Press release of the day: Is that a giant lipstick in your lap, or are you just happy to see me?

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by Jay Gabler | 6/6/09

While her High Rise PR colleague Alexandra Baker keeps us informed on the eccentric doings of Chicago’s Via Tania, Samantha Laserson is dispatching updates on electroshockers the Fire and Reason, who have just been nominated for the NewNowNext Awards’ Brink of Fame nod (last year’s winner: Lady Gaga). [Update 6/15: They won!] From the looks of this image, they’ve already fallen over every other brink there is. Click here to download a free remix of their track “Do It Again.”

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A post-pop Pocahontas
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Feather ticklers and seduction sashes
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