Tag Archives: Blowoff

Cyndi Lauper’s “Set Your Heart”

Here’s a teaser snippet of Cyndi Lauder’s new single, Set Your Heart, as used in a Japanese car commercial. The track was co-written and co-produced by Cyndi and Blowoff DJ Rich Morel, who promised me he’d play it tomorrow night at the Highline.

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Saturday: Blowoff NYC

In case you haven’t noticed it in my ad column, the next NYC edition of Blowoff is this Saturday at the swanky Highline Ballroom. Man, I’m jonesing for some hot tuneage from Mssrs Mould & Morel. At the last Blowoff, the club kind of got overwhelmed by the attendance and the line on West 16th Street stretched down to 9th …

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Another Big Blowoff

Last night’s NYC Blowoff was even better than the last one, as positive word of mouth from October’s event brought in a huge crowd, causing a waiting line outside the Highline Ballroom and lines almost as long inside at the coat check and restrooms. Congrats to Bob Mould and Rich Morel for creating what will surely be a long-running Manhattan …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the artist Himself, today’s Swag Tuesday item is Circle Of Friends, the new live concert DVD by openly gay rock god Bob Mould. Unless you spent the last 20 years listening to all-polka radio, you’ll know Mould as the co-founder and voice of pioneering 80’s punk band Hüsker Dü and 90’s college radio hitmaker Sugar. This month Blender …

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Blowoff NYC Photo Recap

Blowoff’s first NYC event was fantastic, of course. Mouse over the pics for names.

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Tomorrow: Blowoff NYC

Justice, MSTRKRFT, SebastiAn, and Van She are among the cutting edge dance artists you’ll hear tomorrow night when Bob Mould and Rich Morel at long last bring Blowoff, their smash monthly dance party, to NYC’s Highline Ballroom. After years of blowing the roof off DC’s cavernous 9:30 Club, the party’s highly-anticipated NYC debut has Gotham buzzing. It appears that every …

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Another Smash Blowoff

Blowoff was a smash, as always: great tunes, cool video effects, hot banners, and packed with friendly faces. Two highlights: Bob Mould spinning a great reworking of Bronksi Beat’s Smalltown Boy and Why, during which a hot thing named Jocelyn (pictured below) blew us away singing along so amazingly on the dance floor that my goosebumps had goosebumps. Somebody needs …

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True Colors, Rich Morel, Blowoff

The soundtrack to this summer’s True Colors tour is available now for download with the physical CD due on August 7th. The highlight (to me) is Morel’s Pink Noise remix of Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors. You probably know Rich Morel from his smash remixes of tracks by Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, and many others – not to mention his …

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