Tag: office

  • UPDATE: Anni Rossi Accepts The Invitation

    Two weeks ago, Shannon introduced us to clips of Anni Rossi playing viola and singing. Never seen anyone quite like her. I don’t know Anni, but I invited her to come jam in the office. She just accepted the invite. Here’s her reply: anni rossi November 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pm awesome! would love to…

  • Amalie Plays Glockenspiel In My Office

    Amalie Bruun came by the office here at MTV in Times Square. She brought her Glockenspiel. She sat on my window sill, we opened some wine (I may or may not have stolen) from Tony DiSanto‘s office, and she played us some songs. Usually, Amalie’s band backs her up. But today it’s just Amalie, her…

  • This Kid Named “Foretold” Just Killed It With A Hip-Hop Set Right Here In My Office At MTV

    I met Mutaurwa Mapondera (a.k.a. “Foretold“) 2 years ago, when my colleague Zach Papale, who knows more about college bands than anyone ever, played me his music. “Foretold,” as he’s known in hip-hop circles, was a student at UNC–Chapel Hill, and was already blowin’ up inside mtvU’s incubator for emerging artists, “Best Music On Campus.”…

  • Update: Benjamin Wagner of MTV News Sings Oasis’ “Wonderwall” In My Office

    Last week’s performance in my office by MTV News’ Benjamin Wagner has become a pretty popular post on Something Burning. Seems like people enjoy his music as much in a video square on the interweb as we all did hearing it live. So I thought I’d post another song he did for us that day.…

  • VP of MTV News Benjamin Wagner Just Performed In My Office

    Turns out, when he’s not running MTV News, Benjamin Wagner writes and performs music. In fact, he’s already got a few indie albums out. Benjamin took a break from breaking news and whatnot, and he came over for a visit just now. My meeting was ending, so Ben picked up a guitar and jammed for…