style report

Chkchkchk were really really good. I had low expectations because of the sound being pretty bad at Animal Collective (that low end vibration that the whole stage area does drives me insane) but they somehow had great sound. They have really taken it to another level as a band. They're seasoned pros. I like the dual frontman aspect with John Pugh and Nic. The highlight was when these three highschool marching band drummer kids from the area who played on the record got up and did percussion on a song and they were so stoked! It was a total Tusk moment. Speaking of Tusk, have you given it a listen lately? Listen again to Tusk for the first time. I heard that a friend has a theory that Fleetwood Mac and one other band (the name escapes me right now, maybe he'll post it) invented the 80s and I'd like to make a case that Homzee's aunt and uncle had a big hand in inventing the 80s too. They had the design firm that designed the packaging for Tusk, which has some of the weirdest packaging ever. There's a lot going on in there. Woah, I was just looking for stuff about their design firm (Vigon Nahas Vigon) online and I found a Tusk paperback? What is it, the novelization of the album? As you can see here, they won a grammy for the packaging in '80. Oh, and guess who designed Tom Petty's logo?

That leads me to musing about style, and I have heard a report that the new east coast style is New Rave (this is probably not that new, just new to me). This involves a lot of oversized neon and tight pants, all rounded out with neon nike airs. And skater type cuts, right? And this is the look for dudes, I don't know if it's the same for ladies. Intriguing. I myself will not be wearing any neon but I guess I should never say never. It's amazing how something that I thought looked like crap will start to look good to me if I see other people wearing it in a good way. The style report from Coachella via Brew was: short shorts with suspenders (a la Lohan) and that the Cobrasnake girl was just wearing facepaint and a one piece bathing suit? Sweet. She also related a story whereby har mar was trying to get Giovanni Ribisi to get them backstage at the Chili Peppers. Think about THAT for a minute.