My Initials Are TK » ari http://myinitialsare.tk TK = Tyler Kremberg Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:40:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Jews at 11 http://myinitialsare.tk/2008/02/jews-at-11/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2008/02/jews-at-11/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:20:07 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/2008/02/11/jews-at-11/ I apologize in advance for this… I wish I could offer an explanation.

Jews at 11

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2008/02/jews-at-11/feed/ 1 Sly & the Family Stone – Concert Vault http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/sly-the-family-stone-concert-vault/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/sly-the-family-stone-concert-vault/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:45:52 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/05/sly-the-family-stone-concert-vault/ Sly & the Family Stone – Concert Vault

Amazing resource of awesome soundboard recordings of vintage concerts. Man, to have been alive and cool in 1968. Free to Stream, THIS is FUNK! Thanks Ari.

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/sly-the-family-stone-concert-vault/feed/ 0 I Am So Funny – Lauren Weedman – The Stranger http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/i-am-so-funny-lauren-weedman-the-stranger/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/i-am-so-funny-lauren-weedman-the-stranger/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:41:40 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/02/i-am-so-funny-lauren-weedman-the-stranger/ I Am So Funny – Lauren Weedman – The Stranger

Great insight on the Daily Show from a fired (now freelance) correspondent. She’s a bit of a wreck though. Thnx Ari.

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/10/i-am-so-funny-lauren-weedman-the-stranger/feed/ 0 Fine Arts: Piles of Trash Light Up Into Fantastic Art – Gizmodo http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/09/fine-arts-piles-of-trash-light-up-into-fantastic-art-gizmodo/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/09/fine-arts-piles-of-trash-light-up-into-fantastic-art-gizmodo/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:03:45 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/2007/09/26/fine-arts-piles-of-trash-light-up-into-fantastic-art-gizmodo/ Fine Arts: Piles of Trash Light Up Into Fantastic Art – Gizmodo

Some amazing light art, thanks Ari!

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/09/fine-arts-piles-of-trash-light-up-into-fantastic-art-gizmodo/feed/ 0 Ari and I are both a bunch of dorks. http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/07/ari-and-i-are-both-a-bunch-of-dorks/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/07/ari-and-i-are-both-a-bunch-of-dorks/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:39:06 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/?p=97 Our answer to the question: Would you outsource your social networking?

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I had an idea for a workout video starting Richard Simmons, featuring live band performances by your favorite Indie rock stars, called Sweatin’ To The Indies.

In other news, Ari wishes he could have written this headline: Ring of fire engulfs Johnny Cash’s former home

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2007/04/sweatin-to-the-indies/feed/ 0 3 Days, 1 Outfit, Zero Internet http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/12/3-days-1-outfit-zero-internet/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/12/3-days-1-outfit-zero-internet/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:51:55 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/?p=22 I was in Somerville, Mass this weekend, and did quite a lot.

  • Stayed with my lovely girlfriend.
  • Toured the Cambridge/ Sommerville Line and played Guitar Hero with my business partner.
  • Got my socks rocked off by some badass girls
  • Walked around Walden Pond, and the lesser known Walden Pond 2: The Pond-ness Unknown.
  • Got to watch my friend Florion engage everyone in conversation
  • Ate great Venezuelan [highly recommend the Torta Fluida] and Indian food.
  • Enjoyed seeing my wish-we-became-better-friend(s) Buck
  • Went to a prom for orthodox jews… no explanation available.

More later…

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/12/3-days-1-outfit-zero-internet/feed/ 0 everything is going according to plan… http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/02/everything-is-going-according-to-plan/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/02/everything-is-going-according-to-plan/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:28:34 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/?p=13 In what is almost a perfect example of how preposer hype works, the media is helping preposer.com prove its worth. Now, of course, Feist and Broken Social Scene were hardly underground when I wrote last week’s post, but this week their exposure increased ten-fold with a feature article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. Collective forms, hype surrounds, scene created, scene exposed.

In related news, I saw Stars (also on Arts & Crafts) this past weekend, at Webster Hall in New York. Here’s the breakdown:

  • Stars: 83%
  • Webster Hall:
    • Ambience: 100%
    • Location: 1% (I got a parking ticket… bummer)
    • Ticket prices: 90%
  • Stars @ Webster Hall, 2.25.06:
    • Opening band: Magnet: 79%
    • Sound: 91%
    • Crowd: 69%
    • Setlist: 90%

Stars played a great set, in what was, IMHO the perfect venue for them. Not too big, but enough to rock out. They’re lighting design was perfect: an LED-Star backdrop on the back wall, and four lamps spread evenly on the stage that were cued to the music. Torquil is, to quote the British fellow in front of me on the way out, “a bit much,” but it was a thoroughly entertaining show, even though they did nothing to alleviate their guilty pleasure status in my mind, which made it kind of awkward. Ok, enough free advertising for Arts & Crafts…

]]> http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/02/everything-is-going-according-to-plan/feed/ 0 autopsy of a trend http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/02/autopsy-of-a-trend/ http://myinitialsare.tk/2006/02/autopsy-of-a-trend/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:53:54 +0000 Tyler http://www.myinitialsare.tk/?p=12 Of the two of us, I am the marketing guru. For those of you keeping score at home, i’m Ari and he’s Tyler. As such, my mantra for preposer is simplicity. And for that, I invite you to follow me on an allegorical journey through the kind of thing I hope preposer will facilitate.

I, like anyone with eyes and ears, love Leslie Feist. The lead singer for Broken Social Scene (the amalgam of talent from Canadian label Arts & Crafts) and, most surprisingly, Peaches, Feist is currently blowing up in her own right thanks to the irrefutably catchy “Mushaboom.” I came across the song some time last year on the fantastic mp3 blog stereogum and was immediately infatuated. “That’s it…,” I thought. “Everyone I know must learn to love Feist.”
And soon, everyone did. After making it into my inaugural mix on the opposite of rent, I got comments left and right from friends and strangers who asked me to tell them more about Ms. Feist. Angelica was hooked after I suggested buying Let it Die for her mother as a Christmas present. Melissa loved her soulful vocal stylings and rockin’ out guitar. Ed played it for his co-workers, and it was an instant success.

A couple of weeks ago, as part of an Arts & Crafts showcase throughout the month of February, Feist came to Webster Hall to perform with her band. Because I am a severe procrastinator, I told everyone about the show but forgot to buy tickets. But Melissa went with her friend Erin, and loved the show.

So how should we make preposer work for this story? Let’s figure it out:

  • Feist (Singer, songwriter, Feist, Broken Social Scene, Peaches): 84%
    • Feist: 91%
    • Broken Social Scene: 86%
    • Peaches: 69%
  • Webster Hall (Small venue, New York, NY, Eletronica/Dance, Indie Rock): 73%
    • Ambience: 79%
    • Bookings: 58%
    • Location: 96%
    • Ticket Prices: 88%
    • Availability of tickets: 1% (sorry, I’m bitter)
  • Feist @ Webster Hall, 2.14.06:
    • Opening band: Mates of State: n/a (Melissa was late)
    • Sound quality: 94%
    • Crowd: 100%
    • Setlist: 95%

So now what? What should go? What should stay? What needs to be added? What do people want to see?

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