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dosahunt: DOSA HUNT TRAILER THE GREATEST HUNT FOR SOUTH INDIAN...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:37:00 -0500

DOSA HUNT TRAILER

THE GREATEST HUNT FOR SOUTH INDIAN FOOD IN NYC EVER COMMITTED TO FILM!

Starring: Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend), Vijay Iyer (Vijay Iyer Trio), Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist), Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Amrit Singh (Stereogum), Himanshu Suri (Das Racist), Anand Wilder (Yeasayer)

Produced & Written by Amrit Singh.
Directed by Sam Carroll.

Edited by Zoe Schack.

Logo by Anil Gupta.

Director of Photography: Dan Levin.
Sound Mixing: Yoav Attias.

Edited at Edit1.
Title card animation by Erica Jaffin.
Audio mastered at HOBO Audio.

Special Thanks: Pongal restaurant, Dosa Hutt, Patel Brothers, Edit1 (for the film facilities), Anil Gupta (for the logo and dosa advice), Harper Blynn (for the Dosa Van), Sarab Singh (for driving the Dosa Van), Rani Singh (for decorating the Dosa Van), and Scott Lapatine, Nick Sylvester, Mike Zimbard, Mike Donovan, Gabe Delahaye, Greg & Darin Bresnitz, Brandon Dailey, Corban Goble, and Shelley Wright.

dosahunt: DOSA HUNT trailer coming FEBRUARY 14 to...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:06:40 -0500

dosahunt:

DOSA HUNT trailer coming FEBRUARY 14 to dosahunt.com.

Logo by Anil Gupta.
Title card design by Zoe Schack & Erica Jaffin.

Valentine’s Day.

dosahunt: DOSA HUNT First Look: Screen capture inside the dosa...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:45:44 -0400

dosahunt:

DOSA HUNT First Look: Screen capture inside the dosa van with Vijay Iyer, Himanshu Suri, Rostam Batmanglij, Anand Wilder, Amrit Singh.

Official trailer coming soon via dosahunt.com.

This.

This is my most recent (and favorite) appearance on FUSE’s...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:51:00 -0400

This is my most recent (and favorite) appearance on FUSE’s Hoppus On Music.We hit some substantial topics: Stereogum’s process for making lists (vis a vis our Albums Of The Year So Far), and why some sorts of pop resonate with indie readerships while others languish. Plus I learned that people will laugh at whatever you say as long as you are describing a Björk project. LIFE LESSONS.

DOSA HUNT: An independent documentary short starring Anand...

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:03:00 -0400

DOSA HUNT: An independent documentary short starring Anand Wilder (Yeasayer), Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist), Amrit Singh, Vijay Iyer, Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend), Himanshu Suri (Das Racist). Featuring Manhattan and Queens. Presented by Amrit Singh and Himanshu Suri.

COMING SOON.

MTV is relaunching 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield, the series...

Wed, 11 May 2011 20:24:00 -0400

MTV is relaunching 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield, the series and host that shaped so many of our tastes for so many years back when that M stood for something meaningful. They’ve also launched the companion series 120 Seconds, which is, literally, a sign of the times. I was honored to be featured for its premiere last week. Matt and I sat in Hi-Fi bar on Ave. A in the East Village on the eve of SXSW and talked about new bands for oh about 120 minutes without stop — an easy thing to do with someone as gracious, engaged, and knowledgeable as he is. Lots of good talk and good bands didn’t make the cut, but such is the series’ conceit. Hope you enjoy. If not, it only cost you two minutes.

Girl/Boy Songs #001 // Wednesday 5/11 10PM EST // A new...

Tue, 10 May 2011 14:08:59 -0400

Girl/Boy Songs #001 // Wednesday 5/11 10PM EST // A new monthly listening series // Guest DJ Alan Palomo // Veronica People’s Club // Flyer by Seldon Hunt

Here I am talking about Ticketmaster (in the context of that...

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:25:00 -0400

Here I am talking about Ticketmaster (in the context of that LCD/MSG debacle) and commercial licensing and etc. with Mark Hoppus and comedians Sherrod Small and Amy Schumer. This aired on FUSE on 3/11/11. I’m the one wearing flannel. We all high-fived at the end.

"A little Indian never hurt anybody."

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:41:48 -0500

““A little Indian never hurt anybody.””

- Gandhi

Here’s an “interview” I conducted for Dan...

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:51:00 -0400

Here’s an “interview” I conducted for Dan Harris’s ABC series, AMPLIFIED, with a friend who just put out a terrific LP titled Marnie Stern, and a dog named Fig. We did it on their couch, on the Upper East Side. Dan Harris invited me to play the role of Dan Harris for a session, as he often does my friend Jessica Suarez. I suggested we feature Marnie, as she and I tend to discuss all manner of things, serious and ludicrous, musical and emotional alike. (A fair reflection of both our characters, really.) On this morning I was pensive and somber for various life-reasons, and for better or worse, that informed the tenor of this talk. Now, to speak with Marnie and not leave room for her hilarious synaptic gymnastics takes certain skill (read: lack there of). But as a result our “real talk” gives a glimpse at another side to Marnie, one that shapes and elevates her new album and makes her such a compelling artist and person. And that’s worth something? I was off my game, thankfully she never is.

We talk about this song. It’s thematically appropriate. And a serious jam.

Marnie Stern - Transparency Is The New Mystery (MP3)

Also if you are not, check in with dispatches from Marnie’s vagina (regarding her tour, presently underway) at vajamming.blogspot.com. Those are certainly worth something.

Physical Therapy's 10 Minute Rework Of Holy Other's "We Over" Is Basically All I Want To Listen To Right Now

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:18:00 -0400

So, that’s what I’ve been doing. Join in:

Holy Other - “We Over (Physical Therapy Extended Live Mix)” (MP3)

Here’s a segment A Different Spin With Mark Hoppus did on...

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:42:00 -0400

Here’s a segment A Different Spin With Mark Hoppus did on Brooklyn/Williamsburg and its “scene.” The National and Woods are in it, as am I. We talked for an hour on a roof (fun fact: in Queens, which is not in BKLYN) and I gave shine to lots of worthy/weirder new BKLYN bands (like some of these), but they took what they needed. Fair enough (and you’re welcome, MNDR, if in fact people watch this show, which, maybe?).

Thanks to Max Silvestri for capturing it for me and congratulating me on coining the eloquent phrase “Strokes/post-Strokes” :/

I “hosted” (or something) these videos from the...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:35:00 -0400

I “hosted” (or something) these videos from the inaugural ‘Gum Bowl, and despite that they are remarkably funny/enjoyable. Lots of musicians/comedians/friends I love and admire participated as celebrity bowlers, all of whom you’ll meet in the “meet the bowlers” vid. That (above) and the first round are the best, but they’re all pretty neat/drunken.

Round One:

Championship Match:

Outtakes:

La Superior Got Its Liquor License, Finally

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:04:00 -0400

La Superior Got Its Liquor License, Finally:

Two years in the making, which is too many years in the making. But after all the red tape and hearing near daily recapitulations of the bullshit they’ve gone through, La Sup may now sling margs along with some of the city’s best tacos, as god intended. And the margs are delicious. This means great things for one of my favorite restaurants (and groups of people) in the city, but it also means great things for your enjoyment of life.

"When technical problems knocked out the sound in the room after just a few songs, the D.J., Amrit..."

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:38:00 -0400

“When technical problems knocked out the sound in the room after just a few songs, the D.J., Amrit Singh of the indie-rock blog Stereogum (stereogum.com), began playing Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” while Ms. Estella and Mr. Cardona sang along, taking the indignity in stride. At the end of the show, after “Lady Daydream,” Mr. Singh played the song again, and while the rest of the band walked off stage, Ms. Estella swayed and sang along. “You should all stay ’cause I want to dance,” she said. “We’re going to make it so much hotter in here.””

- The NYTimes, memorializing my favorite moment(s) DJing Twin Sister’s excellent album-release show at Glasslands 5/27. Eventually we did turn it into a dance party — thanks to those who came and kept the floor going ‘til 4AM. Also, thanks to Fleetwood Mac for making memories from a fuse blown by a badly needed (and badly wired) air conditioner. Maybe I’ll post my playlist later (feat. the Cramps, Prince, Boards Of Canada, Kraftwerk, CAN, Unrest, Built To Spill, the Replacements, Weezer, Archers Of Loaf, The Sugarcubes, Sunny Day, Aimee Mann, Peter Gabriel, Four Tet, Dilla, Javelin, Mika Miko, Tortoise, Robyn, Modern Lovers, The-Dream, Dinosaur Jr, Modeselektor, Cyndi Lauper, Liz Phair, Gang Gang Dance, Tune-Yards, Aphex Twin, Boredoms, Delorean, ESG, Frankie Knuckles, many et ceteras).

This is the pilot episode of a new video series we’ve...

Mon, 31 May 2010 19:21:00 -0400

This is the pilot episode of a new video series we’ve launched at Stereogum, pairing emerging artists with iconic ones; I moderate. We’ve called it EXPOSURE, so named in honor of a song by its first icon: Mr. Peter Gabriel. It came about by Scott Lapatine being a walking Peter Gabriel Wiki entry, basically. (Also, because Peter was in town rehearsing for a pair of sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall promoting Scratch My Back, his all-orchestral indie rock covers LP; it’s phrased as an “exchange of ideas,” with the often-much-younger artists he covers expected to return the favor or complete the implied “and I’ll scratch yours,” making the underlying premis of the interview particularly a propos. We filmed at SIR NYC, where Peter was rehearsing his symphony.)

Here Peter speaks with Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo and me about music, the creative process, and electric cars (the last moment after the credits is priceless). The conversation was an hour; Peter was engaged, charming, eloquent, and hilarious throughout. It was necessarily edited to a five-minute video by 8 Ft Tall (the production company we’ve enlisted), which means so much excellent footage (and most anything I said) wound up on the cutting room floor, including Alan’s talk with Peter about music videos. Peter of course is a pioneer of the form, and Palomo had just returned from filming “Sleep Paralysist,” his first video, directed by the mavericks at Focus Creeps. It’s sensational, you’ll see it soon. For now, there’s this, which made for a very good day. Peter later invited us to the RCMH show, which made for a very good night. (Lou Reed came out and covered “Solsbury Hill,” as Peter advertises in this interview, and hearing his own classics recast as lush orchestral pieces tingled spines.)

This Memorial Day weekend I bought a Peter Gabriel 1982 tour tee to memorialize it, wear it on my sleeve, scratch my back, invite people to come talk to me, and other Peter Gabriel puns as well.

Here’s a chat I had with Chris Chu of the morning benders,...

Mon, 31 May 2010 17:34:00 -0400

Here’s a chat I had with Chris Chu of the morning benders, down at Stereogum’s Range Life party at SXSW 2010. It was my birthday down there — if you can have an entire city throw an open bar concert for four days the week of your birthday, I highly recommend it — and this was early on Saturday morning (Day Last), so the fact that Chris and I are relatively coherent (and still have our voices) is half the reason I’m posting this.

I’m DJing the Twin Sister EP release show tomorrow night...

Thu, 27 May 2010 22:14:48 -0400

I’m DJing the Twin Sister EP release show tomorrow night at Glasslands. (I promise to spin hits, if the charts were owned only by the bands that we love.) Doors at 9, which is also when the open vodka bar starts. I’ve managed to see Twin Sister something seven times since first hearing their Vampires Dreaming With Kids EP. Color Your Life, the six-song set they’re releasing, is a significant step up (see: “All Around And Away We Go”). They sound (and look) great in that room. There’s a cute flyer and everything. I’m trying to find a reason you shouldn’t come, but there isn’t one.

a remembrance of things past

Wed, 26 May 2010 08:50:05 -0400

I forgot I had this. I have a few things I might add in the next day or two, though I promise they will be totally uninteresting to anyone but my mother. Consider it fair warning.

alexblagg: getthatlook: gabrieldelahaye: maxsilvestri: andrew...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:41:00 -0500

alexblagg:

getthatlook:

gabrieldelahaye:

maxsilvestri:

andrewti:

In case U jerks ain’t herd, Gabe and Max have a new goddamn talk show. it iz freeeeeeeeeesh.

[Gabe and Max’s 100 Seconds #1]

(via details.com, the finest website for men)

We are back and wearing flowers!

When this comes out on DVD, we will include 10 seconds of hilarious deleted scenes!

Yay, you guys!

Gabe and Max figured out the exact number of seconds that online videos should be!

Dusting off ye olde tumblr blog to commemorate these 100 moments in Lots Of Love