Hey Party Animal how are you? I feel a little out of the online loop. Work’s busy. Life’s busy. Ya know…… But here’s what I’ve been into lately.

1)Ice cream anywhere…. Little Man Ice Cream’s green tea lime sorbet, Red Trolley’s sea salt caramel ice cream sandwich and Sweet Action’s Vegan Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwich! VIVA SUMMER (even in the rain)!
2)YACHT – See Mystery Lights

3)The Lovely Feathers – Fantasy of the Lot

4)Watching the Beaver Trilogy with Katherine-

5)Enjoying my new little baby niece!

THINGS I’VE HEARD ABOUT BUT HAVEN’T HAD TIME FOR YET, HAVE YOU? IF SO, WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
-Spinal Tap’s album Smell the Glove
-Wilco The Album …I like what I’ve heard so far, but still haven’t had the full listen yet)
-Comic book collection The Best of Simon and Kirby
-Michael and Michael Have Issues

Heart to you,
djAlisha.

An article in today’s edition of the Colorado Daily gave the erroneous impression that Radio 1190 is canceling shows due to a lack of hosts. As a student run organization, we see our share of turnover, but everything is fine. The two current hosts of our News Underground show said their goodbyes last night, but we have two new hosts who will be taking over the show next week. So there is no need to panic. But thanks for the concern!

Listeners, watt owners, underwriters, and everybody else, Radio 1190 is fine.  Tune in next Tuesday evening at 7 pm and here our new hosts as they dig deeper on Radio 1190′s News Underground!

Mike Flanagan, General Manager

Looking forward to this:

…also coming in October, Yo La Tengo at Ogden (the 10th of Oct to be exact).

Hope you’re having a great week,
djAlisha.

PS: Tune in to 1190 this afternoon 4-6pm MST.

PSS: Teaser trailer for Alice in Wonderland

This Thursday night my favorite local band Aenka will be performing at the Mercury Café in Denver as part of a benefit concert for a friend of theirs who was recently seriously injured in a hit and run accident. There’s a $5 cover, and a great bill of local musicians playing in one of the finest acoustic settings in town.
See you there!

How fun would it have been to be in this video?

Jenny Lewis “See Fernando” from Team G on Vimeo.

Amidst the prevailing jingoism, explosives, beer, and Michael Jackson that consumed an entire nation this Independence Day weekend, I found myself alone and left to my own devices, beginning to go stir crazy, then I remembered that fortuitous day when I first heard the desperate lo-fi lamentations of Soviet Punk icon Yanka Stanislavovna Dyagileva/Янка Станиславовна Дягилева. I was instantly enthralled by her voice, her exagerated vibrato dripping with attitude, r’s rolling beautifully off of her toungue, a cloud of frigid Siberian breath visably emanating from her mouth as she accompanies herself on a cheap nylon stringed guitar. I now had a Fourth of July project, that is, to gather as much material (video, audio, and prose) on the great Yanka. What I found was an incredible body of work that culminates with her final recording ominously titled Pridyot Voda (Water Will Come), which she completed shortly before her suicide by drowning in the Inya river near her childhood home in Novosibirsk.

Though her star shone for a brief period of time (1988-91) she left an indelible influence on the alternative underground of the rapidly disintegrating Soviet Union, within which such music was illegal and relegated to underground venues and apartments.


Печал Моя Светла

Okay, how are you? I’m done with my MJ mourning. I’ve moved on. So much going on in the world, locally, in Alaska… How was your 4th? Were you at The Shoppe in Denver? 1190′s own Adam entered the cupcake eating contest, but I missed it. Adam got 5th place, yay! I spent America’s birthday at an amazing house overlooking Boulder in a giant heated pool, MEOW! Amazing firecrackery view. POP! POW!

Did you see any fireworks?

Here’s what I’m loving now. You know, the things (usually five of ‘em) that deserve a HIGH FIVE cuz they’re so awesome:

1)BATDANCE! I’ve had bits of that song in my head for the last few days so I had to Youtube it. While it isn’t one of Prince’s best, it was exciting at the time and fun to relive. Man, Batman was such a great film. Oh and speaking of Prince, I only wanted 2 see laughing in the Purple Rain! Purple Rain could be my favorite soundtrack ever.

2)Robogeisha: A handful of people have sent me this link over the last few days… and yes I will see this film someday.

3)Rusty the European Tour! I would SO wear a jacket like that with my name on it. And man, I wish I was on vacay in Europe right now, preferably with the Griswold family.

4)Bruno is out next week! I’ve watched zat trailer so much! I also had fun on his “Meinspace” page!

5)Did you go to Hinterland on First Friday? If not, here’s what you missed: “Crossed Existence: 40 years of (un)related memories” …mixed media installations by Sabin Aell, Viviane Le Courtois and Andrew Novick.

6)Newish Dinosaur Jr. video. Sort of reminds me a little of the Skinny Puppy breakdancing video. I like the song okay. I love J. Mascis’ locks. Love Lou’s face!

7)Le Tour De France. I’m not fanatical enough to stream it online, but I find myself following the teams a few days in… remember when Kraftwerk did that Tour De France song?

8)I’d like to see Zowie Bowie, I mean Duncan Jones’ directorial debut Moon. While its received ho-hum reviews, I will see it on dvd and probably like it more than the reviews I’ve read. It stars Sam Rockwell who plays an astronaut who discovers a clone of himself on the moon.

9)Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian has a new project out. Its called God Help the Girl and is a record full of cute pop songs sung by a girl group that he assembled (think The Ronettes). His ultimate goal is to turn the project into a musical film, so this is the soundtrack to it. I just ordered my copy, so I only know a few songs that I heard online and the two B&S songs on it, but am eager to hear the whole thing!

10)Happy Birthday Red Trolley! My favorite ice cream/gelato shop in North Denver turns one today and to celebrate they had a party and specials on their food. While I was there, I saw a guy with an 1190 t-shirt on…. the one from a few years ago (maybe four) with the record on it. Wish I would have talked to him, but was busy chatting with friends.

<3 to you,
djAlisha.