tribeca film festival ascap music lounge

from tuesday, may 1 to friday, may 4, ascap and the tribeca film festival will be presenting a great lineup of music at the Music Lounge... of course, it's during the day. so, if you don't have a day job or just happen to have the day off, and you have a film festival badge, come on by. ;-)

for more information visit the microsite.

Tuesday, May 1
3:00 p.m. - Kenna
3:40 p.m. - Yerba Buena
4:20 p.m. - Rhett Miller
5:00 p.m. - Glen Hansard w/Marketa Irglova
5:40 p.m. - Jimmy Webb

Wednesday, May 2
3:00 p.m. - Alice Smith
3:40 p.m. - Martha Wainwright
4:20 p.m. - Mary Gauthier
5:00 p.m. - Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X
5:40 p.m. - Donovan

Thursday, May 3
3:00 p.m. - Cass McCombs
3:40 p.m. - Matt White
4:20 p.m. - Jon Auer
5:00 p.m. - Donovan

Friday, May 4
3:00 p.m. - Ben Lee
3:40 p.m. - The Slip
4:20 p.m. - Jon Auer
5:00 p.m. - Adam Schlesinger & Mike Viola
5:40 p.m. - John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls

songwriter spotlight on nick peill of fields on lifeskooltv.com



i'm totally loving field's single, "if you fail we all fail." i got a chance to ask nick peill some questions about songwriting for lifeskooltv.com. read what the charming brit had to say.

Pela Releases Their Debut Full-Length, Anytown Graffiti, on Great Society This Week!



I want to congratulate all the boys in Pela for releasing their debut CD, Anytown Graffiti, this week on Great Society.

Get tour dates and read my preview of the record on Lifeskooltv.com.

a much needed break

so i have been a little quiet this week because there has been much going on. on monday, i resigned from my full time job -- now i will be focusing on further developing on the moon music specifically focusing dirty on purpose and expanding my artist roster. very exciting!

also i will be continuing and expanding my endeavors with haystack.com and lifeskooltv.com. will keep you posted!

songwriter spotlight with eddie argos of art brut on lifeskooltv.com



hey everyone, sorry it's been a little quiet here on jinners this past week. i've been in LA for work, and haven't had a breather in a long time. i just posted the interview i did with eddie argos of art brut, talking about songwriting and such. please check it out here and leave me some feedback! everything will return to normal next week. in the meantime, check out these invites to the LA listening party for the new art brut album, it's a bit complicated, on downtown records.

xoxo
jinners

dirty on purpose, calla, the sugar report @ bowery ballroom



thanks to everyone who came out to the show on saturday night. the show sold out! special thanks to calla for asking us to play with them. thanks to the sugar report. thanks to the fans. thanks to the friends. thanks to everyone in between.

check out awesome photos from spacemonkey photography of the show.

cheeseburger concert review on lifeskooltv.com



i just happened to be really drunk and standing out of a sold out cheeseburger show at mercury lounge, when an angel appeared and let me pay for a ticket to get in. then the magic happened. best cheeseburger show ever. read my review of the show on lifeskooltv.com.

songwriter spotlight on jaymay on lifeskooltv.com



this week i got to interview and feature one of my absolute favorite contemporary singer-songwriters, jaymay. i am happy to announce that she just signed a deal with heavenly/EMI and (sad for me) is moving to london this month. check out my lifeskool tv interview with this songstress!

kaiser chiefs, the walkmen, annuals @ roseland

last night, somehow priskiller convinced me to not do my taxes and instead go see kaiser chiefs, the walkmen and annuals at perhaps the worst venue in the city ever, roseland. throw in bob from extrawack and we had a rock'n'roll posse, sipping on some random creation of sprite and captain morgan that bob and priskiller dubbed "scurvy pirate," or "spirate" for short.

anyhoo, the sound was terrible and distorted and made it hard for me to pay attention to annuals, although i think they make great music. let me just say this is the weirdest bill ever. i kind of understand the walkmen and annuals together, but with kaiser chiefs? no way. and i was right.



the audience wasn't into the first two bands as they all looked kind of bored. the walkmen came on next and i scurried up front to try and take a photo. wasn't so successful so i just swayed to the music and listened intently to ham's familar growl. still love them. probably will love them forever.



kaiser chiefs exploded onto the stage and the crowd literally went wild. some girls were going crazy with "england" flags. the hodge podge of people there was mind boggling. old ladies were singing along to kaiser chiefs. frat dudes were fist pumping and their sorority girlfriends were grinding asses. 15 year olds were crowd surfing. and then there was my trio of bob, priskiller and myself - who knows what our motley crew looked like to everybody else. people were starting to make their way into the pit, and as i looked on, i instantly wished i was a lot drunker and a lot more british because no one should experience kaiser chiefs in a sober state. i liked all the hits, but the one kaiser chiefs i think is better than all the rest is "oh my god," because it's the only one that really applies to my life... although i must admit "i predict a riot" is pretty catchy as well.

more photos on flickr

Dirty on Purpose @ Bowery Ballroom This Saturday With Calla

Hope to see you at the show this Saturday! Your support is always appreciated. You can buy tickets in advance here.

Bonus points if you know who is featured on the button in the poster below...





Plus: Dirty on Purpose posted photos from their Spring 2007 tour with bands like The Besnard Lakes, Helio Sequence, The Thermals, The Big Sleep, Earl Greyhound, Apollo Sunshine, Matt Pond PA and more. Check out their Flickr gallery.

gen art film festival premieres in new york city

The Gen Art Film Festival kicked off last night at the Chelsea Clearview West Theater with the short film Regarding Sarah and feature length Crashing.



Regarding Sarah directed by Michelle Porter is centered around an old woman who starts videotaping her life after she realizes that her memory was fading. The edited footage of her life serves as her virtual memory, and the short investigates (quite efficiently, i must say) how this all begins to affect her life. i loved the idea of exploring the fact that everyone begins to forget moments in our lives, and if we spent all of our time trying to remember every detail of our life, we would forget to just sit back and enjoy life.



I was really looking forward to Crashing, which stars an old crush of mine, Campbell Scott. He plays the role of Richard McMurry, the writer with writer's block, whose life is seemingly getting worse and worse until he finds himself on crashing on the couch of two attractive co-eds, who are also aspiring writers. Much of the script was narrative -- the internal thought process of McMurray as a writer who transforms from disillusioned writer to someone fully inspired by change. I don't know whether it was the fact that I related to a lot of the internal dialogue (as a writer) or whether Campbell Scott is so darn adorable, but I really enjoyed this film. on a side note, David Cross makes a cameo. I almost didn't recognize him in the film without his glasses.

The Gen Art film festival continues for the rest of the week, and there are still some tickets left for the rest of the 7 total films premiering in New York this week. For more information, visit the film festival's official site.

PS. Gen Art is also bringing some awareness to the Adrienne Shelley Foundation, a new foundation that will help future generations of women find their place behind the camera. When filmmaker, Adrienne Shelly, was murdered last November in New York, the film community suffered an enormous loss. Adrienne, an early alum filmmaker and member of Gen Art's film advisory board, had been eagerly awaiting news of whether her latest movie (which she wrote, directed and acted in), Waitress, made it into this year's Sundance Film Festival. (It did, and was quickly snatched up by Fox Searchlight.) Pulse spoke with Adrienne's husband, Andy Ostroy, about what made people love Adrienne, what he sees as her legacy, and how he hopes to help other female filmmakers in her memory.

tonic's final shows

so it looks like tonic is closing down for real this time. can rent in the LES really be that expensive? crazy. but it's good that they will at the very least be continuing on as promoters of the underground/indie/avant garde. i posted a lifeskool blog with a couple letters from the venue and the schedule for the final shows.

youth group & aqueduct concert review on lifeskooltv.com



i went to see my favorite Aussies, Youth Group, at mercury lounge last night. it was also good to see jay and say an early birthday wish. read my lifeskooltv.com review of the show!

"dinner with the band" feature on lifeskooltv.com



i spent sunday morning salivating over burgers and indie music at the taping for the upcoming online tv show, "dinner with the band." check out my photos of musical guest pigeon john and tokyo police club and my interview with show creator, darin bresnitz.

nicole atkins interview on lifeskooltv.com



hey y'all, check out my "songwriter spotlight" interview with brooklyn chanteuse nicole atkins on lifeskooltv.com. i think she's swell. her new song "the way it is" from the forthcoming, neptune city, has an amazing, unexpected build. you can download it for free by clicking through to the interview.

human giant debut tonight on mtv!!



before i begin... is that chloe from 24 in the picture above with human giant???

anyhoo... you can download the first episode of human giant on itunes for free, or tune into mtv tonight. 10:30pm. if you remember the infamous clell tickle skit or the even more hilarious other music skit, you will likey. congrats to aziz ansari, paul scheer and rob huebel for being so darn funny. i recently met them at the fader party last weekend... nice guys.

sign up for haystack.com and start ranting about your favorite bands!

i know this sounds like a commercial, but i just spent the last few hours updating my haystack profile, rating songs from bands like silversun pickups, dirty on purpose (duh), asobi seksu, margot & the nuclear so and so's, mark gardner (of ride), mew, granddaddy, and more. i'm so addicted.

it's free to sign up for a haystack account, so go check it out and start spreading the word on good music!

and if you want, add me as a haystack friend and see what bands i'm raving about lately.

concert reviews on lifeskooltv.com

hey everyone, i posted a couple concert reviews of shows i saw this past weekend... check them out and comment!

** Bill Callahan (smog) @ The Fader Issue 45 Party

** Les Savy Fav & The Big Sleep @ Bowery Ballroom

i'll be posting artist interviews too! woot woot!