I think this lady is a real gem. A talented musician of Japanese-Swedish heritage, 28-year-old Maia Hirasawa hails from the seaside city of Gothenburg. Maia first got attention in her native Sweden when she performed accompanying vocals for the indie pop band, Hello Saferide. Last fall I had the pleasure of seeing the band perform here in Washington at the Swedish embassy’s cultural house, which is where I had my first brush with Maia.
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Imagine an island paradise: white sandy beaches, a cold drink sweats in your hand, the hot chick from James Bond emerges from the breakers. It’s tranquil, sunny, peaceful….BORING. Now, take that same scenario and add Skeet Skeet and a bunch international DJs playing some dance-battle worthy breakbeats, and watch as your little paradise island turns into a rager! Gansevoort South is booming with flavor from all over, led by DJ Skeet Skeet–an LA native with roots in punk and hardcore sound–as industry professionals from 70 different countries krunk and mill. That’s the vibe here in Miami at the Winter Music Conference, the grandaddy of all dance music industry events. When the rockin’ stopped for set break, The Retrospective went behind the scenes for some face time with DJ Skeet Skeet.
Chances are your digital life is strewn across more places than Dick Cheney has houses. mp3s on your computer, iPod, and phone, pictures on your phone, camera, and on Facebook, MySpace or Flickr – you’ve got more dignity than Photobucket, please tell me you do. and you’ve got DVDs, TiVo’d shows, and movies you’ve downloaded off the net. It’s about time all your media came into the same place.
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The Smell, downtown LA’s most famous not-for-profit, shady-ass-alley-located music venue, didn’t really smell all that bad. In fact, being that the place is all-ages, alcohol free, and volunteer-run, it smelled better than most punk shows I’ve been to. Mika Miko was the headliner, and the 5-piece mostly all-girl punk outfit from the Valley smelled like glory on Monday night.
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I love the internet–love, love, love it–for a number of reasons; one of those reasons is websites like imgfave.com. Last weekend imgfave founder and creator Gabe Ragland was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about his innovative image bookmarking community. We’re delivering it to you in an exclusive Retrospective interview.
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Five days after the news hit that drummer, Andy Burrows had left the band, I had the chance to see Razorlight’ s Tour Kickoff and Album Release for their new LP, “Slipaway Fires.” The whole kickin’ shibang went down at the multi-leveled, multi-bar’d Hiro Ballroom in Manhattan.
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