POW POW

Its currently around 5 pm. I'm sitting inside a coffee shop for the 3rd day in a row solely because its literally impossible to breathe in my apartment. The heat wave here in LA is absolutely ridiculous and not having air conditioning is death. I realized that I didn't get to write last night, so I'll let you know now what shenanigans I've been up to.

So after 5 hours of enjoying the air conditioning of a coffee shop yesterday, I went home as it started to get dark, thinking that it would probably have cooled down in my little studio apartment by then. I was mistaken. It also seems that I have a gas leak of some sort in my apartment. Great.
Anyways, I was happy to have nothing to do for the rest of the day. No plans. Nobody to see. Nobody to take home. I spoke too soon. Two minutes later I received a message from my friend who works as a scout for Atlantic Records telling me that I'm coming with him to The Smell to see this electronic band called Fartbarf. Classy name, right? So, ignoring the fact that I had to get up at 6 am for class the next morning, within an hour, I went from getting ready to spend the night alone, cozy in my bed with a book or watching a good foreign film to driving downtown to one of the shittiest little venues in LA to see this odd, obscure band. I really do love how spontaneous my life can be.
So, the first band was quite horrific. I was starting to get discouraged, but then once Fartbarf started playing I was actually very impressed. They were all dressed in matching white pants, white button down shirts, and the creepiest masks I've ever seen. Thats when I realized that I get turned on by the smell of the rubber that is used to make halloween masks. Interesting revelation for me. I'm even stranger than I thought.
The band played a great set and made good use of a vocoder, which I found to be extremely entertaining. The only thing that would have made it better is if it weren't hot as balls in there. I just felt bad for the three band members wearing the suffocating masks. I managed to get home by around 1 am and get at least a few hours of sleep before I had to get up for Statistics this morning.

As far as today goes, I took a nap to make up for my lack of sleep last night and prepare myself for tonight. Thanks to a friend of a friend I'm going to be in LCD Soundsystem's music video for their new song "Pow Pow", along with Anna Kendrick. My call time is at 10 pm and I'll be there till 3 am. Looks like I won't be getting much sleep tonight either seeing that I have to get up at 7:30 for my Acting 2 class tomorrow morning. Three cheers for caffeinated beverages...?

Okay, before I go, I just want to express my undying love for this new CD I bought. Its by a band called Pantha du Prince and the album is called "Black Noise". It came out earlier this year, but I just started listening to it a few weeks ago. I can't turn it off. Its amazing electronica/dance music and NOT "Tibetan Pygmy Music" as one of my non-musically inclined friends called it. I definitely suggest anyone who hasn't heard of them to check out that album. While you're at it, give Fartbarf a listen as well. I was actually kind of impressed by them. They're fun to listen to if you like synths. I kind of thought they sounded like a mixture of Eiffel 65 and The Bloodhound Gang. Its something interesting.