The MuseBox, After the Jump, and Achord Recordings Present:
“The Official After the Jump Fest Kick-Offâ€
FREE BEER, bring something to BBQ if you like, watch some incredible bands.
Friday, August 24th, 7 PM
Paul Duncan
Luke Temple
Butane Variations
DJ Set by David Bruno
The Rooftop of:
84 N. 9th St. (and Wythe Ave.)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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On Saturday, the 25th of August, at Studio B in Brooklyn, the first blogger-organized After The Jump Fest will be taking place. After the Jump will be an all-day event with a FREE day show (doors at 1pm, bands start at 2pm) and an AMAZING night show to benefit a proposal submitted by the Bronx High School For the Visual Arts (via DonorsChoose.org) for equipment to be used by aspiring DJs, writers, MCs and beat-makers. More info about their proposal HERE.
News:
We’re extremely excited to announce the addtion of Free Blood to the night show and Golem to the day show. As well, Sara Schaefer is lined up to be the MC of the day show.
Set Times:
FREE Day Show Schedule:
MetroMix.com Night Stage Schedule:
Tickets:
Again, the day show is FREE. Purchase tickets to the night portion of the event HERE.
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On Monday I went to a screening of Ethan Hawke‘s new old movie, The Hottest State, which is based on his novel of the same name. William (Mark Webber) is a fledgling young actor who falls for a quiet, reserved girl named Sarah (played by Catalina Sandino Moreno) and the movie chronicles the rapid growth and equally rapid decline of their love affair.
I was wary about seeing it, I mean, we all know how disastrous the writer/director/actor thing can be–let alone doing the writer/director/actor thing when you’re an actor adapting your own novel. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the movie–although it seemed very close to the edge of being too self-aware and overly pretentious, it only teetered on that line, never quite spilling over into eye-roll inducing dialog. In fact, there were some pretty genius moments in the film.
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Check out this interview I did with Tim from The Teenage Prayers, one of the many kick-a** bands playing this year’s blogger-approved After the Jump Festival THIS SATURDAY at Studio B in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. [Buy tickets here]
Photo: Orianna Riley
QUESTION: What is the origin of your band name?
ANSWER: Our band name comes from a Bob Dylan song that’s on the Basement Tapes (the so-called “genuine” basement tapes) called “I Am Your Teenage Prayer”. I don’t think the song has ever been legitimately released anywhere. Currently the only place in New York City where you can hear that song on a jukebox is at the Lakeside Lounge.
Q: I read an interview that claimed all the members of the band were somehow related by blood. Is that fact or fiction?
A: My brother, my cousin and I make up the core of the blood relations, but we have a team of genealogists working round the clock in full faith that if one goes far enough back in our respective family trees, one will find a blood or marriage link to our drummer Kyle Wills. And the same goes for the newest members of the Teenage Prayers, Adam Schatz and Steve Espinola, and our original keyboardist Remy Weber (who still plays with us here in NYC when he can). Those who we can’t connect thru the past will be forced to marry our sisters. Actually, we only have one sister and she’s already married, so they’ll be forced to marry our grandmother. But that’ll be okay. She lives in Utah.
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OMG, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Due to the rigours involved in touring, Amy Winehouse has been advised to postpone her upcoming September US and Canadian tour dates. All ticket holders may obtain refunds at their point of purchase. Amy’s European and UK tour dates in October and November remain in place. Plans are being made to reschedule her US tour for early 2008. Until then, Amy has been ordered to rest and is working with medical professionals to address her health.
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Um… where has this song been for all my life? With lyrics like “and if you wake up in the morning and think ‘what have I done?’/ I wouldn’t lose all that much sleep about it/ Because it’s only…gay fun” and “as you were leaving the restaurant/ You grabbed a free magazine/ I knew right then you were part of…the gay fun scene”, how can you not love this little pop confection released on Don Lennon‘s 2002 album, Downtown.
The song is light and poppy, with Don’s lithe voice gliding over the occassional sound of a whistle blowing, like a gayer version of Belle & Sebastian. I know, I didn’t think it was possible to be gayer than Belle & Sebastian either, that alone is a revelation in itself.
DOWNLOAD: “Gay Fun” by Don Lennon
Here’s a video someone did pairing anime with the song:
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They tried to make her brush her hair and she said, “No, no, no!”…
More heartbreakingly adorable/frightening photos over at The Daily Mail.
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