time for a change in pace
i listened to kpfk on friday. after my monotomous biology class where we mostly played pinball instead of extracting flies out of computerized jars. the program was on fung shui. i thought it'd be quite boring. i was never very interested in how things were arranged in a room, but how they were talking convinced me that it's an incredibly important and simple thing to do. there's been studies that have shown that it improves people's stress level, and stress can trigger other problems in people's lives. so i thought the information was useful. the people in the program said how the compass and knowing your own astrology sign are used in fung shui. they said that mirrors help to expand energy flow. it all ties in to the qi. i think i should eat a lot of healthy foods, do my qigong, rearrange various things in my house, and maybe i'll feel better. oh, they also said to sleep in the south position because if your head in in the north it would repel with the north pole and so that wouldn't be very good. i've slept in both positions. i'm not sure if i could tell a difference. but i'll try to be aware of it next time.
i've been interning at shelflife since january. i think it has to be the greatest interning anyone could ever do. right when i got there on friday the owner, ed, was recording music with his friend, laura watling. she has a record put on on shelflife that ed gave me. after i greeted them they told me that there's beer in the fridge. i exclaimed, "wow, i didn't know i was going to walk into a party!" so i took an italian beer that i've never tried before and i quite enjoyed. my tasks are to package the cds, listen to demos and reply (fairly), reply to e-mails, manage their myspace page, work on the shelflife page, and other random things. i usually work from 2-6 every friday. it's just ed and his girlfriend, jill, that work at the little work facility. in one room jill works on her art projects. there's small bird pillows on top of shelves, childrens books inside of the shelves, fabric and scissors on the tables, and boxes stacked sky-high. in the other room there are three computers and music equipment. it's interesting to see how engaged ed and jill are in what they do. it's passion. it's really motivating and encouraging.
after i finished up i went to meet danny, rose, and sergio in whittier. rose's two friends also joined us. we all drove to the el cid to see the bats, an indie pop band from new zealand. i guess they were semi-big in the nineties, and recently released a new album. anna oxygen was to open up for him, an indie electro dance musician on kill rock stars. i had no idea what to expect. sergio knew silverlake like the back of his hand. i was surprised because silverlake was where my grandparents lived. it's an old city. it's good that they're improving it. a lot of young hip film directors live there now. it's good when people help to bring a city that's falling apart and use culture to renovate it. i love that. we couldn't find parking so we opted to drive around to this street no one really knows about where there's plenty of parking. we just had to walk up lots and lots of steps. it was night, it was spooky, but i was okay. there was a man lighting up a cigarette from a window above. i didn't know what to think. we found the rest of the group and went down a lot of steps to hear the music. had drinks and enjoyed our time. i felt out of place. the crowd looked like a mixture of older people and young los angeles artist types. but i didn't let that bother me. i still danced, of course. the first that took the stage was a gentleman that sounded like a bad version of jens lekman. after a while, and after a few drinks, he sunk back into background music as we all were talking about various things. anna oxygen came right after, and so we immediately wound ourselves around the crowd to get to the front of the stage. her new album is called "this is an exercise". she had on a top with a rainbow on it. she would talk a lot about things i am not quite sure of. philosophical? maybe. life changing? possibly. she got everyone to dance. to jump. to move one arm one way and then the other arm another way. to hop like rabbits. like an exercise. that's appropriate. at the end she had friends come onto the stage to all do the same exercise. that was interestingly funny. i like experimental electro pop or whatever you call it. she reminded me of tender forever. she should make an exercise video. i'm sure it'd be way better than richard simons. the bats were next. and that was truly an experience itself ! they rocked so hard. it was kind of like rem, but more garage sounding. and they were so clever with their instruments. you could tell that they're an extremely mature band. i've never seen such jangle pop in my life. i think i've found a few genres that i've liked before, but now i truly love. sidenote : there was a random girl with an accordian walking around that night. also, after the show was over, i was going to go to the traffic light to cross, but one of rose's friends ran across the street and told me "it will be okay!!" or something in that context. he waved his arms around. it was so rediculous. and so i was peer pressured into j running. after i made it across he grabbed me and spun me around like i ran the one hundred meter and took first place or something. triumph !
i will try to include songs i've recorded in here more often.
rock & roll man
i've been interning at shelflife since january. i think it has to be the greatest interning anyone could ever do. right when i got there on friday the owner, ed, was recording music with his friend, laura watling. she has a record put on on shelflife that ed gave me. after i greeted them they told me that there's beer in the fridge. i exclaimed, "wow, i didn't know i was going to walk into a party!" so i took an italian beer that i've never tried before and i quite enjoyed. my tasks are to package the cds, listen to demos and reply (fairly), reply to e-mails, manage their myspace page, work on the shelflife page, and other random things. i usually work from 2-6 every friday. it's just ed and his girlfriend, jill, that work at the little work facility. in one room jill works on her art projects. there's small bird pillows on top of shelves, childrens books inside of the shelves, fabric and scissors on the tables, and boxes stacked sky-high. in the other room there are three computers and music equipment. it's interesting to see how engaged ed and jill are in what they do. it's passion. it's really motivating and encouraging.
after i finished up i went to meet danny, rose, and sergio in whittier. rose's two friends also joined us. we all drove to the el cid to see the bats, an indie pop band from new zealand. i guess they were semi-big in the nineties, and recently released a new album. anna oxygen was to open up for him, an indie electro dance musician on kill rock stars. i had no idea what to expect. sergio knew silverlake like the back of his hand. i was surprised because silverlake was where my grandparents lived. it's an old city. it's good that they're improving it. a lot of young hip film directors live there now. it's good when people help to bring a city that's falling apart and use culture to renovate it. i love that. we couldn't find parking so we opted to drive around to this street no one really knows about where there's plenty of parking. we just had to walk up lots and lots of steps. it was night, it was spooky, but i was okay. there was a man lighting up a cigarette from a window above. i didn't know what to think. we found the rest of the group and went down a lot of steps to hear the music. had drinks and enjoyed our time. i felt out of place. the crowd looked like a mixture of older people and young los angeles artist types. but i didn't let that bother me. i still danced, of course. the first that took the stage was a gentleman that sounded like a bad version of jens lekman. after a while, and after a few drinks, he sunk back into background music as we all were talking about various things. anna oxygen came right after, and so we immediately wound ourselves around the crowd to get to the front of the stage. her new album is called "this is an exercise". she had on a top with a rainbow on it. she would talk a lot about things i am not quite sure of. philosophical? maybe. life changing? possibly. she got everyone to dance. to jump. to move one arm one way and then the other arm another way. to hop like rabbits. like an exercise. that's appropriate. at the end she had friends come onto the stage to all do the same exercise. that was interestingly funny. i like experimental electro pop or whatever you call it. she reminded me of tender forever. she should make an exercise video. i'm sure it'd be way better than richard simons. the bats were next. and that was truly an experience itself ! they rocked so hard. it was kind of like rem, but more garage sounding. and they were so clever with their instruments. you could tell that they're an extremely mature band. i've never seen such jangle pop in my life. i think i've found a few genres that i've liked before, but now i truly love. sidenote : there was a random girl with an accordian walking around that night. also, after the show was over, i was going to go to the traffic light to cross, but one of rose's friends ran across the street and told me "it will be okay!!" or something in that context. he waved his arms around. it was so rediculous. and so i was peer pressured into j running. after i made it across he grabbed me and spun me around like i ran the one hundred meter and took first place or something. triumph !
i will try to include songs i've recorded in here more often.
rock & roll man