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hot dates

i have few hot dates coming up that i’m excited about:

– dinner tonight with @brittneyg. i like meeting new people from the internet. some of them have become my bestest friends.

– i am thinking of going to see The Coup - awesome conscious bay area political hiphop - tomorrow night @ the Independent. i’ve been a fan for years, but here’s the thing: their bass player was randomly shot while driving Tuesday night on I-80. no shit. fuck gangstas. instead of cancelling the show, it’s on, and i bet it’s gonna go OFF.

– i’m going to be a fashion judge at the Fashion Feud SF finale on January 26 (fb event here). i am so not qualified for this.

–Feb 1 is me&jay’s 12 YEAR anniversary.  yes. i know, right?

– i’m gonna be a fashion model at the 3rd annual LoveSick fashion show on Feb 14, with lots of my favorite designers.  it’s a pretty hot valentine’s event. (fb event here).

– Erykah Badu @ the Oakland Fox Theatre on 2/19. oooo yes. it’s been a long time i’ve been waiting to see her.

there’s a whole other lotta crap on my calendar in the next 5 weeks, but those are some of the things i’m looking forward to most.

requires a 1 hr. commitment

This mix is, among other things, a mark of the season, an ongoing fight for honesty, a need, a desire, a campfire, a peripheral vision, balance that isn’t a compromise, a thin blanket of snow, a tribute to Christopher Alexander, a dream seeking words, a roll across the shoulders, an acceptance of the unknown process, and a brush against the edges.

1. download/burn/stream/whatever/GETIT: http://benchun.net/2010/01/pattern-language/

2. listen.  see if you like it.

song of the day

Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale (or youtube for video)

This is a song for anyone
With a broken heart
This is a song for anyone
Who can’t get out of bed

I’ll do anything
To be happy
Oh cause blue skies are calling
But I know that it’s hard

This is the last song
That I write
While still in love with you

This is the last song
That I write
While you’re even on my mind

Cause it’s time to leave
Those feelings behind
Oh cause blue skies are calling
But I know that it’s hard

I don’t think that it’s the end
But I know we can’t keep going
I don’t think that it’s the end
But I know we can’t keep going

But blue skies are calling
Oh yeah blue skies are calling
Oh blue skies are calling
But I know that it’s hard

thx for that this morning, KALX

@MsKbizzle + a certain few others.  you know who you are.

back on the train

back on the train, originally uploaded by amyleblancdotcom.

leftover musical notes

after a full weekend of wompwompwompwomp, i listened to stone temple pilots almost all the way home from belden town, and i’ve had their songs in my head since.

Still Remains

our bed we live, our bed we sleep
making love and I become you -
flesh is warm with naked feet
stabbing thorns and you become meat

oh, I’d beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you

she holds my hand we share a laugh,
slipping orange blossom breezes -
love is still and sweat remains
a cherished gift unselfish feeling…

oh, I’d beg for you, you know I’ll beg for you

she tells me things, I listen well
drink the wine and save the water -
skin is smooth, I steal a glance
dragon flies ‘er’ gliding over…

oh, I’ll beg for you - you know I’ll beg for you

pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
take a bath, I’ll drink the water that you leave
if you should die before me -
ask if you can bring a friend
pick a flower, hold your breath
and drift away…

STILL SEEKING: recommendations for live hard rock and/or blues bands to see in SF. no cookie monster metal though. i need to be able to understand WTF you’re singing about.

also, i was supposed to remind the following people of the following artists:

to nagu: antony was the singer of the last song of f’kir’s set. his voice is….timeless. the first time i saw him was singing “If It Be Your Will” in the documentary about Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man.

to benchun: mahalia jackson. i do not know why the first time i heard this woman’s voice i immediately started to cry. i’m not generally a listener of gospel, but i’d listen to this woman sing about jesus all day long. i’ve never heard another voice like this. etta james is close. summertime/motherless child + move on up a little higher.

to whom? i forget: rod stewart with jeff beck does not suck.

this orbital ball

i’ve listened to it several times now, and this is really the only song i like off of Tori’s new album:

Flavor (listen)

Battle of the minds
cries Below cries Above
You must pick a side
Will you choose fear?
Will you choose love? What does it look like,
this orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way?
What does it feel like,
this orbital ball on the fringes of the Milky Way?

i hate to say this but i’m skipping this tour.  i haven’t been into her new music in years, and every performance seems to be so much paler than the previous. i’d love to see just her and her piano again someday, in a small place. i would pay a lot for that.

QOTD

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Just because you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.

–radiohead

–via

rock bands and hottubs and bunnies, oh my

weekend was:

3:00 friday, left work, BARTed to millbrae with whit&nicole, jay picked us up and we went for yummy thai food dinner in palo alto, had pre-show drinks etc. on the sunny and grassy knolls @ google HQ which is right next to Shoreline venue, went to NIN/JA show, rocked out so hard i had neck ache for next 2 days.  two 90-minute sets, first NIN then Jane’s, both excellent in their own ways and i really hope it wasn’t the last time i see either of them. more than a little disappointed that there was zero on-stage collaboration, not even for an encore. perry farrell’s corset+custom clothing was super haute (can you believe he’s 50?), and dave navarro is still so HOT. jay’s got lots of linked footage on his blog.

saturday AM, woke up with neck ache and slight hangover, but got ready and picked up kelly and we drove the 2.5-3 hrs north through wine country to harbin hot springs to meet up with the current bride-to-be and friends.  spent sat-sun afternoon soaking in the sun and the pools, eating delicious foods, and pretty much just blissed out.  had a mini bride-appreciation ceremony-ritual next to the super cool cave-like waterfall underneath the roots of the giant fig trees, which we lit up with our headlamps tied to trees, other than that, no other “bachelorette” hullabaloo. it was a different experience being there without an obvious partner and did feel a little bit more defensive/skeeved out by the somewhat aggressive prowly types. definitely would never go there alone, not out of fear, but just….not as fun.

came back sunday afternoon, then went into SF for the evening and hung out in the mission and then with reagan & nicole in whit’s hot tub.  so much hottubing this weekend.

monday morning got up and went to china camp with jay and zach and hiked while they biked.  first time hiking with an iPod - and there was definitely dancing involved. i listened to fleetwood mac most of the 90-minute hike.  discovered i hike a lot faster to music and don’t pause/meander as much.  more aerobic. gorgeous sunny day with perfect blue skies.

later monday eve we watched “hank and mike“, a fairly twisted movie based on the premise that easter bunnies are real (not “THE easter bunny”, but millions of worldwide workers, kind of like postal carriers), with a very dark humor bent - kind of like “Elf”, but definitely, definitively, not suitable for children. in fact, not suitable for a lot of people. loved the overly evil corporate character played by chris klein.  the farcical opposite of FP-speak. better, and way darker, than expected reading the description. netflix it.

during the movie i also experimented with some new hair color and i now have EXTREMELY bright red hair. bordering on hot pink in the sun. not sure if i like it yet better than the other red - we’ll see how it fades. it’s an actual DYE that i used instead of a pigment, so if it holds up i’ll be super excited to not deal with the messy punk rock hair dye anymore.

i was all over the place this weekend - south bay, north bay, west bay, east bay.  i got a bit tired of driving around, but it was a good long wonderful weekend and actually felt like a little vacation instead of just a blur between friday and monday. 

this weekend:  ZimTrix wedding in the woods! yay!

tinker womps it

http://ghettoboxsf.com/sk/tinker_womp_live_set_at_project_one_5_14_09.mp3

file under: put on your headphones and move.

more?

if you “aren’t into” electronic music, i kindly suggest you try again. this is a good starting point.

alela diane: the ocean

She was always walking,
Singing to her footsteps
Dirt ditched paths and pine cones
Digging up glass bottles

Rusty springs from feather beds
Old hubcaps on a picket fence
She planted beds of flowers
Stayed outside for hours

In spirit she’s drifted to the ocean
All those years of waiting for the water
She watching’ long shadows call in the tide
But the sunset by the sea is in her mind
The sunset by the sea is in her mind

And she was always hoping
To someday leave the mountain
Domestic chores and children
The darkness of the winter

Painting all these mermaids
Wandering to the seashore
She wanted him to follow
But his heart is with the hillside

In spirit she’s drifted to the ocean
All those years of waiting for the water
She watching long shadows call in the tide
But the sunset by the sea is in her mind
The sunset by the sea is in her mind.

These days you’ll find her walking
Singing to the deep sea
But she will always love him
Lost up in the mountains

The sun set on the ocean
Gathering shells and beach glass
Dancing with the rolling waves
It gives her piece of mind

But she will always love him
Lost up in the mountains

For she will always love him
Lost up in the mountains