tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27233953459822750372024-03-06T22:34:28.026-05:00Party - A - Day!An ambitious new project in which I attend a party a day in NYC, in search of the meaning of life.Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-32651882002436929312010-02-21T19:15:00.000-05:002010-02-21T19:15:57.662-05:00Party 100: 24-hr. Pancake Party<b>The Party: </b>Lola's 24 hour Pancake Birthday Party<br />
<b>Location:</b> Apartment of one of Lola's boyfriends<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>100!<br />
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Ok, time to get this over with: Party #100. Yes, The grand finale of the Party-A-Day project! Well, for now at least. I wish I could say I had made some big awesome party where I invited everyone from all 100 parties so they could meet each other and tell each other funny stories about how they know me and all the awesome things I did, just like the end of Groundhog's Day, but the truth is, after 100 parties, I kind of just wanted to stay at home and die.... or eat pancakes!<br />
Conveniently enough, Lola was planning a 24-hour pancake party in honor of her 24th birthday. <br />
I didn't know Lola beforehand, but within mere minutes I learned whatever Lola wants Lola gets, and specifically that would be unlimited pancakes and two boyfriends. God bless her. <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-29266853973148767252010-01-21T12:58:00.002-05:002010-01-22T16:10:52.196-05:00The Drums /Surfer Blood Afterparty<b>The Party: </b>Drums / Surfer Blood / Dep Guild Afterparty<br />
<b>Location: </b>The Bar 200 Orchard ( In the L.E.S.)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>99<br />
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The after-party to the very sold out Bowery Ballroom Drums / Surfer Blood / Depreciation Guild show was normal, but the more notable partying occurred backstage in the greenroom of B.Ballroom, a room for which there should be a made-for-HBO movie called "If These Walls Could Talk 3: This One Has Almost Nothing To Do With Lesbianism / Abortion."<br />
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There would be a scene in this movie where an awesome band of ambiguously-gay hotties (we'll call them "The Drums") are getting ready to go on stage, having some drinks while surrounded by random photographers, a manager, an after-school vocal coach, and inexplicably, some insane drunken blond woman sitting alone, loudly shrieking about how everyone in the room is a bunch of giant A-holes. The Drums didn't know her and thought she was totally weird and it made you wonder "who let the crazy lady back here," and I needed to find out. I started talking to her but quickly realized that Natasha Lyonne's wild-child-with-Tourette's character was going to have to be based on the non-fictional inimitable guitar-monster named <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marniestern1">Marnie Stern</a>, and <a href="http://peterbeyer.com/category/indiemusic/marnie-stern/">she's gonna talk about her vag a lot</a>. I really liked her.<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-31876604265084098162010-01-16T18:52:00.004-05:002010-01-21T11:59:54.828-05:00Stevie's Karaoke Birthday Party<b>The Party:</b> Stevie's Karaoke Birthday Party<br />
<b>Location: </b>Karaoke Cave (near Union Square)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 98<br />
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Is it just me or is there something mildly annoying about other people's karaoke photos? Firstly, it's pretty unlikely that anyone but you is going to think you're a music taste-making genius for picking song #61483, so you can spare the screen shots. Also, every photo looks exactly the same in that "Man-I'm-Really-Feeling-This-Journey-Song-In-A-Way-You-Can't-Possibly-Understand" kind of way, as if me spending a night in bed clicking through 800 identical photos of you holding a microphone could never compete with the amount of fun and meaning you and your close-knit-group-of-amazing-friends experienced that night reading "Don't Stop Believing" off a TV screen for $50/hr. Or maybe its just me. ANYWAY, HAPPY KARAOKE BIRTHDAY STEVIE!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-68985094351312695362010-01-13T00:10:00.001-05:002010-01-13T00:12:17.361-05:00Worst Cooks in America TV Party<b>The Party:</b> Worst Cooks in America TV Party w/ Contestant Rachel!<br />
<b>Location:</b> Apt. in Brooklyn<br />
T<b>otal Party Count: </b>97<br />
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I salute my shorts to the casting director who decided to enlist <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2009/12/is_brooklyns_ra.php">Rachel Coleman </a>AKA <a href="http://popjew.blogspot.com/%20">Pop Jew</a> on "<a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/worst-cooks-in-america/index.html">Worst Cooks in America"</a>, The Food Network's legit new reality show. I've always felt a certain affinity towards Rachel because we are both indiepop jew girls.... and both bloggers now! But she's got one up on me, because I will never be the Puck of 2k10. <br />
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I arrived at the intimate TV-viewing party at the apt. of one of Rachel's friends expecting a jovial crowd getting psyched for epsiode 2 of America's Best Pop Jew, but actually everyone was just eating potato chips in the dark while solemnly engrossed in an episode of Big Love. After a dead Mormon compound leader was discovered by the FBI, the Tivo was rewound and it was time to watch Rachel with Rachel! Though her salad was deemed under-seasoned, her endearing reality TV performance was nothing short of stellar and her pork was good enough to keep her in the running. In fact, while Rachel can't reveal how far she makes it, her enthusiasm for the knife set that they gave her plus the intense expressions of hatred every time contestant Eddy's face appeared on screen gives me the impression that she spent a good amount of time around Eddy and the knives, which makes me optimistic for more episodes of PopJew fun. <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-9647315462095383982010-01-10T18:08:00.002-05:002010-01-10T18:25:16.298-05:00OMG Origami Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>The Party:</b> O.M.G. (Origami Meetup Group)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 4th grade I was the go-to girl for fortune-teller origami, but anything more advanced left me with dozens of crumpled paper squares strewn all over my pink-carpeted bedroom floor. After a brief stay at the Vampire Weekend Party a few blocks away, Cassie and I arrived at the weekly <a href="http://www.meetup.com/omgnyc/">Origami Party</a> at delicious-sandwichery Cosi, where we cautiously integrated ourselves into the fold (get it? haha). I was worried we would be ostracized for being total origami posers but party leader Sok took us under his wing and within minutes we were folding beautiful swans and bobbing elephants! I knew this Sok character had some magical powers, and a post-party google search confirmed that <a href="http://www.creased.com/">Sok Song</a> is a serious origami celeb, designing the Museum of Natural History's annual Origami Tree and being featured on shows like America's Next Top Model. He's like the Vampire Weekend of paper folding, but with cooler parties. <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-43775442753445856582010-01-10T16:49:00.001-05:002010-01-10T17:03:34.061-05:00Vampire Weekend Record Release Party<b>The Party: </b>Vampire Weekend "Contra" Record Release Party<br />
<b>Location:</b> <a href="http://www.spinyc.com/">Spin</a> on 23rd st. <br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 95 <br />
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Did I really feel like going to the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend">Vampire Weekend</a> Record Release Party? Irrelevant, because I have party quotas to fill here folks, only 5 more! Furthermore, VW's Ezra Koenig used to be my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Noise">New York Noise</a> intern circa '04, and I wanted to be there for him, because he obviously needs my support. EVERY FAN HELPS!!<br />
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There was a line to get in which disappeared once the open bar ended, though it didn't get to that point for me because I gave the door guy some dumb rambling excuse and he could probably sense my despair with life. <span style="color: black;">My undiagnosed adult ADD was tested even further when</span> I was instructed to wait on another line for a "mandatory complementary coat check," where upon my turn I was informed "we're not checking coats." The party of alt-bros playing ping-pong reminded me of a Vampire Weekend music video that doesn't exist because <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxPEk_UcKUo">Adam Green </a>already made it. I wanted to go home and change into one of my Steven Alan shirts so I could be more popular at this party, but you're never fully dressed without a smile. <br />
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I H8 Ping Pong<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-55332545920902928152010-01-08T00:13:00.011-05:002010-01-08T00:28:39.166-05:00Code & Beats Party<b>The Party:</b> Code & Beats <br />
<b>Location:</b> <a href="http://www.nwcny.com/">New Work City</a> <br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 94<br />
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Do you ever have an idea to do something cool but simultaneously realize that it actually might be the worst idea ever, and you become so caught up with whether it is or isn’t a stupid idea that you have to go through with it just to find out? You know, things like going on a cruise, painting your apt a weird color, dating a crazy person, etc? That’s how I felt when <a href="http://www.designerpages.com/">Avi Flombaum </a>told me about his idea for a party where <b>"all these programmers are coding at their computers, and then everyone dances around them-- CODE AND BEATS."</b> I had no idea what this would actually be like in real life, and that's why I needed to find out, so I was like ya dude, DO IT! The next minute the domain is registered, <a href="http://codeandbeats.com/">the website is up</a>, and I see I’m listed as a “host” for the event. I prayed this would turn out better than being stranded in the Atlantic for 10 days with the terminally ill. Well, the party totally ruled....Avi, you've really outdone yourself this time!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-2784054593143415962010-01-05T22:22:00.004-05:002010-01-05T23:10:55.887-05:00Cassie's Bday Party<b>The Party:</b> Cassie Marketos' Birthday party<br />
<b>Location:</b> Bruar Falls (in Williamsburg)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 93<br />
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This partying thing-- not gonna lie, kinda over it! My Urban Outfitters 2-ply jacket is not meant to sustain these 16 degree nights, nor do I have anything interesting left to say after 92 parties, but I really had no choice when it came to going to <a href="http://sweeetheartfever.blogspot.com/">Cassie's</a> Bday because 1) I said I was gonna DJ so right there I'm already screwed 2) She came to my birthday party like 48 hours prior 3) She is the only person who comments on my blog 4) She brought me soup and crackers when I was sick last week.<br />
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While I was worried she might sit around and miss me if I wasn't there, I realized it was an unlikely scenario when I got there because everyone loves Cassie, maybe because she goes around NYC delivering saltines and progresso to H1N1 victims. Also I didn't really have to DJ cause Serge totally <strike>hogged</strike> rocked the DJ decks, so as they say on NCL, I was free to whatever!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-86587923316719806912010-01-04T00:00:00.005-05:002010-01-04T01:16:40.922-05:00My 90's Birthdance Party<b>The Party: </b>"Pump Up The Jamz" 90's Dance Party: My 27th Bday Edition!<br />
<b>Location:</b> Blackout Bar (in Greenpoint, Brooklyn)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 92<br />
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When I was 16 I threw myself a surprise birthday party, which I believe entailed asking my brother to invite over a group of girls from school who didn't even really like me to eat baby pizzas and sambusak, to which I had to act surprised after returning from babysitting across the street. This is the only birthday I remember from my teenage years, which means the other ones were probably celebrated by my mom letting me pick what she was going to make for dinner that night.<br />
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Since then, my expectations for my birthday have been set pretty low, made worse by my birthday being Dec. 26, the day after Christmas. At this point, I would consider the most mediocre of parties to be an amazing b-day for me. What an amazing 27th bday this was! Peggy and I played our favorite 90's alt & bro jams, and I even got a $5 tip from a guy who requested LL Cool J and/or SWV. And then one of our friends came and wished a happy birthday....to Peggy. Waaaaah!!!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-58177635723083982942010-01-03T19:37:00.003-05:002010-01-04T01:16:25.935-05:00My Olive Garden 27th B-day Party<b>The Party:</b> My 27th Birthday Dinner Party<br />
<b>Location: </b> The Olive Garden (in Chelsea)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>91<br />
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There are over 18,000 restaurants in New York City, and being that I'm a total food snob, a "foodie" if you will, I take great pride in selecting only the best culinary adventures this city has to offer. That's why on special occasions, like my 27th birthday, I choose The Olive Garden. The soup-salad-breadsticks combo is nothing short of a gastronomical explosion, not to mention, hello, its UNLIMITED, so tell your homeless friends. But what really keeps me going back each year is their original O.G. birthday song, which I love to bop along to as the suicidal waitstaff serenades me, concluded by the entire restaurant cheering in celebration of my special day!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-8561042232629556632009-12-31T15:31:00.002-05:002010-01-04T01:07:39.296-05:00Jesse Cohen's X-Mas Eve Holiday Party<b>The Party:</b> Jesse Cohen's Xmas Eve Party<br />
<b>Location:</b> Sophie's Bar (in the East Village)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 90<br />
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On X-Mas Eve Part Deux I attended the annual affair of Mr. Jesse Aaron "Yishai" Cohen, AKA my second favorite member of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tanlinestheband">Tanlines</a>, whose party at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/sophies-new-york">Sophie's</a> bar was chock-full of some of my top Jews and Asians! When I was "closing my tab" as people do, the bartender informed me that "that guy got your drink." Uh, I don't know that guy, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know that guy, he's not part of "the party", what's the proper protocol here?? Suddenly a little asian angel appeared on my left shoulder and said "Go Thank Him." Ah! Ok, duh, thank you asian angel! So I walked over to this dude and expressed my faux-gratitude in a disingenuously-flirty small talk form for about 4 minutes, which seemed a sufficient exchange for my $8 drink, which comes to about $1.99 a minute. In other news, please let everyone know I changed my cell to 1-900-SHIRLEY. Call me, I'm waiting!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-45595179601178693112009-12-30T21:11:00.005-05:002010-01-04T01:23:25.659-05:00Heebonism X-Mas Eve Jew Party<b>The Party:</b> Heeb Magazine's Heebonism Party<br />
<b>Location:</b> Fontana's (in Chinatown)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>89<br />
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X-mas eve is probably the hottest night for Jew parties, and for good reason. If you're a Jew-hunting-Jew, the first thing you do at a normal party is eliminate 90% of the people there and identify the less cute 10% you could potentially date without being stoned to death, and then after wasting a perfectly good night talking to one of these people who you weren't even really that into, you discover that it's just a "funny thing" that their last name is Goldenbergersteinbaum / they graduated from Brandeis. Well on X-mas eve, these worries are pushed aside and you can have your pick from literally thousands of losers at the "<a href="http://www.matzoball.org/">The Matzo Ball</a>," a Jewish singles event so big that it takes place in 5 different locations, between which you can be transported via stretch-limo shuttles, just like a prom queen or a tacky person!<br />
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I opted for the Matzo Ball's arch-nemesis, Heeb Magazine's <a href="http://www.heebmagazine.com/events/view/113">Heebonism Party</a>, although I'm inclined to believe they are basically the same thing at this point. The main difference is Heebonism had a room upstairs for "Strip Dreidel," which I declined to partake in because if I wanted to get naked with a bunch of fat ugly Jews, I'd go try on some designer-discount clothes in the communal dressing room at Loehmann's.<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-45063884685895234482009-12-30T18:06:00.000-05:002009-12-30T18:06:01.647-05:00Leg Up! Management's Holiday Party<div style="text-align: left;"><b>The Party:</b> Leg-Up Management Holiday Party<br />
</div><b>Location: </b>Santo's Party House<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>88<br />
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Last week I went to the <a href="http://www.legupmanagement.com/">Leg Up Management</a> Holiday Party, hosted by <a href="http://www.partyaday.com/2009/10/brians-bacaro-birthday-party.html">Party #32's</a> Brian DeRan, who is responsible for managing choice artists such as Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance, and my new favorite <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/09/chillwavegate-do-u-feel-violatedmisled-by-sample-based-music.html">"chillwave"</a> artist <a href="http://www.myspace.com/damfunk">Dam Funk</a>! If you asked me a few months ago what I thought of Brian, I'd say he was a dick who didn't answer a bunch of my emails in 2007 (I was offering to feature Animal Collective on TV again if he gave me a million dollars and an exotic fruit basket-- His Loss!). But now, I'd say he's a totally amazing bro who has awesome parties!!! Another thing I learned about Brian is that he goes by the name "Baby Leg" and apparently "gets lots of hot girls," naw' mean? In conclusion, what we've learned today is that Brian is not a dick but does have a huge one. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In lieu of doing another interview with Animal Collective (because Brian ignored my emails) , I shot this amazing piece of work with my grandma and her friends. <br />
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I'M FAMOUS!!!! Thats right, <a href="http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/81429/holiday-alterna-parties">check out my 2-page spread </a> in the Time Out NY holiday double-issue, the one with the cover graced by Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson. This is actually not the first time Scarlett and I have been featured together-- we were both one of the "21 Coolest Girls in America Under 21 " in YM Magazine's November 2001 issue (and we have been unspoken rivals since then-- H8 U SCARLETT!).<br />
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I was curious what happened to the other 19 "YM cool girls" and discovered <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/11/8/way-cooler-than-words-being-one/">this hilarious hyper-PC-collegiate-blah-blah article</a> from Harvard Crimson 2001 where "cool girl" Madeleine E. '04, who rallied to increase Harvard cafeteria worker's wages (or something), bitched about how “<b>It’s pretty mortifying to be associated with YM- this issue has a poster of Blink 182 inside of it"</b> and that she was "<b>disappointed with the results of the article. It was substanceless and felt like the issue really didn’t get explained well."</b> Did she think this was being fact-checked by the New Yorker?? YM basically called me a famous singer when actually I was running a tiny record label-- think I gave a shit?? No, I didn't, I was just happy to be in the fake 99.999th percentile of teenage coolness. Perhaps this humiliating accolade scarred her so bad that it inspired her current career, a fact-checker over at the New Yorker.Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-3456296174897098482009-12-24T15:08:00.003-05:002009-12-24T15:47:19.921-05:00Kevin's Crown Heights Holiday Party<b>The Party:</b> Kevin Pedersen's Holiday Party<br />
<b>Location: </b>His apt in Crown Heights, Brooklyn<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 87<br />
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For the love of Jesus, I headed over to KevPed's Christmas party in Crown Heights after the <a href="http://www.partyaday.com/2009/12/blvck-america-dance-party.html">Blvck America Party</a> and tried not to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot">hit any goyim with my rabbinical motorcade</a> on the way. In that regard, the party was a huge success! Unfortunately I have spearheaded a new initiative whereby I wear high heels and I was a big crybaby about it despite the heels not even being that high and wearing Dr. Scholl's <span style="color: black;">F</span>or Her Gel Insoles- Whats a girl gotta do to be a woman? Yknow, It's my birthday this week, the perfect excuse for someone out there to buy me some sessions with a Miss Teen America Pageant Coach! Anybody? Anybody?<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-36435173089407936552009-12-24T01:10:00.002-05:002009-12-24T01:14:41.520-05:00Blvck America Dance Party<b>The Party:</b> Blvck America<br />
<b>Location:</b> China Chalet (Chinese Restaurant in Financial District)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 86<br />
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Recently the "Pump Up The Jamz DJ Crew" AKA Me & Peggy were invited to DJ a party night called "Blvck America." My favorite co-worker <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kelawalker">Kela</a> (who is blvck) saw the flyer on my computer and was like, "WTF, you are DJing a black party?" I was like, no! But actually the answer is partially yes. The party was about the same ratio as the band "<a href="http://www.blackkidsmusic.com/">The Black Kids"</a> - 2/5th black. See, you have to have at least some black people because otherwise its racist. Take the band "The Muslims" for instance-- they didn't have any Muslims therefore it was racist and they had to change their name to "<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thesoftpack">The Soft Pack"</a>- bleh! What they needed to do was kick out one member (maybe the 1/2 Jewish one) and replace him with a real Muslim..... Problem Solved! <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-42162797273987212802009-12-24T00:13:00.001-05:002009-12-24T14:28:59.601-05:00UrbanDaddy.com's Demoralizing Holiday Party<b>The Party: </b><a href="http://urbandaddy.com/">UrbanDaddy.com</a> Holiday Party<br />
<b>Location: </b>Stephen Weiss Studio (West Village)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>85<b><br />
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I've been slacking on my party blogging this week, and I'm blaming it on a demoralizing night over at the <a href="http://urbandaddy.com/">UrbanDaddy.com</a> party. I was expecting to party with my friend Doug because he works for them, but actually he QUIT a week earlier, so I didn't know a single person there, and what's worse, I couldn't even get anyone to talk to me, not even some stupid wannabe-hipster who sat right next to me, to whom I gave amazing convo openers like "the graham crackers are good, right?" and "this is my favorite Whitney Houston song." Then I saw this retarded loser lady who you could tell didn't belong at the party and kept going back for unlimited refills of sashimi and then I was like, wait a minute, that woman is me.<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-16044887134443231752009-12-24T00:10:00.002-05:002009-12-24T14:26:52.940-05:00Refinery 29's Holiday Party<b>The Party:</b> <a href="http://refinery29.com/">Refinery29.com</a>'s Holiday Party<br />
<b>Location:</b> Madewell Store (in Soho)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 86<br />
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Recently a friend of mine suggested that I've undertaken Party-a-Day as an act of masochism, a subconscious effort to punish myself nightly for not being popular in high school or something like that. Perhaps there is some truth to it, because it's the only reason to explain why I would subject myself to yet another fashion party, <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/">Refinery29.com'</a>s Holiday Party. But it was just a few blocks from my apartment, and my friends were DJing, so I was like okkkkkk fiiiiiine. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me 'n' Kels! A rare breed of Smith girls i.e. no detachable penises here! <br />
</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-23576310122441108002009-12-23T14:43:00.000-05:002009-12-23T14:43:10.327-05:00Ultra-Exclusive Invite to My Bday PartyI'm turning 27 this Saturday and guess what-- you're invited! The reason why I'm inviting any old loser is because <strike>I have no friends</strike> my birthday is the day after Christmas and I'll be thankful to anyone who shows up. It's at Blackout Bar in Greenpoint. Peggy and I are DJing Jock Jams & Alt 90's, natch! <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-81372811314555604462009-12-16T20:34:00.000-05:002009-12-16T18:51:50.517-05:00Dunkin Donuts Dance Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>The Party:</strong> Dunkin Donuts Dance Party<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Dunkin Donuts tells you its time to make the donuts, what they actually mean is its time to load them onto a truck and export them to the various locations in Manhattan. But there is one exception- the Dunkins on 14th st bet. A & B not only makes their own donuts, but also supplies the rest of the City (or at least that's what the cashier told me)! I happened upon this special hub of donuts last night to use their facilities and I purchased a small coffee for the sake of proper dunkin bathroom etiquette, but I was subsequently informed that the bathroom was under renovation! I couldn't return my coffee or even get munchkin credit, but the endeavor wasn't a complete failure because there were some wasted people who decided we should all have a dance party. <br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-30679556147839207772009-12-16T03:15:00.001-05:002009-12-16T03:21:05.717-05:00Kyle's Karaoke Korner Holiday Party<b>The Party:</b> Kyle's Karaoke Korner-- Holiday Party Special!<br />
<b>Location:</b> Otto's Shrunken Head (in the East Village)<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 83<br />
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My bud Kyle Forester hosts a semi-monthly live karaoke / variety show and it's really fun at least 75% of the time, and last night was a winner! Kyle & the rest of his karaoke band did seriously amazing renditions of Prefab Sprout, Cause Co-Motion, Mariah Carey, and The Crystals. Kyle's deal is that he plays in <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marlboroughfarms">Ladybug Transistor</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/crystalstilts">Crystal Stilts</a>, but as it turns out he's actually a really talented musician! JKKK. Another plus about Kyle's party is that its at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/ottos-shrunken-head-new-york">Otto Shrunken Head</a>, which is a tiki bar that makes Pina Coladas using that legit “Island Oasis” drink machine or whatever it is that they use in hotels in Puerto Rico. Also <a href="http://www.sorryimissedyourparty.com/">Katie</a> told me people were having S-E-X in the bathroom and that they broke the toilet, but Amy & I went to verify this and actually they only knocked the lid off the garbage can. <br />
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</span></span>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-83365145702690374562009-12-16T02:39:00.000-05:002009-12-16T02:39:20.466-05:00Michael Goodstein's Hanukkah Party<b>The Party:</b> Michael Goodstein's Hanukkah Party Show<br />
<b>Location: </b>Secret Project Robot in Williamsburg<br />
<b>Total Party Count:</b> 82<br />
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On Sunday night Michael Goodstein, who DJs my favorite <strike>WFMU</strike> radio show <a href="http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/VR">Choking on Cufflinks,</a> threw a Hanukkah Party/Show in Williamsburg and he did not take the theme lightly. He kept running to 'n' fro frying up potato latkes, and I’m glad I generously offered my help because it gave us an opportunity to bond over our shared heritage of Jewish hash browns and obscure DIY pop. If I recall correctly, I first met Mike at the 2000 WFMU record fair and he seemed kind of like a weirdo (and so was I, natch), but that turn of the century ghost-world-era of social awkwardness & dressing like a circus act is a distant memory, and now we are both amazing. Mike even goes to synagogue in Greenpoint! What a mensch! Apparently the rabbi there is Maurice Applebaum, this <strike>kid</strike> man from my high school who came with me to see Belle & Sebastian in 1998, where Mike was also in attendance. What a world!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-56537657655926927802009-12-16T01:51:00.005-05:002009-12-16T14:17:45.790-05:00Bagelfest Brunch Party<b>The Party:</b> Sarah's Bagelfest Brunch Party<br />
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<b>Total Party Count: </b>81<br />
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My pal Sarah Gentile has been holding a holiday "Bagelfest" brunch for the past 6 years, 5 of which I missed because I never wake up early enough. Ever since I was a depressed teen with an "online addiction" (in the 90’s that was the term for people who used the internet for more than 30 minutes) I've always stayed up too late at night thus failing at everything in the world that occurs before noon. <br />
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Luckily the invitation for bagelfest read "noon til later" so I hustled to make it by "later," and I arrived at Sarah's Greenpoint apartment at 3pm, just in time for the holiday grab bag! I won a bunch of old postcards, which is pretty good considering I didn't put anything in. The bad thing is I don't send postcards because you need stamps and a mailbox and everything! Also I don't want people seeing what I write on it (also can you please stop reading my blog?). However, I feel bad to let these postcards go to waste, so I've decided to write postcards to you (or your mom or whoever)! email me with an address and i'll send one with a special personal greeting (while supplies last). Don't be shy now! <a href="mailto:shirleybeans@gmail.com">shirleybeans@gmail.com</a><br />
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</div></div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-45169638084553840512009-12-14T03:16:00.001-05:002009-12-14T03:18:20.637-05:00Beggars / Matador Records Holiday Party<b>The Party: </b>Beggars Group / Matador Records Holiday Party<br />
<b>Location: </b><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/russian-samovar-new-york">Russian Samovar'</a>s Upstairs Bar (Broadway District)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>80<br />
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It was the dawn of 2001 when I began interning at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador_Records">Matador Records</a>, a time when I was easily amused by mailing packages to Spoon, redirecting phone calls from Jon Spencer, waiting for Mary Timony to be done with the Xerox machine, and listening to thousands of "unsolicited demo CDs" that had been stockpiled for years prior to my heroic arrival (including awesome demos from Adam Green and The Knife who I guess we passed on-- oopsy?). But one thing that my internship did not include was the annual Matador Records Holiday Party, and ever since I was a little girl with too much radiation exposure, I wondered what went on at such a thing-- Would Stephen Malkmus and Cat Power do Christmas duets? Would Yo La Tengo do keg stands? Would Carlos D give me herpes?<br />
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Well it took nearly 9 years, but I have some answers. Inexplicably the biggest music celeb in attendance wasn't even on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_Group">Beggars</a>/ Matador, but hey, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, I love "What's The Frequency Kenneth!" The rest of the party was mostly "the biz" and everyone got properly wasted courtesy of Vampire Weekend album sales. I give major props to the people over at Beggars Group who decided there would be no music at this party, cause music is so played out! Smooth Move!<br />
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</div>Shirley Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141498370069913793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723395345982275037.post-61428185553058004542009-12-12T00:15:00.006-05:002009-12-30T21:59:04.974-05:00Rogan's Shopping Party<b>The Party:</b> Rogan's Ladies' Night Shopping Event<br />
<b>Location:</b> Rogan Store (Bowery Location)<br />
<b>Total Party Count: </b>79<br />
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Fashion parties are probably my least favorite kind of parties. I would prefer baby showers and retirement parties, but somehow I ended up with more friends who work in fashion than those who are buying strollers or receiving pension payments-- POOR ME! Luckily I didn't want to slit my wrists at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/rogan-bowery-new-york">Rogan Store</a> "Ladies Night" Shopping Party. I love Ladies Night cuz its a little more OK to look gross (AKA <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallflowergrownwild/2283481012/">Smith College Syndrome</a>), plus I got to hang with my ladies and I got a makeover and I even bought a skirt! YAY FUN PRETTY FASHION MAKEUP GIRL POWER! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">oh yeah, <a href="http://feelslikewhitelightning.blogspot.com/">Elizabeth Spiridakis</a> DJed<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whats this??? NO STR8 BOYS ALLOWED!!!!!! <br />
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