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ARCHIVE 2011
Top Ten Year End Lists
Posted by Sarah On Dec 16, 2011
To save you the trouble of having to read Pitchfork's Top 50 albums of 2011 to see how many Bank Robber acts you can spot, we'll just go ahead and spoil it to say we have the Top 3 of the year. No surprises here:M83's juggernaut of a double albu... Read More
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BRM Guest Blog: Gabe Hilfer
Posted by Lyle On Dec 9, 2011
This week BRM turns the, uh, reins over to super music supervisor, Gabe Hilfer! Gabe, who works at Clear Songs, has worked on such projects as "The Wrestler," "How To Make It In America," and "50/50." Gabe wor... Read More
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BRM Plays The Name Game
Posted by Lyle On Dec 2, 2011
Working with so many uh talented artists, the odd things that cross over between them can be bizarre to say the least. Check out the latest mash up in the BRM musical world: Jim Belushi/Randy Quaid/John Candy. Yup, 3 new songs, 3 actors of vario... Read More
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BRM thanks you for your concern.
Posted by Douglas On Nov 18, 2011
BRM really needs to take a moment away form the joking we normally do on the blog most Fridays to say thank you. So many of you got in touch this week to make sure we were ok. When you looked at the news stand this week we know your first thou... Read More
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BRM BLOG TO 11
Posted by Lyle On Nov 11, 2011
So yeah, we are jumping on the 11/11/11 bandwagon in the 11th hour. Hopefully I will get the blog done before 11/12, but for those of you keeping score at home, I did start thinking about it earlier today (no not at 11:11am), but that counts rig... Read More
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BRM Double Down
Posted by Lyle On Nov 4, 2011
So yeah, BRM is still in a sugar coma from Halloween. The good news is, since I did dress as the 1% (or, sigh, a magician?), the barricades by our office on Wall Street have come down. Maybe I made them magically disappear? Or maybe some lic... Read More
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The World Series Of Licensing?
Posted by Lyle On Oct 27, 2011
I'm not really sure why no one is covering sports on the internet. I click click click and just get endless coverage of hot cats, pigs with paws (kosher!), and of course the tracking device for lost keys. So BRM is stepping up to the plate (ge... Read More
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Ask Siri - BRM BLOG 4S
Posted by Sarah On Oct 21, 2011
Couldn't figure out quite where to go with this week's blog. The BRM blog has already been occupied, it's too early to talk about Halloween, and I'm sure as hell not going to talk about CMJ (yes, Bushwick house parties and John Maus secret s... Read More
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BRM BLOG: Blog is Vacant / Occupied
Posted by Lyle On Oct 14, 2011
Not sure what is happening, but a group of very tidy men and women have decided to occupy the BRM BLOG! While it may be refreshing to everyone on this floor to have something other than the bathroom constantly occupied, we are not sure how thi... Read More
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BRM goes MUTE... and talks about it.
Posted by Douglas On Oct 6, 2011
HeyI hate keeping secrets, so yes, I haven't left Bank Of America... I tried to go over there and close out my account, but I couldn't make it over there with all the protesters and their endless sea of vegan take-out. I don't want to risk getti... Read More
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Absolutely Kosher... always worth it's salt.
Posted by Lyle On Sep 28, 2011
So another record label decides to stop putting out new releases....It seems to happen more and more these decades. Though, when I read that Absolutely Kosher decided to stop with the new jams (especially with the announcement a week before th... Read More
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BRM - Protest Survival Kit
Posted by Douglas On Sep 23, 2011
Sure, New York is an international city. Chinatown, Little Italy, Koreantown, Little Odessa, Little India, East Utica, ...uh... you been to Green Point? But its that special time of year here in New York when we play host to little earth on th... Read More
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Blog By Missoni
Posted by Lyle On Sep 16, 2011
Oh, what a sad day at the BRM. We all went to Target, pumped to pick up our favorite new Missoni pieces and, yup, all sold out. So not only does Target not sell beer (really? why no beer Target?), but now the frenzied sell-out of the Missoni s... Read More
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BRM BLOG: Orgys? Xmas?? Meh???
Posted by Lyle On Sep 9, 2011
Lots going on this weekend, some sadness (oh, the start of the football season...it hasn't been the same since the Los Angels Dons folded!). We are here to keep your mind off of such things and focus on you know, the thrill of getting music pl... Read More
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BRM Shark Night Out.
Posted by Douglas On Sep 2, 2011
Three day weekend! That means my first trip to the doctor in over 10 years… So I apologize in advance… I am about a pint and a half low today. Why do they need that much blood? Why haven't I watched this week's True Blood yet? Blood?... Read More
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BRM - Evacuation for the Masses
Posted by Douglas On Aug 26, 2011
So I ran into fellow Bank Robber Pete at the hardware store this morning before work. He assessed the situation well, "Its like Record Store Day for hardware stores". People were gabbing stuff out of boxes just opened not even knowin... Read More
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BRM Goes To Camp
Posted by Lyle On Aug 19, 2011
How can the summer almost be over? Sent my girls off for the last day of camp and couldn't help but stop and think of all the things I didn't get to do this summer… I quickly put those thoughts away. Negative thinking? That's just not the B... Read More
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BRM: Dancing To The Mailbox
Posted by Lyle On Aug 12, 2011
Hey, I understand that BRM is a still a mail based company.....Supervisors have systems in place that are built around cds, and sure, all those mp3s on a computer desktop can be messy (just as messy as a real desk top filled with discs). I do ... Read More
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Mo Money, Mo Bloglems (AN LB JOINT)
Posted by Lauren On Aug 5, 2011
You guys. The debt ceiling! Aaaaaand thus concludes my topical blog post for the week. But seriously, since everyone’s got their mind on their money and their money on their mind, I thought I’d throw down some cas... Read More
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Summer Fridays!?
Posted by Sarah On Jul 29, 2011
Oh yeah, I think this is officially what they call the dog days of summer. Summer Fridays? Never heard of them (at least not out here at BRM West -- down on Wall Street I think they crack open their Six Point tall boys at noon-thirty on summ... Read More
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BRM BLOT (That is Blog + Hot)
Posted by Lyle On Jul 22, 2011
Is it really too hot to blog?Will I use any excuse to not blog? Sarah, out in LA, blogged during Carmageddon... it seems only fair that I blog during just plain old Heat Apocalypse?Today I got supernatural end of the world zombie heat. Lots of... Read More
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BRMageddon
Posted by Sarah On Jul 15, 2011
Angelenos are no doubt sick to death of hashing and re-hashing the possible outcomes of the epic 10 mile closure of the 405 this weekend, but it wouldn't be a BRM blog if we didn't beat a dead meme, so here comes your Carmageddon blog! Bill Call... Read More
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BRM is DJing (so we don't have to dance)
Posted by Lyle On Jul 8, 2011
Today is the day when we give in and blog about turntable... and yes by blogging about turntable I mean that we will be there as much as we can today on this summer Friday: http://turntable.fm/bank_robber_musicSo yeah, a blog about turntable tha... Read More
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Oh, America!
Posted by Douglas On Jul 1, 2011
Yeah, it's almost the holiday weekend and the Bank Robber Wall Street office is already knee deep in Six Point cans or on the Hampton Jitney or something, so the weekly BRM blog duties have made it all the way out to BRM West. First things first,... Read More
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BRM SUCKS (Get It? Get it??)
Posted by Lyle On Jun 24, 2011
Hey, we aren't music supervisors here (too much work), but once and a while a song will pass our ears and we will have that brilliant almost fully awake moment of "Huh, that would sound good on True Blood or any show with vampires or even p... Read More
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BRM - Summer Survival
Posted by Douglas On Jun 17, 2011
Summer is nearly here and that means nice early outdoor gigs on Friday. We are heading over to Williamsburg to catch Yellow Ostrich, Sharon Van Etten, and Beirut today. This means we have to get everything wrapped up a bit early... and by al... Read More
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A BRM Weiner?
Posted by Lyle On Jun 10, 2011
A quick blog post today could be made up of HILARIOUS complaints about lack of AC (sweaty robbers) and an attack of killer bees (swollen robbers) in the BRM office... or we would could just make some easy jokes at the expense of Anthony Weiner (... Read More
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BRM Pizza Party!
Posted by Lyle On Jun 3, 2011
Nothing says a great time in NYC than grabbing a slice and seeing a show. As many of you may know, Donald Trump took Sarah Palin out on the town for a slice and a good time in the Big Apple. Nothing will ever beat Jon Stewart's DeNiro rant abo... Read More
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TV PARTY... TVP on the BRM!
Posted by Douglas On May 27, 2011
In honor of spending my week watching trailers for the new fall tv shows... its back! The BRM TV PARTY.Let's start with prime time!What kind of programming do our bands have in store you ask?The timeless coming of age story of some bullies, a b... Read More
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Apoca-list Now!
Posted by Lyle On May 20, 2011
Just to join in on all the apocalypse chatter BRM has decided to put together a little Apoca-list! Can I write another apocalypse pun? Nah, I'm too busy planning my trip to (wait for it) Acapulco-lypse! Oh and did I mention that (DUN DUN), &qu... Read More
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French Friday the 13th
Posted by Lyle On May 13, 2011
While some are obsessing over Triskaidekaphobia we are dealing with our Frechadekaphobia... Yup, fear of all things French. To help us get over our fear (our redouter as they say in uh, France), today's blog will be Frenchtastic. Oh where to... Read More
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Blog Takeover: Jennifer O'Connor
Posted by Lyle On May 6, 2011
The delightful and somewhat surprisingly obsessed with wrestling Jennifer O'Connor is taking over the BRM blog this week! Read on below, but also try to check out Jennifer along with Dawn Landes and Bird Of Youth Monday the 10th at the Rock Shop... Read More
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Kiss a toad, get a prince... BRM's take on the royal whatever...
Posted by Douglas On Apr 29, 2011
TOAD IN THE HOLE? Happy Royal Wedding Day to you. On any other day if you were under Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn at 4:30 AM, I'd say chances are you are just a bit down on your luck... or perhaps researching your role on SKINS, but today I'd ju... Read More
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Saving The Earth One Blog At A Time
Posted by Lyle On Apr 22, 2011
Nothing says Earth Day more then an internet blog! The BRM office is actually running off of VGP (vegan gerbil power) and coffee is made with reclaimed rain water purified by running it through a natural bed of demo cds that we've thrown on the... Read More
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Bloggy 8
Posted by Lyle On Apr 15, 2011
Sometimes life just hands you a bowl of 8's. Not really sure why this is happening, but it started on Wednesday when Pitchfork gave the new Bill Callahan record "Apocalypse" an 8.0. Now, it wasn't only P'fork who was declaring the ne... Read More
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Happy BRM Birthday!
Posted by Lyle On Apr 6, 2011
It was just a mere six years ago that I put out my licensing shingle in Hoboken! Now I am ready to enter the first grade! Paper bag it? No, that's for nerds... thankfully Bennie's Thai Cafe delivers.However first a trip down memory lane?Baby... Read More
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BRM's NBT!
Posted by Lyle On Apr 1, 2011
Even though BRM works with some of the best labels going, sometimes I can't leave the A&R up to them and I go out on a limb and sign an exciting new up and comer.Now I'm not sure if anyone has heard this uh "Monday" song by Rebecca B... Read More
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BRM Racket Bracket
Posted by Lyle On Mar 25, 2011
As those college kids keep on playing that game with the ball and the hoop, one overlooked tournament (no, not ladies college bb) are the licensing brackets. Yup, the sweet 20 bringing all of the BRM labels together under one roof to batt... Read More
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JUICEBOX BLOG TAKEOVER 2011 TURBO EDITION
Posted by Lauren On Mar 18, 2011
Pictured: Wild Flag and friend and my dog, Elliott. Not pictured: A very jealous me. Dear Bloggy, Since most of the office is at SXSW, I’ve been given the task of writing to you this week. Most people will be reading this from my native la... Read More
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Working Man Gets Pissed
Posted by Douglas On Mar 11, 2011
So... we listen to records all day. A great job because at the end of the day... let's face it no one is gonna die. We have it pretty good and we know it. Now I'm not gonna bust a Rachel Maddow but I will say it seems there are some folks in... Read More
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Blog Takeover: How I Met Your Blog
Posted by Lyle On Mar 4, 2011
Hey there BRM blog readers. This is Andy Gowan, music supervisor on the opening-today-so-you-better-go-see-it Sundance-darling indie romantic dramedy HappyThankYouMorePlease. writing a few lines on how some awesome BRM songs ended up in the movi... Read More
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Blogasaurus
Posted by Lyle On Feb 25, 2011
Wow, nothing better then a rainy cold Friday to start the weekend! What else does the Bank Robber like? Anyone catch The Mountain Goats on Letterman? Well, you can now: Destroyer on Fallon (about 34 minute mark): Looks like Owen Wilson ... Read More
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Guest Blog: Telekinesis is full of pop!
Posted by Douglas On Feb 18, 2011
Ah, the special guest blog... our blog has been a regular Kanye single lately. Who drops a guest verse this week? Looks like two for two, Merge. I'm looking at you Ernest Jenning! (...no really I'm looking at those guys right now) We luc... Read More
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BRM Baby Blog!
Posted by Douglas On Feb 11, 2011
News Flash! The protests in Brooklyn have been going on for nearly 9 months and we have big news to report today. The people have spoken and the regime of Pete has heard them. Pete and his lovely wife Kara had a BABY! While Pete is not resigni... Read More
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A Smokey Fire After A Blues Explosion?
Posted by Lyle On Feb 4, 2011
A sporting event this weekend not played by 8 year olds? Is this what everyone is talking about? Ok, since neither team rhymes with the NYSETS (who misses World Team Tennis?), we will talk about the commercials (if only the internet had more... Read More
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BRM BLOG BIG TAKEOVER: Apex Manor
Posted by Lyle On Jan 28, 2011
Once and awhile (ok, this the first time), the BRM blog gets hijacked by an artist, and this time we turn it over to Apex Manor. Apex Manor consists of Adam Vine and Ross Flournoy. Ross' previous band was The Broken West, you might of heard... Read More
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And the nominees are...
Posted by Lyle On Jan 19, 2011
Oscar Oscar Oscar, the BRM is a buzz in pre-Oscar preparations (Ithink I've seen one of the films....oh, why didn't "Tangled" getNominated?). Of all our labels, The Numero Group is our big Oscar player.The other night, "The Kids A... Read More
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Horror Scope
Posted by Lyle On Jan 17, 2011
Is it a sign of the times? The changing of the horoscope world? Currently I'm under the sign of Nitzer with Ebb rising...... Douglas the BRM vegan is wondering why he is now a milk sign with uh meat rising......Being the wise blogger, I've quic... Read More
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More D'ohs and Snow
Posted by Lyle On Jan 7, 2011
Oh you people in LA mock us....and rightfully snow. Yes weather puns... its been a long week. As we sit and watch even more snow come down it feels a bit like Groundhog's Day and we can only blog about the obvious, not the Jets game, or An... Read More
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