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Bernadette Cuvalo Doing Jet

stellar magnet — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:16:44 +0000

Jet! I can almost remember their funny faces
That time you told me that
You were going to be marrying soon.
And jet, I thought the only
Lonely place was on the moon.
Jet! jet!
Jet! was your father as bold as a sergeant major?
How come he told you that
You were hardly old enough yet?
And jet, I thought the major
Was a lady suffragette.
Jet! jet!

Ah, matter, want jet to always love me?
Ah, matter, want jet to always love me?
Ah, matter, much later.

Jet! with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces.
Climb on the back and well
Go for a ride in the sky.
And jet, I thought the major
Was a lady suffragette.
Jet! jet!

Spectrum in Würzburg

stellar magnet — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:18:02 +0000

So, the main reason I derailed my east of Europe adventures and came to Germany was to see Spectrum. I’d seen it advertised on a MySpace bulletin, that my MySpace friend Kosmik-Klaus was doing visuals for Spectrum in Würzburg, which is 1.5 – 2 hours away from Frankfurt. That made me want to go more because his visuals are some of the best and I enjoy a good audio/visual experience. I contacted Klaus (pictured on my right, below) on MySpace, asking him if he knew of anyone that was driving from Frankfurt to Würzburg. He sent some emails and found Jürgen (very left). Me and Jürgen exchanged some emails and everything was set! After I had my Persian dinner, I headed to Jürgen’s and I rode to Würzburg with two other guys. I forget their names. One of them brought some equipment to record the concert, let’s call him Tape-man. So we went to the venue, Cafe Cairo, and we were there pretty early. Opening band played, Vibravoid, they were okay, I think they might have had a longer set than Spectrum though! Ha… Anyhow. Spectrum were fantastic, Kosmik-Klaus’ vizualz were off-the-chain, and I very much enjoyed my evening. After the show was over we were still hanging around for a bit because Tape-man was taking his time chatting it up with people, some of which were Spectrum drummer & bass player. I guess Tape-man was talking to them about me and how I am couchsurfing, and they wanted to talk to me. So I explained to Spectrum drummer & bass player about couchsurfing and then parted with them sayin’ “See you in Barcelona!” since I told them I’d be heading there. In other news, the new guitar player is a total babe.

Part Time Punks – Rainbow Arabia/Bridez

stellar magnet — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:32:53 +0000

I drove up to Los Angeles for Part Time Punks last night. The headlining band was Rainbow Arabia, who are two white people (husband/wife) that reside in Los Angeles, and like their name, play Arabian sounding post-punk flavored music. Inspired by music heard on the Bishop brothers’ Sublime Frequencies label. Here is a weird music video that contains both rainbow and Arabian (desert) elements.

So, the party was fun, the DJ highlights were Silver Apples by the punx and JAMC “Surfin’ USA” by Cobain in a Coma (that was louddd!). I really enjoyed the opening band, Bridez, from San Francisco. They had this raw punk grunge energy which drew me in, and front-woman Liza’s vox reminded me of Kim Deal at times. Drummer was awesome and wearing an Annihilation Time t-shirt which I admired. Catch them January 27th @ Hemlock tavern.

Bridez on vuhrtoob:

Rainbow Arabia’s live act was good, they got people dancing (“Let them dance”!) but I feel like there was something missing. Maybe they need bigger amps? Maybe they need to add more atmosphere to their show by adding a strobe light and fog? not sure. Here is a picture of dude’s Casio, though. Next to “CASIO” is some Arabic calligraphy that translates to “CASIO”. I could read it because I am familiar with some Farsi characters.

Spectrum “Revolution” – Live @ Hemlock

stellar magnet — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:23:26 +0000

September 27th, 2008. Sonic Boom + strobe light = heavenly.