beautiful people

last year, Paper Magazine's Beautiful People Party was a blast! this year's gathering was a bit tamer... either way, there was lots of eye candy & enough Hollywood clichés to laugh at, or with! a fun mix no doubt... here's more tunes for the weekend ahead & some beautiful people i caught on the fly in lo-fi mobile phone fashion, including friends & myself of course:

♡ Christine Delaroche ☆ LES PRINCES D'AUJOURD'HUI MP3 ♡



♡ Space Ranger ☆ NIGHT MOVES MP3 ♡



♡ Loleatta Holloway ☆ SECONDS MP3 ♡



♡ Fred Everything ft. Vanessa Baker ☆ FRIDAY MP3 ♡



♡ DJ Omega ☆ SWEET LOVIN' MP3 ♡




♡ Gerardo Frisina ☆ MILLE E UNA NOTTE MP3 ♡

some nights still end up with M House then a light bi bim bap before bed...

jimmyzine...epic

this past Sunday around Sunset on Sunset Blvd nonetheless, local favourite EPIC wrapped up my weekend by hosting JIMMY's release party over cocktails, music & a little performance... East Side fags & their homo honeys keep it real'n modern. they rule - period!!! here's my usual lo-fi mobile phone pics taken on the fly, with a few more tunes for fun:

♡♡♡ Gillian Hills ☆ ZOU BISOU BISOU MP3 ♡♡♡




♡ 504 Boyz ☆ I CAN TELL YOU WANNA FUCK MP3 ♡




♡ The Human League ☆ NEVER LET ME GO MP3 ☆ Aeroplane ♡




♡ Onyenze ☆ ONWA NNA NA NWA MP3 ♡

...Lady Peach's photos of the party will eventually pop up HERE

all that jazz

...adorable video by Lorenzo Fonda for Metronomy's latest:

♡♡♡ Metronomy ☆ THE LOOK MP3 ♡♡♡

i kicked off the weekend on the mellow side, with The Sweat Spot's monthly movie night. All That Jazz was on the program... iiiit's showtime!!!

♡♡♡ Peréz Prado ☆ BLACK MAGNOLIA MP3 ♡♡♡

as for daytime activities, here's a typical scenario... running into friends while hiking with the furry love of my life, or when shopping from a new downtown spot - the Thvm Atelier with other local brands such as Ladyboys, Skingraft, Raquel Allegra & more - to the funnest store west of Vermont Avenue - Opening Ceremony... just flying through the radioactive breeze from Japan, like a hot bionic butterfly:

♡ Bionic Boogie ☆ HOT BUTTERFLY MP3 ♡





♡ The Bees ☆ WINTER ROSE MP3 ☆ Nicolas Jaar ♡




♡ Notorious B.I.G. & Marlena Shaw ☆ CALIFORNIA SOUL MP3 ♡

die antwoord + harmony korine

Umshini Wam is a short film by Harmony Korine starring Die Antwoord's Ninja and Yo-Landi with next level beats by DJ Hi-Tek... armed with uzis and rolling around the ‘burbs in wheelchairs — South African fellows Ninja and Yo-Landi decide to take their “shit to the next level” and “get the respect they deserve on the streets.” FOKKEN COOL...

...other videos of Die Antwoord at bottom of this page

EPIC EGO

Sushi...Party...LA Story

♡ The Viceroys ☆ THEY CAN'T STOP US NOW MP3 ♡

Murakami's fine sashimi over a bowl of brown rice is my kinda brunch. fresh & tasty, light yet full of the nutrients that get me going through work all the way to the occasional dance parties & gatherings... the spot is low-key & such a bargain, considering the sushi chef has the best contacts & gets the most desirable cuts. if you're a starfucker, Jake Gyllenhal & the likes go there a lot. over the years, i've bumped into Jake at most of of my favourite healthy eateries, so if he gets to one of them before me, it's safe to assume i'll love the food as well. besides, my japanese friends & foodies who live in LA introduced me to Murakami's as one of their faves...

♡ Sébastien Tellier ☆ ROCHE MP3 ☆ MiM0SA ♡

last week, i went to the inaugural session of Secret Chambers - a new monthly with great music & a fun crowd at an awesome downtown spot... the Crocker Club is a low lit lounge in the converted basement vaults of the historic Crocker Bank. even though i didn't stay up late on this Tuesday, i had a really nice time while the party picked up. DJs Aaron Castle & Ashland Mines aka Total Freedom (of Mustache Mondays) play my kinda jams...

♡ Brandy ☆ AFRODISIAC MP3 ♡







♡ Chilly Gonzales ☆ YOU CAN DANCE MP3 ☆ Robotaki ♡

over the weekend, old friends Sara & Callum had a farewell party. barely back from working on a movie in New Zealand, they were off to Canadia for another big one - a James Cameron production of At The Mountains Of Madness, to be directed by the acclaimed Guillermo del Toro. after spending millions to get it all going, including Guillermo & Callum's very recent & expensive location scout, Universal pulled the plug the day before our party - another typical LA story! it's all good, Del Toro has another movie in the works, who knows where that one might take Sara away from me... regardless, the party must go on; we celebrated...

♡ Phoenix ☆ ARMISTICE MP3 ☆ Rac ♡

this party had a theme - dress like where you'd like to live for a year... my outfit was "Found In Translation!" basically, i'd love to be in Tokyo without having to step out of the Hyatt for an entire year, so i just wore my usual clothes but threw on a swanky kimono as a robe! although Sara was looking forward to what would have been a great gig in Canadia, she's a LA girl true & true; she has it down! her outfit was the one of the quintessential Beachwood Canyon babe on the go, you know, the kind you see everywhere at Mayfair market between yoga classes & work out sessions with some private trainer/healer/lifecoach, running around in tights, sneakers, sporty tank tops, random baseball cap with the name or logo of some studio, with a fancy organic iced coffee/tea in one hand & the latest iphone in the other - classic! although i'm sure her cup was later re-filled with Jesus juice, sooo Hollywood - imagine that: a nice industry Jewish girl sippin' on Jesus juice! it doesn't get any classier than that...

♡ Clock Opera ☆ BELONGINGS MP3 ♡











♡ The Subs ☆ THE FACE OF THE PLANET MP3 ♡

just cuz a touch of trippy grimy Belgian techno is always fun in small doses. i like The Subs. besides, the kid in the video kicks ass... hellz yeah:

harinezumi celebrity

lots of crazy shit being captured or reported on camera these days! you think you've seen it all, and then all hell breaks lose... to name a few: Mubarak got the message & was deposed... PBS sadly lost funding... Charlie Sheen & Galliano completely lost their marbles & their jobs... Qaddafi had already lost his mind & won't leave his job... Arcade Fire won a Grammy & Bieber fans got angry... Melissa Leo dropped the F-bomb at the Oscars... Lindsay Lohan stole some shit or became a lesbian again or something... meanwhile, i just shot my first digital video in over a decade. i warn you, this is deep! ladies & gentlemen, caught on Harinezumi, i present the Tintinettes in full dorky glory:

♡ Adina Howard ☆ FREAK LIKE ME MP3 ♡

Matt Amato of The Masses has championed the Harinezumi camera ever since it came out. back from Tokyo where he spent time at the Harinezumi company to work on upcoming technologies & projects, Mr. Amato kindly gave me one of the latest Harinezumi cameras he brought home. i used it that very same evening! this Harinezumi 2+++ fits in the palm of my hand, and makes digital films & still frame pictures as weirdly lo-rez & awesome as the venerable Holga does for film. what it lacks for in fidelity, it more than makes up for it in aesthetics...

you see, i was part of the last generation of USC Film School students to have the privilege of being introduced to the craft with Super 8 film, before moving on to 16mm & video. my friend Saul & i were the very first 2 USC film students to shoot our projects on digital, before the school even had digital cameras. i had gotten my hands on what was then the brand new Sony VX1000 from a porn star friend, the amazing Annabel Chong, whom i cast in the film - fuck yeah!

somewhere along the way, i stopped making movies as my career helping those who make them got more interesting & my free time got too "busy" for personal films... so it's such a delight to have this minuscule digital camera that isn't designed to be perfect. it brings me back to the super 8 days. in fact, it's as close as super 8 as anyone can get with a digital camera... WIN WIN!

last night after dinner, i pulled the camera out of my pocket & captured a very silly "celebrity" moment with close friends - posted above. my LA gurrrls kick ass, like totally... fo sho!!!

♡ Pérez Prado ☆ TEQUILA MP3 ♡

back to Matt Amato & an outstanding Harinezumi team of artists i.e. Bruce LaBruce, Mark Borthwick, Agnès B, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Claire Denis, Miranda July, Harmony Korine, Errol Morris, Chan Wook-Park & Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon who always collaborates on cool projects... each artist directed & shot Harinezumi short films for IMPERFECT AS THEY ARE. this fun gathering traveled last year from New York to Paris, Tokyo & Los Angeles - here's Matt's harinezumi movie... Matt is curating a follow-up series as the Harinezumi technology advances & other established artists pick it up... his most recent video for Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is epic, crisp & cinematic, while the one he directed & shot 6 months ago on the Harinezumi for a band i dig - Quadron - is magically lo-fi:

♡ Quadron ☆ AVERAGE FRUIT MP3 ☆ fLako ♡

Matt Amato will continue to shoot some projects on the Harinezumi. i will shoot all mine with it... i took my usual set of super lo-fi mobile phone pics through dinner, leading up to the Harinezumi parking lot moment...

month of courage

March is the month of aquamarine & bloodstone - these stones mean courage... time to GET UP GET OUT, STAND UP & SHOUT YOUR NAME:

...VIDEO BY DUCKEYE ☆ original MP3 is 83rd of 3rd playlist!

♡ Clock Opera ☆ ONCE & FOR ALL MP3 ☆ Clive Tanaka ♡

Clock Opera make extraordinarily accessible electronic pop music. They may draw from such esoteric sources as the systems music of Steve Reich and Phillip Glass and have played their second ever gig at the Queen Elizabeth Hall backing the Ballet Rambert, but you don't need any special qualifications to enjoy what they do - just an appreciation of idiosyncratic electronic and organic sounds.

i just passed by this billboard. here in Hollywood, we can fix anything:

♡ Radiohead ☆ SEPERATOR MP3 ♡

as for last month, i wrapped it up nicely with friends then at Kiwi's house for her Oscar after-party, coupled with the birthday celebration of Sara from The Masses - check out their latest... more lo-fi pics: