i had the pleasure of seeing this band at my work last week for my dear friend guia's 25th birthday :) they were incredible:
mixed media art / design / photography / music / poetry / thoughts
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
pitter patter goes my heart
pitter patter goes my heart is a pretty magical song for the day.
in the meantime, this is the first photo of me in my half-hazardly set-up personal loft corner:
i still have piles of stuff everywhere... and a partially built wall with no door, barely separating me and won lee.
but you know what?
that's okay.
because i don't know anyone else rocking a space like this in sf. or anywhere for that fact. it's one of a kind. this is a one of a kind life.
live your life the way you want to live it. how do you want to be remembered? what memories do you want to have? what do you want to accomplish?
sometimes, we have to ask ourselves these questions.
xo
in the meantime, this is the first photo of me in my half-hazardly set-up personal loft corner:
but you know what?
that's okay.
because i don't know anyone else rocking a space like this in sf. or anywhere for that fact. it's one of a kind. this is a one of a kind life.
live your life the way you want to live it. how do you want to be remembered? what memories do you want to have? what do you want to accomplish?
sometimes, we have to ask ourselves these questions.
xo
Monday, June 6, 2011
latest music obsessions:
Tune-Yards and more Tune-Yards
and
Efterklang
and aside from music, i can't get enough of susan miller's astrological readings -- this woman seriously predicts my future all too often... it's honestly a little frightening how accurate her predictions are.
Tune-Yards and more Tune-Yards
and
Efterklang
and aside from music, i can't get enough of susan miller's astrological readings -- this woman seriously predicts my future all too often... it's honestly a little frightening how accurate her predictions are.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
under construction
the live/work space has been under construction and oh boy, is it ever looking good :)
ryan and his dad put up a wall and a door -- dividing the commercial space. won and i are in the process of dividing the carriage house loft space, and building a "creative" wall, installation art style. we're also painting a mural on the main wall in the loft -- well he started, i'm intimidated and haven't begun yet.
i painted both bathrooms -- blues and greens. we need more paint! hopefully we get some free paint donations in the next week.
we installed a fridge, a stove, a sink, and some shelves, too.
i had 2 art shows/openings this month.....
in the beginning of this month -- one was at the sports basement on 15th st & bryant in san francisco, called "comment here." this was a group show that i got involved with because of a lady that also showed some artwork with me last September with RAW. we had cork boards up next to each artist's work that people could post their hand written paper comments onto. everything went quite well, the sports basement provided free beer/wine/food, and several good friends showed up to enjoy the casual fun :)
a week later i had some art hung in a group show at blue seed resource alignment's fundraiser event in an awesome live/work warehouse space in the mission district. the opening had some sweet bartenders, mellow live music, delicious snacks, and a bunch of great people involved. oh yeah, and a raffle! they strategically setup a camera to take pictures the entire night for a time lapse video -- which i'll be sure to post a link to soon :)
i'll be teaching summer camp full time in the east bay in about a week and a half until the end of july! graphic design + digital photography instructor to 5th through 9th graders. it's gonna be a whole new kind of summer for me. not to mention there are thunder lightning storms in sf this weekend and it's june?
in august, good friends are getting married, a good friend from boston is coming to visit, and i'm hoping to travel to michigan to visit my mother and the rest of my fam jam :)
good times ahead!
ryan and his dad put up a wall and a door -- dividing the commercial space. won and i are in the process of dividing the carriage house loft space, and building a "creative" wall, installation art style. we're also painting a mural on the main wall in the loft -- well he started, i'm intimidated and haven't begun yet.
i painted both bathrooms -- blues and greens. we need more paint! hopefully we get some free paint donations in the next week.
we installed a fridge, a stove, a sink, and some shelves, too.
i had 2 art shows/openings this month.....
in the beginning of this month -- one was at the sports basement on 15th st & bryant in san francisco, called "comment here." this was a group show that i got involved with because of a lady that also showed some artwork with me last September with RAW. we had cork boards up next to each artist's work that people could post their hand written paper comments onto. everything went quite well, the sports basement provided free beer/wine/food, and several good friends showed up to enjoy the casual fun :)
a week later i had some art hung in a group show at blue seed resource alignment's fundraiser event in an awesome live/work warehouse space in the mission district. the opening had some sweet bartenders, mellow live music, delicious snacks, and a bunch of great people involved. oh yeah, and a raffle! they strategically setup a camera to take pictures the entire night for a time lapse video -- which i'll be sure to post a link to soon :)
i'll be teaching summer camp full time in the east bay in about a week and a half until the end of july! graphic design + digital photography instructor to 5th through 9th graders. it's gonna be a whole new kind of summer for me. not to mention there are thunder lightning storms in sf this weekend and it's june?
in august, good friends are getting married, a good friend from boston is coming to visit, and i'm hoping to travel to michigan to visit my mother and the rest of my fam jam :)
good times ahead!
Monday, May 23, 2011
sk8board deck & TOMS shoes
i was finally able to finish up and take some pictures of my recent work...
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| Acrylic, spray paint, and paint marker on skateboard deck. Board custom made by Dave Tannaci of Sunset Sliders in SF custom dk TOMS shoes |
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| Thank you TOMS shoes, the Sports Basement, & ZICO coconut water for the special MOMS TOMS event this year! aside from shoes and skateboards, i recently attempted to finish this piece... |
this bear is currently on display at the sports basement on bryant street, along with some of my other work.
i think i'm going to give him a pair of glasses though before i can officially call him finished.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
father's day cards!
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custom painted TOMS shoes
i had the pleasure of painting some toms shoes this weekend, on Mother's Day @ the Sports Basement in the Marina (near my new live/work home!)
myself and two other artists had tables set up, each of us with different varieties of supplies and techniques, while mother's and children could come and either get their shoes painted for them, or sit and paint with us. personally, i chose to sit and paint my own shoes, sharing my art supplies and creative inspiration, while others gathered around and sat with me to paint their own shoes.
MOMS TOMS, the event, came full equipped with a dj, some beverage sponsors -- zico coconut water and hint flavored water -- and lots of delicious snacks. this was awesome, because i love zico and got a bunch of free coconut waters to drink this week :) perfect for my bikram yoga practice!
i had the pleasure of meeting one of the executives of toms, who is going to be sending me another pair of free shoes, even though i already got a pair and painted them myself :) i also had the pleasure of painting the shoes for the event coordinator @ the Sports Basement. what an enjoyable time it was... i love being an artist!
aside from cocktail waitressing at great american music hall over the weekend, and riding my bike to and from there, i was able to ride by bike alongside the bay, in the marina, to get to the sports basement. how lucky i am to be living in such a beautiful neighborhood...
i'll post pictures of the shoes soon! hopefully, i'll also be able to put up a photo of the skateboard deck i'm painting too!
home improvements will be taking over this week at the new live/work space... we have to install a kitchen, i'm going to paint some walls, and lots of cleaning is about to go down.
more posts coming soon!
peace and love.
myself and two other artists had tables set up, each of us with different varieties of supplies and techniques, while mother's and children could come and either get their shoes painted for them, or sit and paint with us. personally, i chose to sit and paint my own shoes, sharing my art supplies and creative inspiration, while others gathered around and sat with me to paint their own shoes.
MOMS TOMS, the event, came full equipped with a dj, some beverage sponsors -- zico coconut water and hint flavored water -- and lots of delicious snacks. this was awesome, because i love zico and got a bunch of free coconut waters to drink this week :) perfect for my bikram yoga practice!
i had the pleasure of meeting one of the executives of toms, who is going to be sending me another pair of free shoes, even though i already got a pair and painted them myself :) i also had the pleasure of painting the shoes for the event coordinator @ the Sports Basement. what an enjoyable time it was... i love being an artist!
aside from cocktail waitressing at great american music hall over the weekend, and riding my bike to and from there, i was able to ride by bike alongside the bay, in the marina, to get to the sports basement. how lucky i am to be living in such a beautiful neighborhood...
i'll post pictures of the shoes soon! hopefully, i'll also be able to put up a photo of the skateboard deck i'm painting too!
home improvements will be taking over this week at the new live/work space... we have to install a kitchen, i'm going to paint some walls, and lots of cleaning is about to go down.
more posts coming soon!
peace and love.
Monday, May 2, 2011
new beginnings and a new live/work home in sf!
i have not had much of any time to blog due to the fact that i finally found a live/work space in sf!!!!!
that's right... good luck has finally struck like gold.
lombard and webster in sf, here we are!
ryan huber (drummer of battlehooch & multi-media artist of swanifant), grant goodrich (bassist of battlehooch), and myself signed a lease for the commercial live/work bottom floor of a residential building on lombard street. the spot was listed as a music practice space. once i opened the ad, there was mention of the potential to simultaneously rent out a separated back carriage house/loft. i called immediately after noticing the ad at 1am on a weeknight, the day it was posted. i had to leave a message. the next morning, i awoke with a call back from a very nice lady with a very thick accent. the next day, i went to see the space with ryan huber -- who was running ridiculously late because he had to turn in a bunch of edited clips for the next battlehooch album recordings.
we had very little time to check out the space and had to rush. granted, this was all during a mercury retrograde. things were chaotic. the lady who was showing it to us had to leave for work. i got a quick video of the space to show grant and any others and fled the scene without much thought.
after only being able to find a couple of potential spaces in oakland and no other leads in sf, this one seemed like it might be our only hope in sf. the address of the building on lombard was 2012.
"there's something about this space..." i thought.
mercury came out of retograde the last week of april. we had to be moved out of the battlepad on april 30th. time was pressing. we'd been searching together for over 6 weeks, knowing we'd all have to move out.
warehouse options were very limited and pricey, involving more work than i really imagined, and more work than anyone i knew could really afford to or even know how to put in. i realized my warehouse idea was going to have to be more long term or with different/more people. not to mention, most people don't legally allow live/work situations in warehouses... they're not really meant to be lived in (at least that's what they want you to think -- i disagree.)
the lombard spot was going to fit immediate needs. ideally, getting a place in sf was the more important thing going through my mind, at the time. i don't want to move to oakland now.... or ever really. i've fallen head over heels for sf. hard.
after indecisively discussing all of our options and details, we all finally agreed on the marina spot and went for it full force. contacted the landlord, made blueprints of necessary alterations, helped write the lease for the commercial live/work aspects, contacted friends, researched the neighborhood....
with 3 days left of the month to spare, having to pack and get ready to move to a place we weren't even sure if we had officially gotten, we met with the property manager and finalized the terms. the space was ours.
we did it.
we now have the bottom floor of a building on lombard street all to ourselves. it has no kitchen -- we're installing one ourselves, with the help of ryan's dad. we're going to build a wall to separate a section of the space to be ryan's room.
behind the main floor, which is actually half way under ground, and on a lower level than the street itself, there's a communal outdoor courtyard that we share with the other tenants of the residential building -- (there's about 4 floors above us, i believe, with a few residents living there.) there's a back carriage house -- that we have all to ourselves. grant lives on the bottom floor, with a communal room and a bathroom. upstairs, i have the big loft space, and right now, i'm sharing it with my painter friend won lee -- we're going to paint a mural on the main wall in there :)
we're creatively installing a wall to divide the loft space. it's big! above the loft, we have our own private roof access area, with a crazy wooden plank that you have to walk on to get to, attached to the main large building. our neighbors all have a view of our roof, so there will be no naked sun bathing, and i'm a little shy to put my bathing suit on up there, just yet, regardless of the miraculous sunny weather.
a lot of work has to be done. but it's going to be fun and a great learning process! i'm really excited! so many opportunities.... so much potential... so much creativity! my mind is literally exploding with ideas and has been for days now. weeks, even.
everything is happening really fast.
i've already spent two nights in the new space. so far, all is wonderful.
the neighborhood is lovely, yet funny. just a few short steps away from our front gate, there are a bunch of restaurants and two rowdy night clubs with live bands. drunken rich folk stumble about the streets on weekend nights. expensive stores are all just a block or two a way... armani exchange? yeah, it's ridiculous. not to mention a bunch of other great cafes, shops, etc... even a beautiful communal garden with flowers and veggies and fruits... a few blocks away is the gorgeous marina yacht harbor and view of the golden gate bridge/marin county. incredible running/biking trails alongside the ocean... sunsets to die for. fort mason. views of angel island. unreal!
may is starting off very sweet and i can't wait to see what else the month has in store. supposedly the planets are on my side. the universe is working things out in some beautiful ways for me and i can't be thankful enough each day of my life. i am in a good place.
that's right... good luck has finally struck like gold.
lombard and webster in sf, here we are!
ryan huber (drummer of battlehooch & multi-media artist of swanifant), grant goodrich (bassist of battlehooch), and myself signed a lease for the commercial live/work bottom floor of a residential building on lombard street. the spot was listed as a music practice space. once i opened the ad, there was mention of the potential to simultaneously rent out a separated back carriage house/loft. i called immediately after noticing the ad at 1am on a weeknight, the day it was posted. i had to leave a message. the next morning, i awoke with a call back from a very nice lady with a very thick accent. the next day, i went to see the space with ryan huber -- who was running ridiculously late because he had to turn in a bunch of edited clips for the next battlehooch album recordings.
we had very little time to check out the space and had to rush. granted, this was all during a mercury retrograde. things were chaotic. the lady who was showing it to us had to leave for work. i got a quick video of the space to show grant and any others and fled the scene without much thought.
after only being able to find a couple of potential spaces in oakland and no other leads in sf, this one seemed like it might be our only hope in sf. the address of the building on lombard was 2012.
"there's something about this space..." i thought.
mercury came out of retograde the last week of april. we had to be moved out of the battlepad on april 30th. time was pressing. we'd been searching together for over 6 weeks, knowing we'd all have to move out.
warehouse options were very limited and pricey, involving more work than i really imagined, and more work than anyone i knew could really afford to or even know how to put in. i realized my warehouse idea was going to have to be more long term or with different/more people. not to mention, most people don't legally allow live/work situations in warehouses... they're not really meant to be lived in (at least that's what they want you to think -- i disagree.)
the lombard spot was going to fit immediate needs. ideally, getting a place in sf was the more important thing going through my mind, at the time. i don't want to move to oakland now.... or ever really. i've fallen head over heels for sf. hard.
after indecisively discussing all of our options and details, we all finally agreed on the marina spot and went for it full force. contacted the landlord, made blueprints of necessary alterations, helped write the lease for the commercial live/work aspects, contacted friends, researched the neighborhood....
with 3 days left of the month to spare, having to pack and get ready to move to a place we weren't even sure if we had officially gotten, we met with the property manager and finalized the terms. the space was ours.
we did it.
we now have the bottom floor of a building on lombard street all to ourselves. it has no kitchen -- we're installing one ourselves, with the help of ryan's dad. we're going to build a wall to separate a section of the space to be ryan's room.
behind the main floor, which is actually half way under ground, and on a lower level than the street itself, there's a communal outdoor courtyard that we share with the other tenants of the residential building -- (there's about 4 floors above us, i believe, with a few residents living there.) there's a back carriage house -- that we have all to ourselves. grant lives on the bottom floor, with a communal room and a bathroom. upstairs, i have the big loft space, and right now, i'm sharing it with my painter friend won lee -- we're going to paint a mural on the main wall in there :)
we're creatively installing a wall to divide the loft space. it's big! above the loft, we have our own private roof access area, with a crazy wooden plank that you have to walk on to get to, attached to the main large building. our neighbors all have a view of our roof, so there will be no naked sun bathing, and i'm a little shy to put my bathing suit on up there, just yet, regardless of the miraculous sunny weather.
a lot of work has to be done. but it's going to be fun and a great learning process! i'm really excited! so many opportunities.... so much potential... so much creativity! my mind is literally exploding with ideas and has been for days now. weeks, even.
everything is happening really fast.
i've already spent two nights in the new space. so far, all is wonderful.
the neighborhood is lovely, yet funny. just a few short steps away from our front gate, there are a bunch of restaurants and two rowdy night clubs with live bands. drunken rich folk stumble about the streets on weekend nights. expensive stores are all just a block or two a way... armani exchange? yeah, it's ridiculous. not to mention a bunch of other great cafes, shops, etc... even a beautiful communal garden with flowers and veggies and fruits... a few blocks away is the gorgeous marina yacht harbor and view of the golden gate bridge/marin county. incredible running/biking trails alongside the ocean... sunsets to die for. fort mason. views of angel island. unreal!
may is starting off very sweet and i can't wait to see what else the month has in store. supposedly the planets are on my side. the universe is working things out in some beautiful ways for me and i can't be thankful enough each day of my life. i am in a good place.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
inspire
some of my friends seem to be having hard times lately... everyone has been kind of in a bummer mood today, at least.
today, when i briefly asked a friend how he was doing, he immediately started spouting off his doubts, frustrations and worries for the future.... complaining about his feelings regarding his lack of impact in the world, not knowing what he was doing with his life, feeling unsuccessful and useless, yada yada...
"are you really going to make me give you a pep talk right now?" i asked.
i wasn't prepared for this soul searching conversation with my musically talented friend, [who is in a popular and successful SF band], at this very moment in time. i wasn't thinking clearly. i wasn't focused. i wished i had had a script pre-written with words of wisdom to give immediately off hand.
"you're an inspiration to our friends and families! you're talented. you're living the dream."
(some words to that effect blurted out of my mouth all at once.)
(i forget that other people have mental break downs at times. sometimes i guess i think i'm the only one.)
this would have been my perfect time to shine and spit out some meaningful sentences of advice, encouragement, intelligence, care....
instead....
i went to my computer and looked up an old e-mail i've been saving in my inbox from Chor Boogie -- a san francisco artist that i'm greatly inspired by.
(((a little bit of background history: a couple of years ago, i found out about him through Project One Gallery. my boyfriend[of the time]'s mother worked as an interior designer at a firm right down the street, knew i was an artist and told me i had to show my art there some day.
"your work would fit right in," she told me.
i checked out the gallery and later on the gallery website, and learned about several new artists, all of whom i am now a big fan of today. chor boogie didn't have work up when i went into the p1sf gallery for the first time, but he was on their website, and i was automatically drawn to his brightly colorful, spiritually uplifting work.
i started researching him... exploring images of his paintings and murals online... reading articles about him... going over his artist bio.
"this guy is legit," i thought.
so i wrote him an e-mail. why not?
i wanted to know how he did it. how he became a working, breathing, valuable, living artist. it's not an easy task. i wanted to know if he could give me advice. encouragement. support. anything. i needed help. i was feeling stuck. i didn't know how to take the next steps in my life and career as an artist. i didn't know how to get into the art scene or how to even appear somewhat enticing to the art scene.)))
chor's response to me:
NICE WORK.... STAR
WELL WHEN I ASKED AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST THIS SAME QUESTION YEARS AGO... I WAS TOLD ..
MARKETING..
. PROMOTING YOURSELF IS A MAJOR KEY TO SUCCESS... ITS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN WHEN IT COMES TO FACE VALUE...
ME PERSONALLY..MY BELIEF SYSTEM HAS MUCH TO DO WITH IT AS WELL...SO IF YOU ARE DEDICATED AND DISCIPLINED IN YOUR WORK....AND BELIEVE IN YOU SO MUCH WITH OUT A DOUBT... THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS...
UNDERSTANDING THOUGH...
ITS NOT ALL ABOUT THE FAME... SUCCESS....AND MONEY
REALIZING YOU DID NOT START THIS MAKING MONEY OR BREACHED SUDDEN SUCCESS..
YOU ARE BLESSED WITH A GIFT... RESPECT IT..DON'T LET YOUR EXPECTATIONS GET IN THE WAY...IF THERE IS NO FAME OR MONEY... REGARDLESS... KEEP PAINTING AND BEING CREATIVE..
ALL THE ADDITIONAL FLAVOR THAT COMES WITH THE TALENT..FOLLOWS...AND WHEN THERE IS FAME AND MONEY... YOU CONTROL IT...DON'T LET IT CONTROL YOU MENTALLY ,PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
ESTABLISH AN UNDERSTANDING AND A MEANING FOR YOUR WORK WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU...
LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT THAT MEANING IS...
PATIENCE... AND TRUST..STAR...
point being -- when my friend came to me in his time of doubt, his moment of confusion, feeling like he wasn't valuable, as though he wasn't making a significant impact, or doing enough in the world... i couldn't find many words to inspire him with off the top of my head. i resorted to the words of inspiration that someone else gave me in my time of need. and in his e-mail, he referenced someone else he had asked for advice, in his own time of need.
i've kept that e-mail in my inbox for almost two years now. i refer back to it when i'm feeling lost or forgetting who i am and where i'm going. i was happy to be able to share it with my friend. and now, i'm happy to be able to share it with you.
this story keeps going though... (i know, i talk a lot.)
later on in the day, i get a private facebook message from a guy that lives with another friend of mine in sf. he's in a band, [one of which i've never seen or heard before], he's feeling like they're in a rut, he doesn't know how to reach out to the community, book more shows, get more fans, etc...
i rarely talk to this guy. heck, i've met him like 3x, maybe? but he sought me out just to ask for how he could get in touch with the very band that my friend from earlier in the day was worried about. the guy who sent me the facebook message wanted to know how to make a bigger impact. how to get people interested. he wanted advice and direct connections specifically to and from the band that my housemate is in -- the housemate who was freaking out about his own life from earlier today.
i smiled when i read the facebook message.
everything happens as it should.
i wrote a message responding to the guy on facebook, telling him to make great music, perform it well, and believe in what he was doing. and to top it off, i sent him a quote from my inspirational chor boogie e-mail.
i forwarded the facebook message to all of the band members he was seeking advice from (-- i'm just going to go ahead and say their name now -- BATTLEHOOCH). i wrote my own message to go along with it, first congratulating them on their upcoming show at a popular sf venue -- The Independent!!! i receive their e-mail newsletters with show calendar updates and also found out today that they're officially booked to headline there on july 1st of this year! what a milestone! that venue is awesome and i've seen many wonderful shows there. so stoked to have the boys make an epic musical performance there.
"I just thought I'd make it known that your music is inspirational, fun, and attractive to people. Your performances are equally important, impacting, and influential to people. And together, Battlehooch brings people together, gets people dancing, and proves that art and music can be whatever we want it to be -- you just have to go out there and make it, share it, believe in it, and do it.
Do it guys.
"I just thought I'd make it known that your music is inspirational, fun, and attractive to people. Your performances are equally important, impacting, and influential to people. And together, Battlehooch brings people together, gets people dancing, and proves that art and music can be whatever we want it to be -- you just have to go out there and make it, share it, believe in it, and do it.
Do it guys.
Thank you for being an inspiration and means of bringing friends and families together guys <3 You're family to me.
love love love,
dk
xoxoxoxoxo"
i feel like singin' that one song, "Home," by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:
"Ah, home
Let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you"
i feel like singin' that one song, "Home," by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:
"Ah, home
Let me go home
Home is wherever I'm with you"
along with that electronic deed of the day, i also updated my personal facebook status to something i'm sure all the ladies in my life don't hear nearly often enough:
you're beautiful.
lastly, i just wouldn't feel right without posting my favorite songs today that have been on repeat, probably driving my housemates nuts:
Feather by Little Dragon
Composure by Warpaint
and
Lover's Spit by Broken Social Scene
inspire.
lastly, i just wouldn't feel right without posting my favorite songs today that have been on repeat, probably driving my housemates nuts:
Feather by Little Dragon
Composure by Warpaint
and
Lover's Spit by Broken Social Scene
inspire.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
mercury
A great song for today: "Secret Mobilization" by Deerhoof
I think after you listen to that song you'll be able to understand why I can't stop saying "This is not based on a true story."
Anyways, speaking of music....
Radiohead just sent out a Thank You e-mail to all who purchased their latest album online ♥ Attached was a link to download two new free songs: Supercollider & The Butcher -- Thank you Radiohead. Thank you.
The Butcher is definitely a new favorite that will be on repeat for daaaaays over here.
Supercollider is a long one with a fat beat and quite thought provoking as well.
Monday by Jon Brion, from the soundtrack of I <3 Huckabees, is a perfect way to explain how I feel today.
Drone by Panda Bear, the song I couldn't stop listening to last week and the week before. Noah Lennox has a new album out -- you can listen to the whole thing by searching it on Pitchfork's website. Or find live versions on Grooveshark, which I actually LOVE because many of the songs sound different live than on the recorded album.
And since I mentioned Panda Bear, I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing Animal Collective live last Wednesday, [a sold out show that I tried to buy tickets to, but could not because they were gone in 2 minutes. I lucked out though because I got the job @ Great American Music Hall shortly thereafter, specifically with the goal of getting into the Animal Collective show in mind, and got in. Score!] amidst the chaos on my life. They played a bunch of new songs -- one of which, [I assume,] was called Mercury, [because they repeated that word over and over in the song]. I couldn't stop thinking about the song afterwards, not only was it pretty incredible, but because Mercury is in retrograde right now, and it's definitely affecting me and everyone around.
All of my friends and housemates think I'm crazy because I'm presently waiting for Mercury to be out of retrograde before I make any confirmed life-altering plans in the next week or so regarding our housing situation and my own personal job situation.
The opening band for Animal Collective was SF band, Sun Araw. They were also quite wonderful. I figure if you're going to open for Animal Collective at this point though, you have to be good.
Magical show really. Visual displays that blew minds during both bands. Sound waves vibrated my brain inside my skull and thoughts exploded all over the place.
I was thinking about life, about friends, about music, about art, about my future, my past, my career, my goals, the city, the earth, the universe, the planets, man kind, poverty, spirituality, purpose, nature, electronics, children, technology, parents, video games, lights, animals, animations, trees, plants, soil, fungi, ocean, everything... just everything.
I actually went to the show, hoping to gain some clarification on all of the overwhelming situations going on in my personal life. Hoping for a spiritual awakening. Answers to my questions.
Instead.... I think I came home with the opposite. [And I am not complaining.] My mind and soul were vibrated so radically through the music and art that I left the show feeling even more overwhelmed, more unsettled, more scatterbrained, more confused, and filled with more questions without answers.
My soul was shaken. My heart woke up. "What am I doing here?" "Where do I want to go?" "What do I want to do?"
Wait, I can still answer those questions.... I'm Dorey Kronick, I'm an artist and designer, I want to go all over the world and spread the creative vibrations with anyone I can, and I want to inspire all of my friends and family. I want to enjoy every day of my life. I want to create things that are beautiful. I want to make other people think harder. I want to hold hands, touch hearts, kiss lips, share wavelengths, spread good energy... shoot rainbows out my finger tips, out of my heart, out of my eyes, and mouth...
I actually came home afterwards and wrote a list of creative goals on a huge piece of paper in my room [or office], on the floor, and pondered about feelings and the next phases of my life.
Why is it that I always get the most energy, the best ideas, and the most inspiration to do work late at night? Ideal jobs would let you work when you have the most energy, set your schedule, and do whatever you needed to do to inspire yourself and do your best work when you can. Gosh I'm lucky that I'm an artist. I don't know what else I'd do if not for all this creative hoo rah.
To finish this post with a lighter topic, click below:
Watch an extremely short but extremely awesome of Thom Yorke vs a dancing bear
I think after you listen to that song you'll be able to understand why I can't stop saying "This is not based on a true story."
Do you ever feel like your brain is just a bunch of birds flying in all different directions? I've been feeling like that lately. This is a photo I took in the summer 2010 on a magical day at the beach spent with two really wonderful friends and musicians Justin Levine and Ryan Clark.
And this is what happens when I turn the sky purple.
I can't think straight.
The Battlepad, the house that took me in [actually the place that begged me to move in] when my life was falling apart in San Gregorio, and the place where I started this blog, is moving out on April 30th. I've mentioned this in previous posts, but it's coming up faster than ever. We've been avidly searching for a new creative space to call home.... Myself, Ryan Huber, and Grant Goodrich that is. Presently, there are only us three, and Peter Landucci left in the house. Everyone else has moved out and the large crazy house has turned into quite a quiet dwelling. I'm sleeping in a room with a bed... but all of my stuff is in my old room.... I've been calling it my office. AJ took his bed, which I was borrowing since I started subletting here in July of 2010, and it's actually really disorienting.
We still haven't found the perfect spot to move into yet, but we're searching every day and have found a few leads. Originally, I wanted a warehouse... but after checking out different kinds of unique spaces, I've broadened my concept to any kind of creative space. We want a unique space that will allow for art and music practices to take place within. Several of the places we've looked at either have no kitchen, no shower, no doors, or no walls... We're on the verge of finding something epic, even if we have to build essential items ourselves. One place has already offered to give us one free month of rent if we build our own shower and install a washer and dyer ourselves. Who would've thought?
New creative community in the Bay Area, here we come. We're ready for you. Are you ready for us?
Inspirational conversations happening all over the place.
Advice of the day: Do favors for people and help people out when they ask you or need you. Karma points are worth racking up. The thing about karma though, you can't expect for it to pay you back when you want it to. Good things happen to those who wait.
Anyways, speaking of music....
Radiohead just sent out a Thank You e-mail to all who purchased their latest album online ♥ Attached was a link to download two new free songs: Supercollider & The Butcher -- Thank you Radiohead. Thank you.
The Butcher is definitely a new favorite that will be on repeat for daaaaays over here.
Supercollider is a long one with a fat beat and quite thought provoking as well.
Monday by Jon Brion, from the soundtrack of I <3 Huckabees, is a perfect way to explain how I feel today.
Drone by Panda Bear, the song I couldn't stop listening to last week and the week before. Noah Lennox has a new album out -- you can listen to the whole thing by searching it on Pitchfork's website. Or find live versions on Grooveshark, which I actually LOVE because many of the songs sound different live than on the recorded album.
And since I mentioned Panda Bear, I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing Animal Collective live last Wednesday, [a sold out show that I tried to buy tickets to, but could not because they were gone in 2 minutes. I lucked out though because I got the job @ Great American Music Hall shortly thereafter, specifically with the goal of getting into the Animal Collective show in mind, and got in. Score!] amidst the chaos on my life. They played a bunch of new songs -- one of which, [I assume,] was called Mercury, [because they repeated that word over and over in the song]. I couldn't stop thinking about the song afterwards, not only was it pretty incredible, but because Mercury is in retrograde right now, and it's definitely affecting me and everyone around.
All of my friends and housemates think I'm crazy because I'm presently waiting for Mercury to be out of retrograde before I make any confirmed life-altering plans in the next week or so regarding our housing situation and my own personal job situation.
The opening band for Animal Collective was SF band, Sun Araw. They were also quite wonderful. I figure if you're going to open for Animal Collective at this point though, you have to be good.
Magical show really. Visual displays that blew minds during both bands. Sound waves vibrated my brain inside my skull and thoughts exploded all over the place.
I was thinking about life, about friends, about music, about art, about my future, my past, my career, my goals, the city, the earth, the universe, the planets, man kind, poverty, spirituality, purpose, nature, electronics, children, technology, parents, video games, lights, animals, animations, trees, plants, soil, fungi, ocean, everything... just everything.
I actually went to the show, hoping to gain some clarification on all of the overwhelming situations going on in my personal life. Hoping for a spiritual awakening. Answers to my questions.
Instead.... I think I came home with the opposite. [And I am not complaining.] My mind and soul were vibrated so radically through the music and art that I left the show feeling even more overwhelmed, more unsettled, more scatterbrained, more confused, and filled with more questions without answers.
My soul was shaken. My heart woke up. "What am I doing here?" "Where do I want to go?" "What do I want to do?"
Wait, I can still answer those questions.... I'm Dorey Kronick, I'm an artist and designer, I want to go all over the world and spread the creative vibrations with anyone I can, and I want to inspire all of my friends and family. I want to enjoy every day of my life. I want to create things that are beautiful. I want to make other people think harder. I want to hold hands, touch hearts, kiss lips, share wavelengths, spread good energy... shoot rainbows out my finger tips, out of my heart, out of my eyes, and mouth...
I actually came home afterwards and wrote a list of creative goals on a huge piece of paper in my room [or office], on the floor, and pondered about feelings and the next phases of my life.
Why is it that I always get the most energy, the best ideas, and the most inspiration to do work late at night? Ideal jobs would let you work when you have the most energy, set your schedule, and do whatever you needed to do to inspire yourself and do your best work when you can. Gosh I'm lucky that I'm an artist. I don't know what else I'd do if not for all this creative hoo rah.
To finish this post with a lighter topic, click below:
Watch an extremely short but extremely awesome of Thom Yorke vs a dancing bear
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