igår på tv sa de att pengarna var så slut att man inte längre har råd att döma folk för vissa brott. man har helt enkelt varit tvungen att kompromissa bort en del saker som: unregistered firearms, drunk driving samt (min personliga favorit) public indecency. det är som vilda västern här borta. innan vi lämnar californien måste vi alltså: bli fulla, köpa vapen ur bakluckan på en bil, köra bilen, skjuta vapnen, berusade och nakna.

Austins pappa har en liten vingård 2 timmar utanför stan. Vi åkte dit i helgen och hajkade. Bilderna nedan gör inte platsen rättvisa, tveklöst en av de vackraste platserna jag varit på. På vägen dit liknar landskapet ett kulligare dalarna fast med lägre vegitation, nakna kullar med buskar och några enstaka träd. Igår var det urbant: gratis konsert med Deerhunter. Det delades ut gratis glass av icecreamman.com, trycktes gratis t-shirts av någon annan och så mycket Rock Band som man orkade spela. Allt detta med anledning av noice pop 09, en musikfestival som drar igång här nu. Om exakt en vecka åker vi till Portland 9 timmar norr ut, då åker vi igenom the ring of fire, ett bälte med vulkaner som sträcker sig hela vägen till Japan. Efter det blir det kanske Sacramento, Las Vegas, hajkande i Yosemite, men det enda som är spikat just nu är delar av festivalen south by south west i Austin, för att sedan möta upp Austin (personen) i Chicago. Ingen har någon större lust att lämna SF nu, men snart är tiden och visumet slut. Ikväll kommer vår hyresvärd över med pizza och tips för genomresan och i helgen blir det hej då fest.

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Jakob ♥ Deerhunter

Chateau Ferris

Den bästa bilen



Shopping vol. 2



Caitlin + kniv



Hattfest



Ash & D



Nora



Saker man måste göra i USA nr. 4:

- Skjuta med vapen.



Kul med gevär


Brad & Austin



Chateau Ferris












En av mina nya favoriter bland snabbmatskedjor är In & out burger. De har en meny och så har de en "hemlig" meny som inte finns nerskriven någonstans där man kan beställa andra saker. Här ovan ser ni "Animal style fries" från den hemliga menyn; pommes+smält ost+stekt lök+dressing. Så gott!

Viktligan så här långt:

Jakob: + 5 kg

Ale: + 2 kg

Nora: +/- 0 kg

China: Okänt



En annan intressant grej med In & out burger är att de märker alla deras muggar, papper, kartonger etc. med bibelreferat (?)

Utflykter

Miur beach



Jana på besök!






Miur woods. Delar av Star wars episod VI spelades in här *skryt*.









Chris & China



Låtom oss gå ut

Tempo No Tempo

If you were to put Foals, The Rapture, Deerhoof and some traditional African music into a food processor you would get the delicious musical smoothie Tempo No Tempo. A three-piece band hailing from Oakland California. After seeing a very energetic performance in San Francisco it felt like a must to get an interview with the band. Singer and guitarist Tyler McCauley had the time to talk about influences and firework fights.

How are you doing?
Great! It's raining in Oakland though. Which isn't a big deal, except I only get around by bike.
Are you born and raised in Oakland?
No, I grew up mostly in San Jose and Santa Cruz. Now we all [Jason Wexler & Alex Kaiser] live in the same house in Lake Merritt. We've lived together for about four years, actually. We all went to Berkeley together, which is where we first started playing together. It makes touring and all that really easy, We're used to having each other in our personal space.
How did you meet?
We all met at school, and we played in a few incarnations before we solidified as a four-piece for about 3 years. We had all moved, and had played music in some form, and then Alex approached me in the dorms to play, I was really excited to play right away. We more or less formed as a party band so we could play at house shows. But then, as we went through school, we spent a lot of time playing together in African music courses on campus, which became another time for band practice, really, because we were all playing traditional music together.
Would you say that the music you're playing today has African influences?
Oh definitely! Some songs more directly than others, but those classes really changed the way we approached rhythm and dance music together. It became less about angular, disco-like music, and more about syncopation, cross rhythm There's a certain fluency of rhythm that you get from playing traditional African music. We're not trying an "indied up" version of highlife, like Vampire Weekend or anything though.
Right now you are a three-piece. What happened to the fourth member?

We had a keyboardist/singer, Chris Cadena he was there for our two EP's, and still is one of our best friends. But he left for L.A. this summer to apply to law school. It was a sad goodbye, and we had a really crazy last show with him in Oakland with Panther, including a fireworks fight in the street.
That sounds crazy. How do you manage to fight with fireworks?
Ha ha. I don't know if I want to encourage anyone else to bad behaviour. That and I don't know what fireworks we used. Let's just say we all had singed shirts at the end of it.
How did your previous bands sound like?

I mostly wrote bedroom singer-songwriter-y music before Tempo No Tempo. Jason (bass) used to play in a straight rock-and-roll band called Fiasco. Alex (drums) played in a whole slew of ska and hardcore bands. Like I said, we started the band as a house party band. So a lot of our previous influences were put aside to make that work. I'd say we're all eager to explore our weirder influences. We all love bands like Deerhoof, Fugazi, Minutemen and Explosions In The Sky
How is the music scene in Oakland?

Tempo: Oakland has always been under-the-radar as far as a music scene.
We have a lot of great venues, warehouses like House of Nostromo and Ghost Town Gallery and Cereal Factory. And there are a lot of awesome bands, we actually took a couple classes with the Morning Benders and Port O'Brien, and there's Man/Miracle, KIT, the Hawnay Troof, the Splinters.
How do you write your songs?

The writing process has changed dramatically over the last 6 months. We began playing for hours on a series of grooves, taped them, listened to them and then took the best bits and made them into songs. What came out was funkier, darker and weirder, which we're all really excited about.
Where does the bands name come from?
It's from an Os Mutantes song. It's nice and vague when you think it's English, and rather nonsensical in the original Portuguese. We wanted something that didn't necessarily mean anything, felt good to say. Sometimes it's more about the sound of a name than the meaning.

Tempo No Tempo plans to go in to the studio in May and record their new album. In the mean time you can see them playing at SXSW festival on March 19th & 20th.

Happy happy!

Kroppsmålningar



The dude abides



Tårta






Födelsedagsbarn

Tillbaka i SF

Diner



Motorväg



Öppna landskap



Den enda vägen



Bilinteriör, Nora



Hawnay Troof - Galen och genialisk

www.hawnaytroof.com



Mitt nya favoritband (efter White Lies såklart): Tempo No Tempo

myspace.com/temponotempo

Farvael San Diego

Spaeckhuggare paa Sea World. Gratis!



Nora + val



Isbjoern



Pingviner




Sjoeko



Rockband hos Dusty



Koncentrerade miner, Nora, Dusty, Chaz, Ale



En av Dustins rumskompisar "gjorde slut" med en tjej naagra timmar innan vi kom dit. De hade setts i totalt fyra dagar och rumskompisen tyckte att det gick lite foer fort fram. Dusty kom paa ide'n att spela in konversationen. Det var hemskt men ocksaa roligt att lyssna paa inspelningen foer ingen av parterna var riktigt kloka, allra minst tjejen. Saa fort vi faar tag i en youtube-laenk postar vi den haer!



Bubbelpool hos Dusty!



Tankning av vraalaaket



Karusell i Balboa Park, Nora, Casey