#TNTML & @OfficialSerj make #nerdy lovin

DUDDESS!! Check one off of my "to-done" list for today! Yes, I have a to-done list, as a to-do list is irrelevant in my eyes. I will always have stuff to doooo ... but a lot fewer that actually need to be donnneee. So yeah, this was one of them. Pretty stoked! @OfficialSerj was a superly duperly awesome human being, and SUCCHHH a nerd!!!

Please note as well, everything is filmed on my AOL Lifestream flipcam. I am literally, the worrsstttt camera dude-ette in the world. SO! As we are getting funding and putting on our fancy pants, we are just going to have to laugh at how bad my artistic interpreation of a camera dude is.

... and feel free as well to drop me a tweet, to let me know how you guys want me to distribute the loot!!! Dude, these headphones look SICCKKKKKK!!!!

OHHH!!! BTW, like our new graphics? Yep, new iMovie on my brand SPANKIN new MacBook Pro ... I am in loooovveeeeeeeeeee *drool*

Great job using social media to engage with your fans Serj!!! Super impressed!!!!!

Click here to follow @OfficialSerj on Twitter and click here to buy Imperfect Harmonies on iTunes!

Thanks again for the invite, @Platinumevent

#NerdsUnite

The State of Music IS #ImperfectHarmonies

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's Queen of Noise: @LikesGoyBoys

With my #MetalMiniTour over with and Tuesday night's Serj Tankian "Imperfect Harmonies" album release party wrapped, I've been ruminating on what's going on in the music business, and I don't mean from the POV of a new media maven. This kind of dawned on me when I was hanging out at Uproar in Irvine, and the main stage was dormant. Everybody was getting ready for Halestorm, and we're hanging at the booth, like this:

I'm approached by a guy, and was pretty obvious that he was a Disturbed fan, seeing as he shared the same shaved pate and prominent facial piercings as David Draiman, Disturbed's vocalist. 

(Photo by Chad Elder)

The guy unfurls his story about why he's done up like he is, and reveals that he became a Disturbed fan the night he clutched a fistful of pills, "the kind no stomach pump can save you from", he solemnly stated. A veteran of the US Army, he'd been suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and felt like nothing good could possibly come from the husk of a human being he considered himself to be. He was rejuvenated by the barrage of guitar in the first bars of "Indestructable" on the radio and he thought better of taking his life. 

These days, this gentleman is not only a hell of a David Draiman doppelganger, but a proud member of Disturbed's street team. That's productive, that's proactive, that's #UnapologeticallyAwesome. Music just might be the arche, (the divine power above all, the origin of all); it's definitely mine. 

Disturbed may not be your cup of tea. That's fine, there's somebody else that'll swill that cup for you. There should be variety in music, and what's great about tours like Uproar is that it spans genre/sub-genre themes and unites people. 

Serj Tankian's new album is titled Imperfect Harmonies. Oxymoron? Not if you delve into the philosophy of it. There's something of a paradox there, and that's what makes us human. That's why certain sounds are appealing, and some are repulsive.  

I'm going to listen to Serj's latest joint and tell you about my perception of the listening party. Thanks for having us, Ultimate Ears & @Platinumevent! 

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TONIGHT!! #TNTML Hangs out with @officialserj

DUDESS!!! SO, thanks to our friends over @platinumevent - @maniacalmorgan @likesgoyboys and I are going to be hangin with Serj Tankian aka the lead singer of System of a Down. He's got a new solo album out, and yeah - I actually listened to their shit back in the day. Kinda stoked, not gonna lie. I still have Chop Suey on my iPod.

It's a listening party for his new album, and he's going to be there doing interviews. I have no idea what we even have access for or anything - but either way, I'll totally be livestreaming and will GET an interview somehow, either live or archived on my AOL Flipcam.

Pretty effin rad man. Stay tuned, we'll be livestreaming starting around 5:30PST tonight. Again, no idea what you're going to get ... but judging by their music, there will def be some cool cats there. HAHAHA!!

And oh yeah ... again, they're going to be giving away a few door prizes too, or something. Since I'm a minimalist, I don't need it. Feel free to come up with some rad ideas of how you want to win any of the shit that I get. HA! =) Tweet me: @JenFriel

SSEEEEEEEE you all in a bit!

#NerdsUnite

and oh yeah ... feel free to also just go to our Ustream channel directly. Not gonna lie, feels GOOOODDDD to be livestreaming again!!! W00t! W00t!!