From Instagram to Facebook to Blogspot: just came back from Reggie Watts at Webster Hall, and just like the last time I saw him, he blew me away!

3/28/12: youth lagoon (w/ porcelain raft) at the music hall of williamsburg

during the youth lagoon show, it occurred to me that i might be getting too old for some concerts. the audience was really young (there were these two little girls in front of me who were really drunk - how do you enjoy a show when you're that shit faced?), but the music was pretty good. can't really remember the first band, but the second opening act, porcelain raft, was catchy. these two dudes kept switching up their instruments (i totally love it when musicians do this!). after the show, i passed by their merch table and the drummer/keyboardist was selling some of his photo prints on postcards (check out his site: catapult-wallace.tumblr.com). i bought a bunch to send via snail mail to friends.


youth lagoon (aka trevor powers) performed with his friend (totally can't remember his name). trevor is adorable -- he has floppy hair, wears oversized t-shirts and could totally pass for a high schooler (but he's actually 22 or 23). the duo put on a decent show. hm, 'decent' is so vague. what i mean is: on a scale from 1 to 10, they were about a 6. their presence wasn't particularly energetic and there weren't any differences/[good]deviations from what's on 'year of hibernation', so y'know -- it was a lot like listening to the CD on my laptop.

ha!, those last few lines make me sound mildly grumpy. again, i might be getting too old for shows? meh.

porcelain raft playing some catchy song

youth lagoon + guitarist friend

<3

america and convenience: you can now watch the show at the bar thanks to heineken!

estas tres cosas te ofresco...

for all of you romantics out there, and as a reminder to myself,

los embajadores criollos' "alma, corazon, y vida" ("soul, heart and life").
spanish lyrics translated into english by me. sorry if there are any mistakes.

apparently my dad sang this to my mom all the time. how sweet.

Tim Kasher - Strays

from The Game of Monogamy

I’ve been thinking I should write some kind of love song for you   

To prove to you I do

It shouldn’t be too hard to write
I’ll just think of that time I first saw you in Omaha
You were stranded on Jackson with a bus fare to who know’s where
I took you in, right, then and there
And life took on a new form
No more stayin out all night
No more killing ourselves just to make ourselves feel alright
No more sleepin with stranger’s and those awkward goodbyes
I never had much family, never had too many friends
Then you came wandering through
And pompously, I took you for granted
That’s why I gotta write this little, this little love song for you
I’ll sing about those Denver mornings you’d wake up ballin about a long lost kid
Your maternal instincts were kicking in
As the sun dazzled bright upon the peaks
You brought home a dog you found in the alley
You said "Can we keep her?" I said "Well, what kind of man would I be?"
So you bought her a collar and you called her your family
Right is a selfish, right is an egotist
I’m afraid I’m as bad as it gets
I keep forgettin to sensor the truth
That’s why I better write some, some kinda love song for you
We’re driving cross country in a U-Haul on the hunt for our new home
High a top Eagle Rock, we found a house with a big back yard
So we picked up another mutt from the Crenshaw Pound
Sipping coffee on the porch while the dogs wrestle on the lawn
I’m sorry I’ve had my doubts…
We're a family of strays but together we’ve been found
We're a family of stray’s but together we’ve been found

And this is how I spent my Friday evening

...making mixes and using my cutting and gluing ability to make covers. The first is for Aileen, who I've been making mixes for since we were tweens. And the second is for my friend, David, in Pennsylvania (which is why I chose the NYC cover). Each mix starts and ends with an instrumental/instrumental-esque band! Clippings were taken from old New Yorker magazines.

 

For Aileen:

 

1. Lymbyc Systym – Astrology Days (The One AM Radio)
2. Museum of Bellas Artes – Watch The Glow  
3. Crystal Castles – Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith)
4. Baths – Hall  
5. Butterfly Bones – xoxo
6. Kisses – Kisses  
7. King Charles – Love Lust  
8. Two Door Cinema Club – Costume Party  
9. Thao Nguyen – Beat (Health, Life and Fire)  
10. Princeton – The Waves  
11. Phoenix – Sometimes In The Fall  
12. Bobby and Suzy – The Tour  
13. The Bowerbirds – Bur Oak  
14. Fanfarlo – I’m A Pilot  
15. Generationals - Trust  
16. Wild Nothing – Golden Haze  
17. Tennis – Marathon  
18. Sufjan Stevens – All For Myself  
19. Do Make Say Think – Do

For David:

 

1. Lymbyc Systym – A Day At The Beach (Reference)  

2. Houses – Soak It Up  

3. Sun Airway – Put The Days Away  

4. Discovery – Can You Discover?  

5. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Drink Drank Drunk  

6. Wild Nothing – Chinatown  

7. Tapes ‘n Tapes – Freak Out  

8. Teletexile – I Don’t Know How To Act Here  

9. Princeton – Sadie and Andy  

10. The Blow – Knowing The Things That I Know  

11. The Bowerbirds – In Our Talons  

12. Local Natives – Sun Hands  

13. Opus Orange – Almost There (feat. Lauren Hillman)  

14. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work  

15. Broken Social Scene – Swimmers  

16. Thao Nguyen – Feet Asleep  

17. Stars – Calendar Girl  

18. The Antlers – Bear  

19. Sing Me To Sleep – Cloudbusting  

20. Dirty Projectors – A Labor More Restful  

21. Mount Eerie – Great Ghosts  

22. Teen Daze – Driving Home From The Beach (The Feeling Of)

I should be studying.

Maria tweeting about French boys and the Teenagers randomly playing my Hypem shuffle inspired this blast from the past,

FAST FORWARD TO 1:18


Hey Aileen, remember that time we jumped on stage and the lead singer made me sing the girl's part and I, being terrible with lyrics, started rapping nonsense (with your assistance)?

Oh, nostalgia.

& then we shuffled our way towards the backstage area and I told you guys to pose!:

Brooklyn Vegan.

successful cmj weekend

...and cmj weekend culminated with:

saturday, october 23 --
at 11pm, lauren and i decided we weren't going to stay in and ventured into williamsburg. we got to glasslands (which is a pretty cool venue) and caught the last bit of ps i love you and baths. the latter performer had this really cool experimental/indie-electro thing going. there were some kids rocking out hardcore near the front of the stage -- literally headbanging. don't know if they were beyond drunk or if that's the way they usually dance, but that was entertaining to watch.

BATHS.
image taken from 

south florida music obsessed blog.

until next year, cmj <3.

muuuuuuusic!

cmj cmj cmj

thursday, october 21 -  

after genetics, i made my way over to aileen's to get ready for the hype machine party. we ended up having to wait on line for about half an hour only to get relegated to the basement portion of the backstage bar. elated that each of us had been given a "free shot" ticket, we quickly scurried to the bar. as i requested my whiskey shot, the bartender told me that the voucher was specific for some drink called harlem. mike, aileen and i had never tried it before, so we took the shots like champs. let me tell you, harlem is like a sugary version of jaegermeister. i didn't think drinks could taste any worse than jaegermeister. after shaking off the grossness, we patiently waited until the bouncers gave us permission to go to the main floor. aileen and i subtly checked out all the hipster bearded hunks. about twenty minutes later, we noticed the bouncers weren't guarding the doors that granted us access to the main stage, so we ran up the steps to the main floor, where we encountered ark, who gave us beer. we danced a bit as kisses (indie pop band from california) set up and also (longingly) peered up at floor above us, the "vip section," which had open bar. le sigh. anyway, kisses' performance was pretty good despite the fact that not many people danced. we caught diamondsnake next. i would have probably dismissed them if i came across their music online, but i must say, their get up and performance was super entertaining. midway into diamondsnake's set, however, we decided to head over to public assembly in williamsburg to meet up with some of mike's friends. unfortunately, we got there too late for the live music, but aileen and i made our own little dance party happen.

 

the only picture i took on thursday.

a broken bathroom sink at backstage bar.

friday, october 22 -

mike and i headed to williamsburg at around one pm to catch brooklynvegan's free day show at public assembly. there, we met up with vaughn and jeremy, who informed us the open bar included free magic hat no. 9 beer and bourbon sweet teas. the latter was absolutely delicious and i insist you try it at some point in your life (recipe: 1/3 bourbon, 2/3 sweet tea, splash of soda water). besides the great free booze, a bunch of bands were playing amongst two stages. we checked out ty segall (mike bought their vinyl straight out of the hand of ty segall!), oberhofer and devtochka. the rest of the night was spent at sly fox in celebration of ryan's 21st birthday. bilal was enamored by a sixty-something year old half japanese, half polish psychic named alexandra. 

 

 oberhofer!
 

sly fox.

10 am sky; view from queensboro plaza.

mike mcq

 

photo courtesy of courtney allison.

rhode island, august 2009.

MY FRIEND MIKE (a childhood friend) FROM RHODE ISLAND IS COMING TO NEW YORK ON FRIDAY! he literally told me one hour ago (today is wednesday), and i'm so excited to see him and meet his girlfriend, amanda, who i made a mix for:

para amanda, october 2010
1. do make say think - hooray! hooray! hooray!
2. strand of oaks - end in flames
3. deerhunter - microcastle
4. beirut - nantes
5. the antlers - two
6. arcade fire - we used to wait
7. opus orange - nothing but time
8. the bowerbirds - in our talons
9. dark dark dark - the hand
10. good old war - that's some dream
11. princeton - sadie and andy
12. stars - 14 forever
13. thao nguyen with the get down stay down - know better learn faster
14. voxtrot - the start of something
15. sufjan stevens - enchanting ghosts
16. pepper rabit - older rabbit
17. fol chen - if tuesday comes
18. mount eerie - we squirm
19. explosions in the sky - the only moment we were alone

no one has the same synapses

and i'll gamble away my fright

wow, what a beautiful video:

well it's been a long time, long time now
since i've seen you smile
and i'll gamble away my fright
and i'll gamble away my time
and in a year, a year or so
this will slip into the sea
well it's been a long time, long time now
since i've seen you smile

nobody raise their voices
just another night to mourn to
nobody raise their voices
just another night to mourn to

sufjan craze

sufjan stevens - enchanting ghost

from all delighted people EP

tell me what you saw in me

and i'll try to replicate it with a scene

mm-mmm

if it troubles you to breathe,

wait a moment, i could change the scenery

don't carry on carrying efforts, oh no oh oh oh

somewhere there's a room for each of us to grow

and if it pleases you to leave me, just go oh oh oh oh

stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

mm-mmm

it's only that i meant to bring

love and liveliness to your breast on the scene

mm-mmm

did you cut your hands on me?

are my edges sharp? am i a pest to feed?

 

don't carry on carrying regrets, oh no oh oh oh

somewhere there's a room for us to speak alone

and if it grieves you to stay here, just go oh oh oh oh

for i have no spell on you it's all a ghost

mm-mmm

i still have the things you gave me

four anointing oils, the paper weight you made

mm-mmm

for should i haven't carried them?

or buried them in the name of your ghost, my friend?

don't carry on carrying efforts. don't go! no oh oh oh

stay with me until i sleep within your host

or if it pleases you to leave me, just go oh oh oh oh

stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

mm-mmm

Close

low loft show

two of the bands at the low loft show last weekend were amazing, so i thought i'd share them with you:

la big vic

brooklyn; september 18, 2010.

liam the younger

brooklyn; september 18, 2010.

preface

hello there!

i made my old blog (ma vie a déplié) private because it contained a lot of personal information that i now prefer to keep to myself. however, i created this space so that i can continue participating in photoblog projects and sharing lyrics, artists & their artwork, scientific factoids, etc.

i've been on a do make say think craze, which is what inspired the username (soul-and-onward). here, check out the song on youtube:

also, if you're curious about the title of this blog ('pensando en ti' = spanish for 'thinking about you'), it was inspired by devendra banhart's song 'santa maria da feira.'  

te digo todo aqui va bien / conmigo de no dormir / amigo, te suplico, te lo pido / que me ayudes a mi, a mi (i tell you that everything's alright with me without sleep / friend, i plead, i ask that you help me, help me)