I mean, you knew it was coming.

You did, you knew it was coming. Of COURSE I am going to talk about my magical The Blow experience last night.

Khaela makes me smile. Really, that's what it comes down to. I was expecting cool dance moves and heart-hugging vocals. But I didn't expect her to be an expert storyteller or a performance artist. She not only talked about where the songs came from and why she wrote them, but she actually started to deconstruct what makes a song, how creativity works from the inside out! And as always, I appreciate her lyrics, her storytelling within the song. And it's the simple lines of hers that make her music so relatable. Like the line: "If something in the deli isle makes you cry, of course I'd put my arm around you and I'd walk you outside, through the sliding doors - why would I mind?" that end bit the "why would I mind?" adds so much more to the story, it shows a certain depth that I can't quite put my finger on, but it's there.

Anyway, she was real and hilarious and so. damn. adorable. I wish I could upload this one clip I have of her singing "Babay" because when her voice hits the top note, it's so pure and exact, it's just gorgeous.

But lets settle for a passionate khaela photo:






Okay, I'm done about The Blow. I promise. For a while, anyway. :)

Cornelius at the Fillmore

My friend Melissa introduced me to Cornelius several months ago. What I learned quickly was that he is just as much a visual artist as he as a musician, and his show last night at the Fillmore combined the two worlds with grace. I don't know much about him, but often I feel that he hits just the right notes together as if he has studied music for decades; as if he has come to know intimately the music centers of the brain and knows, factually, that this sound and this other sound go together perfectly and it's obscene that they haven't been put together before.

The show began when a large white sheet was pulled up in front of the stage. Blocks of color were projected onto it from the back, allowing the audience to make shadow puppets of bunnies and eagles dueling it out. The show continued to be an interactive dream, even as the sheet fell and we gazed at the four magical musicians and the large screen set up behind them, which continuously ran visual sequences to move with the songs. Whether it was splatters of primary colored paint, or the full produced videos (like this one for Tone Twilight Zone), or the flood lights aimed at the audience radiating pulses of light to the music, we were treated to a full sensual experience in keeping with the namesake of the evening: "Ultimate Sensuous Synchronized Show". Thankfully I am not prone to seizures, because I imagine that the lights, music and atmosphere could certainly induce a hypnotic trance and a widening of the pupils for the person with even the slightest trace of ADD.

Oh, and cornelius himself is super adorable.

Gawwwd, she's still obsessed!

Addiction Chronicles continued...

Yep, still love The Blow. Still love Khaela Maricich. And!!! I am going to see her live next week. I actually can't believe it. I was thinking of getting a t-shirt made that says "Why would I mind?" or "Every little thing she does is magic" or "Khaela is for lovers" but I will probably just wear my hot pink tie.

I wish this video hadn't stopped short:



and this one is so uber cute:

citystitchcraft

backlog of wallets

I probably have close to 20 or so duck tape wallets in various boxes around my apartment. Sometimes I'll get home at night, pour myself a glass of cheap white wine, sit in front of the TV and whip out 3 or 4 new wallets. I get extra excited when I find new colors in unlikely places. (Walgreens on New Montgomery has hot pink, red and neon green!!!) Mostly I just give the finished product away, or stick them in my 'crafted' shoebox under my bed. But why not sell them? Like sort of in a for-real shop, except it's on the interwebs.

So behold my etsy shop.

citystitchcraft.etsy.com



I have to admit, I set one up before and never uploaded any items to sell, working instead to make customized wallets, but now I do both! I'll also be adding some of my felt crafts to peek at and enjoy.

so yeah!

fucking cold

10:07am, dude outside: "Oh. My. God. It's Fucking Cold.... FUCK!"

3 weeks in fast-forward review

Panama, Costa Rica, SF Bay area NYE sunset, rainbow-sprinkle-colored balloons!
Happy 2008 :)