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Monday, May 31, 2010

Looking Forward To The Dawn

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAWN

Taken from Essra Mohawk's 1970 album, Primordial Lovers.
One of those songs that you never want to end.
One in which you could live in forever.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Come With Me

COME WITH ME

Eight places in Los Angeles I don't think I could live without.

















MOZZA OSTERIA

6602 Melrose Avenue

The Cacio E Pepe Bavette and Burrata with leeks vinaigrette & mustard breadcrumbs are my faves, but do not leave without trying the Bombolini served with mountain huckleberry compote and vanilla gelato.


















THE VARNISH

118 E Sixth St

A beautiful speakeasy just down the street from me. The most relaxing place I know of here aside from Rancho Palos Verdes. They also make the best Cable Car in town.




















GJELINA

1429 Abbot Kinney Boulevard

My newest favorite on this list and a place I cannot wait to get back to. The bar houses the greatest light fixture I have ever seen. The pizza with nettles, ricotta, Fresno chile, garlic, Pecorino & green olive oil is perfection. Worth a trip to the Westside any day.

















CHATEAU MARMONT

8221 West Sunset Boulevard

How it can be so quiet outside here at night is beyond me, but this is one of the best places to go completely incognito and escape the city below.



















CASA BIANCA
1650 Colorado Boulevard

Not only the best pizza in Eagle Rock, but the best pizza in all of Los Angeles. I've yet to find anything better. You can't go wrong with a place where they cut their pizza into a star.




















LABREA BAKERY

624 South La Brea Avenue

Nancy Silverton's bread and cookies are hard to beat, but the Summer Camp Coffee Cake is the best thing to be found here.
















INTELLIGENTSIA

3922 West Sunset Boulevard

The best six dollar cup of coffee around and the perfect Sunday morning getaway. The muffins and scones are delicious to boot.



























M CAFE DE CHAYA

7119 Melrose Avenue

Order anything- you can't go wrong. Macro and delicious. I never leave without the Celery Root Remoulade.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Return To Forever

RETURN TO FOREVER

A prelude to
Dark Entries.
Chick Corea, Hip-Hop Instrumentals, Monica Vitti, Leo Carrillo, The Great Beyond, Alicia Keys, and finding a home at the end of the world. L'Avventura II.


Thursday, May 20, 2010

Donut Of The Heart






















1.
THE PRELUDE - JAY-Z
2. GET ME HOME - FOXY BROWN
3. YOU - Q-TIP
4. STREET LIGHTS - KANYE WEST
5. INTRO - CORMEGA
6. FLASH BACK - KELIS
7. WALK AROUND - GHOSTFACE
8. WHOA - LIL' KIM
9. GO HARD - NICKI MINAJ
10. UP, UP, AND AWAY - KID CUDI
11. STREET LIFE - AZ
12. BACK IN THE DAY - ERYKAH BADU
13. TIME: THE DONUT OF THE HEART - J DILLA
14. DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE 2- BEYONCÉ
15. I'M NOT AFRAID - JILL SCOTT
16. LIKE IT LIKE THAT - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
17. AUDITORIUM - MOS DEF
18. WE KNOW - TALIB KWELI
19. N.Y. STATE OF MIND (PART 2) - NAS
20. BLOODSPORT - MOBB DEEP
21. G.O.D. - COMMON
22. ONE ELEVEN - J DILLA

Monday, May 17, 2010

Wither Thou Goest

WITHER THOU GOEST
So many new releases, such a beautiful of year of music so far for me. Old and new, it never seems to quit.






















WITHER THOU GOEST - WOODEN WAND
Wooden Wand is back and sounds better than ever. After a few albums I couldn't quite get into, he sounds as fresh as the Witness Figg days and all the better for it. The closest our generation will have to Fay, Pomerance, or Sill.






















CLINGING TO A SCHEME - THE RADIO DEPT
This is the last album I can remember that gets better the more I hear it. Still hazy, still dreamy, but full of post-rave that hints at what sounds like the ruins of Pompeii washed up on the shores of Ibiza.






















RHIZOMES - EFFI BRIEST
The long-lost Brontë sister by way of Fassbinder. More terrifying, more discreet, and a pale grey pink compared to the black blood of their comrades in Telepathe. One of the most rewarding albums I've heard in some time- the fact that its on the same label as the time-stopping Zola Jesus album of a few months back only gives me more hope for the future of things.




















DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M HERE? - EMERALDS
Mego has finally evolved and is now welcoming people like Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never into the fold. The early days of Mego were so inspiring and so different to everything else around it (Pulsinger, Pita, Potuznik), in a very similar way that Emeralds and OPN were on arrival. Emeralds has become so good at what they do, this album is so smooth and so beautifully composed- nothing short of breathtaking. Tangerine what?






















KELIS WAS HERE - KELIS
Lately Kelis is my hero. With one of the all-time great voices and a toughness that just won't quit. Keep on Kelis, your time will come.




















DIG ME OUT
- SLEATER-KINNEY
I often forget how much I used to love this album. Come for the riot-grrrl, no bass, Corin's voice and all the other stuff.. but stay for the love songs. Few have ever sounded so earnest, so true, and so beautiful.




















LOVE AND ITS OPPOSITE - TRACEY THORN
The human voice as an old friend. Always welcome and no matter how much everything around it can change, so many things will always remain the same.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Speak No Evil























1. "WITCH HUNT" - WAYNE SHORTER
2. "SEE NO EVIL" - TELEVISION
3. "GALAXY IN JANAKI" - FLYING LOTUS
4. "SHINE ON FROM THE HEAVEN ABOVE" - INCA ORE
5. "LIFE SPEEDS UP" - MARK MCGUIRE
6. "SONNENRAD" - MICHAEL ROTHER
7. "BIND THEM" - RELIGIOUS KNIVES
8. "ACID WE" - LA VAMPIRES