Trying to get back into things over here at Art Brut(e) central. Does anyone know if WordPress has queue capabilities. Sometimes I write a bunch of posts at once, and want to post them all– but I really should be spacing things a little further apart (not three months apart, but you get get my drift). But I digress.
Lot of things have happened since my last post. Still kind of loving my job. If you ask nicely, I might tell you what it is I do and where– but I’ve been keeping kind of mum since I’m still so new. And really, I come from an arts background, but my job requires me to be technically proficient, and I’m ever so slightly paranoid enough where I constantly feel that they’re going to find out. (But that’s how I feel about every job to be honest.) Other than working 45+ hours a week, I’ve done the following:
- Replaced my wallet.
Kind of a biggie for me. Remember when a crackhead stole my wallet in May? And I replaced it in August only to lose it only a few weeks after? Well, I’ve been using my passport as a wallet in the interim, that is until I got my Colorado ID back, which I did in November. So between November I’ve been rubber-banding my driver’s license, cash, debit card, and metrocard together. NOTHING BUT CLASS HERE, AM I RIGHT? Last week, I upgraded to an envelope, and after I lost my debit card (again) after dinner at Life Cafe– I got my shit together long enough to get a temporary ATM card, and just buy a simple wallet at a dollar store in Greenpoint. I don’t even know why it took me that long. Priorities. / kanyeshrug - Worked The Creators Project.
- Had a rockstar flirt with me.
- Went back to Colorado for a week.
- Made new bartender friends.
- Did a lot of bad karaoke.
Still trying to get into the groove of a new job, other than seeing a movie now and then, I’ve sort of let art fall by the wayside, both in its creating and viewing aspects. Well, I’m amending that. I think starting with the Carsten Höller exhbit at the New Museum, and the Jim Henson one at the Museum of the Moving Image.
But enough of me gabbing. Here’s some bonerjams for you to chew on. What I’ve been listening to lately:
Twin Sister’s “Kimmi in a Rice Field”.
As moody and atmospheric as the song is, I think I like the video even more. The video is a perfect blend of macabre fairy tale (A Tale of Two Sisters perhaps? Ironic given the band’s name), and asian art-school film. The ghoul that envelopes frontwoman Andrea Estella looks like something out of Japanese horror schlock-fest Hausu creating an end product that’s both creepy and beautiful.
Ninajsonik’s “Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant”.
Zak and I sing this to each other in the office. TRUE STORY.
2NE1′s “I Am the Best”.
Probably my current favorite K-pop group at the moment. Unlike Girls Generation, it seems that all of the members have their own personalities, and styles intact. And jesus, look at their studded jackets and chains, and hair horns from 2:25. Everything is on point, and really could someone just give me a leather jacket of my own already? God. Side Note: fans of NE1 are called “Black Jacks”, amazing.
Little Dragon’s “Brush the Heat”.
This little psychedelic jam looks like something that could’ve come from the bulk of my music video watching days of the late 90s, back when all I had was “The Box” and MTV. What’s even cooler still is that Yukimi Nagano’s father, artist Yusuke Nagano and his creative partner OLGA created all of the trippy illustrations showing that creativity does indeed run in the family.
Phantogram’s “When I’m Small”.
Nobody Beats the Drums’s “I’ve Got Some Blood on My Hands”.
Dirty electro beats? Check. An organ? Check. A hot but deranged redhead ready to render and fillet you in the kitchen? Check, check and check.
Alice Cooper’s “You and I”.
I’m a secret softy, shut it. Also, young Alice Cooper? Totally bangable.
