Pink Links!
“To those that Rock!”
Following is a collection of links carefully selected by Gail herself, for those times when you have work to do but need a handy distraction to keep you from doing it. Click away!
ModernUrbanLiving.com
This is Tracy’s awesome blog where she offers ideas and reviews gadgets to decorate your rad pad!
Confess.net
No matter what evil nasty things you’ve done, Jesus says “You Are Forgiven.”
Barzelay.net
This is a really cool blog with an apealing sardonic bent, written by a guy named David Barzelay, that I just discovered five minutes ago when I was trying to find new ways to entertain myself at work. I like this one almost as much as badnewshughes.com.
Electric Storytime
http://electricstorytime.blogspot.com/
Electric Storytime is an amazingly addictive blog loaded with updated-daily, sick and twisted short short stories for people with very short attention spans.
Television Without Pity
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/
I met the woman who runs this site (Sarah aka “Sars”) through my friend Jill a few years ago. She has a tomato tattooed on her arm. But anyway, these guys write the best recaps of The Amazing Race and Survivor. I just wish they were blogging about The Office so I didn’t have to wait for the season reruns to get caught up on what is going on with Jim and Pam…
Flash Memory Store
http://www.flash-memory-store.com
When I got my new iMac (love it!) and had to transfer literally thousands of Word and Excel documents (not to mention - but you can see I am about to - hundreds of Outlook email messages) from an OS9 to OSX enviroment, I never would have survived if I hadn’t purchased a flash drive from Flash Memory Store.com . Their selection of external memory drives is insane, their prices were really low, and the new drive saved my ass.
The Best Page in the Universe
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/
Statement of Intent: “This page is about me and why everything I like is great. If you disagree with anything you find on this page, you are wrong.” The Best Page in the Universe is a very fun weblog full of scathing and hilarious rants about things the webmaster, Maddox, hates, which has provided me with non stop fun for hours and hours!
Not My Desk
Hey are you trying to scrape together a meager existence on this planet (in my case: Planet New York City) by working as an office temp? Here you’ll find essays on all manner of things: hyenas, wedgies, the Grand Canyon, car alarms, butter and Frank Langella’s scrotum. But mostly, they’re about temping.
Adventures of a BigWhiteGuy Living in Hong Kong
Randal is a 40 year old Canadian Ex-pat living and working as a photographer in Hong Kong. Visiting his autobiographical BWG website is an experience akin to The Amazing Race meets Modern Humorist. Clever and adventurous, yet somehow understated. Check out his voluminous online photo albums for a real kick in the head.
Post Secret
Check it out every Sunday for new secrets!
Kiss Krap!
My friend Chris has been collecting Kiss memorabilia for over thirty years. Now, perhaps inspired by the recent hit movie, The 40 Year Old Virgin, he is selling off much of his staggering collection of Todd McFarlane action figures, posters, games, puzzles, records and anything else you can imagine with the logo or likeness of members of Kiss emblazoned on it. Completely bypassing the usual ebay route, check out Chris’s website
Kiss Krap and maybe you can score yourself that one of a kind set of Destroyer oven mitts!
Website of Michelle Ferguson Cohen
Writer, Comedian, Recovering Rock Chick, Michelle was one of the first publicists I met and became pals with way back in the day when I could still stay up past 10 PM on a school night. She has been responsible for introducing me to many of my current friends/fiends in the music industry and for a not insignificant number of my career “breaks.” Check out her site and sign her mailing list right now!!
Jeremy Laing, Fashion Designer of the Future
It’s weird to think that I am personally acquainted with the Fashion Designer of the Future, Jeremy Laing, but I am. Read all about how cool Jeremy is on his website and one day you will be wearing his space age retro designs. I just bet.
Eileen Marquez, Artist
While I was temping at Forest Research Institute I shared a cubical with a very cool chick named Eileen Marquez. Eileen revitalized my sense of office fashion, shared snacks with me, and showed great appreciation for my warped sense of humor. In other words, she was rad. For that, Eileen is now immortalized in the Pink Links. She’s a pretty good painter, too, so if you’re a rich Rock Star whose cavernous mansion is seriously in need of some cool and colorful art to decorate those bare walls, drop by Eileen’s eponymous website. Hurry before she’s world famous and even you can’t afford her stuff.
Improv Everywhere
From staging Olympic Water Ballet Team try outs in the Washington Square Park fountain to getting eighty people to simultaneously take their pants off on the subway to convincing foreign tourists that the McDonalds in Times Square actually has a Men’s Room attendant, NY based performance art troupe Improv Everywhere brings excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and gives strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives. Hours of endless fun can be found by reading up on their past missions at the website link above.
Izzle Pfaff
Man, I sure do love this Blog that Ian recently turned me on to. Sample entry:
“When I got done with college — sporting a mighty Bachelor of Theater degree — I of course had to get a job. Strangely, Hollywood casting directors (or, for that matter, Hoboken casting directors) were not exactly scratching at my zipper or anything, so I had to find, as they say, a “real” job. When actors say things like ‘real’ jobs, that means: Jobs that suck.”
DEVA
DEVA is the DEVO cover-slash-tribute band fronted by my rad pal Chezza. They all wear pink wigs on stage and do killer covers of all your favorite Spudboy tunes!
Robert Burke Warren
Robert is an awesome Americana singer-songwriter who is not only ultra-talented but also really hot. Robert recently updated his website and it looks amazing. Robert is married to the rock journalist legend, Holly George Warren, who is one of my writing idols. Together they rock very hard.
Hello Wendy!
Wendy Weisberg is a long time publicist pal of mine who now runs her own web marketing and Public Relations Company called Hello Wendy! Wendy1s past and present clients include rad acts like Chris Vrenna1s Tweaker, Johnny Marr and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Check out her new website!
C.C. Banana
C.C. Banana, the yellow-skinned badwill ambassador to the hard rock community, is proud to announce the debut of the all-new CCBanana.com! This unique website collects for the first time C.C.’s many unbelievable rock & roll adventures, featuring memorable guest appearances by the members of Poison, Winger, Cinderella, Skid Row, Kiss, Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z’Nuff, Pretty Boy Floyd, 40ft. Ringo and many more!
Sir Millard Mulch
http://www.sirmillardmulch.com/
Please bookmark the Internet home of the true Savior of Rock, Sir Millard Mulch.
Space Baby Clothing
Everyone who knows me knows that I’m a ‘zero population growth’ kind of gal. But if you simply must breed, please dress your baby in clothes by Space baby. Thank you.
Carol Lay
Carol Lay, author of the late great Story Minute strip, is the raddest cartoonist/ artist ever to live and draw rad cartoons. Although Carol and I have never met, we once dated the same psycho misogynist freak. Please spend some time browsing her website and buy some of her unique and compelling art, which includes little lapel pins that look like Satan.
Famousjames.com
Famous James is some metal dude whose site I found while Googling my own name. Apparently James, “The King of 80’s Metal,” had the kindness of heart to add a link to my website, which is cool because I don’t even know the guy. Perhaps he will be my future husband. One million jillion-bonus points scored for the article, The Greatest Cheeseburger Ever. Ohmigod, I love cheeseburgers so much.
Zombie Cake
http://www.theyrecoming.com/extras/zombiefest/
Make a Zombie cake for your next party with a recipe from the raddest zombie related site on the web, They’re Coming to Get You Barbara. Besides the cool pastry recipes, this site provides hours of time wasting entertainment for all schlock horror flick afficionados.
Marc Slutsky.com
Marc “The Slut” Slutsky, formerly of the pop/rock band, Splender, is a bad ass drummer who plays all styles of music. And ladies, he’s also super duper cute. Be sure to check out Marc’s rad bio, which I wrote.
Billy Tompkins, Photographer
http://www.billytompkins.com/portfolio.html
Need to hire a professional photographer? Check out Billy’s impressive portfolio, which includes not only a wide variety of news photography and portraits, but live shots of everyone from The Scorpions and Motley Crue to Elvis Costello and Dave Matthews, among hundreds of others.
Bill’s Juke Joint
http://members.cox.net/billsjukejoint/index.html
This is the personal website of writer Bill Betts. According to Bill, Bill’s Juke Joint is mostly about American roots music, but the site’s extensive collection of both current and archived album reviews include artists as varied as The Beatles, The Zombies, Linda Ronstadt, Social Distortion and Bjork. Record geeks of all ages could spend hours just browsing around.
BeHolm Catering!
Catering is a pretty big deal here in New York City, so you’ve gotta have the right connections. BeHolm Catering, owned and operated by my pal CJ and her gourmet chef husband, Bjorn, services the entire Tri-State area with delicious custom catering, always made from the freshest ingredients available. Whether you’re having a casual cocktail party, need a buffet lunch for a photo shoot or are planning a full-service sit-down dinner, BeHolm Catering will work with you to make your event the best it can be. Check out their website and please tell them Gail sent you.
Design By Droid
The totally bitchen home of Andy Droid, Web Designer to the Rock Stars and my favorite Canadian Alice Cooper fan! Check him out, because he rocks very hard.
Fresh Squeezed CD Duplication
http://www.freshsqueezedla.com/
Fresh Squeezed provides High Quality CD Duplication and kick ass Custom Packaging for your band’s disc. Co-Owned and operated by a good friend of the WorleyGig, drumming goddess Judy Cocuzza. Please tell her Gail sent you!
Edward O’Dowd, Graphic Design
Need the perfect cover art for your band’s CD? Check out the online portfolio of talented artist (and Toilet Boys drummer), “Electric” Eddie O’Dowd!
Parlez Vous Alice Cooper?
A cool multi-lingual Alice Cooper fan site dedicated to the original Alice Cooper band, the continuing solo careers of various band members, and Alice’s solo stuff.
Cole Marcus
Enter the world of child drum prodigy, Cole Marcus. He plays drums like a pint sized Neal Peart and he’s cute as hell. I met Cole recently when I was on vacation in California. His parents took us to a restaurant that was like eating in the Rain Forest and Cole and I colored with crayons on the placemats. It was rad.
Myspace
How I waste 95% of my free time! Add me as a friend right now!
Slash, Official Website
Everything you ever wanted to know about Slash but were too lazy to Google for! Updated daily! Webmistress Linda Scott keeps it rocking 24/7/365!
Frank’s OMG Blog!
Get the gay perspective on current pop culture phenomena, from 28 Days Later to Queer Eye for The Straight Guy – via the unique sensibilities of my friend, Frank. Frank is also completely hilarious!
The World of Vinnie Apicella
According to Vinny, “Our mission is to research and promote property investing and business opportunities in select emerging market locations, share information, provide resources, and connect buyers and sellers. Our cornerstones, Bulgaria, China and Nicaragua, offer a variety of options for travel, business and investment. Soon, we’ll also be featuring more locations in Eastern Europe and South Asia. As we extend into additional markets you’ll learn about them here.”
The Aggression
NYC’s Premiere Machine rockers!
Future of Music
http://howisya.tripod.com/f2k.html
Wow! This has got to be the best site on the Internet to find out the skinny on all those rumored soon-to-be-released new CDs by Guns ‘N’ Roses, The Dandy Warols, BT, Aphex Twin, U.N.K.L.E., A Perfect Circle and a bunch of Hip-hop stuff that I just don’t even care about, but you might. Run by a kid who once started the world’s hugest flame war: Nine Inch Nails Fans of the Globe Versus Gail Pink! Yikes! Check this site out now. Updated every few seconds I think.
Jana Peri
My good friend Jana Peri is a rocking NYC gal. Check out her website and please buy her EP featuring the world’s greatest anti-dating anthem, “Dating Sucks!” and “The La La Song,” a cool song about hanging out in England!
Judy Cocuzza: Drumming Goddess
Judy played drums for the late great rock band, Betty Blowtorch and now she’s in these two great bands: Patsy Grind and Cheap Chick, the world’s only all female Cheap Trick tribute band!
Ink19
This is the website of the first non-NYC based publication I ever wrote for. Ink published my interview with Marilyn Manson back in 1996, which was a huge break for me. Ink19 is run by my friend and Webmaster, Ian Koss, who also wrote my bio for this site. Ink19 is probably the best music and media site on the web. Lots of my stuff is archived here.
Modern Drummer
The website of Modern Drummer Magazine, whom I’ve written for since 1999.
Other People’s Stories
http://www.otherpeoplesstories.com/
Ian turned me on to this cool and fascinating site, which is just exactly what you think: Other People’s Stories. When I first looked at this page, it had an incredible story about a guy who had perfected the art of revenge. This site changed my life.
Starpolish.com
http://www.starpolish.com/artists/critics/
If you click on the “Critics Corner” section of the site you can read my reviews of an assload of unsigned bands!
Total Poser
The official Website of Mike Fasano. Who? Exactly! Mikey is one of my best friends and the coolest drummer in LA.
Ray Luzier
Ray is the former drummer for the David Lee Roth band and Army of Anyone who now plays drums for Korn. He’s the sweetest guy ever and a top-shelf musician. Ray just plain rocks!
Neal Smith, Rock N Realtor
Neal was the drummer in the Alice Cooper Group, back in the ’70s when Alice Cooper was a band and not a solo act. Neal is another great friend and an amazing drummer. This site has one of the best flash intros I’ve ever seen/heard.
Michael Staertow
Michael is a fantastic and very sexy rock guitarist from upstate New York. He introduced me to my original web Designer. Please visit Michael’s website and buy his CD.
Portable, the Band
Website of the late great rock band, Portable. They ruled!
Dads Porno Mag
My favorite LA band!
Type O Negative
Another excellent metal band from Brooklyn. Site designed and maintained by my friend Steve Prue who helped me set up my iMac. Steve rules.
Bill Bowman
Gail’s favorite singer/songwriter!
The Complaints
My favorite DIY rock band from Rhode Island!
Metal Sludge
http://metal-sludge.com/MainPage.htm
Visit once a day! Metal!
PitchFork Media
An extremely comprehensive site for updated music news, with hilarious writers.
Angry Viking
This is the website of my close friend, next door neighbor and former side kick, David Lee Beowulf. This site is just amazing. Dave last updated Angry Viking about ten years ago. Please email his ass and tell him to get on the ball.
Scamcity
“Welcome to ScamCity: A Journal of American Anti-Culture and a Guide to Millennial Panic.” Wow, what cool site, created by John Petkovic, singer/guitarist for Cleveland rockers, Cobra Verde. John is also my absolute favorite pop culture scribe.
EatyMeaty.com
I wish I could say that EatyMeaty.com is a pro-meat eaters website, and it is in a way. EatyMeaty is a very, very cool pop culture website with a sort of Meat-related theme running throughout. Oh, it is so very cool. I recently enjoyed the article, I Need A Relationship Like I Need Spontaneous Retardation very much. All hail eatymeaty!
Dean Haspiel, Comic Artist Extraordinaire
Dean created the Cartoon Gail you see on this site. Obviously, his talent is vast and all encompassing.
Orange Boots
My friend Anina sells sexy underwear on this site. Please buy your next pair of fancy undies from her! A girl’s gotta make a living!
Lucia Cifarelli
Lucia is a true Rock Goddess. Check out her site, download her tunes, Rock with her!
Atlantean Tarot
This is the website of my friend, Allison O’Dell, who was the host of the Manhattan Cable Television show “Atlantean Tarot with Allison” for years. Allison does card readings and astrological charts. She’s rad. Please give her some business.
The Condors, a Rock & Roll Band
Acid flashbacks are free at the website of The Condors. My friend Pooch is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in this band. Go and hear them rock when you are in LA. Pooch started Flipside magazine, like, a hundred years ago, so you know he’s cool.
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