Few Great OKGO articles

sherib

And the business theme continues! lol

http://www.cnbc.com/id/19351264

Blackstone's IPO: Top 5 Things Investors WANT to Know!
Posted By:Melissa Lee

On CNBC TV today, I have been talking about the top 5 things investors should know about the highly anticipated Blackstone IPO. (And, in case you're wondering, 5 was an arbitrary number.) Clearly, it was a very serious and informative piece of journalism.

Now, let's have some fun. Here are the top 5 things investors REALLY WANT to know about Blackstone's IPO. I don't have the answers to any of them unfortunately--but it's more fun to fantasize, isn't it?

Number One: What will the after-party be like?
At the very minimum, I would think there would be free-flowing stone crabs served by waiters without squeaky shoes. And a headline performer. Perhaps U2 (Beautiful Day)? OK Go (Invincible)? Kanye West (Gold Digger)?

[article continues]

Nice!

suit6lion

Here's an article and a short video of the guys talking with Congressman Lee Terry from Nebraska about low-power FM radio stations. Damian's wearing the shorts suit!

http://www.ketv.com/politics/13589369/detail.html

mumblo

Yay, Damian legs! Thank you Theresa!!!!!!!

P.S. I got an error message right after the guy said something like, "Let's sit down and go on record." Is there anything after that?

DJRose

This isn't an OK Go article, but the boys are mentioned and it kind of blew my mind:

http://talentdevelop.com/too-much-pursuit-of-happiness/

QUOTE

As Duncan notes, feeling good comes in a myriad of forms: “free-floating rapture, blissed-out contentment, ecstatic partying… as a species, we generally keep these experiences in check. After all, the ways to induce them — alcohol, drugs, OK Go concerts — have historically come at a high cost.”

And this - WTF is this??? From the Modesto Bee:

QUOTE

WHAT KIND OF CONCERT? Students at California State University, Stanislaus, are asking for input for their fall welcome-back concert. They hope to have the event in September and want students to pick the performers. Organizers decided to go with alternative bands and are handing out a survey. Students can fill it out online as well by searching MySpace.com for display name "Warrior Activities." Artists include 30 Seconds to Mars, Muse, OK Go, Ryan Cabrera, Social Distortion, Hot Hot Heat, The Ataris and Ozomati. The list is based on popular music, affordability and availability, organizers said.

Ummm, what happened to no more touring? This appears to have already verified availability (or at least claims to)...

rice62witch

Long shot here, but any fans from Long Island who still have yesterday's paper?

http://www.newsday.com/features/printediti...ny-lilife-print

July 1, 2007
IN KIDSDAY

Today: Sixth-graders from Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School interview the music group OK Go (they're the ones who did that great treadmill video "Here It Goes Again").

EDIT:
It looks like these Sunday articles are all available the following week online in PDF format so next Sunday, we'll be able to read it and see the pictures.

EDIT again:
Who am I kidding? I can't wait a week when I know there's an interview and at least one picture out there. The best I could manage to find was an abstract. Now I know that there will be a Tim & Andy picture waiting for us next week.

John Iorio's sixth-grade class, Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School, Plainview, Patrick Mullooly

[Tim Nordind]: That's another story from camp with [Damian Kulash]. We had kind of a crazy art teacher. He'd stand over us when we were drawing and give his weird wisdom. After giving the advice, he would say, "OK, OK, OK, go. " Even though we had been going forever. It was an inside joke.

Tim: I like playing "It Was a Good Idea at the Time" because [Rusty Ross] and I have some good synchronized moves. It's a good, groovy song.

PHOTOS - 1) [Alex Abreu] 2) [Ashley Cohen] 3) [Rebekah Masiakos] 4) Newsday Photo / Pat Mullooly - Kidsday reporters [EMILY ZAWATSKY], left, [ALEC SANG] and [CHRISTINA BILLIAS] meet Tim Nordind, left, and Andy R0ss of the band OK Go. 5) KIDSDAY ILLUSTRATION / [MOTTI ZARETSKY] - This sign means 'I love you." 6) KIDSDAY STAFF ARTIST / DEREK SIMON, MELVILLE - A family on a sailboat; 6) ILLUSTRATION - Kids exercising

thephantommilk

haha, cute.

It seems like Tim & Rusty are teaming up for interviews now... not that I'm complaining .
Maybe there's just way too many for Damian to do all of them....
or maybe they're just trying to cure Rusty of his interview-shyness...

either way, I likee =P can't wait for that article to surface!

mumblo

QUOTE (DJRose @ Jun 30 2007, 08:38 PM)

And this - WTF is this??? From the Modesto Bee:
Ummm, what happened to no more touring? This appears to have already verified availability (or at least claims to)...

Damn, now I have to go to Modesto! (I hate Modesto; it's in the middle of NOWHERE.) Lety? Have you seen this????

ytel82

QUOTE (mumblo @ Jun 29 2007, 06:08 AM)

Yay, Damian legs! Thank you Theresa!!!!!!!

P.S. I got an error message right after the guy said something like, "Let's sit down and go on record." Is there anything after that?

I think that's pretty much the end of that video. I wonder if there's another video of whatever went on record?

QUOTE (DJRose @ Jun 30 2007, 08:38 PM)

And this - WTF is this??? From the Modesto Bee:
Ummm, what happened to no more touring? This appears to have already verified availability (or at least claims to)...

?!?!?!?!!?!!?!??!?!!!!
That's like down the street from me. Ok, so it's a little further than that, but I'm willing to go!

Maybe they're gonna come out of the studio to do special appearances.

QUOTE (thephantommilk @ Jul 2 2007, 07:34 PM)

haha, cute.

It seems like Tim & Rusty are teaming up for interviews now... not that I'm complaining .
Maybe there's just way too many for Damian to do all of them....
or maybe they're just trying to cure Rusty of his interview-shyness...

either way, I likee =P can't wait for that article to surface!

Ah! I love Tim and Andy interviews. Andy sure has been coming along nicely on those interviews, he seems more at ease.

I likee too!

QUOTE (mumblo @ Jul 2 2007, 07:40 PM)

Damn, now I have to go to Modesto! (I hate Modesto; it's in the middle of NOWHERE.) Lety? Have you seen this????

omigosh Melinda! I've been to Modesto maybe, 3 times in my lifetime. But my cousin goes there often to visit her grandparents. I hope they do come, being in the middle of nowhere whith OK Go sounds like a dream come true

walk2sock

Yay, that makes me happy that Andy's actually showing his face in public now.

I can't wait for that picture and article!

rice62witch

QUOTE (ihave7stars @ Jul 2 2007, 07:39 AM)

It looks like these Sunday articles are all available the following week online in PDF format so next Sunday, we'll be able to read it and see the pictures.

It's up now! Click on that link above to get there.

walk2sock

QUOTE (ihave7stars @ Jul 4 2007, 08:55 AM)

It's up now! Click on that link above to get there.

Oh, how cool. Same old questions, but still good.

mumblo

"Touring is tiring, but that doesn't mean we are sick of what we do." Thanks for making my day, Tim!!!

DJRose

QUOTE (mumblo @ Jul 4 2007, 11:45 AM)

"Touring is tiring, but that doesn't mean we are sick of what we do." Thanks for making my day, Tim!!!

Seriously!! That made my day too!!!!

I got a kick out of seeing Andy and Tim answer some of those "same old questions". Good job, Plainview/Old Bethpage 6th graders!!!

rice62witch

Someone is selling that LI interview on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Great-OK-Go-Interview-...7QQcmdZViewItem

dollarflame6

hahahahahahahah!!!! I don't know why that's funny, but it is.
I wonder how much it'll go for.

LolaBert

Nothing new

Just the 'same old' stuff rehashed for their upcoming stint in Australia.

Okay, I felt like I should contribute in some way to this board!!

Oh and btw, I know this is super nitpicky of me, but does anyone else get annoyed at the lowercase Ok Go vs. the actual capitalized OK Go? No? Just me being a dork? Alright, moving on ...

walk2sock

QUOTE (LolaBert @ Jul 6 2007, 09:42 AM)

Nothing new

Just the 'same old' stuff rehashed for their upcoming stint in Australia.

Okay, I felt like I should contribute in some way to this board!!

Oh and btw, I know this is super nitpicky of me, but does anyone else get annoyed at the lowercase Ok Go vs. the actual capitalized OK Go? No? Just me being a dork? Alright, moving on ...

Thanks for the article, and YES, it bugs the living hell out of me. I'm a grammar/spelling Nazi.

dollarflame6

lol, I guess it would bug me if I wasn't so prone to do it myself. Mainly cuz the second album has all lower case and I didn't know the first album until long afterward. And now I write it without thinking, just mechanically converting something in no caps to something capitalized. I'm guessing it doesn't really matter though, cuz I remember seeing the youtube video of the real Tabatha giving Damian a drawing she made with the first album's design and he said something about "our old logo." I may totally be wrong here, but I interpret that as the first album's font, style and capitalization being completely different from the first one, as in it's not set in stone, so either "OK Go" or "ok go" would be correct...that would still technically mean "Ok Go" is off though, lol. But, I'm just itching to see what the third album's logo will be..."oK gO"....

ytel82

QUOTE (LolaBert @ Jul 6 2007, 06:42 AM)

Nothing new

Just the 'same old' stuff rehashed for their upcoming stint in Australia.

Okay, I felt like I should contribute in some way to this board!!

Oh and btw, I know this is super nitpicky of me, but does anyone else get annoyed at the lowercase Ok Go vs. the actual capitalized OK Go? No? Just me being a dork? Alright, moving on ...

Thanks for the article! And I don't think you're being a dork at all, I feel the same way about "Ok Go".

QUOTE (Tabetha @ Jul 6 2007, 12:06 PM)

lol, I guess it would bug me if I wasn't so prone to do it myself. Mainly cuz the second album has all lower case and I didn't know the first album until long afterward. And now I write it without thinking, just mechanically converting something in no caps to something capitalized. I'm guessing it doesn't really matter though, cuz I remember seeing the youtube video of the real Tabatha giving Damian a drawing she made with the first album's design and he said something about "our old logo." I may totally be wrong here, but I interpret that as the first album's font, style and capitalization being completely different from the first one, as in it's not set in stone, so either "OK Go" or "ok go" would be correct...that would still technically mean "Ok Go" is off though, lol. But, I'm just itching to see what the third album's logo will be..."oK gO"....

I agree with you Sally. I just got used to writing "OK Go" and thought that was the correct way. oK gO would seem like the logical next step...

rice62witch

Damian talks to an Australian reporter:

http://adnauseam.podbean.com/2007/07/07/okgo/

"We’re very excited to get to Austr-yaah" kids Damian "I want to lie on the beach until my fat ass gets nice and brown." When I suggest that it might in fact go red, he proceeds to explode in laughter. "Nah man, we're Americans, the only thing red here is our necks."