New York Music News

We almost Lost Control Again but NYMN used a Sweet Potion to peel away the layers in this intimate interview with Hank and Cupcakes.

2012, New York

I first saw Fan-Tan this past summer, at a bizarre venue called Big Mouth in Bed-Stuy that turned out to be someone’s house. The bands played down the basement, graffiti art on all the walls, with cans of beer being sold out of the refrigerator in the kitchen upstairs. There were five or six bands on the bill that night, but one grabbed my attention and turned me into an instant follower; that band was Fan-Tan.

Singer and guitarist Ryan Lee creates a refreshing new-wave guitar sound and plays in a style that is both driving and laid-back at the same time. The best moments in Fan-Tan’s songs are when the driving bass of Sandee K, the pounding, fill-heavy drums of Mike Sherburn, and Lee’s cool-headed guitar sync up together like a crashing wave of sound. Their songs welcome melody with open arms and Lee’s vocals seem to float over top the musical interplay of their instruments.

They played an opening set Tuesday night at Pianos, an intimate but loud venue in the Lower East Side. Recently back home in New York from a trip to Los Angeles, they plowed through their set at Pianos, no doubt gaining a few more loyal followers. In talking to the band after they left the stage, and they revealed that 2013 is going to be a busy year for them, with an EP due out soon and a full length album due out later in the year. Be sure to check them out when they play Union Hall in Brooklyn on January 5!
You can check out their website and stream their song “Window” :

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Los Angeles, CA – Capitol Records is thrilled to announce the signing of rising R&B star Jarvis. While Jarvis’ single “Make a Little Room” continues to stir up major radio buzz, the singer/songwriter is hard at work recording his debut album, entitled Cardiology, set for release in 2013.

Jarvis Shaffer is no stranger to the R&B music scene. At 14, the talented Tulsa, Oklahoma native relocated to Atlanta where he perfected his talent and pursued music as a career. In 2004, he signed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings. Fans were introduced to Jarvis’ engaging tenor vocals on his first single, “Radio.” The mid-tempo charmer climbed into Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart after its release. Soon thereafter, Jarvis attracted the attention of Disturbing Tha Peace CEO Chaka Zulu which led to the singer’s 2008 second single, “Pretty Girl,” featuring a cameo by DTP’s co-founder and flagship artist Ludacris.

Now, Jarvis is ready to take R&B to the next level. Signed to Capitol Records through Starstruck Entertainment Group, the crooner released his mix-tape titled Heartache in September 2012, featuring collabos from DJ Khaled, Waka Flocka Flame and Lil Scrappy. The mixtape, inspired by Jarvis’ lifelong passion for music, spun off the single “Make a Little Room,” which is available now on iTunes. Check out the lyrics video here and be on the lookout for the official video set for release early next year.

At the age of 23, Jarvis is on the verge of achieving his place in the R&B world. “I want to bring some of the soul back to R&B but also come with a little flair,” he declares, “The music I’m making is really about what I feel has been lost: emotion. I’m not chasing a sound, a look … not anything. I’m doing me.”

2012, New York

Hopefully not you.

Listen and repeat, OLL RAIGTH. the gibberish of “universal love” is the ”incommunicability in modern times”.

History  ∞

Note: This is not a cryptic message,

Wouldn’t it be nice to be s’nice, “Promises” it will be:

Brooklyn band Hunters played a killer show last night at Death By Audio, the very D.I.Y. venue in Williamsburg. Lead singer Isabel Almeida, a pink haired punk rocker who is at times seductive and at other times full of rock angst, put on a hell of a show, at one point leaving the stage and throwing herself on the floor in the midst of the audience. Guitarist Derek Watson also ended up on the floor, on his back kicking his legs up in the air, all while keeping perfect time on his guitar. Considering the cover art for their album Hands On Fire, one wonders if they make a point to hit the deck at every gig. “You’re bleeding,” Watson told Almeida between songs. Almeida put a finger to her lip and brought it back for inspection. “I think I am,” she replied coolly.
Hunters have an excellent single in “Deadbeat”, a guttural guitar riff with tag-team vocal duties shared by Watson and Almeida, the latter of whom yelps “I want it/I need it!” on the bridge, a true rock and roll expression of desire if there ever was one.
Also on the bill were Desert Sharks, an all-female outfit who mix Toby Vail-like vocals (Vail-esque?) with garage rock riffs and surf-rock inspired drums.

Jane’s Addiction is giving away their new album The Great Escape Artist for free here.  All you have to do is like something that you already like and then you get something else you like. Pretty simple…

Behind the Scenes and On Stage with Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction from Maestro Dobel Tequila on Vimeo.

We’ll give away some more stuff, but now this will tide you over. Listen responsibly.

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Swedish House Mafia’s Black Tie Rave from Swedish House Mafia on Vimeo.

PRESS RELEASE: (New York, NY – Dec. 11th, 2012) -- SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA have announced that they will throw a Black Tie Rave on February 28^that Hammerstein Ballroom to benefit Hurricane Sandy relief.  General Admission tickets to the event will be auctioned athttp://www.ticketmaster.com starting on Dec. 14th at 10am EST through Dec. 16^th at 10pm EST.  Starting bid is $100.00 per ticket and fans can purchase a minimum of 2 tickets and maximum of 4 tickets.

Swedish House Mafia will donate 100% of the net proceeds from the Black Tie Rave to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund in support of hurricane relief efforts.  The Mayor’s Fund retains no administrative fee, and one hundred percent of donations are being dispersed to relief efforts organizations.  Funds will support immediate aid needs – including food, cleaning materials and hygiene supplies – as well as long-term relief and restoration.  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie launched the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund four days after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Garden State, to help communities recover, rebuild and come back stronger than before. For full information on the event, visitwww.blacktierave.com.

“New York City has been a massive part of our journey and there was no better way to say thank you than to help out along with so many other worthwhile events. We had the night off in NYC before our Madison Square Garden gig…and what better way to spend it!” saidSwedish House Mafia.

The group’s current single “Don’t You Worry Child” feat. John Martin has quickly become a huge global smash.  Last week it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Dance Recording category and this week it will officially become gold in the U.S., surpassing sales of500,000.  “Don’t You Worry Child” reached #1 on the Billboard club chart and is blowing up at Top 40 radio where it climbed to #16 this week.  Globally, DYWC has reached #1 in the UK, Sweden and Australia and top 10 in twelve other countries.  It has been #1 on Australia’s ARIA club chart for a record-breaking 14 weeks, making it the longest running #1 on the chart ever.  DYWC is 3x platinum in Australia and Norway and is platinum in Sweden and Canada and gold in the UK, Belgium and Switzerland.  To date, “Don’t You Worry Child” has sold over 1.2 million downloads and is still rapidly growing in many markets.  The video http://vevo.ly/OJMklQ has racked up over 31 million views.

“Don’t You Worry Child” is the lead single from the Swedes’ second compilation album ‘UNTIL NOW’ which was released on October 22^nd and forms the official soundtrack to the group’s massive world-wide One Last Tour (www.onelasttour.com).  ‘UNTIL NOW’ rose to #4on the iTunes album chart and debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200, marking the highest chart position and highest first week sales for a DJ-mixed album ever. The album debuted at #1 in the U.K. and top 10 in seven other countries.

One Last Tour, which is the group’s most extensive outing ever, started last month in Dubai and is currently making its way across Europe.  It will hit Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Australia before reaching stateside in February.  The originally announced U.S. dates sold out in minutes which caused the band to add many additional shows.  The North American leg starts on Feb. 13^th in San Francisco and will play Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, NYC, LA and Miami.   It was announced last month that the final curtain call for One Last Tour will happen at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, marking a significant milestone in the group’s career together.  Ultra is where Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso played their first North American show together as Swedish House Mafia.  They will play both the opening night of the festival on March 15^th and the closing on March 24^th in what is sure to be an emotional farewell to the group’s millions of fans across the globe and promises to create unrivalled memories for fans and the group alike.  A full list of tour dates can be found below.

About the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City:

The Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, which facilitates innovative public-private partnerships throughout the five boroughs of New York City. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Mayor’s Fund is accepting financial contributions from organizations and individuals to support hurricane relief efforts.  The Mayor’s Fund retains no administrative fee, and one hundred percent of donations are being dispersed to relief efforts and organizations to meet the short- and long-term needs of New York City and its residents. This includes immediate aid such as the supply and transport of water, food, toiletries, baby supplies, blankets and cleaning materials to distribution sites, as well as long term-restoration and recovery efforts.   Donations can be made online atwww.nyc.gov/fund via electronic funds transfer, or over the phone at 212-788-7794. To donate by mail, checks may be made payable toMayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, with “Hurricane Sandy Relief” in the memo line, and sent to:

Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City

253 Broadway, 8th Floor

New York, New York 10007

To volunteer or for in-kind donations, visit the NYC Service website: www.nycservice.org

About the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and First Lady Mary Pat Christie launched the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund four days after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Garden State, to help communities recover, rebuild and come back stronger than before. The Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that will collect and distribute resources, aid in the long-term recovery effort and fill in the gaps when people need help. Since its formation, the Fund has partnered with non-profit experts who have led similar international efforts on Hurricane Katrina, Haiti and September 11th relief organizations to thoroughly identify the greatest needs within the effected communities, and help disburse funds in a responsible and efficient manner that allow our neighbors and our state to rebuild.

Over $20 million has been raised in the first three weeks from nearly 10,000 donors across the United States and the world.  Honorary Advisory Board Members to date include Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Kelly Ripa, Kevin Jonas, Dr. Oz, Nick Mangold, Al Leiter and former US Senator Bill Bradley who will serve as Honorary Vice-Chair. Donations can be made online at www.sandynjrelieffund.org. To donate by mail, checks can be sent to:

The Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund

PO Box 6200

Merrifield, VA 22116

One Last Tour Dates:

DEC 12TH         ZIGGO DOME – AMSTERDAM

DEC 13TH         ZIGGO DOME – AMSTERDAM

DEC 14TH         ROMEXPO S. A. – BUCHAREST

DEC 15TH         STADIUM LIVE – MOSCOW

DEC 18^TH          PAVILHÃO ATLÂNTICO – LISBON

DEC 20TH         HARTWALL ARENA – HELSINKI

DEC 22ND        TELENOR ARENA – OSLO

JAN 16TH         MALL OF ASIA ARENA – MANILA

JAN 17TH         SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM – SINGAPORE

JAN 18TH         SUNWAY LAGOON – KUALA LAMPUR

JAN 19TH         ANCOL ECO PARK – JAKARTA

JAN 20TH         BANGALORE, INDIA

JAN 22ND         ROYAL WESTERN INDIA TURF CLUB – MUMBAI, INDIA

JAN 25TH         WILD WATERS – JOHANNESBURG

JAN 26TH         WILD WATERS – JOHANNESBURG

JAN 27TH         LOURENSFORD WINE ESTATE – CAPE TOWN

JAN 30TH         SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL – MELBOURNE

JAN 31ST         SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL – MELBOURNE

FEB 1ST           SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL – MELBOURNE

FEB 2ND          SYDNEY SHOWGROUNDS – SYDNEY

FEB 8TH           FORO ALTERNO – GUADALAJARA

FEB 9TH           FORO SOL – MEXICO CITY

FEB 13TH         BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM – SAN FRANCISCO

FEB 14TH         BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM – SAN FRANCISCO

FEB 15TH         BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM – SAN FRANCISCO

FEB 16TH         BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM – SAN FRANCISCO

FEB 17^TH          BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM – SAN FRANCISCO

FEB 20TH         UNITED CENTER – CHICAGO

FEB 22ND        ROGERS CENTER – TORONTO

FEB 23RD        ROGERS CENTER – TORONTO

FEB 27TH         BELL CENTRE – MONTREAL

FEB 28TH         HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM “BLACK TIE RAVE” BENEFIT – NEW YORK

MAR 1ST          MADISON SQUARE GARDEN – NEW YORK

MAR 2ND         BARCLAY’S CENTER – NEW YORK

MAR 3RD         BARCLAY’S CENTER – NEW YORK

MAR 4TH          BARCLAY’S CENTER – NEW YORK

MAR 8TH          MASQUERADE MOTEL @ LA STATE HISTORIC PARK – LOS ANGELES

MAR 9TH          MASQUERADE MOTEL @ LA STATE HISTORIC PARK - LOS ANGELES

MAR 15TH        ULTRA FESTIVAL – MIAMI

MAR 24TH        ULTRA FESTIVAL – MIAMI

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Teen sensation Austin Mahone visits the Empire State Building in New York City and let’s us know about his upcoming tour and album.

2012, New York

Opening act Morning Parade wowed the crowd Monday night at the Barclays Center with thunderous, danceable beats, warm vocal harmonies, and staccato guitar parts on songs like “A&E” and “Headlights”, the latter their breakout hit from their self-titled album released earlier this year. “That was our last single,” said lead singer Steve Sparrow, “and this is our next one,” before playing “Under The Stars”, a song that starts out as soft and gentle as an early morning sunrise, then a little past the one minute mark, morphs into a driving beat with a rock growl. Morning Parade is clearly a band on the rise, having already performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno here in the US, and having played Hyde Park for the London Olympics torch relay this summer. Their closing number, “Born Alone”, is the final track on their album, was a good way to say goodnight to the Brooklyn audience. “Can you show me true romance/can you show me how to dance?” Sparrow sang. Morning Parade certainly showed Brooklyn both of those things, and will soon likely show the rest of the world.

Smashing Pumpkins took the stage at 9:00pm and played for a full two and a half hours. “On this tour, we play Oceania (their latest album, released in June of this year) in full, and then if I’m in the mood, we’ll play some of those dusty classics,” said Pumpkins frontman/mastermind Billy Corgan. The Barclays Center crowd reacted with wild applause, hoping to cheer Billy up enough to play some of their favorite tracks from 1993’s Siamese Dream or 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. With other bands, the paying audience is sure to get the radio hits that the band is known for, but with Billy Corgan, it’s always a gamble. Luckily for all who were there (and for those who will see the recorded performance later – there were 3D cameras rolling the whole time for a likely upcoming DVD release), Corgan & Co. started the post-Oceania set with a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and then began knocking out the Pumpkins most beloved radio hits.

They played a furious version of “X.Y.U.”, a b-side from Mellon Collie, that had Billy screaming and beating his chest like a crazed gorilla, then cradling his Stratocaster in his arms like a lost boy holding a teddy bear, at which point he began reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Perhaps continuing on his exploration of the innocence of youth, they then played “Disarm”, the hit single that juxtaposes the lyrics “I used to be a little boy,” with “the killer in me is the killer in you.”
Hardcore fans who had purchased the 1996 box set “The Aeroplane Flies High”, or new fans who might have purchased the recently re-released expanded version of Mellon Collie on iTunes, would have appreciated that Billy started mega-hit “Tonight, Tonight” by playing the reprise version found on either of those collections before playing the “proper” version that everyone knows & loves. The Pumpkins had a giant spherical video screen behind them which played the 1902 film “Trip to the Moon” that served as the inspiration for the “Tonight, Tonight” music video that won MTV’s Video of the Year in 1996.
Towards the end of the set, Billy took a break to introduce the rest of the Pumpkins, which may be different than the Pumpkins you remember: Jeff “The Shredder” Schroeder on guitar, Nicole Fiorentino on bass, and 22-year-old Mike Byrne from Portland, OR on drums. “What do hipsters think of drum solos?” Billy asked. He then showed everyone his Tebow pose, later admitting “I’m killing my mystique.” Billy’s mood must have brightened after all, because he next treated Brooklyn to a “new, new, new” song called Dream Machine, a sprawling epic that toggled between soft & reflective and loud & abrasive, as only the Pumpkins can do. “For those of you on drugs, now is a good time to leave, because you’re not going to like this journey,” Billy warned beforehand.
The band came back for an encore, now over two hours in, playing “Eva Adore”, “Cherub Rock”, and closing out the night with “Zero.” Smashing Pumpkins’ tour was officially over, but with Billy’s prolific writing habit, they are likely to be back soon.

You can get Shvona Lavette’s new album Gossamer, in January 2013.

About Shvona Lavette

Shvona Lavette- the Queens, New York native excelled in the arts at an early age. The actress/sing-songwriter was classically trained at Manhattan’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, New York. Despite a rapidly ascending profile in front of the camera as a skilled actress, Shvona remained intent on making her musical dreams a reality. In 2011, she joined the roster with Snoop and Far East Movement at Stampede Management.

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Last night, Team Coco regular Reggie Watts played a free show for lovers of handmade crafts at the Etsy pop-up shop in SoHo. He took the stage around 9 pm after a gospel choir warmed up the crowd with Christmas carols. Dressed in a green knit Santa Claus sweater, he quipped that “Etsy” stood for “energistic topography synergy y-chromosome.” If you haven’t seen Mr. Watts on Conan or on IFC’s Comedy Bang Bang, his performances are part stand-up comedy, part improvisation, and a heavy dose of true musical talent; so much that you wonder why he isn’t The Biggest Performer In The World. With a variety of gadgets and looping devices, he records a beatbox track, then starts layering vocals, usually creating three part harmonies with himself. He then adds soulful organ riffs and other instrumentation, creating a complete song before your very eyes that comes across as so genuine that you would swear it must have been a long-forgotten classic from the 70′s. While Etsy and Reggie Watts seem at first like an odd pairing, it is clear that he is as much of an independent craftsman as those who feature items for sale on the Etsy site. During his performance, he was no doubt inspired by the items for sale in the store around him, remarking between songs that they were sure to inspire both “awe” and “awww!”

The Etsy Holiday Shop closed for the season yesterday, but with any luck it will re-open (likely in a new location) next year.

Halloween is back! Smashing Pumpkins and opening act Morning Parade are playing Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Monday, December 10 after the show scheduled for All Hallow’s Eve was postponed as the Frankenstorm battered Brooklyn. It’s a shame that we probably won’t get to see Billy Corgan in costume as Jack Skellington, but fans of the Pumpkins are sure to be treated to 90’s classics “1979” and “Tonight, Tonight” as well as a good dose of new tracks from their latest album, Oceania. Make sure to get there early for English rockers Morning Parade, who could easily win over fans of Snow Patrol or Coldplay with their melodic and finely crafted songs, such as their current hit climbing the charts “Headlights”. They promise to be more than the average opening act, and a nice complement to Smashing Pumpkins’ sweeter side.

Sometimes we dance to music in the isles at the grocery or hardware store, this time the band was there for real. There was fun for window shoppers as Real Estate played a set at Crest Hardware and Toby Maguire was not there. There might have been a Tony Maguire, but findings are unfounded. This show was a part of MINI’s Not Normal Campaign to bring music to familiar places. This was not normal but definitely familiar.

2012, New York

Leave work early Leave work now and get to Crest Hardware at 558 Metropolitan Ave in Brooklyn to get some screws, high density light bulbs and watch Real Estate perform in the store.   Doors at 5:30, show at 6pm.

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Audiologists predict hands to clap rhythmically as legs move melodically as a result of the sounds created at the Fort Lean release party taking place at Glasslands Gallery this Thursday December 6th of 2012. People of New York are advised to use their spinal cords appropriately during the “happening”. Ludwig Persi, Cruiser and DJ Patrick What of Chairlift will be supporting the release party by contributing sounds waves to vibrated your tympanic membranes. Check here for more information.

2012, New York

Are we sure that Ke$ha hasn’t cloned herself? Is it possible that Ke$ha’s latest album, Warrior, is the work of a secret girl group who collaborates in the recording studio but only let one member make public appearances in the most daring tax evasion scam ever created? There are multiple harmony tracks on nearly every song, with overdubbed background vocals, all over the lead vocal which sounds like a different singer from verse to verse. From the first track, the album’s namesake “Warrior”, through the entire 12 song collection, Ke$ha seems to show more range than the Spice Girls ever did. There has to be more than just one Ke$ha: we hear Pop Star Ke$ha, who delivers triumphant, sing-along vocals on “Die Young”; Rapper Kendra busts out lines like “feeling like I’m a high schooler/sipping on a warm wine cooler/hot ‘cause the party don’t stop/I’m in a crop-top/like I work at Hooters” on “C’Mon”; Dirty Mouth Ke$ha, who ryhmes “I’m over it/so suck my dick” on “Thinking of You”, as well as the army of Ke$ha background vocalists.

This five-for-the-price-of-one approach definitely distinguishes Ke$ha from her competition, a certain buxom blue-wigged babe and the Madonna-emulating mistress in the meat dress. Most pop stars find one thing that works for them and exploit it to the max; Ke$ha is taking the Baskin Robbins approach.

The first four or five songs of Warrior are typical Top 40 pop fare, sure to sell well with their embrace of whatever technology and studio gimmick is the trendiest this year, but once we reach the point where the listener would have to flip the vinyl LP over (ask your hipster older brother), things take a turn for the pleasantly bizarre.

“IT’S IGGY POP!” Rocker Ke$ha shouts over the pounding drums of “Dirty Love”. “YEAH!” responds an enthusiastic, you guessed it, Iggy Pop. (Your older brother saw Trainspotting, right?) “Santorum did it/in a v-neck sweater,” he growls, “pornos produce it/but a wild child can do it better.” Uncomfortable as it is to hear the sixty-five year old Iggy having a back and forth on sex with the forty-years-his-junior Ke$ha, it’s a fine bit of rock vocals match-making; Ke$ha can stand up to anything Pop could throw at her without blushing, as evidenced by her line “champagne tastes like piss to me.”

From there, we move into the ballad “Wonderland”, the manditory song that must appear on every stadium-concert music act’s third album that details how exhausting touring can be and reminisces about the “simple” days. The song betrays Ke$ha’s Nashville upbringing, and is the most grounded song on the album.

“Only Wanna Dance With You” begins with a herky-jerky guitar riff reminiscent of the Knack (text your older brother again) and then come the backing vocals from none other than Julian Casablancas of the Strokes; during the chorus, a robotic, Queen-like guitar solo by the Stroke’s own Fabrizio Moretti. (Trust me, your older brother WILL want to listen to this one.)

“Love Into the Light”, the final track on the non-deluxe version of Warrior has a Phil Collins “In the air tonight” vibe (you know, from that scene in the Hangover when Mike Tyson punches the guy with the beard). It makes for a good closer on what has been a wild party.

One of the stand-out tracks is only available on the Deluxe Version of Warrior, “Gold Trans Am”, which is right up there with Dead Milkmen’s “Bitchin’ Camaro” when it comes to songs about the fashion and lifestyle choices of GM-made muscle car owners. (Don’t bother your older brother again – just ‘Google’ it; Ke$ha would likely approve.) The song kicks off with Ke$ha singing/yelling, “Wham! Bam! Thank you, man! Get inside my fucking gold Trans Am!” A tempting offer, for sure – but is there enough room for one more in there with all those Ke$has?