HR Fotoblogger 2011

Symmetricals Part 2

2011-01-08T14:15:00.006-05:00

Made a few more

Symmetricals

2011-01-07T18:47:00.025-05:00

I started making some symmetricals again using pictures from NYC and Sri Lanka, here are a few of them

Sri Lanka

2010-05-30T11:53:00.006-04:00

I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Sri Lanka. We mostly split our time between Colombo and Galle, and stayed in 2 hotels and with relatives. We started in the city, spent a week on the south coast at the family house near the beach, then to a holiday resort way up in the misty mountains of Kiriella, and then the last few days at the oceanfront Galle Face Hotel in Colombo.

/ poolside at the cinnamon grand (2)

/ cabana house (2)

/ the road to meetiyagoda

/ beachside property

/ family house (9)

/ front yard (2)

/ alleyways (3)

/ floods

/ wetlands

/ kitten mittens

/ family bus

/ temple (6)

/ ambalangoda tracks

/ treetop house in galle (4)

/ babyfriends (2)

/ captured turtle

/ 23 yr old digby bear

/ glass bottom boats & hikkaduwa beach (11)

/ back to colombo (3)

/ lodging in colombo (2)

/ road to wijaya holiday resort (13)

/ galle face hotel (19)

/ abu dhabi airport / the monarch's floating cocoon

1,2. poolside at the cinnamon grand
3,4. cabana house
5. the road to meetiyagoda
6. beachside property
7-11. family house
12,13. front yard
14-16. alleyways
17. floods
18. wetlands
19. kitten mittens
20. family bus
21-26. temple
27. ambalangoda tracks
28-31. treetop house in galle
32,33. babyfriends
34. captured turtle
35. 23 yr old digby bear
36-46. glass bottom boats & hikkaduwa beach
47-49. back to colombo
50,51. lodging in colombo
52-64. road to wijaya holiday resort
65-83. galle face hotel
84. abu dhabi airport / the monarch's floating cocoon

2010 Mixtape vol. IV

2010-04-01T23:59:00.010-04:00

i made another one to add to the collection - volume IV

2010 Mixtapes vol. I, II & III

2010-01-29T11:45:00.006-05:00

I had a handful of new tracks that are coming out in the next few weeks, so I put them together with some other music from the latter half of 2009 and made a mixtape. theres a link to download it from sendspace that should be up for about a week. yesterday i made 2 more. enjoy.

download links -> volume I / volume II / volume III

Telepache Crisis

2010-01-24T19:39:00.008-05:00

This weekend was 3am Irish Car Bombs in Koreatown with visiting vegan Chicagoans, Sri Lankan spread at Sigiri in the East Village, Telepathe / Boy Crisis / Apache Beat @ Glasslands, and a BDay Dance Party @ K&M in Williamsburg. Next week is a Les Savy Fav / Oneida double bill. There's also some leftover photos from the holidays at the bottom.

/ apache beat

/ boy crisis (2)

/ telepathe

/ 30 rock (2)

/ smith 9th

/ times square

/ east village

1. apache beat
2,3. boy crisis
4. telepathe
5,6. 30 rock
7. smith 9th
8. times square
9. east village

Smash Your Head

2009-08-29T18:05:00.002-04:00

Girl Talk pictures from the 2nd to last JellyNYC Pool Party last weekend. Celebration, Battles, Chk Chk Chk, Flying Lotus, Les Savy Fav, The Intelligence, Do Make Say Think, and The Rapture in the next week and a half.

/ francisco 'the lion king' andaur

/ girl talk crowd (5)

/ carter v. butler

Col. Hans Landa

2009-08-21T17:24:00.007-04:00

This is another catch-up post, I've been busy with work and getting things ready to move to an apt in the East Village in early Sept. These are some shots and a video from the Casiokids show at the South Street Seaport, East Hampton BBQ, TV On The Radio at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park, Simian Mobile Disco at JellyNYC, Rooftop Bar at the Thompson Hotel, etc. Girl Talk Sunday. Go see Inglorious Basterds.

/ casiokids at the seaport

/ ninja belinda

/ east hampton bbq

/ simian mobile disco (2)

/ east river sunset (2)

/ throw away your television

/ expansion team hq

/ tv on the radio

/ b & elmo

/ above allen (2)

/ bryant park

/ times square (3)

1. casiokids at the south street seaport
2. ninja belinda
3. east hampton bbq
4,5. simian mobile disco
6,7. east river sunset
8. throw away your television
9. expansion team hq
10. tv on the radio
11. b & elmo
12,13. above allen at the thompson hotel
14. bryant park
15-17. times square

No Deachunter

2009-08-03T13:29:00.004-04:00

This weekend was All Points West on Liberty State Park in New Jersey. I went Saturday to see My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, and Crystal Castles. Sunday was supposed to be the Dan Deacon / No Age / Deerhunter round robin at JellyNYC, but it was raining so it got moved inside to Brooklyn Bowl. There was also a TMNT themed pizza party at Roberta's in Bushwick earlier that afternoon for Tony Tejas' 30th bday.

/ all points west (5)

/ arctic monkeys

/ gogol bordello

/ crystal castles

/ mariachi band

/ pizza party (4)

/ bushwick

/ no deachunter

/ TMNT

1-5. all points west
6. arctic monkeys
7. gogol bordello
8. crystal castles
9. mariachi band
10-12. pizza party
13. bushwick
14. no deachunter
15. TMNT

Lemonade

2009-07-28T00:19:00.007-04:00

This weekend was brüno, oneida at market hotel, and beauty bar on Friday; HEALTH, black lips, ~~and trail of dead~~ at Jelly #3 on Sunday. The jelly show was cut short due to lightning/tropical rain/apocalypse weather on the waterfront. We took shelter at public assembly and then went to brooklyn bowl afterwards. Yacht tomorrow hopefully.

/ market hotel

/ sullivan street

/ captain hook

/ oneida

/ HEALTH

/ black lips (2)

sunshine > tropical rainstorm (4)

1. market hotel
2. sullivan street
3. captain hook
4. oneida
5. HEALTH
6,7. black lips
8-11. sunshine > tropical rainstorm

Carry The Zero

2009-07-20T13:42:00.003-04:00

This week was Wavves at Bowery Ballroom, 2 Abe Vigoda shows at the Cake Shop/Market Hotel, Built to Spill at Siren Fest Saturday on Coney Island, Dirty Projectors at JellyNYC Pool Party on Sunday, and the afterparty at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg.

/ wavves at bowery ballroom (2)

/ abe vigoda at the cake shop (2)

/ coney island

/ built to spill at siren fest

/ monster island everlasting gobstopper forest

/ jellyNYC pool party #2

/ dirty projectors

/ brooklyn bowl

/ east river park (2)

1,2. wavves at bowery ballroom
3,4. abe vigoda at cake shop
5-12. coney island
11. built to spill at siren fest
13. monster island everlasting gobstopper forest
14. jellyNYC pool party #2
15. dirty projectors
16. brooklyn bowl
17,18. east river park

Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man

2009-07-14T18:39:00.003-04:00

This week the new Oneida triple album came out and I went to see them at Maxwell's in Hoboken, and Parts & Labor / Fiasco at the Article Magazine benefit for Showpaper, and Ponytail / Fucked Up / Mission of Burma at the first JellyNYC Pool Party at East River Park in Williamsburg.

/ rated O

/ hanoi jane & kid millions at maxwell's

/ marquee

/ en why see

/ parts & labor

/ jellyNYC pool party #1

/ wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man

/ east river park (3)

/ williamsburg bridge

/ FDR

Lit Fuse Bike Shop

2009-07-05T21:37:00.009-04:00

I was DJing at the Arrow Bar in the East Village & Coco 66 in Greenpoint this weekend, and I went to the 4th of July Japanther/Ninjasonik block party in Clinton Hill and an Asian BBQ/Motorcycle Clubhouse party in DUMBO.

/ lit fuse bike shop block party

/ muhammad ali (2)

/ ninjasonik

/ japanther (2)

/ DUMBO (4)

1. lit fuse bike shop block party
2,3. muhammad ali
4. ninjasonik
5,6. japanther
7-10. dumbo

Cereal Killers

2009-06-30T12:37:00.013-04:00

I had some friends in town from LA this week. We were hanging out at the washington square hotel, i helped DJ at topshop in soho, had brunch at juliette in brooklyn, drinks at the soft spot, went to a studio b day party, and generally drank for about 12 hours around the city.

1,2. washington square park
3. bleecker street fair
4,5. cereal killers
6. barret hackney
7. nina van such
8,9. studio b day party
10. noho sunset

Triceratops

2009-06-21T18:15:00.010-04:00

These are from the HEALTH show at Market Hotel last night, it was less chaotic than the Mika Miko show there last weekend, but more focused and sweaty. I was also less drunk.

/ HEALTH (6)

/ Lucha Libre

/ SoHo

1-6. HEALTH
7. Lucha Libre
8. SoHo

Tito's Way

2009-06-15T20:00:00.011-04:00

These are some backwards posts from my BHM/ATL trip last month, now that i've learned how to use flickr formatting.

/ the juan maclean (7)

/ juan maclean

/ gerard fuchs

/ nancy whang

/ moderat

/ washington square park

/ alice

/ cherokee road

/ redmont (2)

1-7. the juan maclean
2. juan maclean
3. gerard fuchs
4. nancy whang
8. moderat
9. washington square park
10. alice
11. cherokee road
12,13. redmont

The Rockaways

2009-06-15T16:19:00.027-04:00

This weekend was Natalia's rooftop empanada bday party in Bushwick, Mika Miko / Fiasco / The Coathangers at Market Hotel / Cake Shop, and Todd P's unamplified acoustic BBQ at Ft. Tilden Beach in the Rockaways.

/ rooftop bday party

/ ft. tilden beach

/ market hotel art

/ fiasco

/ the coathangers (3)

/ mika miko (4)

/ rangers

/ acoustic bbq (3)

/ matt & kim

/ crosswalks

/ riis park (3)

1. natalia's rooftop bday party
2. ft. tilden beach
3. market hotel art
4. fiasco
5-7. the coathangers
8-11. mika miko
12. rangers
13-15. acoustic bbq
16. crosswalks
17-19. riis park

Snookered

2009-05-17T13:14:00.013-04:00

2 Dan Deacon shows this weekend. One at Broadway Backyard in Bushwick, one at The Bowery Ballroom. Both with his Baltimore Superfriends backing him up. I was already 2 Habana Outpost Moritas in when i got to the Bushwick show, with 2x 32 oz Tecate/Sols in hand. Was an early night after the show. Last night was Iron Man followed by the midnight show at Bowery, with Teeth Mountain and Future Islands opening. Didn't realize how much I like Bromst until today. Here are the visuals.

dan deacon

teeth mountain

Bon Temps

2008-10-20T15:14:00.010-04:00

These are from the Diesel xXx Party at Pier 3 in Brooklyn Heights, the LSF show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, the Yelle show at Webster Hall, and Banksy's new Pet Store in the Village. There's also a video of Franz Ferdinand playing Take Me Out at the Diesel thing.

I've been kind of sick this past week, but that hardly stopped me from going out. I helped DJ the Chairlift/Violens show at the Danbro Studios Warehouse in Bushwick on Friday, made a new model friend, went to a Chinese Zodiac party on Saturday, and brunch at 202 in Chelsea yesterday.

True Blood is my new favorite show. I caught up on the first 5 episodes while i was taking my sick days from work last week, but last night's episode was the best yet. Lizzy Caplan joined the cast (a dead ringer for the extremely hot Zooey Deschanel) and they played a Japanther during the bar scene at Fangtasia. So thats 2 more reasons to watch. Deerhoof at Spiegelworld tomorrow, CMJ all week, We Versus The Shark Friday. Minus the Bear Saturday. Cheers.

1-4, 7-9. Diesel xXx Party
5. Franz Ferdinand
6. M.I.A.
10-15. Les Savy Fav
16-18. Yelle
19-22. Banksy's Pet Store
23. Danbro Studios Flyer

Le Royale

2008-10-09T10:28:00.006-04:00

This is another catch-up post. These are from the Green Label launch party w/ Matt & Kim, The Cool Kids, and Flosstradamus; The French Kicks & Pinback shows at Bowery; No Big Deal at Alphabeta; These Are Powers & Marnie Stern at the Silent Barn, Vivian Girls & Dark Meat on the Rocks Off Booze Cruise; Ellen's Bday party at Legion; and my daytrip to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. And theres a video from the Hot Chip show that we went to at the Trocadero Theatre in Philly.

Also, I met Syd Butler from Les Savy Fav last night. He was at the Vice/Kangol anniversary party at Le Royale in the West Village. Passion Pit and Hollywood Holt were playing, and the Pit is on his Frenchkiss label, so I guess he was there for moral support. Which they needed b/c their drums and micromaphones were breaking down all over the place, but they still put on a good show. LSF and Mans Mans this weekend, and maybe that ridiculous Diesel xXx party if I can snag some tickets tomorrow morning. That is all. Cheers.

1. Death By Audio Emblem
2,3. Ellen's BDay Party @ Legion
4-8. NBC, Soho, Tree Hut Park
9-11. Matt & Kim
12-14. The Cool Kids
15-18. The French Kicks
19,20. No Big Deal @ Alphabeta
21-26. These Are Powers
27-29. Pinback
30-32. Vivian Girls
33-35. Dark Meat
36-38. Rittenhouse Square

Your English Is Good

2008-09-23T15:43:00.008-04:00

These are from the Monster Island Block Party, the East Village Radio Festival, the semi-secret Tokyo Police Club show at the Mercury Lounge, and Lightning Bolt at Bushwick Backyard. I also uploaded basically the entire first Tokyo Police Club EP to my Youtube Channel , and also a Big A Little a vid from EVR.

I got into the VIP for the EVR fest, thanks to my new friend Melissa Mary, and I got there in time for Big A Little A at the Todd-P side stage, and Boris on the main stage. The TPC show was later that night, I had been wanting to see them for a couple of years now and I have a new appreciation for Elephant Shell after seeing them live. Monster Island was fun, even with Hurricane Hanna looming outside, coating Brooklyn with a warm tropical rain. The only annoying part was goddamn hipster Wavy Gravy fucking up the sound during the Ex Models' set. And Lightning Bolt wasn't as good as the 2 shows I went to the summer that I first got here, but it was still Lightning Bolt.

Tomorrow is The French Kicks & Passion Pit at Bowery Ballroom, Friday is the FOTP No Big Deal party at Alphabeta in Greenpoint, Saturday its These Are Powers & Marnie Stern at the Silent Barn, Sunday is Pinback at the Bowery once again, and then the Dodos on Monday at the new Spiegelworld venue at the Seaport, which looks amazing. That is all.

3-8. Monster Island / Oneida
9-11. Woods / Ex-Models
12, 13. EVR Fest
14. BCPD's Drum Kit
15-20. Aa / Boris
21-26. Tokyo Police Club
27-35. Lightning Bolt

Dong Bu

2008-09-05T07:57:00.007-04:00

I went to Boston this weekend to help my sister get moved into her new dorm at BU. Her bday was on Friday so I took her and moms out to this French / Cambodian / Vegan restaurant downtown called The Elephant Walk. And I helped her get settled in and we got lunch at Noodle Skreet on the main drag of the university before I headed back to NYC.

I went to a Oxford Collapse record release party the Thursday before that, with streamers and piñatas and things. And I got back to the city around 8 on Saturday, just in time for the triple-billed noisepunk round robin at the Market Hotel. Big A Little A, Pterodactyl, and Parts & Labor were all playing, at the same time, playing one song each and going around the room. I ran into Morgan and Paige from Bham there, who were there to see Aa and were loyal to them. Most of the crowd was spinning in circles going around to see each of the bands. I went on a beach trip on Sunday, and then to a Labor Day BBQ Jam at Asterisk Art Space in Bushwick on Monday, by the McKibben Lofts. Will Scott was DJing, and my friend Joe lives there, apparently.

The weekend before that I went to go see Professor Murder, Free Blood, and Pink Skull at the Music Hall, and then to see Ponytail at the Knitting Factory before DJing to a packed bar at the Hanger (RIP) that night. Then on Sunday I went to go see Yo La Tengo at McCarren before going to Alphabeta that night to a party hosted by a bunch of Venezuelan skater kids selling Santa Salsa. They had a really good South American skate biddy playing in the courtyard, and Japanther & Ninjasonik playing inside. I think that's about it. I turned 25 on Wednesday, but this whole month is my birfday. Oneida & Ex Modelos on Monster Island on Saturday, secret Tokyo Police Club show at the Merc Lounge on Sunday. Cheers.

1-3. Professor Murder
4-6. Free Blood
7-9. Oxford Collapse Record Release Party
10-12. Ponytail
13-15. Yo La Tengo
16-21. Alphabeta
22-27. Japanther
27-29. Ninjasonik
30-33. The BK / Dong Bu / Santa Salsa
34-36. Parts & Labor
37-40. Ptex Modactyl
41-42. Big A Little a
43-45. Far Rockaway
46-54. Nyle's Labor Day BBQ Jam

We Chin Chin

2008-08-20T15:00:00.004-04:00

I went to a handful of shows last weekend. I missed The Dirty Projectors at the Seaport b/c of the rain, but Saturday was a perfect day to see Battles, Black Dice, and Gang Gang Dance at the Central Park Summerstage. And I ran into Zak and Nate and Jeannie and some of their friends after getting into the Bandshell. Gang Gang Dice went on first, a week after assuming the Boredoms' role on the East Coast leg of the sold-out 88 Boadrum project on 08/08/08. Black Dice were next, who sounded kind of muddled and not-so-great outdoors. But Battles made up for them, playing almost all of Mirrored. I have some viddys for Tij & Race In, with John Stanier looking like a fucking hummingbird playing the durms on the latter vid. After the show we all went to the Loreley Beer Garden on the Lower East Side, which is my new favorite place to drink. They only have fine deutsch hops served in liter and half-liter steins, and brots and schnitzels and things. And I made some new friends who share my affinity towards northern California bands like Hella. After that I went to Brynne's Bday party at Home Sweet Home and hung out w/ her and Maya and Tom.

Sunday was Aesop Rock, Panther, and Chin Chin at the JellyNYC Pool Party show at McCarren. I was going to buy a soccer ball to take out there, but the only ones the Adidas store on Bway had were $130 MLS balls. I met up w/ Natalia and Dominque before the show and we went and had lunch on the rooftop garden at Juliette on N5th in Williamsburg. I had an applewood bacon & gruyere juliette burger and an excellent bloody mary. Panther was kind of boring at the Pool, but Chin Chin was the shit. They sounded like a cross between !!! and a 70s prom band. And had some little kids come out at the end and play trombone and recorder, which was hilarious. Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, an DJ Big Wiz were up next, and El-P came out as a guest for one of the songs. I have vids for Big Bang, Daylight, and None Shall Pass up on my Youtube channel.

Monday night I went to at this place in Chelsea called the Half King. I met Lexie and Maya and Tom there for dinner & drinks after work and before The Faint show at Terminal 5/Maya's last night in the city before moving to LA for bidness school. We were sitting in the back garden having appetizers and salads arounds of Delirium Tremens and Yuenglings and Amstels, and Brooke Shields was there with a group of people at the table next to us. After the show Maya drove us up to the show. We missed Shy Child and caught the end of Antipop Consortium's set before The Faint. I hadn't been to T5 before, and it wasn't anything like I thought it would be. It was kind of like a not-lame version of Webster Hall, with better sound. Theres videos for Drop Kick The Punks and I Disappear on the aforementioned channel. Professor Murder, Free Blood, Don Cab, Islands, Japanther, and Yo La Tengo this weekend. Cheers.

1. Gang Gang Dance
2, 4. The Brothers Frentz/Summerstage Crowd
3, 5, 6. Battles
7-9. Tom, Maya, Lexie, Ellie @ Home Sweet Home & Terminal 5
10-12. Chin Chin
13-15. McCarren Park Crowd
16-23. Aesop Rock
24-27. The Faint/Terminal 5 Crowd

All Points West

2008-08-14T19:09:00.007-04:00

I went to the All Points West festival on Liberty State Park in NJ this weekend. I couldn't go Friday b/c I had to work, and it would have been nice to see CSS, Girl Talk, and The Go Team, but Saturday was pretty espectacular nonetheless. I got lunch and margs and headed out there around 230, which involved cabbing and ferrying over to the island. so I got there around 4, about 15 minutes after Metric had started their set. They played Combat Baby and Calculation Theme and some newer stuff off Live It Out, and Emily Haines was wearing a gold lah-may go-go dancer dress. Animal Collective was on after them, and all the joint shareholders in the crowd lit up dutifully as soon as they started their set. The 2nd half of which was very good, they even played Panda Bear's Comfy in Nautica and Brother Sport and some other newbies. Kings of Leon were after them, who were an acceptable placeholder before the Radiohead, though they were having some sound problems. Radiohead went on at 830 sharp and proceeded to play 25 songs over their 2 hour and 5 minute set, including a free-jazz version of the gloaming, an amazing acid-house version of idioteque (to close the show), and thom-on-drums for bangers & mash, which i viddy'd. I had to take the foot train to the light train to the PATH train to the E train to get home. But it was worth it. Dirty Projectors Friday, Battles/Black Dice/Gang Gang Dance Saturday, Aesop Rock Sunday, and The Faint/Shy Child on Monday. Cheers.

1-6. Riverdale BBQ
7-15. All Points West
16. Metric
17,18. Animal Collective
19-29. Radiohead
30-47. Yacht Rock

Less Artists More Condos

2008-07-29T20:18:00.003-04:00

This weekend was a bit slower than usual, but I needed a break after playing host for 11 days straight. Me and Jesus got moritas at the Habana Outpost in Ft. Greene on Friday, after I forgot that I was on the espress train and ended up at the fucking Kingston-Throop stop in the middle of Brooklyn.

On Saturday I went to the DFA Special Disco Version warm-up party at PS1, which I hadn't been to before. It took about an hour to get in, and there were probably like 1500 people there, but it was fun. After that I took the G train to Park Slope and got some dinner at Flipster's and went and checked out the end of the free Ghostland Observatory show in Prospect Park. After that I came full circle back to the Village and went to the would-be Japanther & Team Robes show at LAMC, but Japanther was somewhere between NYC and Connecticut by the time they were supposed to go on, so they had to cancel.

But my Russian friend Anastasiya got in that night around midnight and we went to St. Jerome's on the LES to have drinks w/ Tony & Bex, and then for pizza and weeds and ice cream in alphabet city after that. On Sunday morning we all went brunch at Blue Ribbon Bakery in the Village, which was fantastic. Me and Thumbelinda DJ'd at Hanger last night and now she's on the way over here to cut my hair. And if I don't fall asleep we might go see Wall-E. That's all.

1-5, 8, 9, 12. PS1
6. West 4th
7. Prospect Park
10. Smith & 9th
11. Nostrand Ave
13-18. Team Robespierre

California

2008-07-25T19:16:00.010-04:00

My friend Lorena was visiting from California this week, she was staying with me from last Wednesday up until this morning. It was her first time in New York so I gave her the Hassenpheffer tour. We did just about every major ethnicity in the city. Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, American, Italian, Spanish-Italian, Gourmet Japanese, 3 kinds of Pizza.. Is was nice. We also went to a handful of shows, including the Siren Fest on Cone-Zone island and the Liars & Fuck Buttons at The Pool. We forewent Deerhoof at Prospect Park on Friday for a 14-course Korean food extravaganza at Kang Suh Good in Koreatown, with a gaggle of Team Sleepers. There was also a Gallery crawl in Chelsea last week, a viewing of the The Dark Knight on boom boom tea in Times Square on Sunday night. So lots of drinks, food, music, tours, and general fun. I'm going to visit her in California as soon as it gets cold here, or maybe sooner because I have the West Coast itch now. Japanther and Team Robes tomorrow at LAMC and/or The Treefort in Bklyn, and MGMT & The Ting Tings at the Pool on Sunday. And Mother Russia is flying in for the weekend tomorrow. I think thas is all.

1. Eleanor Freidberger is hot
2. Kang Suh Good
3. Hurricane Lorena
4. Cone-Zone Island
5. Ninja Brethren
6. Jaguar Love
7. Surf Ave
10. Pepsi Cartwheel
11. Hayden Panetierre
12, 15. Broken Social Scene
13, 14. Carnival Panorama
17. Chinatown Bust
18. Stillwell Ave
19-21. Fuck Buttons
22. Andrew W.K.
23-33. Liars
34. McCarren Park
35. Mexico Bus
37, 41, 42. Bushwick
38. Paris Vampire
39. Stairwell Graffiti
40. Exit

Kid City

2008-07-14T20:32:00.011-04:00

It's been a busy weekend. Free show at the Seaport on Friday, which was the tip of the iceberg. 15+ bands at the midsummer outdoor party at the Yard on Saturday, and the final night of the Fuck Yeah Fest on Sunday. Abe Vigoda, No Age, and Telepathe played on Friday, and 2/3rds of those bands plus Knyfe Hyts, Crystal Antlers, Ninjasonik, Ponytail, Shy Child, High Places, Titus Andronicus, and Oneida played at the Yard. FOTP, The Brothers Frentz, William Donovan, and a handful of bham southside kids were all there. After the show me and Natalia went to dinner at Black Betty before going to to Zebulon to see Ann Arbor, Michigan's finest afrobeat band, Nomo. And then, much later, me and Barret went to a giant warehouse costumedanceparty in bushwick on Bogart & Scholes. I think it was a gods & goddessess party or something because everyone was dressed up as angels & devils and what have you. It was pretty fucking surreal. I felt like I was in one of those movies about ecstasy.

Sunday was Team Robes and Monotonix at Club Exit. I missed Japanther (they played at like 745 for some reason) and left before Matt & Kim because I was exhausted. but the Panther and the Deathset are playing the Market Hotel next Monday, with Mae Shi and Ponytail. And I met one of the residents of the Market Hotel at the show on Saturday. Monotonix were one of the most ridiculous live bands I've seen, I don't think they were actually on stage or stationary in one place in the crowd any any point during their set. And the drummer was crowd surfing w/ his drums. I have a feeling that next weekend will be even more epic somehow. Lorena gets in Wednesday, Ted Leo & The Fiery Furnaces play free shows at Castle Clinton on Thursday, Deerhoof & the Metropolis Ensemble remix the Rite of Spring on Friday before the Knyfe Hyts/Red Dawn II Champagne Party at Death By Audio. Siren Fest Saturday afternoon followed by me and Belinda DJing one of Casey's shindigs that night. And then the motherfucking Liars on Sunday at McCarren Pool. Good time.

1. Kid City
2. B and Virg at the Hanger
3,8. Abe Vigoda
4,7. No Age
5,6. South Skreet Seaport
9. Guy from Fiasco
10. Telepathe
11. Chupacabra
12. High Places
13. Ponytail Judo Kick
14,15. Shy Child
16,17,18. Oneida
19. Zebulon
20,22. Team Robespierre
21, 23-30. Monotonix

Fresh and Delicious Ices

2008-07-06T15:06:00.005-04:00

I went to go see The Wackness yesterday. It was really good. The main guy looked like Peter Petrelli from Heroes. Best friend girl from Juno was in it as a hot brunette stepdaughter. Famke Janssen as the mom. Ben Kingsley as a psychiatrist pothead Dr. Jeffrey Squires, MD. Method Man as a haitian drug dealer named Perse. Mary Kate Olsen as a hippie. NYC in 1994. 40s and Zs. Guilianni. I saw it on a little bit of mushroom tea w/ Killa B and Sexie Lexie, and then went to Dos Caminos for Parton margs w/ blood orange and Cointreaux. And then to Booshwick to hang out on McKibben Skreet, and later Ft. Greene for cuban sammiches and corn at the Habana Outpost. Thursday was a get-drunk night at Legion.

Friday was the mid-afternoon show at The Yard in the BK. Power Douglas, Double Dagger, The Apes, Ponytail, Marnie Stern, and Indian Jewelry. Free Soco and PBR and ice tweem. Pfork TV was there filming so I may be on the interwebs. Which is good b/c I didn't have my camera for the show. After that it was cataract fireworks from a 12th floor rooftop just below Union Square, followed by hanging out in the East Village and going to Santo's Party House for nnsting. Wimbledon Final now. Cheers.

1. No Pigs Allowed.
3. Washington Square Hotel
4. 111 4th Ave
2, 5, 7. McKibben St.
6. Hatchet
8-10. Bushwick
11. The Wackness

Stuyvesant Cove

2008-06-29T15:14:00.004-04:00

This weekend has sort of been a bust. I missed A Place To Bury Strangers at the Seaport on Friday, and King Khan & The Shrines were sort of dissapointing. But fried tiny buns, margaritas and Max Fish made up for that later in the evening. And then on Saturday Citysol was running late because of the rain delay, so Dan Deacon had to cancel and Ecstatic Sunshine played a short set sans Dustin Wong. And then the massive Todd P Roosevelt Island BBQ also got postponed today thanks to the inclement weather. But it wasn't a total loss. And the Studio BBQ on Thursday was fun. Watching the Euro Cup Final now. Cheers.

1. 14th St. L Train Percussion
2,3. Studio BBQ
4-6. City Hall Park/Murray Street
7,8. Ecstatic Sunshine
9. The Acorn
10-15. Stuyvesant Cove Park

Die Allman Bruder

2008-06-21T14:39:00.023-04:00

I went to 2 ponytail shows this weekend. The first was on Friday at the Less Artists More Condos loft party on W3rd and Mcdougal in the Village, the other was at the After The Jump Festival in Bklyn on Saturday. Me and Bb and Kyle went to the Anamanaguchi show at the Cake Shop before the first show, which was an early all-ages show that ended at 10. So there were a bunch of 17 year olds pogo-ing and moshing to the nintendo jamz. We got to the LAMC party in time to see Ponytail, which was amazing. And I ran into my friend Barrett and his friend Kelly on the street outside of the Fat Black Pussycat before the show, and they came with us to the show. And then me, Bb, Kyle, Barrett, Kelly, Huggybear, and Mmtalia all came to my place for a little gathering/afterparty for to drink Brooklyn Weisse, Old Speckled Hen, and Magic Hat and watch the new Weeds episode in HD on the projector. And a couple of them ended up staying over.

I got to the After the Jump Fest around 4 on saturday afternoon in Billysburg, and there were bands playing at the Music Hall, at Galapagos, and on the skreet. It was sort of like a baby SXSW in Bklyn. The highlights of which were the Chairlift, Power Douglas, Ponytail, and Pattern is Movement shows. And I cabbed it back to Manhattan around 1130. Today I went to Jazz Brunch at the Washington Square hotel w/ Barrett and his friend Jesse, who was the older brother in The Squid and The Whale. Then me and Barrett and Jesse came back here to hang out and have some mimosas. Then we went to Cantilero in Gramercy to meet Barrett's friend Ali and have some Sangria, and then capped the afternoon off at Panchito's for some Marg's. Then I came home and took a drunk catnap and was 40 minutes late to me & Bb's DJ gig in the East Village. It started out a little rocky w/ the levels on the mixer being off, but then everything clicked into place and we played some good music and met some people and I drank free amstels all night and got a paid a lil bit at the end of the night.

1-3. Hanger Bar DJ Gig
4, 7-12. After The Jump Festival
5. Washington Mews
6. El Cantinero Garden
13, 14. Chairlift
15-18. Power Douglas
19-24, 26, 27. Ponytail
25. Chairlift Watching Ponytail
28-30. Pattern Is Movement
31-33. N7th and Wythe
34. After The Jump Flyer

Bionic Pie

2008-06-16T17:52:00.004-04:00

I got my NPSG [nocturnal polysomnography] done yesterday at team sleep, for to get my sleep scored. I did bad. I'm going to start bright light therapy soon to try and curb by DSPD [delayed sleep phrase disorder]. Which is pretty common, but i'm a severe case, apparently. Seeing as that i got about half an hour of sleep last night. And i still have 2 electwodes attached from all machines that i was hooked up to. Thank you and goodnight.

Dutch Hex

2008-06-15T11:25:00.013-04:00

It's been a long week. I was feeling a little under the weather during the middle of it, but things are better now. Me and Belinda and Tony Tejas DJd at the Alligator Lounge in Billysburg last weekend, and then went to Le Gamin for Natalia's birfday brunch the next morning. After that we went to a Scandinavian sample sale at the Toast Agency in Soho and a White Rabbits show at MHOW later that night. On Sunday I went to a free Dim Sum and Stella party w/ Lexie and Maya at the Chinatown Brassiere in the East Village.

Then I took it easy for a couple of days, but went to the Susu show at Rehab on Wednesday w/ Anthony and Bex, who came over the next night to watch the Top Chef finale on the projector. When we got done with that I went out to Legion in Bklyn to say bye to Belinda before she flew out to Dauphin Island for the weekend, and ended up staying out there for awhile and DJing w/ this guy Casey, who wants to book us for more gigs.

On Friday the 13th I went to the special Oneida show at The Kitchen, but I was working late so I missed most of the show. But I did catch the last few songs from The Wedding, and then they ended on a 20-minute version of Sheets of Easter, w/ a full orchestra and lightshow. Which was pretty amazing. After that I went to the Death By Audio Zombie Party w/ Fiasco, Bat Attack, and Pterodactyl. I only saw Fiasco play, because it was a fucking furnace in there, but they were awesome. They were like Lightning Bolt Jr. Then I walked over to the Royal Oak for the FOTP 3rd Anniversaire, and talked to DJ Dom Rocket and his girlfriend and had a few drinks.

Yesterday I tried to go see Vampire Weekend Weekend and Kid Sister in Central Park, but it was raining and the line was like 2 miles long, so I headed down to Times Square to see the new Increda-Hulk movie instead, which was decent. And I capped the night off at the Professor Murder/Hearts of Darkness/This Show Is A Rainbow show at the Cake Shop last night. Prof Murder killed it, it was one of the best shows i've seen in awhile. The new Season of Weeds starts tomorrow, and I might go see Love Is All at the Bowery Ballroom. I think thats about all.

1-3. The Alligator Lounge

4-9. Fiasco Zombie Party
10. Susu
11. Brooklyn Industries Window Display
12. Shake Shack
13-15. Central Park
16. This Show Is A Rainbow
17. Hearts of Darkness
18-24. Professor Murder

Konichiwa Bitches

2008-06-04T20:38:00.003-04:00

I went to Birmingham on Thursday night for my sister's HS graduation. She was in 5th grade when I was a senior at Altamont, so now it's come full circle twice since I started there in 1994. The new headmaster gave a good speech that kind of bridged the gap between the different eras of the school. After the graduation we went to dinner at Sol y Luna in Lakeview, and i started off my night w/ 2 pepper-rimmed margaritas. From there I saw and did just about everything on my to-see-and-do list between Friday night and Monday morning.

Cave 9, The Garage, The J Clyde, Bottletree, The Plaza, Marty's, Bailey's, Rojo, Al's, Surin, Milo's, Chik-Fil-A, Makario's, House Show in Southside, Pool Party at Teresa's.. thats all I can remember right now. But is was nice. I got to drive again, and it was like being on vacation except I knew how to get everywhere I wanted to go. And I drank more in 3 days than I would in 2 weeks up here. And was out until 430 or 5 in the morning for every night I was there. Which is taking its toll on me now. I also got my sister stocked up for Senior Florida and found out that some of my bham people are going to be up here this summer. I've been too tired to go out since I got back. But I may go to see Radio 4 & The Cloud Room tomorrow night at Le Royale. And me and Belinda are having another DJ night at the Alligator Lounge in Williamsburg on Friday.

1-3. Cave9/Lurslie & Quarry
4-6. Grant's Way
7-9. Forest Park/Highland/Redmont
10-12. The View
13-15. Miscellaneous

So I Parallel Double Parked That Motherfucker Sideways

2008-05-24T11:48:00.011-04:00

I went to the Zach Galifianakis-hosted Les Savy Fav Show/indie rock trivia night that New York Magazine was putting on at the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea on Wednesday. I got there late to trying to catch the tail end of the trivia part and the beginning of the LSFavy goodness, but Zatch had just started his monologue when I got there. Which was great since he is a comedian of comedy and all, but the trivia itself was too long and not very well organized, what with people blurting out answers and being douches (i.e. the eventual winners), although FOTP Greg was on the 2nd place team (dubbed Patty Lee), which was respectable. The show itself was most good, w/ Tim Harrington coming out on stage as everyone's favorite 4th grade science teacher, Mr. Z.

And Mr. Z and his band played songs from almost every album that they've spawned since 1997. Scout's Honor from 3/5, The Slip and Who Rocks The Party from The Cat & The Cobra, The Sweat Descends And Yawn 3x from Inches, Rome from the Emor EP, and Patty Lee and What Would Wolves Do from Let's Stay Friends. I have video for 3 of those, though it was kind of hard to film them w/ Tim jumping into and out of the crowd whenever he thank you pleased. But theys came out good for the most part. It's an neverending quest of mine to see them play a couple of songs that I haven't heard live yet. Those being Reprobate's Resumeh (my personal fav), Blackouts on Thursday, and Reformat. Also, I don't think I've seen an LSF show in Bklyn proper yet, which will hopefully change soon.

On Thursday I went to a Free wine/Ra Ra Riot's show/Live Art Battles/FOTP Party in SoHo on Greene street, which is like 5 blocks away from the apt. The 2 artistes there were creating works on the spot, and one of them did an killer rendition of flavor flaaaave and won the battle. And I had lots of cups of south Australian wines and Hors d'oeuvres and met FOTP's DJ friend Dominic, whose playing with them on Friday the 13fth next month. And Ra Ra Riot played to close out the party.

Last night I went to dinner w/ my dad and this old Indian mans who he plays tennis with. He won the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for math last year, which comes with a $920,000 reward. For being good at maffs. After that I went to Maya's place in the East Village and got drinks w/ her and Lexie at this place called Louis on Ave B. They had a giant bottle of Brooklyn Local One, but it wasnt as good as the Bklyn Weisse or Pilsner. I thought about going to the Susu loft party on Greenpoint Ave, but it was late already and I had gone out every day this week, so I cabbed it home. The end.

1-12. Les Savy Fav/Zatch Galifianakis
13-15. Going/FOTP/Black Swan Party in SoHo
16-18. Ra Ra Riot
19-21. Jesus Saves/Art Battles/Greene St.
22-24. Washington Sq. Park/Hoops 4 Sale/Silver Towers

Double Double Animal Style w/ a Chocolate Shake

2008-05-17T14:32:00.006-04:00

I went on a bidness trip to San Diego this week. We left from JFK on Monday morning and got picked up at the SD airport and driven to Carlsbad by one of the techs. I hadn't been to California in a long time, but I have family out there so it's like my other other home. We were staying at the Grand Pacific Palisades Hotel/Resort in Carlsbad, which was a few miles from the company that supplies us the EEG-monitoring equipment at Team Sleep. Our flight was delayed on the ground for about an hour b/c of the airplane take-off traffic jam at JFK, so we didnt get to ABM until like 330 after stopping for lunch on the way over from San Diego through La Jolla. So we met the crew and worked for like an hour and a half that day.

Then me and Nikia went to this Tuscan/Italian restaurant down the skreet from our hotel called Bellefleur. And used our per diem for a cornucopia of food, wine, and martinis. Calamari fritti, cheese medley, veggie risotto, filet mignon, pinot noir, palm one martinis, etc. Melissa from ABM picked us up on Tuesday morning and we went to the most laid back Starbucks that I have ever seen. People actually sitting and enjoying their coffee and talking. When we got there we learned how the AMP system is supposed to be run for when we got back to New York. And we got another laptop and briefcase to take back with us.

On a break me and this other tech Camille went to lunch at the In 'N Out Burger in Carlsbad. I hadn't been to one of those since I was 16 and living in Pasadena w/ my great aunt Soma for a couple of months. I got the double double animal style w/ a chocolate shake, and it was pretty amazing. When we got done at ABM we went back to the hotel for a bit and then to the Karl Strauss Restaurant/Brewery, which shared a parking lot w/ the Palisades. I don't really remember what we had there, but there was a really tasty amber lager, and a few other things. We flew back Wednesday afternoon and it took about 11 hours to get back to new york, using every kind of transport available except a fucking boat. It was fun though. The end.

1-18. Carlsbad, CA
19. Next Stop: Los Angeles
12,13. Little Boxes on the Hillside

SPR

2008-05-11T17:48:00.006-04:00

I went to go see the Ex Models & Oneida at Secret Project Robot in Bklyn last night. It was a last minute benefit show for Eat Records. The last time I went to SPR was for Oneida's Brahloween show a couple of months ago, but that was at a difference space over on Kent near Glasslands. This SPR venue was on River and Metropolitan attached to this art space called Live With Animals. There was an art opening before the show and I ran into some people that I met while standing in line for an Oneida show at Southpaw last fall.

Ex Models started a little after 9 and they were playing in another formation, this time w/ just Zach and Shah on guitars and Kid Millions on drums. I have some some video for 2 of the songs from Chrome Panthers. Oneida was on next and played all new songs, including Ghost In The Room and a half-hour suite called Pre-Teen Weaponry. The show was over around 11, but there was a loft party off the Morgan Ave stop on the L in Flushing. Knyfe Hyts, Red Dawn II, Used To Be Women, and The Library Is On Fire were on the bill there. Wolfy from Red Dawn II gave me some tequila for giving his friend directions to the party earlier that night at SPR, and I gave Bobby Matador directions to the surbway outside a bodega at like 330 in the morning after the party. MSTRKRFT/LA Riots tomorrow.

1, 4, 5. Secret Project Robot
2. Kent Ave, Williamsburg
3. West 4th St. Station
6-8. Oneida
9-11. Red Dawn II
12-20. Knyfe Hyts House Party

Welcome To 7 North

2008-05-07T18:24:00.005-04:00

I started my new jorb last week. I'm working at NYU/Bellevue's Sleep Disorders Clinic. AKA Teeeeam Sleep. Theres a Pulmonary Function Lab on 7 North in Bellevue that's attached to the Sleep Clinic, and then a private clinic a few avenues over on Madison and 26th, which is called Sleep West. Or Omar's. I'm officially working as a Research Coordinator at Omar's, but I'll be splitting my time between there and Taco Bellevue. The Madison Ave office is a block from the park and Shake Shack and the Flatiron Building and lots of young professionals. Sleep Medicine fits my background almost perfectly, and I'm working with portable EEG machines and Neurocognitive Profilers and whatnot. And sleep monitoring programs with names like Minerva and Sandman. They are sending me and Nikia (the other research coordinator) to California on Monday for to train us at this company called Advanced Brain Monitoring. We're going to be in Carlsbad, CA (near San Diego) from the 12fth to the 14fth. And we're staying at the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort & Hotel in Carl's Jr. for 2 nights. Dani and B will also be in Cali then, but in SF and LA whereas I'll be in the south near Mehico.

Speaking of America's Mexican, I had a pretty good Cinquo de Mayo. I went to go see Pattern Is Movement, Sightings, and Fuck Buttons at the Merc Lounge, but ducked out after P is M to meet up with Maya and go to her little bro's new apt in the East Village. It was on 2nd and 2nd, which was a few blocks from where I schwas. Her bro and his friends were grilling out and making very strong margaritas on the roof deck of the building with 360° view of the LES and Alphabet City. I have 2 videos from the Pattern Is Movement show (I have a 4 GB memory card in my Nikon now and can record for days). I think they are the only band that I've seen both at Cave 9 and the Cake Shop. There's no pictures yet b/c I'm still trying to set up wireless transfers with my new laptop. It's not working. Cheers.

Red Socks Poughkeepsie

2008-04-25T19:28:00.009-04:00

Me and Bellini went to the Foals show yesterday at the Bowery Ballroom. I think it was her first time there, we met up with Maya and 2 of her friends and had drinks in the downstairs lounge until the Epochs started. They werent bad, and the last 2 minutes of most of their songs were really good. But the rest was sort of a standard frat-rock. The dudes themselves looked like they went to Birmingham Southern and it had the feel of an ATO party from my stoney heyday. But you can do whatever you want when you open for Foals and have a guaranteed enormous crowd watching and waiting for the band after you.

Foals went on a little after 11, and we somehow got good spots in the crowd even after me and Belinda went downstairs for another round of drinks after The Epochs got done with their set. There were a bunch of Britons in the crowd last night, and we were talking to a few Londoners who were occupying the same space in the crowd with us. Foals played just about all of their best songs. I got videos for Balloons, Olympic Airways, and Red Socks Pugie. But they also played Cassius, The French Open, Hummer, Mathletics, Heavy Water, Two Steps Twice, and Electric Bloom. And everything sounded marvelous. Definitely the best show of this year so far.

1-12. Foals

Foals - Balloons

Foals - Olympic Airways

Dracula Musical

2008-04-18T20:48:00.010-04:00

I heard back from the jorb interview I had last week. I was offered a 1-year contract as a Research Coordinator at NYU/Bellevue's Sleep Disorder Clinic (aka Team Sleep) with a 35K/year salary plus benefits. And they're sending me to San Diego next month for a brain training seminar. I've been in kind of a hibernative naptosis for ahwhile, so I was pretty happy about being gainfully employed again after 4 months.

I went to go see Forgetting Sarah Marshall this afternoon after I heard the news. Is was good. Jackie from that 70s show and electric fingers lady from Heroes and Mike from SLC Punk. And Pual Rudd. Can't go wrong, really. There was also a 'Silent Rave' in Union Square this afternoon., and it had just started when i got out of the moviefilm. It was basically just a bunch of people w/ iPods dancing to their own music, or something to that effect. There's some pictures of it below.

1-9. Silent Rave @ 14th Skreet/Union Square

So Post All 'Em

2008-04-17T10:33:00.005-04:00

Me and Lexie went to the show at Studio B last night. We got some dinner at Enid's on Manhattan Ave near McCarren Park before that. YACHT and Parts & Labour were on the bill, but it was about 1/3rd the size of a normal show there. And they rearranged the space so looked less like a dance club and more like a normal one. I somehow didn't have to pay to get in, and was kind of enjoying the small club vibe (as opposed to the packed-as-fuck vibe like the last time i was there, for the HEALTH/Crystal Castles show a couple of weeks ago). The first band was a little weird, but P&L and YACHT were both good, as per usual. And both had added hot new female members to their respective bands. As you can see below. It definitely seemed more like a prom/highschool dance/private party than a show at 'club studio b'. Their rooftop garden opens soon, so that should interesting if they actually deliver on the promise of a 2nd level with a retractable roof.

1-9. Parts & Labor
10-15. YACHT

Time Flys When Youre Having Rum

2008-04-13T11:07:00.007-04:00

I went to the Young Associates party at the Chelsea Art Museum yesterday. My friend Maya helped set it up, there were a lot of people there and 2 open bars stocked full with beer, wine, and 2 kinds of rum. Dark rum, ginger ale and a splash of tonic water makes for a excellent cocktail. I had about 5 of those. And Friends with Benefits were DJing. French Kicks on Tuesday.

1. Chelsea Graffiti
2-10. Friends w/ Benefits YA Party

Foals

2008-04-12T17:45:00.006-04:00

I took a walk through the Village this morning. Got a bite to eat at Gray's Papaya on 6th ave, then walked down to w8th, and then back up to Broadway and went to Other Music to get my ticket to the Foals show at the Bowery Ballroom on the 24th. There was a street festival on W4th and some kind of NYU drum circle thing happening in Wash Sq. Park. I got a few shots of that, and the park and street festival, got some $1 chicken satay w/ peanut sauce, and came back here. I'm very escited about the Foals show. Young Associates Party at the Chelsea Art Museum tonight.

1-6. Wash Sq. Park/Street Fair

Le Mans

2008-04-11T16:42:00.011-04:00

I went to the sold out Man Man/These Are Powers show yesterday. I didn't get tickets until yesterday afternoon, I guess they released a few extra tickets into the wild before the show. I got the new album last week and had been listening to it a lot and was bummed that both their NYC shows were sold out, so I was pretty excited when tickets went back on sale. And I got good and toasted to celebrate that and the successful jorb interview I had at the NYU Sleep Disorder Clinic yesterday morning. Theres some pictures of the park near one of the locations of the clinic at Madison Square Park. I went to the Shake Shack to get lunch after I was done interviewing.

I got a pint of 8.5% Ommegawd Abbey Ale for the pre-show revelry, and am feeling the effects from it today. This band called The Extraordinaries were opening up for Man 2x and TAP, one of the members was playing a guitar shaped like a penguin. There Are Powers were on next, and they they sounded better than usual thanks to the upscale production values at BowBall (i.e. not a DIY loft space). Mans Mans closed out with an hour and half set of kitchen-sink gypsy-punk, or whatever you want to call it. It was pretty amazing though. The drummer had a hilarious drumface, and they had all sorts of Mans toys to play with.

1-3. Madison Square Park/Shake Shack
4-6. These Are Powers: Pat Noecker, Anna Barie, Bill Salas
7-21. Man Man: Honus Honus, Sergei Sogay, Chang Wang, Pow Pow, and Critter Crat

DJ Frenchkiss Pt. 1

2008-04-06T23:27:00.008-04:00

Me and Belinda DJ'd at Sweet Ups in Williamsburg last night. It was her gig but I helped her get music and put some playlists together, and we ended up using both our ipods and the mixer w/ the house soundsystem. We were there from 10-4 and traded off song selection duties, and got free drinks and made some easy cash monies. So it was a good night, and I made some new friends. And me and beybey and natalia went to brunch at diner this afternoon, which was also nice. These are from last night.

1-10. Fotos by Fotomachen

Cheeky

2008-04-05T14:35:00.005-04:00

Oxford Collapse was playing a show in the Village last night. I think it was sposed to be at the MH, but it got moved over to W3rd and McDougal, which is like 4 blocks from here. They had it on the 2nd floor of this loft building above the Fat Black Pussycat on W3rd. Cheeky, Home Blitz, and Cause Co-Motion were also on the bill. The space was really nice, it looked alot like the Phoenix lofts in Bhammy, except I didnt know everyone like I did at the parties there. But I met this dude who knows the Ackleys and loves Bham and Cave9, which was pretty cool. I didnt really take any pictures, except for the first band whose little guitarist looked like Juno. I couldnt get to my bag/camera later on b/c the place got some packed and I wanted to have a good spot for Oxford Collapse and Cause Co-Motion. I wish I had though b/c they were both really good and the bassist for Oxford C was a real showmans. And it was smoke-free! Oh well. It was funny seeing all those Bushwick and Brooklyn kids in the Village. DJ Frenchkiss tonight.

1. Showposter
2,3. Cheeky

All Aboard The Magic School Pus

2008-04-02T14:54:00.015-04:00

Last night was the sextuple billed noise(and Dan Deacon)show at the Hotel du Market. Health, Aa, Black Pus, Knyfe Hyts, and Crime Novels were all there. And also Bradford Cox from Deerhunter/Altas Sound, but as a spectator rather than a performer. I missed Knyfe Hyts and Crime Novels b/c I was helping DJ Frenchkiss put together a playlist for her Sweet Ups gig on Saturday. Aa was on when I got there, and thought I had missed Brian Chippendale's set b/c the order wasn't the same as what they had posted on the site. But I asked one of the doormans and he told me that BP was going on next.

I tried to get up close to watch him drum, but that was easier said than done since he was playing on the floor and you had to fight through walls of noise and hipsters to get a glimpse. But eventually I did and got a few decent shots, to the detriment of my (and everybody else's) eardrums. Health and Dan Deacon were on after him and DD played a bunch of new songs. Then he formed the crowd into a giant circle and told them all that they had the plague and had one person run around in circles slapping peoples hands and 'curing' them and getting more people to join in the circle while everybody ran around as fast as they could. I have a short video of the beginnings of this, before it descended into darkness and gleeful chaos.

1-12. Brian Chippendale
13-15. Dan Deacon crowd
16. Showticket

Revolution Baby

2008-03-30T16:36:00.006-04:00

Japanther show at the Harket Motel last night. Didn't get there til like 1045 so I think I missed Bongladesh. The NZ band Bachelorette was on when I got there. I hadnt eaten anything so I went to the Popeyes down the skreet, and missed all but the last Pterodactyl song because of it. Which was unfortunate, b/c The Pharmacy from Seattle were on after them and they were kind of irritating. So I left again and went to get a quart of some fine Messican Carte Blanca beea for $2 fitty. But before I left I talked to Ian from Japanther and made sure that they were playing last, and they were. So I got back from my beer run and this happened:

1-15. Japanther
16-18. Jump Around

Alice Practice

2008-03-26T16:41:00.003-04:00

I went to the HEALTH/Crystal Castles show at Studio B in Greenpoint yesterday. I met up w/ B and got there a few minutes before Health started. I really like their song Heaven, and I'm glad they played it, but they probably would be better suited playing in a smaller club that wasn't like the Hipster Bellbottoms of Brooklyn. Luckily they are playing at the Market Hotel on the 1st w/ Aa and an especial guest.

That was the first show ive been to in awhile thats been in a giant club like that. Crystal Castles was perfect in that setting though. They took awhile to come out but when they did it looked like something straight out of a scene in the L Word, i.e. a club full of people going nuts for the atari-electro jams. We didn't stay for the whole thing, but they were good live. It kind of sounded like the Juan Maclean, which was very nice. And I got a good graffiti shot on the way back to Bedford.

1-6. Crystal Castles
7. Banker St. Graffiti

Sheets of Easter

2008-03-23T13:51:00.011-04:00

So after the Pillow Fight For Tibet (PFFT) i went to Todd P's SXSW Homecoming show at the Market Hotel in Booshwick. Bands were coming in from SF, Baltimore, Ontario, and.. Brooklyn. Citay was the SF band, who have one of the members from The Fucking Champs, and lots of nice layered acoustic and electric guitar sounds.

These Are Powers were next and came to do their patented brand of GhostPunk, which sounded most escellent in the giant triangle loft setting. Old Time Relijun, who I really like now, were after them and im going to see if their albums are as good as their live shows. Oneida closed out the night with maybe one of the best sets ever, and the show went until 3 am. They didn't play Sheets of Easter but they did play lots of other choice krautrocky goodness.

1-6. These Are Powers
7-15. Oneida

Pillow Fight For Tibet

2008-03-22T18:48:00.008-04:00

I went to Union Square this afternoon after hearing about a giant pillow fight that was starting at 3 pm. I met up with Blini at Bite and we walked to 14th, and we could see the feathers flying from 11th street. I took most of the these in and around the square. And then all of a sudden a stream of people holding Tibetan flags showed up and started marching and chanting around the square. So theres a few pictures of that as well. Only in New York would these 2 two things happen simultaneously in the same 5 block radius. Market Hotel show tonight. Cheers.

1-11. Union Square Pillow Fight
12-15. Tibetan Protest March

Espanda Bear

2008-03-19T12:46:00.003-04:00

El Guincho was playing a free show for Other Music at the at Union Pool in Brooklyn yesterday. I went with Jenny and Trey and we got there a little late b/c we were drinking and watching a soccer game over here. And we went to meet B at her place and then went to Hanna Food to get some veggie deliciousness for Jenny. Union Pool was a nice venue with a outdoor patio/firepit between the bar and the main room. I'll probably going to more shows there soon. El Guincho started his Spanish Panda Bear danceparty soon after we got there and the place was packed from the very beginning, but we made our way into the crowd and i got a few decent shots.

1. PBR Holy Grail
2-9. El Guincho

St. Paddy's

2008-03-17T22:27:00.007-04:00

I went to the St. Paddy's Day Parade on Fif Avenue this afternoon. Me and Belinda took the 6 up to 59th and found a good spot by the park around 62nd street. After that we went to FAO Schwarz and H&M before meeting Jenny & Trey for pints of Guinness and brownies in Union Square. And then we walked from there down through Gramercy Park to the West Village.

I got my ticket to Health / Crystal Castles at Studio B next Tuesday, which should be fun. And El Guincho is playing a free Other Music party at Union Pool in Brooklyn tomorrow. And the city is making up for lost time in general from this Saturday through April 2nd. Health, Crystal Castles, Caribou, Fuck Buttons, These Are Powers, Oneida, Japanther, Pterodactyl, Holy Fuck, and A Place To Bury Strangers all have shows coming up in the next 2 weeks.

1-14. St. Paddy's Day Parade
15, 16, 18. H&M/Fendi
17. Apple Store Fif Avenue

Big O / Ponytail

2008-03-01T14:00:00.018-05:00

Friday 29

I went to go see Oneida at the Knitting Factory last night. They were playing with Mike Bones, Company, and Oakley Hall. I got there a little late so I caught the last couple of songs from Oakley Hall's set. I figured they would play before the Big O, since those bands are connected, but it was Company's CD release show. Oakley Hall was a lot better (read: less country) live than they are on their albums. And one of the girls looks exactly like Sarah Heath from Bottletree. Company wasnt for me, so I had some drinks and talked to Hanoi Jane of Oneida. Him an Bobby Matador were hanging out in the main room selling merch and 80s beisball cards. They have a new EP coming out this fall and a triple-disc monster called Rated O next year. Here's a few pictures and a video for Up With People. It's luong so start it in the middle if youre impatient.

Saturday 1

I just got back from my first show at the new hipster commune/performance space in the mighty booshwick, aka The Market Hotel. Its an enormous loft space with a big triangular room, and 3 main areas for bands to setup and rotate gear so the turnaround time is minimal, and 3 other rooms for coat checks and things. Double Dagger played first in the smaller, square 'room'. They had a nice Fugazi vibe. A French noise band called Cheveu played next, with a singer that no one in the crowd could understand. Ponytail was next, which was the highlight of the night. The little pixie of a singer was amazing and the crowd was going nuts for them. Shooting Spires was next, who i missed b/c i was out acquiring food and 40s. Big A Little A was next, which was quality electro-tribalism as per usual. And Genghis Tron closed out the night, but i didn't stay for the whole thing. The next show I'm going to see there is probably Japanther and Pterodactyl at the end of March.

1. 74 Leonard St NYC
2. Axemans: Shahin Motia of Ex Models
3,4. The Big O: Baby Jane, Kid Millions, and Fat Bobby
5-10. Ponytail
11-13. Big A Little a

AMC25

2008-02-27T18:06:00.010-05:00

I dont think very much has happened since my last post. Went to go see Blood On The Wall this weekend at MHOW, and my dad's birfday was on Saturday and we went out to this Thai place in the west village called isle w/ my dad's Romanian friend and her daughter. And I was drunk and decided to go out to Booshwick to see Black Dice at the Market Hotel afterwards (instead of the easy choice, going to the Merc Lounge down the street to see Atlas Sound), but it was sold out by the time I got out there. And on Sunday we tried to go see No Country For Old Mans, b/c my dad hadnt seen it yet, but it was also sold out. So they went to go see Foolio's Gold at Union Square and I went uptown to see Jumper at the AMC25 in Times Squizzle. And the 6th floor rooftop was open for once. So I took some of these pics from up there. This weekend should be better.

Sweet Ups in Bklyn tomorrow w/ Erik & company.
Oneida // Oakley Hall Friday at the KF.
Genghis Tron // Big A Little A // Ponytail // Shooting Spires Saturday at the Market Hotel.

1-3, 5, 6. AMC25 6th Floor Observation Deck
4. The Mighty Booshwick
7. Vantage Point
8. Slushy Union Square
9. Sunset from E Houston

Tones Exultant

2008-02-15T14:50:00.004-05:00

So after playing tour guide for most of the day yesterday, I took a little rest and headed down to the Cake Shoppe on Ludlow Skreet in the lower east sidely for to see the Panache balentine's day love-in show w/ These Are Powers, Knyfe Hyts, The Apes, and Mixel Pixel. Two of which are my faborite ghostpunk & powernoisekraut bands of bklyn, respectively.

There were 2 guys on before Mixel Pixel (who were pretty boring), one of them was called Sticks, and they did like a William Shatner-ish set w/ pummeling drums and speak-sung vocals. And one of them is getting his tie grabbed by Knife Skills Anna in one of the pictures below.

1-3. Cake Shop Graffiti
4-12. Knyfe Hyts
13-15. The Apes
16-25. These Are Powers

Freedom Fries

2008-02-14T18:31:00.002-05:00

and Liberty Cabbage. I took our SL guest on a sightseeing tour of lower Manhattan today. Battery Park to Castle Clinton, and then the ferry over to the Liberty Lady. We were going to do Central Park, Times Square, and Chinatown after that but ran out of time and sunlight. It was almost dark by the time we got to 59th and 5th ave. But heres the pictures from earlier this afternoon.

Cloverfield

2008-02-13T15:10:00.006-05:00

So winter finally arrived in New York this week. An arctic airmass blew through the city Sunday afternoon, and then it dropped down to like 14 degrees the next day and snowed all day yesterday. Everything was covered and it was like walking around a giant white cherry frozen coke. But now the city just looks like a day old slushee. I took our visitor from SL to do some sightseeing yesterday, but our trip got usurped by the snow so we had to cut it short. I did get some good bklyn bridge shots with my snow filter though. And I finally went to go see Cloverfield yesterday, and totally got vertigo from the shaky-cam because I was sitting too close to the screen, but it was still a good monstah movie. I think thats all. Balentine's day noise show at the Cake Shop tomorrow. These Are Powers, The Apes, Knyfe Hytes, and Mixel Pixel. Cheers.

1-7. Brooklyn Bridge
8. E22nd & Park

Electro Pagan

2008-02-10T14:21:00.000-05:00

I went to go see the Liars & No Age last night at Warsaw in Bklyn. It was at the Polish National House, which was a really nice venue. The main room looked like the general assembly auditorium at Altamont, and they were serving Pierogies and Kilbasa in one of the rooms. And Okocim and Żywiec were the beers of choice. I walked through McCarren Park to get there, and arrived kind of early so I had time to check out the venue and sample a few polish brewskies.

I had been wanting to see the Liars since 2003, when i first got into them, and now i have 5 of their LPs, 3 EPs, and a split w/ Oneida. So they share top billing w/ Les Savy Fav in my music collection. And the performance delivered on my expectations for their live show. Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill, and Julian Gross seem to have gotten even more solid since their heady dancepunk days. And the tribal, electro-pagan vibe from their German witchcraft album is still going strong. No Age was a good choice as opener, and the room was completely packed for both bands. Pictures below, and im uploading two full-song videos to Youtube right now.

No Age

Liars

Di Fara's

2008-02-06T12:04:00.000-05:00

Its been a good week so far. I had some unexpected visitors from bham this weekend, and I showed them around the Village and Williamsburg. We went to a noise show at Death by Audio on Friday, grabbed a slice from the pizza auctioneers on Bedford, and then to a most good danceparty at Hugs w/ Treasure Fingers and FoTP. They crashed here that night and we met up with their Russian friend the next morning and walked around Chinatown and went to the flower market they had set up for Chinese new year. And we were supposed to go to Brighton Beach, which is where they were going to stay, but it didnt work out logistically. So I took them to Soundfix and Beacon's Closet and then we all went to this restaurant/salsa club in Noho called Gonzalez & Gonzalez. And those of us who knew better opted out of the $30 cover new jersey manwhore eurotrash dance night at Webster Hall. So that was basically it.

I have a jorb interview tomorrow morning for a NYU clinical research position at Bellevue hospital. Which hopefully i have already and will be starting soon. Last night I went out to Fort Greene to grab a few drinks with Lexie. I might look into renting an apartment over there, is a nice neighborhood and close to BAM and all the surbways.

And today me and Wriz took a field trip down to Midwood, Bklyn for to get a couple of slices of the best pizza in the city at this place called Di Fara's, where Dominic Di Fara makes regular and square slices and pies by hand. I had a plain slice to start, and then a thick corner square slice of mozz-romano-basil-mushroomy goodness. Then we took the Q train down to Brighton beash and walked down the boardwalk down to Coney Island and to the pier, and then back to Chinatown to buy a I<3NY onesie on Canal street. And then back here for Mezcal cocktails and television. And then to a most escellent authentic Mezican restaurant called Cafe el Portal in Nolita.

1. Super Tuesday
2,3. Hugs
4,5. Di Fara's
6. Death By Audio
7-9. Brighton Boardwalk
10-12. Coney Island Mural
13-15. The Pier
16-18. Stillwell Ave

Bear Hands

2008-01-31T15:40:00.000-05:00

Whose there for you when youre cold and alone? The Teenagers. The Teenagers. I went to go see them last night at their first of 3 gigs in NYC, which was a sold-out show at the Merc Lounge. And the crowd turned into the fucking paparazzo as soon as they went on stage. Bear Hands opened for them, who were really good. I just got their EP, and I'm going to see them again when the open up for Ra Ra Riot in March. So the Teens were super-chintzy French gimmick rock, but they were fun.

I'm surprised that any of these shots came out because I was standing behind a goddamn sasquatch at the show, but they turned out nicely. I should have videoed Homecoming, maybe I will if i go see them this weekend at the Cake Shop. And I finally get to see Team Robespierre at their record release showparty at DBA in Brooklyn on Friday. Hwizzle.

1,2. Bear Hands
3-12. The Teenagers

Cancun Travelogue

2008-01-30T14:57:00.001-05:00

I got back to New York last night around 1130. I probably should have known this, but getting back into the US takes a lot longer than getting out of it. So it was about 12+ hours of travel time in all. But it was worth it for a very nice vacay time. The highlight of which was driving a golf cart around isla mujeres for an hour and a half and having free reign to explore the little island mountains, go down the coastline, and through the little island towns. But heres the fototravelogue from the rest of the trip.

1-3. View from our room at the Cancun Hilton Golf Club Spa Resort
4-6, 8. Beach down the road on the way to El Rey
7, 9. Booze Cruise on board the Cancun Queen
10-18. Mayan Ruins at El Rey
19-21. Plaza Kukulcun
22-27. Aquaworld/Isla Mujeres
28-33. Island Golf Cart Adventure
34-36. Booze Cruise #2, Playa Lancheros, Jet-Ski Jungle Tour Launch Pad

Quintana Rooooo

2008-01-25T11:14:00.000-05:00

So we've been in cancun for 3 days now. I Flew out of LGA at 659 Wednesday morning, was in Atlanta around 11, and Messico by 2. Which was pretty exhausting after 2-and-heif hours of sleep.

But the hotel we're staying at is pretty amazingue. Its the Cancun Hilton Golf Club Spa Resort Club place. So not really Mexico per se, but is nice. 6 restaurants, 2 beaches, infinity pool, tennis courts, golf course, soccer field, gym, ping-pong table. I started a table tennis tourney with my dad yesterday. He's winning 4 sets to 3 right now. But he mastered his craft playing Thai nurses in Chaing-Mai like 20 years ago so its tough competition.

We spent most of today down at the beash. I made friends with the pool bar and had a pina colada and a coco cancun. which was tequila, rum, blue cuaraco, lime, and coconut juice. in a fuckin coconut. and after we killed that i poured some of my dad's johnny walker red label in there and drank whiskey out of a coconut. and then we ordered a mahgerita pizza from the beashside concierge and I topped it off with a Colorado Bulldog. which is my new favourite drink. Cherry coke white russian? Yes please. And i got some new messican sunglasses and was taking UV filtered fotos with their assistance. Like these.

Midtown8x

2008-01-22T12:29:00.001-05:00

Before paint/fotoshoppe/lightroom application:

After paint/fotoshoppe/lightroom application:

Mission of Burma

2008-01-20T16:37:00.000-05:00

I was feeling a kind of a general mehlaise yesterday from a wine hangover and not really doing much on Friday. But then I decided to shell out the 20 bones to go see Mission of Burma at the Music Huall of Williamsburg last night, and it was well worth it. I had seen them once before at one of the Siren fests on Coney Island a couple of years ago, but those always have competing stages and they always schedule the best bands to play at the same time on surf & stillwell aves, so its hard to catch a full set of anything. But the postpunk granpappies in MoB were headlining yesterday, and I forgot how many escellent songs they have in their repertoire. Pictures below. Theres also some of me last night being a narcissist with good post-show hair.

1-12. Mission of Burma
13-15. Me

Daniel Plainview

2008-01-18T15:12:00.000-05:00

Back in NYC. I've been here for about a week now. Went to a Finger On The Pulse danceparty at the Royal Oak the day after I got back and ran into some new friends and had a a nice time. I've been taking it kind of slow since then, but I did go see Dead Meadow/Foreign Islands/Dragons of Zynth at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday. And I went to go see There Will Be Blood yesterday at the AMC25 in Times Square.

Best movie i've seen in ahwhile. Better than No Country For Old Mans, even. PT Anderson, Jonny Greenwood, and Daniel Day-Lewis are like the trifecta of moviefilmakings right now, with Paul Dano and Upton Sinclair playing supporting roles. It was basically a frontier prospector film with a neoclassical horror score that sometime continued through scene cuts, which was neat. And it was a throughly intense experience for the 2h40m runtime, but didn't feel nearly that long. After the movie I got out into Times Square and was listening to the Greenwood-penned OST of the film, which was pretty fucking surreal in that hypervisual environment. And then the score was melding with the noises of the trains and subway musicians at Grand Central.

Anyway, today is Erik Marcel's 20fth birfday. So tonight should be fun. Then im leaving for Cancuuun on Wednesday and returning on the 29th. Here's some pictures of the BowBall show on wednesday and some other things.

1-3. Foreign Islands
4-6. Dragons of Zynth
7-9. Dead Meadow
10,11. TSquare
12. TWBB Reviews

The Battle of Hoth

2007-12-27T17:08:00.000-05:00

I've had a good time in bhammy so far. There have been a lot of gatherings/shindigs on the highlands, southside, and downtown. And an impromptu bottletree crimas party that was a lot of fun. I still have a few people to see, things to do, and places to eat. But hopefully I'll get to see/do/eat them all before the 9th. Also, I've watched 5 of the 6 episodes of Star Wars since i've been down here (hence the title). The Empire Strikes back is the only one left in the sextuplegy. And i'm sure it will come on one of the moviefilm channels soon.

I have some party pictures up from last Friday that i kind of forgot about until just now. They are from Belinda and Heather's birfday dance dance revolution at the Phoenix, curated by DJs Nastique & Charles III. Rush and Erin kidnapped my camera for awhile, so some of these are not my own, or I don't remember taking them. And theres a few of lit-up bham taken from Jim's view in Redmont.