The Pink Logs have struck yet again. This week, they were spotted in Las Vegas at the AVN Expo. Our very own Little Sara was on hand to get pictures with The Logs. Remember, if you see any logs and want to share your pictures, send to joe@hushhushattack.com

Jason Kramer

Liquid Courage Music - Music Supervisor/Consultant

KCRW Radio 89.9 Los Angeles - On Air Personality, 3-6 on Alternative Saturday Nights

How were you introduced to the business?

It was 1981 where I found the Rudeboy/Ska culture and that was the beginning. I first started working in music at KLOS as a call screener in the early 90's. Around 1994, I heard this band called Sublime that I fell in love with the first time I heard them. I knew they were in Los Angles at the time at a label named Skunk Records. I wrote a few letters to the management about coming in and working for with the label and the band. After pestering them long enough, I was invited to come down and be a part of the team. At the time I was coming to the end of my career working on an Ambulance for almost a decade. It was not till 1996, where I really got my feet wet working at Fox Sports Network.

What were your responsibilities at Fox Sports & Fox Sports Net Music Dept.?

I was the music assistant and also did light supervision work on shows. I was asked to be a part of a new division where three of my other colleagues helped develop Fox Sports Net. It was a new company and they wanted to have their own music department. When I first started, my jobs were from basic cue sheets to working on music placement for the produced shows. Sometimes I would have to go into the studios and co-produce theme songs for show opens. At any giving time we were working on 4-5 shows a day, including the opens for Football and Baseball. Right before the turn of the century, both the music department of Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports combined and our responsibility for music was even greater. As a team we shared our music with each other and also with other divisions at Fox.

Give a brief overview/background of your experience.

I have worked in TV at Fox and Speed Channel. I was also at a music agency called Groove Addicts where I learned many aspects of that world. At GA, the things that we worked on ranged from music for commercials, in-house library, movies to trailers. My favorite job at Groove Addicts was the LAPD trailers. The trailers were shown in the theaters and were shot like a Michael Mann movie. Our job was to place music and also sound design. SWAT came down to our offices and even LAPD telecommunications for voiceover work. We had a few screenings including ones with the mayor; police chief Braton and city counsel, during a weekly meeting.

I have worked at various radio stations also including KCRW, which I can't get enough of, Soundbreak.com (one of the first web radio stations), KLOS and also Fox Sports radio where I was a board op for one show and co-producer on another show. I've got to say, live talk radio was fun.

When you are on air at KCRW, you never know what you might hear on your show. How do you come up with your playlist?

Sometimes I really don't know what I want to play until that night; it all depends on the mood I am in. Then there are other times where I hear a song and I go nuts over it. I especially like to play jazz because its one of the few music's that can start off so simple and become so complex in a mater of seconds and spring right back to a simple pop riff.

KCRW may have been around for a while but it has proved to be one of the best stations in the world. I am very thankful to be a part of that crew. The DJ's alone have taught me about music and have helped me grow and expand to where I am today. That is the gift I can never repay. The best I can do is play music for the listener that I have heard before or even searched out and teach them about new music and expand their mind. Does that make sense? I get thrilled everyday I hear a new track or a new artist I really like.

How did you get your start at Liquid Courage Music?

LCM is me but don't tell the tax folks. I just use LCM as a consulting company to work on various projects. Some of the many I have worked for include Speed Channel, Fox Sports Promo, Allure Entertainment (film called "House at the End of the Drive") and most recently with EvolutionUSA on a project.

In your experiences, how has the music business changed the most from the day you started to today?

Without me going on a lengthy tangent, I will say no comment...Ok a small one will do. To me it's changed. It's not the handshake world anymore. It has become a tad corporate and it's a shame. I think many people get in this business for the lifestyle and not realizing its not just fun and games...though it can be, but you have to earn it.

Looking back at your career so far, what are some of the accomplishments that have stood out?

I just like to make people smile.

Random question time...

Favorite Band- Depends the style of music but always I keep Fishbone to the heart

Last live show- Little Jimmy Scott

Coke or Pepsi- IPA man

CD or MP3- I really like CDs but I am close to being out of room so I now have to do MP3'S

How big is your TV - 54" in HD

Brad Savage - WCNR

M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (Interscope)

Mathangi Arulpragasam has many talents. She's a singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and painter. She was #21 on USA Today's 100 Most Interesting People of 2007. Still doesn't ring a bell? Her stage name is M.I.A. and she is blurring the walls of Alternative, hip-hop, dancehall, electro and pop music. M.I.A.'s song "Paper Planes" is already getting support at Alternative with over 50 spins at KDLD Indie 103.1 Los Angeles, XM Radio, WROX Norfolk, Hot AC spins on KYSR Los Angeles, AAA love from WXPN Philadelphia, KRCL Salt Lake City and even Top 40 WEZB New Orleans.

The musical journey started when M.I.A. was asked to do the artwork and cover for Elastica's album, The Menace, and through that friendship, she followed the band on tour in the United States. She ended up directing the video "Mad Dog" for Elastica and made friends with the opening band on the tour, Peaches. Peaches introduced M.I.A. to the Roland MC-505 (that's a beat machine for those of you that wondered) and from that point on, M.I.A. was hooked.

Her latest album, Kala, was named one of the best albums of 2007 by Rolling Stone and Blender. Her song "Come Around" was available as a bonus track on Timbaland's Shock Value UK & Japan release.

Huh?

Best known to the world as the lead singer of one of the most successful Canadian Rock bands in history, Our Lady Peace, Raine Maida has recently released a solo disc titled "Hunter's Lullaby." This collection of 10 songs is a musical departure from anything he has done in the past with OLP. These songs include more melodies and show a more intense side of Raine; he also raps. But, have no fear, the CD is full of songs that any OLP fan would love and many new fans will surely enjoy.

The album was recorded in Raine's personal studio and is described by Raine as "a collection of poems put to music." Raine's wife, Chantal Kreviazuk, is also featured on the album on a few songs playing the piano and contributing vocals.

The first single to be released is "Yellow Brick Road." In this video, Raine teams up with War Child Canada, to raise $30,000 to build a school in Congo, while playing every busy corner he could find in Canada, pleasing hundreds of fans that are eager to donate to the cause.

NADA SURF GETS LUCKY...ALL THE WAY TO #1: Brooklyn-based indie heroes Nada Surf made a big splash on the Mediaguide Alternative Specialty charts this week, bowing at #1 on both the Song chart (with "Whose Authority") and the Album index with their fifth full-length release, Lucky (Barsuk). European readers of hush hush ATTACK should check the trio out in February, when they hit the dusty touring trail with support act Rogue Wave. Hanging strong on the Album end is Sons & Daughters, whose "Gilt Complex" (Domino) single remains at #2...which is rather odd, as the single itself fell to #3 on the Song side, raising the question: When did Mediaguide start utilizing Diebold? (That's just a joke, campers...we love our buds at Mediaguide!) Moving up to #2 on the Song side is another promising young Brooklyn-based act, MGMT, with "Time to Pretend"--helping full-length Oracular Spectacular to a #3 debut on the Album chart. Impressive debuts on the Song side this week from Zox, which lands a #4 position for "Goodnight" (Side One Dummy), which helps album Line in the Sand to the #7 slot. On the Album side, the top debut goes to second-generation New Zealand rocker Liam Finn, whose I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc) bows at #4 thanks to play for multiple songs, with "Second Chance" garnering the most notice from the specialty panel (appearing at #16 on the Song chart). Maintaining nicely at #5 on the Album index is English quartet Air Traffic with Fractured Life (Astralwerks/EMI), which currently boasts a pair of tunes on the Song chart: "Charlotte" moves 10-7, while "Come On" debuts at #14. Finally, a shoutout to Birmingham, England band Mexicolas, who debut on both charts this week with their self-released single, "Come Clean"--it makes its initial appearance on the Song chart at #8, gaining enough airplay for it to also achieve a #17 spot on the Album end.

Courtroom Terms That Sound Dirty

1) For $400 an hour, she better be good!

2) Do you think you can get me off?

3) Have you looked through her briefs yet?

Below is a crossword puzzle based on music questions from the '80s. The first person to fax all of the correct answers to (323) 782-9835, attention Joe, will receive their very own hushhush ATTACK! prize pack. Good luck and NO CHEATING!

ACROSS

3. Sang the #1 hit "Call Me" in 1980
5. This album shipped over two million copies in America in just six weeks in 1987
7. They "sang" Blame It On The Rain in 1989
9. Tears For Fears had a Top 20 hit in 1985 with this song
11. Who sang the theme from Greatest American Hero?
12. Their Bad Medicine led the charts in 1988
13. She became the first female to simultaneously hold the top 2 places on the UK charts
14. He was dancing on the ceiling with hits back in 1986
15. I Want To Know What Love Is
16. Money For Nothing

DOWN

1. This was the first Beach Boys #1 song since 1966
2. Name of concert that was staged in both London and Philadelphia
4. This album led the charts for an amazing 24 weeks in 1984.
6. Name of Run DMC's groundbreaking album that featured Walk This Way
8. She's So Unusual
10. She cheered her way to the #1 hit "Mickey"