Preview the Terrific "Bleed Pop" EP by LGBT Band WASI

Check out the terrific "Bleed Pop" EP recently released by Cali punk pop band WASI. It's insanely peppy and the music just crackles with energy. Plus the recording quality is shockingly great. If there is this much happiness coming through my speakers, I can't even imagine how much fun their live shows must be.

Here's some background from their press materials:

The band started becoming more involved with the LGBT scene after singer Merilou (Cosmo) threw a few No On Prop 8 rallies in Buena Park (about a mile away from Anaheim, one of the most conservative cities in the US). They expected just a couple dozen of our friends to show up and rally, but ended up catching the attention of a few hundred people who came out to be part of the cause - from attendees, to Knott's Berry Farm, to kids in the Inland Empire who heard about the rally through home-made Youtube videos the band created to promote the rally. 

Today, the band constantly finds themselves invited to schools and other feminist/lgbtq groups to perform or just speak about our struggles as women and lesbian musicians. They hope through each of these conversations to inspire others to find their safe space to create positive energy through music, art and other passions. Jessie, the bassist and other vocalist for the band, who has been bullied her whole life for her masculinity, makes a point to showcase what she was bullied is now a gift. Aside from performing at Pride festivals, LGBTQ art galleries and other lesbian/feminist events in Hollywood such as Her/LA & Single de Mayo, they throw on our own events such as Women Fuck Shit Up Fest - an annual feminist/queer event that seeks to empower those community to share their art and voice and to create an energy of confidence to own who they are with pride.

Since their formation, they have performed at select dates on the Vans Warped Tour and have shared the stage with artists such as Shiny Toy Guns and K. Flay. College friends Garret Harney (drums) and Dylan Robin (guitar, vocals) joined the duo in 2015, thus completing the dance-fueled, anthemic-pop lineup.

If you'd like to help support the band, you can download their EP here. Also, check out their Website and be their pal on Facebook!

Exclusive Podcast: Treklenburg Episode #77

Hosts Michael Earle and Molly Jay hilariously talk all things Star Trek.
In this episode, Mike and Molly ask each other a bunch of fun Star Trek based hypotheticals and then move on to TOS episodes "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" and "The Mark of Gideon."

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Monday Morning Dance Party: Avan Lava Remixes Chic Classic "I'll Be There"

Dance pop band AVAN LAVA is a trio comprised of producer/drummer Ian Pai, producer/musician Le Chev and lead singer TC Milan. Their live shows are a constantly evolving spectacle involving backup dancers, custom designed light shows, and the occasional confetti cannon. In a culture seemingly obsessed with irony and self-seriousness, NYC’s dance-pop pioneers AVAN LAVA are a breath of fresh air. Or, to be more specific, they are a big, bright, confetti-filled breath of fresh air that, upon breathing, causes a person to dance, sweat, and smile uncontrollably.

Check out their awesome remix of the Chic classic "I'll Be There." If this doesn't have you dancing, you don't have a pulse. Also, check out the awesome video by Inez & Vinoodh using the remix for Vogue Paris!

Teodor the Cat - Helping Humans Get Ripped One Angry Crunch At A Time

Move over Body Beast and P90X, there's a new work-out champ in town and he is tougher than Billy Blanks and Shawn T combined. Teodor the Cat is on a mission to lose weight and he is not going to stop until he does. And, honestly, if an overweight cartoon tabby can get himself to the gym, the rest of us really have no excuse at all.

Teodor is the creation of NY creative designer, illustrator, and animator Denis Sazhin, the founder of design firm Iconka.com. Teodor takes us on a quest for adventure and fitness that leads us to sunrise yoga, hot air balloon rides, making new friends, and lots and lots of time in the gym. He even has his own exercise site - MyCatFit.com - where you can exercise along, change the routine, and pick music that suits you.


We also highly recommend you keep up with Teodor the Cat on Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. There's a little something different on each of these, so make sure to follow them all.

Watch the videos below while you look for the number to renew your gym membership.

Stand Up Comedian Nik Dodani on Being Gay, Indian, and Disappointing His Family

You might have seen gay stand up comedian Nik Dodani on tv shows The Comeback and Selfie. Or maybe you have seen his commercial for Wendy's where he plays The Memer responding to a spicy chicken sandwich. Regardless, he is wonderfully charming and vulnerable on stage discussing being gay and disappointing his Indian family who hopes he will find some nice Indian lesbian to marry so they can be each other's beards. Also, he hilariously comes up with the straight male equivalent of the gay classification system of Bears, Twinks, Otters, etc...

Coming soon, Nik Dodani is appearing in the movie The Waiting with James Caan in which a couple of guys try to trick their neighbor into thinking a house is haunted. 

If you like Nik's stand up, be sure to follow him on Twitter! 

Exclusive Podcast: Treklenburg Episode #76

Hosts Michael Earle and Molly Jay hilariously talk all things Star Trek.
In this episode, Mike and Molly give us their Top 5 Crazy Star Trek Characters. Tune in for some of Mike's highly controversial choices. Then they move on to tackle TOS episodes the Empath, Elaan of Troyius, and Whom Gods Destroy.

Original broadcasts of Treklenburg are Monday nights at 8pm EST on www.pmcradio.org.



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Monday Morning Dance Party: Skrillex and Diplo - "Where Are Ü Now" with Justin Bieber Video!

Last week Skrillex and Diplo released a video for "Where Are Ü Now" starring the track's guest vocalist Just Bieber. All three of these are such mega-stars, I don't think much more needs to be said.

Pop Culture Menace: The Wondrous World of Illustrator Andrew Heath

I first encountered illustrator Andrew Heath at Heroes Con this year. His booth was festooned with charming pop culture and video game prints, each cooler than the one before it. While he was busy making a sale, I grabbed one of his business cards. On the back it read "Please Redeem For One Free High Five." Sadly, I never got a chance to take him up on this offer in person. Thankfully, when I asked him if we could feature his art on the blog, I got the biggest high five of all when he said yes.

Here's his official bio:

Andrew Heath is a graphic designer and illustrator currently located in Lexington, KY. In 2012, he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts at the University of Kentucky, but has been designing professionally long before then. Mainly specializing in minimal designing, he likes to keep his work clean, simple and concise, while at the same time having a bold impact on the viewer.

Unofficially, Andrew claims to be a cheeseburger connoisseur. Also, his favorite movie is Ghostbusters and he has seen it approximately 150 times. When I asked what he thought of Ghostbusters 2, he emphatically responded, "If you don't like Ghostbusters 2, you're wrong.  Ghostbusters is my all time favorite movie and it's always great to get to get to have more time with those characters.  I mean, it's a good movie and it's fun, so I don't know why there's so much negativity towards it.  Any time I run into someone who dislikes Ghostbusters 2, I always ask the question, 'Well…Would you rather there not be a Ghostbusters 2 at all?'  That usually eases them up on the movie."

Despite creating a good bit of Pokemon related art, Andrew claims not to have played Pokemon in quite some time. When pressed for choosing a preferred starter, he answers, "I think that I always went with Bulbasaur.  Probably because he was green and that was my favorite color." A particularly clever segment of Andrew's art deals with video game food charts and the digestive tracts of characters. When I asked him to explain why Mario is chubby while Luigi is svelte despite, according to his artwork, having the same diet, he explains, "That's actually a good point, I do work a lot with the eating habits of video game characters! I think Mario is fat because that's the stereotype of plumbers. Luigi is just thin because I guess that had to make him differ from Mario."

Aside from working on his own projects, Andrew has done a lot of work for major corporations such as H&R Block and US Bank. He is also the go to designer for fun, geeky outlets such as Loony Labs, The Nerdy Bomb, and Cincinnati Comic Con.

If you want to explore more of Andrew Heath's art on your own, I suggest his Website, Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also buy prints and other fun stuff in his Shop.

Ancient Warfare to Release Debut Album "The Pale Horse" on Alias Records

Alias Records has previously been the home of indie rock giants Yo La Tengo, American Music Club, and Archers of Loaf. So, it was pretty exciting to hear that they were releasing the debut album from LGBT fronted band Ancient Warfare. While Ancient Warfare isn't a "gay band" per se, the band's driving forces, singer/guitarist Echo Wilcox and multi-instrumentalist Emily Hagihara, are recently engaged to be married.

From their press materials:

Ancient Warfare were once the girls who smoked behind the high school gym. They were from distant shores; they spoke in code. They borrowed your brotherʼs Velvets records and talked about bands you wanted to know. They werenʼt going to stay too long. They buried themselves in drones of words and found guitars, mapping an intimate apocalypse along the way. 

Based in Lexington, KY, with roots in both Savannah, GA and the California coast, they have developed a fierce reputation for hard work and dynamic performance, sharing stages with artists such as The Raveonettes, Richard Buckner, The War on Drugs, Chelsea Wolfe, Scout Niblett, Mr. Gnome, and Lucius. Ancient Warfareʼs live show ebbs and flows from hushed harmony vocals to austere, tube-driven waves of sound.

The Pale Horse is due out on August 11th, 2015. It filled with really lush, beautiful arrangements that transform their brand of dark, slightly psych tinged, Southern gothic folk rock into something truly wonderful. You can hear preview tracks "Gunsmoke" and "The Last Living Trial" below. Both good tracks. But, if you really want to hear the band truly impress and show their full musical potential, you gotta pick up a copy of the album. Tracks like "Rolling Tide" and "Dreamcatcher" build into a sonic crescendo that will wow you.

Be sure to check out Ancient Warfare's website for tour dates. They will be up and down the Eastern half of the country in August!

Exclusive Podcast: Treklenburg Episode #75

Hosts Michael Earle and Molly Jay hilariously talk all things Star Trek.
In this episode, Mike and Molly renew their hatred for Star Trek polls and move on to tackle TOS episodes "The Tholian Web", "Plato's Stepchildren", and "Wink of an Eye."



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