March

I swung by the protest against the state budget cuts to education yesterday. The protests I've been to here in the past were mostly regarding gay rights and were more sparsely populated. This one was different. There were a ton of people and many of them were children and young adults. It left me feeling sad and worried for how fragile our country seems right now.

 

What's On The Player

There were a few small disappointments last year in albums from bands I really like for their previously energetic offerings that just fell flat, energy-wise for me. Mates Of State with Re-Arrange Us grew on me after a while and I still listen to it on a regular basis. The Dodos Time to Die had some damn good songs, and again, I still listen to the album. It's just that I've spent a lot of time air drumming and head-shaking my way through previous albums so I was just a little bummed to find that the songs from both bands came with a lighter touch. Who was going to fulfill my energetic longings? I've got a lot of energy, people. It needs releasing. 

Is it strange that NPR introduced me to Mariachi El Bronx? For those not familiar, there is a band called The Bronx, who I never listened to. I meant to check them out and kind of gave a few songs a listen here and there but nothing really grabbed me. Then, on a car trip across the Bay Bridge, sitting in traffic, there was a story on how The Bronx decided to put out a mariachi album. This was over the holidays and I remember hearing the songs and vowing to check it out. Well, I made good on that and bought the album. And I love it. That was month ago and I still listen to it all the damn time. It fulfills my needs. Consider the following.

Examine This!

My juggernaut of press coverage continues! Behold the lovely things the Los Angeles Gay Culture Examiner had to say about this little lesbian. The truth is that I love showing off my gay side. Consider the following:

The Sky

Lately, the storms in San Francisco have been giving us amazing skies. We don't usually see clouds like this. In between raining, the sky looks this way.

 

 

(This crane freaks me out.)

 

(This last one is from Berkeley, on a different day than the rest)

The World's First?

Actually, Regina and I already know that this is not the world's first mixing/ironing session. It's the second. We had the first one a few weeks ago. This is just how The Heated gets down on a Friday night. Woo hooo!

 

 

 
 

(My ear itched. On the inside.)

Calling The East Bay

Hey. What are you doing this Saturday?

Miss Popularity

It's been a fine few weeks for The Heated. First off, my wife and I were selected to have a house tour done through Apartment Therapy. It was kind of crazy to come out of the madness that was the holiday season only to be met with the task of finishing all the projects we had been struggling to complete in our home. But now that we're done and there are no big house projects hanging over our heads, I feel relief. The truth is that I am a homebody and if I didn't have to work, I probably wouldn't leave it every day. So it's nice to have it all put together. 

Wildly Popular: I decided to strike while the iron was hot and announced this big news today, picked up by wildly popular local music blog, The Bay Bridged. That's right, The Heated had news featured on a wildly popular local music blog. It feels like all the hard work of the last year is finally paying out in awesome and amazing ways. So far, 2010 is my jam.