Eve.

I'm sitting here with two new friends, Sunny and Charles. Two dogs that needed a home. They came as a duo. Keeping it short, they are two very fun, adorable and loving dogs. Time will tell if they get on with Nude. I'm trying to remember what were some highlights of the year. I know it's not New Years eve but It just came across my my mind. Some Lost Lake shows have been fun. One notably was the Spirits with Spirits gig at the Aztec Hotel. It was just so fun to be apart of the ghost hunters scene. Swell people.
I think it was this year, maybe not. Abe Vigoda at Echo Curio was fucking so much fun. I don't know if the kids who got bounced by Ben feel the same way ;)Their new album is great! It's my #2 album of the year.

Album of the year for me was The National's High Violet. Going through personal shit always needs a soundtrack. This was mine.
And then the return of the 90's bands. Pavement at the Fox and Hollywood Bowl. I remember thinking they sounded stronger than any of the times seeing them back when they were touring. As Rolling Stone put it "Lots of drunk dads screaming for Gold Soundz" Well, I guess.
GBV was of course fun. Those men will never loose their mammoth love for rock and beer. Tracing had a nice debut a couple of months ago. It's good to not care and over think about music. Fun is the reward. Next post coming soon.

Let's see how long this will last.

Managed to changed my password and get in here again. OK quick overview,music has been really taken over my life more so than before. That's the way I like it. Been playing a lot with Lost Lake,Spero and Tracing. Got a new guitar. A lawsuit 335 copy. Gorgeous sounding and easy on the eyes. Pic down below. So I have two weeks off coming up and I'm more excited about getting the holidays over and getting to work on all music. If Blogger doesn't fuck my password up again, stay tuned for more posts. Peace out!

Log In Trouble!!

I've been having some password problems with the site. So every time I have to make a new password this little tab comes up and it says "change or don't change existing password". I'll choose change thinking its going to remember my new PW and it doesn't!
So this time I didn't choose anything and I'm hoping it keeps me logged in. If any of you have some advice on this I'll take it! That's all I got at the moment. If I'm logged in still tomorrow I'll post some new gear and gig goings on. Peace Out!

New post!!

Been some time since my last post. Tell you the truth I just forgot my password and username. And me being a lazy bastard, I just couldn't be bothered with it! But I'm inspired I suppose. Aside from family health problems(me included)and other things that has occurred my music has not suffered. Keeping busy and so on. So with that update we move right along. Yesterday I finally went to check out this cemetery by my work. Very odd one too, because it doesn't belong to anyone other than the people buried there. Here is the only info I found about it. From Findagrave.com(ha!)
Cemetery notes and/or description:
Founded in 1896 by a colony of German Baptists known as “Dunkers” (due to their method of baptism). In 1972, the Dunkers moved to Modesto. At one point the Bible Missionary Church owned and maintained the cemetery, but as of 2005, the church had been torn down and ownership of the cemetery is unclear. As of October 2009, the California Cemetery & Funeral Bureau has no record of a Certificate of Authority (Cemetery) on their database.

Cue spooky Theremin music. I remember the church that was in front of it. I'd always see it on our way to Kmart to jump on that Blue Light Special. Now for some pics!

I'm a cloud................

Just took Winston for a walk. The evening is really cool and the skyline lights look like they are amplified through a reverb tank. Today went without flaws. Went to the library with some students of mine. But the start of the day is not without it's trials. None the less, armed with coffee and less than a half a tank of gas I make it to work and I knock the shit out of the work day. I will also add another song to the "TWENTY YEAR LIST" list. Don't judge, you know its over played....... Great footage though :P

The 09/10 school year update.

Yes last post was in June. A lot has occurred. some things worth mentioning, most not. On the band front Black Kites met it's demise this Summer. It ended in a sad and hopeful manner. All luck goes out to all involved. I was playing with friends for a B-day party back in early August. It was fun,intense and drenched in booze the whole night. So now I've been recording music for a band that is not yet off the ground. The name Lost Lake caught my eye after a very nice gent from a gear forum I frequent posted it in a title of a thread he started. Well after a very fast vacation and a couple of practices its been proven that there is some potential. Again this is just to update the blog. It's going to be a goal of mine to keep it up more than I have. So to tide you over till the next post here's a link!

Help out Pehrspace!

It looks like Pehrspace falls in the "Too good to be true" category. Noise complaints from the neighborhood and visits from the cops have forced the good people of the venue to start looking at other place to put on shows. Here is the official word from Pehrspace....

Hi Everyone,

pehrspace has been receiving noise complaints from neighbors these past few weeks and Officer Ford (via Eric Garcetti's office) visited us last Friday to give us a very polite, but stern, warning about controlling our sound levels for our shows. With the addition of L'Keg to the neighborhood (we welcome the company!), our neighbors are experiencing a new wave of sound intrusion into their homes and extra people in the streets so their patience is probably wearing as thin as it did when we first opened three years ago.

pehrspace experienced our first police shutdown this past weekend (sorry Officer Ford) and, a few weeks back, one of our promoters received a complaint directly from a neighbor during one of our weekday shows. As a result, we will be relocating all of our weekday shows to other spaces with the same DIY mindset and outside promoters will no longer be able to host events at the space unless one of us directly associated with pehrspace is present that particular night. This will take effect immediately and last until our neighborhood status is in good standing once again. Sean Carnage has received several offers to relocate his Monday night show. He will be at Women (1852 Crenshaw Blvd.) tonight.

We will continue to host shows and events on Fridays and Saturdays with heightened awareness for noise levels in the parking lot and within the space. Recently, both L'Keg and pehrspace have been working with Eric Garcetti's office to obtain permits for future (and sorta exciting) big events so we are asking our contacts at the office how to ameliorate our neighbors' view of the spaces. Just ONE more noise complaint can shut us down.

Officer Ford has noted and appreciated our efforts to soundproof pehrspace and it works really well, but absolute soundproofing isn't effective when our doors are left open or if the music is unusually loud during a performance. We have also been pretty laidback about parking lot/outside noise and this may have added to our neighbors' annoyance.

Please, if you or your friends attend any shows at both venues, be aware of your noise levels when walking through the neighborhood and when you're outside of our spaces. It's simple, respect our neighbors. If you notice any wild behavior, let us know and we'll take care of the situation. We really enjoy the spirit of our events and the community that we've built together throughout the years--it would be a shame to have to stop because of those few who lack awareness and respect for others.

Thanks,
Pehrspace

p.s. please spread the word. thank you.