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Holy Fuck this is awesome! For a while now we’ve been obsessed with Costello Tagliapietra, but it wasn’t until New York Fashion Week that we got a glimpse of the men behind the incredibly feminine fashions behind the partnered team! Being that we love diversity on any level, we instantly fell in love with this rugged, bear couple who prove that fashion does not discriminate! Meet Costello Tagliapietra.

Over the last few years the designers have been putting out  incredible lines that make every women feel delicate, beautiful, elegant, and above it all expensively fashionable!  Editors love to showcase their stuff, major retailers love to carry their lines and we love it ALL!

For the most recent New York Fashion Week they sent down the runway a spring line that is soft, delicate, flirty and incredibly beautiful… perfect for spring!  These bears might just be the king of the fashion jungle!

We couldn’t pick a favorite so here’s their ready to wear Spring Summer 2013 collection:

 

Be Yourself. Be Fearless. Be Your Own Unexpected Luxury!

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A little over a year ago, to the tune of scandalous thunder, we posted our social clout list. We explained that if Indianapolis was a play, these were the characters who played vital roles in the social scene of Indianapolis. Well, a lot has changed and several people have moved. New roles have been appointed and new roles have been developed. Indianapolis is no longer at the playhouse. We’ve hit the Silver Screen and now, much like a blockbuster hit, the people who fill this ensemble cast are bringing Indianapolis to the next level!

Wanna know the cast list??? Stay tuned!

Eye’s Open, We’re Watching!

If you don’t alread know GloZell, you need to get in line and educate yourself before we “check your gangsta” as our friend Diamond so eloquently says! Today on raannt we posted our most recent favorite GloZell videos and revisited our interview with her! Check it out!!! Glozell…Funniest Bitch on YouTube!

Eyes Open, We’re Watching!!!

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Eyes Open…We’re Watching!

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Character Assassination. That is what we have received in the last 24 hours since our post was published. We have been called trashy, juvenile, unprofessional, mean spirited, mean hearted, ugly, fat, unsexy, bastards, uncaring, tactless, lacking confidence, 16-year old girls, childish, having a personal vendetta, berating, immature, mean girls…the list goes on and on and on.

This comment was posted this morning. “I’m also incredibly sorry that my post aggravated your passion to blindly defend your ego and continue to personally attack and vilify Amy.” Really? Where have we personally attacked her? Where have we vilified her?

We maintain that we have never, as an operating business, attacked someone’s personal character. Can you say the same? It was a decision we made when we originally started raannt. What we have witnessed in the last 24 hours is bullying. The same form of bullying that is occurring in our schools pushing kids towards depression, isolation and suicide. And we will not tolerate it. This has now become so much bigger than we EVER intended. Thousands of views. Positive and negative responses. Comments bordering on threatening and intimidating. If our readers would like to take a deeper look into who is making these comments, especially one of the most recent bashing comments, you will find something very interesting and maybe understand on a deeper level why they are so heartfully invested.

But the real comments came in the last 24 hours from the people we don’t even know. People who are afraid to be themselves, walk the halls of their schools or talk to people in a bar setting. They are the adults and kids who are terrified of living…because of these kinds of biased comments. And what did they say?

Thank you. Thank you for standing up against bigotry, closed minded people and exposing the truth. And like we said before, that is why we do what we do. To live vibrantly and allow everyone to have a good time. And that’s what we did…we exposed the truth.

We exposed the truth not because we’re hurt. To be quite honest, we could give a rat’s ass if we worked for Metromix. Sure, we were excited when we were first asked. But in our opinion, our interactions, which we have displayed by the emails exchanged, the lack of response regarding our assignments and job offer and a lack of follow-through, made us realize this was maybe not a good fit for us. We even asked a friend who worked for the publication if their experience was the same and they said it was not so we were confused. We had discussed writing a letter to the editor in charge, explaining our experiences and what had occurred but just decided months ago to allow the whole thing to drop.

Until Thursday when we posted our interview of Mike Ruiz…world famous photographer who has worked with almost every celebrity and is literally at the top of his game. Upon posting it, Amy Bartner; online editor for Metromix, which she states in taking responsibility for the email, etc, tweets…

AmyBartner @theboysofraannt Where are the things to do? I just wish I had a warning before I went there at work! #nsfw.

We responded…

theboysofraannt @AmyBartner there is absolutely nothing about our site that is #nsfw

To which she responded…

AmyBartner @theboysofraannt Oh, wow, I hope you’re right about that. I don’t know why I got so embarrassed when my boss saw my screen, then!

We responded…

theboysofraannt @AmyBartner well not sure who you would be embarrassed by a photograph by a world reknown fashion photographer.

To which ANOTHER member of the Metromix clan stated…

I think it’s the lack of pants that are #nsfw. Don’t think @AmyBartner was dissing the talented photog

To which we responded…

actually…if you look closely he’s wearing a speedo. Just don’t read our site. That way we’ll never embarrass you

And they responded….

Again, it’s not the photo itself we were talking about. It’s viewing it at work that was the point of the discussion.

REALLY??? Because that photograph, check it out on our Mike Ruiz interview…it’s the leading photograph, could be found as an ad campaign in ANY fashion magazine. But it didn’t matter. Within minutes, Ms. Bartner had stopped following the boys of raannt on Twitter and a few minutes later we received the email. It was obviously personal. And the reality is, there are many people out there who won’t read a site if it is #nsfw…Not Safe For Work.

So we grabbed a Metromix and looked through it. Wow…they advertise almost every Strip Club in town and even have a half page ad with a barely dressed woman dancing on a pole. Is that safe for work? Because #nsfw or Not Safe For Work is defined as sexually explicit material, which we deliberately do not post on our blog. In fact, on one interview, we even gave a warning regarding the WRITTEN nature of it’s content, not the pictures. The fact that both members of the Metromix staff stated this is inaccurate and incorrect and in our opinion damaging to our reputation. And in our opinion obviously…it was personal. Look at the timing and the facts.

We have presented facts. We have presented THE TRUTH. That a leading, local publication which focuses on social reviews and dictating what is socially relevant in Indianapolis apparently believes that half naked women on a strip pole is safe for work, but a man in a speedo pulling his tee shirt down over it is not, based on the Twitter and email interactions we have received. But of course, we’re not buying ad space or maybe we would be treated different. We just don’t know because we still have yet to be given an answer.

The reason we posted it to begin with was because Ms. Bartner lit the fire. We felt it was important to expose who is deciding what should be highlighted as socially relevant in this town and who is deciding who writes about those things. If our readers want to continue to read the Metromix and use it as a social reference, by all means, read it. We do. We won’t lie. But we read it with a keen eye now knowing that what we are reading is filtered. We know this, because we were filtered. We were asked to remove a link to a publication that had printed an interview, they had requested, of us. We were asked to remove our own interview?

So, in our opinion, this was personal from the very beginning. But not for us. If you think for one second that we would stand at the back of the bus and take this kind of shit and not respond…you OBVIOUSLY don’t know us very well. In our opinion, printing incorrect information about us which would make someone not go to our site is unprofessional and lacks class…especially as an editor. Especially as an editor!!!

And we’re sure we’ll continue to receive nasty comments about how we’re fat and ugly and trashy blah, blah blah. But please realize this is bullying, which this town is obviously allowing. And that…is definitely not sexy.

And while everyone wants to commend Amy for taking responsibility for the email, let us tell you how we would have responded.

“Wow…we didn’t realize you wanted to work so bad for raannt. We’re really sorry we made a comment about your site that wasn’t true. If you can prove otherwise we’ll take it down immediately. It’s never our intention to hurt anyone. Do you want to get together and talk about it?”

And anyone who knows us knows that is the TRUTH!

By the way, since you don’t know my mother let me fill you in on a little secret. She would have loved being pulled into this. And what she would have told you, Robert S., is that not standing up for what is wrong and exposing the truth at any length is trashy and lacks class. She did not appreciate silence or those who refused to defend themselves. She would have said that the lack of response to what has been said was weak. “John F. Kennedy would have never have acted that way.” She was fond of saying!

To our readers, we suggest…support the bullying and the hatred or support the love…it’s your choice!

But like we said before…if you don’t like our blog…DON’T FUCKIN READ IT!!!

Eyes Open…We’re Watching!

This very long post goes to all of you beautiful, gay, kids out there that are just trying to find your place! Almost exactly three years ago my mother died in a hospital bed while I held her hand. “I’m just a bag of soul” she was fond of saying, so I tried hard to not attach myself to her lifeless body seconds after she was gone. But as I looked down at her, one thing became extremely clear. We are here but for a moment.

My mom loved Bob Dylan and Neil Young. She loved to dance in the kitchen to Janet Jackson and Shirley Manson from Garbage. She saw every movie that came out and always hosted an Oscar party. She was hands down one of the most stylish women I have ever known and would quickly but cheerfully correct you if you mispronounced a designer. “Honey, I think you mean Ralph Lauren, not Ralph Loren.”

When she was 15 her stepfather caught several boys from her school outside her window watching her change. The police who were called asked my mom if she wore tight sweaters to school to entice the boys. She never wore a tight sweater again…until she was 51 and got sober. “Life is too short to care what other people have to say. If they want to look, let them look.” And look they did because at the time she began wearing almost all black, v-neck shirts she measured in as a cup size F. “I’ve been embarrassed all my life. I just don’t care anymore.” She would laugh.

She could talk for hours about Hilary Clinton politics, Angela Davis and the Black Panther Coalition just as much as she could recite lines from Out of Africa and Singing in the Rain. She loved Chanel. Mac Cosmetics. Michael Kors women’s cologne. Kids. Life…Me. And because of all of that, she passed on to me a vibrancy for living unlike any other. She inspired me, by all that she did with her life…but mostly by the dreams she never fulfilled, to live a life of unbelievable imagination, creativity and a desire for more!

And that, my dears, is what raannt is all about. Vibrancy for living to your fullest potential, honestly, without any bullshit!. Loving yourself enough to not give a FUCK what anyone else has to say. Being willing to not stand at the back of the bus. Willing to defend yourself if someone treats you wrong. Challenging anyone who compromises your chance at a truly sexy life.

Today we received this text from a dear friend. “Love that you guys are not afraid to be yourself!! Love it love it!! Promise you the only way you will stand above the rest is to not worry what others think!!” So true. Last week, we wanted to stir up a little controversy and have some fun. We do not interview celebrities to brag about it but to ask the questions others want to know. But why shouldn’t we brag about it? It’s fun. We live a fucking fun ass life.

But the reality is it has been an uphill battle the entire way since we started raannt. Why??? Because of the three little clues we gave you on Friday. Three reasons why this city, Indianapolis, will never be sexy. And you can hate us and you can judge us, we don’t care…but know this. What we write is always the truth. Someone on Friday said we were “social revolutionaries”! Well…the revolution has begun. To those negative people that called us Mean Girls and assumed this was a Burn Book…get ready because the revolution has just begun. We won’t stop until Indianapolis is seething sexiness. We will challenge every last one of you to ooze it from your pores and make this city so unbelievable you’ll want to sweat every night listening to the deep beats of local DJ’s, talk for weeks about the macaroni and cheese at Usual Suspects. Whisper about that last date where you kissed under the blanket on the lawn at the IMA while watching Casablanca. Yes Indy…you have it in you, but you have to demand it!!!

We firmly believe in sexiness, obviously. Confidence and self-acceptance. The reality that a 400 pound woman can be just as beautiful, sexual, sensual and desired as a size 0. The reality that color has no place accept to define fifty shades of amazing. The reality that gay is straight and straight is gay and none of it makes any kind of sense anyway and LOVE is the only thing that matters in the end. We believe that women AND men, should rise to the top of whatever they want to be; DJ’s, doctors, rappers, comics, parents…and yes, even porn stars. We believe, we believe, we believe…mostly, in the truth. Because the truth shall set you free…you see. And the truth, is that Indianapolis will NEVER be sexy, until it stops allowing political and social closemindedness, endorsing unoriginal thieves and allows everyone the same opportunities. Yes…the truth!

So…onto the show.
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1. DOINGITINDYDUDES

Boring. Lacking Substance. No originality. Opportunists. Grocery store openings? Hipster Scene Reviewers? We don’t think so. Remember, they are “social media” so they have put themselves out there for us to review. These guys could bore a stamp off a 10 year postcard, as could the top 5 things they suggest for people to do in Indy. How they EVER got a spot on Fox 59 is unreal to us…and please don’t claim that we’re jealous because we wouldn’t accept a show in Indiana anyway. Anyone that knows us intimately knows we would love a local radio show 1-2 times a month and a national television show. Hell the one gay host we have in Indy won’t even come out in public.

Oh, we’re bitter right? That’s what you’re thinking? Hmmmm…They claim they started in October of 2010. Let’s read an email we sent them on 12-10-10 after their first spot on Fox 59.

Our names are Peter and Alex and we saw you on Fox 59…We’re kind of surprised we hadn’t already heard of you. Anyway, we do something similar to what you’re doing but we
focus pretty much directly on the nightlife, bar/social scene. We’ve learned in the year and a half that we’ve been doing this that it’s much better to collaborate than to step on
each other’s toes bc Indy is pretty small so we thought we would just extend a hand and see if you guys ever wanted to meet up for drinks and see if we could come up with
some ideas on how to work together or collaborate in any way. If not, that’s cool but we just thought we’d ask. Probably like you, the idea for us started simply and we really just
do it for fun, but now it has become a huge part of our lives and probably the part we enjoy the most, so we love connecting with other like minds and really making Indy as great as a
city as possible! Just let us know…

Peter and Alex
the boys of raannt

No response as of yet. And we don’t expect one, either. But hell, we tried. Hey, we’re just trying to improve this city and work together…You can expect our parody shortly on our YouTube channel…because dear raannters…in doingitindylicious…you’ve entered the congregation of The Church of the Corny! Get rid of them. Do you really think Kim Kardashian is going to go duck pin bowling when she comes here for the Superbowl? For Christ sake!

2. AMY BARTNER AND METROMIX

God! Isn’t she cute? So cute that you’d trust her right? We did. Actually, let’s take a look back. Hmmm…well, we contacted Amy on 4-19-10 about the possibility of writing something for them. Amy responded the very same day.

Hi, Peter! You’ve been on our radar for a while now and we’ve been meaning to contact you. We’re totally interested in something….we just don’t know what at this point. Amanda said she’ll get back to you soon! (But if you don’t hear back in a week, feel free to e-mail again!)
Thanks for contacting us and we look forward to working with you! 🙂
Amy

Never heard from her until 6-2-10

I know, I know. I suck for taking so long to get in contact with you. I’m
not totally sure what our plans for partnership with you both will be in the
future, but I do know that I want to feature you as local celebrities in our
Pride issue coming out next week. Can you come in to answer a few questions
and get your photo taken on Monday? Actually, the questions can be e-mailed
— might be easier for your schedule.

Let me know if we can do this!!

Thanks, and I look forward to meeting you guys!

Amy

OHHHH…Did we mention that we’re gay??? We did? Did we mention that our first porn star interview came out almost a year before and she and her “boss” Amanda Kingsbury were aware of this? Let’s look further…On 6-7-10 we responded to her request for a meeting with our schedules and agreed to meet at Midtown on Tuesday to discuss our writing for Metromix. Remember Amanda…you said you could write it off because you still needed to write about Midtown. Still waiting for that one. By the way, we feel it’s professional courtesy when you request a meeting for you or your corporation to pick up the tab, we always do. Anyway, we discussed our working for Metromix and writing a Page Six Gossip column and Amanda said she would look at her budget to see what she could pay us but she would definitely be having us write for them. That…sounds a little bit like a verbal business contract. OHHH…but wait Amanda, you emailed 2 days later with an actual writing assignment!!! A Playboy event? Like as in Playboy magazine? Like as in nudie pics? Wait…isn’t that #nsfw? Not safe for work. I know Amy likes that term because she used it on Twitter to describe our blog.

Ok, boys, this is how it works for the test assignment…
XXXX is from Playboy; he’s the (very nice) person you need to contact/ask for when you get to Ice Ultra Lounge on June 11 (around 8 p.m. – the party probably starts around 9 p.m)
I didn’t ask for any special consideration besides making sure you got in/got access – including an interview with the Playmate host. Please give us something fun and Page-6ish by the end of the day Sunday. E-mail it to me and Amy. We’ll have a photographer on site so don’t worry about photos.
Thanks & have fun!
Great to meet you last night…hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship.

Anyway…this is getting boring, but let’s just look at a few more emails…

Hey, guys!! Hope you had a good weekend…good seeing Alex on Saturday! I’m
assuming he recovered more than I did for Saturday night! 🙂 …I passed out
at 10 (worthless!).
Just wondering if you got a chance to send in your first column? I thought
we were hoping to start that this week! And I can’t remember what name we
landed on…Alex and I threw around a few on Saturday morning. Just let me
know what you’d prefer!
Thanks, guys!

Amy

Hahaha…such a funny girl. Wait!!! Does that sound like we’re actually working for Metromix? It did to us. But we still hadn’t heard from Amanda, about our pay scale? Hmmm…Well…something happened because first we got sent to Taste of Tango, which was closed down? Then they sent us to Whiskey Business where we stood out like walking gay rainbows at a strip mall bar, which is what it was. And then we sent an email on 10-14-10

Good Afternoon
We’ve tried to reach you several times and have still not had any luck. We’re just wondering if you have any plans for us in the future and if so can we set up a meeting to discuss. If not then we’re interested in what changed and why.
Thank you
Peter and Alex

Sorry it’s been difficult for you to reach us! I’ve only gotten one e-mail in the last few weeks, so I hope I’m not just not receiving anything from you. We’d love to meet to talk about your work with Metromix, and I know Amanda talked to you about times you’re available for lunch/a meeting. Can we meet the week of Nov. 8? What time’s good for you guys that week?
Thanks,
Amy

After that a few emails have been exchanged but…no lunch. So you want to come to us about airing our professional complaints or wounded pride??? Uhhhh…No! We’re just stating our opinion and displaying facts about what happened because we feel it is important in defending our character, especially since 8 months ago these ladies were offering us assignments, excited to work with us and now were…#nsfw…NOT SAFE FOR WORK???

AND THEN…The best of the best…The email….which she claimed Friday after we posted it without her name and the Metromix title. We’re assuming, because we would have, you knew we were going to post it on Monday anyway so why everyone’s going nut crazy like you did something honorable is a joke. In our opinion, you knew you were nailed.

Hi Peter and Alex,
Hope all is well. When I went to your blog today, I noticed the link to Metromix Indianapolis on the right rail. We appreciate the link, but raannt’s content doesn’t jive with the content Metromix produces. I’m hoping you can remove it.
Thanks!
Amy

You are one confusing lady, dearest Amy. I think not only did it seem like we were jiving but you choreographed the jive? Not even a response on why we don’t “jive”? Not here…before, you should have addressed it before, in a professional manner. Or were you just pissed that I challenged you on Twitter? Ohhhhh…but we’re liars, mean girls and assholes right? Based on the comments we’ve received? Yeah, right. Well burn this one…if Indianapolis continues to support a newspaper that has issues with raannt being not safe for work bc of a picture of one of the world’s most famous photographers, Mike Ruiz, in a speedo, but pays it’s bills by endorsing strip clubs, including a half page ad for Dancer’s, then Indy is trashy…not sexy. And we love strip clubs. Hell Amy, since you guys love them so much, how bout we meet up at Club Rio and discuss these issues. We’ll even buy you a lap dance! There’s your prize!

3. THE INDIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday we posted this picture of Indiana Republican State Representative Jud McMillin who voted for the gay marriage ban. OHHHH…did we mention that he has a secret past including photographs he texted of himself masturbating while using a dildo on himself? Now that would be a porn star interview we would LOVE to get!!!Wait…is this one of the people you were referring to when you called us Mean Girls who had produced a Burn Book??? You support this guy? Really?

Bil Browning, Founder and Editor in Chief of The Bilerico Project, wrote an amazing and integral look into the life of this young man. It reads like a Jackie Collins/James Patterson bestseller and we love it!!! A Tale of Glass Houses and Rocks.

And then, ridiculous Dan Burton introduces the Marriage Protection Act of 2011…making it even harder for us to register at Crate and Barrel! Damn, he’s just pissed because nobody’s texting him nudie shots! Look…we’re not stopping until all 70 representatives who voted for this dated and bigoted bill are exposed and ridiculed! And we look at this two ways…you’re either with us or against us on this one. We don’t even want to hear about your excuses. It’s 2011 and that is way to late in the game for us to sit and entertain dated gay jokes about fudge packing and lesbian dinosaurs. Too late to hear excuses about why marriage is a thing of tradition and church. The time is NOW! It’s time for a change!!! It’s time for Indiana to finally fess up, make a change and GET SEXY!!!! That won’t happen until everyone is accepted. And to the gay community…that means working together “as a community” and supporting one another not tearing each other apart. We need to be unified for the common good and support one another!
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So, there you have it…just a few small changes that need to be made. We’re not asking for a lot. We just want to have a fun time. We want to dance late into the night, make love, eat lots of pizza and chocolate. We just want our fair share. We want to be entertained, not bored. We want to hold hands, not hold up our fists. And if you don’t like our blog…DON’T FUCKIN READ IT!!! We want love, love, love…did you hear us?? We said LOVE…LOVE…LOVE!!!!
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Ohhh…and from here on out…we’re only doing interviews!
Eyes Open, We’re Watching!

*the statements in this article and any article related to the above subjects is solely our opinion and the opinion of Peter, Alex and raannt.

This ain’t our first time at the rodeo! When we started our venture, we coined the phrase “Eyes Open, We’re Watching”, but some people have apparently forgotten our motto. Maybe it’s that Indy doesn’t really know what to do with us; after all we’ve interviewed dozens of international celebrities and have several A-list interviews on the way, we speak daily to supermodels, Grammy winning artists, actors and television stars. Our wedding is going to be a who’s who of pop culture celebutante. And never once have we done this in a callous or arrogant way. If you’ve done business with us, you know we are humble, professional and true to our word. And rarely have we taken any payout for what we do(which is about to change), so you know, unlike others, what we review and support is the truth and straight from our hearts! But for some reason people are afraid of us. Obviously, there are a few people who think we’re dumb and trivial and assume we’ll just lay down. Are you kidding? We’ve been schooled by the best. And while we’re in talks with a major television company about a reality show simply titled The Boyz and have retained the services of an entertainment attorney, one thing is certain…from the boys of raannt…expect the unexpected!

All week we’ve been giving clues to our message “Indy will never be SEXY because…” And maybe you still don’t know what we’re implying. On Monday, we’ll give a detailed report on what needs to change before this city has a chance. First, we wanted to give our readers and “fans” a chance to play a game of Guess Who, to see if you know exactly what is keeping this town from being sexy.

While you’re putting your thoughts together from the clues below, please listen to the video message we’d like to send out to our three anti-sexy constituents…

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Here are your three clues to the top three reasons why Indy will never be sexy!

THIRD PLACE…

SECOND PLACE…
Five…Four…Three…Two…One!

FIRST PLACE…AND LEAST SEXIEST!

an excerpt from an email we received today.

Hi Peter and Alex,

Hope all is well. When I went to your blog today, I noticed the link to (mystery publication) on the right rail. We appreciate the link, but raannt’s content doesn’t jive with the content (mystery publication) produces. I’m hoping you can remove it.

Thanks!

Interestingly enough…the very same person who sent the email had previously spotlighted us positively in the publication, requested and had a meeting with us to write a column for said publication, gave us 3 assignments(which we completed) for said publication and NOW we don’t JIVE with what they produce? Hmmmm…sounds personal. And not very sexy! Since our presentation of interview types and posts has been the same even months before they requested us, we can only wonder what’s changed?

Like we said…RODEO!

If you’d like to make a guess we’ll be giving out some prizes to those with the correct answers. Comment below to play the game!

Have a great weekend!

Eyes open…We’re Watching!

Any Questions?

Eyes Open, We’re Watching!

Today was the release of Lady Gaga’s new single “Born this Way” which will be on her new album of the same name released later this year on May 23rd. This comes almost a month to the day after Britney Spears released her new single “Hold it Against Me” which will be part of her new album “Femme Fatale” being released on March 29th of this year.

Yesterday, Britney tweeted a Twitter “press conference”, answering questions for her fans. When asked what she thought about Lady Gaga and Global warming Britney replied, “Does anyone think global warming is a good thing? I love Lady Gaga. I think she’s a really interesting artist.” Hmmm…..we wonder exactly what she means by that or do still waters really run that deep.

On our end Alex is on Team Britney while Peter is battling for Team Gaga! Here are their new songs from Vevo on YouTube. Listen and you be the judge!

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xoxo
Eyes Open…We’re Watching!

It’s that time again when we gather our notes from the last year and sit down and decide who deserves the honor of the “BEST OF INDY 2010”!!! During the past year, we’ve watched closely to make sure that we are constantly giving good recommendations to people on the best places to eat, party and relax. We’ve even gone so far as noting small differences from one place to the next that really help to make the whole experience for the patron all the better. We’ve gone incognito to several parties or clubs and we’ve even caused some drama just to see how it was handled. We’ve learned that small things, such as the way a door person treats you to willingness for servers to go the extra mile, really do make a difference. Some may question our tactics or think we are too harsh or too kind in our reviews, but be sure of one thing…nothing, NOTHING we do is by mistake. It is all for the greater cause of giving our readers and listeners the greatest experience possible in Indianapolis and helping to make this city as exciting and enjoyable as possible. So now, we give you the SEXY list…the BEST OF INDY 2010!

Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Bars and Restaurants
Best Overall Restaurant(Food, Atmosphere, Staff and Experience):Bazbeaux Broadripple
Best New Restaurant: Northside Social
Best Old Restaurant: Bella Vita
Best Chain Restaurant: The Cheesecake Factory
Best Steakhouse: Flemings
Best Pizza: Bazbeaux…Plain Cheese Pizza and a Greek Salad.
Best Salad: When Eddie Met Salad
Best Mac N’ Cheese: Usual Suspects
Best Sandwich: The Popeye at Bazbeaux
Best Pretzels: The Mellow Mushroom
Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Milkshake: Milk Barn at The Indiana State Fair
Best Ice Cream: Cinnamon Bun at Bub’s in Carmel
Best Sushi Roll: The Playboy Roll at Naked Chopstix(Way too sexy for us!!!)
Best French Fries: Denny’s
Best Late Night Fare: Steak and Shake
Best Lunch Under $10: Moveable Feast
Best Lunch Over $50: Capitol Grill at The Conrad(and you’ll feel like you’re in downtown Manhattan)
Best Overall Staff: When Eddie Met Salad
Best Restaurant Atmosphere: Mo’s
Best Restaurant View: The roof at Dunaway’s in the summer to see the sunset
Best Trendy Idea Fun for a Night: Tastings
Best Restaurant on a Summer Night: Taste

Best Overall Bar: Room 929
Best New Bar: Room 929
Best Lounge Bar: Hyde
Best Old Bar: Blu
Best Bar for a Scotch and Soda and a cigarette: Bella Vita
Best Martini Bar: 45 Degrees(Hands Down!)
Best Bar to hear an International DJ: Talbott Street
Best College Bar: Brothers(Fall and Winter) Rock Lobster(Summer)
Best Gay Bar: Talbott Street
Best VIP Section: Blu or Midtown Grill
Best Outside Bar in the Summer: Midtown Grill
Best Bar Name: Ball & Bisquit
Best Dive Bar: The Alley Cat
Best Door Service: Blu
Best Friday Night: Room 929, Blu or Gregg’s
Best Saturday Night: Bartini’s, Hyde or Talbott Street
Best Sunday Night: Bella Vita(summer)or drag shows at Talbott Street
Best Monday Night: Flesh at Landsharks
Best Tuesday Night: Chinese Take Out and RedBox!
Best Wednesday Night: Moe’s in Noblesville, Landsharks or The Casbah (ALWAYS starting at Champps in the summer!)
Best Thursday Night: The Jazz Kitchen or The Ten
Best Summer Bar: Champps on Wednesday nights and Bella Vita on Sundays
Best Winter Bar: Room 929 or Hyde

Living Conditions: Best Places to Live
Best Street: Forest Drive
Best House: Four houses on the Southeast corner of 80th and Keystone
Best Apartment: Grande Reserve at Geist
Best Party House: Chad Folk and Bianka Krausch
Best House Pool: Richard and Donna Deer
Best Bachelor’s House: Jose Vitto
Best Condo’s: Three Story Building at 9th and College or Beaumont on the Green

Just the Facts, Maam: The Best of News, Television and Radio
Best Local News: Fox 59 Morning News
Best Overall Newscaster: Angela Ganote(Severe and Sexy at the same time!)
Best Weather Person: Jim O’Brien (Almost too cute to be taken serious, but always accurate!)
Best Local Television Show: IndyStyle (Andi Hauser makes boring crap hilarious and suspenseful to watch)
Best New Television Anchor/Personality: Andi Hauser…from quivering coffee cup to hilarious comments…the best!
Best Radio Show: The Scotty Show on RadioNOW
Best Radio Voice: Laura Steele on Q95
Best Radio Humor: Scotty Davis on RadioNOW
Best New Radio Personality: Rachel Bogle on RadioNOW
Best News Story of 2010: Bisard The Drunk Cop Case…Come ON!!!!
Best Individual Radio or Television Show: Stop the Music…End Bullying. Rachel and Scotty from The Scotty Show
Best Article or Column in a print newspaper: The Burning Question in Metromix
Best Online Magazine or Newspaper: Fashion Wrap Up

The Happenings: Parties, Openings and Events
Best Charity Party: Bianka Krausch and Chad Folk’s Annual GP Moto Party(Charity Race Party)
Best Opening Gala: Party at the Factory:Andy Warhol Gala at the Indianapolis Museum of Art…Everyone Dressed Mod!!!
Best Bar Opening: Bartini’s
Best Ongoing Summer Event: Rehab Sundays at The Palms at Bella Vita
Best Overall Ongoing Event: Fantasy 500 Party
Best One Night Event: Studs in Stiletto’s for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at 45 Degrees! 1st Place to Danny Beers
Best Festival and Parade: Gay Pride Day…Of Course!(Especially DJ and Eggs with DJ Deanne at 45 Degrees in the morning
Best Sporting Event: Caroline Symmes Memorial Celebrity Softball Challenge at Victory Field for the Children’s Wish Fund
(And just for the record…we want to play in this next year)
Best International DJ: DJ Chuck Love at Blu and DJ Chi Chi LaRue at Talbott Street

Nametags: The People
Best Local Performer: Jennie Devoe
Best Female Impersonator: Asia LaBouche
Best Local DJ who is about to be International: DJ Gabby Love
Best DJ to watch for in 2011: DJ Stewbot
Best DJ who can play and bring International talent: DJ Slater Hogan
Best DJ to hear all your faves: Fred Lockett
Best Scene Photographer: Miguel Jones
Best Bar Owner: Bill Pritt(45 Degrees)
Best Bar Employee No Longer in the Biz: Katelin Reeves(Blu/Hyde)
Best Bar Employee Still in the Biz: Dustin Worrell(Blu)
Best Server: Michell at Bazbeaux in Broadripple
Best Bartender: Big John at Landsharks
Best Door Person: Olivia at Hyde
Best Daily Service with a Smile in a Thankless Job: Jeremy and Frank at Thorton’s on 82nd Street

The Rest of the Best
Best New Building in Indy: J.W. Marriott
Best Place to Makeout: 48th Floor of the Chase Tower
Best Local Commercial: Reka’s Steak and Shake Commercials
Best Place to have an Event: Historic Ambassador House and Heritage Gardens(Fashion Wrap Up Launch Party)
Best Coffee Bar: Hot Chocolate Bar at Thortons with little marshmallows and whip cream…all for free!
Best Center for Performing Arts: The Palladium in Carmel
Best Fountain Soda’s w/ crushed ice: BP Connect on 116th and Cumberland.
Best Place to Get Your Hair Did and Be Treated Like a Queen at the Same Time: Salon 01 in Carmel (Ask for Angela, Tessie, Stephanie or Laura)
Best Dog Hotel…For the Day or For the Week: Camp Cheeney Creek in Fishers(Ask for Tonya the owner and she’ll give you personalized service and VIP treatment…as well as your pup or kitten!)
Best Place to People Watch: The Fashion Mall on a Sunday or The Vogue on a Wednesday
Best Free Christmas Show: The John Deere Drive in Noblesville
Best Drive: 37 North to Anderson to gamble at Hoosier Park
Best place to get lost: Between Carmel and Zionsville
Best place to get found: www.raannt.com Coming March 1st!

Eyes Open, We’re Watching(And we’ll REALLY be watching as you can expect more up to date and gripping reviews!)

See ya in 2011!!!!!