Oops, the reboot of this blog has already turned into quite a sporadic affair. I guess that’s what happen when you have s.a.d. I wish I could segway this post into something more positive, but in reality it’s far more depressing. Daul Kim was found dead in her Paris apartment this morning, suicide apparently. All the deaths this year have kind of passed me by with a shrug this year, but for some reason I’m incredibly sad over the fact she’s passed. I guess it’s mostly due to the fact I always found her whole persona very relatable. Her blog entries always fluctuated between carefree and playful to frighteningly unsure and lost from posts to post. Something I always found terribly reminiscent of my own life. Before this posts devolves into more personal parallels between Daul Kim and myself I’ll just end by saving she was a truly beautiful person, and will be dearly missed.
Any special purchases recently?
“I just bought an Isabel Marant wolf coat. I’m usually very miserable, so I reward myself with a fur coat every year.”
I really haven’t paid much attention to florence + the machine since humming along to “Dog Days are Over” earlier this year, but apparently they’re quite huge now. Maybe in this particular arena of music you could mark how huge your band is by how many remixes and edits are sprawled across the blogsphere. You are the penultimate indie band when you have a whole album of remixes, anyways. Make sure to watch the video for the XX remix of their new single, she totally channels Kate Bush.
All I can think upon seeing these pieces is what sweet band names they would make. Kim Gordon has always had a penchants for that, no? I mean, it doesn’t get much more awesome than Noise Nomads and Pussy Galore. These pieces originally appeared in some sort of gallery exhibition curated by the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte apparently. They can be yours too though! As long as you have $6000 to spare. Full size below the cut
August 21 - Rock the Bells @ NOS Events Center
August 24 - GZA @ Echoplex (>.>-)
September 4 - FYF Fest @ LA Historical Park
September 11 - Abstract Fest @ San Diego Sports Arena
September 21 - Phoenix @ SDSU
September 25 - Nocturnal @ NOS Events Center
September 26 - Pixies @ Rimac Arenac
September 30 - Sonic Youth & Pavement @ Hollywood Bowl
October 1st - Spoon @ Soma
October 13th - LCD Soundsystem & Hot Chip @ Rimac Arena
October 15-18th - Treasure Island Festival
October 21st - Interpol @ Soma
November 4 - Thievery Corporation & Massive Attack @ Rimac Arena
