A couple months back I interviewed bassist Dave Lantzman of The Soft Pack for Australian magazine, Monster Children. Now that the new issue is out, I’m posting the interview here:
THE SOFT PACK
Keep it simple, stupid might not be The Soft Pack’s slogan, but it could be. This Southern Californian 4-piece kicks out straightforward, catchy garage-rock a la Stooges…or a less sedate Velvet Underground. (more…)
I recently finished a remix of the song “Where the Sky Ends” by the band, The Color Turning. They are working on a remix ep for their new album “Good Hands Bad Blood,” and this will be one of the tracks on it.
I love getting records in the mail. Just got a few new jams that I will be DJing next Saturday, Sept 26th from 2-6 pm at the Hotel Shagri-La over in Santa Monica. Stop by for a swim and a drink.
Found these old ticket stubs at my folks house this weekend. 1987 – Run DMC / Beastie Boys, 1988 Echo & the Bunnymen…Vision Streetwear Pro Skate Escape Finals!!!
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I found these tapes on the wall in front of my house. I was a bit afraid to touch them because, I don’t know, it just seemed dirty, like you didn’t know where they had been. And I was afraid that if I listened to them maybe I’d get ear aids or something. So I left them there. 3 days later, they were still there, so I decided to try them out in my car. There’s a bunch of what I’m assuming is Thai pop music, and one that’s been customized with pictures from the movie “City Slickers” I think, and something with Tom Selleck. The one titled “Modern Rocks (FE)” actually has some pretty good disco on it including Chic’s “Dance, Dance, Dance.”
Since you can’t just come back from 4 days out at Coachella and go straight back to work, we decided to attend Busy P’s birthday party at Pierre Andre’s (Etnies) Malibu estate. The view was ridiculous; cliff front at Point Dume. We took the very expensive key ($1,500 fine to replace) and went down to the private beach to surf, but the lack of swell meant we mostly just floated around (there was a pod of dolphins playing right by us, so that was cool).
This weekend was pretty nice. Got to hang with a bunch of good friends and did some amazing people watching. Here are a few photos from the Coachella Music Festival, as well as the party at the Anthem Magazine Ranch. This year started out not quite as hot as years past, however, by Sunday it was in the low 100′s and was crazy hot. I only had tickets for Sunday, so I got a chance to catch a bit of Sebastien Tellier, Busy P, Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn & John, Antony & the Johnsons (who ended 15 minutes early so I missed most of it), Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Public Enemy (who played the whole Nation of Millions album…insane), My Blood Valentine (aka the loudest band in the world) and the Cure. The Anthem party was pretty much madness.
Just posted a new mixtape to the download section of the website. Go HERE to download and browse the tracklisting (and the other mixes available). After The Dark includes tracks by Low Motion Disco, The Human League, Glimmers, The Cure, Captain Sensible, Prince, Tom Waits, The Police, Chromatics, Holy Ghost!, Metronomy, Chaz Jankel, Cut Copy, Allez Allez, Yazoo, Out Hud, Mock & Toof, Aeroplane, and Hercules & Love Affair. 79 minutes from the darker side of disco and new wave.
