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found

hunting song

i stumbled across this band on a random search. pretty interesting.

violator

giant eagles / tiny elephants

yes, awesome. glad this finally arrived this week. this is the first pressing of The Dead Weather's first single Hang You From The Heavens from their upcoming full length Horehound. b side contains a cover of Gary Numan's Are 'Friends' Electric ? this is also the first official release from Jack White's new label Third Man Records. this may warrant another trip to Nashville because i wanna check out that vinyl shop hes got going in their. this seems like a really good thing for all the people involved in this project. it has a freshness to it that the raconteurs always lacked for me. stoked for this record and the tour later in summer. i like Jack White on drums. also, Baby Ruthless is probably the best rock n roll pseudonym i've ever heard.

location

25--- 25---

alternate live version of Kissy Kissy from The Black Session

Mucha inspired digital illustration

in my digital illustration class we had to create a piece inspired by the work of the art nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. we had to use our own photography and our own model, so i decided that since i had all those good PJ Harvey shots from last month's show at the El Rey i might as well use em. the critique went well.

DELICORE

art

found this while looking around on google for some x men comics and thought it was appropriate. im looking forward for school to be over so i can spend some time in san jose doing some digging for new inspiration and sorting out some of my things. latley i have been scouting for specific things that i dont know how to desciribe but when i see them ill know. i also wanna have some down time to do some painting and drawing.

duckgoose & the johnny boys

o.s.c.36

Glasvegas

I bought the LP and am so happy with my decision. This record is super loudish. Like a bath of hyper light energy.

karen

letter

.6

UNITED CAT PRESENTS: RON PETE & KOKO WAS HERE

Current Favorite Album Covers

i felt that it was time once again to give a mention to my current favorite album covers. i haven't done this in a while because i haven't seen any new album covers that have struck me particularly, but these gave my eyes and mind a bit of a bone.

first up is the the Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz!. this is the strongest cover ive seen in a while. simple and bad ass. i originally thought it was a hand holding a fucked up flower, but when i saw that it was an egg i thought it was even better. i feel like their last EP IS IS was awesome and dark and the cover worked, unlike their second album whose title i cant even remember. this cover makes me wanna go swimming and cook hot dogs on a fire pit, sipping tequila if possible and i havent even heard the record yet.


second up is the cover for Antony & The Johnson's new record The Crying Light. unfortunately i have not heard this record yet despite the fact that Antony has one of the most intriguing voices and that this record has been out for months, probably two. i like the fact that since I Am A Bird Now his album covers have been vivid black and white images that call upon the beauty of his voice as well as the sheer absurdity of it. i feel as though i am being read a story in a series and its refreshing because its simple and strong.


thirdly we have the artwork for Chad Vangaalen's Soft Airplane out on Sub Pop. another record that has been out for months and that i have not heard. i love his first two albums and the way he makes his records, which is by himself in his basement with a shit load of random sounds and equipment. i tried to buy it on amazon but my card got lost so the transaction got cancelled. his work is all done by him and is always interesting. he steers towards a psychotic childhood / bad dream thing that i like. its raw and suits the homemade quality of his music. sometimes it just feels good to see somthing done by hand because it serves as a reminder that we all need to just calm down most of the time.


last but not least is Depeche Mode's cover art for their new record Sounds Of The Universe. many fans are not fond of this cover but i find this cover striking and reminiscent of Peter Saville's style and the design work he did with factory records. i don't know who designed it so i will have to find out when i get the album. the new single "Wrong" has a classic Depeche sound scape to it and it fits that the cover art hearkens back to their minimalistic stylistic approach via Violator and Music For The Masses.

bust / head

3/23/09: PJ Harvey & John Parish @ The El Rey

great show at a great venue. fuck ticketmaster.