deep blue sea.

This is one of the most brilliant cinematographic scenes. Simply amazing.

I didn't want to see this movie. I remember the song by LL Cool J+I hated it. I thought, "If this song scores the movie, I don't want anything to do with it." The lyrics:

"Deepest, bluest. My hat is like a shark fin."

C'mon, now!

My brother convinced me. We were talking about my shark obsession+he asked if I'd seen Deep Blue Sea. After some back+forth, we decided to watch it.

Not only was it engaging, but the scene above... the peak of the movie, really... it just sealed the deal for me.

Sam Jackson+sharks. Does it get any better?

Watching this movie with my brother is one of my most favorite memories. Thanks, Jay.

dawes.

My favorite show at Outside Lands was Dawes.

One of their songs (God Rest My Soul) says: "You can't throw something out there without watching it fall." And I'm all, 'You ain't never lied, Dawes,' everytime I hear it.

music: chiddy bang

Lorelai + I have been rocking steady to Chiddy Bang on the way to school lately:

Chiddy Bang 'Opposite of Adults' from LOOSEWORLD on Vimeo.

Do me a solid: buy the music+listen to it in your earphones - loud. Computer speakers are whack. If you see me dancing on BART or bobbing my head walking down the street in Berkeley, this is prolly what I'm listening to.

objektiv one: neon trash

I stumbled across Objektive One via Twitter some time ago. Artist+music maker. Indeed! 

He put together an awesome mashup:

1. Tik Tok (Babebot Mash Up) (Ke$ha Vs. Breakbot)
Ke$ha “Tik Tok” Vs. Breakbot “Baby I’m Yours”

2. Walking On A Dream (Tiger Roar Mash Up) (Empire Of The Sun Vs. Ratatat)
Empire Of The Sun “Walking On A Dream” Vs. Ratatat “Wildcat”

3. Over (Moonshadow Mash Up) (Drake Vs. Phantogram)
Drake “Over” Vs. Phantogram “As Far As I Can See”

Ke$ha's Tik Tok... I hate this song. I won't even link it. The radio edit left me feeling like I wanted to overnight some morning after pills to this chick with a dollar sign in her name. Objektiv One paired it up with Breakbot+it instantly becomes less of an obnoxious slwhore party-monster Diddy byproduct anthem. The contrast is such that the Ke$ha/TikTok lyrics seem to be playful when paired with the classy Breakbot keys. I can dig it!

Then there's two whole other awesome songs!

Checkhimout:

Objektiv One website

Neon Trash Mashup

Twitter

the five one x london

I went to London last October. It was one of the most amazing times of my life.

While out there I learned about The Five One via Twitter. This is them here, here + here. And here!:

They're kinda everywhere. Cus they're colors (or colours, per the UK). And colors are everywhere. RED, BLUE, GREEN + GOLD. 

When I find music I'm learning to love + I'm sure I'm not unique in doing this, I beat myself upside the head with it. For about two weeks I used my camera as my eye + tuned out the loud London streets+dainty accents in favor of this band. I saw this:

I heard this:

London is one of my happy places. And The Five One is the soundtrack.  I hear it+there is a visceral effect that brings me right back there. Lemme take you with me to my happy place/ *hands you earbuds*

All of our good/bad (and everything in between) times deserve great music.

Enough about me.

At first this music was hecka catchy. Danced to it on the tube. Listened to it on the double-decker bus. Rocked steady to it in the line for lamb kebabs. I slept to it too. Beat myself upside the head. After I loved the sounds, I loved the words+[funny/real/sweet]stories.

They rep where they're from. That'd be DMV (District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia... some people don't know). Where you're from is what you are. You'll hear where they're from+what they are.

I'll let the music tell you about the colors. It's bigger than a theme. When I heard the music+learned to love the words, I started seeing colors like I was re-learning them.

This music is: Alternative. Hip Hop. RocknRoll. Soul. ohmuhgawd. Soul.

Checkemout.