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HIP VIDEO PROMO
October 07

HIP VIDEO PROMO NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

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It's the HIP Video Promo Christmas party 2007! Andy thoroughly enjoys the festive company of his top HIPsters: Megan Albert, Andrea Manalese, Alaina Gurdak, Rob Fitzgerald and Misha Safonov - 12/20 It's the brother/sister team that knows how to rock steady and rock hard! Misha and his sister Nina Safonov prepare mailers for what is sure to be a very busy 2008! - 12/20 It's always a great feeling when the interns we employ prove themselves to be the cream of the crop! Here is Jessica Gatdula and Harrison Green kicking out the jams on a Wednesday afternoon. - 12/14
We've learned here at HIP HQ that a work day without our pal Alaina
Gurdak is like a work day without sunshine! Always ebullient and chock full of fun and frolic, Alaina always keeps it real - 12/20
Not only is Misha Safonov one of our top, most cherished HIPsters, he knows how to rock! Here he is during
his band's HIP Clip video interview. His band Jet Lag Gemini is poised to break big in 2008 - 12/20
Megan Albert, our National Director of Video Promotion, spends a moment with fellow HIPster Misha Safonov and his bandmates in Jet Lag Gemini after their Power Play Music TV interview - 12/20
Check it out! HIPster Rob Fitzgerald and Power Play's very own Paulie Cerquiera hang out with Jet Lag Gemini after filming their HIP Clip video interview - 12/20 Misha, the lead singer/songwriter of Jet Lag Gemini talks about his band on camera while drummer Dan DiLiberto watches his back and listens intently to his fearless leader's latest musings - 12/20 Rob from HIP and our pal Misha have been New Jersey rock n' roll kindred spirits for over a year now; here Rob shows his love and respect to Doghouse Records very own Jet Lag Gemini - 12/20
Rocking out in New York City with reckless abandon, Jet Lag Gemini guitarist Vlad Gheorghiu wows a packes Knitting Factory audience with his entertaining sonic brilliance - 12/17 Much more manacing and over the top onstage with his band than in real life, Jet Lag Gemini progenitor Misha Safonov along with bassist Matt Gheorghiu leave the kids at The Knitting Factory screaming for more! - 12/17 With drummer Dan DiLiberto right behind him keeping the beat solid, Jet Lag Gemini's demon lead guitarist Vlad Gheorghiu gets right in the face of his adoring fans with terrific "guitar hero" histrionics at The Knitting Factory in NYC - 12/17
Andy from HIP is living large and
loving life, sandwiched between two punk rock legends: Mick Jones and Tony James from the band Carbon/Silicon - 12/5
Mick Jones (Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sisters of Mercy) talk all about Carbon/Silicon at The Highline Ballroom in NYC - 12/5 After the interview and prior to their sold out performance, Mick Jones and Tony James from Caroline Records buzz band Carbon/Silicon hang out with our pal Paulie Cerqueira - 12/5
Igniting the musical magic that Carbon/Silicon espouses, punk rock luminaries Mick Jones and Tony James kick out the jams for an appreciative NYC audience - 12/5 Creating a new, exciting sound, kinda like the Rolling Stones with a laptop, Carbon/Silicon's Tony James keeps the audience aroused during the hit single "The News" - 12/5 Keeping the bottom intact throughout Carbon/Silicon's inspiring set, bass player Leo "E-zee-kill" Williams adds to the band's sonic intensity - 12/5
Kind enough to autograph some CDs after their Power Play Music TV video interview, Joey Eppard and Billy Riker from the band Three are all about showing video programmers and their viewers lots of love - 11/30 Metal Blade Records is ebbullient and super charged up about Three, a band with tons of buzz! Here, Joey Eppard & Billy Riker from the band chat while Paulie Cerqueira from Power Play captures the video fun - 11/30 Truly passionate about the compelling music Three creates, Joey Eppard talks about "all things Three" prior to their wildly anticipated show at The Annex in NYC - 11/30
Andy from HIP hangs out in front of HIP HQ with his friends Pierre Marceau and Mike Kundrath from Hero Pattern, after they helped out with some "HIP" landscaping - 11/30 A.J. Beranato and Jacob Pastrovich continue to "kick out the jams" during our extremely busy Friday afternoon at HIP Headquarters in South River, NJ - 11/30 After the completion of tackling the voluminous HIP yardwork, fellow bandmate Rob Fitzgerald hangs with Pierre Marceau and Mike Kundrath from NJ favs Hero Pattern - 11/30
Paul Cerqueira from Power Play Music TV and HIP's very own Rob Fitzgerald spend a moment with the lovely and talented Nicole Atkins after her video interview in NYC - 11/26 Certainly a personality that envelops the camera, Nicole Atkins talks about her music, her videos, and her meteoric rise to prominence during
her Power Play Music TV interview
in NYC - 11/26
As Paul from Power Play shoots footage that will eventually become the Nicole Atkins HIP Clip, Nicole talks about making the "Neptune City" and "The Way It Is" music videos - 11/26
Knocking the sold out Webster Hall audience on their asses, the lovely ladies of Northern State work their musical magic opening for Tegan
and Sara in NYC - 11/19
The irrepressible Sprout from Ipecac buzz band Northern State wows the packed audience during their recent stellar performance at Webster Hall
in NYC - 11/19
Hesta Prynn, the vivacious and compelling performer and songwriter from Northern State, whips up the crowd during their rousing rendition of "Better Already" - 11/19
Naming their band after the often
times congested highway in their native Long Island, New York, the ladies of Northern State can sing
(and dance!) with the best of them! - 11/19
Fun, sassy, and irreverant, Northern State's fearless Hesta Prynn gives the NYC crowd their money's worth during their over the top Webster Hall performance - 11/19 They can sing; they can dance...in fact, Northern State can do it all! Impressing a jaded and cynical NYC audience with their live show, it's clear that Northern State love their jobs - 11/19
It's our very own Megan Albert and her 23rd birthday celebration! Joining her are her HIPster pals Misha, Rob, Alaina,Andy and Harrison at The Olive Garden in East Brunswick - 11/15 Megan Albert, HIP's National Director of Music Video Promo, excitedly opens her birthday  gift and card during her fun-filled celebration at The Olive Garden - 11/15 After a lovely dinner chock full of breadsticks and free unlimited salad, Megan Albert starts opening her card and birthday gift at The Olive Garden in East Brunswick - 11/15
Mwsmerizing a sold out crowd at The Society For Ethical Culture in New York City, Fat Cat Records' very owm Mûm headlines the 2007 Wordless Music Festival - 11/10 Orvar Smarson of Mûm rocks out with a random audience member on kazoo - the Mûm-sters brought members of the audience on stage to celebrate the 2007 Wordless Music Festival - 11/10 Hildar Gundisdottir of  Mûm on stage in New York City at the 2007 Wordless Music Festival, hosted by The Society For Ethical Culture - 11/10
Yet another guest joins Mûm in celebrating the Wordless Music Festival in New York City -11/10 Ovar Smarson of Mûm pauses to address the sold out crowd at The Socieety For Ethical Culture's Wordless Musical Festival in NYC - 11/10 Andy hanging out with long time pal, graphic artist and drummer extrordinaire Dave Reynolds - 11/10
Traveling all the way from their native Iceland, Mûm performs as part of The Wordless Music Festival at St. Paul
the Apostle Church in NYC- 11/10
Gunnar Orn Tynes, programmer and all around talent for Mûm, calls up the bottom end at St. Paul's Church in NYC . - 11/10 Grand National, Recall Records' outstanding London duo, rock out at The Blender Theater in New York City 11/3
Rupert Lyddon and La Rudd of Grand National open up about their music and life in America during their Powerplay Video Interview - 11/3 Andy from HIP hangs out with Rupert and La of Grand National backstage after their HIP Clip at The Blender Theater in NYC ! - 11/3 Rupert Lyddon of Grand National pours it out for a packed house at NYC's Blender Theater during Recall Records Ten Year Anniversary bash - 11/3
Grand National tears it up in front of an extremely enthusiastic crowd at the Recall Records Tenth Anniversary soireè in NYC -11/3 Helping to celebrate Recall's Tenth anniversary in grand fashion, Grand National's La Rudd blazes away on his Gibson Explorer on stage at The Blender Theatre in NYC- 11/3 Sometimes you can't help asking someone not very handy with a camera to take a photo with a client, in this case Filthy Pretty's Roy Jackson- 11/3