I’ll be on tomorrow (TUESDAY) morning on Jo Whiley‘s lovely show on BBC Radio 1 talking about the latest trends in NYC.
Four words: SNAKES ON A PLANE
You’ve been warned.
Listen live (or when it’s archived) on the BBC Radio 1 site.
I gotta clean up my apartment before my friends come over to stay for their first time in NYC, but I just had to share with you this video of The Gaskets I made on my little point-and-shoot camera tonight. I was DJing The Music Slut‘s one-year anniversary party at The Delancey and these boys were headlining. I. WAS. BLOWN. AWAY. by how amazing they were. Think We Are Scientists meets Wham! (yes, I went there!)
WATCH: “End Game” by The Gaskets @ The Delancey, NYC (I love the dancing!)
I angrily asked my friend why I didn’t know they existed until now, and he told me it was because I don’t read blogs. He’s right. I don’t. But you do, obviously…so PLEASE check them out on Myspace right now.
During the set, sequencer Ross took my hand and pulled me up on stage as part of a bit they do where they “heal” someone in the audience. Having never seen them before/ known anything about them I had no idea this was coming, so when they asked me what my ailment was, I quickly decided upon the first thing that came to my head–“the shakes”. Then I proceeded to do the Pete Wentz shake when promted by the Gasket boys. I was then told to do a trust fall after I’d been “healed”…which I did. Then I ran off the stage as soon as I could. Hahahah.
I’m probably going to get busted on this, but I don’t care. Lead singer Ted Blanks is a hottie of Keith Murray proportion. Check it out, ladies:
More (shirtless) photos over at Flickr.
More later!
Save the Children – Ouch!
A quarter of a million children die in Africa every year simply because they can’t afford to see a doctor or a nurse. Ouch. Photos of Franz Ferdinand and The Kooks
NEWSARAMA.COM: SCOTT ALLIE & GERARD WAY ON THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
So – does the rock star (and former DC Comics intern) have what it takes to make it in comics? Way and his Dark Horse editor Scott Allie had a conversation about that very issue for Newsarama.
Tom Smith and Chris Urbanowicz of Editors performed a three song acoustic set at Cornerstone Promotion offices today before running over to their gig at Irving Plaza. It was hot as hell, but the pizza was delicious. Songs played were “All Sparks”, “Bullets” (aka- the “American version” of “Munich”), and “Bones”.
Here’s a photo of the lads:
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Editors, so you can imagine how surprised I was when Tom walked into the offices with a crazy Chris Martin fro and the DEEPEST TAN I have EVER seen on a former pale British person. Did he go to Cancun or something? He was BROWN. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great, natural looking tan, but I dunno…there’s something inherently weird about a Brit with a golden complexion.
Come out and say hello Sunday! I’ll be DJing early.
