BLING KONG has gone underground to finish up the epic Choose-Your-Own-(Mis)adventure album "BKII". Whether they return to the stage remains to be seen, but keep an eye out for BKII in stores in 2008! If you want to help get BKII in stores by giving BLING KONG free money or slave labor, or some other kind of help, please email shredder [at] blingkong.com.
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BLING KONG Bio
Hello, children. Do you want to hear a story?
This story is about a band in Brooklyn that formed late one evening after too many beers, when grandiose ideas like incorporating three drummers, costumes, video projections and a singing cheerleader squad sounded right on the money. It’s the only kind of band that would befit a name like BLING KONG. For in this story, the name came first.
When the hangovers subsided, these friends gathered up a cast of characters to fill out the ten plus roles that it would take to turn BLING KONG into the kind of rock extravaganza that would soon be called "Sensory overload in the best way" by Jane Magazine and "Joyfully goofy party music...part Peaches, part Go-Go's, and part B-52's, seasoned with a hint of Judas Priest" by The Boston Globe.
Like any romantic relationship, the pom poms happily shook to the sound of party rock for awhile, until one day BLING KONG uttered those three little words… I WANT MORE.
But how could a band as deliciously over-the-top as BLING KONG possibly become more? Meetings were organized, dry-erase boards and sticky notes were employed, and before long BK had mapped out a plan of attack for their next incarnation:
BLING KONG II – A Choose Your Own (Mis)Adventure Rock Opera!
BKII has performed to audiences as far west as the Mississippi and as far north as Montreal. Live, BLING KONG asked amazed crowds to decide the fate of the hero and heroine of their epic adventure: a pair of lovebirds named Snakedawg and Baby Blue. Video projections behind the band illustrated the tale of these two lovers, who, bored with the daily repetition of being in love, seek out something more--only to fall into distressing situations at the hand of BLING KONG. Like the Choose Your Own Adventure stories of our youth, you get to determine the course of events, thus deciding the fate of BK’s set list. Instead of dry instructions to "Turn to page 42," the cheerleaders sing and shout at the decision points, enticing audiences with their options, and the sharply-dressed band follows wherever fans choose to go. The elaborate, tightly choreographed performance was as much art project as it was a rollicking rock show. The world had never before seen anything quite like BLING KONG.
The music of BKII is just as fun and ambitious as its story, ranging from ‘80s metal to dance rock, from girly pop to Queen-y rock opera. Reviewers compare the Kong to the B-52’s and AC/DC, often in the same breath. BLING KONG has played everything from loft parties to catered art galas, and has shared the stage with other high-energy bands like Art Brut, the Ponys, the Hold Steady, Eagles of Death Metal, Out Hud, Jason Forrest, and even punk literary icon Jim Carroll.
With the release of BKII, the Choose Your Own (Mis)Adventure Rock Opera is ready for private home consumption. Program the tracks in whatever way you like, and when your story ends with one or both of the protagonists dead on the side or the road, robbed blind, or sober and desperate, you get to go back and try again, experiencing new tales and different songs. On this album, the band harnesses the epic power of seven vocalists and three drummers to bring new levels of rock and roll indulgence to their recordings. And, of course, the lyrics are still just as smutty and hilarious as ever. Let’s get serious: when a couple breaks up looking for more, it’s usually more sad walks through the rain than hookers and blow and whipping it out on the dance floor. And really, who wants to dance to that?
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Black N Mild & DJ REDNESS presents: The Variety Show Mixtape: Season One
DOWNLOAD RIGHT HERE
http://hear-it-first.net/?p=12201
Black N Mild presents: The Variety Show Mixtape: Season One hosted by DJ Redness, including features from T-Pain, Asher Roth, Trey Songz, Plies even Taylor Swift along with others....
1. Intro 2. Check This Out- Black N Mild ft. Platinum 3. I Love College Remix- Asher Roth ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 4. Can't Believe It Remix- T-Pain & Justin Timberlake & Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 5. Everbody Else- Black N Mild ft. T-Pain 6. Give & Take- Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 7. Love Story Remix- Taylor Swift ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) & Dzyne 8. Sex Game Right- Black N Mild ft. Plies 9. Thinkin of You- Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) & Trey Songz 10. Vicki Vicki Secrets- Black N Mild ft. DIO 11. Call My Name Remix- LifeUnda ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 12. You & Me- Black N Mild ft. DIO & DG & Lonestar 13. Gun Powder & Lead- Black N Mild ft. Lonestar & Miranda Lambert 14. Scarecrow- Black N Mild 15. Birthday Sex Remix- Jeremih ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 16. Outro
APSIDE PERFORMING LIVE:
Next week in San Francisco & San Jose, CA:
9:00PM THURSDAY MAY 21, 2009:
Maggie McGarry’s
1353 Grant st. @ Green
San Francisco, CA. 94123
6:00PM SATURDAY MAY 23, 2009:
Nickel City
1711 Branham Ln
San Jose, CA. 95118
Cover: $8
Hope to see you there!
New online store of eco-conscious T-shirts. Printed with environmentally-friendly water-based inks (durable and high quality). Eco & Design! http://www.plb-store.com
We just released a new album, "In Monstrous Attitude" w/ comic book art by Jeffrey Lewis. Hope you can come celebrate its release w/ us this Saturday! <br /><br />Sat 3/14<br />DUFUS & JEFFREY LEWIS<br /><br />IN MONSTROUS ATTITUDE<br />RECORD RELEASE PARTY!<br />at Pete's Candy Store<br />709 Lorimer St. <br />Brooklyn, NY<br /><br /><br />You can sample a couple of tracks from the album & order it from our site <br />http://dufus.tv/index.php?section=product&album_id=22&id=18<br /><br />We also have shirts designed by Jeff Lewis available http://www.roir-usa.com/shirts.html#dufus<br /><br />Hope you can make it out on Saturday!<br /><br />
to celebrate the release of our second effort cleverly entitled PRETENDO ][ we are throwing a little bash saturday march 8th at union hall in park slope brooklyn.
tickets are on sale and going fast due to friends OBITS (rick from hot snakes/jehu and sohrab of edsel) who are also on the bill along with SOILED MATTRESS & THE SPRINGS and DJ HANK spinning in between bands. so we are encouraging people to buy early & often.
R train to Union Street. Walk 1 block east. F train to 4th Avenue. Walk north on 4th Ave and turn right on Union Street. 1 block up. Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 trains to Atlantic Avenue. Walk south on 5th Ave. Make a left on Union Street.
PRETENDO ][ is being distributed by REDEYE and online by IODA and will be available as of TUESDAY MARCH 4TH in better record stores across the country and via iTunes.
The album was recorded by the legendary MARTIN BISI (http://martinbisi. com) and features artwork and lyrics by the always subversive RON ENGLISH (www. popaganda. com), additional vocals by DARIA GRACE (http://www. myspace. com/4stringgal) and MARTIN BISI, and keyboards by JEFFERSON RABB. The album was designed by BRENT STICKELS.
Listen up Bitches & Minions! Our EMPRESS RED is in a contest at http://broadcasting.projectbreakout.com/media_page/entry_id/27 Go vote (& you can vote up to 15 times each day if you're really "Friends" like MySpace says you are) for the Empress' "Tantric Sex Tricks & Dirty Lies" video so she can win the prize. Hey, even an Empress has to eat. Ask not what your Empress can do for you - ask what you can do for your Empress. So get your minds outta the gutters, your eyes off her tits, pull up your pants, start typing with 2 hands & go vote! Now!!!!
