Archive for February, 2007

The View Forced to Cancel US Tour

Due to “unforeseen visa and immigration issues”, Scotland’s The View has been forced to cancel their upcoming US March tour–with plans to reschedule the dates. In addition to that, the release date of their debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers, will now be released on May 8th.
The affected tour stops are:
03/03 - New [...]

links for 2007-02-13

iMedia Connection: Good vs. Evil 2.0 in Open Media
At the iMedia Brand Summit’s second day, blogging pioneer Jason Calacanis, now Sequoia Capital’s entrepreneur in action, engaged a jammed room on how marketers can join conversations with consumers.
(tags: blogging marketing trends)

Let VA Fly!
Virgin Airlines America needs your help to get their airline approved by the US [...]

Chinatown Reprezent!

New York magazine gives some love to my most favorite neighborhood in all of New York City, Chinatown! It’s one of the last parts of the city seemingly untouched by massive building development, gentrification, and sky-high prices.

More John Mayer Douchery

Ol’ “Slowhands Jr.” answering Ryan Seacrest’s question about whether or not he’s dating Jessica Simpson in Japanese. The translation on this is kinda wrong–it’s a bit hard to tell b/c of his craptastic Japanese accent, but he’s really saying something more along the lines of “Jessica is a very wonderful woman and being with her [...]

The Littlest Things: Lily Allen at Webster Hall

Last night I went to see Lily Allen at Webster Hall here on her NYC leg of the “MTV Discover and Download” Series.

Her 7-piece band (3 horns, a drummer, guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist) marched on stage, wearing color-coordinated polo shirts–making them look like a 3-tone Crayola box. (Horns in green! Rhythm section in powder blue! [...]

Pass the Bucket: New Guitar God = John Mayer?

Uh… so yesterday I was walking down the street when I noticed a poster for the new issue of Rolling Stone pasted up on the side of a plywood wall. The cover line read, “The Top 20 [sic] The New Guitar Gods [sic]“.
So who was on the cover of the daring proclamation? Uh… JOHN MAYER [...]

Scissor Sisters on Passions

I don’t quite understand why the soap opera Passions has decided to give the Scissor Sisters a 5 minute infomercial in the middle of their program, but I love the camp!

Video link from ONTD.

Band of the Day: Ida Maria

NAME: Ida Maria
HOMETOWN: Stockholm, Sweden via Nesna, Norway
WEBSITE: http://www11.nrk.no/urort/user/?id=3009

Photo by Knut Aserud

Band of the Day: Au Revoir Simone

NAME: Au Revoir Simone
HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, NYC
WEBSITE: http://www.aurevoirsimone.com

I love this cover!

links for 2007-02-09

Girls Gone Wild: What Are Celebs Teaching Kids? - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com
Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole: They seem to be everywhere and they may not be wearing underwear. Tweens adore them and teens envy them. But are we raising a generation of ‘prosti-tots’?
(tags: celebrities culture feminism)

ohnotheydidnt: Drew Barrymore Tunes OutDrew Barrymore b
You’ve recently split [...]