Pasta Does Threadless

Well sort of...many of you might not know it, but besides posting on this little blog all the time, I'm actually an illustrator. Today my first submission to Threadless was picked up and cleared for voting. So if you have the time it would be super sweet if you could mosey on over there and give me a nice score.



mp3: Portishead - Threads
mp3: Maritime - Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts
mp3: Menomena - Shirt
mp3: Spoon - Fitted Shirt, The

Friday I'm A Remix

It's been a fairly relaxing (yet tiring...hmm...) week. The weekend looks promising - full of music and love. Could I ask for anything more? Yes. Turn signals. Everybody's got them. USE THEM. IT"S RAINING. DON'T COME INTO MY LANE WITHOUT USING YOUR TURN SIGNAL. I don't have ESP so I can't quite determine what your next move will be. Okay okay. Calm down Laurent. It's Friday...and the weekend looks promising...

mp3: Ratatat - Wildcat (E*Vax Remix)
mp3: Menomena - Weird (Dekoder Remix)
mp3: Outkast - BOB (Diplo Remix)
mp3: Cadence Weapon - House Music (Bird Peterson Southbound Remix)

Retreadin 2007 Part 4

Menoma's Friend and Foe, out on Barsuk Records, took a couple of listens before I truly could grasp it. Having heard their previous albums, I was prepared for 'the strangeness', yet what struck me from this album was the amount of melody incorporated into it. Menomena has a sound unlike any other band. Off kilter dirty beats combined with layers of guitar, pianos and vocals. The make up of every song varies giving a freshness to each play. This was an early suprise of an album that came out at the beginning of the year and memorable enough to be written about now.

mp3: Menomena - Ghostship --> buy
mp3: Menomena - Duel



When I first saw the name Black Moth Super Rainbow I was intrigued to say the least. As it turns out, they couldn't have chosen a better names for their music. BMSR plays a type of music only known as analog-synth-funk-wha?. That's right. Synthesizers playing abnormally funky rhythms and melodies layered with vocals using the greatest invention ever - THE VOCODER. It was only logically to have a synth voice too. Getting back to the music, there wasn't anything on the album, Dandelion Gum, that necessarily blew me away, but I kept finding myself returning to this album for a groove fix. Black Moth Super Rainbow is the elixir for your analog-funk deficiency.

mp3: Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rollerdisco --> buy
mp3: Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips

Tuesday Night Live

A great show that I wish I was going to tonight in DC is Menomena and Illinois at the Black Cat. If you make please let me know how it was. Also Action Action and the Pink Spiders play the Rock and Roll Hotel.

Menomena - Rotten Hell.mp3 --> website --> buy

Illinois - Alone Again.mp3 --> website --> buy

Action Action - What Temperature Does Ait Freeze.mp3 --> website --> buy

Illinois and Menomena - On Tour

November is a busy month for shows. Now its busier. I come to find out today that Menomena and Illinois are playing the Black Cat in Washington DC on November 6th...a Tuesday. Why oh why is the weekend only two friggin' days! Hmm...unless...hehehe. Anyway I was talking about something, wasn't I? Oh yes! Good music! Listen. Buy. Go to the show. Maybe I'll see you there.
Illinois - Screendoor
more Illinois --> website --> buy

Menomena - Wet and Rusting
more Menomena --> website --> buy