Dreamers

Dana introduced me to Dirty Beaches today in our post Rockabilly crush haze of last night..







+Check out the rad belts we did for IKO IKO
+OH. And I done did it.. follow me on Facebook

Yall Get Back Now!

Freedia attacks NOLA in her new video for "Yall Get Back Now!"

The Base Of A Dream Is Empty

Saw Yuck open for Smith Westerns last weekend.. what an awesome surprise!

Buy their album



+Mixtape - The Mall

My Heart Why'd You Break It

Jean-Eric - cutest crew in NOLA!

Just Turn the Music Up And Keep Your Mouth Shut

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Some of Them, They Surprise

I keep my ear to the ground but sometimes I'm really late putting certain things together.. example, the beloved Patti Smith sings backup on one of my favorite REM songs, E-Bow the Letter.. moving song, beautiful video.. what a wonderful surprise.

Mutants, Weirdos & Screamers

Click images to enlarge..











The Masque
Hollywood 1977 - 1979

2. Trudie, Masque "mascot"
3. Germs - Lorna Doom, Darby Crash, Nickey Beat
4. L, Shannon Wilhelm, Allison Buckles - R, Mary Rat
5. God Was Mod
6. John Denney of The Weirdos
7. Emergency last minute insert from Flipside zine
8. L, band schedule for benefit show - R, Trudie w/K.K. of the Screamers
9. X - Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, John Doe, DJ Bonebrake







+Been listening to No Age's new album all weekend, Everything In Between

Genius Child

Grass Widow @ Spaceland 9/1






+Radiant Child, Genius Child

Summerlong Charge

This weekend we celebrated our friend Joanna's birthday with a picnic at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. Although considered one of the most amazing American abandonments, the grounds are maintained and guests are welcomed to picnic alongside the original wild animal caves and cages.


Knowing that Joanna and her husband Darryl love grapefruit, we infused vodka with organic grapefruit & mint picked from our yard. We used a beautiful, old glass jar picked up at the PCC swap meet, half a bottle of vodka we had in the kitchen (its been a summer of Moscow Mules) and some gift wrapping supplies I keep on hand. Alex and I are experimenting with infusing vodka so let us know if you have any tips or favorite combinations.





+Haircuts and Popsicles at Actual Size

+Future Islands

LACE Art Auction 2010

1. Ken Weathersby
2. Don Suggs
3. Brett Cody Rogers
4. Kim Soo
5. Carlee Fernandez

LACE Art Auction 2010
May 20, 2010

On view through May 19
LACE: 6522 Hollywood Blvd LA 90028





+Disappears

Revolution Girl Style Now!

(via Style Rookie)




...because Kids Are People Too

Wanted Sound

TG 1979

You Cant Tell ME What To Do!

LA 1981.







+ BTW, our homies at Vacation Vinyl here in LA host rad in-stores that sometimes include free beer!! ..check out their blog for upcoming shows

Better City, Better Life

World Expo 2010, Shanghai
UK Pavilion - Seed Cathedral
(via The Boston Globe)





+ Mad Decent Bounce mix.. thanks Fina!

Sparklehorse

On last week's journey.. giant blue stallion @ Denver airport
(click to enlarge)




+ Fennesz & Sparklehorse - In The Fishtank
Download the album and spend some time on Exp Etc.. a new favorite experimental music blog of ours

+ One of my favorite songs of all time just so happens to be

Variations For Vibes

Steve Reich

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who pioneered the style of minimalist music. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (examples are his early compositions, "It's Gonna Rain" and "Come Out"), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, "Pendulum Music" and "Four Organs"). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably the Grammy Award-winning Different Trains.

Reich's style of composition influenced many other composers and musical groups. Reich has been described by The Guardian as one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history", and the critic Kyle Gann has said Reich "may...be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer." On January 25, 2007, Reich was named the 2007 recipient of the Polar Music Prize, together with Sonny Rollins. On April 20, 2009, Reich was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Double Sextet.




April 29, 2010
Eighth Blackbird performing Double Sextet
California State Univ. Northridge
Plaza del Sol
Northridge, California, USA
More shows



Incredible, Incredible, Incredible

Happy House

Been really feeling neons used indoors, especially in the home

1st - Elle Decoration December 2009
2nd & 3rd - Elle Decoration January 2010
4th - Dressing room at J. Crew Women's Collection store, via Lonny Mag



WoW



+ Cant. Stop. Dancing.
(thanks Kenny B)


+ And if ya dont knooow, nah ya know

Imaginary Thing

Lesley Vance, Painted Rocks
Available @ Ooga Booga




+ Most listened to track
this week.. off the new Massive Attack album Heligoland, out 2/10, featuring Hope Sandoval

Here We Go Magic

Here We Go Magic

Subterranean Homesick Blues Pt. Deux

Two of my favorite concepts, earth shelters and board-formed concrete
(via Abitare)




+ CFCF, most played track this week