Help Will.i.am. Remix LMFAO’s “La La La” ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!

Will.i.am has joined up Pepsi and LMFAO to produce a user-generated video and music track that will be released next month.



The Pepsi Refresh Studio Challenge wants DJ's and music lovers to produce their own version of LMFAO’s “La La La,” showcasing vocals, melody, chords or percussion.

Go forth and remix! The Pepsi Refresh Challenge

Remembrance Day

It's Remembrance Day, and in addition to remembering all of our fallen soldiers and heroes, I would also like to remember some of my favourite comedians. The following few have shaped my life since I was just a weee girl on a small island with no cable, watching comic relief on VHS that my granddad had recorded from his giant 6 meter Satellite that was somehow taped onto our woodshed.

George Carlin.... Man of MANY words...

The incredible Chris Farley

And one of my all time favourites....

Twitter Justifies It's Existence

At least to one guy and 700,00 followers.

Shit my dad says, or @shitmydadsays (english?), is getting a TV show.

The producers behind Will & Grace have signed on to produce the adaptation of this Twitter success story into a narrative family comedy on CBS.

Wondering how this happened? Are you really surprised?

Worse things have found shocking success on TV.




So the story goes a little something like this...

A guy named Justin moved back in with his parents, including his 73-year-old dad who says randomly ridiculous nuggets of wisdom quite regularly.

He tweets them.





I have crazy relatives! Why did I go to university?

Potential 2 second fame was right there in front of me all along.

Lady GaGa gets it done

Check it out, hot off the press, or the editing room computer.

Matt Good

I love Matthew Good like the abusive father I never had. I think most people know him for his 90s hits, but the guy has put out a lot of material since then (seven albums or EPs this decade), and he's one of the most underrated songwriters there is, in my opinion. Now, trust me when I say I mean this as a compliment: there's nothing I want to listen to more when I'm feeling like hanging myself than some Matt Good. The best cure for depression is to wallow in it, I always say. The show last night at The Centre was nothing less than I expect from one of his shows, and I've seen a lot of them: the music (especially the vocals) were tight as fuck, Matt cracked some jokes, and the crowd yelled the names of obscure songs. Fortunately, he is one artist who actually does reach deep into the back catalogue with frequency, so everyone leaves the room happy.

Photos by Graham Cook.

Gripe & HYPE!

Yes it's that time again, your weekly Gripe & Hype.... VIDEO EDITION!!!!

Lights on Hotmess tonight

Lights is a delighful, elctro-pop pixie from the fantastical land of Canada and she's about to take the world by storm. She's doing a big tour with Owl City in 2010 so catch her when she's in your neck of the woods. In the meantime listen to our interview with her live tonight on CITR 101.9FM, from 6-7:30pm if you live in the Vancouver area OR check it our at myspace.com/hotmesspodcast.

Listen to Lights music at myspace.com/lights.

My latest obsession

My latest obsession is the song "Hell" off of Canadian duo Tegan & Sara's new album "Sainthood"... These chicks know how to rock it like it's 2009. These twin sisters know how to write one catchy and insightful song! Check out their website Tegan & Sara or better yet watch this killer video:

Rock Stars dress up for Halloween too!

Pearl Jam were Devo. Genius.

Ghostland Observatory apparently went as a Pink Floyd show.


Lily Allen wore black lipstick... lazy.


Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo went as the Headless Horseman...I think.


Rob Zombie was himself..obviously.

Who I Should've Been for Halloween

Sometimes I wish Christopher Walken was the one responsible for reading bed time stories to me as a kid.

It makes me wonder how I would've turned out.



There probably isn't even a word in the human language for how awesome I would've grown up to be.

Eco Chic TV

SAVE THE WORLD one step at a time! Here's an awesome website and webisodes that concentrates on all things Green. You can learn how to become Eco-Friendly without "giving up your jet-set lifestyle"!

ECO CHIC TV

Douchebag Solidarity

Attack of the Crab- U2 concert review

You like Giant alien crabs attacking stadiums? I think it's kind of cool and so does U2.. the 360 tour hit BC place this past week and it was well, a typical U2 extravaganza.. Let me lay it out for you quick and easy,

Band enters stage, band dances around really badly, mediochre light show, very cool video screens, lots of philanthropy, a message to save the imprissioned leader of Burma, more bad dancing, children walk on the stage in a circle for One Love, 2 encores and the show is done..

58,000 people exiting the stadium and roam the streets of Vancouver.. nothing special, nothing bad, just typical U2.

Vintage

Oh wait I forgot to mention the laser jacket.. Bono wear a jacket covered in Lazers, now don't get me wrong I am all about copying and making it your own but didn't daft punk already do that a long time ago when lazers were actually cool? I guess most of U2's audience is too old to know what Daft punk is so they can get away with it.

Vintage

A healthy body isn't scared of GERMS!

GERMS! Whatever happened to the natural process of healing? It seems to me that whatever created women & men; made sure that our bodies could self medicate and combat outside sources! It makes me angry that nowadays when we get sick, we immediately run to our kitchen cabinet and pull out 10 different boxes of laboratory infused chemicals that will temporarily make symptoms go away or we go and get vaccinations, which is ABSURD! Why would you want to inject poisonous disease into your body, isn't that what were trying to avoid to begin with??? Let's get to the real source people! I mean have we really gotten so lazy that we don't and won't try to EAT HEALTHIER, EXERCISE, SLEEP MORE, and STRESS LESS! It's obvious to me that the 21st century has more disease now then ever! Our ancestors must be laughing at us and rolling in there graves. I get sad when I think that our next generation is gonna look like a bunch of pale germ phobic zombies trying to find the next object to "Purell"! GERMS are good for you! Our bodies need constant challenge or they get lazy and that's how we get sick. If our immune system functions properly then so do we, but we gotta give our body what it needs to function! (LONG SIGH) NATURE gave us what we need! I hope you got the point!

Frankenstein- GAY?!?!?

I haven't written on my other blog THE TALL AND HANDSOME CLUB for a while but I'm back with a whopper, so I'm posting it here on HOTMESS too!!

What better way to reintroduce the world to all things TALL AND HANDSOME than by blogging, in celebration of Halloween, about the tallest and most handsome monster of them all-Frankenstein. Oh, his handsomeness is debatable you say?!? I beg to differ. His was a uniqueness all his own. His green, leathery face, full of weathered lines and undeniable character are reminiscent of a latter-day Clint Eastwood-meets-Kermit the Frog-on-steroids.

We all know that the ladies love Clint and the pig-ladies sure seem to dig Kermit, so is it really a surprise that the chicks were all over Franky?!?! Just check the picture below! There he is with his Bride-the woman he eventually knocked up and check her out! She's an undead babe!

Ok, ok..I know what you're thinking....what of all those rumors about him being gay?!?!

Well friends I can neither confirm nor deny this lurid gossip. All I'll say is Elton John was also married to a woman for a time. Maybe this painting, allegedly commissioned by his secret lover, can set the record straight ( or gay).

The Evolution of the Halloween Slut (I hope I never have a daughter).

(Picture: Elvira- The Original Halloween Slut)

Hundreds of years ago Celtic people were hungry and frightened of everything. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, early Celtic and European people thought that they would encounter spirits if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter.

That was then.

Nowadays people are a lot less concerned about evil spirits and demonic possession and more concerned about GETTING LAID. Obviously Halloween had to evolve. The masks got a little less scary. The skirts, a LOT shorter. The boobs, faker. Suddenly, KABLAM, it's 2009 and being a horny, hard-bodied skank on Halloween is all the rage. No wait. Scratch that. IT'S A RELIGION.

It's the only time of year your girlfriend can unleash her secret dream of being a slutty nurse or cop, a dirty angel, a horny she-devil, a porn star, a trashy princess, Elvira- Mistress of the Dark or Angelina Jolie. Am I complaining? Of course NOT! I'm just saying I hope I never have a daughter.

SHOWCASE TONIGHT!

If you live in the Vancouver area and like new music then get ready to have you cotton socks blown right off of your feet! SHOWCASE, sponsored in part by HOTMESS, takes place every Tuesday at The Republic (958 Granville St). It will feature two great local bands followed by a night of 80's and New Wave favourites from residency band One Night Stand.

Tonight SHOWCASE features the very talented Kaylee Johnston

http://www.myspace.com/thekayleejohnstonproject

and Oceans and Moons http://www.myspace.com/oceansandmoons

COME ON DOWN. Doors open at 9. First act at 10pm sharp!

The Sounds and Foxy Shazam

Last night The Sounds kicked and jumped and rocked and danced and spit and smoked and drank and yelled and called us motherfuckers. The audience loved it. I was luke warm about the set. While stand out track Living in America was awesome, the rest of the songs kind of sounded the same.

The real story of the night was the opening act FOXY SHAZAM who were like a bunched of abused caged, animals that only get released before they go on stage. From Cincinatti, OH the band consists of two lead singers, one trumpet, bass, guitar, drums and keys. AND THEY ARE BATSHIT CRAZY. One guy was constantly somersaulting around the stage and telling the audience he was "going to get to you before you get to me" if they tried to kill him. The set ended pleasantly with the bass player going crazy, beating up one of the lead singers and very realistically pretending to snap his neck. Once again I believe in Rock n Roll.

What Happens When You Are Sick/ Hungover At Home

Every.

Time.

If it isn't paternity tests it's bootcamp or people afraid of inanimate objects.



















This show has been on for 18 years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Maury is Bat Man... what a good front!

U2 and YOUTUBE or YOUTWO and U2UBE

Say what you want about Bono and his egomaniacal posturing, the fact of the matter is U2 IS the biggest band on the planet and has been for like, what, two decades?!?! I know their latest album didn't get much love here in North America, because of this critics have deemed it a commercial flop, but last nights live broadcast of U2 playing the Rosebowl was proof that they are still loved by millions the world over. Since it's initial broadcast last night at 8:30-ish PT the streaming concert has continuously been replayed.

It truly was a unique and cool undertaking on the band's part, marred only by the incessant, tactless tweets of some that read " MADONNA IS DEAD." She's not. People can be losers. Enjoy the whole damn concert right here!!!