It's been a few days and here's what you've missed...
@michellej oooh, muxtape. I'm going to play with that tonight.
GOOD Magazine made a muxtape: http://goodblog.muxtape.com/
and, my muxtape. All 2008 releases, none of which I've talked about anywhere yet - http://misterjt.muxtape.com/
Alright, the muxtape is updated. It's a Gray Sky Saturday Kinda Mixology - http://misterjt.muxtape.com/ - And now, we escape the APT.
finally digging into iLike. The instant playlist thing is the only thing that's a killer app so far. Everything else I get from last.fm.
spent the afternoon with Dick Sherman. Feeling inspired and Mickey Mouse Proud: http://www.theboysdoc.com/
Wednesday was one of the best work days I've had in a while. I spent the afternoon in the Old Animation Building listening to half of the duo that came up with It's A Small World and all of Mary Poppins and nearly a thousand other Disney songs. He told us Walt stories and about what it was like to work at Disney in the 60s and also shared insights into teamwork and relationships and creativity and having a positive view of the world. As he said, "The other way is too easy."
Of course, I ate it up.
@tiffanybbrown I'm naturally an introvert, too, and people are shocked to hear that.
my bumper sticker of the day: introverts do it one on one.
@gillianr I'm INTP
Ever since my first taking of the Myers-Briggs test in high school, I've been INTP. The only one that even has a chance of switching is the N to an S. I've always liked this test as I think it explains me really well. I don't like generalizing (actually, I do, but in context and with the expectation that you understand what "generalization" means. Sigh, see, I'm already overexplaining), but INTPs are most concerned with the "why" of things. How is fascinating, of course, but How ceases to be useful after it has informed the Why. What, When, and Where? Bah. Those things can change but they rarely effect the universal Why.and, if you ever want to shrink me, this is kind of perfect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
I like to know stuff. I'm generally convinced I know more than you do. I don't hold that against you. Also, I'm too busy trying to know more to call you on the phone or put away these dishes.
That's me in a nutshell.
a funny thing happened on the way to book reading in the great outdoors, planet bboy and hurry curry in old pasadena. Double bonus.
I nearly broke into an uprock while walking out of the theatre. True story.
Also, some other independent films to remember to go see:
Young@Heart
Jellyfish
Red Belt
Video chat is the business. Now to get a bunch of stuff electronically powered done in the next 53 minutes so I can read/nap at earth hour.
time to light some candles and power down some ish.
whilst walking my 'hood during earth hour, was reminded that my orthodox neighbors are earth hour compliant every shabbat for a full day.
my earth hour compliance? I powered down/unplugged everything except for tivo. I read for 8 minutes and walked for 52. Did use iPod on walk.
post earth hour? microwave, printer, heaters and fans will stay unplugged until needed.
But, you know, that's way too heavy to think about, man. It's easier to just be a feel-good green shopper.
My husband and I look forward to [Rock of Love 2] every week, sometimes going as far as to privilege it over catching up on “The Wire.” We’re not alone in this guilty pleasure. Conan O’Brien admits his writers are oddly enamored with the program. And the folks at SNL must be too, given Tina Fey’s pitch-perfect impersonation late last month of Bret’s blubber-lipped suitor Daisy. Despite the safety in numbers, though, as the credits rolled last night, I dissolved into shamed giggles, simultaneously revolted and delighted by this pageant of excess and debauchery. “Why do we watch this?” I asked my husband. His response: “To witness America jumping the shark.”
- Clips of America Jumping the Shark, Utne Blogs, 03.18.08
I said to anybody that would listen last week that that Chuck Phillips article smelled wrong (just like his 2002 Tupac article smelled wrong). Now, look atcha!
@toddkelley you are so wrong for that avatar. I have seen the black devil doll trailer. in HD!
@toddkelley heh heh heh. Undercover Black Man posted a link to it a couple months back. SOOOOO wrong. Funny. But SOOOO wrong.
http://quotably.com/ is hot
have I said recently how much I adore skitch?
trying out this friendfeed joint. I'm not sure how it's different from plaxo pulse but I'll give it a shot.
It was a "fun with the internetz" day. Quotably really is great for following a twitter conversation. Especially if you don't follow all the people who are talking with the person driving the convo. I used it several times today. Tweetburner launched today too but I haven't really checked it out yet.
Skitch is kind of a killer App (mac only). I'm here.
As Mau pointed out to me, the big thing about friendfeed may be that it makes facebook updating a passive activity. (Yeah, I'm back on facebook after a 2 month hiatus. Sigh.)
I also really like drop.io.
np: way down in the hole by tom waits
i did this for @michellej but since I like drop.io so much, I figured I'd share. I'm not going back to pownce. http://drop.io/waydownhole/
Pretty cool, right?
Am I really buying the day26 album?
My name is a Jason and I'm a Making The Band addict.
Top Artists this Week (see more)
16 Mar 2008 – 23 Mar 2008
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Danity Kane |
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José González |
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Zero 7 |
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Ghostface |
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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek |
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Elisabeth Withers |
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Madvillain |
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Jamie Lidell |
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Chris Joss |
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Talib Kweli |
Last week's pick-ups/purchases: Ghostface Killah's Big Doe Rehab, Elisabeth Withers's It Can Happen to Anyone, Jamie Lidell's Jim (Thanks Felicia!), Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, Super Cool: California Soul 2, Zap Mama's Supermoon, and
- Making The Band 4 (Season 2) | Episode 1: Battle of the Sexes, MTVHoping to get to know each other better, the guys and girls jump in a limo for a night out at on the town. The drive is filled with awkward silence, but once at the club, everyone starts to loosen up. After a round of shots, Aubrey and Donnie start dirty dancing and Dawn and Qwanell get flirty. Stay focused, guys!
The next day brings all the Making the Band 4 participants back together for the first day of recording. The girls nail a song called "Is Anybody Listening," proving that they already have a winning formula in place.
Last.fm Recommended:
- Road Trip by Megan Selig, The Stranger, 10.24.07Kimya Dawson is most famous (in my mind) for being the fantastically charismatic folk singer from Olympia who once photographed her own poop and posted it on her MySpace. She's also an honest and bright songwriter who plays joyful acoustic guitar while singing optimistic and sometimes weird songs. While you drive to Kent, think of the opening lines to "I Like Giants"—"When I go for a drive/I like to pull off to the side/of the road/turn out the lights/get out and look up at the sky/And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny/in the grand scheme of things/and sometimes this terrifies me."
Song of the Week:
Wake up!
- Evolution: an Amazon.com User Review, 04.24.01The standout is TWISTED, an atmospheric, acid-jazz track that bears the stamp of its producer 4 Hero, but once Ultra pours her sultry, soulful vocal into the mix it is all hers. Given a fair shot -- and the right promotion -- TWISTED could be the one that takes Ultra into the urban mainstream, placing her alongside the Erykahs, Lauryns and Mary J.'s. Of course, the great irony of her career is that after 10-plus years of riveting, thoughtful, provocative music that meshes, bends and spans several musical genres, she is still commonly referred to as a "dance diva". Stranger than fiction, indeed. Whatever they may call her, the rest of us know that Ultra will always be in a league of her own.
I turned 33 (I think) last week. I honestly was debating with myself whether I was turning 33 or 34 or perhaps 32 all over again. I find time very fluid of late. It passes. It doesn't. Months move at a lightning quick pace but days can seem to go on forever. Moments linger. I occasionally dream the future. Deja Vu is common. I'm convinced I've had conversations before yet I know I haven't but, yet, maybe I have.
I've always been fascinated with time travel stories. It's probably why I love this current season of LOST. I imagine time travel is exactly like how they are portraying it. A sense of being in multiple moments at once, every instance of time sitting on top of each other. The future has already happened. The past is here with us. Twisted.
I don't celebrate my birthday any more. SXSW is my gift to myself. Honestly, every day is that gift. I have no other responsibilities other than taking care of me...and I do. My money, my attention, my time belong to only me and I do with them what I will. So why should I celebrate my birth? I'm celebrating me the other 364 days (plus one more in 2008) of the year. The only thing my birthday stand for this year is a time for quiet reflection and envisioning that future.
Tracy and his family made vision boards at the beginning of this calendar year. So, this week, I've been doing the same. I cut out words, images, and sounds from the magazines around my apartment and today I'll be placing them -- collage style -- on a cork or bulletin board. It is what I predict for myself for the next year.
I like words so there are lots of phrases:
- "We Love the Web"
- "Party to Learn"
- "...and culture"
- "Investing in positive social change is easier than you think."
- "Listening to My Life"
- "Respect the Planet"
- "Hesitation Can Wait"
- "Reserved. But Not Tame."
- "A Simple Kind of Life"
- "Frisco"
- "We Are The People We've Been Waiting For"
- "Soul Chameleon"
- "Record Your Visions"
- "Black Girls Rock!"
- "Carpe Whatever"
- The Hollywood Bowl
- A Spank Rock Party
- A San Francisco Parade
- Jay-Z (in Africa)
- Lightspeed Champion
- Wale
- Justice
- a Paul Frank watch
- a stylish formal tux...rocked with fitted dark jeans
- a how to on getting promoted
- The Wire
- Headphones
Twisted.
3 months after being lost, the iPod Touch has found it's way home. w00t!
I lost my newly purchased iPod Touch on a trip to San Francisco at New Year's. I'd been in the city just a couple hours. I'd taken a cab to the San Francisco Food Bank for a volunteer activity and the Touch stayed in the cab. I didn't worry much about it. I try to not have an overwhelming connection to things, property, what have you. I'm possessive of experiences, thoughts, and emotions. The stuff -- the physical stuff -- well, it's never really ours at all is it? It all goes back into the ground eventually just as we do. Besides that, I had a wonderful time that day and didn't want my carelessness to ruin the feeling I had. Not to get all philosophical on a Sunday, but whoomp, there it is.
Cut to 6 weeks later, I get an email from a guy asking me if I lost my iPod. I excitedly replied and we had a conversation. He grilled me on what I named the Touch (Luke Cage). I noted that my iPod Classic is currently named Nightwing and that my new iMac was named The Immortal Iron Fist (blogger's note: I'm kind of a freaky mac nerd these days. I didn't realize how bad it had become). He asked where I'd lost it. I told him the story. He complimented my music tastes. I thanked him for recognizing. He kind of dejectedly said he guessed he'd send it back to me.
It took a few more weeks but he did. I hadn't been to my P.O. Box in awhile but, yesterday there it was. I'm so excited to have it back. With the 20 buck upgrade, it's become an even cooler device. I'm sending the good samaritan a nice Amazon gift certificate this morning.
Gadgets and good folks rule.
@ poketo. Chillin in a cabaná with a bed swing
Scooter Kitty's friends and my acquaintances, Ted and Angie, run POKETO and they recently purchased a loft in Little Tokyo. They had their first art show there last night and it was hella fun. I rode in an elevator with Paul Frank and his wife. I bought prints by Tom and Rama. I ran into a former co-worker. We unexpectedly created a hot tub party on the building's posh rooftop pool area. It was a glorious evening and it didn't stop there. After several hours with our tootsies in the warm bubbly soup, we made our way over to 1st street and Far Bar.
Far bar. Drinking. In need of late night vittles
The only way the evening could've been more perfect is if there was a spontaneous dance party in front of MOCA.
But, I'll take what I got.
I told Anil I was stealing this idea and now, for you, a new blog feature - Beyond the 140!
home! my short good friday wasn't that short. Now waiting for my sister to come over so we can go see There Will Be Blood at the arclight.
The sisterly time included a lively conversation about what her dream 21st birthday would look like (a trip to Paris with friends from both LA and New York) and what my ideal wedding would look like (taking 20 people - 10 for the bride, 10 for the groom - to the Greek Islands featuring a small outdoor ceremony, a ship, me being named the new king of Santorini and a lot of happy). That said, pretty much any dream party of mine these days involves taking X number of people to Y location (where Y varies from Greece, South Africa, Japan or Hawaii).
This was my favorite article in last month's GOOD. I want the most expensive pizza, like now: http://xrl.us/bh29f
hot dog talk: twitter as food pr0n: flickr - put that on your SAT Verbal Exam.
a hot dog is most perfect with just mustard. You may add cheese, chili, saurkraut and maybe relish (not all at once). at a BBQ, bbq sce, ok
ketchup is *never* okay on a hot dog made for the kid.
Top Artists this Week (see more)
9 Mar 2008 – 16 Mar 2008
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Jay Dee | |
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Justice |
Last week's purchases/pickups: ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire and
Joss’s crisp and clean songs have a throwback feel and could easily be mistaken for some loungin’ oldies but goodies from the ‘60s and ‘70s, but his technical trickery keeps him firmly in the future. He seems to be inventing new hybrids by sampling different vocal textures and playing with tempos and styles that are supposed to be disparate. “Atomic Tape,” for example, melds rockabilly guitar warbles, hip-hop scratches, sitar riffs and samples of sneering young voices. And it all seems to make sense.
- Chris Joss, 'Teraphonic Overdubs', Metromix Chicago, 02.11.08
Last.fm recommended (we're going to go back a couple weeks since I missed last week): Camera Obscura, The Noisettes, Lil' Mo, Mick Boogie & Little Brother, Menomena, and
From their forthcoming Totally Flossed Out, "Black Mags" starts with a deep, slowed-down voice like the one on another album track, "Gold and Pagers" (which itself opens like Fabolous' "Diamonds"). Here the Cool Kids rap laconically about their bicycle, managing to tie in "MacGyver" and further the Pack comparison with a shout-out to Nike. As usual, the beats are laid-back and streamlined, the bass burbling.
- Pitchfork Forkcast, Pitchfork, 05.17.07
Song of the Week:
or maybe it was:
Whatever it was, we danced it out.
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