I am in each lovely thing

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave bereft
I am not there. I have not left.

-Mary Elizabeth Frye

Eclipses for Eyes

Miike Snow played in Tempe on June 5, 2010. Here I am posting photos and a video five months later. (I have been to several shows since then as well, which I shall post later.) My previous post pretty much sums up why I have not been blogging, but I have also been very busy with what feels like 50 jobs!
The show was amazing. The ambiance was just what I love: dark and a little creepy. It was pretty much black in the room, and the audience could not see much but gorgeous teal light shining on eerie white masks. The album is great, but I would say the show is a million times better.
Here are some photos and videos of the show:






Video I shot of Miike Snow playing my favorite song off the record:



One of the best lines ever:

Met a man barside
With eclipses for eyes


Video II: Miike Snow - A HORSE IS NOT A HOME

A Return is Imminent

For a while, I was living somewhat of a vagrant lifestyle. A transitory life alteration leading to a major shift in my existence happened gradually, yet with full force. I have almost entirely molded to my new environment, and every facet of my being has never been more fulfilled. My electronic landscape for creativy shall be kept up, and I shall be back very soon. For now, look forward to the return and keep the beautiful skin on your face, please.

Ezra and the Chandeliers

Cait and I made it to see Vampire Weekend for the second time at The Marquee on April 13. It was a spectacular show, despite the fact that there were idiot teenagers pushing their way through the crowd in giant masses and a creepy, drunk asshole who had to be right next to us for way too long. The opening band was Abe Vigoda, but the lighting of their set really was not conducive for anyone attempting to take a photo. They had a great energy that made me feel like I was a teenager in 1989 listening to a new garage band forming on my street.

As for Vampy Weekend, as Carles likes to refer to them, they were brilliant. The first time they played their self-titled debut album in order, so it was nice to have a mix of favorites from each album. I was able to capture some video of 'M79' and 'Run', my favorite songs on their first and second albums respectively. At times, the videos are unintentionally trippy, but you still able to see how great they are live.

Note: Of course, Vampire Weekend is a band, and not just Ezra and some Chandeliers. You wouldn't know it by the majority of these photos though. Perhaps a slight obsession is revealing itself. Hope you enjoyed.

Here in the Deadlights

Photos from Downtown Phoenix's First Fridays

APRIL 2010

Random note: The title of this post is taken from a song title on Evangelicals' "The Evening Descends" album. I am currently obsessed with it. It is like nothing I have ever heard. It kind of makes me feel the way church used to when I was four. Not God, but the inside of a Catholic church, you know? It is hard for me to even decide which song to showcase. You have to get the whole album. Hell, I will send it to you via AIM if you ask nicely. Everyone should have it.

Let the photos begin:

Go to this site:

Jesus has a message for you:

Phoenix ain't so bad.

Wild Thing in Wonderland

Putting my new camera and my old friend to good use.

Title taken from Caitlin's Lookbook post.

Bridges and Balloons

Colin Meloy covers Joanna Newsom:

Tonight, we see the Shaman

In the Garden of Eden

My favorite track on Joanna Newsom's newest album is "'81". It is moving, magical, and beautiful.

L i s t e n:




I also came across this cover by Alex Schaaf on Youtube. He is able to make the song his own, and it is just as beautiful. I especially love the haunting melodies and childlike whistles.

Lili and Zack

Camille's children Lili and Zack at Lili's third birthday party:

I have always loved children. My uterus felt really unhappy and exceptionally vacant being around so many young mothers.

Don't cry for me, Jesus

I'm doin' alright.

We're here

Time lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii.

The White Mountain from charles on Vimeo.

In the Sun

“Baby One More Time” in 1960?


The video for She & Him's "In the Sun" premiered today on Pitchfork. It is a very pleasant song, and a feel-good video, but I have to admit, I am growing tired of current artistic endeavors exactly replicating previous decades. Don’t get me wrong, I love vintage ‘everything’, but it is much more exciting to find items and music created during the time, rather than acquiring something imitative in the present. Each decade before this one contains a great deal of inspiration that should be used to create something fresh and new, not to reproduce every detail that made it great. At this rate, in 50 years, artists and musicians will have no choice but to go further than the 21st century for inspiration.

'Time'

A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR

Thomas Campbell (1837)


The more we live, more brief appear
Our life's succeeding stages:
A day to childhood seems like a year,
And years like passing ages.

The gladsome current of our youth,
Ere passions yet disorders,
Steals, lingering like a river smooth,
Along its grassy borders.

But as the care-worn cheek grows wan,
And sorrow's shafts fly thicker,
Ye stars, that measure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?

When joys have lost their bloom and breath,
And life itself is vapid,
Why, as we reach the Falls of death,
Feel we its tide more rapid?

It may be strange-yet who would change
Time's course to slower speeding;
When one by one our friends have gone,
And left our bosoms bleeding?

Heaven gives our years of fading strength
Indemnifying fleetness;
And those of youth, a seeming length,
Proportioned to their sweetness.

Burton's Wonderland

Newly released stills from Burton's upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland:

TMCTWISP, THE WHITE RABBIT



MALLYMKUN, THE DORMOUSE



IRACEBETH, THE RED QUEEN



ILOSOVIC STAYNE, THE KNAVE OF HEARTS



ABSOLEM, THE CATERPILLAR



The stills are absolutely stunning. I cannot wait for this film.
Click here for more information about the characters.