Rocket Blog

oh ma god.

2006-03-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

so here is the big news for all you rocketblog followers (if you are still there?)

We have a new website!!!

Check it out here!

CLICK HERE!!!

the direct URL is www.rocketrocks.com (bookmark!!!)

we are gonna continue the rocket blog from here...as well as news and show updates and pics, so come by and say hello!!!

xoxo

rocket

ALBUM OUT TODAY!

2006-02-14T10:17:00.000-08:00

Hey Bloggies!
We're sorry if you've felt neglected, but know that we LOVE YOU SO MUCH! and We've been so busy making MUSIC for you!

And with that...
It's a special day.

Not only is it VALENTINE'S DAY, but our record, GIRLS WITH CANDY HEARTS is out!

BUY IT HERE!

OMG, THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE LAUNCHES TODAY, TOO!
Keep checking back...
www.ROCKETrocks.com

VISIT US ON MYSPACE!
myspace.com/ROCKET

COME CELEBRATE as we take over HOLLYWOOD!
--> THURSDAY *free* in-store @ Amoeba Music (we play @ 6:30)
--> FRIDAY *free* record release party @ Star Shoes (we play @ 9:30) and there is FREE SOFIA MINI!!

Be OURS!

<3
ROCKET

happy new year!

2005-12-31T17:42:00.000-08:00

xoxo
rocket

NEW RECORD

2005-12-08T23:14:00.000-08:00

We have an EP coming out on Valentine's day (Feb. 14th).

It's called 'Girls with Candy Hearts'

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To celebrate we are

-Doing an in-store @ Amoeba Records in Los Angeles. Come get an autograph! (Thursday, Feb. 16th, 6pm)
-Having a record release party @ Star Shoes on Hollywood Blvd! (Friday, Feb. 17th, 11pm)

oh yea. and WE HAVE A NEW DRUMMER!

Her name is ROXIE.
You will love her!

Check Myspace.com/ROCKET - special album preview trax!!!

"I'm a WHORE for Rocket"

2005-12-05T11:05:00.000-08:00

- CC DeVille, Poison, 12/3/05

Agoura Hills - Finally Cool After All These Years

2005-11-17T09:34:00.000-08:00

Live! Tonight! Not Sold Out!

ROCKET

@

THE CANYON CLUB, Agoura Hills, CA
www.canyonclub.net

Celebrity Guests!
General Dissaray!
Back to the Future References!

8:30

FREE!

'El Rey' of Light

2005-11-16T12:02:00.000-08:00

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words

Bakersfield!

2005-10-30T20:21:00.000-08:00

From left: Jinny, Lauren W., Chief Kristin, Kelly, Lauren C.

Click here

ROCKET-KEY CLUB 10-18-05

2005-10-30T19:23:00.000-08:00

Cobrasnake Luvs Rocket

2005-10-25T14:24:00.000-07:00

COLUMN ONE - To See and Be Scene
With his camera, L.A.'s 'Cobra Snake' is both definer and darling of hipster subculture.
By Daniel Hernandez LA Times Staff Writer

October 25, 2005
With evident glee, Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter bypasses a long door line and climbs the steps to the packed upstairs level of the Hollywood club Cinespace, his digital Canon D20 camera at his side.
As soon as Hunter and his two female friends are in, hipsters in the crowd reach out to greet him, call out his name, give him high-fives. Hunter is frenetically taking pictures, complimenting strangers on their outfits, searching for the next shot almost before he finishes the first.
It is nearing midnight on a typical Tuesday for the city's most sought after self-made party photographer.
"I've met you before, I met you at that party. What was it? The Diesel party?" Hunter asks Jonny Kops, a 25-year-old Brooklyn music producer standing against a wall holding a beer.
Hunter is already snapping his portrait.
"He's all over the place," Kops says after Hunter disappears to look for another shot. "He's the Ron Jeremy of photography," a reference to the famously homely porn star.
In a minute, Hunter has made it to the club's stage, where he takes pictures of the band United States of Electronica as they prepare for their set. Hunter lifts a fist absently into the air and whoops to no one in particular: "Woo-hoo!"
By the scale of his lifestyle, Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter may be Los Angeles' preeminent hipster.
He hangs out with models, DJs, pro skaters, fashion designers, celebrities, rock musicians, the unbearably cool and the painfully fashionable. He wears the most outrageous designer and vintage fashions, which he often gets as gifts. He flies all over the world to attend parties. People, young women especially, recognize him wherever he goes.
And yet Hunter has no car, no steady job, and is barely 20 years old. He gets around on a bike. By his own admission, he is goofy and not exactly physically striking. He points at his wiry beard and the furry paunch of his stomach as evidence.
All Hunter does is go out at night, take pictures of people who catch his eye and then post the photos on his website, thecobrasnake.com.
Anybody could do it, of course, but Hunter has taken photo-blogging to the level of celebrity. His website is where Hunter, paparazzo to the unfamous, holds a mirror up to hipster culture and also helps manufacture it.
The images he posts feature drinking, dancing, posing, jumping, laughing, stuffing food in one's mouth, same-sex physical affection, falling down, smoking, funny faces, open-mouthed kissing, tattoos, cellphones, teeth jewelry, sweating, vomit, blood, smeared makeup and skin.
As a result, thecobrasnake.com attracts roughly 10,000 visitors a day and e-mails from all over the world.
Hunter has been taking pictures and sharing them with friends since his late teens. After graduating from Santa Monica High School and finding Santa Monica College of little interest, he dropped out and found a job as an apprentice to L.A.-based guerrilla artist Shepard Fairey.
In late 2003, an idea struck him. He drafted a manifesto, parts of which read: "Concept for the site: People try to look cool for a reason, to get noticed, but they put so much effort into their look and they should get more out of it…. This website will take pictures of all the hipsters in the scene, the scene could be a concert, a club, an art show or anything cool like that. So the way it goes is I'm goofy and like to talk to hot people, so I will ask to take their picture."
The website launched in early 2004. At first it was known as polaroidscene.com, but after a few threatening letters from the Polaroid company, Hunter switched it to reflect his nickname. Hunter describes it as a "marketing tool" with no other attachable meaning.
"Sharing the photos on the website is the only right thing to do," Hunter said at the start of a recent night out in Hollywood. "There's no reason I shouldn't be at somebody's party — for the most part."
Hunter is sitting in his office in a workspace bungalow he shares with close friend and DJ Steve Aoki of Dim Mak Records. From his new digs on Cahuenga Boulevard, Hunter oversees two high school girls as unsalaried interns. He spends his time managing the site, organizing his nights, networking on his earpiece-enhanced cellphone and drawing.
"If you want to look at me in a bad way, I'm playing off people's vanity." Hunter says that in L.A. and New York "they're almost accustomed to the idea that they're going to get some sort of fame or something out of it, which is cool. It's sort of a win-win for me and them."
Jade Castrinos, a 19-year-old American Apparel employee and singer, arrives at the office. Castrinos is one of Hunter's most recognizable muses. His camera has captured her dancing, eating fast food, playing in the ocean, jumping, kicking, brushing her teeth, climbing out of fair rides, whipping her hair about and squeezing into a clothes dryer while smoking a cigarette among other things.
In one picture, Castrinos is in a food aisle at a convenience store. She is jumping high into the air, her legs tucked underneath her, her hair an explosion. She is wearing tiny shorts and worn-down cowboy boots, the very image of hip, rock 'n' roll bliss.
Hunter seems to feed off Castrinos' energy.
As the interview progresses, she sits against a wall with a giant piece of bubble gum squeezed between her teeth. She pulls the ends of it down away from the sides of her mouth to create a long stretchy glob of goo, while Hunter goes behind a table to change into a pair of gleaming white Diesel jeans, a gift.
"What are you doing?" Hunter asks flirtatiously.
"Science project," she manages to say through the gum.
"We got to take a picture of that," Hunter says, quickly snapping a few pictures with one hand while adjusting his belt with the other.
*
On the Scene
The night starts at the Roosevelt Hotel for Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter.
He has parlayed connections to make it inside a Teen Vogue party, poolside. There is a red carpet and paparazzi gantlet through which Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie and other celebrities walk.
It's only 9 p.m., so the party is sparsely peopled. Castrinos has a Red Bull and a cigarette. Hunter is surveying the scene. There are large see-through beach balls floating on the pool. White leather ottomans are spread about with glass cocktail tables propped up by glittery disco balls.
Bored, Hunter decides to head to the Bloc Party concert at the Palladium. He and Castrinos plan on returning to the Teen Vogue party and then make it to Cinespace just as the night reaches its peak.
While mulling through this, he finds himself standing near a tall, gorgeous woman who has turned away from her conversation with a pair of men in dark jackets and is looking directly at Hunter.It seems obvious that the woman wants her picture taken.
"I know," Hunter says, declining to lift his camera. "Sometimes I don't like giving in to that."
Although he hesitates to admit it, Hunter is in some way an arbiter of fashion. He takes pictures of people who are extremely attractive, extremely unattractive or extremely well dressed. They wear outfits that look as though they belong in the fashion spreads of magazines like Flaunt or Nylon, but seem far more natural and casually perfect.
"When I go to a club, I'm not telling people what they should wear," Hunter explains. "But I know for a fact various trend research companies have been stealing my photos for presentations."
But it is more than what people are wearing that draws visitors to the site. It is what the pictures represent, the life of the party, of the seen and be seen, of being young, cool and intoxicated.
Hunter receives e-mails from people in far-off world cities, among them Mexico City and Moscow, who plead with him to come party with them. He gets messages from far less urbane American locales, including South Carolina, expressing envy at his lifestyle.
"I was just wondering," writes a viewer on the website's "Hot Email Action" section, "what are the qualifications to make it on your site?"
Another fan e-mailed Hunter to suggest that he take pictures of shoes more often because she'd appreciate knowing what outgoing young women in Los Angeles were currently wearing on their feet.
"Girls have asked me to take photos of people's hairstyles," Hunter says. "A few hairdressers have said, 'Girls are printing out photos from your website and bringing them in and saying, Cut my hair like this person…. It's sort of like the new MTV or Teen People or something."
Hunter this year added a section to the website he calls "The Adventure Team." The purpose is to take pictures of people in L.A. who are underprivileged: the homeless and addicted, mostly.
"I take pictures of what's there. That's why I think its OK to take pictures of the down and out. I'm not making it happen."
Plus, he said, "there's a lot of parallels between the two scenes…. Some of these kids, it's like, 'Is that a homeless person or is that a hipster kid?' Because they make their hair all ratty and greasy and wear like the most ripped up pants and shoes. You have to take a double-take sometimes."
On this night Castrinos, Hunter's reliable muse, is wearing high-heeled pumps, a tight skirt down to her knees and an off-the-shoulder top, the fabric in the back delicately torn. ("Pretty much homemade," she told Hunter after she arrived at the office.)
She seems to be the perfect person to whom one might pose the question of where hipster street fashion is headed.
"It's over," Castrinos says while waiting at the valet stand. "It came to the point where I hadn't been out in a while, and I went to Star Shoes, and every girl in there was wearing American Apparel shorts and boots."
She frowns, adding: "It's done, dude."
*
Uncool?
Inevitably, there's been a backlash against Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunter.
That's the hipster way. As soon as something in the subculture gets widespread attention, it is no longer cool. And then, just as quickly, once it becomes passe, it becomes ironically cool to like it again.
As Hunter graduated from the scenester underground to A-list Hollywood parties, it is unclear where thecobrasnake.com lies on the barometer of cool. But mention Hunter's website across hipster neighborhoods in Los Angeles, and eyes roll.
"For all the people who actually live here, they don't care anymore," says Juanita Garcia, 26, an interior designer who lives in Echo Park. "I haven't checked it in, like, two, three months."
"Something about it just seems forced," said Joey Arak, the New York blogger behind taleoftwocities.org, which spoofs Hunter's photos. People are posing, he says, "like, 'This is how I'm going to be, on purpose.' It just doesn't come off as genuine."
Choire Sicha, a Southern California native who edits the Daily Transom, a blog at the New York Observer, says Hunter is "like an old fashioned cool-hunter."
He points to the countless photography websites and blogs that have proliferated on the Internet as proof that, in some ways, there are thousands of Mark "The Cobra Snake" Hunters roaming the streets. "But he's sort of this intermix between art and party and city life…. He's doing parties and he's doing homeless people. That's his strange non-overlap."
*
Trust Fund Bohemians
Finally reaching Cinespace, after another long day of the work of being himself, Hunter is still full of energy. It is impossible to keep up with him.
Hunter moves about the international scenester circuit so much that he lives in effect out of a backpack. On this night he is on what amounts to a five-day layover at home between traveling to New York and Austin, Texas.
In the last few months, he's partied in Las Vegas, Chicago, Tokyo, San Diego, Tijuana, Austin, London, and several times in New York, where many local hipsters assume he is based. This month, he returns to Europe.
Doesn't he ever have to work?
Hunter says he gets paid to shoot certain parties and events, but he is otherwise circumspect about his sources of income. He says he is aware of the criticism he and people "in the scene" often face, that they are "trust fund babies" who have the luxury to be disaffected, blithe and fashionable.
He basically agrees with it.
"It's kind of like a bunch of people that don't really care about things," Hunter says, describing the subjects of his photographs. "I don't know how these people can party every night. It doesn't seem like they have much responsibility. They could be supported by their parents even up to age 30. They could be bohemian, or look bohemian and act bohemian."
Hunter grew up in the Hollywood Hills. As he explains it, he is the son of a "landowner and a dental hygienist to the stars."
He says he is lucky to have the room and the wherewithal to do his work, which he takes far more seriously than one might gather from the images on his website.
He points out that he doesn't charge people to view his pictures and makes them easily linkable and large enough for people to print or download for whatever uses they see fit. He doesn't smoke or do drugs. He says he never uses his camera to get a date.
"I want to have good vibes with people," Hunter says. "With enough free love that I'm giving out, I would hope it would come back eventually."
Back at Cinespace, the night becomes a blur.
Hunter is spotted in a moment of repose standing behind the DJ booth. He is watching the crowded dance floor, a look of contentment readable on his face even in the dark, noisy room.
*
'Happy Little Bubble'
The next day, Hunter is at the Grove shopping mall, getting recognized by the young clerks in the Apple computer store.
He speaks excitedly over his cellphone about cool events coming up, about an upcoming trip to Austin, about a friend's new project, a scenester ice cream truck.
"That's what so exciting about the time we're in right now. There's so much space for creativity. Our parents' generation had to deal with wars and Vietnam and all that. Ever since the '80s and '90s, it's been a real good time."
But what about the war in Iraq?
"Are we actually dealing with any of it? I'm not getting recruited for war. I'm in my happy little bubble over here in sunny Los Angeles, California."
Hunter has a point. The conversation ends with a discussion of his sudden craving for a $6 milkshake at a nearby Haagen-Dazs shop.

GET YR LIVE KICKS!

2005-10-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

-UNO-
Oct 18 2005 8:00P
The Key Club "Ruby Tuesday"
FREE SHOW!! All ages Los Angeles, CA

-DOS-
Oct 29 2005 8:00P
Montgomery World Plaza
Bakersfield, CA

-TRES-
Nov 5 2005 8:00P
the El Rey
w/ the SuicideGirls and Dave Navarro!! Los Angeles, CA

-QUATRO-
Nov 17 2005 8:00P
the Canyon Club
Agoura Hills, CA

More info TBD, but if you want to come see us at the El Rey you better get your tickets ASAP, that date's a fer sure sell-out, kay?

Good Stuf

2005-10-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

Coming Soon:

New tour dates
New songs

Get crazy!

Viper Room - Our FIRST live review!

2005-09-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

Rocket
Viper Room

Hollywood, CA

Sept. 19, 2005

By Lucky

SugarBuzz Magazine

The quintessential party pop fun band known as Rocket took the stage at The Viper Room on a beautiful night enhanced by a lightning filled sky. Part Monkees mod, surf punk style, boys and toys and 60’s garage with some Gidget and an endless summer mixed in to create an adorable group destined to win your hearts. They certainly won mine.

Rocket opened with the classic “Annettes Got The Hits” an ode to Annette Funicello, going to the beach and surfing. Catchy bass riff and raunchy guitars drive the tune. Harder edged than the recorded version due to the subtraction of the Hammond. The crowd loved it.

More fun came in the oh so sad “Breakup Season”. Chief Kristin, gum chewing and standing statuesque on bass performed regally while her dominions worshipped at her quake. Lauren rocked her Key-tar and sang her lead vox heart out. Also catching my eye and ears was Jinny on drums. Solid hits and a backbeat flip.

Around this time when Kelly was delivering some between song banter, some over served patron took the opportunity to shout out a off color response that will not be repeated here. For a split second you could hear a pin drop and then a collective gasp from the audience. Rocket was not phased in the least by the attack and carried on like seasoned rock veterans. The bouncers promptly went into action. “Suzanne” kept the beach party twisting, as did “Summer Love Sensation” a really fun floater. Stand out axe slinging by Lauren C in sailor gear and Kelly was packing heat via the Gibson as well.

Next came “Not That Kind Of Girl”, a sensational date song that keeps the boys at bay.
The title track off of the bands 2004 Teenacide Records release “Too Hot To Be Bothered” followed. This is a summer break up song about realizing the dope smoking living with the folk’s boyfriend is a drag and not to be bothered with. Classic subject and a classic cut.

Fans begging for an encore received that and more with the radio ready, debut of the smash “On The Beach” with the catch phrase “I can hardly wait for summer”. This off-season delight should be riding the airwaves of Indie 103 soon as Mike Sovel (or Mr. Shovel as Jonsey affectionately refers to him) is a big fan of these girls.

The set was short and sweet and left us all wanting more. And even though nature has drawn the curtain on summer, the season will always be in reach as long as Rocket graces the stage and keeps recording sunshine.

Sugarbuzz Magazine <--- more live pix here!

Tonight's the Night

2005-09-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

ROCKET w/ Ringer, Ari Shine, The Life and a DJ from the Circle Jerks

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19th
VIPER ROOM
9:45 PM

FREE IF YOU SAY "SUMMER LUV" (Before 10)

B
THERE
OR
B
SQUARE

Rocket Unplugged SUNDAY 9/18

2005-09-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, so you know how we're always like "Mark Sovel played ROCKET today on Indie 103.1!"

Well tonight (SUNDAY, 9/18) is gonna be a whole bunch of that because we are gonna be the in-studio guests on his show, "Check One...Two."

From the official Indie 103.1 website:

"The ladies in the band Rocket, who are the creators of my show's opening theme, will be appearing live this weekend on Check One...Two, Sunday 10-pm-12. They also are headlining our Monday night at The Viper Room this week with Ringer, Ari Shine, and The Life. Should be a blast."

We will be playing BRAND NEW ROCKET TRACKS and also PLAYING SOME ACOUSTIC SONGS live on air! You won't want to miss this...it's going to be insane.

For you folks not in Los Angeles County...go to www.indie1031.fm and click on the "listen now" tape-thing in the upper left hand corner of the site (by the Indie logo). Then just follow the instructions! We will be on in the 2nd half of the show, (11:00 pm PST) but you should listen to the whole thing anyway cause Sovel has been our band's biggest supporter and we love him, plus you'll get to hear the ROCKET jingle at 10:00 pm!

WHO'S EXCITED?!

XO

We Rocked the "Good Hurt" on 9/13/05!!

2005-09-15T13:57:00.000-07:00

Rocket on the Radio! LIVE TONIGHT!

2005-09-14T10:21:00.000-07:00

ROCKET has been invited to be on one of the coolest internet radio stations, on "DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show!" We'll be previewing tracks from our new album and having a chat.

DJ Rossstar has interviewed some of the most famous punk and rock bands, including All American Rejects, The Ashlee Simpson band, Andrew W-K, Bouncing Souls, Goldfinger, Glassjaw, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, MXPX, My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Sahara Hotnights, Sugarcult, Vanilla Ice (!)...and about a trillion more.

THE DEETS:
ROCKET ON THE RADIO: TONIGHT (9/13) 7-7:30 pm PST
LISTEN LIVE at: http://www.idobi.com/radio/
TALK TO US: The other feakishly cool thing about Idobi Radio is that you can INSTANT MESSAGE your questions to us and hear us answer them LIVE! Instant Message DJ Rossstar at "IdobiRStar"

THUS:
Got to the upper right hand corner of http://www.idobi.com/radio/. There is a yellow box that says "currently playing" and "listen" Just click either broadband or modem and hear/talk to ROCKET LIVE ON AIR! You don't even have to download anything.

THEN:
IM "IdobiRStar" and we'll answer your burning questions LIVE on air!

PS:
Yes, we did play a secret show last night. It flipping rocked! We can't wait for the Viper Room!

LAUREN WHITE

2005-09-12T19:26:00.000-07:00

Like, omg,

ITS HER BIRTHDAY!

Buy her hippie dresses!
Feed her goldfish!
Tell her you love her!

We think shes the best front-lady a band could ever have ;)
xo
Rocket

On 9/19 the SAILOR moon will shine...

2005-09-02T14:26:00.000-07:00

Headlining Hotties

2005-08-26T15:02:00.000-07:00

UM.

OK.

Don't really know how to say this, but Rocket has been asked to HEADLINE the Viper Room show on September 19th! Our new set time is 9:45 PM...more details and info on opening bands (!) TBA.

LOVE
Rocket

Pillows! Glitter! Guitars!

2005-08-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

The Time Has Come

2005-08-15T15:35:00.000-07:00

We booked a show just for YOU!

At the VIPER ROOM!

"Out there on the strip!"

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19th - 9 PM!!!!!! Be there as we take over HOLLYWOOD! Meet the new girls!
(Jinny Jinny Bang Bang - drums, Mrs. Bungle - bass, Kelly Rocket - lead guitar...and of course all your *FAVORITE* Laurens, too!)

**GET IN FREE**
if you say the password "Summer Love" at the door. All VIP-n-stuff!

Your year-round summerlove sensations,
Rocket

Proof's in the Pudding

2005-08-14T10:13:00.000-07:00

Blame Canada

2005-08-11T11:24:00.000-07:00

It's Lauren C.

As has been the tradition, we Rocket girls always try and blog from our crazy travels - so here goes. I only have about 30 seconds 'cause this is costing about $9.00 a minute at a very overpriced internet cafe, but I'm in Canada right now, and if you think the idea of us hauling big Fender amps around is funny, you should see a Rocket girl in the woods. I should have known I was in for trouble when I arrived the first morning and had trouble getting on a horse 'cause my Marc Jacobs jeans were so tight, and then proceeded to break my Gucci sunglasses falling right back off. But of course all's well that ends well (no broken bones!) - I'll be back in LA on Saturday, ready to resume any and all Rocket-flavored activities. I miss everyone!

xoxo
LC

Don't Hate Us

2005-08-03T10:20:00.000-07:00

...For being busy!

We are practicing and hitting the town like crazy ladies, preparing for our live, thrill-filled show.

My Fender is fixed! Famous DJs hit on us! Our drummer disappears for hours at a time (only to be found sleeping on her kit 'cause shes been practicing so much)! We take spiritual journeys! We eat food! We get excited when we find a room with air conditioning! We talk about outfits! We talk about Kunik! We find OUR CD IN IT'S OWN LITTLE SECTION WITH A TAB THAT SAYS "ROCKET" (proof on the way)!

Very, very, very busy. But we promise it's worth it. We are even coordinating stage moves!

LC

Would We Lie to You?

2005-07-21T15:29:00.000-07:00

Ok we might, but that has nothing to do with this:

ROCKET PLAYED LAST NIGHT! IN THE VALLEY! We brought the house down with 2 Hot 2 B Bothered!

Yes, it was a secret show, no you were not invited.

More to come. Lots more.

Are your ears burning?

Rocket

Friends helping Friends.

2005-07-20T11:45:00.000-07:00

so yesterday was a productive day in the studio, thanks to our dear friend Darren Robinson who was kind enough to help us out with his master guitar skills! He is a MUSIC MACHINE! Darren- I don't know what we would do without you?!

You can check out some footage of the practice (ahem, Lauren C. and Darren, aka "the Dynamic duo" along with Lauren white showing off her famous vocal technique) by checking out the Phantom Planet blog! Also, if you are intrigued, you should definitely check out the Phantom Planet website, they are an AMAZING band from Los Angeles that I'm sure you all know about...

here is a pic of D-dawg himself.

We cannot wait to play live! Is everybody excited?

xoxo

Rocket

too much news, too little time...

2005-07-18T11:51:00.001-07:00

Ok ok. OKKKKK!

So I know we've been incredibly lazy with the blog!

we've been bad, elusive, abusive parents to this blog.

what can I say? We are busy girls! We are WORKING WOMEN! Business professionals.

Anywho.

There has been so much going on in this world we know as "rocket", I'm going to let the picture do the talking.

In the past couple weeks, Rocket has held a nation-wade search for a new backing band! What we found? Two AMAZING musicians that do fit the criteria perfectly!The girl in the front goes by "Norway" and is an incredible, to put it mildly, bass player! The other in between the two lauren is a Fantastic Drummer! She goes by "jin", however we prefer to call her "jinny jinny bang bang".

we know we know, they are not all named Lauren! But geeeshhh...give us a break...are we supposed to lie?

Lauren lauren and Jinny jinny on the town. Are we sisters?

And finally, Lauren and Lauren dancing with glee as they realize "rocket will take over the world".

XOXO
we luvs you

lw.

2005-07-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

so you should check out this band; Friendly Fire, from Florida! Not only do they rock, but they are extremely awesome. They have a weekly radio show, and last week they decided to dedicate to all girl bands, including Rocket!!!

Check out the stream here! (just scroll down a little)

happy listening...

xoxo
Lauren w.

p.s. WARNING: ROCKET is going to be destroying your concept of reality very soon. SHOW THIS AUGUST! more coming....

Meet Rocket

2005-07-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

Autograph hounds, take notice:

Rocket will be making an in-store appearance at the Starbucks on Sunset blvd. and Fairfax, tonight from about 7:00 - 9:00 pm.

Come meet us!

Cee and Dubya

New song in the neighborhood.

2005-06-26T14:04:00.000-07:00

lives downstairs and it's understood.
he's there just to take good care of me.
like he's one of the family-y.
Charles in charge, of our day, and our nights.

Is anyone a fan of Charles in charge? Cause you gotta believe we are die-hard fans of Charles, and when he's in charge we just fall to pieces.

Anyway. The whole point of that reference was to let you know that there is a new song in the neighborhood, and unreleased track from our upcoming album, and you can be the first to hear it!

Simply go to our

myspace page

and click on the song "backstreet noise".

Enjoy and let us know what you think!!

oxo
rocket

oh ma goodness.

2005-06-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

So its that time of year again.

time for the terrible trio.

The gruesome threesome.

The turkish triplets.

Yes! You guessed it! Miss Lauren Kunik is in LA! CRAZY!

This means. Time for the three laurens to go out and paint the town red, drive the boys wild and in our spare time, perhaps be able to take part in our favorite past-time; Ceramics.

We will however, be out on the town tonight! Starting with dinner a la lauren clark (didn't you know she's a fabulous cook?) and then we'll probably be heading over to spaceland to see some super awesome silverlake haircuts!

this is so exciting.

xoxo
Lauren

p.s. check out the new contacts on Kunik. I hear they are very stunning...

The Devil Wears Blogs!

2005-06-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

And he's just not that into you!

After a long day of songwriting (ok, we took breaks to shop and eat thai food), we have finally managed to put down a drumbeat that we didn't write onto the four track that we can't figure out how to use.

I think we actually might remember the melody after attempting to record it so many times. Yes, we are permanently retarded. Goodnight.

Ok, it's not a permanant ailment - it's just that after several hours of trying to make "R-O-C-K-E-T" fit into a bridge we're just tired and want to party.

We are so excited to finally get this rock-n-roll love letter out to the fans! Long live the next Rocket cd!

Ok, We are going back to cuddling on my new bed with my gay roommate. Leave a comment if you know of a party in hollywood.

We are the leakest winks!!!!!

Lauren Clark & Lauren White

Peachy

2005-06-01T20:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Dolls!

I just returned from my first trip ever to...the dirty south!

No, not Tijuana, sillies - the SOUTHERN UNITED STATES! More specifically: Atlanta, Georgia, "where the playas play!" And it was nothing if not a lesson in cultural differences, cheap food, Hot Topic at the Mall, goths with accents, sports uniforms, gasoline that's under $2.00/gallon...I could go on forever.

But it was seriously awesome. First of all..Waffle House/Huddle House! Um, yum, anyone? Strawberry waffles with whipped cream are $1.50! Annother super-yum is this place called The Vortex-you enter through a big skull's mouth ("im so goth, im dead") and beneath the blacklights you are served tater tots instead of fries! yay! Also, when you order iced tea, its not really tea it's like "i like my corn syrup with a spoonful of iced tea, please"...they call it "sweet tea" and it's so cute when they say it in that southern drawl. They have their own rules, that's for sure...and seriously I did not see a vegetable the entire time I was there. When i got back on Sunday I devoured steamed veggies like they was goin' out of style. On my last day in Georgia I asked a waitress for some tomatoes and she looked at me, rolled her eyes and walked away. Incredible!

What else? No, I was not there to see any famous, beautiful rockstars, so don't ask. Randomly, a girl I met said "hey! you're from LA! you gotta check out this band, 'The Checkers'"...odd...'cause um, they are our Teenacide label-mates! My favorite purchase was a pair of red and black, alligator-skin cowboy boots...I felt all cool and local and "down with the ATL" 'till Lynda and Kim lovingly pointed out that "there are no cowboys in Georgia" and alas, the boots I was so proud of...say "Made in Mexico." Darn it!

Jus' laid back, chillin',
Clark

Rickles Update.

2005-05-23T11:04:00.000-07:00

OK. So for those of you dying to know. Actually, I think it's just one of you and don't think I don't know your true identity!!! Don Rickles was quite impressive. You know, I went in there with high hopes, yet there was still that notion lurking inside that he would be slightly disappointing- in an old and slightly senile sense. However, to my complete and utter joy, he was quite the opposite...

Rickles was young, spry, fast and witty. He was actually running around the stage like a chicken on ephedra. The show was hilarious; he sang, danced and did what he does bes,t which is of course tell amusing and insulting jokes with reckless abandon.

There was however, despite the audacious humor, a slight sadness to Rickles. He reminisced about old times with the rat pack and Sinatra, and performed a "in memoriam" ode to old time Las Vegas. His wife was in the crowd for the first time in years apparently, and I was surprised about all his comments on their sex life.

Best line? Rickles started the show with "well, thanks for coming down to the stardust- the only casino is Las Vegas that's not catching on". Funny? Well, I guess you had to be there. He is right, the stardust was desolate and sad, it's only highpoint? Rickles and a German fastfood restaurant with great German potato salad.

Oh yeah. And also to my surprise, an 1950s teenage idol opened for Rickles by the name of Peggy Marsh. At the age of 15, she had a number one hit with the song "I love him" (i love him, i love him, i love and, and where he goes i'll follow, i'll follow , i'll follow). The song was sadly made famous again in the 1990s by whoopie goldberg and that wierd nun movie. She was so fun to see, now that's shes about 60, but still sings incredibly.

So, I guess that answers your question. It was great.

xoxo

Lauren doubleya

Celebreality - It's More Fun with Famous People

2005-05-18T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hello little ones:

We hope the sunshine is treating you well - and if you're somewhere not sunny - we hope the clouds look like fluffy marshmallow pies to ya.

First off...I saw a member of KISS at the Century City mall! Star child 4-ever!

Secondly...we now have A FULL-ON CHAT ROOM on the myspace page! We took down the message board because we got bored of the board. Lauren W. and I made a guest appearance yesterday and we met a Rocket fan all the way from ENGLAND! So head on over to Rocket @ Myspace, click on "live chat" and get yo gossip on! You can also pick your name so you can go in there and pretend to be Paul McCartney...or John Stamos...or Max from Eve 6...you know, whoever you want. It's a high-tech digital world and it's so much fun! Mark my words - we are starting a Myspace revolution.

Speaking of FUNTIME (no, not the Iggy song, that comes later, taters) Rocket was part of a wild socialite gathering Monday night at the Viper room. Our fave LA band (besides ourselves) Shapes of Racecars was playin' and the scene was surreal! In attendance: Nicole Richie (who is tinier than Kunik!) and her new fiance, DJ A.M., Jake Gyellenhall (I really can't be bothered to spell it right, so shut up), Mr. Shovel from Indie 103.1, Eve (the rapper, yo!), Adam from Maroon 5 (well...we knew them back in the day when they was callin' themselves Kara's Flowers...actually LW knew a bit more than the rest of us, but we'll just leave it at that), Steve White (the man who sired our lead singer!), Jeff from Tsar...and Kimberly Stewart, who if you're keeping up on the Paris Hilton gossip like good kiddies should, is the NEW best friend who replaced Nicole as the OLD best friend...they stayed on opposite ends of the Viper...pretending not to notice one another. It was H-O-T! But where was fair Paris?

Anyway, it was lovely to see a rock club turned cool lounge...I've never seen champagne on those tables before! Also, shorts are apparently in fashion now. Don't say we didnt warn ya!

Rocket News.
Beep Boop Beep Beep
YOU hear it...FIRST.

Lauren C.

PS: Lauren K. is home in a month!!

so jealous.

2005-05-10T15:19:00.000-07:00

So guess what i'm doing Thursday???

hmm...you might gues... going to the beach? seeing a movie? Maybe going to the theater? NO!

I'm seeing Don Rickles live in LAS VEGAS!

Some of you might say...that's strange, who is he? But he's so old?

Well, you may be right, but hes completely awesome as well! And I can't wait. I'll give you a full update, because I know all of you are huge don rickles fan, when I return.

xoxo
LW

So Many Updates - So Little Time

2005-05-02T16:53:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy lately!!

Almost too many updates in the planet of Rocket-n-roll to mention...

Some fun things to report:

1. Check out myspace.com/rocket Lauren Whitey did a total redesign in a very hipster combination of black and pink and it looks HOT! Speaking of haute, we've also added a MESSAGE board to myspace! Hello! Come chat about whatever floats your yacht.

2. We're hanging with major label artists all over the place (including, but not limited to...@ the Chateau Marmont!) So...yea, we're cool, we've been out with Pink, who we sang Janis Joplin tunes with over a bottle of $45.00 merlot and Benji from Good Charlotte who made a point of asking how the new album was coming along...seriously it's been nothing but celebrity / rockstar luv for us lately. No, really. Trust us.

3. We went backstage at Coachella. What happens in Indio, stays in Indio. Funny stuff to report - Trent Reznor's orange spray-on tan, Bijoux Phillips thinking she's still in "Almost Famous," the very disturbing way that singers and actors like to cavort in the VIP area with their young children.

4. We have been asked to record...a song...for a MOVIE! We are going to be recording a power-pop / punk version of a "girl power"-themed broadway musical hit! Were in "talks" (as they say in "the industry") with music supervisors and such...so more on this as it develops.

5. ROCKET RINGTONES!!!! Three of our hits will be avilable for purchase online (at $2.00 each) very soon. This is not a joke!

6. Paris Hilton's new Burger King commercial is "Too Hot for TV" (Adweek)..wonder where that came from?

Even more soon!

xo,
LC

2 Hot 2 B Famous

2005-04-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hey! Click here and see the Converse commercial that made us stars! CLICK HERE! RIGHT HERE!

Don't Quote Me on That

2005-04-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Press Ladies-of-Pleasure

2005-04-20T23:46:00.000-07:00

2 HOT OFF THE PRESS!! We just got advance confirmation that the band you are currently reading about-yes, that's Rocket-will be featured in an LA Times story tomorrow (Thursday, April 21st) in the coolest part of the paper, Calendar Weekend...the section that sorta looks like the Weekly. We'll post it tomorrow! 1,164,143 read the LA Times every day! (actually on Sundays 1,520,140 read it, but tomorrow isn't Sunday, and we don't care anyway because all Rocket girls do is sleep on Sundays). We love being famous! Um, my keyboard won't let me make a new paragraph (the "enter" key is broken? help?) so more on this late-breaking story tomorrow. xo - Clark

unmentionables....

2005-04-19T00:16:00.000-07:00

Hey there!

first off! Check out our newest review here!

second:

Are you ready for part two of our wonderful series entitled "looking up our names on goggle images and seeing what comes up?

Our first of the series was quite a success...especially with the three of us...so we thought it was time for some more entertainin'!!!

xoxo
ROCKET

LAUREN CLARK:

LAUREN WHITE:

LAUREN KUNIK:

Not as good as the last time, but enjoy!

Blue Eyes

2005-04-11T14:10:00.000-07:00

Since last week was the 11th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's you-know-what, we just wanted to say how much we miss Mr. Cobain, as the Laurens of Rocket are nothing if not Nirvana fans.

We love you Kurt - no one will ever be a pretty as you!

xoxo

your imagination wins the prize :)

2005-04-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

hey!

So, as you all know, Rocket's 2nd album will be coming out this summer! No date yet, but we promise it will be there and be extremely pleasing to the ears.

We would like to invite you to contribute any album-cover ideas! So far, we either want to find an old girl group from the 50s/60s and recreate their album cover, or come up with something creative (duh, what would be the other option?!?!)! We've come up with a few ideas...but nothing that has rocked our worlds, if you catch my drift. So, if you have any brilliant, creative concepts you would like to share, or perhaps any cool album covers you think we should copy and make, what I like to call, "rocket-moderne", then please help and send them our way!

Remember, If you are the chosen concept, u will receive a secret suprise! IT'S SECRET! So don't ask us what it before you give us your idea...that'll spoil the fun!

xoxox

Rocket

So hot it's cool

2005-03-25T21:15:00.000-08:00

We've got some new-n-krazy (yes, that's krazy with a "k") songs up on our myspace.com/rocket profile 'cause we want to make your ears BLEED with happiness.

1. our signature tune, "2 HOT 2 B BOTHERED," which you may or may not recognize from Converse-commercial, national television fame.

and...

2. a smoking little ditty, "ROCKET" made famous by some other band, but made great by Rocket. Just kidding. It also happens to be a rarity, only available before today exclusively on the Teenacide Records compilation, "Hey! It's a Teenacide Pajama Party!"

Enjoy,

The Laurenz

Give 'em Green Hell!

2005-03-24T15:01:00.000-08:00

Rocket

Too hot to be bothered Teenacide, 2004

3 kalifornische Teenie Girls mit dem perfekten Bubblegum / Zuckerwatte Pop / Lo-Fi Beatbox Punk Sommersoundtrack. Geboten werden ausschließlich Cover Versionen von den Undertones, Bay City Rollers, Shangri-La's, Redd Kross, Blondie, BMX Bandits, usw. die u.a. mit billigen Synthies und einem tuckerndem Drumcomputer bearbeitet werden. Das Ergebnis klingt wie eine Mischung aus Helen Love, Fuzzbox, Rosehips, und Blondie - allerdings in der charmanten Trash Variante.
cd: 12,- EUR

- Green Hell Records

we're just suckers for anything in another language

Oh say, have you seen?

2005-03-19T13:05:00.000-08:00

Lauren White, Lauren Clark and Lauren Kunik

Factiods

2005-03-17T10:47:00.000-08:00

Fact: Lauren C. ate Skittles for breakfast

Fact: Lauren W. is an HTML smartypants

Fact: Lauren K. is Jim Freek's favorite

pratical joker- you're so cute.

2005-03-14T18:21:00.000-08:00

Ok. So I guess this has turned slightly into a celebtrity gossip blog. But that's ok, I mean, celebrities are so cool, fascinating and interesting that who doesn't want to read about them?!?!? huh?!?!?

Anyway. this was pretty funny and cool, so I have to share it with you.

"Kate Winslet says Johnny Depp interrupted filming on their latest movie - by secretly using a fart machine.

The sexy actress, who stars with Johnny in new movie 'Finding Neverland', revealed the 41-year-old actor disrupted the shoot by playing practical jokes during intense takes.

She told Britain's The Sun newspaper : "There was one scene when we were having dinner together. It was a difficult scene and that's when Johnny did one of the most triumphant things I have ever seen an actor do - he had a fart machine under the table."
But 29-year-old Kate, who is married to director Sam Mendes, claims the cast had no idea the stunt was a joke - and thought someone had really broken wind.

Stunning Kate admitted both she and her four child-co-stars struggled to ignore the trick because no-one knew what to say."

Johnny- you are moving on up the ladder in my heart.

LW

Celebs are the New Religious Icons

2005-03-10T16:51:00.000-08:00

OMG, like, Rocket totally loves celeb gossip! Maybe you bloggers should vote on whose juicy tidbit is jucier! Just kidding. Everyone in Camp Rocket adores all defaming of celebrities, all the time.

As reported in the NY Post: "Action hero Bruce Willis got some action of a different kind after the screening of his new blood-and-guts flick, “Hostage.” At an after-after-party at the Peninsula Hotel, Willis, who turns 50 this month, and teen queen Lindsay Lohan, 18, enjoyed a mutual gropefest. “At one point, Bruce had Lindsay’s pants down far enough to reveal a tattoo that said ‘La Bella Vista’* (The Beautiful View) on her right cheek,” says our spywitness. Eventually, Willis and a few friends, including Lohan, took the party upstairs to his suite."

We love it!
And just like Whitey said, we love you, too!

LC

jacko hits the jack pot...

2005-03-10T16:23:00.002-08:00

Ok. So perhaps my favorite news of the day is Michael Jackson showing up to court in his pajamas. Well, not totally his pajamas, I guess he tried to make it a bit formal by just wearing pajama bottoms and a suit jacket on the top! GO JACKO! I mean, really, I think it's time for a new trend? And who better to do it then Michael himself. I'm still hooked on the solitary glove trend.

I've been a really bad blogger. It's just been so crazy with school. Thank god I have spring break, which starts next week. I think if I didnt have spring break, I might fall apart. Im sooo tired. But over spring break, i'm just gonna sleep and sip on pina coladas, with my solitary glove, of course.

As for all of you, I hope all is well! You should all go out tonight to the Kibitz Room to see the best LA band ever, Shapes of Race Cars!!!! Yhey go on @ 10:30, and it's free...so you should totally bounce and hit it.

xoxoxo
Love you,

LW

Art is A-O-K!

2005-03-06T21:33:00.000-08:00

If you happen to catch yourself in the Los Angeles area in the near future, you gotta check out the Hammer Museum's new "Thing" exhibition of contemporary sculpture.

Word on the street is that one of the installation pieces was **inspired** by your favorite band...might it be the three huge, hot pink Marshall stacks?

Mucho Luv,
Rocket

Rocket News! Yea!

2005-02-25T17:38:00.000-08:00

I'ts official -

A *famous* Los Angeles glam-rock band has asked us to tour with them! Can you guess who? They are not girls and they are not in school, but they are certainly *cool*...

We read a very sad news item in the LA Times yesterday about Indie 103.1 and some big changes happening over there. If ya feel up to it, check out the Indie website. and send a letter saying "Indie 4 ever! Now play ROCKET, damn it"

Tonite we'll be rocking out to Tsar at El Cid - wanna join?

And now..."Remember when the three Laurens partied with Leo like it was 1999?"

Rocket Gurl Lecture Series

2005-02-16T16:20:00.000-08:00

The Laurens will be teaching a cooking class!

The Topic: Periwinkles! Crabs! Oysters! Seafood!

Some info is below:

Periwinkles used to be standard "refreshments" when visiting the "seaside". They are boiled in sea water and then you "winkle" them out out of their shells with a pin.

Kunik sez they, "taste pretty good. I'd rank them third (after cockles and mussels) in terms of oceanic delicacies."

Appetite for destruction,

Rocket

Stupid Cupid

2005-02-13T14:23:00.000-08:00

Unsure of what to get your main squeeze for St. Valentine's day? Why not make it an extra special one and purchase your honey...a ROCKET CD?! They're pink, chock-full o' hearts, calorie-free and oh-so thoughtful. The perfect gift!

Be ours on February 14th! You make our hearts explode with love!

Peace out,
The Laurens

CLICK HERE TO BUY ROCKET'S CD FOR YOUR SWEETIE!!!

Swanky!

2005-02-06T21:55:00.000-08:00

"Ever since our Converse commerical started airing, it's been nothing but fancy parties, caviar and free clothes!"

A sad, sad day.

2005-02-03T21:42:00.000-08:00

Film star Jude Law will marry his actress girlfriend Sienna Miller, who accepted his Christmas Day proposal, a spokeswoman for the couple said Wednesday.

Ciara Parkes said "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "I (Heart) Huckabees" actor Law proposed to Miller, his blonde "Alfie" co-star. in England on Christmas morning, presenting her with a gold ring featuring nine diamonds set in platinum.

"Both their families and friends are thrilled and of course Jude's children are too," Parkes said.

Law, who turned 32 on Dec. 29, divorced fashion designer Sadie Frost in October 2003 after a six year marriage and three children.

Miller celebrated her 23rd birthday on Dec. 28.

A date for the wedding has not been set.

From: The Associated Press

The Laurens will be in bed crying all week, if you need to find us.

xoxo
Rocket

Coolest!

2005-02-01T23:41:00.000-08:00

Rocket Killed the Radio Stars

2005-02-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

Sooo...

Kunik finally decided to forgive us! Out hunger strike is officially over, and to celebrate we all went out for pizza.

The K's order: pineapple and tofu-rella
Whitesnake's: meat-lover's delight with extra hamburger
Clarksville's: stuffed crust with extra sauce

And then we had dessert!

In other very important Rocket-based news, if you listed to Indie 103.1 and you hear a commercial for a certain event and you recognize a certain high pitched, micro-machines voice...then yea, it's one of us, doing our voice-over thang.

lurve
Rocket

Big, Smelly, Nerdy IDIOTS

2005-01-26T21:48:00.000-08:00

The worst thing, EVER.

We forgot Kunik's birthday! Oh, our little Kunikle, won't you please, please, please forgive us for being so awful? We are not worthy of your band membership / friendship / hairstyle!

That said, we LOVE YOU and we wish you the HAPPIEST, GROOVIEST SIXTEEN EVER! I'ts a magical year...don't ever let anyone tell you that youth is wasted on the young.

You are the chocolate chip in our cookie, the pearl in our oyster, the kitten in our champagne, the nicotine in our cigarette...

Here's lookin' at you, kid -

HAPPY LATE LATE LATE BIRTHDAY!

Love,
Lauren and Lauren

SugarBuzz Magazine Review

2005-01-25T13:32:00.000-08:00

Sugarbuzz

Click on the link and get buzzed with some Rocket luv!

ox
Lauren Cubed

Chuck Taylor 4-Ever

2005-01-21T16:27:00.000-08:00

OMG ROCKET LOVES CONVERSE!!

**Rocket World News of the Day**

The title track off our debut album, "TOO HOT TO BE BOTHERED" is the SOUNDTRACK for a new CONVERSE SHOES commercial, which will air on a bunch of national networks (INCLUDING MTV!) starting Monday February 7th!

We love Converse and we love the hot directing team of Molly and Mariah for liking our band and putting us in their commercial!

More updates to come...

Love and more love,

The Laurens
c/o Rocket

www.myspace.com/rocket
rocketrules.blogspot.com
www.teenaciderecords.com

Does anyone want to send me baked good?

2005-01-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

I'm going to tell you something scary.

I've been trapped up in Santa Barbara since Last Sunday. No way home. The freeways are closed and I don't know when they're gonna open.

Now I don't know how many of you are familiar with Santa Barbara, Particularly Isla Vista where I live. But, besides having beatiful beaches, great weather and amazing restaurants, Santa Barbara is a frightening town. SB itself seems to be infested with stepford wives having nothing to do but shop their lives away and get trendy manicures to make themselves feel like their teenage daughters. Isla Vista, on the other hand, is completely over-populated with 18 year old idiots. Mainly, Horny boys who can't form and English sentence and girls who drink too much and wear skirts so short you can see there butts (believe me, not a pretty sight).

Ok. Maybe I'm being a little harsh. There are the few good souls roaming here in SB...I've found a couple. Not every one sucks. I'm mean.

So here I am. Not such a happy girl. In not such a happy place.

Just thought I'de vent.

xoxo
LW

Damn Straight!

2005-01-12T11:20:00.000-08:00

According to Australia's January 9th "Sunday Mail" newspaper, "Blogging will continue to Rocket [in 2005]" !!

Can I get a HELL YEA?!

Love,
The Rocketbloggers

The Secret Life of Rocket

2005-01-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hi Munchkins,

I first would like to thank our concerned fans for your letters and support during my time of need...but I'm no longer a felon! Although the LAPD certainly had all of the evidence necessary to convict me, the cops told my dad they thought I was "a good kid" (no, seriously) and dropped all the charges against me! So now I'm free to be me - and you will not be hearing a girlie-pop version of "Jailhouse Rock."

This rain is so sucky. I thought driving on New Year's eve in LA is dangerous, but I think this might be worse! The best part of the weekend, though, was that I learned how to turn on my back windshield wiper. I was in Vegas last week...I saw Matt Damon in the lobby of the Bellagie (as we say) and also Anna Nicole Smith at the Hard Rock (Trimspa, baby! She's so outrageous!).

I heard through the grapevine that Lauren the K is playing some solo shows in NYC. Please boycott them so she comes back to Los Angeles sooner. We know what you're up to, Kunik, and we don't like it one bit!

Also, if you are up in Isla Vista, please keep a close eye on Lauren Whitey. Those surfers get restless in this weather and legend has it that if you kiss a Lauren the sun will shine :)

Love
Lauren Clark

the first time I saw Paris.

2005-01-02T23:23:00.000-08:00

We hope all of you had a safe and rockin' New Years! Depsite being depressed about the devastation of the Tsunami and feeling like an ass celebrating a new year, it was still nice. Rocket just laid back with some old friends and watched 2004 (the year of Rocket's first record, the year of LC's first felony charge, the year of LW's first University experience as well as first experience ever with severe food poisening, and the year of LK's first steps) magically become 2005. Hopefully we will venture upon many new, enlightening experiences, including.... rocket's 2nd record, Lauren Clark's revelation to follow her dreams and become a "professional" Rock groupie, Lauren White's epiphany that she truely is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and Lauren Kunik's first tooth.

It's a year of firsts! Make the best of it and remember that where ever you are, you're there.

Love is real, real is Love.

ROCKET

I fought the law...and the law won

2004-12-27T11:15:00.000-08:00

Breakin' the law! Breakin' the law!

Well not yet, but if I go to jail for an 'alleged' something or other...well...I don't know...I should talk to my lawyer first, right? No reason to involve the entire blog! It's not that serious actually, it's just that some random decided to say I participated in a 'hit and run' but that's funny because 'running' usually requires some intent, no? It wouldn't have been such a big deal except I had to go to the police station on THE CORNER OF CRENSHAW AND MLK - don't worry, I fit in just fine!

Having lived in Los Angeles my entire life, It was really nice to to realize that the neighborhoods in those hip-hop videos really do exsist! Silly me! I thought they were just sets on the Universal backlot. Unfortunately, I have to go back next week. For a lineup. Anyone have a connection to the Mafia? I guess I should call Kunik.

In any case, I feel confident that this is nothing more than someone taking advantage of a blonde girl in an SUV, and this matter will be about as relevant in a month Britney's last album.

The Rocket girls participated in a Christmas gathering at Kunik's mom's house. Party! We exchanged gifts and glasses of chardonnay as some very westside adults looked confused when Whitey modeled her brand-new scrunch socks.

We love French onion dip. We love Christmas.

We also especially love 16 year-old hookers at the Chateau Marmont with their 90 year-old madam.
We also love Gina Gershon being sad because she couldn't find a table in the lobby.

We hate the LK is leaving today!

xo
LC

Three Little Angels...

2004-12-19T22:15:00.000-08:00

...all dressed in red, trying to get to heaven on the end of a sled, but the sled-string broke and down they all fell, instead of going to heaven, they all went to...

The studio.

THREE! YES! Lauren White, Lauren Kunik and Lauren Clark were all together, in one room, singing! Yay! We did a freaking lot today - vox for my song, Iggy Pop's "Funtime" and an original tune called "Breakup Season," which is 1.5 minutes of bubblegum fun. The Iggy song...well, it's a bit darker but still full of dancy, smiley beats.

We can't WAIT for this new record to come out. We love it so much already! We also had a photographer in the studio with us today, capturing some documentary-style moments that might (or might not) translate so well on film, such as ukelele playing, group harmonizing under bad lighting and satanic someting-or-other.

Last night was very H-o-l-l-y-w-o-o-d! Saturday night on the strip, yo! I saw Snoop Dogg and Warren G at dinner and then (after some more scene-y clubby things) Lauren W., our friend Stef and I went to the Chateau Marmont where three alcoholic beverages cost a whopping 50 bucks! But, we did see members of Phantom Planet and Maroon 5 (who we've known forever, and of course love Rocket) as well as Chris Kattan from SNL who looked...normal, oddly enough.

T'was was a very top 40 weekend! Shit. I have to xmas shop.

All aboard for Fun tiiimmmeeee,
Clark

Hit or miss.

2004-12-14T13:25:00.000-08:00

WE have to apologize to our dear buddy Kunik, who so hastily pointed out this morning that if we did a search for simply "kunik" thre were plenty of amazing images. Our problem was that we were doing full name searches! So, as an ode to our Kunik, and many other wonderful Kuniks in this world (apparently mostly of Russian or German MAN descent), this is your life....

Once again, Kunik, we apologize for the confusion! It was true! we knew your pictures would take the cake!

Rocket

something (we hope!) to make you smile...

2004-12-14T02:12:00.000-08:00

So, have you ever looked yourself up on the internet? It's so fun. LC and I decided to look ourselves up on "google images" just for fun...and what we found was....quite....interesting.

This was what was under the "Lauren Clark" search:

and our personal fave...

And under "Lauren White":

AS for Kunik? we don't know why she didn't have any cool pictures! Mayeb its the unique (or, Kunique) last name!

So! We're having a contest! Who's pictures take the cake?!!? Who's "cuisine reigns supreme?"

xoxo
rockettes

Ready? Get Set - GO!

2004-12-06T20:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had ANOTHER fantastic day at the studio!

It's strange to think that Elliott Smith (among others) messed around with tambourines in a spot where directions to get there include "make a left at the Hometown Buffet," but we'll get over it fast. We love recording like rockstars! We did a song yesterday (an original, no less!) called "Not That Kind of Girl," and it will not disappoint.

Just take everything you know about the phrase "Not That Kind of Girl" and flip it around and paint it hot pink, 'cause I promise, it's a track worthy of Rocket's great name. I don't really know what I'm talking about, but shoot, we do it for you so make us proud, damn it!

Lauren W. got to arrange some "brill" melodies, and they are smashing. I had some problems with my guitar parts, but I threw a hissy-fit and got the producer and sound engineer to mic my Rickenbacker in the studio and attach an extra long chord to it so I could cut my licks lying down on a couch in the booth. It worked like a charm! The brat attack, not the guitar parts. But I did eventually get it down..."Time is money, girls!" We also hired a photographer, so you will get to check out that lameness when we get the proof sheets back.

Tomorrow is the first night of Hanukkah! Bob Saget invited me over for dinner, so if I don't blog you know where I am.

xxxooo! And now (ding ding ding) a parting coversational snippet:

Lauren Clark and Lauren Kunik were all, "He doesn't look all that tough!"
And Lauren White was all, "Oh, what do you two know?"

take a deep breath. Exhale.....

2004-12-01T13:09:00.000-08:00

Hello lovers, haters and wierdos:

With my first REAL quarter of my first REAL university year coming to an end, I have to admit with great pride that I am extremely relieved that it is over, yo. Next week is finals week...Why, why the horror? Like everyone's not burnt out enough already by the end of the quarter, they have to lay on the final nuclear bomb of finals. yeah, well...whatever.

I can't wait to make my way back to LA for the wintery-est month of December! Rocket will be in the studio day and night recording because---sound the alarm!!!---the third of the rocket triplets will be in LA as well!!! That's right, Kunik will be making a special cameo appearence for a mere 10 days, but that's enough to get it together. Besides bringing her bad-self to LA to record, rumor has it she's coming to LA to enlighten us all on style; New York style, that is. This includes, haircuts, belts, large skirts and undergarments. We all need to learn a lesson sometime.

ALSO! very very exciting. It is has been confirmed that legendary rock drummer, Clem Burke, Drummer for BLONDIE will be playing on our next album! He'll be in the studio mid-Decmeber to help us out on a couple tunes. Expect a few more guest appearances on the album from known names...such as.....Jon Bon Jovi and Rick Springfield...possibly.

Is the grass greener on the other side?

LW

Wanna meet a Teen Pop Star?

2004-11-28T14:24:00.000-08:00

Then hang out with me (L to the Cee) 'cause I can't seem to go anywhere without running into one. I saw Kevin from the Backstreet Boys in the Mac store (bad skin, buzz cut, blonde girlfriend) and yesterday I saw Ashlee Simpson at Bloomingdales! (scowl, green newsboy hat)...hmmm, maybe I'm just spending too much time shopping? Please, don't answer that. I love buying gifts for the holidays! What a lovely feeling when you find something that you are so excited to give, either because it's perfect or it's just so ridiculous that it cracks you up to think about giving it.

I hope everyone had a nice turkey chow-down. I was in Palm Springs and if you haven't been there, bravo, because it sucks... there's nothing to do there besides go to the movies! Even if you are a big rockstar! I saw Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age leaving Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (not so good, FYI) and I was like, "Hey! Remember that time you sang Warrant's 'Cherry Pie' to me on your tour bus in San Francisco?" He's all "No! Was I good?" True Story! Anyway, his nickname (at least back then) was "Big Red" so...yea...stay away from that.

Last night Lauren W. and I went to a downtown party with about 15 bands doing Rolling Stones covers. We met some nice boys in "The Vacation" and the "S'Cool Girls" but definitely did not feel like we got our $10.00 worth. At one point we were standing outside, freezing, and some people came over and they were like "you look like you're in a band!" Coooolest! Mission accomplished! And when we left someone even yelled, "Bye, Rocket!" It's seriously only a matter of time before we'll be having our personal assistants go to Rite Aid for us.

But until then, we are yours, xo,
Lauren C.

Rocket World News of the Week:

2004-11-23T10:15:00.000-08:00

HEADLINE: I just got confirmation that SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KOREA are obsessing over Rocket and are begging their parents and extended families for a Disneyland / California Sun vacation. Seriously!

SUBHEAD: Shapes of Racecars played such a VIP show last night in Hollywood, CA, that only members of Rocket were invited to attend. That's because we are popular, know the clothes to wear and how to style our hair.

SUBHEAD II: Kunik will be in town in LESS THAN A MONTH. Get your nails done! Get a pedicure! Get your bangs did!

SUBHEAD III: When I say I'm in LOVE, you best better believe me. I have not said anything of the sort, but when I do, be prepared.

SUBHEAD IV: New pics are up on www.myspace.com/Rocket, thanks to the tech wizardry of Miss WHITEY Pants. Thanks, you!

SUBHEAD V: Crushes are MAGICAL and...crushing. Don't say I didn't warn ya...

Huge mushy feelings to you and yours,
LC

The hills are alive!

2004-11-14T20:06:00.000-08:00

With the sound of rockets! ohoohoh.

hello frogger bloggers. Do you remember that cool game frogger? Seems like just yesterday I was in my dentist's office trying to decide whether to play Frogger or Donkey Kong. Frogger usually won cause I liked to pretend I was a frog rather than an unusually short Italian man named Mario. He was really short.

So, to answer our last commenter's request we will divulge into the wonderful world of rocket recording. We are currently in the process of recording our second album, scheduled to be released in July of 2005. There is no theme! yay! Only myriad cool songs that you all will love, songs with a touch of glam, a touch of rock and a touch of class... ;). So far, we have recorded three! And, I'm not going to give away any names or reveal any themes, but I will give you hints...the songs involve pants, bon jovi, and boys. I'm sorry, but you'll just have to wait for the album to come out to hear the boil and bubble we have conjured up. It'll be good, I promise.

What the hell is going on? Do people still read this blog? hmmm....

And, to leave you with some pirates on halloweenie...

xoxo
LW

Fight For Your Rights

2004-11-11T01:00:00.000-08:00

Us girls of the band "Rocket" want you to know what we stand for during these tumultuous political times.

R-Radios
O-Otter pops
C-Crushes
K-Kittens
E-Emails
T-Treasure

xo,
Cee, Whitesnake and The K

Pirate Girls with a Motley Crue Attitude

2004-11-01T11:04:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!

Did everyone have a freaking blast, even tho it was a on a Sunday? Many folks decided to go out on Saturday and Friday because (as we've discussed before) Sundays are simply the lamest days of the week. LW and I were dying to get incredible, scary, awesome costumes...she wanted to be a mummy and I wanted to be a spider but after searching many locations in Eagle Rock (no joke - we must have gone to eight stores) there were NO cool costumes. It was slim pickin's galore - we did have a good laugh, however. Why the hell is there a "Glam Rock Girl" costume for 7-10 year olds? Why does it have to be so freaking slutty? What does a flammable, polyester skirt with a lame chain belt have to do with glam rock? Just some pressing issues. Anyway, we at last found a party store in Glendale where we purchased the coolest pirate costumes and stripped socks for $12.99. Why these were the only costumes not sold out, we'll never know. Also, why is it that what you're looking for is always in the last place you look? Kidding.

Anyway, the coolest part of the costume was the freaking radical red headband (hence the "Motley 'tude") soooo bitchin'. After our costume search, we ate outside at a French restaurant on Sunset Blvd. where we were treated to either a very exciting police arrest or some very convincing performance art. In any case, it made it more exciting to eat outside, freezing cold and inhaling SUV fumes.

After that we drove around and ended up someplace interesting that we won't talk about, to protect the innocent. We did have a nice game of football in a parking lot and a fun jam session at 2:00 am with Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" piano (note to self: tell Lauren the K she's now Rocket's official xylophone player), followed by a photo shoot. Pics coming soon. If we look cute. Yes, I'm being cryptic. "I'll never teeeelll."

Speaking of scary movies, after LW's Saturday recording "sesh" and my facial we watched that spooky Halle Berry movie in Studio City and then got dressed in our costumes and decided that we also had to wear very funny matching jean jackets lined with fur, just so we could look a little more rock.

After driving around for hours (West Hollywood, Los Feliz, Echo Park, Silverlake...) and dipping our toes in various lame parties (tho I did score an exciting, glow-in-the-dark ghost pez dispenser) we finally headed downtown to the hippest of hipster parties, complete with a haunted house! We were going outside to have a smoke and check out the boys when someone yelled at us, "girls! get on the bus!" and we were like "um...why are you being a bitch?" but we looked up and we saw (drumroll) a PIRATE BUS! It was one of those double-decker red London tourist busses and everyone on it had to be a PIRATE! We found our tribe! We got very excited and ran over and someone started blaring "Thriller" and we just danced in the street with our pirate brothers and sistahs! It was like when the little bee girl in the Blind Melon video finds her bee people running in the meadow...sweet!

Sunday there was a Tsar/Shapes of Racecars show in some town called Sierra Madre. I hope those boys got some sleep last night, that's all I gotta say. I felt so bad for them, I even let 'em smoke in my car.

Also, I got pinkeye from thinking about Butch Walker too much.

Kisses, and If you are still reading this, you must be very bored.

xo,
Lauren C.

Rocket Survey! Don't get too excited!

2004-10-27T19:05:00.000-07:00

. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
Lauren L. White, Lauren Michele Clark, Lauren Michele Kunik.

2. ETHNIC BACKROUND?
White: Danish/snowman Clark: Russian/African/elf Kunik: Russian/Samoan

3. BIRTHDAY?
White: September 12 Clark: July 13 Kunik: January 25

4. SCHOOL ATTENDING/GRAD FROM?
White: Currently attending School of Rock, UCSB. Clark: Graduate in African studies @ UC Berekely and Kunik: Graduate in Samoan studies @ The New School, NY.

5.WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Los Angeles

6.WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?
White: kelly Green Clark:army green Kunik: Autumn Colors

8. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
on shooting stars.

9. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
White:White, duhs. Clark:cheeto Kunik: Coral

11.WHAT CITIES HAVE U LIVED IN?
Los Angeles, Cambridge England, Berekely, Isla Vista, New York City.

12. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS?
don't know him.

13.WHAT DO STRANGERS ASK U THAT YOU CAN'T STAND?
White: Are you Russian? Who's motorcycle is that? Who's yo mama? Why are you SOOO cool? clark: has anyone ever told you you look like Rosanna Arquette? Kunik: Is your dad in the jewish mafia? Is that Marc Jacobs?

14. FAVORITE DRINK?
white: Coffee Clark: Shirly Temples Kunik: Whiskey sour

15. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE?

boxed wine.

16. FAVORITE SPORTS?
Baseball. Lacrosse.

17. DO U WEAR UNDERWEAR?
White: sometimes Clark: Of course! Kunik: A lady never tells....

18. HAIR COLOR?
blonde

19. EYE COLOR?
white: green.blue Clark: moody blue Kunik: hazel green

20. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?

No.

21. WHERE DO U WISH U WERE RIGHT NOW?
Japan. floating in space.....I dont know. where-ever you are, that's where you are.

22. WHAT DO U WANNA BE WHEN U GROW UP?
when we are all growed up?!??! we want to be sea-monkeys, please.

23. FAVORITE FOOD?
white: Sushi Clark: sugar babies Kunik: El Coyote.

24. ARE U EATING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
White: No, Clark:coffee, Kunik: couldn't tell ya.

25. LAST MOVIE U WATCHED?
White: Dawn of the dead Clark: honeymoon in vegas Kunik: The Brady Family reunion.

26. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
our birthdays!

27. WHAT DO U DO TO VENT ANGER?
what a dumb question.

28. WHAT WAS UR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
White: Shera Princess of power Clark: Barbie Kunik: Popples

30. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Chocolate

31. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO POST POST BACK?
Post Post back?

32. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAD THE LONGEST?
we've all been friends foreva.

34. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
we drank till we couldn't see and then lost kunik in the woods! whoops.

35. FAVORITE SMELLS?
cinnamon buns, hot chocolate, coffee, wet gardens,

36. WHAT/WHO INSPIRES YOU?
The beach boys, T-rex, Bowie, Warhol, elvis, Alec baldwin, cookie monster, Arnold swartzenegger in the movie "junior"

37. PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED POPCORN?
All popcorn is good, biatch!

38. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK?
the day the earth stood still.

39. WHAT DID U DO ON YOUR LAST BDAY?
vegas-ed it.

40. FLY OR BE INVISIBLE?
fly.

41. SEE OR TASTE?
why are we doing this?

42. DO U SHAVE UR LEGS?
are you serious?

43. WHAT SHAMPOO DO U USE?
um.

44. WHAT ANNOYS U ABOUT THE OPP. SEX.
smelly boys. boys who are creepy. Boys who pretend they are good.

45. WHAT ANNOYS U ABOUT THE SAME SEX?
ugg boots. Van dutch.

46. EVER ATE SOMETHING REALLY WEIRD?
yes. monkey eyeballs!!!

47. JESSICA ALBA OR KRISTEN KREUK?
Olivia newton john.

Sorry guys. Lamest survey ever.

Halloweenie

2004-10-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

Okay, this is serious, kiddies.

Please clue us into the hot party scene for this chilling/chilly halloween weekend. We have very elaborate, expensive costumes planned, and we want to show them off. We also want to be around cool people, in a big house with a jacuzzi and free drinks. Ideas?

Clark and White

Oh, The Guilt

2004-10-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

Just kidding -

Rocket girls are only guilty about bein' cooler than cool! LW and I had fun on Friday - we went to an awesome Shapes Of Racecars show in Santa Monica and met some cooler than cool William Morris agenty peeps, and ended up very close to the Wonderland Park murders, in a house on Lookout Mountain owned by a guy in Three Dog Night. All I gotta say is: you know you've made it in the music biz (as we say here in 'el lay') when your gold and platinum records are hanging above your treadmill.

Who's excited for the new Nirvana box set? I can't wait, I want it right now. It even comes with a DVD of Kurt and the Aberdeen Acrobats playing a house party in the late 80's - precious. I'm guilty of purchasing way too many overpriced Nirvana bootlegs - not that this box set won't be nauseatingly overpriced or anything, but, I hear that Rocket has a connection at Universal Music, so CD burns for all!
xox
lc

website parasite.

2004-10-20T15:57:00.000-07:00

Yo homeboys and homeladies:

It's your long lost blogger Lauren W. God. I feel so dissapointing. I didn't want to hurt you, I didn't want to make you cry!
The truth is, my bloggalicious friends, I have to admit that I am sort of bored by the blog. It's hard to keep up a blog, it takes a lot of time and cool stories....both of which I lack right now--especially the stories part! I feel like since I've moved to IV, I have no stories to tell! I'm in school full time and eating fish tacos the rest of time. awww...what a life.

Anyhooch. the reason im being so honest is that what we really need is a REAL website. a cool website with pictures and links and songs and stuff...one we don't have to update ourselves! WE are rockstars now, dammit! we deserve rockstar royal treatment! so....if any of you are interesting in helping us out with a website, email us @ toohotrocket@yahoo.com.

Also, just to let you know. MTV wants Rocket for their big hit of a show "Laguna Beach". They contacted us via email saying our sound and style was perfect for the show, and they want to use some of the tracks on an upcoming episode! When the deal is sealed and we know what episode, we'll definetly keep you posted! How exciting!!!

please be safe. As well as good and plenty.

xoxo
LW

Red October

2004-10-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

Hi all:

Did you have a nice weekend despite the miserable weather? I had to wash my car on Saturday, so of course it had to rain. Shizit bizitch! I did a really good job, too! Lauren the K sent a white messenger dove with a lovely note saying that she is doing great in NYC and will be home soon. Lauren W. took PCH all the way to the valley where she saw Paul McCartney on Ventura with no sunglasses on! I'm so jealous...my sister saw Ringo at Gelson's once, although I would much prefer to see Paul anyday. Actually I would most like to see John, but, uh...yeah.

Friday I went to see the Deathray dudes in the studio. They have a shark tank there! How very, very P. Diddy. Go to www.deathraymusic.com to see pics of carnivorous pets and plasma televisions. The Deathrayz are currently working with hotshot producer Eric Valentine. I saw him. He wasn't wearing any shoes.

Saturday Whitey and I hung with James "Toe-Head-Dawson" Van Der Beek. Exciting!

And finally, on this dreary day in October, remember that Rocket luvs you, and summer will come again!

Hugs in general but kisses in specific,

LC (and W and k)

Words to Live by

2004-10-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

"For those who think everything tastes like chicken, there's now a duck that tastes like steak."

-Newsweek, October 18, 2004

A New Pooh Day

2004-10-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

Stuff can be so randomly silly sometimes!

If you look on The Pooh Sticks page of allmusic.com (a really fun site - we have a band page on there, too) Rocket is listed as the sole "followers" of The Pooh Sticks! Whaa? Other bands we regard with awe and devotion (Helen Love, Tsar) are there as "similar artists" but somehow we are the only "followers." It makes absolutely zero sense, but hey - how could we not be so excited?

A little Hue Pooh to brighten your day...

Kisses,
Clark

Drugstore Cowgirl

2004-10-07T17:06:00.000-07:00

Hiya:

I'm home sick today. I thought that I was gonna be bored out of my mind but I just woke up from a 5 hour nap - it was sort of incredible, really...the second I thought, "ok, am I gonna read or watch a movie?" I passed out and woke up and it's getting dark already! Ahhh...chicken soup, vicodin, valium, tea...you know - all the things that make you feel better when you're under the weather - they really work!

I am a little bummed though, because Whitey just told me that she got a part in a movie, and I would have loved to tag along as her "assistant" or something. She is driving down from Isla Vista (see previous post if you don't know what im talking about)to film a part at some rock club on Hollywood Blvd. at 3:00 a.m.! She also said the shoot ends at 11:00 a.m. the next morning (eek!) so if anyone wants to either bring her a double espresso or drive her home I'm fairly certain she would appreciate it.

Anyhooch, I think it's time for me to go back into a drug-induced stupor because I'm too achey to even think of eating dinner.

Wow - the word "achey" just reminded me of that pop song that masqueraded as country western called "Achey Breaky Heart." How appropriate. Does vicodin work on achey breaky hearts? What was with that Billy Ray guy's mullet anyway? No wonder his woman left!

Lurve,
Clarky

I gotta get out of this place....

2004-09-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

OK. So. Besides this being the 100th post on the Rocket blog (woo hoo! Celebration tonight @ the bowling alley!!!) this also happens to be my very first blog from my new home in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, CA. In case any of you readers don't know the big news, I, LW, have ventured to IV (or HIV as some frat guys refer to it) to start a new life. You know, I thought "hey. I need to feed my creativity, I need to find myself, I need to make my music!!!???!?!". Actually, that is a lie. I had to move here, out of desperation (sort of) to finish school. It's very odd, leaving LA behind is something I have never done. But don't you worry, Rocket fans, We are still going strong and actually in the studio on weekends recording our next album to be released next year.
So, you want to know about IV?? Here's what I've observed since being here for about 5 days. The burritos are really good if you go to the right place. The Ocean is beautiful. It can get really cold here at any random moment. Most of the girls wear the shortest skirts I've ever seen in my life. The boys don't seem very interesting. The Classes seem reasonable so far, and the people in them seem reasonably intelligent.
How is that assessment? Do you want to be here now? I didn't think so.

I'm coming home this weekend. I haven't stayed one weekend yet to "part-e" in IV, something I'm terribly frightened of. I've already heard scary stories about inane drunkenness and people falling of the ocean-side cliffs. eeeee

So if you want to see me in LA come out to the Scene tomorrow night in Glendale!!! Once Again, Shapes of Race Cars is playing along with Tsar and the End of History. It's bound to be a fun night and we're gonna have a party! An LA Party! No one will fall of anything (hopefully, except perhaps a curb or maybe a chair).

xoxoxoxo
LW

Heads Up

2004-09-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hey There:

I've been weirdly obsessed with Ziggy Stardust lately - it must be the eye patch - it just reminds me so much of Whitesnake - oh Whitey, I miss you! Actually, all our prayers have been answered as I have just been given advance confirmation (by some dude calling himself "Whiskers") that she will be arriving in town on Friday for two special events. 1) a business-attire luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with Sean Penn, Dick Van Dyke, Clint Eastwood, Kathy Bates and Jack Nicholson, among other celebs you would never want to make out with, followed by 2) a Shapes of Racecars and Tsar show at The Scene in Glendale with other people you definitely would want to make out with. So, come-one-come-all...it's gonna be another Rocket-style party weekend!

I also have been informed that on Friday, between famous faces, Whitey (and maybe myself) will be in a real shiny/new/tech-equipped studio...Apparently I get to play acoustic but we'll see - my hands never seem to fit right around guitars (or boys for that matter) with big necks.

I've consumed way too much coffee today. I feel like Beavis doing the cornholio.

Luv,
Cee

More Famous People Who Heart Rocket

2004-09-24T11:43:00.000-07:00

Dana G., the hotter-than-Palm-Springs-in-August frontman/songwriter/guitarist of one of my favorite bands, "Deathray," likes Rocket!

Besides saying that Too Hot to be Bothered "Sounds effing great!", He told us that he'd like to be involved somehow with the next record. YAY! I know that perhaps you might not think this is a big deal, but considering I've been following Deathray around like a little lost puppy since I was 18, it's definitely cool.

Check him out - besides having some of the best boy-style ever, he's a total fox!

In other news, Lauren W. and I just emerged from a very, very, very, very (get the picture?) late night, which involved some residents of Oslo, a tea-cup sized puppy, Albertson's shopping cart adventures, interrogations, and sleeping on the ground only to be woken up by two very rambunctious little blonde babies...

Cherry lipgloss kisses,

LC

My romantic date with Marky Mark!

2004-09-23T13:50:00.000-07:00

"No photos, please!"

The Funky Bunch

2004-09-21T10:37:00.000-07:00

And then a dark cloud came...SO SAD!!

OUR WHITESNAKE IS LEAVING US FOR THE SUNNY BEACHES OF ISLA VISTA! How can it possibly be that I, Clarkie, will be the only Rocket girl left in Los Angeles?

This is very wrong! At least Whitey will be in Cali, whereas Kuny will continue to roam the mean streets of NY, a lone triplett in a cold industrial landscape...not to mention that I am also sort of homeless at the moment. Anyone in need of a blah blah blonde roomie?

Ok, enough groaning and prose - tonight we par-tay! We are having a little goodbye gathering at the bar "Little Joy" ("Little Joy's?") in Echo Park when the sun goes down to toast our Santa Barbara Sweetie as she speeds off towards new adventures in her shiny new SILVER ROCKET of a car, and wish her luck as she will be combating such evils as hemp necklaces and board shorts and lecture halls.

Funny photos to come soon - one special snapshot that a paparazzo dude promised to send of me on a romantic date with Marky Whalberg (don't ask - actually ask if you want) and also of Lauren and I on the red carpet of the Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow premiere from last week, that doesn't seem to be working in the post below. Also, we are in talks with someone very awesome and creative to bring you the first REAL, OFFICIAL Rocket website! More to come...

xoxo,
Lauren C.

special people club

2004-09-15T14:49:00.000-07:00

hey lovas: When I say I'm in Luv you better believe I'm in Luv L-U-V!

last night was certainly a night to remember...and we have evidence to prove it.

Rocket attended the premiere of Sky Captain...staring our favorite boy toy, Jude Law. I'll keep it simple. Let's just say that the movie wasn't the high-point--we ended up at some Chateau in the Hollywood hills with a very handsome, very talented Mr. Ripley, his blonde barefoot girlfriend, and an American Beauty...oh yeah! and a really cool guy named Barry. I am sort of afraid to name names, because of the secret society, but just remember, Rocket was cool last night and that's a fact.

xoxo
lw

Celebrate Good Times, C'mon...

2004-09-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

IT'S LAUREN WHITESNAKE'S BIRTHDAY!

I have Kunik on the cellie from NY who's phoning in her b-day wishes. The SoHo Senorita says: "Happy birthday muffin butt!"

Join us all at the Mexican restaurant (with flaming tequila!) across from Guitar Center to toast our candy-coated-strawberry-flavored lead singer, tonight at 10ish.

If you aren't currently in Los Angeles, it is appropriate to either fly in or send all birthday greetings via the world wide web to "toohotrocket@yahoo.com"

Details for the super-secret surprise un-birthday party to follow!

Love,
Lauren C.

And for you, Whitey, an Eskimo man. Happy Birthday!

Monsoon Laurens.

2004-09-09T19:15:00.001-07:00

It's that time of year again. yes siree...it's Septemeber. First off I would love to say happy birthday to all the beautiful "new years' babies that I know who celebrate this month..secondly, I am one of those new years babies. Yes. It's that sad time of year where I have to give into life and god and truth and become OLDER! sadness. My Birthday is this Sunday sep. 12! eek!
I remember my birthday in 2001. It was very odd. I remember waking up on september 11th being so excited to turn 19. It was awesome because I was moving away from that wierd 18 number where you feel like you're lying everytime you tell people you age just to make yourself seem legal. But then the day before my birthday the World Trade Centers were terrorized, and my Birthday just seemed illogical and stupid. Like, I didn't want it to happen the next day at all, and celebrating was the last thing on my mind. The next night we went to some awkward dinner that we had to do because it was my birthday, and why stay home in hiding? My Danish Cousin happened to be in America that day and at my birthday dinner...everyone was freaked out and on edge. Looking back on it seems surreal.
So here we are again. another birthday! I will always be slightly nervous and ambivilent about celebrating it, but there's no way i'm gonna ignore it! So now...3 years later, I am almost 22. That sounds so much older then 19! Can't we celebrate my 19th b-day again?! please!???!???!

In Rocket-land, we have decided to go into the studio! An actual real studio to do our second record, questionably entitled Red, White and Blonde. Wait, wasn't that the title of the second Legally Blonde film? oh well. But we are going to make this record amazing...just you wait!

Isn't it nice to be in love? Isn't it nice to be free? Isn't it nice to be the birthday girl?

keep it real
LW

Totally Crushed Out

2004-09-08T15:31:00.000-07:00

Hello my little Loris-Monkeys:

Are you eating popsicles to stay cool? My personal favorites are Otter Pops. They're so ghetto they don't even come frozen! But they have so much corn syrup (or whatever) it doesn't even matter, so you can just slurp them down in their liquid form. They taste sort of like Squeeze-It beverages actually. Refreshing!

A moment of silence please...we have a sad announcement. The man who invented Pop Rocks (and Tang, actually) died last week. He was trying to invent instant soda when he discovered the sugary little crystals...and, well, Pop Rocks certainly rock because #1 they are sweet, #2 they manage to combine both "pop" and "rock" seamlessly ...wait..that sounds sorta like our band! My fave form of the candy came in the mid-nineties pop music craze, when they sold Spice Girls Pop Rocks with little foot-shaped lollipops, so you would lick the foot (why a foot? no idea) and then stick it into your bag of Pop Rocks. What this had to do with the Spice Girls, we'll never know. But it sure was a good time to be living in America. Bill Clinton, The Spice Girls, bra-strap headbands...it all just makes me so nostalgic.

Lauren W. and I had a cool, random night on Monday. We went to the Chateau Marmont to stargaze and got some good eats and ended up hanging out with director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, In America). He's hysterical and wacky and Irish, and told us stories about Marlon Brando and hermit crabs.

Love,
Clarky

Hot Hot Heat

2004-09-06T15:34:00.000-07:00

Hello to all the beautiful ladies I see?!??!??!!!?!

LW and I have decided that we are getting matching tattoos of a bunch of question marks and exclamation points, because we think they are very exciting and expressive of our personalities. No, not really but we have been joking about it. Tattoos are very funny things. They look cool but lately I've been meeting a lot of people (with tattoos) who say "you get 'em and then regret 'em," which is not the best way to sell me on anything. Actually, some of us Rocket girls might have a tattoo...and although we'll never tell, let me just mention that sometimes we call Lauren the K "Care Bear."

What's with this heat? I know its so pedestrian to talk about the weather, but this is just too much for me to handle. I've only seen, oh, ten movies this weekend to be someplace air conditioned. I'm not kidding, my car said it was 110 degrees yesterday!

I was just at Target buying some flip-flops and a new mouse pad and I saw Jonathan Davis from Korn - I was all "hey dude" (he was standing right next to me) and he said something like "what's goin' on, sweetie?" and I was like, "uh, shopping at Target" and he's all "yea, me too!" Ohhhkaayyy. Anyway, I also met Milla Jovovich at the Standard this weekend (I was having breakfast - they have the best broiche french toast made with fresh apples and brown sugar) anyway she has the most beautiful blue eyes, and she was really sweet. And skinny.

We want to thank Mark Sovel for playing "Lost Summer Love" as the first song (after our jingle) last night on Check One...Two. Although (as he pointed out) it's not the scientific end of summer (that would be the solstice) it's very much the cultural end, as today is Labor Day. No more white or linen outfits, people! Just kidding. I wear my linen pants-suit ALL winter long! LW similarly will continue to wear her linen skirt-suit, which is in a very flattering shade of teal, with very big shoulder pads.

Please don't forget about us now that summer is over!! We want to be your year-round loves!

xoxox,
lc

Represent, Yo.

2004-09-03T17:32:00.000-07:00

hey homies:

I'm homies! My trip was fun and long. As I said before, I saw Chicago and North Carolina...it was quite an adventure. I wish you all could have been there.

I wanted to show you guys this picture of some of our fave rockers:

It was taken by one of our friends, Jacques, who has recently become a great photographer after choosing to leave his prior occupation of Phantom Planet rock-star. You should check out his sight @ www.whitegirlphotography.com. He has amazing photos of a bunch of great band. I know you'll like it!

Other than that. what is going on this labor day weekend? remember that line from Kunik's song "summertime USA" that says "from 4th of july, to labor day?" Well...it's that time and we want to get our groove back, like stella.

Email us :).

xoxo
Lw

Livin' La Vida Loca

2004-09-02T11:27:00.000-07:00

Ok, can I just tell you that last night was like, the coolest?

I know everyone is gonna think I'm totally fibbing because I've been blogging with honeyed words about my dizzying veneration and love of Butch Walker for ages, but I actually saw him at Bar Marmont last night! It was like I was in a Gaugin painting, except I was the one on a tropical island, gazing out and saying..."What! Are you jealous?"

Hello! He's even FOXIER up close! And he was wearing the same hescher-boyfriend jean jacket that he had on stage Tuesday night at the Roxy...I actually can't believe it was dry...he was really sweaty on stage, but it wasn't even gross...it was like beautiful diamond glossiness. He's perfect (sigh)...he even has the silkiest, shiniest, Pantene Pro-V hair that I've ever seen on a boy. I gave him a Rocket CD and a button and told him how much I loved his music. He said that he dug the songs he'd heard online and was excited to hear the rest of the album. I can't even remember what else we talked about. I think I blacked out after he gave me a hug.

And just like that I was whisked off, by my French hottie of a friend, Emilie, to a Latin Grammy night party at a huge estate in the Hollywood hills. Such is the beauty and weirdness of LA, I guess - hanging with a rocker at a hotel one second and then finding yourself up at a former member of Menudo's house the next. The guy (I can't remember his name) had actually won that night so the shindig was way festive and happy. Apparently he's the writer of most Ricky Martin songs! The pool was covered with lucite or something, and the Entertainment Tonight camera crew kept slipping around...hehe.

Speaking of Los Angeles, the LA Times ran some very disturbing statistics today about drive-in movie theatres. The Times seemed to take a clue from the Rocket CD's dedication to "all the drive-in theatres left in Southern California" in a story today called "Movies After Dusk." "The problem with drive-ins is they're becoming difficult to find. In 1958, there were 4,063 throughout the United States. As of July 13, there were 403 — 23 of them in California." Hmm...July 13th is my birthday! (and Mark Sovel's) Coincidence? I think not! But seriously that is way awful. They ended with a poignant quote from a woman who had been attending the drive-in with her family since the 1960's: "enjoying chilled Bon Bons, Elisa lamented the passing of drive-ins she visited as a child. 'It would be a very sad day,' she said, 'if they get rid of this last one.'" Okay, that's sweet, but do they REALLY need to throw in the bon bon details?

Bon bons? Wait...Isn't that a Ricky Martin song!? "Shake your bon bon, shake your bon bon shake your bon bons..."

Until next time, bloggies...know that I'm content to be a desperado, underneath your window.
xo,cee

Remaining drive-ins in the Southern California area:

--Vineland Drive-In, 443 N. Vineland Ave., Industry (626) 961-9262
--Mission Drive-In Fourplex, Ramona Ave. and Mission Blvd.,Montclair (909) 627-3564
--Van Buren Cinema 3, 3035 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside (951) 688-2360

I am the Cosmos.

2004-09-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

Don't lie to me!!

Ok. This is my blog from my last night in Chicago. What a beautiful, windy city! And seriously, the coolest zoo ever in Lincoln Park!!! Pix of my trip to come shortly....

anyway. To commemorate Chicago I thought it would be appropriate to quote "Big Star" song titles....you thought I would say "Chicago" song titles, right? Well, unfortunatly I don't know many off the top of my head, so I thought Big Star would be awesome!

So, I'll leave you with a couple more...and write again when im back home in Beautiful "hot Thing" LA.

You get What You Deserve,

LW

Muscle Beach Cadillac

2004-08-31T10:28:00.000-07:00

The dumbest thing happened to me yesterday on the way to the Viper Room to see Killola! Every time I've told someone about it since then I get a blank stare, and a "so?" but it was really scary! So I'll tell it again, anyway.

I was driving on Sunset when I noticed that a white truck coming towards me was driving really fast and frighteningly close to me over the center divider...I got freaked that we were gonna have a head on collision...and this was all in the matter of milliseconds...so I swerved sort of dramatically to avoid loosing my life. Since my car is sort of tall, my tires squeaked, but I thought everything was over until...a guy in a black Escalade pickup drove up and started honking. I was so confused ('cause this was definitely not the rickety white truck) so I rolled down my window and the hugest, tannest, weight-lifter guy in history starts screaming at me: "you idiot! you hit that truck! I saw you and I got your license plate and if you don't turn around now, I'm calling the police!" So I freaked out, flipped a bitch and hit the gas (if anything to get outa the way of scary aggro steroid dude). Somehow, out of the corner of my eye I saw the white truck pulled over onto a side street so I pulled up next to it and was like "um...hi guys...did we get in a car crash?" And the poor guy (who barely spoke english) was like cracking up "what are you talking about? We didn't crash!" So what an asshole in the Cadillac! He must have just seen us swerve and had nothing better to do than scare me half to death.

Good story, right? Just kidding, I know it's lame but let it serve as a reminder to either 1) mind your own business or 2) if you are gonna get into other people's messes make sure you know what you're talking about!

Back to the rock world: I was backstage at the Jimmy Eat World show a few days ago and it turns out that Jim (the front man - cool band name, huh?) loves "Too Hot to be Bothered" sheesh, who knew Rocket has so many friends in high places? Speaking of which... I'm going to see Butch Walker tonight (!!!) do you think he'll marry me if I ask nicely? I'm so in love!

xo,
lc

Sunday Bloody Sunday

2004-08-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, Ok,

I know what you're thinking... "Geez! ANOTHER Sunday-themed blog? Boring!" Actually no one is probably thinking that, (except me actually) but it seems like everytime the week comes to an end, one of us always says something like this: "Hi, it's Sunday. Sundays suck." So I will do my best to refrain (although I just did it.. so...sorry...um...nevermind).

Oh my! That one tiny paragraph just took me about 25 minutes to write because I'm trying to read Lucky Magazine and blog simultaneously and Lucky Mag is emerging as the obvious winner. I just like to look at the shoes and drool over $900.00 metallic snakeskin pumps - a girl can dream, cant she? Lucky is the best magazine, ever. Except for Sassy. Do you have the one with Kurt and Courtney on the cover from '93? Nope, didn't think so!

Don't forget to listen tonight to our fave, tiger-beat-blonde-hottie, Mark Sovel at 10:00 on 103.1. Ya just might hear some of our jingle-jangle fun. OH! I almost forgot to say that we got played on a big, corporate rock station! Last week "Nuclear Summertime" got a little spin on the #1 rated show on San Francisco's Live 105!! Xtra special thanks to DJ Superstars Shawn R. and Aaron A.!

Among the atrocities of my weekend was a BABY SHOWER of all awful things. Have you ever been to one of those? Games were played (including "poopy diapers" and "my water broke") and I got a henna tattoo on my foot that I instantly regretted. I'm not one for daytime drinking, but as soon as I saw the matchy-matchy tablewear I ran for a bloody mary. I can't even give any more details...I might go into post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ok...now that you are bored to tears, go listen to the radio-o-o-o.

I love eyouuuuuuu,
lc

ps: Whitey! Come home! I ain't nothin' but a g-thang with out yas!