Mere months after M83 knocked my socks of at the Music Box, I am getting to see them in concert AGAIN at Club Nokia (http://www.clubnokia.com/...haven't ...haven't been yet; could be really corporate and scary and also WHO IS DAVID GARRETT?! He looks amazing on this website). I'm nervous the band will be all big time and worn out and sad now, but WHATEVER I LOVE THEM I AM GOING. I will let you know how it is.
Here is "Klaus I Love You" to make you jealous of me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5cdP63M3z8
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Pulled Towards The Magnetic Fields
Today Noey sent me the new single from The Magnetic Fields. It's called "Andrew in Drag." Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjOJjP2pXdo
If that's not the cutest Goddamn thing you ever heard, I just don't know what it is. Stephin Merritt's lyrics have always blown me away in the way that they're so simple and literal, yet convey everything I am thinking. Like, I play "I Don't Want to Get Over You" a lot, because I am indignant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVEhNHIzJec
And I've put "I Wish I Had An Evil Twin" on a play list before because it's such a fun fantasy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6R276hBeM
Finally, I am pretty sure I wrote "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind" and Merritt stole the lyrics out of my brain anti-Inception style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gy-2UUA-c
Anyway, so happy about the new album. Thanks Fields!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjOJjP2pXdo
If that's not the cutest Goddamn thing you ever heard, I just don't know what it is. Stephin Merritt's lyrics have always blown me away in the way that they're so simple and literal, yet convey everything I am thinking. Like, I play "I Don't Want to Get Over You" a lot, because I am indignant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVEhNHIzJec
And I've put "I Wish I Had An Evil Twin" on a play list before because it's such a fun fantasy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6R276hBeM
Finally, I am pretty sure I wrote "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind" and Merritt stole the lyrics out of my brain anti-Inception style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gy-2UUA-c
Anyway, so happy about the new album. Thanks Fields!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Almost Forgot...
My friend Jon Ames (sexy glasses-wearer, spiritual guru who is capable of month-long silent retreats, fashion-plate) suggested I call you guys, my readers, all 21 of you, SOMETHING. Like, "the strangers,"...or something better than that. Then my friend Christopher Pappas (talented musician that goes by Miracle Parade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdqgE_5CEUw), political philosopher, fan of hats) hilariously suggested that you could be "little monsters" to my Lady Gaga. Can I do this? Does not-even-two-dozen readers mean I get to call people something? Does it matter? I don't know, but my friends are adorable. Also, I will let you know how this cleanse goes, but I don't see myself wearing a thong and pasties as my dinner outfit anytime soon.
Portlandia Tuesday
Guys, I've been watching a LOT of Portlandia (Fridays at 10pm/9central) and guess what? Portland is like a whole city of Silverlake. The show is so great because it sort of tenderly mocks all those hipstery, DIY things that people in Portland and Silverlake (and Brooklyn, and Los Feliz, and the Mission, and that cool part of DC I don't know the name of...Clarence Heights?) do/have and sometimes take really seriously. Like composting. And community sports leagues. And "trendy" hotels. And biking. Okay you get it, but the show is hilarious and incorporates a lot of music-related stuff (in one episode, Aimee Mann plays herself and she is working as a maid for Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein and they force her to put on a private concert for them). So I've been getting back to the time period (again) where I fell in love with all things tuneful (the grunge era) and these songs are kind of an homage to that because Portland, flannel, long-haired men, blah, blah, just read:
1) "Black" by Pearl Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-XZ_dN4Hc) Oh GAWD, you guys, this song makes me cry just about every time I hear it (YES, I am a weepy lady that wears her heart dangling from her sleeve and has been known to cry when telling people about Visa commercials that have made her cry in the past. SO?). This semi-ballad is like RAW-CITY. The beautiful Eddie Vedder is just so sad about this obviously INSANE woman leaving him and his lyrics build to such an EPIC place, I just can't hold it together. The weird thing is that upon hearing this song, I could not WAIT to feel that way. If you haven't seen Cameron Crowe's thorough documentary on Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Twenty, I highly recommend. There is a scene where Eddie Vedder basically writes all of "Daughter" while riding on a bus between gigs that I can't even type any more about, it's so cool.
2) "Epic" by Faith No More (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTT_sv8sV0&feature=related) So ALLEGEDLY, this song came out in 1989, but it's so GRUNGE in this sort of hip-hop meets rock meets baggy shorts and plaid kind of way and COME ON GUYS, it's EPIC.
3) "Where is My Mind?" by The Pixies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHl0wpagFc) Okay, grunge is so much older than I thought. The Pixies were prolific for a lot of bands coming up in the 90's and this song in particular gets a lot of play in music, music documentaries, and on playlists by girls who have a deep appreciation for anything melodic, but who are a little mainstream when it comes down to it. Wink wink, THAT'S ME.
4) "Touch Me I'm Sick" by Mudhoney (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGsT_qFMBs&ob=av2n) As a total hypochondriac, this song is my worst nightmare, but I remember thinking I was SO COOL for listening to it in middle school in my Airwalks, JNCO jeans, baby-T, and DOG COLLAR (I also used Sun-In in my naturally BLACK hair and it turned completely orange. I was so, so beautiful). Also, this band apparently coined the term "grunge." But I think they were just trying to emphasize how little they showered.
5) "Seether" bu Veruca Salt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9AUR-iTo0&ob=av2e) Okay, I hate this song. I really wanted to incorporate some ladies into this list. I KNOW I listened to some back in the day, but I am blanking right now. Veruca was popular in the early 90's, but I was always annoyed that they considered themselves "chicks who rocked" and then had these gentle lullaby voices and the guitar was muted like they were shy about potentially fucking up, which is the whole point of rock music in the first place. Honestly, HONESTLY, I want to go back to Hole and give Courtney Love some credit for really howling (I know there are SO MANY other women from the grunge era, Melissa Auf der Maur included, but I am REALLY HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BRAIN TODAY). Anyway here is "Violet" by Hole and it's good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_rfGBwamc&ob=av2n
1) "Black" by Pearl Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-XZ_dN4Hc) Oh GAWD, you guys, this song makes me cry just about every time I hear it (YES, I am a weepy lady that wears her heart dangling from her sleeve and has been known to cry when telling people about Visa commercials that have made her cry in the past. SO?). This semi-ballad is like RAW-CITY. The beautiful Eddie Vedder is just so sad about this obviously INSANE woman leaving him and his lyrics build to such an EPIC place, I just can't hold it together. The weird thing is that upon hearing this song, I could not WAIT to feel that way. If you haven't seen Cameron Crowe's thorough documentary on Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Twenty, I highly recommend. There is a scene where Eddie Vedder basically writes all of "Daughter" while riding on a bus between gigs that I can't even type any more about, it's so cool.
2) "Epic" by Faith No More (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTT_sv8sV0&feature=related) So ALLEGEDLY, this song came out in 1989, but it's so GRUNGE in this sort of hip-hop meets rock meets baggy shorts and plaid kind of way and COME ON GUYS, it's EPIC.
3) "Where is My Mind?" by The Pixies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHl0wpagFc) Okay, grunge is so much older than I thought. The Pixies were prolific for a lot of bands coming up in the 90's and this song in particular gets a lot of play in music, music documentaries, and on playlists by girls who have a deep appreciation for anything melodic, but who are a little mainstream when it comes down to it. Wink wink, THAT'S ME.
4) "Touch Me I'm Sick" by Mudhoney (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGsT_qFMBs&ob=av2n) As a total hypochondriac, this song is my worst nightmare, but I remember thinking I was SO COOL for listening to it in middle school in my Airwalks, JNCO jeans, baby-T, and DOG COLLAR (I also used Sun-In in my naturally BLACK hair and it turned completely orange. I was so, so beautiful). Also, this band apparently coined the term "grunge." But I think they were just trying to emphasize how little they showered.
5) "Seether" bu Veruca Salt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9AUR-iTo0&ob=av2e) Okay, I hate this song. I really wanted to incorporate some ladies into this list. I KNOW I listened to some back in the day, but I am blanking right now. Veruca was popular in the early 90's, but I was always annoyed that they considered themselves "chicks who rocked" and then had these gentle lullaby voices and the guitar was muted like they were shy about potentially fucking up, which is the whole point of rock music in the first place. Honestly, HONESTLY, I want to go back to Hole and give Courtney Love some credit for really howling (I know there are SO MANY other women from the grunge era, Melissa Auf der Maur included, but I am REALLY HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY BRAIN TODAY). Anyway here is "Violet" by Hole and it's good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_rfGBwamc&ob=av2n
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A Sexy Collaboration!!!
OMGEE guys, LOOK:
http://pitchfork.com/news/45000-jack-whites-next-collab-tom-jones/
Yeah, I know, Pitchfork is annoying, but TOM JONES AND JACK WHITE TOGETHER! It's like an explosion of erotica for my ears! I hope they make a video together and they both wear leather pants and like, ruffly pirate tops in it and do the thing where they share one mic and stand very close. Okay, I will stop, but before I go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI
Yup.
http://pitchfork.com/news/45000-jack-whites-next-collab-tom-jones/
Yeah, I know, Pitchfork is annoying, but TOM JONES AND JACK WHITE TOGETHER! It's like an explosion of erotica for my ears! I hope they make a video together and they both wear leather pants and like, ruffly pirate tops in it and do the thing where they share one mic and stand very close. Okay, I will stop, but before I go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFXeChXfcI
Yup.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Thanks Again Noey...
Yesterday Noey IM'ed me all like, "I found your new favorite song!" and I am like, "Okay lady, I'm not so sure..." and then she sent me "You Wouldn't Know Me" by Shake Russell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nq3FCgpwaY
Please ignore the scary video; I don't know who made that. Anyway, Noelia was right. I cannot resist a twangy banjo, a wistful lyric, or a weird chip. The chip thing is mostly because I am on a cleanse, obsessing about all foods all day long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nq3FCgpwaY
Please ignore the scary video; I don't know who made that. Anyway, Noelia was right. I cannot resist a twangy banjo, a wistful lyric, or a weird chip. The chip thing is mostly because I am on a cleanse, obsessing about all foods all day long.
2012 Apocalypse NOW
Happy New Year guys!
I've totally missed blogging, honest to blog (EW, LEAST FAVORITE QUOTE FROM A MOVIE EVER. Juno, you are STUPID). I am back from ten days in the magical state of NY, 7 of which I spent in the city, 3 of which I spent scared of every noise and creature at my parents' cabin upstate, and 2 of which I spent deathly ill. But I am HERE now, on the following cleanse, so I am a LITTLE sleepy:
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/health-wellness-articles/eat-and-lose-weight-1211#slide-1
I know, I am so GOOP now, right? It will only take me 300 years of this diet to look like Gwyneth Paltrow! But you guys, seriously, I damaged my body/liver/hair. It all started with a final pub crawl through downtown Los Angeles:
Awww, look at Kyle and Noey on the street of dreams and twinkly lights! We went to Bar 107 (http://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-107-los-angeles ...it's no joke; I was FRISKED outside by the bouncer, but then they play early-90's jams and you can dance) and then La Cita (http://site.lacitabar.com/ ...more dancing, outdoor patio, last-call punk-rock danceparty).
Then I returned to NYC, went to Hotel Chantelle with some ladies (http://hotelchantelle.com/wp-content/themes/IndexInt-Blank%20Theme/ie.htmlsuper-fun ...not a hotel but a multi-level bar with good drinks where some naked lady was hanging out on the lobby floor, if that's your scene) then a super-fun party for one of my LA best friends Daniel (of Mongolian BBQ fame) at the Delancey (http://thedelancey.com/ ...huge! Upstairs is so hot it feels tropical!). The next morning, I jetted (okay, Amtraked) to the country to spend X'mas with the fam (we are not religious and my mother is of Jewish descent, but we do a tree, eggnog, Christmas music, the whole shebang). Here is my dad dealing with the duck on Christmas Eve:
Doesn't he look precious? We all had hats. That half-face in the pic is my mom. She made the duck; look:
Maybe that looks weird to you, but it was insanely delicious and she served it with Brussels sprouts. She also made a "Yule log," which is like, chocolate cake soaked in booze. Amazing.
Then back in NYC, I tried some FAB places with friends and fam. Among them, Rubirosa (http://rubirosanyc.com/ ...sat at the bar and got the vodka pizza and it knocked my socks off), The Dutch (http://thedutchnyc.com/ ...super trendy and hard to get a res, so thanks Emily for giving me yours. Get the steak tartare, the Brussels sprouts with horseradish cream, and smoked chicken) and the Brooklyn Star (http://thebrooklynstar.com/ ...oyster tacos, shrimp and grits, CORNBREAD IN A PAN WITH CLARIFIED BUTTER THE END). So you get it; I ate well.
Also, something else about Brooklyn...I am OBSESSED. It is like Silverlake with worse weather, but with more adorable apartments/stores/bars/restaurants/big men with beards. I went to these great bars: the Commodore (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-commodore-brooklyn ...great space, sexy people, they also serve tasty looking comfort food like fried chicken and biscuits), Spuyten Duyvil (http://spuytenduyvilnyc.com/ ...thank you, waitress at Brooklyn Star, for recommending this adorable wine and beer bar for an after dinner treat), and Daddy's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/daddys-brooklyn ...great, chill neighborhood spot). Everything there is wonderful. I am going to live there, Even if I am 105 when I do.
Then I rang in the New Year with loved ones at my parents' house in NYC. It was PERFECT:
Awww, my girls! Anyway, I have like, 702 resolutions, so I better stop typing and get started. Bye!
I've totally missed blogging, honest to blog (EW, LEAST FAVORITE QUOTE FROM A MOVIE EVER. Juno, you are STUPID). I am back from ten days in the magical state of NY, 7 of which I spent in the city, 3 of which I spent scared of every noise and creature at my parents' cabin upstate, and 2 of which I spent deathly ill. But I am HERE now, on the following cleanse, so I am a LITTLE sleepy:
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/health-wellness-articles/eat-and-lose-weight-1211#slide-1
I know, I am so GOOP now, right? It will only take me 300 years of this diet to look like Gwyneth Paltrow! But you guys, seriously, I damaged my body/liver/hair. It all started with a final pub crawl through downtown Los Angeles:
Awww, look at Kyle and Noey on the street of dreams and twinkly lights! We went to Bar 107 (http://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-107-los-angeles ...it's no joke; I was FRISKED outside by the bouncer, but then they play early-90's jams and you can dance) and then La Cita (http://site.lacitabar.com/ ...more dancing, outdoor patio, last-call punk-rock danceparty).
Then I returned to NYC, went to Hotel Chantelle with some ladies (http://hotelchantelle.com/wp-content/themes/IndexInt-Blank%20Theme/ie.htmlsuper-fun ...not a hotel but a multi-level bar with good drinks where some naked lady was hanging out on the lobby floor, if that's your scene) then a super-fun party for one of my LA best friends Daniel (of Mongolian BBQ fame) at the Delancey (http://thedelancey.com/ ...huge! Upstairs is so hot it feels tropical!). The next morning, I jetted (okay, Amtraked) to the country to spend X'mas with the fam (we are not religious and my mother is of Jewish descent, but we do a tree, eggnog, Christmas music, the whole shebang). Here is my dad dealing with the duck on Christmas Eve:
Doesn't he look precious? We all had hats. That half-face in the pic is my mom. She made the duck; look:
Maybe that looks weird to you, but it was insanely delicious and she served it with Brussels sprouts. She also made a "Yule log," which is like, chocolate cake soaked in booze. Amazing.
Then back in NYC, I tried some FAB places with friends and fam. Among them, Rubirosa (http://rubirosanyc.com/ ...sat at the bar and got the vodka pizza and it knocked my socks off), The Dutch (http://thedutchnyc.com/ ...super trendy and hard to get a res, so thanks Emily for giving me yours. Get the steak tartare, the Brussels sprouts with horseradish cream, and smoked chicken) and the Brooklyn Star (http://thebrooklynstar.com/ ...oyster tacos, shrimp and grits, CORNBREAD IN A PAN WITH CLARIFIED BUTTER THE END). So you get it; I ate well.
Also, something else about Brooklyn...I am OBSESSED. It is like Silverlake with worse weather, but with more adorable apartments/stores/bars/restaurants/big men with beards. I went to these great bars: the Commodore (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-commodore-brooklyn ...great space, sexy people, they also serve tasty looking comfort food like fried chicken and biscuits), Spuyten Duyvil (http://spuytenduyvilnyc.com/ ...thank you, waitress at Brooklyn Star, for recommending this adorable wine and beer bar for an after dinner treat), and Daddy's (http://www.yelp.com/biz/daddys-brooklyn ...great, chill neighborhood spot). Everything there is wonderful. I am going to live there, Even if I am 105 when I do.
Then I rang in the New Year with loved ones at my parents' house in NYC. It was PERFECT:
Awww, my girls! Anyway, I have like, 702 resolutions, so I better stop typing and get started. Bye!
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