Ladystein's Top of the Pops!

Hey y'all! So award season is in full swing, and in true Ladystein style, we decided to get in on the action. Since our opinions on pop culture are less opinion than fact, we thought we'd let you know what we thought rocked (and what didn't) this year. We divided up the movie categories into the "best" films -- the ones we thought deserved awards/ recognition, and the most "rocking" films -- or the most entertaining films to us. Clearly, some films could be in both categories, but..well we like to pigeon hole things. Also, all the lists are ranked in no particular order that one should worry about. So enjoy!

Ladystein's Top 10 Films 2004:
1. Sideways
2. Hotel Rwanda
3. Bad Education
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Ray
6. Fahrenheit 9/11
7. Io Non Ho Paura (I'm Not Scared)
8. Super Size Me
9. The Motorcycle Diaries
10. Maria Full of Grace

Ladystein's Top Most Rocking Movies 2004:
1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. I Heart Huckabees
3. Team America
4. Garden State
5. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
6. Kill Bill Vol. 2
7. The Incredibles
8. Mean Girls
9. The Stepford Wives
10. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Ladystein's 5 Least Rocking Movies 2004:
1. Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
2. Catwoman
3. Meet the Fockers
4. The Manchurian Candidate
5. Closer

Ladystein's Six Sexy/Cool/ Most Rocking Albums 2004:
1. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
2. Scissor Sisters - Self-Titled Debut Album
3. They Might Be Giants - The Spine
4. Team America - Soundtrack
5. The Killers - Hot Fuss
6. Bjork - Medulla

Kate's Top Rocking Hot Dudes 2004:
1. Zach Braff (Garden State, "Scrubs")
2. Adam Brody ("The OC")
3. Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Bad Education)
4. Justin Bateman ("Arrested Development")
5. Owen Wilson (Starsky & Hutch, Meet the Fockers)
6. Casey Affleck (Ocean's Twelve)
7. Mos Def (The Woodsman, "Something the Lord Made")
8. Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters)
9. Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers)
10. Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle)

Alana's Top Rocking Hot Chicks 2004:
1. Kimberly Elise (Woman, Thou Art Loosed; The Manchurian Candidate)
2. Cate Blanchett (The Life Aquatic, The Aviator)
3. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland)
4. Scarlett Johansson (A Love Song For Bobby Long, In Good Company)
5. Lindsey Lohan (Mean Girls)
6. Sandra Oh (Sideways)
7. Beyonce Knowles (Destiny's Child)
8. Clea Duvall ("Carnivale")
9. Audrey Tautou (A Very Long Engagement)
10. Tracee Ellis Ross ("Girlfriends")

The End.

LADYSTEIN ROCKS AGAIN!

Mark your calendars! Ladystein will be performing a Valentine's-Day-Themed show in two short weeks. Here's all the info:

Saturday, February 12th
9pm
Apocalypse Lounge
189 East 3rd Street (between A&B)

We'll be performing the songs you love plus some new originals AND new covers! This show is NOT to be missed!!!

Dennis Quaid wore a "Vote for Pedro" shirt on the Daily Show last night.

And we don't really know how to feel about it. On the one hand, it's really cool that he even saw "Napoleon Dynamite" (a Ladystein favorite) and even cooler that he actually bought a shirt that references it. So we should have a lot more respect for Dennis Quaid right now. BUT maybe there's something a little sad and desperate about it -- like, he goes on the Daily Show so he needs to wear something hip and young. Is Dennis Quaid trying to pander to our demographic? I guess we'll never know, since Jon Stewart didn't ask him about it, opting instead to ask him about meeting his new wife in a Texas steakhouse. Whatever. Quaid is cool. Not as cool as Randy Quaid, but cool nonetheless. I mean, dude was in "Innerspace." That still counts for something.

In any case, how are y'all? It's been a while since we posted, as we've been rather busy. Alana officially turned 25, which, as Jessica Simpson once said "is almost mid-twenties" - a scary concept indeed. Alana had a flippin' cool party, which we'll post pictures from at some point. We swear. We have also been learning some kickin' new tunes. Let's just say that one of them is from "Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas." We're also hard at work writing our new dance hit sensation "The French Lulu." Which promises to be one of the finest songs ever written. Ever.

We also saw "Good Vibrations" (the Beach Boys musical) on Broadway. Let's just say that it's a good thing we didn't pay any kind of money for it. It's pretty much the cheesiest show on Broadway right now. Luckily, that means that it was unintentionally hilarious to an X-treme degree. Half of the cast is wildly homosexual, yet forced to dance with chicks in bikinis. Also, there are lines mentioning getting a "woody" delivered with absolutely no sense of irony. Sigh.

That's all for now -- we hope you have a rockin' Martin Luther King weekend!

Dude, that shirt is flippin' sweet. 

Back to Life, Back to Reality....

Remember Soul II Soul? They sang that song. What a kickin' tune. Speaking of things that are kickin', Ladystein is alive and kickin' in the new year.

We hope that all of your holidays were most enjoyable, as ours were. The big news on the street is that both Ladystein ladies received 40gb iPods for Christmas, which are our new best friends. We hope that Santa was awfully good to you as well!

We are still recovering from the holidays and from seeing "Hotel Rwanda" this past Saturday. We highly recommend this excellent film, but be warned that it is IMPERATIVE that you bring tissues with you. You'll need them. It's pretty rough. Seriously. Also, Don Cheadle is the best ever.

Now it is Monday, January 3rd, 2005. We can't help but look back at 2004 and think of all the memories we've shared. It was in 2004 that Ladystein was first formed and first performed. Who knows what sort of madcap hijinks Ladystein will get into this year. What we can do is make a list of New Year's resolutions which we will almost certainly abide by for at least a few days:

1. Practice the guitar and keyboard every day.
2. Name a band mascot.
3. Look both ways before crossing the street.
4. Learn to play the ukelele.
5. Remember that there is no "I" in "Ladystein." Wait...there is. You know what I mean.
6. Make a demo.
7. Stop eating carbs.......psych!
8. Try to remember the lyrics to songs that we've written. And ones that we haven't.
9. Never visit The Guitar Center unchaperoned.
10. Elect a president of our fan club*

We think that's a good start. Have a very merry January 3rd!

* We are currently taking applications. If you would like to apply to be the president of Ladystein's fan club, please write a 300 word essay on what Ladystein means to you. Send applications to Ladystein@gmail.com

Ringin' in and Rockin' in the new year! 

Like most things, pictures are drastically improved by noise makers. 

Ladystein's new best friend -- Poddy McDowell.