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heidi16
!house party15
!fiasco9
!whipped cream6
grant5
!crowd4
fatty4
!guitar4
!nightmare of you4
!apartment3
!five oclock heroes3
mandy3
!stellastar3
!wtf3
amanda2
!bass2
ben brown2
brandon2
christina alessi2
david c2

band — On Tuesday night I went to go see Nightmare of You (at the Knitting Factory?). If you're a fan - their new EP just came out last week and it's FUCKING AWESOME!!! Buy it now on iTunes or you can order the CD on smartpunk.com!

band — Thanks, Drunk Uncle Bob! You're golden in my book!

band — Later that night, a whole bunch of us went to go see Fiasco play at the Delancey.

band — The show started out normal enough, but then halfway through the set, this wannabe Lenny Kravitz pushed his way up to the stage and started giving Grant funny looks.

band — On Monday night I went and saw some band play at the basement of the Tribecca Grand.

band — Then it was time for Candy's band. They rocked it.

band — Candy's bass player had a 5-string bass that had LIGHT-UP fret markers! ("Light-up" as in, yes, they were actually powered by a battery pack or something). It was the most awesomely cheesetastic thing I think I've ever seen at a rock club in NYC (and that's saying a lot!).

band — She was even prettier than Bret Michaels! (And that's sayin' something!) I wish I had pictures that did her justice. Anybody have any idea what band this was? I think they were local to NYC.

band — Then on my way out later that night, I stopped by Don Hill's to see Candy's new band (that I think was called something like "Candy and the Unlucky 13"). I got there early and caught the last two songs by a band with the prettiest lead singer I'd ever seen!

band — Later that night I went to Irving Plaza to see Mandy and Stellastarr* play.

band — ...the band She Wants Revenge randomly play a show at the bar we were drinking at.

band — On Friday night I went to see another Apartment show! (They were in town to play a bunch of label showcases).

band — and here's Tom on the bass.

band — Then later that night I went to go see Apartment play! Here's David cupping an invisble boobie...

band — Later that night I went to see Brandon's band, Nightmare of You, play!

band — And then we went to Joe's Pub to see Fiasco play.

band — Heave-ho! Throw the naked guy up onto the stage!

band — Fiasco performed last which meant they had to endure Sexy Joe's naked antics while they played (check out Grant's face! Hahaha).

band — Then later that night I went to see Group Sounds and Fiasco play together and Pianos! Group Sounds was on first.

band — ...The Spinto Band!

band — ...this handsome devil's band...

band — ...Nightmare of You, who were playing a show with...

band — Fiasco

band — Amander and Grant.

band — Er....sorry about that.

band — When Christina's band came on, I started laughing about how their guitar player looked like a tiny version of Scott. I was standing next to Scott who wanted to know why I was laughing. So I leaned over and was like "Look at the guitar player! He's like a tiny you!" It was really loud and Scott didn't understand me, so in an even louder voice I said, "Look at the guitar player, he's like you but a midget!" Scott heard me the second time. Unfortunately for me, me screaming the phrase "a midget" just happened to coincide with the song ending and so everyone else in the entire venue pretty much turned around to stare at me.

band — The final band of the night was called Particle Zoo. It was their album release party and they were the ones who so graciously invited Fiasco and Hey Tiger to play with them.

band — Thursday I went to see 33hz play at Pianos, and on the way home I stopped by Meredith's place...

band — I headed home, dropped of my stuff and then went to the Mercury Lounge to see the Five O'Clock Heroes play. Then afterwards, I went to some other venue to see...

band — Neckerchief aside, they always managed to get the crowd going. (Jesse and Jared are in a new band called Generals & Majors that are really, really fun live - they're like a glammy version of The Misfits and they have a singer named RatBite. No shit. If you live in NYC, do yourself a favor and try to attend one of their shows).

band — Ugh. Contains that song that you heard in the FUCKING NESTLE CRUNCH COMMERCIAL....THIS IS REAL ROCK N' ROLL! Imagine that poor band having to try to keep a pretend-smile on their face as their label's "marketing guy" explained this to them. Ooooof.

band — Then later that evening I went to Sin-E to see Jared & Jesse's former band, Group Sounds. While Group Sounds were fun to watch...

band — ...the bass player who looked like the illegitimate child of John Oates caught on his was to soccer practice. (Dude, are those Umbros you're wearing, dude?)

band — Before the show, Happy introduced me to one of her friends that was also there to see the show. The two of us sat together and after every song we'd clap and yell out things like "Yay, Happy!" and "You're awesome, Happy!" A few songs in we noticed that we were getting some strange looks from fellow audience members and then we realized that none of them probably realized that our friend's name was Happy. And then we realized that they all thought we were expressing our emotional state ("Yay, Happy!") at the end of each song. Hahahah.

band — Then later that night I went to some art opening in SoHo to see my friend Happy (who graciously let us all stay at her place when we took a trip from SF to LA.)! She was in town from LA because she plays the vibraphone in...

band — They were alright, but the best part of the band, hands down, was...

band — Later that night I met up with Sarah at the Delancey to see a band called What About Frank? that she was thinking about signing to her label at the time.

band — Later that night I went to see a band at the Mercury Lounge...and I ran into...

band — The show was dancetastic.

band — Double-necked guitar? That should be all you need to know.

band — Electric Cello?

band — Then, later that night I went to the Mercury Lounge to see Tarantula play (since the show the band has had to change their name twice! For awhile they were called Tarantula A.D. and now they've settled on the (unfortunate) name Priestbird). Anyway, this band rules. If you ever get a chance to see their live show...GO!

band — The show was awesome!

band — On Friday night, I went to go see Mandy and Stellastarr* at Irving Plaza.

band — We arrived just in time to see some band play in the basement. (I don't even remember who the band was...only that halfway through the set, James Iha, formerly of Smashing Pumpkins, took the stage to play a few songs with them).

band — Backwards somersault!

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band — On to the next song! High kicking on an amp!

band — Which in no time at all escalated into a cat-fight on stage between the two lickers.

band — I heart Heidi's wedgie.

band — But what I probably forgot to mention was that after covering her legs with it, she invited girls from the audience to come up and have a race to see who could "clean a leg" faster.

band — I mentioned there'd be whipped cream, right?

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band — Sweet Maria!

band — Bad licker! Bad! Punished with a dose of whip to the face!

band — Heidi kicking off the show. Captions here are going to be sparse because the pics pretty much speak for themselves.

band — Yay!

band — They were so fun to take pics of.

band — Double Exposure.

band — Amazing.

band — Kicking the party off, Maximo Park performed in Ben's backyard. Hahaha.

band — I didn't know too much about them so I wasn't really expecting much - but they sounded fucking great and they put on a really good show (until one of them broke a hip during the last song. I keeed, I keeeed).

band — Lastly, the New York Dolls took the stage.

band — The crowd got even bigger as...

band — ...Bloc Party took the stage.

band — We missed the first two acts but there just in time to see the Futureheads!

band — Who are fucking amazing live.

band — Crowd shot.

band — Then the Go! Team played.

band — Later that night we hit the town to see Vince's band (Army of Me) play a late night showcase.

band — ...Idlewild! (See, they don't always play living rooms).

band — Their lead singer's dreamy. (Shhhh..don't tell!)

band — On Saturday we went to go see Apartment play.

band — After the bands were all finished playing, a dance party broke out in Ben Brown's living room.

band — The sound here was sorta better than Ben's living room (no offense, Ben!).

band — The party late night as thing were winding down.

band — Yay, it's Ben Brown! Thanks for having us! (PS - Holy shit, Idlewild's about to play your living room.)

band — Then after Idelwild had finished and packed up, MC Chris hit the stage, er, living room floor.

band — It was pretty surreal watching them play in someone's house.

band — Hula hoop party.

band — After Maximo Park was done in the backyard, everyone crammed into the living room to see Idlewild play.

band — OMG, I was close enough to steal a lock of Roddy's hair.

band — Woo.

band — They put on a great show.

band — Then later that night I went to go see The Walkmen at Irving Plaza.

band — Then afterwards we went to Midtown to check out a new venue that some promoter Amanda knows wanted Fiasco to play a show at.

band — Hot Chip.

band — Then we went somewhere to see a show. I don't remember who this was or where. (But looking at the stage and the singer, if I had to venture a guess I'd say that this was Dennis Cahlo's new band, Saints & Lovers at Mercury Lounge?).

band — Fiasco rocked it. And I even managed to grab a (yes, somewhat shoddy) pic of Grant pulling some DLR action on stage.

band — Anthony on the mic.

band — On Wednesday night I went to the Shindig party to see my friend Anthony's band, The Five O'Clock Heroes, play.

band — Tweens going nuts for their encore song.

band — ...but then pushed our way up to the front (little kids are so easy to push around! Ha!) when the band come on.

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