M-IS-ISOL35NOISE

From MySpace Blog post:

Mood: Rejuvenated (despite being overwhelmed)

Coming back from vacation is always hard. I left Seattle about two weeks ago with an overwhelming desire to pack it in and go home (so to speak.) Arriving in NYC was exhilarating to start out, but had taken its course by the end of last week. I thought certain Seattle people that I encountered around town were stuck up. Oh lord, no. NYC - most of the guys there had their noses stuck so high up in the air, I was convinced that Cloud 9 was lined with cocaine. It probably was. That's how snooty it felt for me. Last year it didn't bother me so much. Now I realize just how hyper-sensitive I am to that crap. I shouldn't be. Really, I shouldn't. It's not worth wasting valuable emotional and psychological energy that dissipitates from your body when confronted with those feelings.

Anyway, I was glad to come back to Seattle. I realized that my life in Seattle was actually not too bad. There are some things I would like to change, but change takes time. I realize, too, that I got to be willing to persevere in order to fully realize the positive potential said changes can provide. Coming back to work was alright the first day. Today (the second day), however...not so much. I am overwhelmed in both positive and negative ways. At this point, I need to focus on the positive end of the continuum of "overwhelming feelings."

I met someone recently that makes me feel special. This person realizes that I am a good person and has been incredibly good to me in just a few days of knowing him. I am fortunate to meet this wonderful person at the right time, at a time when I needed this companionship the most. It makes the overwhelming feelings at work seem miniscule, if not, non-existent. For this, I am grateful.

I plan to write more about NYC and recent developments in my life in future blog posts.

Current Listening:



Muscle Machine
by Terence Fixmer

....is what Chelsea Handler wrote in my copy of her book, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.



I will, just for you, Chelsea!!! **giggles**

Too funny. I had to text my friend, Sassmaster Audra, in Minnesota. That totally made my week worthwhile after all. THANKS CHELSEA!!! Stay funny!

So I leave for New York City in exactly one week from tonight and my allergies are fraking kicking my ass BIGTIME. It's exactly like what happened a couple of days into my New York trip last year after I went to visit Ground Zero. Hopefully I will clear up in time for this year's trip. I hope to be more proactive in documenting my trip this year than I was last year.

I am attempting to go to No Fun Fest again this year. Last year was nerve-wracking because of a) the violence that ensued on the first night of the fest and b) the discomfort of the unfamiliar surroundings in the industrial area of Brooklyn near the Hudson. I was afraid that Tony Soprano was going to knife me in the middle of nowhere with no witnesses. This year, however, No Fun Fest has moved from The Hook in Brooklyn to the Knitting Factory in Manhattan, which makes me feel more comfortable. I am not necessarily anticipating that this year's fest is going to be any less chaotic or testosterone-driven, but at least I feel more comfortable in Manhattan later at night. We will have to wait and see.



I have even more shows going on while I am out there than last year. Besides No Fun, there is A Silver Mt. Zion, KTL, and potentially DJ Magda, Seattle's The Dead Science, DFA's Hercules and Love Affair, Carl Craig, and Lisa Lampanelli. WOW! What a lineup of shows! I am going to be exhausted when I get back. However, I have Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend to unwind.

I will write when it gets closer to the departure date, May 15th at 12:50 a.m.

Gas - Zauberberg [Mille Plateaux; 2008 reissue forthcoming on Kompakt]
Coil - The Ape of Naples (2008 vinyl with The New Backwards) [Important/Threshold House]
Matmos - Supreme Balloon [Matador]
Anthony Rother - Super Space Model [Datapunk]
Portishead - Third [Mercury]
Meat Beat Manifesto - Autoimmune [Metropolis]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! [Anti]
Diamanda Galas - Guilty Guilty Guilty [Mute]
Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree [Mute]
Lawrence - Lowlights from the Past and Future [Mule Electronic]
Anthony Rother Presents We Are Punks 2 [Datapunk]
Nurse with Wound with Faust - Disconnected [Art-Errorist]
Boris with Merzbow - Rock Dream [Southern Lord]
Nadja - Skin Turns to Glass [The End Records]
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons [Constellation]
Boris - Smile (US Version) [Southern Lord]
Autechre - Quaristice [Warp]
Sunn O))) - 00 Void (Japanese edition with NWW remixes) [Ixoxia/Daymare]
Ellen Allien - Boogy Bytes Vol. 4 [Bpitch Control]
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager [Constellation]
Miss Kittin - Batbox [Nobody's Bizzness]
Sascha Funke - Mango [Bpitch Control]
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull [Southern Lord]
Stephen O'Malley and Z'ev - Magistral [Editions Mego]
Carter Tutti - Feral Vapours of the Silver Ether [CTI International]

Congratulations are in order for E! Channel funny girl Chelsea Handler for debuting at Number 1 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers List with Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea!



She's performing in Tacoma Friday night and signing books the UW Booksore in the UDistrict beforehand. I can't wait. I LOVE HER!

5 years was well worth the wait to see Ellen Allien spin at Chop Suey this past Thursday. She was great and she looked gorgeous! I told my co-worker Friday morning that I was convinced that Ellen is the Jennifer Aniston of Berlin electronica. She totally resembled a German Jennifer, dressed in a sleeveless halter top, skirt, leggings, and knee-high laced peasant boots. Her co-hort Sascha Funke was also great. I am posting a few Ellen pictures from the show here:







Ellen Allien and Sascha Funke Flickr photostream here

The Noise is officially declaring May 1 Ellen Allien Day in celebration of her appearance tonight here in Seattle at Chop Suey.



I've been hooked on her music ever since the first time I heard Stadtkind. I even started a tribe on Tribe devoted to her and Miss Kittin. I have waited at least 5 years for the opportunity to finally see her spin. 2008 is already proving to be a busy year for her, with the recent release of Volume 4 of Bpitch Control's Boogy Bytes series and the forthcoming new artist album release, SOOL (in collaboration with another electronic music goddess, AGF.*)



I am a little bit dismayed that people are not showing the love for Ellen's more minimal leanings on Boogy Bytes Vol. 4 (that's the general vibe I've been getting from the reviews that I've read.) I personally like the new mix...I can envision myself driving on the freeway in the middle of the night mentally trancing out while listening.

Along for the ride is her Bpitch Control co-hort Sascha Funke (see also Boogy Bytes Vol. 2) who has also put out a great new artist album (Mango) as well.



I can hardly contain my excitement for tonight's show! I am hoping to take some photos. Stay tuned.