June 08, 2009
April 23, 2009
April 08, 2009
keep on lovin' me.
the brothers scott + posse, aka the whispers. the spread at the party halfway through looks very tasty.
March 20, 2009
a snowball in my kitchen
cody hudson's solo show opens in chicago next friday, the 27th. your life will be better for having attended. as if that wasn't enough, corey arnold is showing with him.
also, mr. so-hot-right-now-himself, alan del rio ortiz, interviewed john lurie for the most recent stop smiling. i think that was the last piece i had anything to do with over there before i bounced from that spot. a portion of the interview is online here. you should read it because it is awesome. if all you know of him is the lounge lizards or jarmusch films, read up on him. impressive citizen of the world, that guy.
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones (corny? yes. awesome? yes.)
March 17, 2009
i've made a huge mistake.
ok, this almost makes me wish i had a TV. but not quite.
March 10, 2009
one of a thousand fingers crossed.
if you haven't spent time on this site by now, i strongly recommend it. dude samples, and then cuts and pastes youtube clips together to make his own compositions. go to "i'm new", and then skip to 4:35. is it weird that the last part of that video moved me more than anything else i've heard this year? answer: no. when you have people that actually think it's ok to name your band this, you know shit is kinda effed. or maybe it's just that, by definition - according to the source material and how it was sourced (click on "credits" on the site) - there's a sense of honesty to it that seldom comes through in music. a kid (who, according to his youtube profile, likes baseball and dance dance revolution in addition to classical piano) playing one of chopin's nocturnes, a snippet from bach on a violin, and a girl singing into a shitty webcam becomes this amazing refrain that has been stuck in my head for days, not to mention the ramifications of the medium: the nature of sampling has always been to try and make the finished product something way greater than the sum of its parts, and because i see it happening so rarely these days, it's that much more impressive to me when it actually goes down that way.
also, big shout to big brother.
The Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke - Phantom of the Panter (go buy this album right now, thank me with hot dougs coupons)
March 08, 2009
you've got a thing for me.
remember that body farm video i was talking about? well it's up in 3 parts at VBS, also at this new weird dell site, and also on youtube, if you care to see it. i produced it with alix and alan shot it with some extra horrible camera work by me and i snapped all the stills except for the black and white joints i think.
March 04, 2009
pieces of a dream.
i know i've been gone a while. down but not out, yo. all new blog / site / store with fine works of art, wonderful pieces of music, random musings on life, maybe even a book or two, a dvd to watch, objects to drink things out of, things to make other things with, tools for a healthier mental state. all of this and more is coming soon. big things always start small, yo.
until then, you can play this.
January 28, 2009
deaded the line with the last grain of sand.
January 27, 2009
pieces of peace.
rest in peace charlie cooper. you will be sorely missed.
January 25, 2009
the days that are the size of seasons.
time wasters du jour: list universe & phobia list. some of the names of these phobias kill me. like why call the fear of long words sesquipedalophobia? if people are scared of them, wouldn't you call that fear something shorter than 8 syllables? that sounds like the DSM dudes eating pot brownies and making fun of us.
also, if you can't afford one of these jammies to clean your records, dudes over here hooked up the proper cleaning guide.
January 22, 2009
Recent Posts
the cabal.
- struggle inc: pork products, old style, ice fishing.
- jessica hopper - footdriver and baby texter.
- fecal face has art on its face.
- old school posse, brothers from another.
- pelican, the hometown homies.
- alix lambert, a fellow DC native, and a goddess among grocers
- damon locks - cookies with no nuts.
- miles raymer, who i am starting a hardcore band with that's called "negative feelings"
- here is a place that morgan continually neglects. just like our kitchen.
- joshua abrams eats at edna's.
- peff jarker. i mean, jeff parker.
- he's the butter i'm the gutter (or vice-versa) - logan bay.
- JR + Dan Higgs = The future of American politics.
- alan del rio ortiz is so hot right now
- DS...international travel super-hero.
