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CMJ Brooklyn Battle of the Bands Recap
On Sunday (June 5th, 2005) I went to the CMJ Battle of the Bands at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, but only stayed for the first two competing bands. Luckily my onsite correspondent had an update waiting for me when I returned home later that evening (that I took 5 days to post)...
"Somehow I stuck it out till the end... the winner was Jessie Diamond and the Thousand, with Faith and Paul Brill as runner-ups. Jessie was the tall blonde in the halter top and short shorts who was enthusiastically dancing to all the other sets. No doubt earned some points with the judges for that, at least the Vice dude. She could sing pretty great, though, too. But the whistler was a total letdown. We thought he'd do like, bird calls and country fair shit, but instead he just whistled along to karaoke tracks of "Sir Duke" and "Summertime" - he even stopped whistling and just SANG for a bit of Summertime!"
The New York Sun has more coverage of this event.
And according to Gawker, Jennifer Connelly (who lives in the neighborhood) was there.
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has there ever been a good and credible band that got anywhere through the battle of the bands?
Posted by wes | June 9, 2005 2:41 PM
The defining moment of the show for me was when I flashed the rock-horns hand sign to Jennifer Connolly from backstage and she smiled and returned the sentiment. I think being baptized in rock by Jennifer "Career Opportunities" Connolly helped Jessie Diamond and The Thousand win the show, and I am personally indebted to her. :)
Dirty
Posted by Dirty Vlay | June 9, 2005 3:10 PM
re:has there ever been a good and credible band that got anywhere through the battle of the bands?
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No, they all play in their garages and at the local dive joint till some a & r douche with a cocaine pinky finger nail grants them celebrity.
Posted by cutie grrl | June 9, 2005 3:16 PM
From Billboard this week:
Slint Rocks Battle Of The Bands On DVD
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000946399
Posted by KD | June 9, 2005 3:40 PM
The Whistler's publicist was totally stalking me at work a few months ago and I had to give her the nice and then the not so nice brush off. I am glad to hear that he wasn't too hot in person because one always fears that perhaps you're missing out on something surprisingly hip and ironic under such cheesy wrappings.
Posted by karen | June 9, 2005 5:21 PM
not to toot, but i covered the whole thing band by band, if any one wants to know about them, and yes it was a long day:
http://thepiratehat.blogspot.com/2005/06/brooklyn-battle-of-bands-grand-army.html
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Posted by Ottewell | June 28, 2005 5:11 PM