Monthly Archive for June, 2008

Quinn’s Finals Week Partyline “A Splode”

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on June 30, 2008
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Big thanks to all you crazy kids who dropped in on the Finals Week PartyLine last Friday. I was hoping for it to be crowded, but I could never have predicted the massive turnout we ended up with. Hundreds of you showed up and made more than 3,000 comments in two hours(!). Here’s how it looked from my office…

    3:01pm- General excitement as dozens log on to PartyLine

    3:07pm- When I click “next track” it skips ahead six songs. When I click “last track” it goes back three. Did I mention PartyLine is still in Beta? Ok, my pre-made playlists aren’t going to work. Gotta adjust on the fly…

    3:41- Rachel, my intern who spent countless hours making pre-made playlists, gets way stressed and turns into Emo Kitten (Read Rachel’s blog to get her side of things).

    4:45- I narrow it down to 3 finalists for the free 10,000 Lakes Festival tickets.

    4:55- Before I can decide on one winner… PartyLine A Splode!

That’s right. The PartyLine shut down because so many of you came to the Party! It’s like the cops shut us down for being too loud. Awesome.

Now, because I never got a chance to announce ONE winner for 10KLF tix, I did a little digging (with special help from Stephanie our marketing all-star) and found three pairs of tickets! So all three finalists (Megan Nicole, April Start, and Matt from gogoPilot) are headed to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to see the Flaming Lips, George Clinton, Michael Franti and many more at the 10,000 Lakes Music festival. Everyone wins!

Here’s a playlist of all the songs I can remember playing during the PartyLine, created by a much-less-stressed-out Rachel.

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BTW, the majority of songs played in the PartyLine made it to Semifinals(!). And many, including Squid*, Sarah Tollerson and Philadelphia Slick, landed #1 in their respective channels and are battling it out today for the $5,000 grand prize. Congrats!

Now all of you who were there: Go forth and start your own PartyLines. Invite your friends and fans. Invite ME! I will definitely try to show up. Click here to see how to start a PartyLine.

And please, in the comment section below, let me know how the PartyLine went for you. What did you like? What would you like us to change? Did you discover and love any artists during the party? Any bugs that we need to fix (be kind: we’re still in beta)? Did you just have a good time and want to share? Let me know. Thanks.

-Quinn

*Update: Squid, who showed up to the PartyLine, won the grand prize for June for their song “Junky” which I played that afternoon. Congrats Guys! Did the PartyLine attention give them an extra boost? We’ll never know, but it didn’t hurt! Check out this video where I announce them winning.

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OurStage PartyLine. Or how to throw an all out rager!

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on June 30, 2008
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(This post written by OurStage intern Rachel Richmond)

On Friday, Quinn threw OurStage’s first ever mass Party Line and with the amount of people who showed up, it turned into an all out rager. Let’s break down what happened.

1. Ever seen The Day After Tomorrow? Like that part when that huge wave descends on NYC and it’s total chaos? That’s what it felt like when we opened up the chat at 3pm. I’ve never seen such deluge of rapid fire messaging. I think I had a little epileptic shock trying to keep up.

2. OurStage fans and artists are a hilarious bunch. From the SunDogs‘ idea to write the song “It’s Okay to Think Quinn is Hot” to Quinn dropping the line, “We don’t want To Catch a Predator to show up to this chat,” the chat had all of us laughing with what you all came up with.
[NOTE: It's not a real chat unless someone mentions TCAP.]

3. I never realized how much work would go into pulling off the Party Line. Let’s just say that the interns get such “glamorous” work. Like spending four hours researching all the semi-finalists and making playlists that would be rendered obsolete. Not like I am bitter or anything!

4. Because of you guys, our first huge Party Line was a great success! I was suddenly transported back into 8th grade when my friends and I would have chat rooms with each other. Thankfully there was a lot less of “OMG, boyz!”

I have to give props to Quinn for being such a good host and for actually participating in the chat while trying to keep things in order. You should have seen his reactions to Alyssa starting the “Quinn is hot” meme. Priceless.

We had good music, good conversation, and good times. What more could we ask for?
Let’s do this again, OurStage. I’ll bring the tunes and you bring the jokes.

Intern Rager Mix:


1. “To The Disco” - The Turf


2. “Top That!” - Renegades


3. “Good Food Quickly” - Philadelphia Slick


4. “Ohlone” - Sentinel


5. “Sleep Must Heal The Heart” - Molly Marlette

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OurStage’s Biggest Fan @ Bonnaroo: Meet Shinny

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ejalyssa
on June 27, 2008
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Meet OurStage’s biggest fan, Shinny!
See Bonnaroo through the eyes of a newbie and join him on his VIP excursion.

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OurStage Exclusive: TALIB KWELI

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ejalyssa
on June 24, 2008
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* Check Out Alyssa’s Bonnaroo Blog!
* Talib Kweli

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Meet The Prigs. More than just pub-rock.

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ejquinn
on June 23, 2008
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It’s not like I was expecting a bad show.

If anything, The Prigs are one of the more fun and original bands I’ve come across on OurStage, with a Pogues-meets-Men-At-Work combination of raw, horn-laden punk/pop.

But remember that band you liked in college? Your friend’s band that made loud music, wrote songs about cereal, and dressed up in superhero outfits? Do you remember how you felt about going to their shows? You looked forward to it because you knew you’d have a good time. And the music? Well that was just bonus.

That’s kind of how I felt heading to the Prigs show.

Everything I encountered at T.T. the Bear’s Place validated those expectations. The muffled sound system, the opening band blasting generic funk riffs, the complete lack of carbonation in my small plastic cup of High Life. This was going to be fun.

Of course, I was wrong.

Not about the fun. The Prigs were plenty of fun. The lead singer, sporting camouflage shorts and soccer socks, danced and screamed with the abandon of a 12-year-old. The keyboardist wore a blonde wig and rocked a glorious white keytar. At one point, the bassist abandoned his own instrument to play the guitar still strapped to the lead singer. And so forth. But as the show went on, it became clear these guys weren’t just a bar band. The lead singer was actually a really good guitarist, making rapid and complex chord changes with ease. The keyboardist and two saxophonists plowed through scales with surprising dexterity. The drummer and bassist were admirably precise, holding together what should have been a train wreck.

And the more I listened, the more I realized The Prigs are not your college friend’s band. Underneath the wigs and headbands reside a group of talented musicians who just happen to be looking for a good time. And though I hesitate to describe The Prigs as subtle, their songs were unpretentiously complex. Every drunkenly chanted chorus was matched by blistering horn riff, well placed harmony, or time signature I couldn’t figure out for my life.

So, with the baffled amusement of a baseball fan who showed up to a little-league game to find out the actual Yankees and Red Sox were playing, I raised my small plastic cup of flat High Life in the air. This was more than I expected or required. Looking for a good time, I stumbled upon a band worth telling the world about.

As the chorus of their song “TV Reporter” reminded me, “Life ain’t so bad at all.”

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