News http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:04:21 GMT http://bandzoogle.com ALWAYS LINNING! http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=1839596 We're spinning off our own spin off and paying homage to Knicks icon Jeremy Lin with "Always Linning." It's hot off the presses!
]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:04:21 GMT B75608EBCBB11B43159910D0731EEEAB Always Winning lyrics - by popular demand http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=847454  We've received many requests for the lyrics to our Charlie Sheen-themed song "Always Winning," so here they are.  Charlie Sheen - Always Winning By Josh Raff and Eli Northrup Chorus Uh huh you know Charlie Sheen Everything he do it's Major League Erol Flynn Frank Sinatra that's nothing Banging hookers at the Plaza that's stunting He's on a Drug and it's called Charlie Sheen so he's Always winning always winning always winning always winning Tiger blood and adonis in his genes so he's Always winning always winning always winning always winning Verse 1 We got Charlie Sheen 1 and Charlie Sheen 2/ They both winning cuz that's what Charlie Sheen do/ He's the wild thing living in the 9th inning/ always coming out on top Ricky Vaughn bi-winning/ he be snide grinning while he cashing his checks/ thinks CBS coke booze and sex/ Goddesses on his arm and he making 'em swoon/ everybody wanna be a part of Charlie's Platoon/ cuz he's the hot shot that is just how he rolls/ either you are in his corner or you're one of the trolls/ he make Richards and Jagger look like a disgrace/ this is Charlie Sheen and he's melting your face/ Chorus Verse 2 Charlie Sheen 2 men everybody else a half/ his success rate 100% I did the math/ He don't use drugs he use a blender/ he's a vacuum cleaner on a bender/ from young gunner down on Wall Street trading the stocks/ to LA throwing ragers banging 7 gram rocks/ He can bring it like nobody else bringing it in the game/ disease bitch please he cured it with his brain/ Chorus Verse 3 He got one speed GO he letting us know/ such a winner almost making 2 mili per show/ He goes on runs so epic they could last for weeks/ he's like Wall Street II: Charlie Never Sleeps/ he never says can't he just says do it/ he's not beyond the law but he runs right through it/ now he's cured he's done he make his own rules/ Charlie Sheen live forever cuz dyings for fools/ Chorus
Charlie Sheen - Always Winning
By Josh Raff and Eli Northrup

Chorus
Uh huh you know Charlie Sheen
Everything he do it's Major League
Erol Flynn Frank Sinatra that's nothing
Banging hookers at the Plaza that's stunting

He's on a Drug and it's called Charlie Sheen so he's
Always winning always winning always winning always winning
Tiger blood and adonis in his genes so he's
Always winning always winning always winning always winning

Verse 1
We got Charlie Sheen 1 and Charlie Sheen 2/ They both winning cuz that's what Charlie Sheen do/ He's the wild thing living in the 9th inning/ always coming out on top Ricky Vaughn bi-winning/ he be snide grinning while he cashing his checks/ thinks CBS coke booze and sex/ Goddesses on his arm and he making 'em swoon/ everybody wanna be a part of Charlie's Platoon/ cuz he's the hot shot that is just how he rolls/ either you are in his corner or you're one of the trolls/ he make Richards and Jagger look like a disgrace/ this is Charlie Sheen and he's melting your face/

Chorus

Verse 2
Charlie Sheen 2 men everybody else a half/ his success rate 100% I did the math/ He don't use drugs he use a blender/ he's a vacuum cleaner on a bender/
from young gunner down on Wall Street trading the stocks/ to LA throwing ragers banging 7 gram rocks/ He can bring it like nobody else bringing it in the game/ disease bitch please he cured it with his brain/

Chorus

Verse 3
He got one speed GO he letting us know/ such a winner almost making 2 mili per show/ He goes on runs so epic they could last for weeks/ he's like Wall Street II: Charlie Never Sleeps/ he never says can't he just says do it/ he's not beyond the law but he runs right through it/ now he's cured he's done he make his own rules/ Charlie Sheen live forever cuz dyings for fools/

Chorus

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:32:02 GMT 429D9CE0F75A4B56073E11491819FB52 Charlie Sheen: Always Winning http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=818415   Click on the link below for a free download Click on the link below for a free download


]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:35:00 GMT 0D8B6268286F03AFC42F9BDF05E67EBB Arlene's month-long residency continues http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=767712  Thanks to all who came out to the first two shows of our 4 show, month-long residency at Arlene's Grocery. Come out this Friday for our "cover night" and the final Friday for all kinds of free shwag and shenanigans. Check out this video of the band's performance of Trapeze this past Friday (thanks to Ross for the thorough introduction he provides before the song kicks in...).

]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:05:16 GMT 63DEFBD6BC593928C3836680F7717A7A Super Bowl Time http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=737636  Raffsputin and Playa H. Nice getting hyped for the big game.

]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:05:31 GMT C91DD52CB53BBAF0AF7CD73B8862F9C1 Let's Get it On http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=727551 Clip from practice last night:

]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:30:00 GMT D499DA35E988A79DA6B86033CA1F91C3 In Loving Memory of Alex T. Finamore http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=704067 The first band I was ever in was formed in middle school. We were called BEAD-an acronym for Brad, Eli, Alex, Dan. The Alex was Alex Finamore, our bassist and one of my closest friends growing up. I remember Alex had a metallic teal Fender bass, and we used to spend our weekend nights jamming in Dan's basement until it got late and we could sneak out and rollerblade to a girl's house or covertly smoke cigars in the park. Alex and I drifted a part a bit once we got to high school, and I hadn't seen him in a while before we ran into each other at the bar last Thanksgiving. Turned out we were both in law school, on similar paths, and still shared a love for music. When I told him that I was playing in a band again he was so pumped about it, and told me he needed to see a show. I promised I would let him know next time we were playing in the area and he said he'd be there. When we played at the DC9 at the end of July we were chilling before at the bar when Alex came in the door. We got to chat for a bit before we went on stage and I think it struck us both how far we'd come since those days with BEAD. We made plans to get together in earnest in the near future, but that was the last time I would ever see him. The next time we had a show inDC was on January 7 of this year, and I was on facebook the day of the show when I remembered that Alex was on break. I thought he might be in town that night so I went to check his facebook page to see if he was around. What I saw instead was a series of posts in rememberance of Alex, expressing sorrow for his passing. I couldn't believe what I was seeing in that moment and it's actually still extremely hard to believe Alex is really gone. A flood of memories immediately hit me--memories of us as kids playing soccer, with the band, partying together. What really struck me was that in every memory I had of Alex, he had a big smile in his face. That was just the kind of person that he was, and it sounds like a cliche, but in his case it's really true; he was almost always smiling. I was thinking about Alex throughout the show that night, and with all of these memories in my head I wrote a song once we got back to New York. It's called "Keep Smiling",and you can download it below. If you knew Alex you probably loved him a lot like I did, and that's what this song is really about. -Eli In loving memory of Alex T. Finamore 1/1/85 - 1/6/11

The first band I was ever in was formed in middle school. We were called BEAD-an acronym for Brad, Eli, Alex, Dan. The Alex was Alex Finamore, our bassist and one of my closest friends growing up. I remember Alex had a metallic teal Fender bass, and we used to spend our weekend nights jamming in Dan's basement until it got late and we could sneak out and rollerblade to a girl's house or covertly smoke cigars in the park.

Alex and I drifted a part a bit once we got to high school, and I hadn't seen him in a while before we ran into each other at the bar last Thanksgiving. Turned out we were both in law school, on similar paths, and still shared a love for music. When I told him that I was playing in a band again he was so pumped about it, and told me he needed to see a show. I promised I would let him know next time we were playing in the area and he said he'd be there.

When we played at the DC9 at the end of July we were chilling before at the bar when Alex came in the door. We got to chat for a bit before we went on stage and I think it struck us both how far we'd come since those days with BEAD. We made plans to get together in earnest in the near future, but that was the last time I would ever see him.

The next time we had a show inDC was on January 7 of this year, and I was on facebook the day of the show when I remembered that Alex was on break. I thought he might be in town that night so I went to check his facebook page to see if he was around. What I saw instead was a series of posts in rememberance of Alex, expressing sorrow for his passing. I couldn't believe what I was seeing in that moment and it's actually still extremely hard to believe Alex is really gone.

A flood of memories immediately hit me--memories of us as kids playing soccer, with the band, partying together. What really struck me was that in every memory I had of Alex, he had a big smile in his face. That was just the kind of person that he was, and it sounds like a cliche, but in his case it's really true; he was almost always smiling.

I was thinking about Alex throughout the show that night, and with all of these memories in my head I wrote a song once we got back to New York. It's called "Keep Smiling",and you can download it below. If you knew Alex you probably loved him a lot like I did, and that's what this song is really about.

-Eli

In loving memory of Alex T. Finamore
1/1/85 - 1/6/11
]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:40:00 GMT 27EDB042D8DE73DC1D02C88EF4990C49 Am I the only one who prefers the original special effects? http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=700859 ]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:16:55 GMT 9DE527D22BE361857888C6CDA8DCF106 PV YouTube Channel http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=700851 Check out the <a target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/pantsvelour">PV YouTube channel for lots of behind the scenes stuff and fan videos. PV YouTube channel for lots of behind the scenes stuff and fan videos.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:10:00 GMT 1A5FB98D0D1ED9A4FCA85FD785B43234 Video from D.C. show http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=604512 As those who were at our last show in D.C. may have noticed, we had a film crew taping the show. They've been putting it all together since then and now you can check out some of the songs from that show. Much thanks to Andrew Garber, Dan Hayes and Clay Broga. <a href="http://vimeo.com/7957670">Mama Says from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2715240">Pants Velour on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo. As those who were at our last show in D.C. may have noticed, we had a film crew taping the show. They've been putting it all together since then and now you can check out some of the songs from that show. Much thanks to Andrew Garber, Dan Hayes and Clay Broga.

Mama Says from Pants Velour on Vimeo.

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:15:00 GMT 81ACFA7AD94CF29514EA457C2A0E59E1 PV's "Dr. Guapo" Wins 3rd Place in MyChipotle Competition http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=691981 We won't say exactly what the prize was, but we will say that free burritos were involved...You can hear the song below. We won't say exactly what the prize was, but we will say that free burritos were involved...You can hear the song below.

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]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:40:00 GMT 77F635F9FA0FFF99B3587B47C7618AC1 Washington City Paper Article http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=691980 Check out the <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/10/12/photos-anti-pop-consortium-rock-roll-hotel/">Washington City Paper article and photo gallery and the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonwu/sets/72157622440614299/">full photo gallery of the recent show at Rock &amp; Roll Hotel in D.C. Check out the Washington City Paper article and photo gallery and the
full photo gallery of the recent show at Rock & Roll Hotel in D.C.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:40:00 GMT D7562202FA835F4AB2F8168474CE6BD9 Spencer Pratt Diss Track Picked up by TheSuperficial.com http://pantsvelour.com/blog.cfm?feature=1913284&postid=691982 Check out TheSuperficial.com's post on PV's &quot;Itsy Bitsy Speidi&quot; <a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2009/06/news_33.php">here. Some pretty funny comments to check out as well. You can download the song for free below. Check out TheSuperficial.com's post on PV's "Itsy Bitsy Speidi" here. Some pretty funny comments to check out as well. You can download the song for free below.

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