BemChat: Sinatra, the City, Matt, Kim, and Fame.

Posted: July 22nd, 2009 | Author: Brian | Filed under: GChat, indie rock, new york | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Brian: Lille…. a/s/l?

Lilledeshan: oh no [...]  i’m the 3rd wheel

Brian: Lille & I need to do our “city” music pics. A– Sinatra is an excellent NY pick, I just don’t like Sinatra

Araceli: you guys are lagging on the other assignment. there you go again, brian. i think lille has horrid taste in music but i dont tell her

Lilledeshan: Oh

Brian: ouch

Lilledeshan: excuse me, ms. “I hate stereolab and MIA until Pitchfork says its ok”

Brian: BOOYAH!

Lilledeshan: hahaha. oh and um, “I love the Editors”

Araceli: i am speechless..how dare you

Lilledeshan: “Matt and Kim”

Araceli: yeah so i like based on looks…SO WHAT?

Matt & Kim (photo from Get Weird Turn Pro)

Lilledeshan: HAHAHAHAH

Brian: Matt & Kim are an attractive band. they jump around a lot and strip

Araceli: matt is

Lilledeshan: they’re fun to watch

Araceli: kim looks like a lezbot

Brian: delish lezbot\

Lilledeshan: they’re on top of the list in the realm of underachiever indie rock

Araceli: i dont give a fuck…i like music when a cute boy tells me its worth checking out. i dont have time to research myself

Brian: M&K have the trailer music for NBC’s community

Lilledeshan: we should have our photos beside our posts. that way brian can hook readers like araceli into raising our profile

Araceli: no way. oh you wanna be like perez?

Lilledeshan: perez hilton, musical tastemaker

Araceli: i dont want people to know what i look like…my biggest fear is being a recognizable celeb

Brian: ha. you’re fist [sic] problem is BEING a celeb

Lilledeshan: why are you guys still at work? i’m going to do my city post
after i give away this free lou barlow song

Araceli: brian, you think i cant be a celeb?

Brian: oh, you can. But you can worry about being recognized later

Araceli: damn this biy [sic] is out of contorl [sic]. look i cant even spell! thats how angry i am. haha…whateves… lille is the one that wants to be famous

Lilledeshan: ya. i keep getting pre-empted. right before i get REALLY big. some stupid shit happens

Araceli: i gots to go

Lilledeshan: ok bye guys. me too

Brian: alright. laters

Lilledeshan: adios

Songs of the City: I *heart* NY

Posted: July 20th, 2009 | Author: Araceli Cruz | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | 3 Comments »

As a little intro, we thought it’d be cool for the three of us to talk about what song we feel best fits our little towns. Read Brian’s here and Lille’s here.

In the coldest of days, here in New York, walking through slush, trying not to slip and fall, I can easily transport my brainwaves to a warm and sunny place: specifically, Los Angeles.

By scrolling the tunes on my iPod to The Cure, or Morrissey or Depeche Mode, I’m instantly back, driving down the 101 in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and listening to KROQ, because in 1996 that’s all you had, and that was quite great, actually.

I haven’t been in New York long enough for me to acquire a taste of a particular scene like I did with New Wave in L.A. All I have to get me in a New York state of mind is a handful of songs by bands that were “in” when I moved here a couple of years ago on my iTunes rotation like Peter Bjorn and John, Kings of Leon, and MGMT.

There is one song, however, that made me feeling like a New Yorker long before I arrived here on a one-way ticket and suitcase in hand. Frank Sinatra’s timeless song “New York, New York” had me, at the age of 13, daydreaming of walking the streets of Manhattan with a million aspirations inside of me, and a smile on my face. This song gets me every time.