It’s that time of year again to project what 2k9 will be ALL ABOUT. So here it is!

Myles will lose his phone.

This will be the Passionistas year- just like 2006, 2007 and 2008.

A certain somebody who everyone thinks is gay will come out.

This post will be a 1/12th of this years blogging.

Danyol will continue to produce paintings influenced by ‘Warhol, Haring and Basquiat’ in which he ‘delighfully plays with concepts of gender, sexuality and consumerism.’

Randy will start and destroy a new band.

‘Cool kid’ will replace ‘Hipster’.

Jealousy’s album will be really good.

A certain power couple will split, but they will still be friends.

Hard Place will put out an even better album and people will continue to be bizarrely indifferent.

The 7″ that the Passionistas are “almost done with” will take another six months to complete.

Bridez will achieve there goal and sound like Screamadelica. Unfortunately, neither Will nor Liza will be in the band at that point.

Somebody cool will die.

MCB will reform, actually fronted by a drunk goat. Tom will get mad at the goat for bleating over his best music ever.

This was over on Failblog today but I think this video has a home over here on world famous too.

(Michael Maloney / The Chronicle)

The Passionistas are featured in today’s Chronicle, where they talk about their new seven inch on this here label and their creative process now that they have three songwriters. If, like us, you’re somewhat baffled by this band that claims their ambition is to write mega popular songs and be famous but attempt to achieve this through deceptively simple songs — albeit, lampooning their grandmothers and pontificating on Y2K years after the fact — set next to more experimental musical ventures about “The American Whale”, then this article is a good read.

You can read the article here.

Speaking of the experimental side of The Passionistas, their seven inch may be pure pop but they’re still trying new things. Not since the Y2K video have we been this baffled by The Passionistas. We don’t know if this is Nerdcore, pro-tools masturbation, a really obvious observation, or art but we like it and you can dance to it. We give you “Life Without An Eye Pod”:

Download it! The Passionistas – Life Without an Eye Pod

1/7/2009
9PM @ The Stud (399 9th St)

We’re going to be playing some of our favorite youtube videos. Come. Fun. Youtube Celebrities. A special screening of Mondo Bottomless by Gary Fembot.

Rad tunes by dj secret handshake. See You There.

Pictures from past Club Club You’re Dead’s. Spot yourself! Looks fun, no?

The Passionistas, after slurring their way into the new year, are going to be playing the Magic Bullets record release party this Friday at The Bottom of the Hill. Come get your dose of American music sandwiched in between two slices of brit inspired punk and pop.

1/9/2009 @ Bottom Of The Hill
10 pee emm 10 dollars ALL ages
Magic Bullets http://www.myspace.com/magicbullets
The Passionistas http://www.myspace.com/thepassionistas
Airfix Kits http://www.myspace.com/airfixkits
DJ PRIMO

It is a bit long, short as speeches go, but this is worth hearing every single word.

Harold Pinter Nobel Prize Speech 2005. Art, Truth, Politics.

If anyone was wondering why World Famous In SF is so prone to epic fail, check out this latest promotional e-mail:

Lol i’m wasted here is our music i am ni a band called the passionisats i hopeyou like our music it is pretyrad it isfrom our first7″ . we are from san francisosc. i heopr you like it.

Aarn

BRIDEZ and Patrik from Cobain in a Coma head down to LA this Sunday to take over LA club Part Time Punks. Rainbow Arabia will be playing too.

If you don’t know, Part Time Punks happens every Sunday at the echo and is so cool they their own hyperbolic quote from the NME:

“… such an incredibly cool event, the likes of which has never taken place anywhere in America (no, not even in hipster Brooklyn).” – Lyndsey Parker, NME

1/4/2009
Part Time Punks @ The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd LA CA
BRIDEZ
RAINBOW ARABIA

Here’s some Photos from the last time BRIDEZ was in LA. Looks rad, right? Don’t miss ‘em again!