Blurb from YAMS:

Ze! we need more dialogue from you next time. You have a cute voice!

Although we wish there was more dialogue from Ze! cause her [talking] voice is cute, we really enjoyed this video. Our favourite looks are of Ze! in her red bra and when she wore the pink tutu. We love your choice, honey. We would have chosen the man with the Ze! thunderbolt, too! (Sticks tongue out)

About Boys I Like:

July 30th 2010, Brussels – Malaysian electropop singer Ze! premieres new music video “Boys I Like” simultaneously in 5 different cities around the globe at midnight tonight.

“Boys I Like” was shot in Hollywood last April by a team of new and upcoming film directors collectively known as Schlub Films. Ze! met director Eugene Lee back in 2008 when she was participating in an Asian Talent Show called, Sutasi in which Lee was a host. The two decided to work together on this music video when Ze! visited LA, stayed in Lee’s apartment and met his friendly group of actor-friends.

“Working with the Schlubs was a lot of fun,” says Ze!. “They’re a hyperactive bunch with an eternity of ideas. They’ve done a few really good short films but it was their first time producing a music video, which was maybe what made the process even more exciting.”

“Hanging out with Eugene’s friends was a great experience as it gave me an insight as to what life is really like as actors. The annoying thing is they’re all amazing actors which only made me feel like a goofball on set. They were at least nice enough not to laugh at me.”

‘Boys I Like’ is written by ZE! and producer Ruben Debusschere; a track taken off of ZE!’s new electro-pop album I Am Glam and was the first single released in 2007 along with 3 remixes. I Am Glam is distributed worldwide by Believe Digital and now available for download via all major digital music stores including iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Nokia Music Store and more.

Peter Hadar singing at Marf Music

Blurb from YAMS:

Yesterday, Wednesday July 28, 2010, GrungeCake Magazine presented Burlesque Yes! to the New York City music scene. Burlesques Yes! consists of a sensual live show with Peter Hadar & Long Kiss In Public, a burlesque photo booth shoot, and the sweet sweet flavours of Bite Me!’s sample cheesecake. We are thinking about having another. Will you attend? Enjoy the slideshow below and become a contact. If you’ve missed the promo video for Peter Hadar‘s previous show, kindly watch video below.

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Slice Harvester Issue 2

Blurb from YAMS:

As Book Thug Nation became my latest literary fatal attraction, I saw an ad for a zine release and decided to contact Slice Harvester for an interview.

The ad read: The Slice Harvester has eaten a slice of pizza in every pizzeria in Manhattan north of 42nd street and lived to tell about it! Join him, and free pizza from his favorite pizzeria, Thursday night as he reads from the highly anticipated release of Vol. 2 of Slice Harvester, The Zine.

Not knowing much about his mysteriousness, I prepared myself for a video interview. Wrong! Though, we weren’t able to take photographs of him or show you what he looks like via video, we were allowed to extract the audio from the video we recorded. He held the camera and pointed it at me whilst he spoke into the microphone.

Who is Slice Harvester? Why in Pete’s name is he such a f*cking big deal?

This guy is eating a slice of pizza from every pizzeria in New York City and writing about it on his website and quarterly zine! I am sure many have thought about something similar and frowned upon this idea for health reasons, yet I find him very intriguing, daring, creative, crazy, and fun!

To leap into Slice Harvester’s cheesy world, support his zine, and follow him on his quest, kindly click here! I absolutely love his style of writing and I think Denis Sheehan will get a kick out of Slice Harvester. Enjoy!

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Special Interview with Slice Harvester

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Members Only: A GrungeCake Party

On Monday, June 28, 2010, GrungeCake Magazine debuted its artists for its new venture, GrungeCake Records. With our special guest performer, Dai Burger and special guest host, Peter Hadar, the Members Only party was hot, smooth, raw, and uncut. We encourage you to sign into your Yahoo account to see photos from the beginning, leading up to the show. We would like to take the time out to thank everyone who attended our Members Only party.

For more photographs from this event, kindly visit our Facebook and like it. Feel free to become a contact via our Flickr. Thanks.

MASNYC + Design Trust Panel

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The Municipal Art Society of New York (MASNYC) + Design Trust For Public Space panel discussion with special guest Tim Gunn of Project Runway June 8, 2010. MAS fights for intelligent urban design, planning and preservation through education, dialogue and advocacy. For more information, kindly visit http://designtrust.org/ and http://mas.org/

Name for the 'Drum' Album

Blurb from YAMS:

Name. I have known Name for quite some time. Online friend turned one of my favourite musicians ever, Name manages to sound like disco and dance music from the 80s and dress the part — his lyrics are catchy, meaningful, and he will earn awards in the near future. I can feel it! Kindly visit this link to listen and click the banner to buy his album, Drum: Thanks. Photos: Sebastian Ludvigsen

MP3: “Alphabet Love” by Name

MP3: “Latest Fad” by Name

GrungeCake: If love were a colour, what would it be?

Name: Love always changes shades of colour. Red, blue, green or maybe peachy keen are the most viable ones to me. Red is an exciting, sometimes dangerous one. Blue is the all to often sad one. Green is the sometimes jealous one. Peachy keen is the rare one. Too good to be true almost!

GrungeCake: How did you come up with the chorus for Alphabet Love?

Name: A simple melody often calls for a simple chorus. The whole late 50′s/early 60′s vibe of the song had me free associating love in the most sweet and naive way.

GrungeCake: According to my handy dandy, Wikipedia, Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my girlfriend”). This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states. If you had to define what love is, using half of the Norwegian alphabet, what would be your definition?

Name: Haha. This is getting too time consuming! Our alphabet is basically the same as the english one except we add the letters ÆØÅ after yours is over. Maybe those three letters were specifically designed for a task such as this? Any who, I’m way too lazy for this!

GrungeCake: To read the full interview, click here to buy the magazine.

Members Only Flyer

Members Only: A GrungeCake Party will take place on Monday, June 28, 2010 and Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (both events) begin at 6pm and end at 9pm. Entry fees are collected each day. Live music-performances, finger foods and drinks will be served. We encourage you to network and be a part of art history. This event will be filmed. If for any reason you do not want to appear in the video, you will be able to fill out our disclaimer at that time. Thank you.

You must RSVP via email by Monday, June 21, 2010 to enter at $5. Come early for giveaways!

We advise all attendees to bring identification that will prove they are over 18 years of age.

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Boogie for Members Only

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Gut for Members Only

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Dai Burger for Members Only

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Jungle Pussy for Members Only

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Nassaka for Members Only

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Peter Hadar for Members Only

Stills from 'Pillows'

A few days ago, Accidental Seabirds was in my office and I had the pleasure of picking his brains. Kindly watch Accidental Seabird’s music video below and leave a comment of critique.

Words by Accidental Seabirds: The video for “Pillows” was made by VAMP group from Philadelphia. They’re new, but they’re really good at what they do and they’re fun to work with. They wanted me to choose the location for the shoot. I chose a desolate boardwalk for the set, because [to me] it metaphorically represents what the song is about. Sort of.

The song has a few ideas within, but the central theme is substance abuse and addiction. It’s based on a dear friend of mine who nearly destroyed himself. Too many people, especially young people, very carelessly use drugs these days because they’re unaware of the dangers or they don’t realize how serious drug abuse can become. Shit is real, kids are dying, and we need to address these issues because young folks obviously don’t listen to their parents or any figure of authority for that matter. It’s not cool to be hooked on pills or whatever and it’s not cool for parents to bury their children.

Anyway, the boardwalk is supposed to be this place of entertainment and escape from daily life but when no one else is there the fun seems really phony and you’re left with stray cats, seagulls, and the bottom of the ocean calling your name.

MP3: “Audio Interview” with Accidental Seabirds

Accidental Seabirds is the moniker of the Brooklyn based musician Jesse Herdman. Jesse has composed three unofficially released albums since 2002. His fourth album “The Snow and the Full Moon” will be officially released August 2010.

Photo: The Signtologist

Blurb from YAMS:

Often, the power of meaningful social networking underestimates. Nearly a month ago, I shared a conversation with Plastic God and through that relationship, Signtologist became “the homie.” Sharing a relationship of friendship and respect with Colorado Emcee Whygee, when Whygee came to my home a few days ago, quickly he spotted The Signtologist stickers on my desktop computer and immediately took a picture. I say that to say the love that most Denver artists show to each other is enchanting. You should practice it. For more information about The Signtologist, kindly click here. For a high-resolution of this video, visit our Vimeo profile. Thanks.

About the Signtologist:

DUNN, aka ‘The Signtologist’ recycles discarded street signs as a canvas for his unique art.
Dunn’s work has appeared in dozens of national outlets including XXL and he has created art for hundreds of athletes, artists and musicians such as Ludacris, Spike Lee, Pharrell Williams and Slick Rick to name a few.