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Little Anchor @ Pete’s Candy Store – July 23rd

Another awesome poster from Barclay Douglas. Little Anchor will be playing an intimate acoustic show at Pete’s Candy Store tomorrow night. Come check us out!

http://myspace.com/thisislittleanchor

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Decked out in Ghostly International

I got a pack of laptop decals from one of my favorite record labels, Ghostly International. The vinyl decals feature the Ghostly logo and go perfectly with any Macbook combination. The decals fit right over the apple logo, giving your ghost some awesome glowing eyes.  I initially put on the black decal (with much luck, I was able to line it up perfectly) and later decided I would go silver. The decal is surprisingly easy to remove, leaving no residue, but is also a bit irritating to get on just right. If you mess up you don’t really get much of a second chance depending on how far along you were – trying to pull it off will warp the decal.

I busted my silver decal, and luckily, the guys over at Ghostly were kind enough to send me over a replacement decal and I put on the new one with precision. Many thanks!! I taped down a corner, aligning it perfectly over the apple logo and then proceeded to roll the guy on. Beautiful!

I actually love both decals for the opposite reasons. I love that the Black decal is incredibly striking and actually matches the silver/black look of the recent Macbooks quite well. The thing just pops (and happens to look better in pictures). The Reflective Silver decal is very subtle, but the glowing eyes still have the same effect. Silver is also flat out cool and it looks great in person. I’ll rock the silver for now but one day in the future maybe I’ll get another pack and throw on the black. Or maybe I’ll just put one on my work computer.

The decals come in a pack of 3, including a black, reflective silver, and red sticker. They can be purchased at The Ghostly Store.

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Little Anchor @ Pianos by Emily Tan

Here are some awesome photos of the Little Anchor Pianos gig by freelance writer/photographer Emily Tan! Check out her flickr for her shots of other artists!

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The Meatball Shop + Ice Cream Sandwiches

I have been meaning to go to The Meatball Shop for a long time and was fortunate enough that this place is close to Pianos – we wrapped up our set, watched Anni Rossi and then headed over to check out the magic. Chances of getting a seat looked pretty grim when we got there; the place was packed. Somehow timing was perfect, a group of four leaving just as we got in and we were seated in literally 2 minutes.

The Meatball Shop offers a fun menu with lots of options. You can get orders of meatballs a la carte where you choose one type of meat and one sauce, unfortunately no mixing and matching. The rest of the menu is much more open-ended. You can get Meatball sliders, a hero, or a meatball smash (2 meatballs on a brioche bun with sauce and cheese). The meat offerings are classic beef, spicy pork, chicken, vegetable, and the special of the day along with choice of tomato sauce, spicy meat sauce, mushroom, or parmesan cream.

I decided to go with two sliders, a Classic Beef with Spicy Meat Sauce and the special of the day, Buffalo Chicken with a Bleu Cheese Sauce. To start off, the classic beef slider was incredible. One of the tastiest meatballs I’ve had in a while, and the spicy meat sauce is perfection. This little guy had me wishing all I got was classic beef/spicy meat sauce sliders. That being said, the Buffalo Chicken meatball was surprisingly delicious. I didn’t expect to eat something that was so… buffalo-chicken in the form of a meatball. The bleu cheese sauce was great and this was super yummy.

For the big meal I decided to go for a Spicy Pork meatball hero with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella. This is where I made a bit of a mistake, I got whole wheat bread – kind of a bad idea. I opted for the larger hero assuming that the spicy pork was going to be tastier than a beef meatball, but I was so enamored by the beef meatball it was hard to move on to this one. I had a few bites of the beef meatball first, then basically chugged this hero and then finished the meatball explosion by going back to the beef. Don’t get me wrong, the pork is awesome, but that beef is hard to contend with. Also, whole wheat was just stupid – shoulda gone for white.

The Meatball Shop offers an awesome build-your-own ice cream sandwich. I went for house-made mint ice cream in between a chocolate chip cookie and a ginger snap. The ice cream was incredibly soft and the flavor was completely not what I was expecting. This mint ice cream was so minty it was borderline herbal and ridiculously refreshing. A part of me was confused, but the other part loved it. The mint scoop was super soft and tasty, and the mix-and-match cookie combination was definitely the right choice. Chocolate chip and ginger? Golden move.

Look at Alexa and Gao Di so happy with their ice cream sandwiches! Fools for going with chocolate chip cookies on both sides – ha!

Anyway, the Meatball Shop rocked and I will definitely be back for more. You can definitely make a meal out of eating a bunch of sliders – I think next time I will go for a Meatball Smash as those seem a little more interesting than your average meatball sub and will allow you the stomach to consume more sliders. Bravo, Meatball Shop. I will be back!

The Meatball Shop is located at 84 Stanton St between Allen and Orchard

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Little Anchor Sunland EP Now Available Digitally!

So the Little Anchor EPs look awesome in person, but if you couldn’t nab the limited run (hand numbered by Alexa!) from our Pianos show, the EP is now available digitally through a few online retailers! The beautiful jacket design is by Barclay Douglas.

Get the EP through iTunes or Amazon.

http://www.myspace.com/thisislittleanchor

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Wow, Janelle Monáe rocks

I’m a little bit dismayed that I only just found out about the wonder that is Janelle Monáe. This is her track ‘Tightrope’ which features Big Boi of Outkast fame. This song, first of all, is incredible. Janelle has an amazing voice and at times, channels the greatness of Michael Jackson and James Brown. There is so much soul in this music it’s ridiculous. The song takes cues from old school jazz with some slick jazz lines, R&B, hip-hop, dance, pop, and this chick is quietly singing ‘Happy Birthday’ at the end of the song. Random, but sweet. Definitely hearing a background line reminiscent of the background lines in Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘A Night in Tunisia.’

Now, the music video for the track, is perhaps the best music video I’ve seen in a long, long time. Janelle is just so fucking cool. What a badass! The shoes, the dancing, the vibe – I haven’t been in awe like this about a music video since the late 90’s. There is also a video of her and the band performing the track live on Letterman and that is also pretty brilliant.

Do yourself a favor and pick up Janelle’s album, The ArchAndroid – the album’s songs are of a pretty eclectic variety and yet, it’s super cohesive and a seriously awesome listen.

http://www.jmonae.com/

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Dijital Fix L.E.S. Opening x Hipstamatic

Photos from the grand opening of Dijital Fix’s Lower East Side location. The space is pretty amazing – store upstairs, cafe downstairs, gallery in the back.

This is so adorable.

Those aren’t manakins – that’s actually Weileen and Walice.

Creepy photo of me thanks to Eileen. Eyes very non-Asian here.

Dijital Fix founder David Auerbach.

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Little Anchor EP Release @ Pianos – Photos!

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Little Anchor EP release show! Anni Rossi played an amazing set, too. Here are some sweet photos that Gao Di took. The Little Anchor Sunland EP is out now! Contact Alexa to get a hold of one – digital release coming in July.

Blatantly singing a few ‘Ooohs’ in this last one.

And here are some great ones from Vida Chang:

Thanks again, everyone! See you next time – full band record in the near future!

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Little Anchor at Pianos with Anni Rossi

Little Anchor will be playing at Pianos in the Lower East Side on Thursday, June 17th. Come check us out, we’re on before Anni Rossi. We go on at 8, so be there on time! $8 bucks at the door.

Thursday will see the release of the Sunland EP which features 5 awesome Alexa Cabellon originals. Alexa struggled with a suitable band name for a while and after multiple bad suggestions I can proudly say – I named this band! Woooo! Full band recording is in the near future – stay in touch! Awesome band emblem by Barclay Douglas.

To get you ready for the Thursday night gig, here is a clip of ‘Circles and Circles’ from our show at Glasslands last month.

Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow Street.
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Candle Cafe – Delicious Vegan (Really!)

Generally, I am a hater of vegan foods and the vegan tax that comes with the price of what I think is tasteless food. Candle Cafe changes everything. This upper east side vegan restaurant is hands down, the best vegan food I’ve ever had, and also a damn good restaurant. Skeptical as I was, my first bites of into the Cajun Seitan sandwich and Gao Di’s Sesame Crusted Tofu were a revelation into the possibilities of vegan food that actually tastes good.

The Sesame Crusted Tofu (pictured above) features black rice, steamed greens and sauteed gingered vegetables over a green coconut curry sauce and is served with arame coulis and kimchi. There is a lot going on in this meal, but it’s nice to know that the taste of the tofu wasn’t lost in the mix of accompanying flavors. The tofu is juicy and delicious – mmmmmmm!

The Cajun Seitan Sandwich features pan-seared seitan, steamed greens, caramelized onions and avocado served on tasted focaccia and is accompanied by ancho chili aioli and coleslaw. All I have to say is: Wow. This sandwich is unbelievably flavorful and the vegan aioli is the perfect condiment. Lather lots of this on for the perfect taste. The slaw is not particularly exciting, just seems like your average slaw, but it rounds out the meal well. The real glory here is in the sandwich, and I wholeheartedly recommend you feast on it.

Like I said, it’s hard to excite me with vegan food but Candle Cafe did a damn good job blowing me away. Amazing food, friendly service, nice environment – this is a restaurant you need to try out – not just because it’s good Vegan, but because it’s GOOD FOOD. Oh, and while you’re at it, get yourself a smoothie!

Mmmmm!

Candle Cafe is located at 1307 3rd Avenue btwn 75th and 74th sts in the Upper East Side.

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Starcraft II Commercial Has Me Giddy

Here’s something I never thought I’d see… a Starcraft II commercial on TV. Awesome spot. Am excited. Unfortunately didn’t have any time to play the game in the past two weeks before the first beta phase ended – but I’m pumped! After playing multiplayer the past few months, this trailer makes me excited for what’s coming in the single-player campaign – finally, Starcraft II is here!

Starcraft 2 will be released July 27th, 2010.

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Tokyo Police Club’s Champ is Indie Rock Awesome

There is just something about Tokyo Police Club’s albums, but I find myself being able to listen to them the whole way through and be interested the entire time. Tokyo Police Club’s second full-length album, Champ, has as many good songs as the first album. Fun and catchy melodies, great instrumental breaks – this album is rocking the whole way through. Some favourites are: ‘Favorite Colour,’ ‘Breakneck Speed,’ ‘Bambi,’ ‘Gone,’ but honestly, I have already listened to the album a few times through and I’m into it all.

The album features great songs and I’m down for that. Listen to ‘Gone’ below.

LISTEN:

http://tokyopoliceclub.com/

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Generic Man – Academy Hi

I’ve been doing a decent job of Gilt abstaining, but I saw these kicks and had to spring for it. I love Generic Man. All of their shoes are hand-made in Portugal and feature high quality materials. Right here is a pair of the Academy Hi from Generic Man’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Beautiful shoe featuring smooth perforated suede with a rubber tip, leather accents, lined with leather on the inside, and a gum sole. Very nice deep navy color. Super stylish, great all-purpose sneaker. Would look badass dressed up or down.

I’m wearing these bad boys here at Gigantic Studios.

Generic Man | Gilt Groupe

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A Close Look at the Nooka Zaz & Zem

Treating myself to birthday gifts the other week, I picked up two timepieces from Nooka – a ZAZ and a ZEM. I had the pleasure of meeting Nooka founder Matthew Waldman at the ICFF Offsite ‘Sounds Like’ opening and he’s an awesome dude. He was wearing a black Zem and asked if I had one yet – and now I do! These new high-end Nookas come in sleek gem-cut cases and are beautiful. Peep the photos below.

The Zaz features an off-set translucent Zen-V face. The time is told through 4 vertical bars over a backdrop of the wearer’s skin. This is maybe my favorite among favorites in my ever-growing Nooka collection. When I wear it I feel like time is hovering over my wrist. The Zaz is available in three different band options, silver mesh, black leather or white leather. I chose the silver mesh so I could capitalize on shine. Tell me this is not one of the coolest watches you’ve ever seen.

The Zem is a fun new watch that brings a new feel to wearing the future. The Zem features a gem-cut minteral crystal lens and in-person, these things look borderline computer-generated. I had a hard time picking out the color and the Zem is available in a few different forms. You can get the Zem with four different face styles (zot, zen-v, zen-h, and zoo), ‘night’ or silver face, and a black or silver high-gauge stainless steel bracelet or smooth black leather band. After a long time of mulling it over, I decided to opt for a little contrast with a Zen-H silver face and a smooth leather band. This watch is badass.

What’s next up for my collection? I’m eyeing a Pink Zub Zirc….

Here are the watches actually being rocked.

http://www.nooka.com/

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Preparing for Landing

Some day 2, some day 3 – in the middle of tracking guitars right about now!