He was quite animated when he "yelled" at a girl by the stage to stop requesting songs, and even more animated when he called out a guy who had been shouting Konstantine all night. "...if I play it now I'll have to play it every night, and it's a long song..."

After 2 solo shows, a full band college show felt like the normal Jack's sets, more singing, less talking and very Everthing in Transit heavy, most likely because of the college audience.

He closed out the set with a ridiculously energetic cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl" where he pounded the keys with the seat of his stool.

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Looking for interns! Atlantic Records digital media & e-commerce!



Atlantic Records is looking for a few bright, motivated, and creative college students who want hands-on experience producing online and mobile content for artists like Paramore, T.I., Flo Rida, Simple Plan, Lupe Fiasco, Plies, Death Cab For Cutie and many more. We’re looking for people who love music and have a great feel for what’s “next” in the online world. We are the first to work with new products and technologies as they relate to marketing and are consistently on the cutting edge of the music industry.


Digital Media intern

Do you spend waaaay too much time on Facebook, Myspace, Purevolume, and YouTube? Are you constantly texting your friends and getting the newest ringtones? This might be the place for you! We’re looking for one or two self-proclaimed computer geeks who are always on top of the newest trends and technology to help us out in the Digital Media and E-commerce department. You’ll work on anything from designing banner ads to creating and managing profiles on social networking sites and sending out mobile alerts for our artists. Every day is different in our department, but as long as you’re hungry for experience and can take initiative on projects you’ll love it here!

Responsibilities:
-Design and maintain social networking sites for Atlantic artists
-Upload videos
-Create banners for contests and promos
-Collect current news and information about Atlantic artists for mobile blasts
-Assist in tracking Atlantic artists online and mobile growth




Web design/development intern

Web Development interns will get to work on projects for some of the world's most renowned musicians.   In addition to working on full-blown websites, contest pages, artist blogs, email-blasts, MySpace pages and widgets, interns will also have the chance to experiment with some of the newest and hottest technologies on the web, like the Facebook API and OpenSocial.  The Web Development intern should be self-starting, reliable, and ready to produce in a fast-paced, yet exciting work environment

Required Skills:
Photoshop (laying out graphics, image resizing, cropping, exporting)
HTML (hand-coding)
hand-coded (and valid) XHTML
CSS
Experience skinning out MySpace pages
Creating Flash animations (Actionscript (3.0 preferred))
Programming in PHP or xxJavaScript
Knowledge of  Facebook Applications and/or the Facebook API




It’s important for any Digital Media & Ecommerce intern to be self-starting, reliable, and ready to produce in a fast-paced environment. All applicants must be able to commit to twenty hours a week. This internship is unpaid and interns must be receiving college credit. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about a part of the music industry that is constantly growing.



For both internships you MUST be able to receive college credit and be able to get to our New York office.  Also, please note, this is an unpaid internship.


TO APPLY: Email your resume and cover letter to: internship@atlantic-records.com with the subject line "Internship"

Sunday was partially rained out, with doors only opening sometime after 3 or 4pm and all the bands scheduled to play before 5pm out of luck.  I guess “rain or shine” really means, “just a little bit of rain or shine.”  Someone should teach the people putting on these shows that they should have plans already set up for these things.  We live on the east coast—it rains, plan ahead. 

(More photos here.)

I got to see (and shoot) a lot of bands—some I’ve heard of but never listened to, and some I had never even heard of.  (Yes, I’m living in my own little music bubble.)  Fleet Foxes are one of the bands I had never even heard of.  They were good--pretty mellow and melodic—something that I would probably only listen to if I wanted to fall asleep, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  Ra Ra Riot was an interesting site.  Only hearing the name, but not knowing anything about them, it was a surprise to find so many different instruments being played.  Standing out in the rain without an umbrella (even if I was smart enough to bring my raincoat and wear my rain boots) is not my idea of fun, so Vampire Weekend in the pouring rain was an experience that I do not wish to ever repeat.  Couldn’t tell if the rain was actually making it’s way on stage, but you can definitely see it in the photos.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have one of the coolest backdrops that I’ve ever seen.  I’m not sure what it actually has to do with their music, but nonetheless, it’s sparkly and blue, with a giant eye, so you can’t really go wrong with that.  Karen O has a sort of mysterious way about her, and is actually one of the few female singers I don’t mind watching. I LOVE shooting Lykke Li, so I was glad she was on the bill for Sunday.  She has such a unique style.  Her show is more like performance art than a rock show, and I think the music world needed something like that. 

Best and worst of the weekend: 

Worst—My Bloody Valentine.  Ignoring the style of music, they are THE most boring band I have ever seen!  They just stand around, barely moving.  I have a short attention span—with the exception of 1 or 2 bands, I need to see bands that have high energy and move around.  If you’re just going to stand around and not move, I might as well just put on the cd and be nice and comfortable inside instead. 

Best—Gogol Bordello and Coldplay.  I had never heard of them before, but OMG, they are AMAZING!  High energy, fun music, categorized as Gypsy Punk—how did I not know about them before this????  The energy of lead singer, Nikolai Gogol’s reminds me a bit of Butch Walker, who is one of my favorite artists.    I am not a super huge Coldplay fan, but I am so glad I went back after shooting MGMT to watch the rest of their set; it was so worth it. Chris Martin has so much energy and they put on a fantastic, fan friendly show.  Moving from main stage, to a smaller stage off the side, and then back to another stage in the middle of the crowd for a few songs, they made sure that everyone got a close up experience.  At one point, they set free thousands of paper butterflies into the crowd, creating a rainbow of color.  The only sad part is that Chris Martin ended the show by saying “See you in a few years.”  Years?   Really?  Must we wait that long?  How about you keep touring and making new music and we send Creed back into music oblivion instead?

All and all the festival was a great experience. The rain makes it hard to find the bright side of things, but through the thick of it all - I at least got great pictures! [/cut]

When you are lil' J on Gossip Girl aka Taylor Momsen, you can have your cake and eat it too.

Check out the cake and The Pretty Reckless pictures.

Maura over at Idolator did a great scene write up. Get the details on the sweetest 16th birthday party in NYC last night from Idolator. Also check out this video to get a feel for this party. 

Familiarize yourself with The Pretty Reckless on Buzznet.

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