February 2010
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The Pee-wee Herman Show - LIVE ON STAGE! the best...
yes…the best show…EVER.
i cried when Pee-wee rolled out his giant ball of foil.
i was so happy. i watched so much Pee-wee as a kid; the nostalgia was so great. i couldn’t handle it.
Paul Reubens is a ridiculously talented actor, and to watch him live was proof of that. i laughed and laughed and cried and laughed.
I LOVE YOU, PEE-WEE!!!
The Pee-wee Herman Show is at Club...
Lady Gaga (feat. Beyonce) - "Telephone" music...
i worked on the new Lady Gaga video on friday. here’s what i’ll tell you:
1. to my dismay, Bey was not there. she shot all her scenes the day before, due to her rehearsals for the Grammys.
2. Lady Gaga is seeping with star power. she seems intelligent, approachable, friendly, and funny. her outfits were insane.
3. we shot at a prison.
4. i was an inmate. we were put into...
January 2010
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guess who put their stompin' boots back on?
(check out this pic from three years ago!)
STOMP is in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre. i’m not performing, and haven’t in almost two years. but! i went to their rehearsal, in an attempt to learn the new version of the show i never learned after i quit.
damn, i never thought it would feel so good to hold a broom again. i can still do the old numbers without even thinking about...
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R.I.P. J.D. Salinger
my favorite author.
i love you, i love you, i love you. always and forever.
i see you.
if you have a blog, i highly recommend Google Analytics.
ever since i started this new blog, i’ve hooked it up with the Analytics, and i’ve gotta say - the stats are fascinating!
i get the most hits from Los Angeles, San Jose, and New York City.
i’ve got readers in Australia and The Philippines. as well as Japan, Canada, the UK, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, and Sweden!...
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Beach House - Teen Dream
if i was a crying infant, you’d wrap me up in a blanket, put on some Beach House, and i would fall asleep and dream of sweet things.
Teen Dream, out today, makes me wish i could be seven years old again, so i could fall asleep on the couch, and have my dad carry me to bed.
it makes me wish i could slow dance with someone i have a big secret crush on.
or take off in a plane that’s...
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Beach House - Take Care
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Hot Chip - One Life Stand
One Life Stand, out February 1st, starts out pretty dancey and clubby, and by the time the auto-tune(!) kicks in by track 3 (oh god, i hate it!) i’m making dirty looks at the speakers. the whole thing chills out abruptly by track 5, and i’m asleep by the end of track 6. while i find myself gushing over their expectedly emo lyrics about love and life, there were a couple of tracks i...
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Hot Chip - Take It In
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rain rain
it’s been raining in Los Angeles all week. and it’s a big deal. floods, closed streets, accidents everywhere, schools shut down, and the worst traffic imaginable. here in LA, we aren’t accustomed to, or prepared for these types of conditions. in short - everyone freaks the f*ck out.
oddly enough, i’ve been loving it. and i’m not sick of it yet. i’ve been...
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rock & roll(!!!!!) in 2010.
went to The Troubadour on tuesday to see White Denim. holy crap! if you like some classic rock ‘n’ roll - Hendrix-like psychedelia - a little bit of soul, a little bit of country, a little bit garage rock - and a whole lotta crazy song structures and time changes (totally up my alley!) - go see this band.
i’m not sure what my favorite part of the show was - lead singer James...
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WatchThe xx - VCR
sigh.
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a babysitter's story / a scar story
L, who is a whopping three years old, slapped her massive ball of play-doh on the wooden table and exclaimed,
“i wanna make a pancake!”
i immediately had a flashback to a time when i wasn’t much older than L -
i was in the family room watching Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam on the television. Mom was in the other room vacuuming. just like L, i had a massive ball of play-doh, an...
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do super cool things in 2010 (con't).
the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena is the most awesome flea market, ever.
i’m pretty stoked about this cookie jar i got for $10:
(thanks to my friend Jonathan for pointing out that it’s currently on ebay for $38, not including shipping.)
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Watch(attention: uke fans)
Part 1 is here.
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do super cool things in 2010.
/ watch more live music in 2010.
last night was the most awesome night of the year thus far.
the Natural History Museum (yes, LA has one, too) was open late with 3-D fun, dinosaurs, lectures, DJ’s, food, and oh yeah - a bar on every floor. (can we talk about how ideal this is?)
Hedwig?
that’s right - that’s a real DINOSAUR.
but the best part about NHM’s First...
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The Knife does opera!
The Knife’s Tomorrow, In A Year comes out on March 1st and is an “electro-opera” based on Charles Darwin and evolution. amazing.
“Colouring of Pigeons” is an epic eleven minutes long - listen (and download) here, and read more.
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it's coming!
clues buried within?
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get better at stuff in 2010.
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no crying allowed in 2010.
a few days ago, i bought some new mascara.
plain ol’ regular mascara.
(i had been wearing the waterproof kind since 2006.)
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The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs...
first of all, awesome name for an album. second of all, if anyone is going to cover Dark Side of the Moon (and not get shit talked by stoned Pink Floyd fans), it should be The Flaming Lips.
laser light show, anyone?
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holy crap.
shroomtastic!
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dear Char,
2009 was a tough one, but you’ve had worse. much worse.
it was a transition year.
it was your first year living in Hollywood.
the town…and everything else.
every thing.
it’s been awhile since you’ve lived anywhere for this long. i know that must have been hard for you.
but i do like your apartment.
you knew exactly what you were signing up for.
and you haven’t...