetarian Dim Sum House... which is too fucking good. David and I went a couple weeks ago and a group of monks walked in and one of them had a Jonas Brothers ringtone on their cell phone.

Then David and Gurj got gellatos.


After making a quick pitstop at Chris Black's apt, I went with David and Joanna to the Mercury Lounge to see Glasvegas. Joanna and I are obsessed with them and managed to work our way up front which is good since we're both midgets. The band were scheduled to go on at 11:30pm, which usually means 12am, but they didnt go on til about 12:20. My legs were in pain, but I got some good photos:






Then David and I went to the SNL afterparty since the Killers played. Dave, Rob W, and the other dude whose name I forgot were at this one table texting furiously the whole night.


On Sunday I went to Brian Battjer's with Mandy stellastarr* and Wyatt to play RockBand2. On our way there we passed by this fantastic mural. It appears as if it's depicting Barak Obama and John McCain.


And then this poster of what appears to be Abe Lincoln hybred with Barak Obama... but again, not too sure:

NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACKS

I read Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist this summer and thought "wow, this book is kind of hitting really close to home..." Norah is a jewish 18 year old Lower East Side socialite and intern from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and the daughter of a record exec. So basically, that's my life if Rob Stevenson was my father. Weird.

Anyway, the soundtrack is out and there's gonna be a give-away tomorrow night at Trainwreck at Angels & Kings and Matt from the Bronx is going to be DJing.

Flyer:

And Gurj just twittered that the Twilight soundtrack info has been released. Let's discuss:

1. Muse — Supermassive Black Hole
2. Paramore — Decode
3. The Black Ghosts — Full Moon
4. Linkin Park — Leave Out All The Rest
5. MuteMath — Spotlight (Twilight Mix)
6. Perry Farrell — Going All The Way (Into The Twilight)
7. Collective Soul — Tremble For My Beloved
8. Paramore — I Caught Myself
9. Blue Foundation — Eyes On Fire
10. Rob Pattinson — Never Think
11. Iron & Wine — Flightless Bird, American Mouth
12. Carter Burwell — Bella's Lullaby

I would like to send Stephanie Meyer my Twilight soundtrack, which I think is better, even if it's missing Muse and the gorgeous Rob Pattinson.. and has maybe too many covers on it:

1. Band of Horses - The Funeral
2. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
3. Beirut - Hallelujah
4. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
5. The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
6. Dan Black - These Things Take Time
7. Duffy - Rockferry
8. Alexis Fox - Love is For Pussies
9. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
10 . Interpol - Take You on a Cruise
11. Glasvegas - Geraldine
12. The Oohlas - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
13. Radiohead - Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was
14. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
15. Bjork - Hyperballad
16. Why? - Close to Me
17. Ben Kweller - Today
18. InnerPartySystem - Die Tonight, Live Forever

UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH

I'm not sure how many people remember or knew of the band Unbelievable Truth from back in the late 90s. They were fronted by a guy named Andy Yorke, who had a famous brother which often over shadowed their own talents. I remember really loving UT and developing a very shallow acquaintanceship with their drummer Nigel. I really never thought much about them since, until I got an email in my inbox letting me know that Andy -- who had left music to become a Russian translator for Greenpeace -- decided to pick up a guitar again.

Download and share Andy Yorke - "Rise and Fall" (MP3)

JONAH HILL SHOULD MARRY ME

Register to vote online: http://maps.google.com/vote

I would also accept a marriage proposal from Leonardo DiCaprio.

Also, for those of you who like wearing t-shirts that declare your political alignment, please don't wear them when voting. That's considered campaigning on voting sites, which is illegal.

IPS WANT YOUR MONEY

PORTFOLIO JOB OF THE WEEK!

NEAT!

I have Portfolio.com's Job of the Week this week:

Crowd Control

by Andrea Chalupa Sep 28 2008

Sarah Lewitinn commands the mood of hundreds of party-goers as her alter ego, Ultragrrrl.

Photograph courtesy of: D.J. Ultragrrrl

Job Title: Disc Jockey
Employers: Clubs, promoters, and individuals.
Openings: Promote skills on MySpace or a personal website, then get a booking agent.
Salary Cap: High seven figures for celebrity D.J.'s
Number of Jobs: About 100,000

Read more...

THE SKY IS FALLING

I guess you could say I...

TOLD
YOU
SO

My original post from August 9, 2007:

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEP

So while trying to find articles to explain to a friend of mine exactly what's about to happen in our economy and how a ton of people are going to end up without jobs in wallstreet and then eventually all over america resulting in a crazy recession and an impending economic turmoil, i found this article that I literally thought was from The Onion:

Johnson & Johnson Sues Red Cross Over Symbol

And, in case you were wondering what's going on with the economy, you can read the following bleak article:

Mortgage Defaults Growing

"More than 2 million hybrid adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) come up for reset this fall - peaking in October with more than $50 billion due.

Borrowers who took out hybrid ARMs in 2004 and 2005 to secure low "teaser" rates for the first two or three years of the loan may see their monthly mortgage payments climb by 35 percent or more.

Foreclosures could explode, which would hurt everyone on the food chain: Borrowers lose their homes; lenders lose their payments; local governments lose tax base; and neighborhoods lose resiliency.

The already poor performance of many mortgage loans will worsen substantially through the rest of the year, according to an analysis in late July by Moody's Economy.com."\

And the comments a bunch of readers left me as a result:

Which post apocolyptic setting would you prefer Waterwold and Mad Max?
strapp | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | Homepage | 08.09.07 - 5:49 pm | #

Gravatar Sarah - you're overstating things just a bit. Or actually a lot. The debt markets (and specifically the sub-primes) are fucked, but it's not gonna lead to massive Wall Street layoffs and panic in the street style economic collapse.

But yeah, fuck Johnson & Johnson.
john b. | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.09.07 - 6:46 pm | #

Gravatar like you know about microfinance.
othello | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 1:02 am | #

Gravatar John B: Are you not following any of this? It's not about "the subprime market". It's about all the funds that bought securitized subprime loans underestimating the credit risks involved. For instance, Bear Stearns had to liquidate a couple of funds because of this, and they got pennies on the dollar for those loans. Losses were in the gazillions. The German government bailed out some funds a couple of weeks ago. Then, this morning, BNP Paribas stopped withdrawal from some funds because they weren't sure how to value them given the underestimated credit risks (you use risk to discount the value of loans; the higher the risk, the higher the discount). This sent the markets all over the world tanking. As I write this, Asian markets are freaking out. Sure, the Dow hit record highs a coule of weeks ago. But now it's tanking as reality set in.

Okay, so how does this cause layoffs on Wall Street? Simple: Fund PnLs aren't what they were because, after you've revalued all the crap on your books, your profits aren't what they seemed. So, they'll fire people to keep profits relatively stable. The first to go will be kids fresh out of school making $200k (Yeah, that's right. First year analysts -- the ones who aren't even 23 yet -- are making six figure base salaries plus six figure bonuses). But then come funds getting closed down. Plus, you have private equity funds starting to buckle, what with a potential change of tax status and lackluster results as of late (Shwarzman, bless his heart, that guy cashed out on top).

Meanwhile, who has money in all these funds? Pension funds from teachers, factory workers, cops, etc. The regular folks. Everyone's gonna get doubly screwed: They'll lose their house and their pension funds will take a hit. Othello, this is macrofinance now, not microfinance (don't even get me started on THAT commnt).

Just as an example, watch this video of the guy I called "boss" for several years. I have to warn you, it gets pretty loud:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SWksEJQEYVU

He used to do that all the time in meetings but it's kinda neat that everyone else gets to see it in action now. More importantly, how adorable is Erin Burnett in all of this?
Lawrence | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 2:23 am | #

Gravatar Sarah, your absolutely right. Plus that's just the tip of the pencil. Were going to be the worlds newest communist county soon enough. Canada looking real good right now
Ray Burnz | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | 08.10.07 - 2:49 am | #

Gravatar i know that i'm the last person that's probably qualified to talk about this stuff, but with a brother like mine, family in real estate, and inklings of how the trickle down is effecting even me, i'm educating myself and taking notice and begging my out of work friends to take whatever job comes their way.
sarah | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | Homepage | 08.10.07 - 3:33 am | #

Gravatar Okay, now John B's comment officially infuriates me. It's something straight out of the idiotic Treasury Department's mouth, which still hasn't figured out what's going. The Fed just threw $19 billion into the economy this morning (the ECB threw in $200 billion into Europe) but it's not going to work. General markets are still going down and financial stocks are taking a hit. John, I gotta ask: What on earth are basing your comment on? And if you seriously believe this, why aren't you in the markets right now buying up financial stocks? C'mon, are you kidding or were you just shooting off without knowing what you're talking about?
Lawrence | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 9:22 am | #

Gravatar http://www.dealbreaker.com/2007/ ...reads_to_hi.php
Anonymous | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 10:07 am | #

Gravatar Lawrence,

First, as a sometimes reader of this blog, I'm honored to finally be on the receiving end of one of your pompous, know it all rants. I'm glad I "officially" infuriate you.

I am aware of what's going on, and am probably following almost as closely as you. I certainly didn't think a quick one-off comment simply noting that I thought Sarah's "the sky is falling" take on things was a bit off the mark. Obviously the markets are taking a hit, and obviously the funds investing in sub-primes are in trouble. Will this lead to some layoffs? Probably. Will it lead to the collapse of the economy and "[result] in a crazy recession and an impending economic turmoil?" No, I don't think it will.

I'll remember next time I make a quick comment on a blog that the Comment Police and Sgt. Lawrence are waiting to attack misinformation at every turn. But seriously, good for you for being so smart, and getting officially infuriated over a comment on your sister's blog. Really. You're an impressive dude.
John B. | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 10:16 am | #

Gravatar What infuriated me was that it was as if it were written by Paulson himself. Seriously, how could I NOT be pissed? What's worse is that you still can't see this problem: it's not far-off to see this kick the economy in the shins given that a large part of what's been pushing it has been this asset inflation (read: over-priced real estate) and easy credit. Those are collapsing. Combine that with inflated commodity prices and you got a real stinker on your hands.

Mind you, she said recession and not depression. This can definitely cause a recession, especially if we pretend it's not a big deal.

Also, I said your comments infuriated me, not you yourself. And, yes, I'm a pompous know-it-all because, well, I know everything. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to figure out how we'll get out of this mess.
Lawrence | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 10:37 am | #

Gravatar I know so many people who got screwed on unfixed mortage rates or having their property values jumping in the last two quarters. I can't wait for $5 subway rides. When that happens I'm changing my name to Manuel and becoming a Thahitian Towel Boy. Lawrence, yeah those bonuses are unbelieveable but I have couple friends working for JP so I know they're real.
strapp | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | Homepage | 08.10.07 - 11:39 am | #

Gravatar Dear Lawrence,

I can see the problem. But thank you for your insights into the wonderful world of finance. Please let me know when we'll be out of this mess. Until then, I'll be running around midtown and downtown on alternating days, tearing out my hear and screaming about how the US economy is on the brink of collapse.
John B. | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 12:17 pm | #

Gravatar wait, so does mean your trust fund is going to get damaged??

bout time to hope some new scrolls show up.

mime is money.
o hai! | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 1:30 pm | #

Gravatar lawrence,
it's their own fault. they knew the mess they were getting into with these mortgages...they were letting people get these mortgages with no proof of income. wall st had this coming and everyone knew it.
so was cramer an ahole or a good guy..cant believe how big he has become
jim | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 3:48 pm | #

Gravatar http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/19/...prime/ index.htm
neil | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 3:53 pm | #

Gravatar I agree that this is the product of two-fold stupidity: first from the predatory practices of the lenders (who loaned on the buyer's ability to pay teaser rates instead of what it actually was long-term) and second from the morons pricing the mortgage-backed securities with ridiculously low default assumptions because, well, they assumed that if people can pay teaser rates, they can pay the long-term rates, too. I'm not sure anything done today by the Fed is going to solve any problems and I don't think Treasury has a clue, either. It's just gonna mean we're all going to have to suffer this one, MAYBE learn our lessons, and after a couple of quarters of shake-out, come out of this thanks to another bubble

As for Cramer, I actually got along with him nicely. I think the mistake some people would make with him is that they were so afraid of his reactions that they never told him the truth. Naturally, he'd flip out when he'd catch it and fly off the handle. I personally thought he was a great guy and fun to be around; we flew up to Boston one time and the guy cracked me up the entire time. I don't always agree with him but he's really smart.

O hai: you're wrong. I stole all her trust fund money.
Lawrence | Edit comment Delete comment | 08.10.07 - 6:00 pm | #

Gravatar God, i wish that i had the trust fund everyone accuses me of having. not sure how many trustfunders have refugee families that lost everything, or had their house forclosed on...
sarah | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | Homepage | 08.10.07 - 7:14 pm | #

Gravatar we're all missing the big picture here...

mcr got a new siq vid comin out.
shane Human | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | 08.10.07 - 9:53 pm | #

Gravatar Here's a NYC-centric bubble blog.
mitchell porter | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | 08.11.07 - 12:27 am | #

Gravatar oh how i love living in Canada.
yes we are probably a close second behind the states in our debt. But i doubt this will happen, you don't see as many petty fights going to court.

although...fucking conrad black.
Lindsey | Edit comment Delete comment | Email | 08.11.07 - 3:58 am | #

And now for the obligatory cute baby animal photos to make you feel better about yourself:






I'm so smartypants/psychic.

SEXY TIMES INNERPARTYSYSTEM VIDEO

By the way, the girl in this clip is Stoya, whom i guess is kind of a famous now: Stoya's myspace.

In this video, which was shot in InnerPartySystem's basement, Stoya (the star) is getting eaten out by her boyfriend.

From what i understand, Stoya wanted to do porn and so this was her first video... after Penta, the director, shot this in IPS's basement she went away and became some big porn star. she's even starring in this huge production porn that's a remake of Pirates of the Carribean:

END OF SUMMER MIX CD

I created a mix CD to celebrate the end of Summer and wanting to hold onto it with your little fingers because summers should never end! They're wonderful for romances, adventures, and being lazy. I hope you all enjoy this mix.

Download it Here.

U.S. Royalty - Every Summer
Santogold - Lights Out
Melanie Fiona - Give It To Me Right
The Killers - Human
The Whip - Trash
Placebo - English Summer Rain
Kings of Leon - Closer
Dan Black - HYPNTZ
UH HUH HER - Not A Love Song
Kordan - Fantasy Nation
Anthony Green - Dear Child (I've Been Dying To Reach You) (Good Old War Version)
Blur - Look Inside America
The Verve - Love Is Noise
Middle Distance Runner - The Sun and Earth
The Mary Onettes - Lost

Check out Dan Black's video for "HYPNTZ" (omg, he is gorgeous):

INNERPARTYSYSTEM VIDEO REMIX

this was done by the Eclectic Method.

also IPS will be on Steven's Untitled Rock Show tonight!

DUFFY IN SIMS

I found this video for Duffy's song "Rockferry":


I dont know if it's the official video for the States or just the UK one... but here's a SIMS version of it:

THIS IS FANTASTIC

Brandon Flowers and the Killers from Mars:

THIS IS FUCKING FANTASTIC.

THIS BLOG

I think I'm gonna post mixes once a week from now on, so subscribe, bookmark or become a fan (whatever that new button is on the side) so you know when i post a new mix. They're gonna include new songs, old songs, and shit like that... but since I'm uploading them via yousendit, the amount of time you can download those things is limited to a week or something.

DOWNLOAD MY MIXTAPE.

I made a mixtape thingy for some work related thing, and I really love it. it's inspired by the book Twilight... you know, cos i'm 15 years old.

download mix here

1. Band of Horses - The Funeral
2. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
3. Beirut - Hallelujah
4. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
5. The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
6. Dan Black - These Things Take Time
7. Duffy - Rockferry
8. Alexis Fox - Love is For Pussies
9. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
10 . Interpol - Take You on a Cruise
11. Glasvegas - Geraldine
12. The Oohlas - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
13. Radiohead - Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was
14. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
15. Bjork - Hyperballad
16. Why? - Close to Me
17. Ben Kweller - Today
18. InnerPartySystem - Die Tonight, Live Forever

ARETHA FRANKLIN AND ERYKAH BADU!!!!

is anyone else going to the 98.7 KissFM Liberty R&B Jazz Fest in NYC at liberty state park? Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu and the O'Jays are playing.

here's who is playing (or click here: http://www.987kissfm.com/rbjazzfest08/):

Saturday, September 13th 12 - 10 pm
Performances by Aretha Franklin• Erykah Badu • Leela James • Kem • Euge Groove • Bobby Caldwell • The Jeff Foxx Band • Jean Baylor

Sunday, September 14th 12 - 8 pm
Performances by The O'Jays • Kool and the Gang • Roy Ayers • Brian Culbertson • Gil Parris • Soul Generation • Elisabeth Withers

tickets: http://www.987kissfm.com/rbjazzfest08/tickets.htm

ANTHONY GREEN AND SAOSIN AND CIRCA SURVIVE

Ok, if i have this correctly:
Anthony Green used to sing in Saosin and left to start Circa Survive and then decided to do a side project under his own name...

Last night, super late at night when Steven's Untitled Rock Show played on my TV as I slept, I was woken up by the Anthony Green song "Dear Child." Too tired to listen to the song again or to properly wake up, I hit record on my DVR. This morning I watched the video 3 times before leaving the house and then 10 times today and then my friend Ben sent me this video which is the singer of Saosin singing with Anthony Green on "Dear Child" at a recent show. They look like they're having SO MUCH FUN:

WIN TICKETS TO SEE CHIEF TONIGHT!

http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=1923



Are you in NYC tonight? Want two tickets to see Chief? Pay attention.

Spacey Tracy's favorite band is playing tonight in New York City, and if you want two tickets to see them, do this:

Email freebiefriday@gmail.com (yes, we know it's actually Wednesday) with the subject line Chief, along with your full name, email, and phone number.

We'll pick one of you to get two tickets to see the band (yes, Chief) and you'll get a night of indie rock happiness, totally last minute.

Awesome, right?
FARAN KRENTCIL

www.chieftheband.com

OH THE OOHLAS

The Oohlas have posted two new songs on their MySpace page!!!

One is called "Toni and Di" and features Carina Round.

The other is called "Take Me Home."

Ollie and Carina fell in love like a year or so ago... the song they did together is so fucking good.

I think their Bauhaus cover of "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" is possibly better than the original.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SO FUCKING AWESOME

Cheeky B*stard, Thursday August 28
US ROYALTY RECORD RELEASE PARTY
LUIZA OF CSS DJS
US ROYALTY AND BAND OF THIEVES PLAY LIVE

We've got a nice little indie rock line up for you this week, as we are hosting the Record Release Party for one of the most exciting emerging bands around: U.S. Royalty.
The lovely and talented Luiza of Brazilian indie-electro-rock outfit CSS will be DJing plus...
US Royalty will be performing live, along with the excellent Band of Thieves. Ooh Yeah!

Lucky Beer Open Bar 10pm-11pm

Free with RSVP - email Event@GBH.tv with your name and number of guests.

Hiro Ballroom: 371 W16th St. at 9th Ave
Doors 10pm. 21+ w/I.D.

THE VERVE ALBUM IS OUT NOW

The Verve album, Forth, is out TODAY!!!!

HORAY!!!!

CLICK HERE TO BUY IT.




UK:

• Deluxe Boxset: A deluxe boxset will be available solely from The Verve's Official Store. This version will consist of a double heavyweight gatefold LP vinyl (containing two bonus tracks not on the CD version of the album), limited edition CD & DVD edition of the album, and an exclusive memorabilia tour book.

• CD & DVD Package: Available from play.com for £8.95 Delivered: A special CD and DVD package, featuring an exclusive band documentary and live footage from The Verve's headlining appearance at Coachella in May 2008, packaged in a case bound tour book.

• Heavyweight LP: Available exclusively from The Verve's Official Store: LP includes 2 tracks not featured on the CD or CD/DVD albums.

• Original CD Album: You can also buy the standard CD album FROM The Verve's Official Store.

• Digital Download:
Itunes: If you pre-order the album from itunes you'll receive 'Judas' as soon as you place your order, as well as exclusive live versions of 'Lucky Man' live from Coachella 2008 and 'A New Decade' live from Glastonbury 2008.
7 Digital: Album Of The Week: 'Forth' is available at a special price of £5 until the end of next week.

US:

• Original CD Album: Available from Amazon for $7.99.

• Digital Download:Available for $9.99 from itunes, people buying from here will receive a bonus track ‘Mama Soul’ and an exclusive documentary feature.

THE VERVE PICTURE SPAM





::can now die happy that the verve have a new album out::

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:

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.

THIS EVENING

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.

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:

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.

YAY! PARTY TONIGHT!