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Today my BYOP photos were used on Pitchfork

Not on the Guestlist's point of references for point of reference Be Your Own Pet

Favorite live reviews:
Serving as an introduction:
The Swish Blog: Be Your Own PET.. plus The Rakes Vid!

In October 2005 I was supposed to photograph them with sock puppets and hang at their sound check upon return to Glasgow after a week visiting Portland, but then they decided to go sight seeing with their parents. Test Icicles were playing the same night with the Rakes on the Gonzo tour, so I didn't get to see their set opening for the Kills on that tour.(though BYOP came down to the Barfly after their set at which point Jonas was promptly attacked by every female at the bar)
Serving as a reminder of the excitement I missed:
Take Your Medicine: >148: The Kills/ Be Your Own Pet/ Covers/ Paddingtons

Serving as reminder to watch out when crossing paths with Jemina and that they are never off the internet reading about themselves (see the comments on the post) (learned both the hard way in March):
The Modern Age: Teenage Riot: Be Your Own Pet

Backlash is always fun even when it's unintential, therefore making it not really backlash, but. . .:
Items sechs und zwei (6 and 2)
Gawker: Blue States Lose

Randomness:
How all did they come up with that there name of theirs?
FaceCulture: Jemina Pearl and Jonas Stein

Which ex-member is vegetarian, allergic to cats and dogs, and wrote all the lyrics to Damn Damn leash?
Peta2: Man’s Best Friend Is Be Your Own Pet
(Yes it's obvious, but pretend it could be either Jake or Jamin)

'Love Your Shotgun' Be Your Own Pet MP3

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/beyourownpetmusic

6 degrees of releasing a record:
Single 'Damn Damn Leash' out on Rough Trade in UK
Single 'Fire Department' out on XL in UK, stick with them
Co-release 'Let's Get Sandy' single on Infinity Cat
and Steve Aoki's Dim Mak in US
Then mix in a US full length on Ecstatic Peace (division on Universal)

Did you know they HATE when Jemina's infamous throw-up/T-shirt incident is mentioned in the press?

My FULL Don't Party feature is soon to follow. Interview+photos

My pink BYOP shot frontpage on Pitchfork (upper right hand corner)

To see some other shots I took of BYOP from the same set as the one Pitchfork used in this post's header screen cap see Whirlwind Heat +BYOP

To watch a video of a song from the same performance at which I took the photo that Pitchfork used on their front page see BYOPoint of reference + video

Why Jamin Why?

Well, I don't sincerely mean that title as I've been around a lot of bands lately that aren't completely happy in their situations and when you have greener pastures like Jamin does with Jeff and Infinity Cat it's kinda like -'Hey! Why not?' So Jamin has said a bit of a 'Hey-why not' and left Be Your Own Pet.

That said- this is a shake up! I love that boy! And even when I talked to the band in Glasgow they weren't entirely chuffed with touring the UK. And Jamin's galpal goes to Sarah Lawrence so that musta been a bit 'worlds a part'-ish. Jamin's dad has made it a bit easier by highlighting that this isn't the first departure in the band, and without the one prior we never would have been graced with the presence of Nathan.
Good luck to him! Now I'm second guessing whether they'll don the Bill O'Reilly shirts I'm making them for their Portland show as he was apart of the factor in terms of those shirts.

All that said did you know he doesn't like Fall Out Boy! That's worth a "Why Jamin Why?"

Pitchfork: Drummer Departs Be Your Own Pet

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Whirlwind Heat + Be Your Own Pet at El Corazon

So I'm finally blogging about this! I wanted to so bad night of, but I didn't yet have a blog.
Arrived in Seattle after my bus was two hours late, then spent two and a half hours walking in the grizzly heat to find the venue that was only two blocks away from the bus station to start with!!!
Upon entering I was a bit in shock.

Yes it was a very early show, but only eight people had turned up to catch Whirlwind Heat's set! Even so, everyone was very into it- their frantic dancing and guitarless sound intact, with one girl getting a special thank you for being so vocal and some of BYOP came out to support-Jamin in the audience, Nathan on stage for a final song.

The venue filled out a bit more for when Be Your Own Pet made their way on stage. It was SO different seeing them in the US!

Gone was the audience that knew every lyric. Gone was the audience incitement for them to really tear up the stage. There was enthusiasm, but in a very unparalleled way and it seemed very apparent that this was the last stop of a possibly grinding tour. The band seemed fatigued and Jemina experienced several coughing bouts. It'll be interesting to see how their set evolves within the US in comparison to the UK and east coast cites (where it seems to be hovering near the same fever pitch as noted by Robert Christgau) and also if it'll begin to reflect their seemingly endless tour dates that continue to be announced. Fingers crossed, though I know it's unnecessary :)

There was a lot more I wanted to say at the time about the show, but since it's been a while, I have forgotten.
More photos after the jump

BYOPoint of reference + video

All ready to blog about the Rakes, it's time for a detour-the inaugural Be Your Own Pet post! as my two clips of them that I shot on Leigh's camera just came in the post today. Shot at ABC2 in Glasgow in January. Spent sometime using imovie for the first time and managed to blend them into something shitty (which I'm going to defend the cause as being the compression for web; as the original quality which was actually quite high and sound still is so)

BYOP are NotGL's point of reference in all things "now." They will come up repeatedly in a record store feature, links binge, and a possible bi-weekly post theme-'Who are on their shirt?' Not to mention an interview and photo feature.

And only a couple of weeks ago did I find out they're repped by the NY office of 2:30