Meh. Not what I had envisioned (nor did Shaps) for this video. Oh well. Where's Spencer and Dan?
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Farewell to Summer
Summer is officially over - Pumpkin Spiced Lattes are back on the menu at Starbucks! It is only a matter of days before the streets of Manhattan are overrun with tiny girls wearing huge uggs and oversized scarves. Minus that incredibly annoying vision, I really enjoy fall in NYC. The leaves change, football season starts, CMJ rolls through , Halloween costume brainstorming begins, TV programming gets better, and I can begin the search for the perfect boots! I hope that everyone has a great Labor Day weekend and I'll leave you with a few songs (and photos) that TPM hopes will get you in the mood for fall.
Mere: Yo La Tengo "Autumn Sweater"
Dana: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "Nightmare on my Street"
Shaps: High Five and the Giggles "I Ate Butternut Squash Soup for Lunch"
Del: Tom Petty "Into the Great Wide Open"
Mere: Yo La Tengo "Autumn Sweater"
Dana: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "Nightmare on my Street"
Shaps: High Five and the Giggles "I Ate Butternut Squash Soup for Lunch"
Del: Tom Petty "Into the Great Wide Open"
Hi Fi 2nite
Hope to see you fools there. Rumor has it that Sonya is bringing her tv and nintendo for a little Dr. Mario action for prizes. You'll also have a chance to kick Danny's ass at pool and school Gabe at Ms. Pac-Man.
Who else is totally not feeling this weather? I feel like I should be cast in the remake of Singles, with my current woe-is-me attitude, accented by a constant umbrella. Whoa! That would be so rad- Singles 2: Yep, I'm Still Single (and Miserable, But I Sure Do Listen To Good Music).
Monday, August 28, 2006
Congratulations!
Just wanted to give a shout out to my BFF and her boo on their engagement - Congrats Stacie and Paul! You make an amazing couple and I wish you all the best in life, love, music and beer pong. Watch out for them in an upcoming issue of Blender Magazine - their band, High Five and the Giggles, is more or less the next Mates of State but with more primal screams and hard riffs.
The evil empire of beer pong
Shaps and I trying to distract the other team.
The evil empire of beer pong
Shaps and I trying to distract the other team.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Never Have I Ever... Been More Proud
Milwaukee is named 'Drunkest City'
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits. Forbes said Tuesday it used numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank cities in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism.
Minneapolis-St. Paul was ranked second overall; followed by Columbus, Ohio; Boston; Austin, Texas; Chicago; Cleveland; Pittsburgh and then Philadelphia and Providence, R.I., in a tie for ninth.
Rick DeMeyer, 28, said Wednesday as he was celebrating his birthday at G-Daddy's BBC he could understand Milwaukee's ranking. "I have had people stay with me from London and Chicago, and they can't get over how much we drink," he said. "I guess we do."
But officials at Visit Milwaukee, the area's convention and visitors bureau, contend that the city has come a long way in ridding itself of its beer-guzzling image.
Milwaukeeans have plenty of other ways to entertain themselves without drinking alcohol, said Dave Fantle, a spokesman for the group. He noted a new convention center and baseball park had been built and the Milwaukee Art Museum expanded in recent years.
"We've gone from Brew City to new city," he said.
(from yahoo via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
to read the Forbes article- click on dis
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits. Forbes said Tuesday it used numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank cities in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism.
Minneapolis-St. Paul was ranked second overall; followed by Columbus, Ohio; Boston; Austin, Texas; Chicago; Cleveland; Pittsburgh and then Philadelphia and Providence, R.I., in a tie for ninth.
Rick DeMeyer, 28, said Wednesday as he was celebrating his birthday at G-Daddy's BBC he could understand Milwaukee's ranking. "I have had people stay with me from London and Chicago, and they can't get over how much we drink," he said. "I guess we do."
But officials at Visit Milwaukee, the area's convention and visitors bureau, contend that the city has come a long way in ridding itself of its beer-guzzling image.
Milwaukeeans have plenty of other ways to entertain themselves without drinking alcohol, said Dave Fantle, a spokesman for the group. He noted a new convention center and baseball park had been built and the Milwaukee Art Museum expanded in recent years.
"We've gone from Brew City to new city," he said.
(from yahoo via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
to read the Forbes article- click on dis
Thursday, August 17, 2006
What Music I've Been Listening The Shit Out Of Lately
Sorry for the lack of posts this week, but it seems like we all are actually working. I have to get back to doing my thang, but I thought I'd share with you the music i'm currently obsessing over.
1. Eagle*Seagull. Thanks Senior Beacheroos for passing on the info that this band is the midwestern equivalent of Wolf Parade. I obviously took notice and now can't turn them off, but only for...
2. Beirut. Totally went to McCarren Park this weekend armed to hate, and came out making love not war. This kids voice is to die for and the eastern european backing music makes me swoon.
3. Swan Lake. Yeah I only have one song- "All Fires"- but it's still on repeat!
4. Ferraby Lionheart. Chrashers and Kevers tipped me off to this LA singer/songwriter, which normally I'd shrug off, but upon listening to his myspace site music and having a chat with him on the phone... he won me over instantly. He's just as mellow and thoughtful as his tunes.
5. Ween. Baby Bitch is incredible. Chocolate & Cheese in general is awesome both as a record and in my stomach... with emphasis on the cheese.
6. Wolf Parade. Found some new-old gems like "Killing Armies" and "Secret Knives" and some live shit I can't get enough of. Hello, I love this band. Bring on the Runner/Fancy Claps remixes bitches!
7. Modest Mouse "Edit the Sad Parts"- best Mouse song ever written. period.
ok back to work.
1. Eagle*Seagull. Thanks Senior Beacheroos for passing on the info that this band is the midwestern equivalent of Wolf Parade. I obviously took notice and now can't turn them off, but only for...
2. Beirut. Totally went to McCarren Park this weekend armed to hate, and came out making love not war. This kids voice is to die for and the eastern european backing music makes me swoon.
3. Swan Lake. Yeah I only have one song- "All Fires"- but it's still on repeat!
4. Ferraby Lionheart. Chrashers and Kevers tipped me off to this LA singer/songwriter, which normally I'd shrug off, but upon listening to his myspace site music and having a chat with him on the phone... he won me over instantly. He's just as mellow and thoughtful as his tunes.
5. Ween. Baby Bitch is incredible. Chocolate & Cheese in general is awesome both as a record and in my stomach... with emphasis on the cheese.
6. Wolf Parade. Found some new-old gems like "Killing Armies" and "Secret Knives" and some live shit I can't get enough of. Hello, I love this band. Bring on the Runner/Fancy Claps remixes bitches!
7. Modest Mouse "Edit the Sad Parts"- best Mouse song ever written. period.
ok back to work.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Dis and Dat again
Happy Friday everyone!
I don't really have much to say, so I thought it was time for a Dis and Dat post.
First thing to call to your attention is this new video by Aziz. I was in the office when he was shooting his segments, but I was totally clueless as to what was going on. (my office is with the Beggars/Matador peeps). Holla back Tapes 'n Tapes!
Second thing to call to your attention- Time Warner Cable sucks. I took a half day at work today and all they did was screw up my order.
Third and most important- and we will remind you on Monday- is to tune into Sirius Blog Radio on Monday night- our very own Del will be co-hosting with Productshop NYC's Wes, as well as the best band in NYC- The Big Sleep. Since I'm their able-bodied publicist, I'll be attending, but I'm more going in hopes of getting a shoutout!
and finally, from Chrashers camera comes my favorite sequence of photos from our weekend in Chicago. Wiscod and Del trying to order up some Mexican at 3a.
I don't really have much to say, so I thought it was time for a Dis and Dat post.
First thing to call to your attention is this new video by Aziz. I was in the office when he was shooting his segments, but I was totally clueless as to what was going on. (my office is with the Beggars/Matador peeps). Holla back Tapes 'n Tapes!
Second thing to call to your attention- Time Warner Cable sucks. I took a half day at work today and all they did was screw up my order.
Third and most important- and we will remind you on Monday- is to tune into Sirius Blog Radio on Monday night- our very own Del will be co-hosting with Productshop NYC's Wes, as well as the best band in NYC- The Big Sleep. Since I'm their able-bodied publicist, I'll be attending, but I'm more going in hopes of getting a shoutout!
and finally, from Chrashers camera comes my favorite sequence of photos from our weekend in Chicago. Wiscod and Del trying to order up some Mexican at 3a.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Lolla recap Day 1: Probably my favorite animal in the world
Some dude actually tattooed a Liger on his leg. Fantastic!
Palooza was a blast. Its hard to believe that the last time I attended this festival was in 1994 and Nirvana was supposed to be the headliner. A lot of things have happened since then, in fact I'm pretty sure there was no such thing as internet porn or even text messages. I mean, how would you be able to find your friends back then?
I escaped the New York heat for the slightly less oppressive Chicago heat. Don't get me started on the Miami Heat (I hate those guys). Got to Grant Park around 2ish and caught the tail end of the Eels set who were rockin' the house. They covered Peaches "Rock Show" and even did Tom Waits "Jesus Gonna Be Here". Next up I headed over to the Kidzapalooza stage where I saw the Blisters who are made up of four kids roughly aged 9-11 and two of them were Jeff Tweedy's kids. He was standing by like the proud papa that he is and they proved to be one of the highlights of my weekend. While none of them were virtuosos on their instruments, their covers of "Blizkrieg Bop," "She Don't Use Jelly," "Rockin' in the Free World," "Sweet Home Alabama" were more than enough to keep the crowd satisfied.
Heres lil Tweedy:
Caught some of the Editors and some of Ryan Adams, neither of which impressed me all that much and then caught the awesomeness of the Secret Machines who proved the even in the daytime and without their spectacular light show that these guys do not fuck around. By the time they finished the crowd at the AT&T stage was totes crowded to see Jacky White and the Raconteurs. Even though it seemed like we were miles away, they were great. Songs like "Level" and "Steady As She Goes" had the crowd really into it and their covers of Bowie and Nancy Sinatra seemed spot on. I left before the end of their set in order to catch a bit of My Morning Jacket and to get a spot for Sleater Kinney. After the seemingly endless trek we made it to catch a few songs of each. The Jacket sounded perfect like they always do and I was annoyed that I was forced to choose between them and the Raconteurs. I only chose the latter because I had just seen MMJ opening for Pearl Jam about a montha go. I still got to see their last three songs and was really glad that I did. However, this did mean I missed the Raconteurs covering Gnarls Barkleys summer jam "Crazy." By the way, it was one of three covers of this tune heard this weekend (the others were by Mates of State and Kanye West for anyone whos keeping score). By this time Grant Park was a total zoo. About 8:15 I made my trek back to the other side of the park yet again in order to catch my boys in Ween. These guys never disappoint and I honestly just feel sorry for anyone who were on the other side of the park watching the mediocrity that is Death Cab For Cutie. Ween was only given an hour and a half which is normally half of the time that they usually play, but it was more than enough time to absolutely kill it. They played stuff from all throughout their career and like always I screamed myself hoarse during "Doctor Rock" and "You Fucked Up." They won over some new fans including our own WiscoD. It was a great way to start of the festivities and we still had a lot more music and partying to go ahead of us.
Palooza was a blast. Its hard to believe that the last time I attended this festival was in 1994 and Nirvana was supposed to be the headliner. A lot of things have happened since then, in fact I'm pretty sure there was no such thing as internet porn or even text messages. I mean, how would you be able to find your friends back then?
I escaped the New York heat for the slightly less oppressive Chicago heat. Don't get me started on the Miami Heat (I hate those guys). Got to Grant Park around 2ish and caught the tail end of the Eels set who were rockin' the house. They covered Peaches "Rock Show" and even did Tom Waits "Jesus Gonna Be Here". Next up I headed over to the Kidzapalooza stage where I saw the Blisters who are made up of four kids roughly aged 9-11 and two of them were Jeff Tweedy's kids. He was standing by like the proud papa that he is and they proved to be one of the highlights of my weekend. While none of them were virtuosos on their instruments, their covers of "Blizkrieg Bop," "She Don't Use Jelly," "Rockin' in the Free World," "Sweet Home Alabama" were more than enough to keep the crowd satisfied.
Heres lil Tweedy:
Caught some of the Editors and some of Ryan Adams, neither of which impressed me all that much and then caught the awesomeness of the Secret Machines who proved the even in the daytime and without their spectacular light show that these guys do not fuck around. By the time they finished the crowd at the AT&T stage was totes crowded to see Jacky White and the Raconteurs. Even though it seemed like we were miles away, they were great. Songs like "Level" and "Steady As She Goes" had the crowd really into it and their covers of Bowie and Nancy Sinatra seemed spot on. I left before the end of their set in order to catch a bit of My Morning Jacket and to get a spot for Sleater Kinney. After the seemingly endless trek we made it to catch a few songs of each. The Jacket sounded perfect like they always do and I was annoyed that I was forced to choose between them and the Raconteurs. I only chose the latter because I had just seen MMJ opening for Pearl Jam about a montha go. I still got to see their last three songs and was really glad that I did. However, this did mean I missed the Raconteurs covering Gnarls Barkleys summer jam "Crazy." By the way, it was one of three covers of this tune heard this weekend (the others were by Mates of State and Kanye West for anyone whos keeping score). By this time Grant Park was a total zoo. About 8:15 I made my trek back to the other side of the park yet again in order to catch my boys in Ween. These guys never disappoint and I honestly just feel sorry for anyone who were on the other side of the park watching the mediocrity that is Death Cab For Cutie. Ween was only given an hour and a half which is normally half of the time that they usually play, but it was more than enough time to absolutely kill it. They played stuff from all throughout their career and like always I screamed myself hoarse during "Doctor Rock" and "You Fucked Up." They won over some new fans including our own WiscoD. It was a great way to start of the festivities and we still had a lot more music and partying to go ahead of us.
Do I Smell A Reunion?
First Os Mutantes did it... now two members from the only pop group you cared about from the mid-nineties have reunited. It's only a matter of time that Zack Attack is in full form! Til then, here are the leads embracing for Details Magazine.
(news tip care of Dr. Stevie von White Pants)
(news tip care of Dr. Stevie von White Pants)
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Y'all Want to Party with Me?
For anyone who will be heading down to Chicago for Lollapalooza I'm throwing some parties. Come have a drink with me :)
BMF Media Group is turning Lollapalooza weekend upside-down with the ck one Music Lounge @ Hard Rock Hotel Chicago during Lollapalooza 2006. 3 days and 3 nights of VIP/Invite only events. Join us in the lounge during the day for food, free drinks, live tattoo inking, internet, video games, special guest DJs, gifting, press and more....plus each night:
Friday --> ck one Music Lounge Opening night kick-off party with special live performance with buzz band Mute Math
Saturday --> Kanye West Presents The Official G.O.O.D. Music Afterparty and special performance by Sa-Ra
Sunday --> Metromix.com Wrap Event featuring a special DJ set by Pete Wentz of Chicago's Fall Out Boy
Feel free to pass this invite to a friend and let us know if you have any questions. RSVP at www.ckonemusiclounge.com for all-access credentials to all day and night events. Or alternatively, you can RSVP to the respective night party you wish to attend at the RSVP emails below.
Friday - mutemath@bmfmedia.com
Saturday- goodmusic@bmfmedia.com
Sunday- metromix@bmfmedia.com
BMF Media Group is turning Lollapalooza weekend upside-down with the ck one Music Lounge @ Hard Rock Hotel Chicago during Lollapalooza 2006. 3 days and 3 nights of VIP/Invite only events. Join us in the lounge during the day for food, free drinks, live tattoo inking, internet, video games, special guest DJs, gifting, press and more....plus each night:
Friday --> ck one Music Lounge Opening night kick-off party with special live performance with buzz band Mute Math
Saturday --> Kanye West Presents The Official G.O.O.D. Music Afterparty and special performance by Sa-Ra
Sunday --> Metromix.com Wrap Event featuring a special DJ set by Pete Wentz of Chicago's Fall Out Boy
Feel free to pass this invite to a friend and let us know if you have any questions. RSVP at www.ckonemusiclounge.com for all-access credentials to all day and night events. Or alternatively, you can RSVP to the respective night party you wish to attend at the RSVP emails below.
Friday - mutemath@bmfmedia.com
Saturday- goodmusic@bmfmedia.com
Sunday- metromix@bmfmedia.com
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Dis and Dat
We've obviously been terrible about posting this week.
I moved into my new apartment in Carroll Gardens, Crashers moved in with me and I've had work things to do up the wazoo!
So I've decided to give you some small little nuggets for your day like-
I hate these shoes:
I moved into my new apartment in Carroll Gardens, Crashers moved in with me and I've had work things to do up the wazoo!
So I've decided to give you some small little nuggets for your day like-
I hate these shoes:
(hatred courtesy of Stevie White Pants)
I'm no longer abbreviating due to this article:
this blog is now called Totally...Probably...Mabelly
and that's it for today. more Dis and Dat to come eventually.
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