Rude Boy at The Mint

A new vid of Mark singing Rude Boy at The Mint. Not entirely sure what night this is from. :)

Link roundup

Since I haven't been doing the weekly round up posts (sorry, this month has been hard on me) - I'll just do a quick post with some of the links I've posted (or retweeted) on Twitter but not on the blog:

at 13:19 Mark shows up. Says for summer "writing music & time off" No DWTS tour? :( Hope he's just being coy. http://youtu.be/MOytfaiVgJc May 25, 2010 via web

DerekHoughsHair Great Times Man AWESOME Double Party @OfficialMBallas THANX 4 Gel what U want from @OfficialDHough ? http://yfrog.com/2tmuwj 7:26 PM May 19th via Yfrog

brittanyvaladez Check out our exclusives with @JessicaAlba @OfficialMBallas @EvaLongoria ! Register 4 free to C the interviews @ www.cg-mag.com! 12:45 AM May 18th via web

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mawpmJJ3Dk Mark Ballas mentioned in Dance Center. hehehehe =P 11:27 AM May 13th via web

Derek's blog about week 6 - he says he loved Mark's Mint show on May 3rd: http://bit.ly/bwUZhs 10:22 PM May 8th via web

 Lots of photos from the Red Carpet of Mark's big Mint show on April 12th: http://www.filmmagic.com/ItemListing.aspx?cgl=427084&evntI=0 9:57 PM May 8th via web

Mark makes a brief appearance at the end of this vid...but really it's just plain interesting. :) RT @lorengold: http://twitvid.com/ILS5U 11:51 PM May 7th via web

 Very cool video of an ice skater skating to @officialmballas' "All For Nothing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFjQHztvxRg Gr8 job Crystal! 3:45 PM Apr 30th via web

 U & @officialmballas are twinkies! http://bit.ly/brZdU6 RT @ShawneyJ: Bionic woman in PT!! Haha that's a sight :) http://twitpic.com/1jfkix 2:39 PM Apr 29th via web

 http://bit.ly/cZiNff Mark's DWTS blog is updated for Week 6 (Argentine Tango & Samba). :) Again, the week is wrong. It's not wk 5, it's wk 6 4:33 PM Apr 27th via web

DWTSshow ABC cleans up Monday, 'Dancing with the Stars' most watched: Becoming a half-hour shorter in duration this week, A... http://bit.ly/9aq5Lc 1:06 PM Apr 20th via twitterfeed

Tons of arrival pics from Mark's gig on April 12th: http://bit.ly/cwqBLB 1:03 PM Apr 20th via web  

Some great photos from Mark's big show at The Mint on April 12th: http://bit.ly/a40lN7 1:01 PM Apr 20th via web 

lostinlove0622 @OfficialMBallas http://yfrog.com/9w26240139287575048314898j pic from the 26th hope u like it :) 9:07 PM Apr 19th via web

OfficialMBallas @MBallasKnee epic excercise..... http://moby.to/hmvpfg 2:21 PM Apr 19th via Twittelator

ontd_skating On Tuesday night, Evan and Kristi: attended An Evening With Mark Ballas @ The Mint in Los Angeles. So, after resu... http://bit.ly/cFODVZ 11:35 PM Apr 15th via twitterfeed

famegamephotos "An Evening with Mark Ballas" at The Mint in Los Angeles - Arrivals: http://bit.ly/bgIJzv 11:02 PM Apr 14th via twitterfeed

OfficialMBallas Finishing the light on video beautiful view... http://moby.to/uq1dvc 8:46 PM Apr 25th via Twittelator 

an old interview Derek did with Hollywood 411 (from season 8). talks about BHB & London http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM1CoY9wiGU 10:44 AM Apr 24th via web

Mark's DWTS blog: http://bit.ly/8YsAAz Hollyscoop is confused. This blog is about week 4, not week 3. 9:57 AM Apr 24th via web
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3KTWwt_vdY hehehe Chelsie on Hollywood 411 saying that no, her and Mark are not dating. (duh) lol 9:45 AM Apr 24th via web

http://bit.ly/bTb74a Derek talks about how him and Mark may do some music that is more heavy and edgier, like what they did in London :) 9:11 AM Apr 24th via web

http://bit.ly/9vOIq3 In this interview, Chelsie reveals that the Paso Doble pro dance was originally going to be Cheryl/Mark & Chelsie/Derek 9:09 AM Apr 24th via web

  

http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20362441,00.html Old video of Mark and Derek talking to People Magazine about growing up together 6:45 PM Apr 22nd via web 

  

DWTS cast parties at The Mint w/Mark Ballas (April 12th) (Photo Slideshow) http://shar.es/mvPaz (that's not Jules, I think it's Derek's mom) 6:46 PM Apr 20th via ShareThis.com

 http://bit.ly/d6bJef Derek's DWTS blog - he talks about Mark. :) 12:05 PM Apr 2nd via web


And I asked Bill what ASE means, which is a nickname he and Mark have for each other...
@billinlv ok, I'm super curious...may I ask, what does ASE mean? :) 12:02 AM Apr 9th via web in reply to billinlv

billinlv @BewitchBallas "Absolutely Spectacular Entertainer"!!!!!!!!!! 12:20 PM Apr 9th via web in reply to BewitchBallas  

 

  

Mark at the Mint, May 10

Lots of videos from Musicnotesbysam from Mark's performance at the Mint on May 10, 2010:

Get Out Alive:


Every Step of the Way:


Medley: Sexual Healing/Waiting on the World to Change/Rude Boy (cover)


Hotwire My Heart


Done


The Way You Work


I Can't Help It


Buttons (cover)

Mark at The Mint, May 10

Thanks to Musicnotesbysam - Mark singing I Can't Help It on May 10, 2010:


see the rest of the videos in this post: http://bewitchingballas.blogspot.com/2010/05/mark-at-mint-may-10_18.html

Interviews with ChicaGirl Magazine

Chicagirl Magazine interviewed Mark on the red carpet of his April 12th show at the Mint:



ChicaGirl also interviewed Mark backstage at the Mint:


Oh yay! A version with subtitles:


By the way, it isn't out yet, but the 11th issue of ChicaGirl Magazine will have the interview with Mark, I'll let you know when it's available to view :)

Pic from The Mint on May 3rd

SheaCrystal took this photo from Mark's show at the Mint on Monday, May 3, 2010. Thanks SheaCrystal!

photo copyright Shea Crystal, 2010

Videos from The Mint, May 3rd

Here are a few videos from the May 3, 2010 show at The Mint, posted on YouTube by Musicnotesbysam, who also posted this review of the show.

Done (a new original song by Mark)



Buttons (cover of the Pussycat Dolls song)

Omg, I love this. :D

Sexual Healing, Waiting on the World to Change, Rude Boy Mashup

Never have been fond of this mashup...I mean, it works musically, but lyrically it's...odd. (I'm not counting Rude Boy as part of the mashup - Mark normally only sings the first two together.)  Rude Boy is funny. "giddy up giddy up giddy up now..." I actually like his version more than Rhianna's. Ha!

Guitar Solo

I love Mark's guitar work, but I can't watch...his facial expressions distract me. LOL =P

New Marky videos :) The Grove & The Mint

Some new Mark videos posted on YouTube (thanks for posting them!)

At the Grove for Make a Wish: Rude Boy (Rhianna cover)


Guitar solo at the Grove (interesting facial expressions....)


At The Mint on April 12th: Light On (full band version)

Photos from The Mint, April 26, 2010

Got some great photos here from the Mint show last night. The first photo is from Brooke Bickford. Thanks Brooke!  Good to see Mark standing! It means we should see him dancing again soon! :)

photo copyright Brooke Bickford, 2010

The next three photos are from Scott Dudelson. Click his name to check out his other photography too. He's great! :) Thanks for the pics, Scott! Also check out this post from him at the Examiner. He talks about the photography side of things. Pretty interesting post! :)

Three photos above copyright Scott Dudelson, 2010

Red Carpet video from April 12th

Found another Red Carpet video from Mark's Mint show on April 12th

More pictures from April 12th

Chelsie Hightower posed a few pictures from the red carpet of Mark's big show on April 12th. I'm not sure of who to credit, so if you know, or if they are your pictures, please let me know! :)

copyright unknown

Red Carpet video from The Mint, April 12

From the big show on April 12, 2010:

Video of Mark at the Mint

ooo, a short video of Mark singing "Get Out Alive" at The Mint on April 19, 2010. Thanks bonbon922!

Photos from The Mint, April 19, 2010

Great photo from Mark's gig last night (April 19th) from Christopher Hall of E! Entertainment (@challywood). Mark is playing his Ukulele. :D

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

Another photo from Chris of Mark and Chelsie:

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

Check out more twitpics from fans & media:

@katyisblonde @OfficialMBallas you did such a great job last night! I loved your new song! amazing! http://twitpic.com/1h2i5t Link to tweet

@kelsiyeakel From @OfficialMBallas show tonight at the mint http://twitpic.com/1h0092 Link to tweet

@BuzzFoto Mark Dances the Night Away: Mark Ballas doesn’t stop dancing no matter the place! Mark performed for our camera as... http://bit.ly/bxM0Sf Link to tweet (Industry Nightclub, April 19, 2010)

@Brendatothemax Me and @OfficialMBallas (: (: taken of course by @kelsiyeakel http://twitpic.com/1gzs2j Link to tweet 


News from the show:
 Apparently, Mark did a remix of Rhianna's "Rude Boy" (surely he changed the lyrics a bit...) (via @_Brenduhhh_ @OfficialMBallas the Rihanna "Rude Boy" Mark Ballas remix was amazing. Seriously! I was feeling that song! Link to tweet

Also, according to @eileenaiyan Mark personally handed out fliers for his show (you get a discount with the flyer). So be on the lookout for Mark handing out fliers at The Mint on Mondays. :)

Week(s) in Review - April 5 - April 18

Well, I didn't get a Sunday review done last week, so this one will be for the last two weeks. :)


April 5th was an acoustic show at The Mint and was a good one, from what I heard.  Christopher Hall of E! Entertainment posted a picture of Mark and Chelsie at the show, which I posted here. 

Also on that page is a picture Mark posted of him and the other musicians from the April 6th DWTS result show. Mark played Flamingo guitar with two other musicians while Derek and Chelsie danced a Paso Doble.  It was a wonderful performance.  I posted a video and screencaps.

On April 7th, we got a blog from Mark at Hollyscoop.  They claimed that Mark would blog every week, even though he was out of the competition, but we have yet to get a blog for week 4 of DWTS.  The blog posted on April 7th was for week 3 (even though it says week 2 in the blog). I'll be keeping a lookout for an update to Mark's blog; hopefully he updates it this week. :)

On April 8th, Mark tweeted that it was the first day off the crutches. :) Gettin' better! 

On April 11th, Mark was a guest on the Reality Cares radio show.  It is an hour long show.  Mark talked about DWTS, his music, his uncle's suicide, and the AFSP. http://latalkradio.com/images/Reality-041110.mp3

ChicaGirl magazine tweeted that they were going to interview Mark at his big show on April 12th.  According to their website, the interview will be available in Issue 11.  I'll post a link when it is available to read. :)

April 12th, Mark did a Twitterview or Twinterview (call it what you want) with Wonderwall MSN.  I posted the transcript of the interview here.

Also on April 12th, Mark posted a great pic of him and his dad, that I totally forgot to post on the blog:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

The Mint show on April 12th was a sold-out, full band show.  It was treated as his album release party, red carpet and all.  The event was called "An Evening with Mark Ballas".  Check out this post for some pictures from the event.  Mark also posted a pic of the stage from one of the rehearsals for the big Mint performance, found in this post - which also contains pics of Mark's Vibe kids.  They performed on DWTS on April 13th.

Check out the Vibe dance team's performance from April 13th here.  There is also some footage of the kids rehearsing with Mark in this video (screencaps here as well).

On Friday, April 9th, E! posted an article with quotes from Mark stating that his knee needed a twitter account and then this weekend (April 16th), his knee began twittering (MBallasKnee). And then the other body parts started showing up to the party.  His shoulder is tweeting (MBLeftShoulder), as well as Cheryl's ring and various body parts belong to Derek Hough (Hair, Abs). Be sure to check them out, it's pretty hilarious. :)  Mark has been chatting with his knee and shoulder this weekend, which has been rather humorous. :)  It all started with Evan's Toe though. ;)

Mark has been posting a few pictures of his knee over the past week. I think he's getting bored not being able to dance. ;)

Mark says "Hot Wire my Heart" is the name of a new song...but right now it seems like it's "hot wire my knee"

Doing exercises to get strong again:

The knee got to wear some new jeans:

Since Derek's hair started tweeting as well, the knee and hair decided to post a picture together:

all photos of the knee copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

I think the pain killers have made Marky a little loopy. =P


Well, I think that about wraps it up for the past two weeks.  Here are some tweets that are notable from the past couple weeks. :)

Twitter notable updates from the weeks of April 5-18:
The Examiner says that @OfficialMBallas is a wanna-be singer http://bit.ly/9NaEE2 RUDE! - Excuse me, but he IS a singer, and dang fine one!

RT @OfficialMBallas @BewitchBallas thank u for ur support and dedication, love ya  

RT @OfficialMBallas Day 1 off the crutch, don't get cocky now mark ;)

RT @ChicaGirlMagazine @BewitchBallas ChicaGirl Magazine will be interiviewing Mark Ballas Monday 12th at The Mint! See everyone there! 8:30!!

RT @TracieMayWagner @OfficialMBallas and my hubby Phillip... http://yfrog.com/0mj6xsj

Finally found it! Mark's interview with John Jay and Rich from March 18, 2010: http://bit.ly/cByENv

New poll on the Facebook page: http://apps.facebook.com/polldaddy-polls/?view=poll&id=3028004 :)

RT OfficialMBallas Just had a rehearsal with my full band, all I can say is They are Awesome, the show @MintLA on the 12th is going to be SICK  

RT @OhMeredith Thanks @LittleMissBizE for sending @OfficialMBallas to get his haircut today @StudioDNA. He was such a doll! And his hair-so supercute :)
 
RT @derekfrankbass @OfficialMBallas you must be at SIR... they've been there for weeks! bummed i'm not rockin' with ya!

New poll: What's your fave song on Waiting for Patience? http://apps.facebook.com/polldaddy-polls/?view=poll&id=3028004

RT @RealityCares Call-in to our Radio Show on LATalkRadio.com today at 2pm Pacific to speak with @OfficialMBallas @jennipulos: 323-203-0815

RT @Tom_Bergeron @BewitchBallas Ah yes, you never know what the camera will catch!

RT @OfficialDHough At Marks gig everyone is here .. Really proud of him this project means alot to him .. He's gonna kill it ..

RT @billinlv Gas LV to LA: $60., Hotel in LA: $160., Seeing @OfficialMBallas show @MINTLA: Priceless!!!!!!!

RT @RealityCares @OfficialMBallas performing live at The Mint Los Angeles!! http://tweetphoto.com/18250813  

RT @ExtraCarlo just covered @OfficialMBallas album party at The Mint. His cd is really good! Thanks so much ;) 


http://bit.ly/a6U6PX Mark says people should give Kate a break. :)

RT @OfficialMBallas My vibe kids in school for the day before dancing on the show, they are so bored lol ha ha ha http://moby.to/vs01z0

I've added 3 new pages to the website: Mark's Music: http://bit.ly/bfjqkE, Links: http://bit.ly/bI0fTA, Event Calendar: http://bit.ly/9lHIEn

http://bit.ly/ddHuPh Hollyscoop's article about Mark's sold out performance at the Mint on April 12th. :)

RT @OfficialMBallas Just finished a new song, called "alot of faith a little will" I really like this one ;)
 
RT @OfficialMBallas RT @EvanLysacek @OfficialMBallas will you play your new song this Monday at MintLA? I sure will buddy, hope ur comin down

An Evening with Mark Ballas

Here are a few photos that people have put online from Mark's show last night:

Anna Trebunskaya posted this picture:

photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Shannon Elizabeth posted this picture:

photo copyright Shannon Elizabeth, 2010

The Mint posted this picture of the red carpet craziness before the show:

photo copyright @N8theSk8 (Nathan Levinson) & @MintLA (The Mint in Los Angeles), 2010

Darius (@superzeo) posted this photo:

photo copyright Darius (@superzeo), 2010

And another pic was posted, but I haven't received permission to post it here yet (if I do, I'll add it):
http://twitter.com/RealityCares/status/12086631561


There are some paparazzi videos up on YouTube, if you want to watch them. I don't like that paparazzi stuff, so I won't post it here. :)


Picapp.com has a bunch of red carpet pictures up from the event. You can check out the rest of the gallery over at picapp - there are 50 images total.

Derek and Mark:


Mark:


Over at the Naughtia Celebrity News With Reality Twist Blog, there are a few pics...including a nice one of Mark.

There are also 87 pictures over at Wireimage.

The Mint & The Vibe

Next week, we will get another double-dose of Marky goodness! :) On Monday night, Mark is again performing at The Mint, but this week's show promises to be an exciting one. He's playing with a full band and many of his DWTS buddies will be in attendance. If you're in the Los Angeles area, be sure to check it out! Get your tickets online here: http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/28086 Mark goes on at 8:30pm.

Mark posted a picture of the stage/instruments at one of the band practices for Monday's performance:

Also, on Tuesday on the DWTS result show, Mark has choreographed a team of young dancers from The Vibe in Utah. I've seen these kids dance before and they are pretty talented! Included in the team is Tanisha Belnap, who also danced in Mark's music video for the song "All For Nothing". :)

Mark posted a picture of him and Tanisha and another picture of the whole dance team:

Mark and Tanisha:

The Vibe dance team:

all photos copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

@officialmballas 's BIG show at the Mint on April 12th! Spread the word!

HUGE show at The Mint on Monday, April 12, 2010.  This show will feature Mark performing with a full band. :D Also, a ton of DWTS buddies will be there.  Get your tickets now because they are going fast! http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/28086  Tell your friends!! :)

Mark goes on at 8:30pm (PT) - Be sure to check out his EP! "Waiting for Patience" (Amazon, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody).

The Mint
6010 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035

Mark at the Mint & Backstage - photos

Here is a great photo from @challywood of Mark and Chelsie at the Mint last night (April 5, 2010):

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

And Mark just posted this photo of him with the other Flaminco musicians (@iamjeremysilver is the gentleman and the lady's name is Zhang Gu Li (I probably have the spelling incorrect, sorry!) for tonight's DWTS:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

@officialmballas at The Mint, tonight! RT Please!

Mark will go on at 8:30pm (PT) - be there! :D  April 5, 2010 (Monday)  He'll be playing music from his EP "Waiting for Patience" (Amazon, iTunes), as well as some new material!

The Mint
6010 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035

The Mint's website: http://www.themintla.com - check out the calendar, ticket prices, and a bio about Mark. :)