EAR PWR “National Parks” | Kickstarter Campaign

A couple years back I had the chance to check out EAR PWR over at The Hemlock here in San Francisco. Their music is off the gold chains and gets you dancing no matter what kind of mood you find yourself in.

It was an awesome show for a couple of reasons:

1) Sarah and Devin (EAR PWR) were getting so wild on the floor with megaphones and sunglasses and all.

2) It being San Francisco, where the kids are too cool to dance (some of them), it left me with plenty of room to get wild myself all up in that club.

3) Had the oppourtunity to meet both Sarah and Devin after the show and chat a little bit about this and that.

So what is this post really about?

They are trying to raise money for a music video for one of their latest singles called National Parks, which is about…..National Parks!

I am here to help them get the word out via my blog, and hopefully get other to repost this, like it, dig it, or whatever with it.

Please take 5 minutes to check out the Kickstarter page and possibly donate if you can. Anything helps.

EAR PWR facebook page.

and of course their myspace page with music.

Please take the time to check them out. They are both extremely talented lovely cute people who are trying to get shit done!

Twin Peaks | past the point of feeling weird

If you or anyone you know is into even the slightest bit of weird movies or television shows, you have more than likely either watched David Lynch’s Twin Peaks or own the DVD box set collection.

In 1990 David Lynch along side with Mark Frost released a new type of television mystery drama. Twin Peaks was released when I was still only a child, and I wasn’t at the mental state to  watch such a show or even be able to stand its awkward depiction of mountaineer 1990’s clothing and stylistic capturing of what references spanish soap operas. Granted it isn’t that dramatic, but it is a little over the top.

David Lynch being who he is, shit got weird. And I mean really weird. Watching now with a different understanding of not just movies and telelviosn shows, but the way the characters are portrayed makes a lot more sense now. Twin Peaks is a period piece, no questions asked. But it was a period piece about the current period it was being filmed in.

I have seen the entire saga, seasons 1 & 2, more times than I can count. It will suck you from the very first episode and leave you scrambling for the disc number 8 from the box set.

The plot starts with the finding of a dead high school student Laura Palmer. From there special agent Dale Cooper comes into town and tries to figure out the mystery. The only thing is that the mystery is bigger than the universe itself.

The musical score by Angelo Badalamenti is phenomenal. Very dreamlike waves of sound that embrace what is going on. Long slow but gradual climbs of tension and anticipation make the series what it is. Not to mention backwards talking midgets, the Log Lady, or deep space contact.

If I could have one wish that involves specifically bringing back any t.v. series, it would have to be Twin Peaks. There is nothing quite like this show, except for maybe a few other films by David Lynch such as Blue Velvet or Mulholland Drive .

Be sure to check our David Lynch’s website. It is pretty nice interactive setup with awesome music and videos to tickle the strange. Oh, he also has a coffee you can buy here.

Stay tuned for more David Lynch reviews and updates.

Epic introduction to the episodes.

From the pilot episode.

ODDSAC | rediscovering gems

I am still currently and have been obsessed with Animal Collective since their earlier albums such as  Danse Manatee and Sung Tongs had been released for a little while.

One of their newest additions to their discography is an audio/visual album that was released last year called ODDSAC.

It has to be one of the most interesting pieces to watch visually, and aurally incredible.

Seeing ODDSAC on the big screen a couple times became more of a journey then just watching a weird fucked up confusing film. It completely entraps you and you get stuck for what feels like an eternity.

The music is glorious in the sense that it has very strong themes and moods dating back to their earlier roots where they were a lot more noisy and experimental, like their album Here Comes the Indian. I highly recommend buying this piece of art and getting into them.

I recently saw then live in Santa Cruz over at the Catalyst Club. Will follow up with some photos and sound from the show.

trailer below:

live at 2011 Coachella :