ATTN: GURJ AND KAREN

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

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

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

RIP MIKEY'S GLASSES

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



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

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

WHAT A FUCKING SCAM!

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

*Click*

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

WOW. WE'RE SUCH FUCKING DORKS

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

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

So can anyone help karen out with her inquirey?

GOOD DAY, GOOD DAY

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

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

OY VA LOST

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

click here to be made geekier than you ever imagined

I JUST WANNA BRING YOU DOWN SO BADLY!

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOUNDS OF HELL

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

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

FOR FRIENDS OF BEN CHAPPEL

I recieved this from Ben's friend Michael:

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

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

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

PAINT ME VIOLET

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

Click the button that most suites your fancy:

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

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

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

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

MY NEW DAILY OBSESSION

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

also, fluxblog is stoked on the oohlas!

HELLO!

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

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

YAY!!!

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

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

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

OMG! LITERALLY



AND LOL AT THIS!:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDOn



Also, this is kinda creepy:

YOU WIL COME

NO MORE BALLERINA BLUES



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

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

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

I needed something less real.

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

IS THIS HELL?

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

DO IT FOR THE KIIIIIICKs



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

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



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

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

WALK IN SILENCE

Word'em Up!

The Saints + Lovers single is FINALLY available! Horay!

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

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