Schleprok is SO SEXC

I could give you an update on my life right now, but I don't want to spoil you =). So instead I will leave you with some ish that that has changed my outlook on alternative hip-hop.

My new interwebz buddy, Kyle aka "Double" from Vonnegutt has turned me on to Bernie Allen. For those of you, like me, who weren't familiar with the group, it is definitely worth hearing. Bernie Allen is the collabo between lyrical fire starter "Schleprok" aka Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes and the "unsung Hero" Sie 1 . The album is after "For the Kids" but before "Papercuts". After an extended chat with Sie, I more than saw his vision to revolutionize hip-hop; I felt it. Sie says he doesn't want bandwagon listeners, he wants people to really feel and think about the album. Bernie Allen is definitely underrated and you should really check it out. Visit the myspace and check out "EightyFive."

Sticking to this hip hop thing, check out this up and comer Ax. What really captured me was his song "100 to 1" He literally raps backwards from 100 to... 1! No choruses, no commercialism, barely any breaths; just straight lyricism on a DJ Clark Kent track. Rumor has it that he is in talks with Shady Aftermath....hmmm watch for it. Click on his name which will bring you to his myspace and listen to "100 to 1" for yourself.

Ok... I'm gonna watch an episode or two of "My So Called Life" and then get ready to see the premiere of HARRY POTTER and THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX!! It's at midnight, boy am I gonna hate myself tomorrow morning

Safe and Sound..

Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted. Hope everyone is having a good summer so far. I don't even know how to order the events that have chronicled my life as of late and I won't bore you with details. I am still doing my independent scouting, but obviously not at much as before. I am no longer directly interning for Stolen Transmission/Island and I have returned to my summer job working with children (who would've thunk?) but I assure you I will be back to stir up the independent music scene (fingers crossed). I have been blogging for the Stolen Transmission website and I do headline gathering for The Daily Chorus. Naturally I suggest you visit both sites.

My 22nd birthday is on Friday, July 20th and I will be having a party in collaboration with Stolen Transmission at Angels & Kings on that day. Hopefully I will get some type of promo flyer developed and it would make my day if you feel inclined to attend and buy me tasty beverages!
I want to give a shout out to Kyle aka Double from Vonnegutt. Remember that band I kinda dogged in one of my posts? Well I'm not jumping on the wagon I just wanted to commend him for handling my post with dignity and the guy actually has pretty good taste in music.

And lastly for now I want to bring your attention to two unsigned bands I have come across today:

1. Moving Mountains an indie four-piece from Purchase, NY. Matt from TDC posted about them and I gotta say they've got some pretty powerful stuff. I agree with Matt and the whole spiritual experience while listening to them. I would just suggest better recordings.

2. Safe as Houses I found this one on my own =). They are 4 guys from Goshen, NY reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World. I'd have to put it in the Indiemo Rock category but it really isn't bad and very easy to listen to. I suggest It's Always The Quiet

Alright, time fore me to get ready for bed =)

Goodnight!

Ms. Chang if you're nasty...

I only share this with you because I love you.

This past Caturday my uncle decided to make his 9-year relationship with his girlfriend honest. Seriously, NINE FREAKING YEARS! I dunno why she decided to stick around cuz as my dad put it, "She was in it for 9 years, he was kinda all over the place" Anywho, it was a LUV-UH-LEE wedding; there was FREE FOOD and an OPEN BAR!!! The dj and host were awesome and my family really knows how to party.

Now if you've guessed that this post is not about the pretty bride, the pretty cake, and the awesome food and drinks; you've guessed correctly.

In the midst of dancing and acting a fool with the rest of the Chang family I was so excited and really just couldn't hide it. The catering hall that hosted the reception came with a lovely package which included "Party Paparazzi." The photogs would go around and take pics of the guests dancing and such and then put them on rotation on the projector screen for everyone to see. It was all fun and games until I was caught. We were doing the soul train line to Simma Down nah's (Donna Summer) "Last Dance" and I decided to show everyone how it's done and the camera snapped. When the pictures were put in rotation, I saw mine come up and thought I looked really cool; the face was showing how much I was into it and the arms were perfectly placed. When I heard the entire room burst into noises of all kinds I thought, "well damn I must have really shown them" little did I know that I showed them all right. MY FRIGGIN NIPPLE WAS EXPOSED! My male cousin had to run up and cover the screen for me. I was mortified and the entire room turned to look at the girl in the Patriotic dress with the patent leather red pumps. My dad turns to me and jokingly goes, "Way to take the attention off of the couple Ms. Jackson." I believe I became the first black person ever to turn red.

When the bride's family table stared at, pointed at and impersonated me- I cried.
When the photographer and host ran up and reassured me that the pic was deleted- I cried.
When I told my mom (who was nursing my sister in the ladies room at the time)- I cried.
When I woke up this morning and worked up the nerve to show my face at the family bbq- I died from laughter.

This was the dress:

Whatchu kno 'bout me?

"the boys really like it, the girls don’t speak,

they, rollin they eyes, they lip gloss cheap"

Ok so I'm finally jumping on the Lil' Mama wagon, because well, she's... poppin'. This 17-year old's MC skills are way beyond her years but her lyrics are not. I gotta admit that I quickly got over her smash 'Lip Gloss' not to mention Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend' but put the two together and its GENIUS. Also, Miss Mama's remix of Rihanna's 'Um-boo-rella' makes the song tolerable. I visited her myspace today and she had 12,000 plays before lunch, go up her numbers!

Tegan & Sara's new album has been leaked on the interweb. **IF YOU DOWNLOAD YOU SHOULD BUY!!** The Idolator has the first track 'The Con' from their upcoming album of the same name, featured as it's Leak of the Day. Sample it because the track is FIRE!

For everyone in a band or knows people in bands please pass this on! TheDailyChorus.com has teamed up with Medilinq to bring a health plan for band and crewmembers (up to 15 people) for just $10 a month for a year if you sign up by June 1st! The plan inclues discounts on prescription drugs-- YESSSS!! Click here for more info and share the link!

And lastly, The Photo Atlas, The Cinematics, and The Bravery are playing tonight at Irving Plaza doors are at 8pm tickets: $20. Also, Sounds Under Radio (the only unsigned band on the Spiderman 3 soundtrack) are doing a huge showcase tonight at the Mercury Lounge @ 9pm tickets: $7. I will be running back and forth from both shows. Hope you can make it out!

Writer's Block

NO this is not a review of Peter, Bjorn, and John. I really do have writer's block. I literally typed and deleted this particular post 5 times. This is what I pulled out...

1. The Nightmare of You and I am the Avalanche show was great. I was a little freaked out at first because I wasn't sure if people I knew were going to end up at the show and it was at a synagogue; meaning no alcohol =(. Luckily Gurj arrived and the party began... sort of. IatA was entertaining, but I really went to the show to see NoY and they did not disappoint. The band did their biggest hits from their self-titled and a few songs that BLEW ME AWAY from their upcoming album. Seriously, keep your ears alert because that shit's gonna be tight son.

2. TheDailyChorus, "your daily source for new music" has something wonderful cooking. We are launching a program to send music to our troops. The goal is to have our readers-- whether you are a consumer, artists, or in the industry-- donate music to give our heroes a musical release. Please visit the site in the coming week for more details.

3. CIRCA SURVIVE IS RELEASED TOMORROW!!!!! Stream their entire album at their myspace and BUY THE ALBUM!

4. Lupe Fiasco's new track 'US Placers' featuring Pharrell and Kanye West, samples Thom Yorke's 'The Eraser'. Download it here. What do you think?

Buzzy Little Bee

I'm gonna take this moment just to spew words.


I have a few new oBsEsHUns, and their timing could not be more perfect!

1. BUZZNET.COM is probably the best user-to-user interactive thing-a-ma-jiggy to come across. Luckily, the dazzling Ms. Erica Are I helped speed the process along and invited me. The layout is incredibly easy to use and if you're a real music enthusiast it's the best way to pass the word on bands you love. If you've got an account ADD ME if not, I suggest you sign up. Unless ofcourse you think Myspace is the "best damn thing," you're also prolly one of those people that actually take the "are you emo" and "are you gay" tests....

2. After compulsively checking all of the accounts I have on various interweb sites, it gets kinda old. But once again thanks to Erica. I have a reason to put off actual work/sleep and scroll through pages and pages of the fabulous life of Ms. Shallon Lester. I can't even describe the genius... you've got to experience it for yourself.



And baby don't follow their lead
'cause you never know
Just how the story ends, or how the story goes
And you are so confused,
And baby it's just like you
To say anything else

So a lot has been going on lately, I went into the office on Wednesday, for what I thought would be my last day. Thankfully Eric begged me not leave, at least not until next week so he can buy me cookies and hopefully think of other "enticing" ways to get me to stay sans paycheck. The truth is, I DON'T WANT TO GO!!! but I need money. In the past 5 months I have really begun to feel like famuhlee and Eric, Jo, and Sarah have really confirmed that for me.
It's funny, I feel like Island/Def employees really know how to spring up and say nice shit to you when there is a cloud of resignition in your mind. After leaving the office on my "not-so-last" day, I lucked upon an elevator ride with Mr. Jay Brown (A&R; Rihanna, LL Cool J, Jay-Z...) and Ty-Ty (his right hand man). Ty-Ty introduced himself to me and then Jay followed. After admitting that I was only an intern and that I worked for the [his boy, Eric] I got the "We'll be seeing more of you, right?" and my elevator ride came to an end. *THANK GOD I DECIDED TO DRESS UP THAT DAY!*
Thursday after spending a good portion of my morning playing around on Buzznet, posting, and searching for a dog for Eric to adopt, I chatted it up with my friend Tim from Thedailychorus.com and he offered me a staff position! Yay another reason for me to stay on the internet all day, blog, and scout music. It kinda scares me though because my music opinion is going to get dissected, chewed up, spat on, or however people want to take it. But I guess I'm okay with that =) Sooo here is another place you can reach me if you have music inquiries CiCi@thedailychorus.com


My story is just beginning and I'm taking you along for the ride

Angels & Tigers...

Jordin Sparks is the new AMERICAN IDOL!
And Paul McCartney is writing his suicide note.... Did you see that tribute to Sgt. Pepper? EW

This Thursday is gonna be goooooood!
I get to see my wonderful interweb hotties @ Angels & Kings for the Cartel "Band in the Bubble" party. Sir Nicholas Snow will be spinning from 10-11 and then Mr. Brandon Reilly (yes... that Brandon Reilly) will grace the turntables with his skillz afterwards. However, from 11-midnight I will be at Arlene's Grocery scouting Sayonara Tiger (www.myspace.com/sayonaratiger ) then returning to AK-47 to tear up the dance floor.

Who is this Sayonara Tiger you ask? Well, they are a 4-piece band from Cinci, OH. Coran (vocals), really knows how to get to a scout's heart; through her tummy (he sent free Chipotle burrito coupons with his press-kit) nummmerzz! Their tunes are melodic and catchy, Coran says their new stuff is very different (and better) than their older songs. In all honestly that is a relief, but I definitely recommend listening to "Heart Attack" it's sooo f'n catchy! If you're available you should definitely go out to see this band! They are on at 11:30pm...oof- I know- but it's summa and it's the city!

oh and I HAVE A BUZZNET!!!
Chadidipop.buzznet.com