What A Night!

I had an amazing good time last night playing the two fifteen minute sets (one with Saint Anthony Falls and the other with Avenpitch)! It's been a little over four years since I played with Avenpitch but it seemed like just yesterday really once the old tunes started cranking. Plus it was made even better by being sober and having better body control due to yoga (I got into full splits at one point of the show - proudest stage antic of my life).

St. Anthony was great too, we had three songs and they went really well. We spruced "Coolio Julio" up with an extended Hey Jude style ending and "Goats Do Roam" finally got the live treatment. It was a lot of fun to really sing rather than shout or scream live, something I haven't done that much.

I hope once I move, I'll be able to do a show here and there when I come back to visit. It'd be great fun! If I get any photos from folks, I'll post them here.

Beck & Charlotte Gainsbourg Best Video!!

Beck is so full of awesome that sometimes it almost hurts!

Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)

Hmmm, I read about this on Pitchfork today. Not what I expected from Raveonettes (well musically it is but lyrically it's not at all). When I think about it, I'm rather amazed that I've never heard a strong anti-rape pop song before. It's quite catchy and very sad at the same time. Does the song belittle the topic? I don't think so, I think that the very real issue of rape should be more in the public eye and I'm OK with a song going out against it. The lyrics are simple but then so are the lyrics of most anti-war or politically based songs. Simplicity, when in alignment with strong melody and beat, is a powerful tool. Rape is still hidden from the public eye and yet it's so frequent and one of the worst things about it is that due to the sexual nature of the crime it makes the victims feel terrible about themselves in a way that robbery or (non-sexual) assault do.

Meanwhile, the art scene signs a petition to get Polanski exonerated. Blech.

OK, apologies for the mini-tirade

Pictureplane "Goth Star"

I quite enjoy this song and the video has a lovely aura of disquiet.

Grizzly Bear Tonight

I'm heading out to see Grizzly Bear tonight! Should be fun, this video is pure brilliance!

Very Best "Julia"

Well, Miike Snow was sold out by the time I got there. Bummer. I did however get the chance to dance for an hour and a half at Too Much Love instead and that was a lot of fun.

Here's a great video for one of the best of '09. Superhappy awesome South African pop with some cool electro flourishes. I expect this one is going to become big.

Sara Lov "Animals"

That last track called "Animals" reminds me of this very different track, my other favorite song titled "Animals" from 2009

Miike Snow "Animals"

I'm going to go see these guys on Saturday I think. Should be a fun show!

David Lynch in Dub

Cool thick dub track with samples of David Lynch talking about the creative process.

When I'm In the Club

This is my current "song of the year can't stop listening to it" obsession. Simply the act of imagining myself listening to it brought me to dancing in the middle of an office supply store, how many songs do that?

It's Been A While

Hi! It's been a while since I've been here. Hope life is going good! I've got Yogi Training starting this weekend, so that's exciting. I'm over on Facebook quite a bit the past week (I go through phases of spending time on Facebook and then disappearing for months on end, I'm in a "spend time" phase right now.

I bought the YACHT album today. I'd read about them on Pitchfork and kind of avoided the album as the clips didn't do it for me. On first few spins, I'm rather enjoying it. You can hear the LCD Soundsystem sound for sure, but the lyrics are more fun and not as self-referentially ironic, which I like.