Sep
15
After looking and nearly dying of laughter at this awesome Kanye West meme website, I felt a bit… inspired. Click “read more” to see what I came up with.
Sep
2
A week ago today, I was in Los Angeles, roaming around in “the world’s largest independent record store,” Amoeba Music, sifting through vintage rock posters, walking among aisles of CDs and vinyl records… and brushing shoulders with director Michel Gondry.
Oh right, ’twas Hollywood.
Vasthy, Liz, Christina and I had just come from eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe on Universal City Walk. At Amoeba, we were all exhausted but willed ourselves to get lost in the music – literally. I mean, it’s why we were all here.
Aug
19
Last week, I won tickets from BAMP, a local concert promoter, to see No Doubt’s second show here – their last one of the tour. Although I’m not a huge fan of theirs – I had a brief No Doubt phase when Tragic Kingdom came out; I was ten – I figured it’d be nice to go to a concert when your tickets are complimentary! So together with Tracy, who I met at the Franz Ferdinand gig in Tempe, we went to the show.
Jul
26
See me play bits from “Space Dementia,” “New Born,” “Sunburn,” and “Ruled By Secrecy”; and “Apocalypse Please,” “Starlight” and “Butterflies and Hurricanes” in full. (Videos)
Jul
24
After MONTHS of putting this off, I sat myself down last night and learned the rest of this Muse song on the piano. (I learned the solo part back in September/October.) This is me playing the whole thing, just 24 hours after learning the rest of the song. Not perfect by any means! (Video)
Jul
2
What music video features clever editing, funny facial expressions, and fly dance moves by Alex Kapranos? Why, this one for “Can’t Stop Feeling” by Franz Ferdinand, of course. (Video)
Jun
25
Much has happened since my last post. Traveling, hanging out with friends, driving lessons, working. Take that as my excuse for the lag in updates. So picking up where we left off, summarizing as best as I can.
