Kevin Bronson Going Out: People in love are no fun to hang out with Los Angeles Times Calendar Weekend, Thurday, February 9, 2006, E21
"The latest addition to the city's . . . Valentine's Day activities [is] . . . Give Up-A Violet Valentine, . . .
". . . Tuesday at the Echo, is a spinoff of the monthly club Give Up, which ran during the winter at the Bigfoot Lodge in Los Feliz . . . The brainchild of Mark "Frosty" McNeill and Jimmy Tamborello, two of the mainstays in the Internet radio station and DJ collective Dublab, Give Up entertained a steady steam of Eastsiders with music downcast in both tone and content.
". . . its "stop dancing and cry" motto, the night wass less tongue-in-cheek than it was a musical experiment. "It was a different soundtrack to socialize to . . . when you're sad, it's great to have a shared experience," McNeill says.
"Give Up [The Postal Service Give Up, The Postal Service SubPop SP595 cd/vinyl, 2003] eventually became the title of the gold-selling 2003 album by the Postal Service, whose principal collaborators were Tamborello and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard.
"The Valentine's Day reprise of the club night will feature a rare performance by Tamborello, under the name Dntel, which he uses for his electonic music project. Becky Stark, the Long Lost and Winter Flowers also will perform, along with DJ sets and Chad Misner's video projections."
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David Cotner Dntel, The Long Lost, Beck Stark, Winter Flowers at the Echo, LA Weekly February 10-16, 2006, p. 120
" . . . Along with local gloom merchants Dntel, the Long Lost, Becky Stark, Winter Flowers, and black-crack dealers of "depressing discos" Tommy DeNys, Frosty, Nobody and Jimmy Tamborello, you also get free teardrop face painting at Give Up's "A Violet Valentine." Ay, La Sad Girl! Started three years ago at the Bigfoot Lounge by Mark "Frosty" McNeill and Tamborello, Give Up salons sprang [up]. Everyone listens to sad music . . . And this is the day you'll look so sad that the corners of your mouth meet and everyone thinks you're whistling."
Jeremy Freed Tuesday 14 Bummers of Love CityBeat, February 9-15, 2006. p. 39
". . . chocolate candy for everyone! Make that bitter chocolate for those determined to whine and cry their way through this Valentine's Day. Just for you. It's Give Up's Sad Valentine's Party at the Echo, a fun (as in depressing) night of sad songs you can "stop dancing and cry." Or, start dancing and cry . . . as Jimmy Tamborello, Mark "Frosty" McNeill, Nobody, Sobbing Sara, and Tommy DeNys spin downer disco; Dntel, The Long Lost, Becky Stark, and Winter Flowers perform melancholy tunes live; and artist Chad Misner . . . "morose moving images". . . Feel better (as in worse)? 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. 1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park"