SUPER CHIX

In early 2009, a rock opera like you’ve never seen before will open off-Broadway in New York City—Super Chix. This edgy show, written and composed by Lourds Lane, will feature an all-female cast of talented musicians from NYC’s indie rock scene. According to Lane, the show chronicles “the journey of one self-effacing young woman and super-talented comic book artist as she struggles to get out of an abusive relationship and grow to love herself…. Get ready for riveting rock and roll divas, over-the top guitar solos, thundering drum core sections, electric violin and flute insanity, and songs that you will instantly walk away singing.”

Several of the gorgeous and gifted girls from Super Chix appeared at Don Hill’s on October 23 for a special version of the monthly Take Back New York night where they previewed a bunch of songs from the upcoming musical. The powerful—both musically and lyrically— tunes will speak to everyone.

Check out these awesome Super Chix pix taken by Wayne Herrschaft at Don Hill’s:

Super Chix
(Queen V, Militia, Lourds Lane and Kacie Sheik)

Lourds Lane
(Music Director/Vocals/Electric Violin)

Queen V
(Vocals)

Militia
(Vocals)

Jennifer Arroyo
(Bass)

Learn more about the Super Chix production at:
http://www.myspace.com/superchixrocks

"Asian tourists scream when i walk down the street"

Meet the new love of my life, and hopefully yours - JEFREE STAR. I'll admit, when I first got an email about him I thought "who the F is this Marilyn Manson / Boy George wanna be???????" Much to my surprise I am eating up his cotton candy trashy glamorous electro pop just as much as I've been obsessing over Semi Precious Weapsons' live show.


http://www.youtube.com/jeffreestar

Welcome to Vaginatown... or SUCKtown

Last week's episode of Californication (as you will soon realize, this show consumes me as does its name) I was nearly crying when Hank (David Duchovny) proposed to Karen. Sure it was a little too perfect and the lines were A LOT more cheesy than usual, but it was a total breakthrough in the show and my tears were for joy.

However, Sunday's episode left me enraged and hysterical crying (wow, I am such a woman). Crying is very unusual for me so it's kind of pathetic Karen breaking up with Hank brought me to tears. Bitch, if you thought you made a mistake, you should have never put the ring on!

I fear the next few episodes are only going to make me more and more angry at Hank. But, as Lew Ashby told Hank, he always had that rockstar vibe. Sigh...

BUTCH WALKER @ ANGELS AND KINGS

The amazingly talented Butch Walker premiered three songs from his upcoming album, Sycamore Meadows, at a private party at New York City’s Angels & Kings on October 23.

Taking the stage armed only with his trusty acoustic guitar, the singer-songwriter performed “The Weight Of Her” (the album’s first single), “Here Comes The…” and “Going Back/Going Home.”

“Going Back/Going Home” was the best song of the trio Walker debuted. The tune features a quirky rap in the middle in which Butch sums up the first 38 years of his life—from being born in 1969 in the suburbs to losing his virginity to going to Hollywood at 19 with his first band Southgang to starting over with the “one hit wonder” Marvelous 3 to going solo. Brilliant!

Here's two pics of Butch playing at Angels & Kings courtesy of Ashley Cook:





For those not familiar with this musical mastermind…look him up fast!!! In addition to his own great music, he’s also written for and produced a ton of artists like Avril Lavigne, Pink, Fall Out Boy and Katy Perry as well as three of my personal favorite bands Bowling For Soup, SR-71 and American Hi-Fi.

Sycamore Meadows comes out November 11.

http://www.myspace.com/butchwalker

MUSIC AT THE KNICKS GAME

I went to Tuesday night's Knicks game (where they lost to the Celtics... but that's another story). What I would like to discuss is the music played over the PA at Madison Square Garden.

Except for the instrumental theme songs to The Addams Family and Green Acres, every single musical selection was either a rap or an R&B tune.

Now, I know that the majority of the players in the NBA are African-American and, most likely, enjoy those genres of music, but not every basketball fan in attendance wants to hear only those types of music for the 3+ hours they are at the arena.

How come well-known songs that have become sports' anthems—like Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll (Pt. 2)" or Queen's "We Will Rock You"—weren't played? 

What about more mainstream pop songs—both old and new—that everybody knows and can sing/dance along to?

I'm not against rap/R&B music. In fact, I did enjoy hearing the classic Michael Jackson song "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and Naughty By Nature's "Hip Hop Hooray." That's not my point.

My point is that there should have been more of a variety of music at the game. There should have been selections from all musical genres—be it pop, metal, jazz, country, rockabilly or polka.

Agreed?

~Cheryl

P.S.—LL Cool J was at the game I went to. He was interviewed on the court and was shown up on the Jumbotron. Do you think they played any of his music? Of course not. That would make too much sense.

SEMI PRECIOUS PUBLICITY

It's the first day of CMJ and my first order of business was checking out the "Everything PR Minus the Music" panel. Going into it, I was completely perplexed as to why in god's name Justin Tranter from Semi Precious Weapons was part of this panel among four publicity/marketing experts. I was also kind of shocked that the room was mostly filled with NYU students, rather than actual publicists wanting to hear what their colleagues had to say. 

After I finished rolling my eyes to myself at Mister  Semi Precious Weapons, I actually started listening to what he had to say...and damnit...he knows his shit. He's very involved in branding his band and jewelry line and is pretty darn savvy on the pr/marketing front. 

Anyway, some of my fav quotes from his publicity advice today:

"Perez Hilton is King so I made him one of my Best Friends...and I have no shame in that!"

"Hipster press must die...I'd rather be in US Weekly than Pitchfork."

"People post fucked up [things like] 'fuck this fag.' I say 'ok, well line up!" (on bad press, especially on blogs)

WELCOME

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Enjoy!!!