Changes: The Sky Report

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The Sky Report (http://theskyreport.com/) is a music blog with postings generally related to electronic and indie rock genres. Originally formed In San Francisco, The Sky Report is now based in Brooklyn, NY. The primary contributor is Scot Bowman, who formerly served as the lead editor for Catastrophe Magazine, a California skater rag created in 2005. Catastrophe was named Best Zine of the Year by Thrasher Magazine. Scot got his start in journalism in 2000 when he worked for New York publications Poz Magazine, MAMM Magazine, and Backstage.com. More recently, Scot has been a contributing writer for Rebel Magazine, Bacardi B-Live, Zandland Music, bushwickbk, kevchino.com and contributed to the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. World Tour Blog http://www.theendtour.com/ .

Scot Bowman is also a DJ in Brooklyn with a regular queer party in Bushwick, Brooklyn called Tantrum (formerly Really?), which has featured guest DJ sets by Luiza Sa (CSS), DJ Drew G, Work TVK, Deputy (Spank/Xanadude), Teen Hugs, MekaniKdolls, and Pegasus. Scot has also DJ'd at New York venues such as The Pyramid Club, Public Assembly, Cameo Gallery, The Knitting Factory, Union Pool, Galapagos, Tandem, Bar Matchless, 285 Kent, The House of Yes, Northeast Kingdom, Capone's (now Sugarland), The Bodega, The Wreck Room and Satsko's. Scot has been featured in Paper Magazine, Brooklyn The Borough, OutAboutBrooklyn, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, East Village Boys and BushwickBK.com.

The Sky Report was a finalist for the Hey Nielsen and Billboard.com 2007 Best Music Blog Award, ultimately landing in the top 10.

The Sky Report has featured interviews with artists such as CSS, Midnight Juggernauts, Yes Alexander of Blue Sky Black Death and Maps. Additionally, guest contributions from artists like The Antlers, Sharon Van Etten, Nite Jewel, Beach Fossils, Class Actress, Frankie Rose & The Outs, Natureboy, and Lauren Flax were featured in The Sky Report's Best of 2009 series.

In 2009, The Sky Report launched The Sky Report Radio, an internet radio station based in Brooklyn, with the assistance of Scott McGibney. In 2010 The Sky Report launched it's new music website at theskyreport.com.

The Sky Report also regularly hosts and co-presents live music events, which have featured a number of up and coming artists, including: Lemonade, NewVillager, The Forms, MillionYoung, Teen Daze, BRAHMS, Sunglasses, Laurel Halo, Games (now Ford & Lopatin), Janka Nabay, Mi Ami, Autre Ne Veut, Xylos, Milagres, Asa Ransom, Callers, Co La, Teeel, Beige, Computer Magic, Blackbird Blackbird, Soars, Selebrities, Tiny Victories, Kohwi, YOU., Automelodi, La Big Vic, Megafortress, Toby Aronson, Physical Therapy, Magic Mountain, Happy New Year, Saadi, Shadowbox, Fan-Tan, Pass Kontrol, Lady Magma, Vulture Realty, Bad Credit No Credit, Red Romans (Sennott Burke of Beach Fossils), Yes Alexander, Brittain Ashford, Marionettes of Satan, Tiger Shit Tiger Tiger, MekaniKdolls, postMagic, A/D.

Contributors (past & present) - Amos Mac, Derek Morris for Trophy, Phoebe Waterson, Matthew Dunehoo, Christopher Ambrose, Matthew Lindsay, Terry Dean Bartlett.

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 The Sky Report (http://theskyreport.com/) is a music blog with postings generally related to electronic and indie rock genres. Originally formed In San Francisco, The Sky Report is now based in Brooklyn, NY. The primary contributor is Scot Bowman, who formerly served as the lead editor for Catastrophe Magazine, a California skater rag created in 2005. Catastrophe was named Best Zine of the Year by Thrasher Magazine. Scot got his start in journalism in 2000 when he worked for New York publications Poz Magazine, MAMM Magazine, and Backstage.com. More recently, Scot has been a contributing writer for Rebel Magazine, Bacardi B-Live, Zandland Music, [http://bushwickbk.com/ bushwickbk], [http://www.kevchino.com/ kevchino.com] and contributed to the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. World Tour Blog [[theendtour.com|http://www.theendtour.com/]] .
-Scot Bowman is also a DJ in Brooklyn with a regular queer party in Bushwick, Brooklyn called ''Tantrum'' (formerly <i>Really?)</i>, which has featured guest DJ sets by Luiza Sa (CSS), Deputy (Spank/Xanadude), Teen Hugs, MekaniKdolls, and Pegasus. Scot has also DJ'd at New York venues such as Cameo Gallery, The Knitting Factory, Union Pool, Galapagos, Tandem, The House of Yes, Northeast Kingdom, Capone's (now Sugarland), and Satsko's. Scot has been featured in Paper Magazine, Brooklyn The Borough, OutAboutBrooklyn, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, East Village Boys and BushwickBK.com.
+Scot Bowman is also a DJ in Brooklyn with a regular queer party in Bushwick, Brooklyn called ''Tantrum'' (formerly <i>Really?)</i>, which has featured guest DJ sets by Luiza Sa (CSS), DJ Drew G, Work TVK, Deputy (Spank/Xanadude), Teen Hugs, MekaniKdolls, and Pegasus. Scot has also DJ'd at New York venues such as The Pyramid Club, Public Assembly, Cameo Gallery, The Knitting Factory, Union Pool, Galapagos, Tandem, Bar Matchless, 285 Kent, The House of Yes, Northeast Kingdom, Capone's (now Sugarland), The Bodega, The Wreck Room and Satsko's. Scot has been featured in Paper Magazine, Brooklyn The Borough, OutAboutBrooklyn, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, East Village Boys and BushwickBK.com.
 The Sky Report was a finalist for the Hey Nielsen and Billboard.com 2007 Best Music Blog Award, ultimately landing in the top 10.
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 The Sky Report has featured interviews with artists such as [http://www.csshurts.com CSS], [http://www.midnightjuggernauts.com Midnight Juggernauts], Yes Alexander of [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=61284644 Blue Sky Black Death] and [http://www.mapsmusic.com Maps]. Additionally, guest contributions from artists like The Antlers, Sharon Van Etten, Nite Jewel, Beach Fossils, Class Actress, Frankie Rose & The Outs, Natureboy, and Lauren Flax were featured in The Sky Report's Best of 2009 series.
-In 2009, The Sky Report launched The Sky Report Radio, an internet radio station based in Brooklyn, with the assistance of Scott McGibney. In 2010, The Sky Report will launch it's new music website, featuring, blog, radio, and video.
+In 2009, The Sky Report launched The Sky Report Radio, an internet radio station based in Brooklyn, with the assistance of Scott McGibney. In 2010 The Sky Report launched it's new music website at theskyreport.com.
-The Sky Report also regularly hosts and co-presents live music events, which have featured a number of up and coming artists: BRAHMS, Asa Ransom, Callers, Shadowbox, Fan-Tan, Pass Kontrol, Lady Magma, Vulture Realty, Bad Credit No Credit, Red Romans (Sennott Burke of Beach Fossils), Yes Alexander, Brittain Ashford, Marionettes of Satan, Tiger Shit Tiger Tiger, MekaniKdolls, postMagic, A/D.
+The Sky Report also regularly hosts and co-presents live music events, which have featured a number of up and coming artists, including: Lemonade, NewVillager, The Forms, MillionYoung, Teen Daze, BRAHMS, Sunglasses, Laurel Halo, Games (now Ford & Lopatin), Janka Nabay, Mi Ami, Autre Ne Veut, Xylos, Milagres, Asa Ransom, Callers, Co La, Teeel, Beige, Computer Magic, Blackbird Blackbird, Soars, Selebrities, Tiny Victories, Kohwi, YOU., Automelodi, La Big Vic, Megafortress, Toby Aronson, Physical Therapy, Magic Mountain, Happy New Year, Saadi, Shadowbox, Fan-Tan, Pass Kontrol, Lady Magma, Vulture Realty, Bad Credit No Credit, Red Romans (Sennott Burke of Beach Fossils), Yes Alexander, Brittain Ashford, Marionettes of Satan, Tiger Shit Tiger Tiger, MekaniKdolls, postMagic, A/D.
 Contributors (past & present) - [http://www.amosmac.com/ Amos Mac], Derek Morris for [http://www.trophygraphics.com/ Trophy], Phoebe Waterson, Matthew Dunehoo, Christopher Ambrose, Matthew Lindsay, Terry Dean Bartlett.