A few weeks ago, Naomi left New York City to return to North Carolina to drink sweet tea, say y'all, walk slowly ("mosey"), and not eat sushi. I (Carrie) will remain in the city, enjoying sushi and walking quickly, among other things. Both of us are still working on Inklings, but we're looking to include more collaborators as we spread out across the country.
I will be looking for people to come on shoots with me in NYC - an ideal candidate would have television or film experience, specifically shooting. Owning or having access to your own camera is a huge plus. An intense love of music is obviously a must. Living in NYC is strongly preferred, though Long Island or New Jersey may work also. Shoots tend to be scheduled outside typical "work hours", i.e. mostly evening/weekend shoots. Naomi's looking to head up an Atlanta team in the near future, as well as an LA team when she moves out there early next year.
If you think you fit the bill, please send an email to staff@inklings.tv and let us know what kind of experience you have, where you live, and why you'd like to join our team! If you don't have any shooting or production experience, but think you have something else to bring to the table, let us know that as well.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thieves & Villains videos posted
Today we posted not one, but two videos from our little road trip with Thieves & Villains. You can watch them both in the video player, but we recommend heading to the downloads section to download an alternate version of one of them.
This has never happened before, but we had a very creepy experience trying to upload the road trip video to our player last week-- it blocked the upload because it recognized that the video had Thieves & Villains music in it. It sent us an email with the track names and everything. We've since sorted it out and have permission to post the video with that music, but as of yet no one from Brightcove has returned our phone calls so we still can't get it up on the site. I re-cut a version with generic music so we could get it posted so check that version out on the site, and download the original one for your ipod.
This past weekend we made another reluctant trip out to the worst venue ever, Death Trap (aka Vibe Lounge on Long Island) If good bands would just stop playing there, we wouldn't have to keep going, but as it stands we'll probably be there again in a matter of weeks. We were there to shoot an interview with Farewell, who I've been wanting to shoot with ever since 6 months ago when I was watching Music Videos On Demand at 4am and saw their video for First One On the Blog. They were a lot of fun, and their interview will probably be up in the next week.
Two free shows to check out tonight-- Thieves & Villains, and then I Am the Avalanche acoustic. Good times.
This has never happened before, but we had a very creepy experience trying to upload the road trip video to our player last week-- it blocked the upload because it recognized that the video had Thieves & Villains music in it. It sent us an email with the track names and everything. We've since sorted it out and have permission to post the video with that music, but as of yet no one from Brightcove has returned our phone calls so we still can't get it up on the site. I re-cut a version with generic music so we could get it posted so check that version out on the site, and download the original one for your ipod.
This past weekend we made another reluctant trip out to the worst venue ever, Death Trap (aka Vibe Lounge on Long Island) If good bands would just stop playing there, we wouldn't have to keep going, but as it stands we'll probably be there again in a matter of weeks. We were there to shoot an interview with Farewell, who I've been wanting to shoot with ever since 6 months ago when I was watching Music Videos On Demand at 4am and saw their video for First One On the Blog. They were a lot of fun, and their interview will probably be up in the next week.
Two free shows to check out tonight-- Thieves & Villains, and then I Am the Avalanche acoustic. Good times.
Friday, September 26, 2008
MXPX & LAGWAGON
Last week we got a chance to check out the Lagwagon and MxPx show that came right through NYC in Times Square at BB Kings Blues Club. It was the first time Carrie and I had been to this venue, and though the venue felt a bit awkward at first, it ended up being a solid show. We got to see and spend some quality time a concert buddy and friend Erick, and Jered who took photos for Inklings last year. We ended the night with ice cream from Cold Stone which was an interesting experience and a first for me.
Make sure you catch this solid punk rock show when it comes through your town. The remaining dates are below:
much love,
Naomi
Make sure you catch this solid punk rock show when it comes through your town. The remaining dates are below:
| In The Venue | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
| Jillian’s | Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
| House Of Blues | West Hollywood, California | ||
| The Clubhouse | Tempe, Arizona | ||
| Loserkids | San Marcos, California | ||
| House Of Blues | San Diego, California | ||
| House Of Blues | Anaheim, California | ||
| Phoenix Theatre | Petaluma, California | ||
| Henry Fonda Theater | Los Angeles, California | ||
| The Dome | Bakersfield, California | ||
| The Warehouse | Carson City, Nevada | ||
| Icon | Pocatello, Idaho |
much love,
Naomi
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Chicago!
This past weekend we took a little Inklings trip to Chicago for the first Platform One emerging artists showcase. We hitched a ride there with our new friends Thieves & Villains-- you can expect a little video roadtrip documentation action coming soon.
The show itself was a lot of fun, all solid bands. I hadn't heard much about NeverShoutNever!, but WOW. He drew in a TON of kids who sang every single word to every song he had. To hold the crowd like he did, up there all by himself, takes a ton of personality & stage presence and I was really impressed. We also did a quick interview with him earlier in the day. In any case, check out NeverShoutNever!, because that kid is going places.
The Graduate headlined the show...they are a band that makes me feel good about the state of music. Pretty much every time we see them, Naomi turns to me and says "Fucking shit!" and that's pretty much all that needs to be said. At this show, they had these sweet lights behind them that made the whole thing look like a music video shoot, it was awesome. They also came back out after their set and played Justified, which is always a lot of fun.
It's always fun to go to shows outside NYC and see what the scene is like in other places. We went to The Starting Line's last hometown show at the Electric Factory in Philly and LOVED it (the show, the venue, the crowd & the atmosphere.) Chicago had a really cool scene as well, the show on Saturday was completely sold out and full of really enthusiastic music fans. I can see now why bands seem to like playing in Chicago so much.
By some awesome coincidence, You, Me and Everyone We Know had a headlining show just outside Chicago on Sunday night, so we stuck around and flew back to NYC first thing Monday morning. The YMAEWK show was UNREAL. Their set was so much fun, and at this point I don't really understand how they continue to get even better every time I see them. They played a new song I hadn't seen them play yet (a demo of which is up on their myspace now). We headed back to Chicago after that to get about 2.5 hours of sleep before our early morning flight.
We've got a lot coming up this fall. Still more Warped tour videos to post, Thieves & Villains/NeverShoutNever! interviews to be posted, upcoming interviews, and we're really happy to be hosting the video blog updates from the XO/Shanti/Paper Mache/Smile Smile tour happening later in the fall. Stay tuned for more info on that really soon!
The show itself was a lot of fun, all solid bands. I hadn't heard much about NeverShoutNever!, but WOW. He drew in a TON of kids who sang every single word to every song he had. To hold the crowd like he did, up there all by himself, takes a ton of personality & stage presence and I was really impressed. We also did a quick interview with him earlier in the day. In any case, check out NeverShoutNever!, because that kid is going places.
The Graduate headlined the show...they are a band that makes me feel good about the state of music. Pretty much every time we see them, Naomi turns to me and says "Fucking shit!" and that's pretty much all that needs to be said. At this show, they had these sweet lights behind them that made the whole thing look like a music video shoot, it was awesome. They also came back out after their set and played Justified, which is always a lot of fun.
It's always fun to go to shows outside NYC and see what the scene is like in other places. We went to The Starting Line's last hometown show at the Electric Factory in Philly and LOVED it (the show, the venue, the crowd & the atmosphere.) Chicago had a really cool scene as well, the show on Saturday was completely sold out and full of really enthusiastic music fans. I can see now why bands seem to like playing in Chicago so much.
By some awesome coincidence, You, Me and Everyone We Know had a headlining show just outside Chicago on Sunday night, so we stuck around and flew back to NYC first thing Monday morning. The YMAEWK show was UNREAL. Their set was so much fun, and at this point I don't really understand how they continue to get even better every time I see them. They played a new song I hadn't seen them play yet (a demo of which is up on their myspace now). We headed back to Chicago after that to get about 2.5 hours of sleep before our early morning flight.
We've got a lot coming up this fall. Still more Warped tour videos to post, Thieves & Villains/NeverShoutNever! interviews to be posted, upcoming interviews, and we're really happy to be hosting the video blog updates from the XO/Shanti/Paper Mache/Smile Smile tour happening later in the fall. Stay tuned for more info on that really soon!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
WARPED PHOTOS
Head over to the "PHOTOS" section of inklings.tv and check out all of the amazing photos taken by the inklings team at Warped Tour '08 including new friends and family Tom Falcone and Donny Tsang. Here are two that I've been using as my wallpaper lately.
Updates!
So, I realize I never actually wrote anything about day 4 of Warped Tour. It was over a month ago, but my memory is eerily sharp so I might still write a blog about it.
We have probably about half of our Warped Tour videos posted so far. If you haven't checked them out yet, head to the video player for interviews, Warped trivia, a look into the lives of tour managers, plus a whole lot more. Lots more coming as well, so keep checking back.
We went to a bunch of shows the last week or so. Last Thursday we headed out to my all-time least favorite venue, Vibe Lounge on Long Island (or as I like to call it "the death trap." Normally I wouldn't feel the need to say anything negative about a venue, but I'm pretty sure within a year this place will be the site of one of those club fire stories where kids die at a poorly staffed/overcrowded show. Seriously.) We went to see Socratic, along with Thieves & Villains. Thieves & Villains will be playing a show with The Graduate in a couple weeks that we'll be heading to Chicago for.
Saturday we posted a new interview with You, Me, and Everyone We Know, then drove to School of Rock in NJ to see them. It was the last night of their tour with The Dear Hunter. Last-night-of-tour shows are always a lot of fun, and this was no exception. Also we'd never been to School of Rock before, I liked it except for the fact that it was a bit of a sauna. All the bands got up onstage near the end of The Dear Hunter's set-- video here.
Last night we headed to School of Rock (again) for a last-night-of-tour show (again), this time for The Hush Sound tour. We shot our interview with The Cab right at the beginning of the tour, but couldn't stay for the show that night so I was glad we got to catch the tour before it ended. We missed The Morning Light, but we did get there in time to catch Steel Train. I've seen them a bunch of times and they're always fun. Their Mamma Mia sing-along cover was pretty great. I hadn't seen The Cab before-- they definitely have some of the catchiest songs I've heard this year. Not that I didn't enjoy the bands playing their own songs, but my favorite part of the show was The Hush Sound/Steel Train's 8-tambourine cover of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back." I've been listening to Michael Jackson since before I was born (seriously) so I'm partial to any MJ/Jackson 5 covers. The more, the better.
We've got a lot coming up BESIDES the rest of the Warped videos, so stay tuned...
If you feel like helping people, check out the links below:
You, Me, and Everyone We Know Van Explosion Recovery fund (read about it here)
Get You, Me and Everyone We Know free Denny's food
Jet Lag Gemini trailer theft info
We have probably about half of our Warped Tour videos posted so far. If you haven't checked them out yet, head to the video player for interviews, Warped trivia, a look into the lives of tour managers, plus a whole lot more. Lots more coming as well, so keep checking back.
We went to a bunch of shows the last week or so. Last Thursday we headed out to my all-time least favorite venue, Vibe Lounge on Long Island (or as I like to call it "the death trap." Normally I wouldn't feel the need to say anything negative about a venue, but I'm pretty sure within a year this place will be the site of one of those club fire stories where kids die at a poorly staffed/overcrowded show. Seriously.) We went to see Socratic, along with Thieves & Villains. Thieves & Villains will be playing a show with The Graduate in a couple weeks that we'll be heading to Chicago for.
Saturday we posted a new interview with You, Me, and Everyone We Know, then drove to School of Rock in NJ to see them. It was the last night of their tour with The Dear Hunter. Last-night-of-tour shows are always a lot of fun, and this was no exception. Also we'd never been to School of Rock before, I liked it except for the fact that it was a bit of a sauna. All the bands got up onstage near the end of The Dear Hunter's set-- video here.
Last night we headed to School of Rock (again) for a last-night-of-tour show (again), this time for The Hush Sound tour. We shot our interview with The Cab right at the beginning of the tour, but couldn't stay for the show that night so I was glad we got to catch the tour before it ended. We missed The Morning Light, but we did get there in time to catch Steel Train. I've seen them a bunch of times and they're always fun. Their Mamma Mia sing-along cover was pretty great. I hadn't seen The Cab before-- they definitely have some of the catchiest songs I've heard this year. Not that I didn't enjoy the bands playing their own songs, but my favorite part of the show was The Hush Sound/Steel Train's 8-tambourine cover of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back." I've been listening to Michael Jackson since before I was born (seriously) so I'm partial to any MJ/Jackson 5 covers. The more, the better.
We've got a lot coming up BESIDES the rest of the Warped videos, so stay tuned...
If you feel like helping people, check out the links below:
You, Me, and Everyone We Know Van Explosion Recovery fund (read about it here)
Get You, Me and Everyone We Know free Denny's food
Jet Lag Gemini trailer theft info
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Warped Tour Day 3!
(as written on Thursday)
Day 3 of Warped, in Scranton, was our longest drive of the weekend. My roommate's fiance was kind enough to loan us his car for the 3-ish hour drive. Naomi and I left bright and early, along with our new friend and Inklings associate Shannon, at 8am and after getting sent in the wrong direction several times by the venue staff, finally found parking and were able to start looking for the press area.
Once we set up (also, this was my least favorite Warped venue so far-- it took almost 45 minutes to get from one end to the other because the walkways were so narrow and we had so much crap to carry) we pretty much didn't stop to eat, drink, breathe or take a bathroom break for the next 5 hours or so. We had back to back interviews with 21 bands. I would probably forget someone if I tried to list them all, so I'll talk about a few. There were only 3 on our crew Sunday, so the only picture I took all day was of Shannon and Naomi doing calisthenics in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot at 10am when we stopped for coffee.
The day started off with Alex from Cobra Starship, then John from Relient K, followed by a few others. We had a long chat with Forever the Sickest Kids, who were apparently very amused by the foam covers on our microphones. It started raining towards the end of the interview so we retreated into the tent.
We did a few interviews on the couch in there while the rain started to let up (or so we thought.) Around the time Jeremy from Mayday Parade showed up to talk to us, a monsoon started. We helped batten down the hatches in the press tent and made sure that nothing important was getting wet. Rivers of rain started pouring through the tent and soaked everyone's feet, but Jeremy was an incredibly good sport even though it was thundering and lightening through the entire interview.
Once the rain let up for good we went back outside and talked to Keith from Every Time I Die (a western new yorker, like me). The sun continued to dry the rain when Greg from The Bouncing Souls and his wife Shanti stopped by. Shanti joined the tour a week or two ago, and Greg has been playing drums for her set. She has some of the most creative promotional materials I've ever seen-- including a postcard with a great picture of her as a little girl with her mom. Greg cleared up the conflicting answers I was getting for one of my Warped Tour trivia questions that I'd been asking everyone (they also later fed trivia answers to Mike from Street Dogs...they were very sneaky!)
Among the last interviews we did that day were Settings, Alex from All Time Low, Juliet from Automatic Loveletter, and Adam from The Academy Is. I chatted with most of the guys in Settings about being from Buffalo, and Shannon and Naomi chatted with Donny about being from Georgia. I've been listening to the stuff on their myspace a lot lately, so I was glad we got the chance to cover them. Alex and Juliet showed up at the same time, so we interviewed them together. Adam from The Academy Is... talked about their upcoming new album and bringing his cat to Warped Tour. He was incredibly well-spoken and sincere.
After our last interview in the press area, we took a few minutes to breathe and finally grab some food, then headed out into the venue to find our pals in The Scenic. Once they took off to head to their video shoot, the three of us ran over to Mayday Parade's set. They're a great band live, and so much fun to shoot photos and video of. They played last, so once they were done we headed back to the car for the long drive back to NYC.
More to come, and lots of pictures from Warped Day 4...
-Carrie
Day 3 of Warped, in Scranton, was our longest drive of the weekend. My roommate's fiance was kind enough to loan us his car for the 3-ish hour drive. Naomi and I left bright and early, along with our new friend and Inklings associate Shannon, at 8am and after getting sent in the wrong direction several times by the venue staff, finally found parking and were able to start looking for the press area.
Once we set up (also, this was my least favorite Warped venue so far-- it took almost 45 minutes to get from one end to the other because the walkways were so narrow and we had so much crap to carry) we pretty much didn't stop to eat, drink, breathe or take a bathroom break for the next 5 hours or so. We had back to back interviews with 21 bands. I would probably forget someone if I tried to list them all, so I'll talk about a few. There were only 3 on our crew Sunday, so the only picture I took all day was of Shannon and Naomi doing calisthenics in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot at 10am when we stopped for coffee.
The day started off with Alex from Cobra Starship, then John from Relient K, followed by a few others. We had a long chat with Forever the Sickest Kids, who were apparently very amused by the foam covers on our microphones. It started raining towards the end of the interview so we retreated into the tent.
We did a few interviews on the couch in there while the rain started to let up (or so we thought.) Around the time Jeremy from Mayday Parade showed up to talk to us, a monsoon started. We helped batten down the hatches in the press tent and made sure that nothing important was getting wet. Rivers of rain started pouring through the tent and soaked everyone's feet, but Jeremy was an incredibly good sport even though it was thundering and lightening through the entire interview.
Once the rain let up for good we went back outside and talked to Keith from Every Time I Die (a western new yorker, like me). The sun continued to dry the rain when Greg from The Bouncing Souls and his wife Shanti stopped by. Shanti joined the tour a week or two ago, and Greg has been playing drums for her set. She has some of the most creative promotional materials I've ever seen-- including a postcard with a great picture of her as a little girl with her mom. Greg cleared up the conflicting answers I was getting for one of my Warped Tour trivia questions that I'd been asking everyone (they also later fed trivia answers to Mike from Street Dogs...they were very sneaky!)
Among the last interviews we did that day were Settings, Alex from All Time Low, Juliet from Automatic Loveletter, and Adam from The Academy Is. I chatted with most of the guys in Settings about being from Buffalo, and Shannon and Naomi chatted with Donny about being from Georgia. I've been listening to the stuff on their myspace a lot lately, so I was glad we got the chance to cover them. Alex and Juliet showed up at the same time, so we interviewed them together. Adam from The Academy Is... talked about their upcoming new album and bringing his cat to Warped Tour. He was incredibly well-spoken and sincere.
After our last interview in the press area, we took a few minutes to breathe and finally grab some food, then headed out into the venue to find our pals in The Scenic. Once they took off to head to their video shoot, the three of us ran over to Mayday Parade's set. They're a great band live, and so much fun to shoot photos and video of. They played last, so once they were done we headed back to the car for the long drive back to NYC.
More to come, and lots of pictures from Warped Day 4...
-Carrie
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Warped Tour Day 2!
(as written on Tuesday...)
Saturday's Warped Tour in Uniondale was a little closer to home. Naomi's brother was in town, so he drove us to Nassau Coliseum. We weren't able to shoot video because of venue rules, so we spent the day watching bands and shooting photos. Tom Falcone (who shot this picture of All Time Low that I'm sure you've all seen, among many others) joined up with us, so keep an eye out on the site for some of his photos, too.
Mayday Parade played super early in the day, so we ran over to the Hurley stage as soon as we saw the schedule and managed to catch almost all of their set. We headed over to one of the mainstages next for Story of the Year. I think I've only seen them one other time before, and it was probably 3 or 4 years ago, but those guys put on a SOLID show.
The Academy Is played right after SOTY, on the other mainstage. I'd caught a bit of their set the day before, but other than that I hadn't seen them play in a while. I really like the first new song they played. I didn't hear the other new song they played, because we ran over to the myspace tent to hear Forever the Sickest Kids do an acoustic set. That band is just so damn catchy, it was pretty much a rule that we had to listen to their cd atleast once per drive, each way, all weekend.
We found our friends in The Scenic working the crowd and hustling CDs. We unsuccessfully attempted to help them sell, but we were terrible at it. We managed to sell one, but it was to Naomi, so I don't know that that counts.
I went to the Kevin Says stage after that to watch A Cursive Memory. The only song of theirs that I really knew was Everything (if you haven't seen the video for that yet, youtube it-- it's so genius), but their set was a lot of fun.
You, Me and Everyone We Know played the same stage right afterwards. I'd missed their set the day before, so I was really glad to catch them on Saturday. Naomi had only ever seen them play acoustic before, so it was her first time seeing them play a regular set. They were great, as usual.
We ran over to catch the second half of Family Force 5's set as soon as they were done. Those guys are INSANE and put on the most entertaining show I've ever seen. If you watch them play, you can't help but smile and dance.
Later we caught Set Your Goals (A Cursive Memory came out at the end and played a Blink182 song at the end of their set, there was much toilet paper thrown around and silly string sprayed everywhere) and then listened to Mayday Parade play acoustic at the Myspace tent.
After all that, we headed to the Ernie Ball stage for Forever the Sickest Kids. That stage is WAY too small for those guys. It was crazy! There wasn't even enough room in front of the barricade for all the photographers. I bowed out gracefully (I'm not a real photographer, I just like taking pictures) and watched from next to the stage. I left before they finished their last song to run over and shoot the first few songs of All Time Low's set. I missed their set on the AP tour, so this was my first time seeing them.
Four Year Strong was one of the last bands I saw on Saturday. Their shows are always SO much fun, and so insane. We saw a girl who got knocked into by a crowd surfer and hit her face on the barricade, possibly breaking her nose. People were coming over the barricade faster than the security guards could catch them. This was the only set of the day that I got kicked while I was taking pictures. Also the only set of the day that I was singing along while taking pictures. 
Say Anything was last. The crowd was HUGE and went crazy. Definitely one of the best sets I saw all weekend.
After that, we met up with a couple friends and headed home to go to sleep. Day 3 coming soon....
-Carrie
Saturday's Warped Tour in Uniondale was a little closer to home. Naomi's brother was in town, so he drove us to Nassau Coliseum. We weren't able to shoot video because of venue rules, so we spent the day watching bands and shooting photos. Tom Falcone (who shot this picture of All Time Low that I'm sure you've all seen, among many others) joined up with us, so keep an eye out on the site for some of his photos, too.
Mayday Parade played super early in the day, so we ran over to the Hurley stage as soon as we saw the schedule and managed to catch almost all of their set. We headed over to one of the mainstages next for Story of the Year. I think I've only seen them one other time before, and it was probably 3 or 4 years ago, but those guys put on a SOLID show. 
The Academy Is played right after SOTY, on the other mainstage. I'd caught a bit of their set the day before, but other than that I hadn't seen them play in a while. I really like the first new song they played. I didn't hear the other new song they played, because we ran over to the myspace tent to hear Forever the Sickest Kids do an acoustic set. That band is just so damn catchy, it was pretty much a rule that we had to listen to their cd atleast once per drive, each way, all weekend.We found our friends in The Scenic working the crowd and hustling CDs. We unsuccessfully attempted to help them sell, but we were terrible at it. We managed to sell one, but it was to Naomi, so I don't know that that counts.
I went to the Kevin Says stage after that to watch A Cursive Memory. The only song of theirs that I really knew was Everything (if you haven't seen the video for that yet, youtube it-- it's so genius), but their set was a lot of fun.
You, Me and Everyone We Know played the same stage right afterwards. I'd missed their set the day before, so I was really glad to catch them on Saturday. Naomi had only ever seen them play acoustic before, so it was her first time seeing them play a regular set. They were great, as usual. We ran over to catch the second half of Family Force 5's set as soon as they were done. Those guys are INSANE and put on the most entertaining show I've ever seen. If you watch them play, you can't help but smile and dance.
Later we caught Set Your Goals (A Cursive Memory came out at the end and played a Blink182 song at the end of their set, there was much toilet paper thrown around and silly string sprayed everywhere) and then listened to Mayday Parade play acoustic at the Myspace tent.
After all that, we headed to the Ernie Ball stage for Forever the Sickest Kids. That stage is WAY too small for those guys. It was crazy! There wasn't even enough room in front of the barricade for all the photographers. I bowed out gracefully (I'm not a real photographer, I just like taking pictures) and watched from next to the stage. I left before they finished their last song to run over and shoot the first few songs of All Time Low's set. I missed their set on the AP tour, so this was my first time seeing them.
Four Year Strong was one of the last bands I saw on Saturday. Their shows are always SO much fun, and so insane. We saw a girl who got knocked into by a crowd surfer and hit her face on the barricade, possibly breaking her nose. People were coming over the barricade faster than the security guards could catch them. This was the only set of the day that I got kicked while I was taking pictures. Also the only set of the day that I was singing along while taking pictures. 
Say Anything was last. The crowd was HUGE and went crazy. Definitely one of the best sets I saw all weekend.After that, we met up with a couple friends and headed home to go to sleep. Day 3 coming soon....
-Carrie
Monday, July 28, 2008
SO SUNBURNED
Naomi suggested that I should not blog, because it wastes precious time when I could be sleeping this weekend. She is probably right.
SPEED UPDATE!
Yesterday- watched lots of bands, took lots of pictures. No amount of SPF50 could keep me from FRYING in the sun.
Today- we shot 21 bands. I don't know if you know this, but that is a feat. Look forward to seeing all that footage soon.
Tomorrow- our last day covering Warped :(
Time for bed.
-Carrie
SPEED UPDATE!
Yesterday- watched lots of bands, took lots of pictures. No amount of SPF50 could keep me from FRYING in the sun.
Today- we shot 21 bands. I don't know if you know this, but that is a feat. Look forward to seeing all that footage soon.
Tomorrow- our last day covering Warped :(
Time for bed.
-Carrie
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Warped Tour Day 1!
Quick blog! I gotta go to bed because I'm getting up in 6 hours to do this all over again :)
Today was day 1 of 4 for me on Warped Tour (ok it doesn't really count as being on warped tour because I am driving back to brooklyn to sleep in my own bed every night, but whatever.)
First we met up with Mike from the AKAs. He had a lot to say about their time on Warped so far. We had a chance to catch some of their set later and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully I'll get to catch more of them in the next few days.
We split up for a little while and Sarah and Andrew (our awesome shooters for the day) went to film some bands' sets.
After that we met back up and talked with You, Me and Everyone We Know. They're the first band that we've interviewed for Inklings more than once, and I've now interviewed them 3 times in 3 months.
We finally had a break to grab some food around 4, so we enjoyed some $8 slices of pizza (sadly, I'm not kidding. But I'd been up since 5:30 and hadn't eaten all day, so it actually tasted like it was worth it) We sat down and recharged our batteries (our metaphorical batteries, not real batteries) before splitting up again.
Andrew and Adaria (my right-hand woman for the day) went to shoot bands' sets, while Sarah and I caught up with some of the guys from A Loss For Words. They weren't playing today, but hanging out and selling a bunch of CDs. Great guys, great band, so if you see them around at Warped the next week or so, please go buy a CD from them.
Later we caught up with Billy and Ross from Confide, as well as Aaron and Ryland of Reel Big Fish.
There's some A+ stuff with Reel Big Fish...but you'll just have to wait and see. I WILL say that Ryland is hilarious.
We dashed over to the press area after that to catch A Cursive Memory, who were a combination of ridiculous and hilarious. Tomorrow's their last day on the tour, so hopefully I'll be able to catch their set.
Time to hit the hay. More updates tomorrow! Huge thanks to Sarah, Andrew & Adaria!
-Carrie
Today was day 1 of 4 for me on Warped Tour (ok it doesn't really count as being on warped tour because I am driving back to brooklyn to sleep in my own bed every night, but whatever.)
First we met up with Mike from the AKAs. He had a lot to say about their time on Warped so far. We had a chance to catch some of their set later and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully I'll get to catch more of them in the next few days.
We split up for a little while and Sarah and Andrew (our awesome shooters for the day) went to film some bands' sets.
After that we met back up and talked with You, Me and Everyone We Know. They're the first band that we've interviewed for Inklings more than once, and I've now interviewed them 3 times in 3 months.We finally had a break to grab some food around 4, so we enjoyed some $8 slices of pizza (sadly, I'm not kidding. But I'd been up since 5:30 and hadn't eaten all day, so it actually tasted like it was worth it) We sat down and recharged our batteries (our metaphorical batteries, not real batteries) before splitting up again.
Andrew and Adaria (my right-hand woman for the day) went to shoot bands' sets, while Sarah and I caught up with some of the guys from A Loss For Words. They weren't playing today, but hanging out and selling a bunch of CDs. Great guys, great band, so if you see them around at Warped the next week or so, please go buy a CD from them.
Later we caught up with Billy and Ross from Confide, as well as Aaron and Ryland of Reel Big Fish.
There's some A+ stuff with Reel Big Fish...but you'll just have to wait and see. I WILL say that Ryland is hilarious.
We dashed over to the press area after that to catch A Cursive Memory, who were a combination of ridiculous and hilarious. Tomorrow's their last day on the tour, so hopefully I'll be able to catch their set.Time to hit the hay. More updates tomorrow! Huge thanks to Sarah, Andrew & Adaria!
-Carrie
Monday, July 7, 2008
Powerspace & other stuff
Here is something I learned about my phone the night we shot our interview with Powerspace. When on autotext, my phone still does not know the word "inklings." I have a friend named Carmelina, and after 2 years my phone still tries to type "Barnelima." However, when I type the letters P-O-W- in my phone, the rest of the word "powerspace" automatically pops up. I also learned that if I try to abbreviate the word "equipment" to "equip", my phone doesn't understand and tries to type something else. I learned that the hard way when I almost sent someone a text that said "I'm standing in the back with all the drugs."
The night of the interview was also the first time I'd actually seen Powerspace play. I've been to 3 or 4 shows that they've been playing at, but somehow we're always shooting an interview (or just late) and miss their set. On a mostly unrelated note, Cute Is What We Aim For also played that night, and it's always very bizarre for me to see them play big venues in new York. They're from my town, and some of those guys used to play in a band that opened for my brother's band when I used to go see them play at Backstage Pub or Showplace when I was in high school. Also they were chilling outside the Icon at pretty much every show I went to senior year of college.
In any case, we've got a lot coming up this week/month. We're talking to The Cab and Lannen Fall this week, and we shot an interview and some acoustic songs with Rosematter last week that will be posted soon. Right now you can check out our interview with Powerspace in the video player and on our front page.
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I went home for my friend's wedding, it was a raucous/nostalgic/awesome time.
-Carrie
The night of the interview was also the first time I'd actually seen Powerspace play. I've been to 3 or 4 shows that they've been playing at, but somehow we're always shooting an interview (or just late) and miss their set. On a mostly unrelated note, Cute Is What We Aim For also played that night, and it's always very bizarre for me to see them play big venues in new York. They're from my town, and some of those guys used to play in a band that opened for my brother's band when I used to go see them play at Backstage Pub or Showplace when I was in high school. Also they were chilling outside the Icon at pretty much every show I went to senior year of college.
In any case, we've got a lot coming up this week/month. We're talking to The Cab and Lannen Fall this week, and we shot an interview and some acoustic songs with Rosematter last week that will be posted soon. Right now you can check out our interview with Powerspace in the video player and on our front page.
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I went home for my friend's wedding, it was a raucous/nostalgic/awesome time.
-Carrie
Sunday, June 22, 2008
YMAEWK
I feel like I've spent the weekend with You, Me, and Everyone We Know. Friday and Saturday were a big edit-fest to finish up their interview & acoustic performances, and then today I headed to Starland ballroom to see them play with Just Surrender, Rookie of the Year, and approximately 29 other bands. (also, the first sentence I wrote sounded funny in my head, but just looks creepy now that I've typed it.)
For the record- Starland ballroom: not so easy to get to. Their website makes it sound like a breeze, but it required a 40 minute subway ride to Penn station, an hour train to Jersey, and then an $18 cab ride to the venue (then reverse all that to get home). Whatever, now I've learned not to go there unless I can dupe someone into picking me up at the train and chauffeuring me to the venue. The show itself was pretty sweet. I thought that You, Me, and Everyone We Know were pretty solid when I saw them at Bamboozle, but tonight's set probably blew Bamboozle's set out of the water.
As I mentioned, all the stuff we shot with You, Me, and Everyone We Know is posted on Inklings now, so go check it out. If you think that the spider that crawled onto Ben's arm in the middle of Do It Again was distracting, I will tell you that it doesn't come close to the random guy who almost walked into the shot while they were playing Dirty Laundry (the first time.) A guy was riding his bike by, and decided to come check out the huge tree/bush that the guys were sitting in front of. We were literally in the middle of shooting an acoustic performance when the guy walks up maybe 5 feet from Ben and Ryan, and leans over to read the plaque behind them. I got really confused, but they kept playing so I kept shooting. After the guy walked away, Ben lost it and we ended up starting the song over. It was by far the weirdest thing that's happened during one of our shoots. Naomi missed the whole thing because she was so focused on getting good shots. She was very confused when everyone just burst out laughing and they stopped playing.
In any case, if you are one of the (estimated) 4 people who actually reads this blog, and you somehow have not already heard You, Me, and Everyone We Know, go do yourself a favor and download their EP. Seriously.It's been a long day. I don't think I've ever been at a show for more than 6 hours when it wasn't Warped Tour/Bamboozle.
I think this week I'm going to see Goldfinger for the first time since I was 17. I'm pretty excited.
Later!
-Carrie
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Birthday Party Pictures: posted!
Naomi and I both promised more notes on the birthday party once we were a little more rested, so it seems like a good idea to let you all know that there's a slew of pictures from Sunday up on our myspace, here
Also, I found out after the last blog I posted that after I went to bed Sunday around 3am, my brother and his friend (who were supposed to be crashing on my couches) left my apartment and went back into the city, where they wandered around until it was light out, and also ate an entire pizza.
Naomi's gone for the week to California (rough life, I know) but I'll be talking to Danger Radio on Thursday before they play Highline Ballroom, and I think I'll probably venture out to Jersey to see You, Me, and Everyone We Know again on Sunday. Hopefully getting home will be less of an ordeal than the last time I saw them (after our shoot with them last week I got home at 3:15 to find that I'd forgotten my keys, and my roommates were all in Connecticut. I almost had to sleep on a couch at work, but luckily I was able to crash at Naomi's.)
Our interview with Socratic will be posted tomorrow morning, and I'll hopefully also be posting You, Me and Everyone We Know's interview + 2 acoustic songs ASAP!
Completely unrelated, but I'm watching 30 Days on FX right now, and this episode they take a hunter and have him live with a family of vegan PETA activists. It's interesting, but so far they're just preaching at each other and getting mad.
Oh, also, happy birthday to Dan from The Scenic, and Danny from National Product! :)
-Carrie
Also, I found out after the last blog I posted that after I went to bed Sunday around 3am, my brother and his friend (who were supposed to be crashing on my couches) left my apartment and went back into the city, where they wandered around until it was light out, and also ate an entire pizza.
Naomi's gone for the week to California (rough life, I know) but I'll be talking to Danger Radio on Thursday before they play Highline Ballroom, and I think I'll probably venture out to Jersey to see You, Me, and Everyone We Know again on Sunday. Hopefully getting home will be less of an ordeal than the last time I saw them (after our shoot with them last week I got home at 3:15 to find that I'd forgotten my keys, and my roommates were all in Connecticut. I almost had to sleep on a couch at work, but luckily I was able to crash at Naomi's.)
Our interview with Socratic will be posted tomorrow morning, and I'll hopefully also be posting You, Me and Everyone We Know's interview + 2 acoustic songs ASAP!
Completely unrelated, but I'm watching 30 Days on FX right now, and this episode they take a hunter and have him live with a family of vegan PETA activists. It's interesting, but so far they're just preaching at each other and getting mad.
Oh, also, happy birthday to Dan from The Scenic, and Danny from National Product! :)
-Carrie
Monday, June 16, 2008
GRACIAS ... MERCI ... DANKA ... GRATSI
As Carrie said below, I will also have a more coherent blog after another coffee...OR a nap.
I can't thank everyone enough for coming out. The night was already complete with amazing performances by Lannen Fall, Socratic, and The Graduate. I can't tell you how much we appreciate all of those guys for playing and celebrating with us! It was so awesome to have my mom, brother/donation man, Bethany, roommates, upstairs mates, work friends, Carrie's bro and friends, Amena, Matt, Alex, Josh, Sean, Jamie, Carmelina, Pat, Bruuuce, and every single person who came. It was a wonderful way to celebrate 1 year! OK, so maybe a few too many soco & lime shots....ehhh nahh.
Happy for real birthday to my mom...Love You! (She rules!) Looking forward to posting the pictures in a few!
Carrie...oh yeah thank you for showing up too...and being the shit.
Here's a picture of my favorite part of The Graduate show:
as usual - lots of love,
naomi
I can't thank everyone enough for coming out. The night was already complete with amazing performances by Lannen Fall, Socratic, and The Graduate. I can't tell you how much we appreciate all of those guys for playing and celebrating with us! It was so awesome to have my mom, brother/donation man, Bethany, roommates, upstairs mates, work friends, Carrie's bro and friends, Amena, Matt, Alex, Josh, Sean, Jamie, Carmelina, Pat, Bruuuce, and every single person who came. It was a wonderful way to celebrate 1 year! OK, so maybe a few too many soco & lime shots....ehhh nahh.
Happy for real birthday to my mom...Love You! (She rules!) Looking forward to posting the pictures in a few!Carrie...oh yeah thank you for showing up too...and being the shit.
Here's a picture of my favorite part of The Graduate show:
as usual - lots of love,
naomi
THANK YOU
Thank you so so much to everyone who came out to the show last night to celebrate our birthday with us. We had a BLAST, and all the bands were amazing. Thanks to all our friends/roommates/family (Naomi's mom and brother, and my brother made it out for the occasion) for hanging out and dancing with us.
It was our first foray into the world of show promoting, so needless to say the day was a little hectic, but everything came together and the show ran pretty much on time. I apparently took a whole lot of pictures, which I'll be posting on our myspace soon.
I'm still in the process of waking up, so I'll probably have more coherent thoughts in a little while. If you liked Socratic last night, you'll love the interview with them that we'll be posting in the next day or so.
I'll leave you with some kind words from competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti, who we invited to the party but was unable to attend:
Carrie and Naomi,
Thank you for the invite and congrats on your one year birthday! That cupcake should be the size of 52 regular ones.
I will miss out on your party due to the rigors of the competitive eating circuit. Eater X and I will be doing back-to-back contests in hot dogs and strawberry shortcake this weekend. I will raise my 1st pound of strawberry shortcake in your honor (and then hopefully eat nine more pounds for my personal best in the dessert discipline). Consider that an omen - inklings.tv needs to be around for a decade.
Enjoy the party I hope its a night you'll never forget, but might not remember (open bars tend to do that to me).
Eat All You Can,
Crazy Legs Conti
-Carrie
It was our first foray into the world of show promoting, so needless to say the day was a little hectic, but everything came together and the show ran pretty much on time. I apparently took a whole lot of pictures, which I'll be posting on our myspace soon.
I'm still in the process of waking up, so I'll probably have more coherent thoughts in a little while. If you liked Socratic last night, you'll love the interview with them that we'll be posting in the next day or so.
I'll leave you with some kind words from competitive eater Crazy Legs Conti, who we invited to the party but was unable to attend:
Carrie and Naomi,Thank you for the invite and congrats on your one year birthday! That cupcake should be the size of 52 regular ones.
I will miss out on your party due to the rigors of the competitive eating circuit. Eater X and I will be doing back-to-back contests in hot dogs and strawberry shortcake this weekend. I will raise my 1st pound of strawberry shortcake in your honor (and then hopefully eat nine more pounds for my personal best in the dessert discipline). Consider that an omen - inklings.tv needs to be around for a decade.
Enjoy the party I hope its a night you'll never forget, but might not remember (open bars tend to do that to me).
Eat All You Can,
Crazy Legs Conti
-Carrie
Monday, June 9, 2008
INKLINGS ONE YEAR BASH & NEW INTERVIEWS
Hey there...
Lots going on in the Inklings world. As the summer is heating up, we have tons of new interviews and acoustics for you peeps to check out! Saturday we got a chance to shoot with a band that I think has A LOT ahead of them: You, Me, And Everyone We Know. Their entire EP is available for download for FREE...What in the hell are you waiting on? Actually, go download it now...here. Their interview and 2 acoustics will be up in about 2 weeks.
Also, go check out our "about" section @ www.inklings.tv because Carrie got it up and running on Sunday with pictures and info on a few of us! On that note, I'm so happy to say that we have our first EVER interview up from another country - AUSTRALIA! A new addition to the inklings team is Rebecca Taylor and she recently caught up with Falling Of One. Go check out their interview in the "print" section along with photos from the day of the interview on the Gold Coast.
T-minus a few day till the INKLINGS ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY BASH! I couldn't be happier to have THE GRADUATE, SOCRATIC, and LANNEN FALL playing and celebrating with us! I hope all of you can come too! You might ask, What do you mean, it's fathers day??? What better way to celebrate Father's Day than to bring your dad! Seriously, the show/party is going to be a damn good time! I'll leave all the info below with a sweet flier that our good friend Matt designed for us!
LOTS OF LOVE-
Naomi
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Lots going on in the Inklings world. As the summer is heating up, we have tons of new interviews and acoustics for you peeps to check out! Saturday we got a chance to shoot with a band that I think has A LOT ahead of them: You, Me, And Everyone We Know. Their entire EP is available for download for FREE...What in the hell are you waiting on? Actually, go download it now...here. Their interview and 2 acoustics will be up in about 2 weeks.
Also, go check out our "about" section @ www.inklings.tv because Carrie got it up and running on Sunday with pictures and info on a few of us! On that note, I'm so happy to say that we have our first EVER interview up from another country - AUSTRALIA! A new addition to the inklings team is Rebecca Taylor and she recently caught up with Falling Of One. Go check out their interview in the "print" section along with photos from the day of the interview on the Gold Coast.
T-minus a few day till the INKLINGS ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY BASH! I couldn't be happier to have THE GRADUATE, SOCRATIC, and LANNEN FALL playing and celebrating with us! I hope all of you can come too! You might ask, What do you mean, it's fathers day??? What better way to celebrate Father's Day than to bring your dad! Seriously, the show/party is going to be a damn good time! I'll leave all the info below with a sweet flier that our good friend Matt designed for us!
LOTS OF LOVE-
Naomi
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Happy (almost) birthday, Inklings
I read a news story the other day about some woman who has such a good memory that she can relive every day since she was 14 in vivid detail, including what she wore, what she did, what her mom ordered for lunch at a restaurant, etc. I think I must be related to this woman somehow.
Naomi is consistently weirded out by the details I can remember. I'll say things like "Well (x event) must have been last July, because it was the day after we saw Valencia, and it was raining that night." I also have an uncanny memory for dates. I can tell you that 10/1/05 was the first time I saw Paramore, because I also interviewed Cartel that day for my college tv show. I can tell you that March 14th is Taylor Hanson's birthday, because I so deeply ingrained that date into my brain when I was 12 that I probably couldn't forget it if I tried. AND I can tell you that May 17th one year ago is when Naomi and I came up with the idea to start Inklings.
I remember the date because we were on our way to see Men Women & Children, and we stopped for a drink between work and the show. We got to talking about how not enough good, hardworking bands get the media attention they deserve, and we wanted to help pick up the slack. Our first shoot was less than a month later, and we've been going strong ever since. We've accomplished more in our first year than we thought was possible, and for that we have to thank all the people who've helped us out, and all the bands who have given us their time.
Anyway, the point of all this is that we're planning a sick birthday party for Inklings, with the help of our incredibly awesome friends Josh and Sean. More details to be announced this week once we get everything finalized-- but believe me, if you live in the NYC area you're going to want to be there :) June 15th- save the date!
-Carrie
Naomi is consistently weirded out by the details I can remember. I'll say things like "Well (x event) must have been last July, because it was the day after we saw Valencia, and it was raining that night." I also have an uncanny memory for dates. I can tell you that 10/1/05 was the first time I saw Paramore, because I also interviewed Cartel that day for my college tv show. I can tell you that March 14th is Taylor Hanson's birthday, because I so deeply ingrained that date into my brain when I was 12 that I probably couldn't forget it if I tried. AND I can tell you that May 17th one year ago is when Naomi and I came up with the idea to start Inklings.
I remember the date because we were on our way to see Men Women & Children, and we stopped for a drink between work and the show. We got to talking about how not enough good, hardworking bands get the media attention they deserve, and we wanted to help pick up the slack. Our first shoot was less than a month later, and we've been going strong ever since. We've accomplished more in our first year than we thought was possible, and for that we have to thank all the people who've helped us out, and all the bands who have given us their time.
Anyway, the point of all this is that we're planning a sick birthday party for Inklings, with the help of our incredibly awesome friends Josh and Sean. More details to be announced this week once we get everything finalized-- but believe me, if you live in the NYC area you're going to want to be there :) June 15th- save the date!
-Carrie
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Barely Blind / NJ / Spring
Carrie and I headed out from the city / Penn Station yesterday around lunch time to go meet up with Barely Blind in New Jersey and shoot an interview and acoustic. Man oh man was it a beautiful day! Here are a few pictures Carrie took while we were waiting at the Princeton Junction train station in NJ for the guys to pick us up:
We decided to take advantage of the, may I say again, beautiful spring day and shoot outside in the grass...there was a little poo involved but I won't go into any detail.
The acoustic songs "Pariah" was stuck in my head the rest of the night! That's definitely a good thing.
These guys not only make me feel at home because they have that southern accent, being from Texas, but crack me up because they pull out the red neck accent that I'm too familiar with...and if you went to my high school you'd know exactly what I'm talking about. After the shoot we went inside for the show, and for the first time Inklings shot some live footage.
The lighting wasn't the best, though I got a feel for how it is to shoot live performances. It's pretty damn cool, and they guys put on a great show. Will was killin' it back there on drums, and I didn't realize that they all share vocal responsibilities. Really nice change up. They have to come play in the city the next time they're on the east coast! Our friend Reid was kind enough to put our brand new Inklings stickers on one of their cases...
ok well on several of their cases and van (beside the IN-N-OUT BURGER STICKER! rad). How sweet of him.
Song dedications we're aplenty as everyone loaded out, and then we hastily made our way back to the train station. I'm soooo excited for a new jam that their tour manager, tony, told us about. Check this band out for real: Dr. Manhattan (www.myspace.com/drmanhattan). I've been jamming to them all morning.
Let's just say our night ended on a much less exciting note...Having to move throughout he trains to dodge fraternity pledges puking everywhere. fun times. I was reminded why I stay in Brooklyn on the weekends!
Hopefully we'll see the guys in Barely Blind again when they go out on warped tour! Stay tuned for more pictures and their interview / acoustic!
-Naomi
We decided to take advantage of the, may I say again, beautiful spring day and shoot outside in the grass...there was a little poo involved but I won't go into any detail.
The acoustic songs "Pariah" was stuck in my head the rest of the night! That's definitely a good thing.
These guys not only make me feel at home because they have that southern accent, being from Texas, but crack me up because they pull out the red neck accent that I'm too familiar with...and if you went to my high school you'd know exactly what I'm talking about. After the shoot we went inside for the show, and for the first time Inklings shot some live footage.
The lighting wasn't the best, though I got a feel for how it is to shoot live performances. It's pretty damn cool, and they guys put on a great show. Will was killin' it back there on drums, and I didn't realize that they all share vocal responsibilities. Really nice change up. They have to come play in the city the next time they're on the east coast! Our friend Reid was kind enough to put our brand new Inklings stickers on one of their cases...
ok well on several of their cases and van (beside the IN-N-OUT BURGER STICKER! rad). How sweet of him.Song dedications we're aplenty as everyone loaded out, and then we hastily made our way back to the train station. I'm soooo excited for a new jam that their tour manager, tony, told us about. Check this band out for real: Dr. Manhattan (www.myspace.com/drmanhattan). I've been jamming to them all morning.
Let's just say our night ended on a much less exciting note...Having to move throughout he trains to dodge fraternity pledges puking everywhere. fun times. I was reminded why I stay in Brooklyn on the weekends!
Hopefully we'll see the guys in Barely Blind again when they go out on warped tour! Stay tuned for more pictures and their interview / acoustic!
-Naomi
Sunday, March 23, 2008
The Rocket Summer
Hi everyone! I am really excited to get to share this interview with Bryce Avary of the Rocket Summer with you! I have been a fan of his music since before the release of Calendar Days in 2003. The Rocket Summers’ music has always had a special place in my heart and over the years I have actually had the privilege to become pretty good friends with Bryce, his wonderful wife Tara and some of the other guys in TRS. This is the first time I have ever gotten to interview Bryce about TRS so we caught up in Bakersfield and had the chance to chat about music, the record industry, faith and a bunch of other things! Bryce was really great about sharing a whole lot with us…enjoy the interview!
-Kelsea
-Kelsea
Monday, March 10, 2008
Number one in the ratings!
I'm writing this from my parents' couch in Buffalo, where my cat is currently trying to climb onto my laptop, which kind of makes typing difficult.
Last Monday we shot an interview & acoustic song with National Product. Now, to say that these guys are "nice" is the understatement of the century. They are SO nice that they make regular people seem like jerks by comparison. They talked about a bunch of stuff, from their album Luna to the awesome Christmas pictures they have on their myspace. (sidenote: I have always prided myself on the amazing Christmas picture that my family and I took a couple years ago (it involves jazz hands), but they have blown us out of the water!!! It's cool though, I talked to my mom about it and she says we can do one like theirs next year. I think I'll make my dad wear the onesie pajamas.) They were a great time and also hilarious, plus we had just bought a new microphone so the acoustic version of "Love Me" that they played sounds AMAZING.
As you might have read about on ap.net, we invited the guys out for karaoke afterwards. By the time they got there, there were only a few songs left and they weren't taking any more names. However, Naomi is a person who makes shit HAPPEN, so she put in some good words here and there and got them the last spot of the night. Nate and Danny killed it on "Livin On a Prayer" and ended up winning the night (I don't think they even knew it was a contest!) You can check out a video on youtube.
And this is unrelated to National Product, but later that night some guys we didn't know came up to Naomi, handed her their drinks and coats, then ballroom-danced around us. They then took their drinks, kissed her on the hand and tried to leave, and when she handed one of them his coat back, he threw it on the floor. I think it was some sort of weird dream sequence.
There are a whole bunch of pictures up on our myspace and there's a teaser video up on the site now. Check it out and get psyched for more. I'm in the process of cutting it all together, but I might need to take a minibreak for 2 days so I can hang out with my parents/cat while I'm at home. If you haven't done it already, add Inklings on myspace so you'll know right away as soon as anything new is added.
Laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
-Carrie
Last Monday we shot an interview & acoustic song with National Product. Now, to say that these guys are "nice" is the understatement of the century. They are SO nice that they make regular people seem like jerks by comparison. They talked about a bunch of stuff, from their album Luna to the awesome Christmas pictures they have on their myspace. (sidenote: I have always prided myself on the amazing Christmas picture that my family and I took a couple years ago (it involves jazz hands), but they have blown us out of the water!!! It's cool though, I talked to my mom about it and she says we can do one like theirs next year. I think I'll make my dad wear the onesie pajamas.) They were a great time and also hilarious, plus we had just bought a new microphone so the acoustic version of "Love Me" that they played sounds AMAZING.
As you might have read about on ap.net, we invited the guys out for karaoke afterwards. By the time they got there, there were only a few songs left and they weren't taking any more names. However, Naomi is a person who makes shit HAPPEN, so she put in some good words here and there and got them the last spot of the night. Nate and Danny killed it on "Livin On a Prayer" and ended up winning the night (I don't think they even knew it was a contest!) You can check out a video on youtube. And this is unrelated to National Product, but later that night some guys we didn't know came up to Naomi, handed her their drinks and coats, then ballroom-danced around us. They then took their drinks, kissed her on the hand and tried to leave, and when she handed one of them his coat back, he threw it on the floor. I think it was some sort of weird dream sequence.
There are a whole bunch of pictures up on our myspace and there's a teaser video up on the site now. Check it out and get psyched for more. I'm in the process of cutting it all together, but I might need to take a minibreak for 2 days so I can hang out with my parents/cat while I'm at home. If you haven't done it already, add Inklings on myspace so you'll know right away as soon as anything new is added.
Laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
-Carrie
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Bayside and 2*Sweet
This past weekend was good for shows and for Inklings. Friday night we saw Anthony Raneri play an acoustic set at the Knitting Factory. The show was awesome, but it was filled with so many chatterboxes! I've never been to a show where the person onstage had to shush the crowd multiple times...but he played a bunch of Bayside songs and some awesome covers (Death Cab and Alkaline Trio, anybody?) In case you couldn't tell, we kind of like Bayside. In fact, if you look closely at the opening graphics for the "What's your dream tour?" video we posted a little while ago, you can see that if we could make up our dream "Inklings Tour," Bayside might be headlining.
Saturday we took a trip out to Long Island to shoot some stuff with 2*Sweet. They picked us up at the train and took us to Vudu studios, where they were just finishing up mastering their new album. (we got to hear a couple of the songs, and they sounded awesome.) The studio was a great place to shoot--seriously, is there a better place to film a band interview than in a room full of amps & random instruments? They also played us two new songs (three, if you count the little ditty Andy wrote about Inklings...) Anyway, the guys were a ton of fun. We stuck around for their show that night (also fun). Right now we've got a bunch of pictures from the shoot & the show, and a promo up on the site. I'm working on getting everything else done so it can be posted ASAP!
On an unrelated note, who else is seriously bummed about Heath Ledger? I'm kind of devastated. :(
-Carrie
Saturday we took a trip out to Long Island to shoot some stuff with 2*Sweet. They picked us up at the train and took us to Vudu studios, where they were just finishing up mastering their new album. (we got to hear a couple of the songs, and they sounded awesome.) The studio was a great place to shoot--seriously, is there a better place to film a band interview than in a room full of amps & random instruments? They also played us two new songs (three, if you count the little ditty Andy wrote about Inklings...) Anyway, the guys were a ton of fun. We stuck around for their show that night (also fun). Right now we've got a bunch of pictures from the shoot & the show, and a promo up on the site. I'm working on getting everything else done so it can be posted ASAP!
On an unrelated note, who else is seriously bummed about Heath Ledger? I'm kind of devastated. :(
-Carrie
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