I love Rye Rye! Her full-length debut album, Go! Pop! Bang! dropped last week and I’ve been gettin’ DOWN to it. It’s super energetic, multidimensional booty droppin’ music at it’s finest.
These will be my summer jams for sure.
She is also an amazing dancer. If I could magically acquire the dance skillz of anyone-I’d want Rye Rye’s.
This Friday night we went to see the super energetic, primal, crazy Japanese band, Trippple Nippples perform in Santa Monica. It was so much fun! They are all over the place- singing and screaming between Japanese and English. They also jump around a lot. A LOT! The crowd was really into it, adding to the high energy at Central.
more pictures after the jump
I love this song and video by Seattle duo, THEESatisfaction.
It’s all about real girls in hip hop this year.
This past week I’ve been listening to some pretty chill music and a lot of early 90′s Madonna.
KID A. Her music speaks for itself; I have nothing to add. She’s gonna blow up this year.
Fuck yeah Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martian AKA The Internet. Album has been on repeat and I just got tickets to their show at the Echo next month.
I go through Madonna phases…
A few things I am currently obsessed with:
So much is right with this video. Meadham Kirchhoff keep blowing my mind. The color, sparkle, texture…if I were in that room I would have been brought to tears.
I was actually almost brought to tears when I found out that one of my favorite artists ever, Fafi, is coming to Gallery Nucleus in April! What makes this so much more exciting, is that fact that she’s appearing in Alhambra (down the street from my Abuelita’s house)! She’s promoting the release of her long awaited book, The Carmine Vault. I’m totally going to Fosselman’s afterwards.
Also, I’ve been playing this new Nicki Minaj track repeatedly and obsessively.
Figure at Night Guided by the Phosphorescent Tracks of Snails
Joan Miro 1940
I’ve been listening to classical music lately during my hellish commutes through Southern California. I find it turns an average, uninteresting drive into an epic journey through time. I live in a fantasy land in my brain and orchestrated music, classical or not, always gets my imagination flowing. A mild form of synesthesia kicks in and sounds turn into colors and colors turn into feelings. It’s quite overwhelming at times; but awesome nonetheless.
On my drive the other day, listening to KUSC 91.5, they played Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Being a mild Woody Allen fan, I instantly thought of the opening scene from Manhattan. Once I got over that imagery, as cliché as it sounds, I got lost in the music. The moodiness of the composition evoked shades of blue, violets and grays.
This got me thinking about music in relation to our designs for Hysteric Haus. So I asked myself: If my brand were a musical act, who would it be? What does Hysteric Haus sound like?
Organized chaos comes to mind. Chaos along the lines of Boredoms, OOIOO, Deerhoof, M.I.A. .
Experimental/psychedelic/tribal/colorful cacophony.
Maybe that’s a bit ambitious-but I like the way it sounds.
First off: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has a new music video!
This past weekend Ho and I hung out at Barbie’s for some drinks and poolside lounging. See, thats her at the bar!
Actually, we were at Drai’s at the W Hotel in Hollywood. We went to see Mademoiselle Yulia’s Dj set. This was her first time Dj’ing in the States and she was here to launch the collaboration between her fashion line, Giza and Joyrich.
Ho sittin’ poolside.
BANANA BUDDIES!!! We ran into designer Onch Movement! I just happened to be sporting my banana. It was exciting.
Mademoiselle Yulia taking the stage.
She Dj’s as good as she looks.
She kept us dancing like maniacs. Ironically, we also ran into Chubby Bunny Michelle!
I’ve been excited over this. Graphic designer/illustrator/awesome girl Rachelle Abellar illustrated me for my birthday. I love it! …and not just because it’s my face.
I’m fortunate to be surrounded by talented and creative individuals.
I love bananas. I love the word, their color, the way they taste and perhaps, I am subconsciously drawn to their phallic form. As a banana fan, I couldn’t help but be amused by the recent debacle over the trademark of the Warhol banana that was used for the cover of the Velvet Underground’s debut album in 1967.
Whenever I wear my Onch Banana, I get a ton of Warhol/Velvet Underground related comments and compliments. But really, I wear it for my undying love of bananas. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Warhol and I do listen to the Velvet Underground…the recognition never ceases to amaze me. The banana is an icon; and wasn’t that the point of pop art? To glamorize and change the way we see everyday objects?
Since bananas, Warhol and the Velvet Underground are synonymous (and all equally rad)…here’s a live performance of Femme Fatale from the aforementioned album.
OMG! My manifestations for the new year have started to happen…January was NUTS! So busy….Anyway, I’m back and these are a few things that have made me very happy lately:
COLOR, COLOR, COLOR! I could take all inspiration from the color palette used in this video.
Nicki Minaj for OPI “DID IT ON ‘EM”. I freaked out when I saw this at the salon….this is very close to my favorite color of the last 5 years…
Montana Black in Pistachio. I have been obsessed with this color and have used it multiple times for Hysteric Haus related projects.
But, even more exciting than all of the above:
the return of M.I.A.
It’s the end of the year! That means….lots of top 10 lists!
These are 10 of my favorite songs from 2011, in no particular order:
I Know Places- Lykke Li
My insides melt every time I hear this song.
Gucci Gucci- Kreayshawn
I’m not gonna lie-I wasn’t feeling this when I first heard/saw this. WOW did it grow on me. Plus, I’d smoke a blunt with Kreayshawn if given the chance.
I got the swag and it’s pumpin’ out my ovaries. Word.
PON PON PON- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
I have no idea what is being sung in this song….but it doesn’t even matter.
Video Games- Lana Del Rey
When I first heard this song I was intrigued, confused and left in awe. Feelings of being jabbed in the heart also persisted. This is such a deep song full of emotion…and it seems like she came out of nowhere..?!
Dance (A$$) Remix- Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
Nicki’s verse. PERIOD. Plus, I played this song obsessively for a week.
