On a non-project related note, I am pretty excited for the latest album from Four Tet. SoundCloud has the entire album streaming on their site here (I also embedded the player below). It didn’t grab me quite as quickly as Rounds did, but after a few listens I am hooked.
Favorite tracks so far start at: 4:00 (especially around 11:42 in), 13:12 and 36:05 in the stream below.
There Is Love In You by Four Tet
Well, it’s Halloween and as usual I carved a pumpkin. I am not one for happy smiling pumpkins, I am all about the scary ones. I think this year’s is the best yet and I am quite happy with how the mouth came out. Last year I did a similar mouth, but it was all one piece and got kind of saggy. The new model comes fully equipped with structural support teeth. I also made sure to get a sickly swine flu infected child to sneeze all over it. He’s a killer swine.
Since it’s Halloween and I couldn’t pick one song, I decided to post a few. My friend has a nice playlist on her blog, District of Chic, that has a few other songs I would add.
The Gothic Archies – Crows
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David Fair & Jad Fair – Nosferatu (Thanks to the RA Fever Ray Podcast for introducing me to this one)
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Tom Waits – Everything Goes to Hell
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Ministry – Halloween
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Danny Elfman – This is Halloween (Nightmare Before Christmas)
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Last month I took photos at the Clark show and really liked how they turned out. It’s been a while since I brought my camera to a concert because I am usually worried that either I won’t be allowed to bring it in or it will just weigh me down when I have to stand for hours on end. After seeing how the Clark shots came out though, I knew I had to bring my camera to the Fever Ray concert I went to at Webster Hall a week ago. The show was fantastic and contained a lovely mix of lasers, fog, pulsating lamps, five band members in costumes that looked like some sort of mythical Scandinavian/Eastern European creatures and wonderful wonderful bass that is meant to be heard and felt live. It was one of those shows I could see over and over again. It also makes me wish I had an amazing sound system.
My sister and I got there a bit on the early side and managed to get to the front of the balcony section, which made for a really nice view of the entire stage. Here are some of my favorite photos I took at the show.
There are no videos for my two favorite Fever Ray songs, so I am posting these two instead. The second one shows the costumes that are in the live show and it also shows the pulsating lamps in action.
For the past couple of weeks I was in NYC enjoying the company of my sister and friends. It was a lovely time filled with several concerts (two of which were free!), lots of walking, wandering and eating. Here is a selection of some of my favorite photos from my visit. More can be seen in my NY set on flickr.
My sister and I spent a good portion of this day wandering around in the rain until eventually we found an umbrella . . . but by then it had mostly stopped raining.
No pair of shoes on a wire is complete without a baby or two.
Hyperspeed through the Williamsburg Bridge
Let it be known she did not build that sandcastle, she just posed by it.
One of the main reasons I planned my trip when I did was to coincide with Warp Record’s 20th anniversary events. I saw Flying Lotus, !!!, Battles, Hudson Mohawke and Clark (shown above). I have wanted to see Clark live for a while now and didn’t think he would ever make it to this side of the Atlantic, so I was thrilled to be able to see him play with a variety of nobs in person.
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On Saturday I went to Carderock hoping to take photos of the area in snow. Unfortunately by the time I got there the little bit of snow that had fallen earlier in the day had melted, and the snow that was to come was several hours south. Even though there wasn’t much (any) snow, it was a really pleasant walk and there were barely any people there. I did find it rather amusing that walking in one direction I was passing all Europeans and walking back I was passing all Americans. I’m not entirely sure what that means. Read into it what you will.
I took this photo along the Billy Goat Trail. I am not sure what the foamy stuff is, but it made a really mesmerizing pattern that I stared at for a while.
Driving to and from Carderock I had the song “The Bhabar Belt” by The Protist on repeat. They are quite the talented duo, both musically and visually. Enjoy!
Me, Shawl by Siga R., Hat by Vasare R.
Cold and Colder seems to be the theme as of late. It has been cold outside (and still no snow), I am cold inside and I have been listening to Colder . . . a lot. So today I bring you a self-portrait in my favorite cold weather bundle up gear and a song.
Let’s start with the song: “Wrong Baby” by Colder.
This is one of my favorite Colder songs and has been stuck in my head for a while now. It suits my mood lately and is off the album called Heat (yes please). If you are going to watch the video I recommend listening to the song first. The video is great if you want to see Marc’s sweet French dance moves, but his voice is not quite as good as on the album.
Now back to my project. Since it’s been so cold lately, I have been wrapping myself up in a fantastic shawl my mother knit for me. It’s a whoppin’ 7.5′ x 2′ and is super cozy (my sister has one as well). Along with the shawl I am wearing a hat my sister made when we had our wee business (Pilkasiulas).
Stay warm and drink hot cocoa!