BohemianPlayboy

Get ready to push those tongues in cheeks cus here comes the Holiday Party Playlist featuring renditions and new creations from indie stalwarts such as an elvin delight from Sufjan Stevens, a drunken-lampshade-wearing holiday bash from The Walkmen, and Scandanavian Electro remix of Sally Shapiro. And let’s not forget a really incredibly mushy Christmas Ode from Smashing Pumpkins but not as mushy as that Paul McCartney song. Also some Sinatra crooning double entendre by the fireplace and The Boss cracking up his E Street band’s HoHoHos.

Bohemian Holiday Party Mix (mp3)

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
Ventures - Frosty The Snowman
The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Clause is Coming to Town
Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe and Holly
Arcade Fire - Jinglebell Rock
The Walkmen feat Nicole Sheahan - Christmas Party
Ron Sexsmith - Maybe this Christmas
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
Sally Shapiro - Anorak Christmas (Dyylan Remix)
Al Caoila & Riz Ortolani - Holiday on Skis
June Christy - The Merriest
John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over)

Ever since the Blip Festival, I’ve been pretty obsessed with learning of new ways to make music. It seems I have found it in this Genius from Norway. Lasse Gjerstsen can’t play drums, piano, or beatbox for the life him; However, with his talented ability to edit videos of him mucking around on the drums, he can transform himself into a pretty sick drummer. The resulting visual cutfest is pretty amazing to absorb as well. Do yourself a favor and watch this two videos and be blown away.

Lasse on Drums (video)

Lasse Beatboxing (video)

Wednesday, December 13th

URB & Allido Records present
Holiday Jump-Off in NYC
Wednesday December 13 @ Tribeca Cinemas
featuring Mark Ronson, Jus Ske, Doug Grayson and Domino
8pm - midnight
RSVP
No cover + chance to win a holiday gift package including shoes,
bags, video games and more!!!

Thursday, December 14th

The Rapture DJ Set
Plus Michael T. and Justine D.
at the GBH & Magnum Holiday Party at Love
RSVP

You Are Cordially Invited
To The Social Life Magazine
December Issue Party!

Guest DJ “Sky Nellor”
Please Dress High Fashion!

The Plumm
246 West 14th Street (between 7th & 8th)

Open Bar
10pm - 11pm
RSVP

Friday, December 15th

We Are Scientist @ Ruff Club
10pm
RSVP
open bar Svedka Vodka at 10 til Gone

Monday, December 18th

Girl Talk!!!!

Um Girl Talk is DJing. If you’re too lazy to go to this party you don’t deserve to be in NYC.

RSVP
Limited Guests

Sal Principato from Liquid Liquid DJing. Why not.

Wednesday, 13 December 2006 at 10:30 pm
featuring music selectors
Sal Principato from Liquid Liquid {99 Records, DFA}
Brennan Green {Balihu, Bear Funk, Modal}
Duane {Other Music, Negroclash}
Ulysses {Scatalogics, My Best Friend}
Archetyp {21/22, Ongaku, Public Transit}
Todd Sines {+ SCALE, Frankie, Planet E, Peacefrog}
and special guests

Open bar from 10:30-11:30 pm

Hosted by + SCALE and Poull

Ultra 37 W. 26th St., NY, NY

RSVP or call 646.330.4873

The Blip Festival astounded beyond my wildest expectations. A spectrum of all of NYC niches: Hipsters, Ravers, Trekkies, Dreadlocked White Dudes–just to name a few–all shared one thing in common and that is the love of the 8-bit sound.

Funny thing is the nation most well represented at the Chiptunes festival were the Swedes. Go Figure. Second comes the Japanese which kinda makes sense.

Anyways some of the highlights:

Random

Random was an 18 year old Swedish Kid who headline the Festival on Friday. Seriously it was just him with a Gameboy and a modified game catridge rockin out a enthusiastic crowd. It was quite a sight to behold a crowd of dancers spazzing out to videgame music like they were at a Warehouse Rave.

Hally

Next is one of the craziest guys I’ve ever seen. His name is Hally and he’s a legend in Japan. All I have to say is his set up consists of one mixer and Two Super Famicons. Yes that’s right he beat-matched Super Famicons.

The Performance Art Space that held the festival was a feature in itself. The Tank is located on a nondescript road in Wall St. The stage featured a Plastic LCD Pixel Panel from Element Lab that blew up 8-bit pixelated images with each 4″ plastic square on the grid representing a pixel. It’s amazing how images from our childhood like the Mario Coin box look so odd but familiar when blown up to such a gigantic size.

photos by alexis ong and matt