Pumped Up Kicks

Here's an up and coming Indie pop group hailing from Los Angeles who's making a big mark in the music scene.



What I found interesting about this song was the story behind it. An article indicates that kids in certain high schools would mug and even kill other kids for hot commodities such as Michael Jordan basketball shoes....it really changes your perspective on things.

This Time Last Year....

I was in Greece. And I miss it dearly.

Another Romanian artist---> Celia-My Story = New Stereo Love??

Hip Hop Moves Me

If I could spend my life reading, listening to hip hop, taking photos, and traveling the world meeting new people-exchanging stories of our lives. I would in a heartbeat. Too idealist? Maybe.

A New Year

So I did in fact dance my way into 2011 in futuristic style. As a last minute outfit, a friend and I decided to go as TRON to Together As One '11 at the LA Sports Arena last friday. Wasn't sure if we executed it well, but from the feedbacks and compliments we got at the event, I'm proud to say it was a success :)

There's a certain feeling of happiness that is achieved when you're amidst a huge crowd appreciating the intense sounds pulsating from the stage together. A sense of unity-Together As One. In essence, also appreciating the sound individually in one's own space; dancing to one's own rhythm.

People say that you can only listen to dance, trance, and electronic music for so long. I'd agree to a certain extent. But sometimes I find that although lyrically house/electronic music may be limited, the elements that comprise the repetitive sounds connect deeper with human nature. It disconnects us from thought and radical thinking, neglects cultural awareness based on race and stereotypes, to a more natural physical reaction to....well, Dance.

With that said. I leave you you with three songs and a quote to start off the new year.

What a Wonderful World.

It seems to me that often in life, if you want something badly, you don’t get it by pursuing it directly. If you’re an aspiring musician and you want musical creativity, you don’t get there by just going out and being creative all the time. It’s actually the opposite. You get there by pursuing discipline, hour after hour of practice and one day, the creativity flows. If you want love, you don’t get there by pursuing it directly. There’s a name for people who do that.. stalkers. If you want happiness — if you pursue it directly, you end up an addict, or a hedonist, or a glutton or a dilettante. Don’t do that. Pursue generosity, pursue wisdom, pursue honor, pursue an idea that’s bigger than you. And one day, happiness and/or love, will tap you gently on the shoulder and say, “I’m here.” Those of us in the business of getting people’s attention are in danger of being stalkers, of pursuing attention at any cost by any means, fair or foul. What if instead, we pursued laughter, ingenuity, and beauty, radical openness? If we do, we will be astounded at the amount of attention that will flow our way.

Chris Anderson
Curator, TED Conferences

2011. Let's Do This.