fireballs & tsunami

Tony Asher, the lyricist who co-wrote several songs on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, visited Cartel in the Bubble! Very, very cool.

Lee and Laura love Cartel!

Drummer Kevin chats with Cartel fans.

Cartel karaoke winner!

Cartel fans go cah-razy.

CARTEL performs for the crowd!

Cartel gets inked in the Bubble.

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Photos from the big red carpet event on May 24th, the day we locked Cartel in the Bubble.

Lee being awesome, as usual.

Our awesome host, Blair.

View of the big 34th St. fire from our Bubble trailer window.

Prrretty.

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Photos from the CMJ “Band in a Bubble” launch party at Hiro Ballroom last week.
Here’s me and Lee, the official CMJ Bubblogger! Check out Lee’s coverage of the party HERE.

Brazilian Girls!

Trapeze dancing.

Bryan and Steve marvel at the trapezist.

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These photos were taken in early May during construction of the “Band in a Bubble” bubble.

More photos in my Flickr set!

Unless you have been living in a (wait for it) bubble for the past few weeks, you have probably realized that I am writing for an awesome new MTV show, “Band in a Bubble.” During a live MTV broadcast on May 24, Atlanta rock band Cartel will be locked in a giant see-through bubble on […]

As always, thank you to everyone who made last night’s Hot Rocks Party a huge success!

One of the night’s highlights was a performance by this professional belly dancer, who absolutely mesmerized the crowd with her fire dance. Amazing! If I ever tried such a thing, you’d be on fire.

When Pixy Stix go wrong…

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HOT ROCKS PARTY!
TONIGHT! FRIDAY, MAY 18th
@ The Delancey
168 Delancey St.
F to Delancey / J to Essex
Doors 8pm
$5 at the door
FREE PBR 10-11pm! Free retro candy all night!
Performances by:
RUSSIAN VOGUE (9pm)
ROTARY DOWNS (10pm)
THE SUBJECTS (11pm)
’50s/’60s / oldies / surf / dance party starts around 11:30pm and continues until LATE!

Have you seen the new YouTube video of the NYC breakdancer accidentally kicking a toddler, sending the kid into sort of a backflip across a subway platform? I’m NOT posting it here because it’s disturbing.
I bet you’re wondering why I even mentioned it. For starters, I’m obsessive-compulsive. Secondly, I felt the need to purge myself […]