We really can’t contain ourselves anymore, we’re just too excited for this one. It’s our first show here in Brooklyn and, man, this is one hell of a way to kick off this summer. The freshest boys on our block, FMLY and Breakfast of Champs Records, will be walking us down the aisle to party paradise. The Bonerz Girls will be taking pictures, and there will be babes abound — so look sharp, ’cause we’ll knock off three dollars for admission if you do. Besides this being our debut, we’re also really excited to announce that this will be a tape release party for our BFFs WEEKENDS and Total Slacker, as well as our girl Emily Reo. The cherry on top? We’ve got Brooklyn’s finest, Beach Fossils, to do a little DJ set for us.
Come on out on Saturday, sign the guest book. You’ll get to meet some of our best pin-ups, along with The Hunter and yours truly. We’ll have shirts for sale, too! Don’t forget to give Phillip Seymour Hoffman a good-bye kiss– he’s headed off on his own little European honeymoon.
This is going to be a banger, so get on your best get-up and get out to Shea Stadium this Saturday, May 22nd.
xoxo,
Audrey JAPburn
RSVP for our party on Facebook here.
Read FMLY’s write-up of our party, along with some new tracks from our bands here.
Oh my GOD, can you believe it?
WE’RE ENGAGED.
This is the moment that every girl, er, blog, waits for their entire…okay, okay. Let’s get down and dirty. We’re joining forces with the super-brilliant, super-cute FMLY to throw ourselves a wedding reception worthy of flower tossing, cake mashing and garter throwing. Photographers galore, good tunes abound, and more hipster wives than you can shake a stick at!
You are cordially invited to our FMLY affair, May 22nd in Brooklyn, NY. The party is at Shea Stadium at 20 Meadow St. Our friends, WEEKENDS, Emily Reo, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Total Slacker, Truman Peyote, Dark Sea of Awareness and more are coming to ring in our new lives together. It starts at 8 PM and is right off the Grand Street stop on the L Train. You can RSVP on Facebook here, and don’t forget: if you come gussied up, we’ll knock a few bones off the admission price.
We’ve thrown together a celebratory mixtape so that all of our readers can take a good gander at who’ll be joining us in kicking off the summer — and the rest of our lives together. Come help us put a ring on it: to have and to hold, til drunk do us part.
There’s more to come, so keep your eyes peeled. For now, you can download a mixtape of the artists who will be playing at our show here.
Tracklist:
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Duckfangs Tickle My Ankles
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Everything in My Cupboards is Moldy
Truman Peyote- Beantown
Truman Peyote- New Wife, New Life
Dark Sea of Awareness- Son of Man
Total Slacker- Magical Date Night
Total Slacker- Crystal Necklace
Emily Reo- Witch Mtn
WEEKENDS- Raingirl
WEEKENDS- Peer History
Nickname: C.A.C.
Age: 22
City: Roseville, MI
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium
Portugal. The Man – Waiter! You Vultures
Blockhead – Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book
A Tribe Called Quest – Anthology
The Tiny – Closer
(The idea of picking favorites kills me by the way. There is too much great music to slim down to just five.)
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
The Beatles. I’m dead serious; who else can do every genre of music and still maintain a consistent identifiable sound? Preferably I would want to hear a lot from Help! and Hard Days Night early in the evening, then progress chronologically. There’s something so endearing about the thought of John and Paul crooning “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” as I take my first dance with my love.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
Bringing a being into this world is not very high on my list of things to do, however if I ever do go down that road I’d play that child “Music Is Happiness” by The Octopus Project. I think a little one would have a good time bouncing off the walls with that on.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
I don’t get nostalgic for time periods I wasn’t alive for (how can you if you weren’t there?), though I do recall enjoying the 90s. A much simpler time, when MTV still played music videos.
What’s your favorite venue?
It’s a toss up between club FT’s (a dive a few blocks from my place) and St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit. No, I take it back, St. Andy’s wins forever. It’s dirty and intimate, they’ve got a huge beer list, and I’ve seen so many great shows there.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
Not that I won’t accept a PBR, but I am really into microbrews. I enjoy a beer with a complex flavor that invites pairing with a bloody burger.
I have a bad potty mouth and smoke too much.
Also I enjoy doing all those crafty things that hipsters do, like sewing my own threads and I make weird little construction paper greeting cards.
Of course I really enjoy cooking and baking, it’s a woman thing right? I would love to have someone to cook for.
I am also an avid disc golfer and bicycle enthusiast.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Capable of dressing himself for any occasion. Skinny is a must, muscles kinda gross me out.
Outside of the aesthetic, I want someone that speaks my language. Appreciates the small things, like how green the grass is just before it rains.
I go through cycles of being extremely social and other times when all I do is sit home and read Vonnegut, so my other half has to be able to keep up with me while I’m drinking the night away, but have his own hombody-ish mannerisms.
He should appreciate quirks about me, like my disdain for wearing shoes and have some of his own.
Eat meat. Dear god I can’t deal with a man that won’t eat bacon or steak.
Active listener, passionate lover, skillful debater.
Nickname: Mish
Age: 33
City: Brooklyn, NY
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Velvet Underground- Peel Slowly and See
Leonard Cohen- New Skin for the Old Ceremony
The Smiths- Hatful of Hallow
The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
Bright Eyes- Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I’m not sure if I believe in the holy matrimony, but I would have to say, “The Magnetic Fields”.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
“I’m a Little Dinosaur” by Jonathan Richman.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
The 60′s. British Invasion!! Gimme Mods, and Brit Pop. I’m a sucker for shift dresses, Vespas and The Zombies!
What’s your favorite venue?
The “Circle Bar” in New Orleans. It sits on the outer edge of the French Quarter, it’s tiny, tattered and amazing.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I’m vegan and I can cook circles around you. I can do track stands with a smile and in a skirt. I’m a kook and will bake you cupcakes, craft you random gifts and make you rad mixed tapes.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Height, laughter and inspiration. He should be passionate and motivated. Tattoos and cooking abilities, a must! The skinnier the better.
from lookbook.nu
Hi Audrey,
I am complete and utter yuppie scum. I wear baggy jeans, I don’t spend more than five minutes figuring out what I’m going to wear out, I’ve never been to a concert that cost less than $75 per ticket, I pay more than my fair share, and I drink Dogfish Head beer. Yet I find myself strangely attracted to the hipster lifestyle. Do I have any shot at attracting a hipster wife?
Sincerely,
Yuppie Scum
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