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Cartel's Bubblicious New Album Gets Deflated By Its Label


The new album by Cartel—who lived their life on webcam for a month while they recorded said record—has had its release date pushed back a month, to Aug. 21. Does this mean more MTV time? A new system allowing anyone who has Dr Pepper points left over to get more Webcam face time? Or is it just another sign of a completely failed stunt? (Please tell us that it doesn't spell the return of the Bubblog.) More »

4:03 PM on Fri Jun 29 2007
By mjohnston
680 views, Comment

bubble boyz with electric toyz

It's All Over But The Marketing Department's PowerPoint Presentation


Last night brought a close to the web-TV synergy chapter of Band In A Bubble, where the band Cartel was hung out to dry on the Hudson River for 20 days while recording an album. Our recap of last night's episode—which included an actual live performance of some songs!—after the jump. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By mjohnston
495 views, 4 comments

bubble boyz with electric toyz

Tape-Delaying Week-Old Internet Drama: Hot Or Not?


It's time for another installment of Bubble Boyz With Electric Toyz, in which we give an overview of the televised component of the Dr Pepper/MTV/Wal-Mart/KFC/oh yeah, there's some band too-sponsored project Dr Pepper Band In A Bubble. On Saturday night, MTV aired the third episode of the miniseries. More »

1:20 PM on Mon Jun 11 2007
By mjohnston
405 views, 2 comments

bubble boyz with electric toyz

"Band In A Bubble" Is Turning Out To Be All Wet

This morning, we were planning on recapping the second episode of Band In A Bubble, the publicity stunt/rare bit of music-related programming on MTV that's been shunted to the Saturdays-at-8 ratings graveyard, but any drama ginned up by the show's editors probably pales in comparison to what went down at Pier 54 last night. It's been raining steadily, if not torrentially, in New York City for the past day or so, and the weather has taken its toll on the allegedly indestructible bubble housing the Atlanta emo-pop band Cartel. According to the stunt's official blog, the front glass wall of the bubble (above) shattered at around 9 p.m. last night because of the weather; nobody inside was hurt, although the damage to the guys' egos that resulted from this incident being mostly unreported is unknown at the moment. More »

12:05 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By mjohnston
605 views, 5 comments

Latest by Tenno: Shit. Even the eyes on the artwork appear to be either crying or the rain is making their makeup run.... Judas Fucking Priest. more »

bubble boyz with electric toyz

Cartel Enters Bubble, MTV Says "So Long, Suckers"


Last night, MTV showed its first episode of Band In A Bubble, the 20-day multimedia stunt that will track the pop-emo band Cartel as it attempts to write and record an album while encased in a fishbowlish house/recording studio on the West Side of Manhattan. Since it's rare these days for MTV to have an actual half-hour program that's about the process of music-making, as opposed to the celebrity that comes after it, we decided to jump into the recapping business—a task that will be no small feat, given that the program is already being jerked around MTV's schedule—with our whenever-it-airs recap, "Bubble Boyz With Electric Toyz." More »

11:05 AM on Fri May 25 2007
By mjohnston
2,738 views, 7 comments

Latest by Maura Johnston: @The Shit Disturber: When it comes to music-related content on MTV, you take what you can get. more »