“This Could Be Beautiful (It Is)”. Metronomy of his/their first album Pip Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe). Big fan of this record.
I have arrived. Ten-year dream: realized! …and now what?!
So yes, Berlin. I’ve been here about a week. Some first impressions: Bikes! Bikes everywhere, and it’s actually quite safe, with so much of the population riding and segregated lanes all over the place. Hair: holy mullets! And also a lot of women with short hair. Very different than the traditional female with long-hair standard in Argentina. Fashion: relaxed yet edgy. Lots of really neat glasses frames. Weather: summer came with me, apparently. And my first night here had about four hours of night only! But I do realize this means December 21st will have only four hours of day. :/ However, a big summer plus is the OUTDOOR PING PONG TABLES all over the city! Can’t wait to play!
I’ve already had one mini-breakdown, but I think it was just my feeling overwhelmed with all the change I’ve elected in the last two eight twelve-plus months, plus being faced with yet another foreign environment/language/city layout/supermarket selection/set of friends (ok, and maybe some hormones). When it comes down to it, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m just learning how to let myself be the artist I am and am ready to grow some roots again.
I’ve spent a lot of time finally getting up the last of my photos from Argentina today, so I’ll have to talk about Mexico City/Montreal later, but I will say that I had an absolutely brilliant time playing with Mossa at MUTEK Montreal. I wrote two songs for it (one a rap in Spanish, heh)! So fun. The festival as a whole was brilliant, of course, with my highlights being too many to list.
Now for the visuals: here. Included are my trips to Iguazú Falls and Córdoba, plus lots of city/art/friends/life photos. You should check out my friend Tyrone’s small batch of excellently-shot photos from the Iguazú trip, while you’re at it (here).
P.S. Photo above is from here in Berlin, taken Monday night on a particularly gorgeous bike ride.
There’s an article about me in German music magazine Raveline, June issue. Love the headline: “Who the fouffe is Qzen?” Haha!
Satirical video of the spill and BP’s responses to it.
If you’re unaware, there is a very disturbing oil spill going on in the Gulf of Mexico. How disturbing? Use this to visualize the spill over your hometown. Ouch. :(
Total want. (Plus the house to house it.) Found on neatorama.com, which also has a bunch of other neat stuff.
Wonderfully illustrated talk on the perception of time in society.
Interview with Mark Ronson about music-making. Some interesting comments on instruments of choice and the democratization/access of music.
I’ve been MIA in a whirlwind of travel and its consequences, but I finally put up my top ten from May here. I’m currently in Montreal after a second visit to Mexico City, and I plan on posting about my travel adventures (and my final photos from Buenos Aires, sheesh) this week. I land in my new home of Berlin on Sunday, and at this point it feels very unreal. I’m not even sure it will feel real once I’ve landed, not until I’ve been there for months. I feel as if I’m on one side of the looking-glass, or perhaps looking into the wardrobe, about to step through. It’s certainly scary to some degree, but if things keep on as well as they have been, everything’s going to be awesome. ;)
