when i say “hey” thou shalt not say “ho"

Thou shalt not steal if there is a direct victim

Thou shalt not worship pop idols or follow lost prophets

Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Dekker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barrat in vein

Thou shalt not think that any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a pedophile, some people are just nice

Thou shalt not read NME

Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because they have become popular

Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry

Thou shalt not judge a book by its cover

Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover

Thou shalt not buy Coca Cola products

Thou shalt not buy Nestle products

Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend bestfriend, take drugs and cheat on him

Thou shalt not fall in love so easily

Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls pants…use it to get into their heads

Thou shalt not watch Hollyoaks

Thou shalt not attend an open mic and then leave as soon as you have done your shitty little poem or song you self righteous prick

Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just because you once saw a girl there that you fancied that your never gonna fucking talk to

Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were

The Beatles.
Were just a band.
Led Zeppelin
Just a band.
The Beach Boys.
Just a band
Sex Pistols.
Just a band.
The Clash.
Just a band.
Crass.
Just a band
Minor Threat.
Just a band.
The Cure
Just a band.
The Smiths
Just a band.
Nirvana.
Just a band.
The Pixies
Just a band
Oasis.
Just a band
Radiohead.
Just a band.
Bloc Party.
Just a band.
Arctic Monkeys.
Just a band.
The next big thing
Just a band.

Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-english speaking countries as to those that occur in english speaking countries

Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling where never part of the four elements and never will be

Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music

Thou shalt not pimp my ride

Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster

Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness

Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit

When I say “hey” thou shalt not say “ho”

When I say “hip” thou shalt not say “hop”

When I say, he say, she say, we say “make some noise”…..kill me

Thou shalt not quote me happy

Thou shalt not shake it like a Polaroid picture

Thou shalt not wish your girlfriend was a freak like me

Thou shalt spell the word phoenix : P-H-E-O-N-I-X not P-H-O-E-N-I-X regardless of what the oxford English dictionary tells you

Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at the club last night by saying “is it?”

Thou shalt think for yourselves

And thou shalt ALWAYS kill.

carmensita

bitter:sweet at the el rey

what
a
show.


you've heard bitter:sweet's music even if their name isn't ringing a bell. their songs have been featured in so many tv shows (lipstick junge, grey's anatomy, nip/tuck) and movies (the devil wears prada, because i said so) over the past year or two. their music is so rich with style and sophistication, it's no wonder they provide the background music for many "swanky party scenes." bitter:sweet is composed of Shana Halligan on vocals/keyboard and Kiran Shahani on bass. their band also includes a drummer, guitarist, dj, and violinist, however these musicians are not constant.

as for their sound, bitter:sweet describes themselves as "Portishead meets Zero 7 with a bit of Serge Gainsbourg and Everything But The Girl mixed in for good measure." if i were forced to put a label on their genre, i would call it lounge/trip-hop/electronica-esque/with old hollywood sampling. i must say, i was damn impressed with Shana. her voice is so sultry and sexy, i found myself mesmerized by her. she looked like a lounge singer from the forties in her gold shimmer floor length dress and flower tucked behind her fire-red locks. my boyfriend and i pegged her as "jenny lewis' sexy older sister."

the vibe of the show was so mellow and almost trance-like. the crowd got down to tunes like "dirty laundry" and "the bomb" then swayed in synchronization to "bittersweet faith" and "moving forward." the el rey was the perfect venue for this show. it's intimate setting gave everyone a great view. definitely a show for the books.

mid-summer update

it's hard to believe that:
1) summer's half over already
2) i'll be moving to sb in 2 months
3) i've ignored this blog for so long

definitely been enjoying the lack of stress and excess of leisure in by far the most favorable season of the four. one of my favorite aspects of the season, "summer reading", has been taking up much of my time lately. there's something so liberating about reading a book in your own time, knowing that you won't be graded on accurately regurgitating the plot points. i just finished tom robbins' still life with woodpecker and i must say, it lives up to the hype. i had previously read robbins' collection of short writings titled wild ducks flying backward to get a feel for his style and humor. and now.. i LOVE his style and humor.


"How can one thing be more real than any other? Especially when it is inscrutable and mysterious? Maybe when a thing is perceived as being absolutely direct yet absolutely unnecessary it becomes absolutely genuine. It is real unto itself and does not depend on outside attachments or associations for its reality."
-still life


on the musical side of things..
haven't been going to as many shows as i would like. early in the summer, i saw cut copy and classixx at the echo, which was definitely a show to remember. classixx killed as usual, and cut copy brought the thunder from down under. i actually enjoyed this performance more than their coachella performance, mainly because it was longer and in a more intimate setting. i'm seeing bitter:sweet this friday at the el rey, which i'm VERY psyched for. should be a groovy show.


i know i've been posting tons of youtube vids lately, but this one is just too good.