the soft distortion*

danny boy...

2009-01-13T01:13:25Z

Siphonophora

2008-12-29T19:31:05Z

The 37th plate from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904), depicting organisms classified as Siphonophorae. (from wikipedia)

eating out

2008-10-09T15:59:31Z

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

silverman for obama

2008-09-26T14:25:23Z

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

motherfuckers are so nice

2008-09-22T23:32:25Z

miss kittin and the hacker were SOOOOO GOOOD!!! they sounded amazing live - i only wish the crowd was equally amazing. they played at the avalon - as part of avaland, their saturday night afterhours club - one of the stupidest, douchiest hollywood clubs ever. there were a bunch of mindless girls who are used to doing whatever they want at clubs and have no problem pushing their way through a crowd in lines of 3 or 4. i have lots more complaints about the crowd- but i'll focus on the positive :P

i could definitely pick out who was there for the show- the ones who respected your space, the ones who could actually dance. kittin looked so glamorama in her sparkly dress and headband- the sound was really great, which is another thing i really appreciate about the avalon- clear vocals, heavy bass, awesomeness. i didnt recognize all the songs, i'm dying to have them!! specifically their opening song, The Womb (i think?) and one called Indulgence - played right after frank sinatra - it was fast electro rock, i caught one of the guys who wasnt there to see them covering his ears, so you KNOW it was good, hahah.

shows this year so far......

2008-09-17T19:05:54Z

i've made it a point to go to more shows this year than any other year- i might even be missing a few...

1/22 the teenagers
2/16 glass candy + los super elegantes + appaloosa
3/10 cut copy
3/11 the wombats
4/12 hercules & love affair (dj set)
4/26 coachella: uffie + the teenagers + kavinsky + 120 days + bonde do role + kate nash + hot chip + rilo kiley + (30 seconds of) MIA + mark ronson + portishead + prince + yelle
4/30 la riots
5/3 dirty sanchez + the hmm + reality rejects
5/19 cut copy
5/29 ladytron + datarock (and their afterparty dj sets)
6/18 megapuss
6/22 the raveonettes
7/17 little boots (dj set)
7/23 hercules & love affair
7/30 chromeo
8/7 the faint
8/11 megapuss
8/24 sunset junction: j*davey + !!! + kinky
8/25 lykke li
9/1 tommie sunshine
9/10 midnight juggernauts + heartsrevolution + holy ghost

still coming up: tokyo police club / miss kittin & the hacker / brazilian girls / the presets / berlin / shiny toy guns / YELLE!!!!!!! / justice / soulwax / simian mobile disco / boys noize / crystal castles / maybe santogold!

too many!!!! haha- there's a bunch of shows i missed/going to miss because i can't afford them ALL.

spaghetti cat

2008-08-20T17:15:06Z

isn't he the best??

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2008-08-17T05:23:47Z

i have the stupidest keyboard ever with a 'sleep' button on the top left corner- it's soooooooooooooooooo not drunk-user friendly because that's the ONLY time i ever use it!!!!!!!!!!!!

beach day

2008-08-08T22:08:48Z

last week in malibu :)

happy birthday to ME!!!!

2008-07-25T20:54:02Z

My birthday was this last wednesday, had dinner & drinks and then headed off to see Hercules & Love Affair a The Echo- could i ask for a better bday party?!?

Thanks Laila+Isabel+Nick+Tommy+Jessica for celebrating with me on a wednesday night :D

forget about my tainted heart

2008-07-15T17:22:59Z

obsessed with this song right now.... css does so many good remixes!!

Lykke Li - Little Bit (CSS remix)

hands down
i'm too proud for love
but with eyes shut
it's you i'm thinking of
but how we move from A to B?
it can't be up to me
'cause you don't know
eye to eye
thigh to thigh
i let go

i think i'm..

a little bit, a little bit
a little bit in love with you
but only if you're
a little but, a little bit, a little bit
in lo-lo-lo-lo-love with me
oh

ooo-ooo...

and for you i keep my legs apart
and forget about my tainted heart
and i will never ever be the first
to say it
but still I,
yes you know I..I..I..
i would do it,
push a button
pull a trigger,
climb a mountain
jump off a cliff,
'cause you know baby
i love you love you a little bit
you would do it, you would say it
you would mean it, that we could do it
it was you and i and if only i..

i think i'm
a little bit, a little bit
a little bit in love with you
but only if you're
a little but, a little bit, little bit
in lo-lo-lo-lo-love with me

come here, stay with me
stroke me by the hair
'cause i would give anything, anything
to have you as my man

megapuss

2008-06-19T19:22:54Z

devendra banhart + greg rogove = megapuss

went to their first show last night- MAGIC!!

http://www.myspace.com/megapuss

Slinky

2008-06-13T21:51:04Z

Slinky, originally uploaded by myherojay.

i loved last saturday/sunday :)

rauschenberg

2008-05-13T16:51:17Z

"I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out of the real world."
–Robert Rauschenberg

sad day in the art world... my favorite american artist, robert rauchenberg, died at 82 today. his work in sculpture, painting, printmaking and photography influenced the way i see the world and myself- i credit a huge part of my style and vision to his work.

sadness.

coachella 2008

2008-04-29T22:53:13Z

i'm not gonna tell you about it ;) you should have been there.

(photo by shellshock949)

i miss you

2008-04-17T00:03:48Z

(marcelo+sven getting into costume for hercules & love affair @ mezzanine in san francisco.)

san francisco, you sexy thing, you've done it again. everytime i see you, i love you more and more.

you reunited me with old friends, my dream boy, introduced new dream boys... this was ~~possibly~~ my favorite trip there yet!!

next step... find a job there...

did i imagine it would be like this? (wanderlust)

2008-03-27T17:07:55Z

Just one of the promo flyers passed out in a gift bag by Flux at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday– a new quarterly screening series to feature video artists' work on a big theater screen.

The Blindness of the Woods was insanely funny- these were live actors dressed up in yarn to look like dolls living in a fairy tale forest. Next thing you know they're fucking on the bed, in the woods, in different positions. They had all their yarn parts anatomically correct-–it was pornographic, except not.

But the highlight of the night was Wanderlust, Björk's next single:

Epic, of course, I dont know if she's invested so much production into a video since "All is Full of Love." I saw the 2-D version first and was blown away by the detail in every frame–the water, rocks, yaks, mountains, grass all had layers and layers of work in them. Then we went over to another gallery space to see it in 3-D...

oh. my. god.

I loved in it 2-D, in 3-D she had me ON MY KNEES.

in my dreams (yelle)

2008-03-25T22:08:42Z

I had this dream on march 21... and wrote this email to marcelo immediately after it happened :)

i just woke up from a post-work nap right now.. i had a little dream of our girl yelle that i HAVE to share with you- haha.

so, for whatever reason i was living in this little town 2 hours north of L.A. called Fresno- and what a surprise- Yelle plays a show there- hahah. There's not a lot of people there but enough to make a crowd, except, i'm the only one dancing, everyone else is kinda just watching her and maybe jumping sometimes.

i get close enough to see her sweat and think- ooh, i have to shoot some video- but i panic a little because i dont remember where my camera is. during her closer, she jumps off the 2-ft stage and starts dancing in the crowd- she sees me and we start dancing together and she gave me a peck on the lips! :)

the music stops and the crowd disperses and we're left there. i tell her i love her and thank her for doing a show in FRESNO of all places- and ask her why the hell she isn't doing an l.a. show. she tells me she's working on it, but that she'll be at this club in l.a. called Health (doesnt exists, only in my dream) tomorrow night and she's just gonna hang out there and dance-dance-dance, so she invites me to come along. I said helllllllllllllllllllllll yes i'll be there!!

then somehow we were in my house and i wanted to take a picture with her before she took off but i still couldnt find my camera. i found one, wasnt mine, found another, still not mine..

then i woke up :( and i started thinking- where's my camera??? i was also kinda pissed off that i woke up and it was still dark- i tried to go back to sleep twice THEN i remembered- oh yeah, i fell asleep at 5pm.

ahhhhhh... living in the dreamworld can be fun.

:D,
*jay

I can't wait to see her at coachella next month!!

Glass Candy @ the echoplex

2008-02-20T21:41:11Z

i saw Glass Candy at the echoplex last saturday- they are so much fun live! from what i'd heard, i was expecting something more mellow & downbeat.. total opposite- i think it had to do with the volume i'm used to listening to them to- usually at work on my ipod headphones- it makes a huuuuge difference when they're super loud with heavy bass and Ida No dancing around onstage :P i love them!!

iTunes...

2008-02-15T23:25:30Z

Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: 3668
How many hours or days of music: 10.7 days
Most recently played: Detroit Grand Pubahs — "After School Special (Feat. Miss Kittin)"
Most played: The Teenagers — "Love No" (new mac)
Most recently added: Lily Allen — "Everybody's Changing (Keane Cover)"

Sort by song title:
First Song: Yelle — "À cause des garçons"
Last Song: CocoRosie — "1910"

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: Peter Björn & John — "Writer's Block" 0:18
Longest Song: Daft Punk — "Live Mexico City (31/10/2007)"

Sort by album:
First album: CocoRosie — The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
Last album: Dance Hall Crashers — 1989-1992

First song that comes up on Shuffle: Björk — "Come To Me"

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Rain - 64
Yes - 36
Heart - 43
love - 171
Sex - 52
Remix - 294

valentine's! boo!!!

2008-02-15T18:08:40Z

ok.. so i was kinda fine when i got into work (at 11) on Valentine's morning.. but around 3:00 pm, i was in full hangover. I tried eating this microwave rice bowl- took 2 bites and i was done. I had to make a trip to the bathroom thinking i was about to puke, but i never did. i got home and slept for like 4 hours.

so yeah, wednesday night was crafts night at akbar- i invited a bunch of people out- except, the majority including me never made it to the crafts room- we got soooo trashed- hahah. oh well.. next time...

Fresberg

2008-02-05T19:35:34Z

Fresberg, originally uploaded by myherojay.

i drove through snow yesterday :D

the teenagers

2008-01-25T21:05:27Z

laila and i went to see the teenagers' first US show at the echo last tuesday- they were a fun band- except, the show was soooo short, maybe like 40 minutes and no encore. i guess they just dont have that many songs.

cute singer though :P

PORTISHEAD!!!!!!

2008-01-22T17:52:25Z

PORTISHEAD
PORTISHEADPORTISHEAD
PORTISHEAD
PORTISHEADPORTISHEAD
PORTISHEAD
PORTISHEADPORTISHEAD
PORTISHEAD
PORTISHEADPORTISHEAD
PORTISHEAD
- coachella 2008

Dec 28, 2007

2007-12-17T02:08:55Z

is the day I get inked!!

I went to Incognito in Pasadena and chatted with one of the artists about what I wanted: the word heart on my inner left forearm, drawn out in negative space in organic-shaped letters, kinda like Bjork's Vespertine cover:

Behind the white letters I want decorative line art in french art noveau style- pure abstract detail. He pulled out some art noveau books and I gave him an idea of exactly what I like, so he's going to design something for me :)

I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!