Party hardy - Going.com
Tonight is a special night for Boston based online social network, Going.com. They’re throwing down a party for their home town as they start to promote the heck out their new name. They were formerly known as HeyLetsGo and changed their name a few months ago.
What is their niche you may ask? Well, they put themselves inbetween Myspace and Evite. In three cities - Boston, New York and San Francisco - you can go on to their site and find out just about all the cool happenings in each city. Anything from shows, parties or even beer pong tournaments. As a member you can create invitations and extend those invitations out to other members.
As a promotional tool, they’ve joined up with JetBlue to offer free airfare to Going.com members between the three cities through sweepstakes.
Tonights party in Boston is being held at the Mansion at 1 Boylston Place. The party is free to Going.com members, you just have to RSVP (click here to RSVP). While it’s free, you must get their early as it may fill up quick and they’ll turn you away if the bar is full, or make you wait.
It’s the last party in a three party series that Going.com kicked off in San Francisco on May 2nd and worked their way over to NYC for a party at Hiro Ballroom on May 10th where Albert Hammond Jr. played. Tonights gig brings Perez Hilton, the infamous Hollywood blogger, and Lady Sovereign, the self-destructing female rapper from the UK (read and watch her antics down in Brooklyn from Vegan).
Should be an interesting night.
Lady Sovereign - “Hoodie” (Spank Rock Remix)
PBJ gone Bluegrass
I’ve been listening to a bunch of country and bluegrass recently - Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Carter Family, etc - so I was quite pleased when I came across this remix of PB&J’s “Young Folks”.
Performing PB&J (Peter Bjorn and John for those out of the acronym loop) in bluegrass are Dawn Landes and We Sorta Tried bluegrass band. These fellas are from Austin, TX and Dawn is originally from Kentucky but now resides in NYC. While she’s a young artist, she has already had the pleasure to be apart of a Philip Glass, Ryan Adams and Joseph Arthur recording. As well as open for the likes of José Gonzalez, Suzanne Vega, Shannon Wright, Feist, Le Tigre and the one and only Andrew Bird.
She has also been recording and performing with musicians from the bands Hem and The Earlies.
Watch the recording of this version of “Young Folks” and pick up the track below:
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