tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195782602026-05-18T02:35:10.443-04:00Brooklyn Ski ClubWhat you missed. What's coming up. New York City.<br>
Photos - Events - News - Music - BullshitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2034125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-21018116018941488402023-05-25T12:40:00.001-04:002023-05-25T12:40:18.105-04:00OFF! & Die Spitz Played Last NightLast night we headed over to catch OFF! with Die Spitz. I was lucky enough to see Die Spitz in Austin a few months back and I've been jonesin' for another chance to see them live. I've never seen OFF! but I have a few of their records so I was looking forward to seeing how old Keith Morris was doing these days.Prior to the show we went across the street to Sel Rrose for some fancy cocktails and $Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-3797103254755774982013-06-30T21:24:00.000-04:002013-07-01T01:46:07.253-04:008 Best Websites For Finding Events In New York City
Given that I've worked with several event & nightlife companies, have produced parties and concerts, and know tons of promoters and DJ types it makes sense that people often come to me when they are looking for something to do. So I thought I'd whip up a little post to help you find events in the city.
Sure, TimeOut, The L Magazine and similar sites/publications have event listings but in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-60083632798199101362013-06-26T17:59:00.001-04:002013-06-26T18:48:27.473-04:00RIP Motor CityAs you may have heard one of the last bastions of rock n' roll sleaze left in the LES is shutting down. The legendary Motor City will be closing their doors at the end of this week. I wasn't able to attend the closing party on Sunday but I saw a ton of pictures coming through my social media feeds and all the old regulars were there saying goodbye.
Motor City was one of the very first bars I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-9279332019054025362013-06-20T13:01:00.000-04:002013-06-20T13:09:02.283-04:00Raccoon Fighter Playing 2 Nights at Cake ShopRaccoon Fighter are playing two back-to-back nights at Cake Shop starting tonight. Here are the lineups, both shows are $10 and start at 8pm. Click here for details.
Thursday, June 20th
Raccoon Fighter
Mount Carmel
The Teen Age
Punks On Mars
Friday, June 21st
Raccoon Fighter
The Denzels
Aloud
Dead Stars
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-14738383727801526922013-06-19T11:36:00.000-04:002013-06-19T11:36:33.581-04:00Arctic Monkeys "Do I Wanna Know?" (Official Video)
Arctic Monkeys have a new video and well, it's a squiggly line. As is to be expected, the song is pretty damn good. At this point I don't think Arctic Monkeys can make bad music. They're far from my favorite band but hot damn can they write some songs. Am I the only one that is picking up on a Queens of the Stone Age thing here?
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-76778571894646828792013-06-18T22:07:00.002-04:002013-06-18T22:07:56.317-04:00Blondie Touring With X + New MusicBlondie just announced some US tour dates, which conclude on October 4th at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. They will be supported by X at all dates. The NYC show goes on sale on June 21st. Your ticket purchase will include five new tracks from Blondie.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-2904373224714383132013-06-18T18:17:00.000-04:002013-06-18T18:17:19.737-04:00Die Antwoord "Cookie Thumper" (Official Video)Despite the fact that Die Antwoord has been outed as a very elaborate ruse, I'm still fascinated with them. Everything about them is awesome in a way that I can't even begin to explain. This track exclusively features Yo-landi on vocals and it's just her in the video too. As always she's doing that creepy/hot thing that is hard to make sense of. A YouTube commenter said it best,"how is it that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-3797345715173655412013-06-18T14:16:00.000-04:002013-06-18T14:16:40.128-04:00Challenge of the Future "You Can't Call Off the Dog"
Nick Zinner got his old college band back together and they're releasing an album they recorded at Adrian Grenier's studio, Wreckroom. The track is called "You Can't Call Off the Dogs" and it's just the type of weird I enjoy. It's fast with crazed vocals and I would take this over Yeah Yeah Yeahs any day of the week. I can't wait to hear the rest of the tracks. And who is the vocalist? This Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-41714458822462430792013-06-18T10:04:00.000-04:002013-06-18T10:04:08.806-04:00NGHBRS "Hold Up Girl"When this track started out it seemed a little too clean and peppy for my taste but I hung in there. Turns out it's a pretty damn good song. "Hold Up Girl" is on NGHBRS upcoming album called Twenty One Rooms which comes out on July 16th.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-54521272766720308302013-06-18T00:09:00.001-04:002013-06-18T00:10:37.333-04:00Sunday With Black Flag, Adolescents & SubhumansYesterday was one for the books! I headed to Williamsburg around 2pm or so to check out some of the Northside action. After grabbing a slice at Vinnie's Pizza on Bedford, where I overheard French tourists complaining that there wasn't any mayo to put on their pizza (WTF?), I went over to Muchmore's for The Teen Age. Bill from Gunfight is in the band and they signed to my buddies label, Papercup Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-28131894785850262142013-06-15T14:35:00.003-04:002013-06-15T14:36:32.346-04:00Black Flag Played WarsawLast night, after spending the day drinking awful Heineken under a tent, I walked over to the Warsaw to see if I could get into the Black Flag show. I ended up with a premium Northside Festival badge but I had no idea if that would get me in or not. We got there a little after the doors opened, talked to some people and managed to get in. Apparently something like 75 badge holders are let in so Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-58718679552635785032013-06-14T12:34:00.000-04:002013-06-14T12:34:06.192-04:00Editors "The Weight" (Video)The Editors are still around apparently and they have a new video for their song called "The Weight". Not sure about the choice of title for the song; I seem to recall a pretty massively famous and damn near perfect song with the same name. The track is decent enough, not their best work but pretty good.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-76582170714367024542013-06-13T12:59:00.000-04:002013-06-13T12:59:12.294-04:00Northside Festival & Next Expo Start TodayNorthside Festival kicks off today so there will be shows all over Williamsburg and Greenpoint the next few days. I'm more interested in the Next Expo element of the festival though. It's a series of tech start-up panels and networking events. I managed to win myself a free badge so I'm heading over there in an hour or so.
I'll be taking a breather from the tech stuff for a while this evening Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-63494933275822342652013-06-11T14:22:00.001-04:002013-06-11T14:22:47.441-04:00CSS Has A New Album + Playing NYC JulyI don't consider myself a CSS fan but they're one of those bands that are undeniably fun. If you're at a party and CSS comes on you're in good shape. They released a new album today called Planta with all sorts of guests on it and it was produced by Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio).
They're playing Bowery Ballroom on July 8th and Brooklyn Bowl on July 9th.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-78683176237599685172013-06-11T13:06:00.002-04:002013-06-11T13:09:00.642-04:00Cover Shows & Interview Bands For Brooklyn Ski ClubI'm a tired, old man. In the heyday of BSC I used to attend about 6-7 shows per week and I'd take photos and review every last one of them. It was insane and I have no idea how I managed it while I was working a 50/hour week job. The thing is though, those show reviews were huge hits. BSC reviews got picked up by every major music blog, website and magazine you can name.
So now that I'm bringingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-20659928162955567322013-06-11T11:10:00.001-04:002013-06-11T11:10:09.857-04:00Netflix Arrested Development Was AwesomeI finally wrapped up watching the new season of Arrested Development. I didn't expect much based on my own natural cynicism and the reviews seemed to affirm my suspicions. After watching the first two or three episodes I wasn't very impressed but I wasn't quite let down yet either. Once the stories started coming together and the bigger picture became more apparent I was hooked. Each episode was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-65549279203434325182013-06-10T18:17:00.001-04:002013-06-10T18:17:47.015-04:00Stream New Heliotropes AlbumI'm going to be honest here and tell you that I'm pretty damn bored with Brooklyn music these days. The bands that have been around forever are still killing it but there aren't too many new bands that get my attention. That said, Heliotropes are fucking awesome. They finally have an album and it's available to stream on Spin. I've listened to about half of it so far and I dig it. The mellow Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-16193052396022411492013-06-10T18:08:00.000-04:002013-06-10T18:08:14.033-04:00Death Set In Another CommercialThe Death Set scored another big commercial, this time it's for the Xbox game Sunset Overdrive. Brooklyn bands are all fucking over the place right now. In the old days I would have cried sell out but this is the modern era and you gotta get paid wherever the fuck you can if you want to be a career musician so good for them - good for all of them!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-32055478055858285552013-06-10T15:03:00.002-04:002013-06-10T15:03:43.778-04:00Black Sabbath "God Is Dead?" (Video)I've been hearing great things about the Rick Rubin produced Black Sabbath come back album so I was excited to check this out. I'm going to cut to the chase here, they need to get Bill Ward back in the fold. Brad Wilke is a good drummer but his style doesn't fit in right. He's not bluesy enough or something like that. Ozzy is singing more in the solo Ozzy style and less in the Sabbath Ozzy style.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-80607188659766353992013-06-10T13:34:00.003-04:002013-06-11T14:30:28.871-04:00Why Do You Still Suck At Facebook? I meet with lots of brands trying to beef up their presence on Facebook. They typically hire young, inexperienced "interns" with no real background in social media to manage their online identities. It's easy to think that a young kid who grew up with social media would be an expert when it comes to Facebook but that's just not true.
I often consult with social media managers for these companiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-83936774101644671792013-06-10T12:23:00.004-04:002013-06-10T12:24:41.486-04:00Nine Inch Nails, "Come Back Haunted" (Video)Nine Inch Nails released the first single from their new album which comes out in September. The track is called "Come Back Haunted" and not only is it good but it really reminds me of early NIN. Trent has been on fire lately so it's no surprise that this tune is awesome. I don't think it's a classic, it doesn't really grab you like a "Hurt" or "Head Like A Hole" or "Wish" does but it's still Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-85637104087409720662013-06-10T12:10:00.000-04:002013-06-10T12:10:22.182-04:00Game Of Thrones Finale Was A SnorefestLast night I took a break from watching the NBA Finals to check out the season finale of Game Of Thrones. After last episode's blood bath I had very high expectations for the finale. I'm not going to post any spoilers here so don't worry. Actually, nothing really happened of interest so there isn't much to spoil.
The finale was slow paced and kind of boring compared to the rest of the season. ItUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-21930801103605249132013-06-10T11:43:00.000-04:002013-06-10T11:43:13.357-04:00Brooklyn Ski Club, Expect More.I've decided to start posting more often and essentially bringing back BSC to some extent. The topics won't necessarily be what you're used to though. Sure there's going to be some music and nightlife stuff covered but I'll be covering a wider range of topics. For the past few years I've been working in the NYC tech world so you might start seeing some posts about techy shit on occasion. I'm alsoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-6416078336463711952013-04-12T15:47:00.000-04:002013-04-12T15:53:15.772-04:00King Khan & BBQ Show Played Santos Party House w/ Bloodshot BillLast night I went over to Santos Party House to check out King Khan & BBQ Show with Bloodshot Bill. I showed up right before Bloodshot Bill was scheduled to go on and the place was packed. Bloodshot came out in his trademark pajamas and went straight into his Tazmanian devil act. The snortin', gruntin', spittin' one-man show wowed the crowd, as he always does.
I've seen Bloodshot Bill many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19578260.post-29182147393227849632013-04-08T16:03:00.000-04:002013-04-08T16:03:12.415-04:00Spirit Family Reunion Played Bowery BallroomOn Saturday night Spirit Family Reunion played Bowery Ballroom. I know most of the band so I was super excited for them. If any band deserves to play the big stage it's Spirit Family. Not only did they play but they managed to sell the place out, which is incredible!
The first act up that night was Blind Boy Paxton, who is a 24 year old kid from Watts, Los Angeles. Somehow in that urban jungle Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0