Nocturnal pictures

Just a few. Not going to write a long review. It was good/great, not spectacular, imo. But John 00 Fleming totally rocked it. Hard, bangin', full-on psy trance!

Above: Rank 1 at the main stage. He played Symfo.

Paul Oakenfold was spinning.

Beat Torrent

Parisian scratch duo. Watch in youtube, larger and HD

bart twitter

Monday, Sept. 21:

Geez this girl on bart is telling the dude next to him that she can help him turn into a vampire. WTF!!
http://twitter.com/chiratsu/statuses/4162224476

Sunday, Sept. 20:

Really guy on @SFBart? Is tying those 2 grocery bags to your beltloops really more convenient than carrying them? You look like Hobo-Batman.
http://twitter.com/edcasey/statuses/4137867737

seen & heard on BART

The Real Cost of Health Care

You Have No Idea What Health Costs

If You Did, You Might Just Want Real Reform

By Ezra Klein

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, September 20, 2009

President Obama visits the University of Maryland on Thursday,
where he discussed his proposals for health-care reform.

NOCTURNAL 2009

Holy hell this video, lol. (Watch in HD.)

EXCITED. Finally got ride and room situation settled. W00t.

And holy hell x2. I get to see Ferry Corsten again!!! But this time, LIVE? tight.

Now I need to figure out my Nocturnal route. SIX STAGES! That's when it's indeed correct to call it an "electronic music festival".

THE LABYRINTH:

• 04:00PM - 05:30PM AJ MORRIS
• 05:30PM - 07:00PM JOAQUIN BAMACA
• 07:00PM - 08:30PM FILO & PERI
• 08:30PM - 10:00PM JOHN 00 FLEMING
• 10:00PM - 11:30PM RANK1
• 11:30PM - 01:00AM CHRISTOPER LAWRENCE
• 01:00AM - 04:00AM FERRY CORSTEN

THE BIG TOP TENT:

• 04:00PM - 06:00PM KRY-LON
• 06:00PM - 07:45PM LENNY VEGA
• 07:45PM - 09:15PM BART B MORE
• 09:15PM - 10:45PM TREASURE FINGERS
• 10:55PM - 11:55AM GREEN VELVET (Live)
• 12:00AM - 02:00AM LAIDBACK LUKE
• 02:00AM - 04:00AM DIRTY SOUTH

UPSIDE DOWN ROOM:

• 04:00PM - 05:00PM MARCOS
• 05:00PM - 06:30PM PATRICIO
• 06:30PM - 08:00PM KILL THE NOISE
• 08:00PM - 09:30PM FREQ NASTY
• 09:40PM - 10:40PM THE GLITCH MOB (Live)
• 10:45PM - 12:15AM PAUL OAKENFOLD
• 12:25AM - 01:55AM RABBIT IN THE MOON (Live)
• 02:00AM - 04:00AM DJ DAN & DONALD GLAUDE

QUEENS GARDEN:

• 03.30PM - 05:00PM NICKY SAVAGE
• 05.00PM - 08:00PM ELI SMITH
• 08:00PM - 09:00PM DJ FALCON
• 09:00PM - 10:00PM FEADZ
• 10:00PM - 11:00PM BENGA
• 11:00PM - 12:00AM SKREAM
• 12:00AM - 01:00AM SWITCH
• 01:00AM - 02:00AM RUSKO
• 02:00AM - 03:00AM DROP THE LIME
• 03:00AM - 04:00AM FRANKMUSIK

SUNKEN GARDEN:

• 04:00PM - 06:00PM SUBFLO
• 06:00PM - 07:30PM HAZEN
• 07:40PM - 08:40PM EVOL INTENT (Live)
• 08:45PM - 10:00PM SIMON BASSLINE SMITH
• 10:00PM - 11:30PM TC
• 11:30PM - 01:00AM PLANET OF THE DRUMS
• 01:00AM - 02:30AM RONI SIZE
• 02:30AM - 04:00AM PENDULUM

ALICES HOUSE:

• 06:00PM - 08:00PM THE EC TWINS
• 08:00PM - 10:00PM HECTOR ROMERO
• 10:00PM - 12:00AM HARRY “CHOO CHOO” ROMERO
• 12:00AM - 02:00AM SATOSHI TOMIIE
• 02:00AM - 04:00AM DAVID MORALES

Okay, I think I'll be lazy/try not wander around so much as I usually do, and stick to the trance stage (The Labyrinth). But I'm gonna feel a pull towards the drum'n'bass stage.. Nvm maybe not. THREE-HOUR Ferry Corsten! And the trance stage is outdoor (see map)! Yay for open-air stages/no overheating and excessively sweating people next to me (hopefully)!

=D

recording studio

Berkeley/Berkeley High's indie rock band (featured in the "high school bands" issue of East Bay Express last year—article) Please Quiet Ourselves' sophomore album is due soon. Or already out?

PQO's myspace (not all band members pictured above)

From their debut album (listen on imeem):

Sunburn, Color Chart, and Minor vs. Majors

Metric - Sick Muse (Adam Freeland Remix)

Metric 16. September um 14:17

Adam Freeland has done an amazing remix of "Sick Muse", and The Hype Machine is giving it away as their first download ever!

Thanks to everyone involved for showing us the love!

xoxo metriclovesyou

Metric / MP3 & Music Blog Songs / The Hype Machine

Quelle: hypem.com

MP3 & music blog aggregator - the best songs and blog posts of music on the web - search and discover something new.

Teilen

Or download here.

Bay Bridge S-curve slows drive time

Photo: Mike Kepka / article, The Chronicle

But it sure looks nice.

missiondweller2

9/20/2009 6:43:57 PM

Good god, its not that difficult people!

Recommend: thumbs up (262) thumbs down (12)

sunny_jim_rolph 9/20/2009 7:05:40 PM

Go for a walk, down a busy street, in a shopping district perhaps. Look around you. Look at all the distracted little lambs wandering this way and that, people on their cell phones, texting, looking in windows, mezmerized by all the bright shiney things therein. These are the very same people in the cars next to you, hurdling along at 60+ miles per hour in a two ton fire burning collection of metal, plastic and rubber; they're hands maybe on the wheel; their minds only God knows where. These are the same people that share the highway with you, most of them sheep, clueless, barely able to walk intelligently down the sidewalk.

If you choose to drive, DRIVE. Engage. Drive with purpose. Drive with integrity and precision. Focus. Think about your physical surroundings for a change. Think about the power under your foot, in your hands. We're depending on you. Our safety depends on you.

Recommend: (40) (12)

Catalog 1912

John M. Smyth Company Catalog 1912

Photo: From the collection of Bob Bragman

Catalog Shopping the Year the Titanic Sank, photo gallery, sfgate

models under umbrellas

Models huddle under an umbrella during an outdoor fashion show of designer Norma Kamali.

Photo: Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency

Fuel (2009)

Josh Tickell in "Fuel." // Greenlight Theatrical

Treating Oil Addiction

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Published: September 18, 2009, NYtimes

“Fuel,” Josh Tickell’s unabashedly intimate, 11-years-in-the-making attack on America’s addiction to oil, is not so much a green documentary as a red, white and blue alarm. But if you can resist the urge to run for the exit, you may leave the theater feeling a lot more hopeful than when you went in.

A sustainable-energy evangelist whose church is a van that runs on grease, Mr. Tickell contends that the oil industry poisons our environment, corrupts our government and cooks our planet. Galvanized by a childhood spent among the oil refineries and pollution problems of Louisiana, Mr. Tickell was an early adopter of alternative fuels. But his exhaustively wide-ranging film is more than an expression of personal affront: though his mother, Deborah Dupré, suffered nine miscarriages (“Factor that into the cost of gasoline,” he says), “Fuel” seldom feels vindictive.

Thanks to an informative, buoyant tone and the director’s own restless intelligence, the film preaches to the unconverted with passion, energy and graphics so clear that they would make Al Gore weep all over his PowerPoint.

Bustling with politicians, scientists and card-carrying green celebrities, “Fuel” reveals the terrifying complexity of our energy crisis, as well as Mr. Tickell’s commitment to the truth. (The film was completely re-edited to include recent biodiesel controversies.)

“We cannot drill our way out of this,” says one of the film’s many experts; but as “Fuel” zealously argues, our chances of thinking our way out are very good indeed.

FUEL

Opens on Friday in New York and San Francisco and at the Landmark Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley, Calif.

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"Fuel" (RT) is another film I'm want to see before I leave for San Diego on Monday. Today I saw A Woman in Berlin (RT). Pretty good German war movie, but very different from the rest. It's from the viewpoint of a woman/about women who are left behind while men are away at war, 1945. Berlin is taken over by the Russians.

Don't think I'll have time to go catch Fuel, but I really want to see "The Informant!" (Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh). The trailer was already pretty LOL.

Tiësto ::: Kaleidoscope (Review)

Scroll down to the post before the last or click here to read my introduction post to this album.

Having gotten ahold of a promo copy (throughout every single track it says "MUSICAL FREEDOM. DON'T. STEAL. THIS SHIT." So maybe wait 'til the real release date?), I'm going to attempt to write my first album review. Like sentences about each song, instead of a short paragraph or just a rating. (ALSO: since WEB SHERIFF commented on my blog I won't post link to the leaked album. If you want it you can find it for yourself [not hard], or just comment me for a link.)

To start off: FACE IT (and don't hate), Tiësto is not totally doing trance anymore. This cannot be more evident that through this album. He's producing electro. electro/trance. almost electro-indie. edging on *shudder* pop trance. edging. Specific track reviews:

01 Kaleidoscope [ft. Jónsi]

EXCELLENT. Jónsi of Sigur Rós. Dreamy, trancey, and beautiful. Then it drops, but stays nice and dreamy. Heavy synths. A great start to the album.

02 Escape Me [ft. CC Sheffield]

Electro, fun. Good vocals, bass, everything. Electro kids should like this. Indie-electro/dance-punk kids/fans of the Killers & similar artists should, too.

03 You Are My Diamond [ft. Kianna]

This is really edging on POP TRANCE. cheesy lyrics, major happy poppy. It..umm...feels like 2001 or something. Except better synths and bass..kind of. I don't know, I just can't take lyrics this cheesy/poppy and need to skip this song at 23 seconds.. Your non-EDM mainstream top40 friends (zomg you have friends who like top40?!) or roommates will like this. They will play it a million times, you'll hear it on the radio, you'll hear it at the all-campus dance, you'll hear it blaring from dorm rooms as you walk past with headphones on but it overpowering, and you will hate it and suffer. Then you will suffer more when you come home and your little sister has it on repeat and you share a room with her.

04 I Will Be Here [ft. Sneaky Sound System]

Err..it begins well, electro bass, but then at 15 seconds, electro ravers pause. because of the cheesy vocals. ALSO edging on pop trance/dance due to cheesy lyrics. I have low tolerance to cheesy/pop lyrics. This track is electro/dance/pop.

05 I Am Strong [ft. Priscilla Ahn]

I had not heard of Priscilla Ahn before, and am glad that I have now heard her voice. Absolutely lovely. Big props to Tiësto for featuring her on this album. She could totally do vocal trance. Airy, flowy, melodic, wonderful. Also nice that I heard this first since I don't like acoustic/folk that much, which is what Priscilla Ahn primarily plays/sings.

06 Here on Earth [ft. Cary Brothers]

Okay, also didn't know of the Cary Brothers, except for the trance-poppish "Ride (Tiësto Remix)" that I sort of like. So that's what I expected, trance-poppish. But just looked them up, and he's an indie rock person. And was on the Tonight Show and Late Night and Late Late Night shows. Yes, I obviously don't watch TV. Here on Earth is a pretty good track. Non-cheesy lyrics are always a plus. Trance, but more electro-poppy-trance than real trancey if you know what I mean.

07 Always Near

Short 1:34 trance (to serve as an interlude?). Good. Full length trance to come?

08 It's Not the Things You Say [ft. Kele Okereke]

Kele Okereke of Bloc Party. Piano, drums, vocals. Very good. If you like Bloc Party's "One More Chance"—this is similar and a great/logical follow-up— you'll enjoy this.

09 Fresh Fruit

Trance. Yes, TRANCE. But also electro-y enough to please the electro kids. Another great nonvocal trance tune by the mighty (his mightiness has passed but with this album, mightiness will return) Tiësto.

10 Century [ft. Calvin Harris]

I don't have any original Calvin Harris songs, just remixes, which are electro, so I expected this track to be electro. Wrong. It's trance-poppy/electro-pop with cheesy vocals. "Hello. Can/If you hear me. Now put your hands in the air for the century." Umm sure. What exactly in this century? Nevertheless, it's a decent track.

11 Feel It in My Bones [ft. Tegan and Sara]

You love Tegan and Sara? You love this song. Lyrics not cheesy, of course, with Tegan and Sara, but poppy-ish though good, if you are familiar with the two Canadian girls. Trance with Tegan and Sara. Synths are real nice at the breakdown.

12 Who Wants to Be Alone [ft. Nelly Furtado]

I really like this song. You'll be hooked within the first second. EASILY a dance floor/club filler. This is gonna be big. Nelly Furtado. That's a name appealing to mainstream peepz. "Who Wants to Be Alone" has got a hip-hop urban club/dance feel, but is no doubt better than that shit. This is wayyy better produced, shit, it's by Tiësto. I can totally see this hitting huge and mainstream kids/ppl saying "Who the f is Tiësto?? This track slaps." And then..the next generation of Tiësto fans from being introduced to trance. Electro/trance/hip-hop/urban.

13 LA Ride

lol in the promo dl I got, the titles are missing apostrophes and for this particular track, the capitalization, so I thought it was "La Ride" (interesting name). Trance, but because of this one keyboard sound/melody (I'm still never becoming a music critic/writer), it has an electro-poppy feel to it. Nice, but I'm hoping for a version with the underlying trance upfront.

14 Bend It Like You Don't Care

ELECTRO. What you call dirty electro, if I'm not mistaken. Yes. Pause right here and register what you just read. Tiesto is producing electro, real electro, not just electro-pop-trance, but electro. And yes again, this track is good.

15 Knock You Out [ft. Emily Haines]

BEST TRACK (alongside the title track)!!! I love Metric, especially lead singer Emily Haines, and I love trance and I used to love Tiësto (and now maybe still do, but Armin has long replaced his spot). I LOVE THIS TRACK. I've already listened to it 5 times today. Electro, trance, Emily Haines, fucking yes. This track rocks. ★★★★★ Not writing anything else more critiquely/critically about this track, you'll hear it and know how good it is.

16 Louder Than Boom

Electro-y trance? Prog house? Prog electro? Prog electro house? It's got that synth sound that's also heard on one of those Ratatat songs. Then it drops and you/I wonder if deadmau5 had any influence on Tiësto. Pretty good track.

17 Surrounded by Light

Trance outro. Beautiful. The real trancey type of trance, with piano. Sounds influenced by Jónsi. Full trance-length version please.

So then, the verdict: 4/5.

I would go 3.5/5 because I'm a trancehead and because of the tracks that are too poppy plus the cheesy lyrics, but since it's absolutely possible and easy to skip tracks while listening to an album (or to just delete them), I'll overlook them to focus on the best songs from this album and the album as a whole. Tiësto's not doing as much trance as before, but the few trance songs here are great. Again, I'm hoping for full 7-9minute versions. So outside of pure trance, Tiesto is rocking it. Bringing in guest artists and producing songs of other genres: electro, electro-pop-dance and all that. Confirms that his megastar dj status is well-earned. Covering more genres to bring more people into the wonderful world of EDM.

I'm expecting lots of singles and many, many remixes of songs in Kaleidoscope.

Oh, and CD cover is omgwtfruserious so I don't want to img src. Click here and then hurriedly click the back button.

Tiesto ::: Kaleidoscope

Label: Ultra

Release Date: October 20, 2009

Genres: Trance, Electro, Dance, Electro-Trance-Pop

Rating: 4/5

Hope you enjoyed my (unprofessional) review.

Please take the time to leave me a comment to let me know if it's helpful! =)

Thanks!

multiple exposure color flash holga

ginger fierstein//flickr//fbook

HOLY SHIT, SHIT IS TIGHT.

SPECIAL CAPS LOCK "HOLY SHIT" because I'm listening to EPIC EPIC EPICCC TRANCE right now. It just multiplies the coolness of whatever I'm looking at by a factor of like...5 or some high number.

That's the kind of Holga camera I bought—120 film, color flash.

I finished my first roll today and went to Looking Glass to drop off the film to get developed and prints, and when I was taking the film out of the canister with help from an employee...I found out that I MAY HAVE MESSED UP MY FIRST ROLL. guhzahhs great. So apparently there were supposed to be 2 rectangular foam pieces behind the 2 sides where the film ends are, but they weren't there inside my camera. I don't remember if there were foam pieces there. There MAY have been, and I MAY have taken them out and thrown them away. MAY have. X____X;;

So what does that mean? The film was wound not as tight since there weren't the foam pieces cushioning the roll and I might get "EDGE FOG". Shouldn't be a big deal, though, right? Holga's a toy camera, experimental. EXCEPT that I don't have the foam pieces and so all the rest of my 120 will have edge fog. . . .

Haven't loaded my next roll yet. Going back to Looking Glass tomorrow. Voted East Bay Express Most Helpful Photography Store for shurrrs.

Now I want to take my Holga to a rave or party. ..or not. Don't want to take too many pics of random kandi kids, lol.

Tiësto's upcoming Kaleidoscope

Safe to say world-beating DJ Tiësto's upcoming guest-a-go-go LP— called Kaleidoscope and out October 20 on Ultra— is going to be the best album of the year to include vocal contributions from Sigur Rós's Jónsi Birgisson, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, Metric's Emily Haines, Tegan and Sara, Kianna Alarid of Tilly and the Wall, and Nelly Furtado. Take that, Timbaland.
[originally posted 04.aug.09, pitchfork article]

01 Kaleidoscope [ft. Jónsi]
02 Escape Me [ft. CC Sheffield]
03 You Are My Diamond [ft. Kianna]
04 I Will Be Here [ft. Sneaky Sound System]
05 I Am Strong [ft. Priscilla Ahn]
06 Here on Earth [ft. Cary Brothers]
07 Always Near
08 It's Not the Things You Say [ft. Kele Okereke]
09 Fresh Fruit
10 Century [ft. Calvin Harris]
11 Feel It in My Bones [ft. Tegan and Sara]
12 Who Wants to Be Alone [ft. Nelly Furtado]
13 LA Ride
14 Bend It Like You Don't Care
15 Knock You Out [ft. Emily Haines]
16 Louder Than Boom
17 Surrounded by Light

On Monday, Pitchfork premiered the first track off this album.

Go to the article now to listen to the track.

It's beautiful, and the synths get heavier toward the end, a great first track. The rest of the album should be equally or more so great. Looking forward to this.

++ track 11 has been released for a little while already, I'll post it up soon.

PREORDER album on amazon.

Arctic Monkeys ::: Whatever People Say...

Artist: Arctic Monkeys (from the UK)

Album: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Label: Domino

Release Date: 21.Feb.2006

Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock

Rating: Pretty good.

Pitchfork Review, 7.4

73mb VBR .rar

BUY.

1. "The View from the Afternoon" - 3:38
2. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - 2:53
3. "Fake Tales of San Francisco" - 2:57
4. "Dancing Shoes" - 2:21
5. "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me" - 2:10
6. "Still Take You Home" - 2:53
7. "Riot Van" - 2:14
8. "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" - 2:23
9. "Mardy Bum" - 2:55
10. "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..." - 4:28
11. "When the Sun Goes Down" - 3:20
12. "From the Ritz to the Rubble" - 3:13
13. "A Certain Romance" - 5:31

Ahh I hate when I'm late to music. I DID hear a couple Arctic Monkeys songs on live105's soundcheck new music radio show when there was all this hype about them/when the songs first premiered in 2006 or maybe even 2005(?), and yes, I liked those songs, but never bothered to look them up. A few months ago I listened to their sophomore album, "Favourite Worst Nightmare", and was unimpressed, so yeah. Only now, the day before I go to their show at the beautifully renovated Fox Theatre in Oakland, that I listen to their debut album. Yeah, I totally win at this. Well apparently, this album is about the life of 19- and 20-year-olds, which is how old the band members were when they produced this. Actually I also listened to their latest album "Humbug" which features "Crying Lightning", and was about equally unimpressed with it as with "Worst Nightmare", so I think I'm just not a big fan of the Arctic Monkeys. I like this album, though. And hopefully I'll like them more after their show. =7

Silver Swans - Realize The Ghost

Everyone has a different side, especially musicians, and it's always great to hear that. We all know Ann Yu as the vocalist for LoveLikeFire and her unique ability to create dramatic and memorable songs, but in her side project Silver Swans (with Jon Waters), she shows her keen sense of anchoring dancefloor fillers with beautifully swirling hollow vocals and intricate electro instrumentals that lift you into a dream state...a constant, yet enjoyable struggle between vocals and electronics. —stranded in stereo

What Blaqk Audio is to AFI, Silver Swans are to SF faves LoveLikeFire. Uh, well kind of, I suppose. Silver Swans are a fantastic new local synth/dance side-project of Ann Yu, lead singer of LoveLikeFire, and its an incredible piece of haunting, hypotonic and dreamy electronic pop. (for fans of The Knife, LADYTRON and La Roux) SF live debut at the Rickshaw Stop on Friday, November 7. —aaron axelsen, live105 soundcheck

Their debut album Realize the Ghost is due to be out in January on San Francisco-based Tricycle Records. Check out the other artists' featured songs on the label's myspace. I'm quite liking them.

Silver Swans - Realize the Ghost, 192kbps

Eveson : Late Night Special/Solstice

Artist: Eveson, from the UK of course.

EP: Late Night Special/Solstice

Genre: Drum'n'Bass–Liquid

Label: Samurai Red Seal

Release Date: 29.June.2009

Rating: Sehr gut.

27mb .rar download

BUY on breakbeat.co.uk

heard it on dnbheaven, and had to get it.

"Late Night Special" is more of a dark soulful dnb track. Reminds me of some song I can't remember =T...maybe it's a sample?

"Solstice" is one of those dnb tracks where the melody (?) is off-beat, or on another beat. If you've heard those types of dnb tracks then you know what I'm talking about, otherwise.. I'm just never going to be a music critic/reviewer. Some nice sounds in it, that kind of guitar and.. gosh I suck at describing sounds. I wonder if there are writing classes in art schools where they teach students how to describe specific sounds and colors and all those aesthetics. I'm gonna stop now. Enjoy your fresh dnb download.

Michelle Ye and Han Yuqin;; Hawaii vacation

Chinese-born actresses Michelle Ye, right, and Han Yuqin of the film 'Yi Ngoy' (Accident) pose at the 66th Venice Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009.

Photo: Joel Ryan / AP

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Arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday. Staying at a hotel in Waikiki with free wi-fi. Attempted to tan. Thursday went to downtown and Chinatown, then bought some fruit at the Farmers' Market in the very nearby International Marketplace and attended a free hula show on the beach. Today joined a tour, went to the USS Arizona Memorial, Dole Plantation shop, the North Shore of Oahu, and a few beaches along the coast including Hanauma Bay. Tomorrow hiking Monoa Falls, then next day hiking Diamond Head. Pics sometime later, actually low chance of that. I always end up blogging cool stuff I find than about my vacation since I get too lazy to do that after I upload pics on fbook.

Music posts up next! =D not lying.

should kids go to big rock concerts?

uvamla99 9/3/2009 7:12:26 AM

Kids should not be seen in public. They should only be allowed out when everyone is asleep and only for about an hour.

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the poop, sf chron

sea of shoes

YSL cage heels, seaofshoes

I don't follow any blogs except a couple of my friends'; reading blogs isn't part of my daily online regimen. Only if I'm looking for some music and the search result shows some blogs, sure. But every once in a while I'll spend a couple hours looking at a few fashion blogs. I'm not really trendy or anything; I just like to wear whatever's comfortable and looks ok, not trying to really stand out. I enjoy looking at fashion blogs (again, only every so often) because of the beauty and art in the pieces and might find some inspiration for outfits for when I ever do need to dress up.

If you haven't heard of Sea of Shoes before, (you're late! =P jk) it's this super-popular blog by 17-year-old Jane Aldrige from Texas. RICH white kid with awesome taste in shoes and fashion (influenced greatly by her mother, also quite fashionable). Since her blog's rise in the fashion blogosphere, she's been featured in magazines, invited to photoshoots, and has finished a capsule collection with Urban Outfitters. One whole wall of her room is her shelf of shoes.

Okay, I'm done blogging about another blog for today. Don't have much else to say, you can go look at fashion blogs for yourself. =T

mike shinoda :: glorious excess (dies)

tabloid wall (above), the good life 1 (below)

at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

virtual tour, mike shinoda's blog, flickr set of the exhibition (100 photos)

Glorious Excess (Dies) got a glowing review by world-class art collector and critic, Ronnie Pirovino today. Here's what he had to say:
"LA’s Japanese American National Museum is now hosting a prodigious art exhibition by Mike Shinoda entitled Glorious Excess (Dies). The massive creative effort is a pivotal point in the career of the young artist, as he establishes himself outside of his work in music. Shinoda’s adroit use of all types of media to channel his voice is remarkable. The show signals the artist’s ability to create his vision in a plethora of mediums, including digital platforms. It’s clear that the concept of the exhibition has been thoughtfully embedded into each rendition. It’s not too early to opine that Glorious Excess (Dies) provides one the year’s most memorable moments. On view until October 4."

Mélancolie

Nice little tatt, but a little too sad. =[

garancedoré

I WANNA BIKE IN AMSTERDAM.

"Ramona (not the girl pictured above) was my guardian angel during these few wonderful days in Amsterdam. She was the one who glued me to my bike for the first half hour. She was also the one that taught me these :

– When you park your bike in the middle of the 350 other bikes all clustered together in each spot, if you knock them all over, IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. It’s the owners’ fault who poorly parked them. “Even if you make ALL of them fall, Ramona?” “Yes, Garance. As long as yours is standing tall, you can leave with your head up. No one will say a thing.” Duly noted. And more than once.

– You can do everything on your bike… Talk on the phone, Google a restaurant, eat a sandwich, hold an umbrella in the rain (EVERYONE does that. It’s impressive.), CHANGE YOUR SHOES WHILE PEDDLING, TAKE A NAP. You can even do some streetstyle on them. The proof is right above with Elza. When we found her, we were riding our bikes. We followed her for a bit, like true crazies on bikes."

garancedoré

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I want a road bike. I was close to buying one. a nice vintage/classic 1979 UK Free Spirit off craigslist, but it was too big for me. =[ If only I were a couple inches taller..

bay bridge update

The 300 foot section of the temporary roadway on the Bay Bridge nears completion as the gap is slowly closed, meeting the new decks as seen from Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday September 5, 2009.

Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle

Wow, empty Bay Bridge!

"On Saturday night, crews completed the monumental task of maneuvering a new section of the bridge into place, making the span whole once again and capping two days of a nail-biting operation never tried before." [more: Crack in span may delay Bay Bridge opening]

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Popscene was fun Friday night. Think I liked the music at blowup the week before more, though. Anyhow, time for a different venue for the next event I go to.

Oh, and I met Aaron Axelsen! He took a picture of me at the entrance. (maybe he takes pics of everyone who goes in?) But I didn't think to get a picture with him. Next time.

human interaction

Multiple exposure, Felica with yellow filter and Fuji Reala dev in Tetenal Colortech C-41

popscenesf:: The Twelves

myspace.com/thetwelves
myspace.com/tenderlionsej

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bay bridge closure

A 300-foot double-deck section of the Bay Bridge east of Yerba Buena Island Tunnel left will be cut and slid away on Labor Day weekend. The new temporary replacement right will be slid into place allowing for the removal of the old span. The new detour will be a slightly different drive as the roadway curves to the south, requiring drivers to slow down while approaching or leaving the tunnel.

Photo: Lance Iversen / The Chronicle

baybridgeinfo.org

bart info—overnight service thru Labor Day weekend

brick sidewalk

City and shoes, by Liza Prins

so my "music-blog" has temporarily turned into a "repost flickr pics" photography blog.

I'm gonna try some multiple exposure shots.

b&w holga sf transamerica

by Elongovan on flickr

Jag är trött. Heute habe ich eine Holga Kamera gekauft und mein Haar geschitten (zu kurz, ich denke =T ) Hoffungsvoll morgen werde ich mit ein Freund zu SF gehen und Fotos machen.

Joskus tycker ich, dass Niemand kümmert sich wirklich um mich.