I designed a site for the Dial records artist.

Needless to say, I’ve got my Spring wardrobe all sorted out.

Jean-Claude Vannier and his orchestra working with Yves Saint-Laurent in the early 70s.

I figured out making simple YouTube videos and uploaded some dubstep and grime stuff I didn’t see on there. Hopefully adding to the growing cycle of discovering new material, especially music, thru that site.

Photo: Tempa T vs. Bruza; both figure in my shares.

Pretty solid “fan video” for one of the nicest house tracks I’ve heard lately. Thank you Nate for introducing me to this one.

Behind the scenes documentary of a small label Kning Disk.

So much to appreciate from a style POV alone.

I had a feeling that James Cameron was rocking out to Yes’ prog rock masterpiece, Fragile, when he dreamt up the idea for Avatar, and there is more than a little circumstantial evidence that the film’s look owes a substantial debt to master cover artist Roger Dean.

An entertaining and informative interview with Sam McPheeters on the economic meltdown and the (non) future of American independent music.

“It’s like if everyone at a Dodgers game, all 25,000 people suddenly looked at each other and were like ‘What the fuck are we doing? This is a children’s game.’”

Photograph by Jeff Winterberg.

Thanks Kathy

Excerpted from this [3.6mb] interview PDF.

Everything, Nothing, Something, Always (Walla!), is a time-based installation that takes the form of a one-act live theatrical play that repeats nine times over a period of three hours. This documentation is a sampling of all nine runs. Filmed during Performa 09 at X initiative on November 11th & 12th 2009. By Emily Mast.

My friend Mike Watt is an extraordinary person. And who doesn’t love this guy?
He’ll be playing with Kira as Dos, this Sunday at The Prospector in Long Beach.
Hope to see you all.

Sunday, December 20 at 9pm
at The Prospector
2400 E. 7th St.
Long Beach, CA
(562) 438-3839

Photo above by John Eder taken from Hootpage
San Pedro, CA - 1994
Watt with his Les Paul signature bass.

Music Video for my brother’s band, Escort, All Through the Night, edited and synched to various Muppets shows by Irvin Coffee, 2007. Miss you Darius!

This weekend American independent music lost one of it’s greatest drumming talents, and many in New York, Atlanta, and elsewhere lost a true friend and exuberant, buoyant spirit. Jerry (Gerhardt) Fuchs died early Sunday morning from an accidental fall in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

For the better part of the past two decades Jerry lent his drumming skills to a number of influential indie bands, including Atlanta’s The Maritans, Brooklyn’s Turing Machine, and most recently !!!, The Juan Maclean, and Maserati. For those who had the honor of hearing his music and, especially, of seeing him perform live, he will be remembered as one of those rare musicians whose ability moved from mere mastery into the realms of the the ecstatic and transformative.

He was also a gifted designer and illustrator, and a truly wonderful person. I am honored to have called him a friend. Godspeed.

New York Times
A 2008 Village Voice article on Jerry
A remembrance from Henry Owings at Chunklet

3. The music comes directly from the artist.
Most of Rinse’s output is sourced directly from producers. Tracks are played as soon as possible, often without anyone but the DJ and producer knowing the credits and dropped before they risk becoming stale or come close to getting a release. As funky crew Circle said in response to someone asking for one particular track to be identified on an internet forum: “Tracklist? You’ll be lucky”.

Trim (above) on Rinse, 2004. This set on Deja Vu 92.3 was my intro to grime.

Trevor Jackson is the man.

Momus video interview.

Have a great weekend, you guys.