I'm spending a little studio time with the Suicide Girls Radio team tonight and joining them on their show about Social Media and the Internet Premier of We Live In Public (you might remember this as one of the films I was obsessed with last year).
I'm bringing some of my favorite mash-ups to play along with my radio wit and social media delight.
Be sure to tune in on Indie 103 Internet Radio! And if you missed it, grab the podcast here!
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Here's the preso I gave at BarcampLA 4. It spans online branding, blowing shit up, doing things and how to get your heart's desire. As in all things, be authentic, manage risks strategically and be safe KICK ASS.
xxx
-Heather
ps. I'm a kick-ass integrator.
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It's official. The Hollaback Zombies are performing at Bootie SF on October 13th at DNA Lounge. This time I will be living out my dream as a banana. Details forthcoming, but watch this space.
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This is totally HOT!!!! It's a Wii being used to live mash up a mashup! And it's at Bootie LA this Saturday night! Check out the video and if you are not impressed, well then, I don't know what to say.
and here a clip of them live in SF:
It's taking interactive music mixing to a whole new level. I might just have to come back from Stunt Car School to shake mah bootie. More info on Wiijing here and Bootie LA here.
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This is the best lines evah!
Hi there how are things
i once was a **** man now it seems
every since i had the pleasure
of gettin you together
guess its just whatever
i found the hidden treasure
From here. Hidden treasure??!!! Bootie as the hidden treasure - bwahahahaha. I am so entertained. Who knew I would love this??? I blame the mash-up culture, because I would have never heard this song if not for mash-ups. Oh, and this is the mashup by DJ Topcat.
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Here's a photo of the Immaterial Mousketeers from last week. Was that really just 1 week ago?
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At 10pm last night I was sitting at my kitchen table calmly reading a magazine. In two hours I would be on stage with 4 hot men in tuxes and a gorgeous pink draped Madonna. I was calm. Almost too calm. I had my costume complete, all the guys had showed up for rehearsal and it went great. Susanna was looking gorgeous in pink - as usual. Why did I need to fret? I didn't.
At the club we took over the backstage area and it was covered with tux jackets, rhinestones, glitter and jelly bracelets. Then it was time to hit the stage. Three minutes goes fast when the lights are blasting on you. All I could see was a crowd of people. Faces in the front row. But I heard the reaction. This is why I do this. It's not to be on stage. It's not to get the applause. It's to hear the synapses .
It's shifting what they know. That's what a mashup is all about. You've got two or more known songs. They mean something, because of their timing, your personal reasons, the lyrics. When songs are mashed up, they make a new meaning. The story is retold. The story becomes something else. The known is opened to the unknown. And I try to do this in my mashup shows.
The crowd loved each of the mouseketeers. Who wouldn't Handsome guys, dressed in black tuxes and bow ties, the adorable mickey mouse ears hat on their head? The crowd went wild from the beginning. Then Susanna came onstage, in her gorgeous pink dress. A couture material girl. She moved from one to another, each begging, giving her gifts, rings, jewels. Then I came bouncing on stage, spazzing out Toni Basil style. I had the totally 80's style right down to the lacy socks and jelly bracelets. I could see the crowd having fun, and this is why I do it. But then, right on cue, Elliot came in, at the Quiot Riot break. This was the turning point. This is when I heard the synapses move to a new place. That move, is why I did the show.
Thank you to everyone who came out last night and caught the show. Thanks to Tawny for being in charge of hair and video. Thanks to all the great guys - Nathanial, Steven, T-Bone, Sam, Elliot. Thanks to Susanna for kicking ass on the costumes and looking fabulous. Undying thanks to A+D, not only do you throw a kick ass club, in addition to making Don't Stop Believing into mashup and giving us a warm return to the stage.
And Heather, I thank you most of all. For continuing to have novel, creative ideas, for finding amazing collaborators, for never stop believing, and for aiming as far and high as you can possibly imagine. Oh yeah, and executing on those ideas. This show was another knot, another data point on the line that is your life. And a fun one at that.
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If you missed the midnight show this weekend, don't worry, we have it on video. Do you dare to watch zombie cheerleaders, dancing zombie bananas and a lead singer called Gwenchael Jackfani dance to one of my favorite mashed songs Hollaback Thriller Girl by DJ Schmolli?
Well, just hit play. Yes, another heathervescent dream come true. Thanks to everyone who was part of it!
oh, if you missed it, we're planning some reprises - first one at LA Decom this weekend, and later this month at a club in Hollywood. Details will be coming!
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Here's my top 5 Mash-ups from my show on Theory Radio.
1. Real Big Time, A+D
2. It Takes Two to Kiss, DJ John
3. Never Feel Good, Party Ben
4. No One Takes Your Freedom, DJ Earworm
5. Kiss My Neck Off, DJ Axel
And special props go out to DJ Schnipseljagd for Hollerback Thriller Girl.
An interesting piece of trivia. My first web page was of the top 10 of my World Music show for CMJ (in 1995). So it's only fitting that I'm back to where I began. I'll be updating my top 5 lists on nights of my mash-up show. I'll add links to these DJs tomorrow, when I am more coherent.
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