I will eventually get my old family 8mm films professionally transferred to digital, but for now I am stuck with video cameras and abstract editing techniques.
Andrew Carter – Make Her Happy
Maybe its this sick track I’ve been listening to all morning or the sunshine blazing on my raggedy back yard but I think it is going to be a fun weekend in LA… and we need it.
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Memory Tapes – Bicycle
(Courtesy of rcrdlbl.com)
FRIDAY
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
Electric Daisy Carnival – LA Coliseum – Los Angeles
Fol Chen, Nite Jewels – PDG Warehouse – Los Angeles
Papercuts, Port O’Brien – The Echo – Echo Park
SATURDAY
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
Cinespia Screening “East of Eden” – Hollywood Forever Cemetary – Hollywood
Create: Fixate “Build” – Premier Event Center – Los Angeles (architecture, design, music… sounds good to me)
Murder at the Natural History Museum Scavenger Hunt – Natural History Museum – Los Angeles (What the?)
Local Natives, Saint Motel – The Echo – Echo Park
2009 DMC American Battleground DJ Battles – Sabor Bar and Lounge – Los Angeles
Explosions in the Sky, Eluvium, No Age – Hollywood Palladium – Hollywood
SUNDAY
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
Rainbow Arabia, Exitmusic, Death to Anders (Everyone is here) – Echoplex – Echo Park
Phoenix, Amazing Baby - The Wiltern – Los Angeles
I think its a mix of this book I’m reading and the script that Kyp Malone’s doppelgänger pitched to me at Peet’s (about space garbagemen in the future, who are extremely intelligent and have developed a way to accelerate decomposition to minutes, which soon after gets stolen by the government… shenanigans ensue) but I have been thinking about space a lot. Hell, there’s probably a ton of reasons, and I also always think about space a lot.
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Andrew Carter – Q n A
If you are in the LA area over this upcoming weekend, please comeout to the Echoplex in Echo Park to support an onslaught of rad local musicians.
I swear it will be a party.
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Rainbow Arabia – Omar K
Bjork is releasing a DVD of footage of the Volta tour through Europe… If you didn’t go, you should probably see this film.
Check the trailer out here.
Brass and electronics haven’t felt this good since that steampunk computer came out.
Also, if you are in the LA area, Flux is hosting an event at Nike Sportswear @ the Montalbán.
Reception, screening, and then party DJ’d by LA Riots. The RSVP list filled really quick, but you may be able to get in if you get there early.
Here’s info:
Tuesday June 23th, 2009
7PM – Pre-screening Reception
8PM – Screening
Nike Sportswear at The Montalbán
1615 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA
PS: New footage of Reactable! Pumped!
Welcome to Crap I Build pt.2. I am starting to get a lot better at these things. If you email me I will tell you exactly how it was built it so water doesn’t leak, and how its light enough to be mounted on your wall, but I’d rather not post too much info here in case someone is looking for ideas. Don’t steal my idea, I will sue you.
Of course, if you want to build one for yourself, thats fine and I’d love to help.
This one is 2’3″ x 3’1″ and about 7-8″ wide. If you like it and live in the greater Los Angeles area, you can have it for a severely discounted price, as long as you promise to take care of it. This is the first generation of these types of eco-paintings, and there are already plans for a few more with increased functionality and irrigation control… so keep posted.
This painting has non-edible rosemary and pink clover for the “ground cover” and common ivy for the sides. Eventually the ivy will climb around the frame, and help absorb indoor air pollutants.
Before I wired the ivy up… it now climbs the frame rather than bulging out at the corners.
Close Up
In the future I plan on using different material for holding the plants in… The mesh I used is good in certain instances, but it is very difficult with groundcover such as these. It also doesn’t look as great as I want it to. Any recommendations are welcome, and once again if you want this or another one built for you please feel free to email andrew@lesauvageamerican.com
Thanks to John Hogan and Anna Oxygen I have a new/old Casio PT-50. Add a Speak and Spell and some beer and you have quite a night:
I’ll always love you guys.
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Karin Tatoyan- I Will Inform You (Demo)
See you tonight, bears.
Life is great until you google “Panic Attack” and realize thats why you are up at 4:30 every morning. I love and hate you, LA.
Things to do this weekend:
FRIDAY:
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
Emily Wells – Hotel Cafe – Hollywood
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic – Wiltern – Los Angeles (See me there)
Thieves Like Us – Echoplex – Echo Park
SATURDAY:
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
Fritz Haeg Sunset Saloon Book Release – Schindler House – West Hollywood (See me there… building domes)
LA Zoo Beastly Ball – LA Zoo – Los Angeles (See me there)
Cinespia Screening “The Graduate” – Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Hollywood
Chairlift – GETTY CENTER what?! – Los Angeles
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic – Troubadour – West Hollywood
Nouvelle Vague – Henry Fonda Theater – West Hollywood
Wilco – Pomona Fox Theater – Pomona
Seasons, I Make This Sound, and more – Mr. T’s Bowl – Highland Park
Our Brother the Native - The Smell – Los Angeles
SUNDAY:
LA Film Festival – Westwood – Schedules here
45th Annual LA Roadsters Show – Pomona Fairplex – Pomona
Femi Kuti, Santogold – Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood
Circle Jerks – Key Club – West Hollywood
Chairlift – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa
I’ll probably be sleeping or going farmers market hopping Sunday, but who really knows.
Have a good one out there.
In case you didn’t know this already, I like plants. All kinds of plants. I also like old things. All kinds of old things. Luckily I have many of these things at my disposal, so I decided to build a vertical garden/painting. This is a small model with a jenky frame just to work out the kinks before I attempt larger “paintings.” The design is very simple: Picture frame, few planks of wood, waterproofing varnish, vinyl sheet for water retention, plastic mesh to hold the plants in, and… plants. Here I used Blue Festuca which I believe is a California native.
I plan on building more that have more of a household function, mainly focusing on indoor air quality and food production. There’s access through the top for watering and it hangs straight. If you want one, let me know. Chances are I’ll do it for free.
Straight out of Brooklyn comes a new track from our favorite KUATO. Mixing the Disco Biscuits into something like this is quite a task, so listen. enjoy. Kuato.
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http://www.myspace.com/kuatolives2
Gotta love him.
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