r4r NEWS FLASH!!!! DFA to headline Late Night Set!!!!!

We are uber-duber excitemento to have Justin Miller of DFA come and headline DJ 'rock4rorz's seriously-serious After Party Set that will also be kicked in the ass by:
George Positive, Spiderfang, Further Reductions, and DJ's Ben Brunnember and Alex Dirttt. As they say... in the biz "welcome to party pants central" kids! No sweatin' to the oldies here. Enjoy it misters and mistresses of the night. xx

Golden Triangle is Back to the Future!

We are just here to show you how Golden Triangle has transcended time... this experience will take you on a wild ride from NYC 2020 through Miami, FL 1985. You say impossible, we say see for yourself.

I know these videos may seem a little dangerous, but no animals were hurt in the process. All performances have been very carefully choreographed by the best of the best of the best.

The reenactments from the future to the past are truly uncanny. Enjoy!

Golden Triangle 2020 All Parts


Golden Triangle 1985 Part One


Golden Triangle 1985 Part Two

Party Time, Excellent.

Only 48 Hours till Rock4Rorz officially begins (although it began 3 months ago for boxerbabe xx)...

Here it is, the official order of appearance of fun times for wednesday night!

Beginning at 7:45 PM (doors at 7, get there early!)

Mount Olympus

White Williams

The Fugs

Golden Triangle

Acrylics

and then....

Messieurs George Positive & Spiderfang

Further Reductions

DJ's:

Justin Miller (DFA)
Ben Brunnemer

Alex Dirttt

And don't forget, open SVEDKA bar from 8 to 9 as well as

Carter & Mike of Mount Olympus and Huffa Frobes-Cross DJing
all-night-long in the sweet sweet lounge

See you soon - party hat and all

with love

boxerbabe xx

The Girls Love Rock4Rorz

Super-Friend Jesse Sposato wrote up a beautiful piece today for Sadie Magazine! We love our newfound role as new-age yet partially jaded New Yorker Hippies! Designer Patchouli! Read up, ingest, digest and relate ...

boxerbabe outside.

Vanity Fair interview with Steven Taylor of The Fugs

Vanity Fair Magazine posted a nice summary of rock4rorz, track samples from each contributing band... plus an interview with Steven Taylor that Chandra and Jacques made.

Steven gets into some fun stories about traveling with Allen Ginsburg, meeting The Fugs for the first time and a recruitment attempt, or lack there of, of Jimi Hendrix!

Full interview coming soon exclusively to rock4rorz ... but for now, visit the post and check out the interview excerpt below!

I wanna fall in love....

rock4rorz special contributor Molly Shea of Acrylics , friend Caroline Polachek of Chairlift and many other lovely ladies contribute their superb vocals to this collab cover of Mr. Chris Isaak's cross generational multi heart stringed love song!

Not to mention some other rock4rorz links/degrees of separation stemming from 'Wicked Games' (you do the research, heh)....

2009 Is already better than 2008. Thank you Caroline, Molly and friends!

with heart

boxerbabe xx

Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

"WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- New research out of Spain suggests that THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- appears to prompt the death of brain cancer cells."

"Explaining that the introduction of THC into the brain triggers a cellular self-digestion process known as "autophagy," study co-author Guillermo Velasco said his team has isolated the specific pathway by which this process unfolds, and noted that it appears "to kill cancer cells, while it does not affect normal cells."

"Velasco is with the department of biochemistry and molecular biology in the School of Biology at Complutense University in Madrid. The findings were published in the April issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation."

Experts say finding worth further study... READ FULL ARTICLE US News and World Report.

For additional details on benefits of marijuana use as it relates to cancer, visit the American Cancer Society.

Jeopardy answer of the year: What are Brain Tumors???

Do YOU know....?

Brain Tumors, also known as brain cancer, start within the substance of the brain, spinal cord or nerves. Some tumors which arise from the brain or spine coverings (meninges) are also considered primary brain tumors. Metastatic brain tumors have spread from cancer in other parts of the body, most frequently from the lungs, breast and colon.

TYPES of BRAIN TUMORS

Brain Tumor Symptoms

Depending on the location and size of the tumor, symptoms experienced by each patient may vary. Most of the common symptoms are due to increased intracranial pressure as the growing tumor affects surrounding structures:

• Frequent headaches (reported by 50% of patients)
• Blurry vision
• Nausea and/or vomiting
• Personality or cognitive changes

Other symptoms are site-specific, including seizures, speech impairment, weakness or numbness on one side and problems with coordination, balance or mobility.

* M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Voted "America's Best Hospitals" US News and World Report 2008

M. D. Anderson Neurosurgeon, Amy Heimberger M.D., Receives Presidential Award

Rory's most recent Neurosurgeon, Amy Heimberger M.D., receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), in recognition for her research on the central nervous system's immune biology, tumor evasion of immune detection and immunotherapeutic approaches for patients with malignant gliomas. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States to a young scientific investigator.

This distinction recognizes Dr. Heimberger's many and continuing contributions to an area of cancer in need of much research - therapy for glioblastoma and other brain cancers.

Read News Release!

The Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle is an isosceles triangle such that the ratio of the hypotenuse to base is equal to the golden ratio, . From the above figure, this means that the triangle has vertex angle equal to:

or .

Vice Magazine interviews: Further Reductions Shawn O'Sullivan

Shawn O'Sullivan reveals his secret Short Ribs Recipe to Vice readers...

You ask why, why would he do such a thing... and I say because he's an awesome dude and his Short Ribs kick some major ass! Shawn knows that his Short Ribs aren't just for a few they are for all... Short Ribs for World Peace! That's how good they are. For serious. Word.

O'Sullivan pictured center with his other band mates of the critically acclaimed, FDA approved band, Led er est, played the Wierd 5th year Anniversary Party.

Push Here to Read!

Golden Triangle on VBS.TV: Practice Space

Part 1:


Part 2:

The Fugs and Janis Joplin... xx

Check out this awesome interview with Fugs band member and rock4rorz contributor Ken Weaver for Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine.
He reminisces about their (The Fugs) time meeting up, playing and just hanging out drinkin' SoCo with Janis.
'Jesus Christ, Weaver, you're the only son of a bitch I ever met who can drink more than me.'

Also check out the PSF interviews with Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg.

Alright... Let's just indulge in one more.... delight! Shall we....xx

Watching this video is like drinking a large cocktail of enchantment with a splash of magical sparkles, its true! xx Give it a whirl... then we will get back to business. Enjoy!



Don't Give up!!! Open your hearts! Let's come together and make a difference!

Love Always xx
boxerbabe

You always make this a special day, by you just being you. I like you just the way you are.

I think this video is appropriate for getting pumped for rock4rorz... load up your iphonez, your portable video machines... watch it on the train, on a bike... in your limousine! Mr. Rogers - Style Icon.



And then watch this:



I love Mr Rogers!

ciao
boxerbabe

'The Fugs on Drugs' as 'The Fugs on Drugs': a Fug-clip from "Chappaqua" (1966)

Check out this clip from the Conrad Rooks' cult classic “Chappaqua” (1966). It features The Fugs in all their perverted glory. Allen Ginsburg, William S. Burroughs, Peter Orlovsky, Ravi Shankar, and Ornette Coleman also guest star in the film.

Yeh. The Hippies Failed? Man, they seemed like such a sure bet.

The Revolution will be mimeographed: Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts

In 1962, Fug-Man Ed Sanders founded Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. With his credo: "I'll print anything," Sanders produced thirteen mimeographed issues of the legendary journal- publishing work by Tuli Kupferberg, Charles Olson, Philip Whalen, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Julian Beck, Herbert Huncke, Gary Snyder, Diane DiPrima, William Burroughs, Leroi Jones (AKA Amiri Baraka), Robert Creeley, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, and Andy Warhol.
Police eventually raided the Fug/ Fuck You HQ: Peace Eye Bookstore, charging Sanders with obscenity. Notoriety generated by the case led to his face on the cover of Life Magazine (February 17, 1967), which proclaimed Sanders "a leader of New York's Other Culture."
Check out The Fuck you Press Archive more info on:

Fuck You, A Magazine of the Arts

The Marijuana Newsletter

& The Fuck You Quote of the Week (including one from John Ashbery on Ed Sander's "Toe Queen Poems").

Stupid Cancer: Empowering Young Adults Affected by Cancer

I'm too young for this!

Check out Matthew Zachery's website that he started in reponse to being sick and tired of there being so little information and support for the rising rates of Cancer in the age range of 15 to 40.

Click the button!

Also check out below an interview with Matthew Zachery explaining his own experience as a young cancer survivor and why he started the i[2]y and stupid cancer community.

We have also added to our rock4rorz blog, a wiget to communicate with the stupid cancer blog.

PBLS, part 1

PBLS 1 "The Art of the Brain"



Every tasty cake starts with firm-sweet understanding of our brain. Butterscotch Krimpet & tea, anyone?

Pinky and the Brain Learning Series [PBLS], pre-part 1

Grey Ribbon Crusade HEROES OF HOPE

Brain Tumor Action Network PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER

The Brain Tumor Awareness Organization BENEFITTING THROUGH THE ADVOCACY OF OTHERS
Unlocking Brain Tumors UNLOCKING A MYSTERY, INCREASING SURVIVAL AND HOPE
American Brain Tumor Association SHARING KNOWLEDGE. SHARING HOPE.
American Cancer Society LEARN ABOUT CANCER

All right NOW Everybody!!! Listen here OK... the ACTION NETWORK CONFERENCE is takin' up the session! rock4rorz outlines the PROGRAM! This BODY will UNLOCK KNOWLEDGE! 

HEROES, to all you turkey/provolone/lettuce/tomato 'n vinaigrette eatin' HEROES! 

Your swatches are set for NOW the time for ACTION!

STEP 1 get a ticket  while they last
STEP 2 donate  try that widget
STEP 3 participate  you're on FB
STEP 4 learn  Pinky & the Brain finally break into the health care market with the long assumed reveal!!! 

Keep makin' NOISE, Get INVOLVED! EDUCATE yourself!           

Fug Sanders' 1968 POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR & other "PRAISE" by Bob Holman

“And now, with the deaths of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Huncke,

 I open up the pages of the new Sanders book of poetry, 1968: A History in Verse…

In 1968 rock and politics shared the air, and Ed’s playful, incisive language serves as time machine: if you were there (1968 as Place), it will cause you to resurrect that other world; if you weren’t, you’ll never believe that that year was squeezed into a year..."  

-Bob Holman on 1968: A History in Verse* by Ed Sanders

For Complete Review (in 2 parts), please click below:

Holman on Ed Sanders’ 1968 (1/2)

 Holman on Ed Sanders’ 1968 (2/2)

Check out Bob Holman’s Praise Ed Sanders Poem-  first performed at the 2001 Woodstock Poetry Festival, where the city crowned Ed Sanders Poet Laureate of Woodstock.

*To purchase a copy of 1968: A History In Verse,  click on the title, or go to your local independent book retailer (for Ferlinghetti).

BORN IN A KOSHER MEAT STORE: THE FUgS STORY.

On a cold December day, in converted Kosher meat store, in 1964, Ed Sanders, editor of the infamous Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts, and Tuli Kupferberg, Allen Ginsberg’s favorite fatalist, formed The Fugs. The band earned immediate notoriety (and F.B.I. files!) for lewd performances rife with political satire.
In 1965, the band released their first album, The Village Fugs, and headed out on a tour in protest of the Vietnam War- performing “War Kills Babies” and “Kill For Peace” alongside such counterculture greats as Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jefferson Airplane.

That was only the first year! The next 44 are even crazier!- including a Life Magazine cover, a letter bomb, a Grammy, J. Edgar Hoover, and Thurston Moore (seriously dudes).

For a first hand account of 4 decades of Fug Life from band member Ed Sanders, click here

For the Rolling Stone Review: The Fugs Final Cd (Part I) click here.

Check out these Fug-related articles from The New York Times:

The Fugs Look Back to 1967’s Summer of Love
Rock 'n' Roll Dissidents, Fearless for 4 Decades

Drink Recipe: 1 Shot Tequila, 1 Shot goldshlager, A heaping tablespoon of tough-love= Mexican Summer

Check out FensePost's review of the new Golden Triangle LP 'Mexican Summer'!

My head is spinning with f-f-f-FUN! Stream the MP3's, pull out the silly string, TP the neighbors house, sun burn never felt so damn good!

lather-me-up with some SPF 2012 xx

boxerbabe

THE FUGS PLAY ROCK4RORZ!!! xo

SLAP ME AM I DREAMING....??? the FUGS? WHA?

YEAH youz got it right! We are not shittin' you...xx

... ITS THE ORIGINAL, ONE AND ONLY .... RARE APPEARANCE at rock4rorz from the legendary 1960s poet-rock band: THE FUGS! Need I say more? Nah, this one you do not want to miss.

ED SANDERS
TULI KUPFERBERG
STEVE TAYLOR


boxerbabe is muy satisfecho! xo

Way More Amazing Baby: The Rolling Stone Review, The Album, The World Tour, + The Twitter Account!

This week's Rolling Stone Hype Monitor calls Amazing Baby's track, “Bayonets”, "sublime". For the full post and free download click here.
According to an recent entry on Amazing Baby's Myspace Blog, their album is complete & scheduled for release in June '09. Find out more about the album and it's "bunch of extra jams for b-sides and stuff" on the Amazing Baby Myspace Blog!

For up to the minute Amazing Baby Stats, including soon-to-be Twitter Classics: "Kenny bloggins over here" 8:46AM Mar 20th; "Bloggin' and Doggin'" 8:38PM Mar 18th; "Dawg boning" 12PM Mar 20th; and "Dawgs!" 8:24AM Mar 21st, check out Amazing Baby on Twitter. Man, Can these guys multi-task?!  

rock4rorz may just be the last time to see Amazing Baby minus a brutal Ticket Master handling fee! Get ur rock4rorz tix here!

Golden Triangle Officially Knighted by GZA at SXSW

rock4rorz's make-up encrusted, flour coated, chocolate chip Cookie Monster, heartthrob band Golden Triangle sweeps the Dickies' Battle of the Bands at SXSW...

Judges No Age and GZA crown them Kings and Queens and hand them
a big fat check of 10 Grand! $$$ Swagalicious!
Congratulations Kung Fu Lovers! xoxo

Check out a full report plus video evidence at Brooklyn Vegan! (And take notice of that sweet little shout out to rock4rorz)

Love and Dough xx

boxerbabe

NME: Will Roan, Way Cool, '08.

NME released it's annual "Cool List" about four months ago!

In case you missed it, the second most eagerly awaited poll of 2008 featured none other than Will Roan- lead singer of "impossibly good-looking" rock4rorz contributors
Amazing Baby.

Debuting at #30, Will "Son of a Preacher Man" Roan managed to
outrank Robert Plant (yes. that guy from Led Zeppelin)-
making Will Roan the Coolest Golden God of 2008.

According to NME's website, the issue also included a free Oasis poster. sic!

Check out Amazing Baby's Music!
AMAZING BABY SITE (Infinite Fucking Cross EP FREE DOWNLOAD)!!!
AMAZING BABY on MYSPACE

For more on Will's Social Status (cool) check out the NME COOL LIST 2008.

This is it: The Final Band List of rock4rorz!

Yes Friends. We have our Final list of bands for rock4rorz ...

tickets can now be purchased HERE!

Amazing Baby

Acrylics

Golden Triangle

The Fugs

White Williams

Mount Olympus

George Positive & Spiderfang

Further Reductions

After Party DJs to be officially announced ASAP

I am so excited about seeing this show! History in the making!

ciao babes -

make like coca-cola and Enjoy!

boxerbabe

Vice Magazine Loves Further Reductions!

Contributing, rock4rorz musicians: Katie Rose and Shawn O'Sullivan are the Brooklyn based darling duo that make up, Further Reductions. Merging European synthpop and 70's experimental rock, these two make a beautiful spectrum of sound together.

Check out their highlight in VICE Magazine! Shawn explains the inspiration behind their track: "Familiar Flights".

Good Reading and Sweet Listening!

-boxerbabe adore une bonne histoire d'amour...à bientôt! xoxo

Seventeen Magazine: Molly Shea of Acrylics is on Chairlift's: 'Girls who Rock Hot List!'

Chairlift's lead singer, Caroline, names Molly Shea of the Acrylics on her own personal "Girls who Rock Hot List" in her recent Q&A with Seventeen Magazine.

Sweet Stuff xx
love boxerbabe

White Williams Pushes Buttons on Revision3 TV!

Contributing rock4rorz artist Joe Williams gets down with musicology in this XLR8RTV interview...  ranging in discussion from his musical influences, such as John Cale and Brian Eno... to the old tube systems he uses when recording. 

Check it out here rorz-fanz!

-out-style

boxerbabe

Nashville Cream's The Spin: Reviews Golden Triangle

The Nashville Scene: Nashville Cream's 'The Spin' takes note on the awesomeness of Golden Triangle!!!  

Contributing rock4rorz artists, Golden Triangle, get a shout out comparison to a, shaken not stirred, B52's and The Fugs, "punked-up freaked-out" cocktail of pure delight... I'll take mine with a twist! 

Shiny, happy people, reading... beam me up to the  

Love Shack Baby ... xx boxerbabe over and out!

Spiderfang on Obama's Hip Hop Influence

rock4rorz contributing artist Spiderfang has a fantastic and fantastically fun article on Slate.com about Barack Obama's influence on the Hip-Hop World. All rock4rorz readers should click it ... it'll be a good way to break the ice with the fang when your fightin' for his autograph post-show

good reads babes

-boxerbabe

(Photo: Spiderfang with George Positive)

The Acrylics play rock4rorz

boxerbabe has just confirmed Acrylics for the rock4rorz benefit!!!

We are so excited by this up and coming Brooklyn band, fronted by the über talented duo of Molly Shea and Jason Maartens Klauber, who previously collaborated in Standing Nudes, with Will Berman and Matt Asti (both MGMT).

Check out their recent interview in Epilogue Magazine and listen to our favorite track, 'The Window" on Myspace.

ciao babes xx

-boxerbabe