Earshot Presents

Make Phosphorescent your Summer Jam.

Earshot Presents — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:35:32 +0000

Phosphorescent is the vehicle of songwriter Mark Houck, formally of Athens, Georgia and now based in Brooklyn. Houck’s Phosphorescent seems to strike a amazing balance in all regards–at first coming across as simple southern-twinged pop rock but soon revealing a beautifully complex mix of sound and vocals and thoughtful, soulful lyrics. Particularly noteworthy is the pedal steel work that beautifully envelopes Phosphorescent’s new record like the flower John wrote about in the last blog post here. Please make Phosphorescent’s Here’s To Taking it Easy your summer jam.

Powerhouse Flowerhouse, Oakland

John — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:58:36 +0000

Having been on my block for a full year now, it’s fun to see certain things coming back into bloom in the same places where they first impressed me last year. The giant magnolia flowers mid-block are back. And so is my favorite perennial delight–a house down the block covered with what Brad has identified as bougainvillea. The over-the-topness of this… thing… the road-hazardous distraction of it in all its glory… reminds me of the famous annual Christmas displays in the suburbs of New Jersey. If I ever own a house in a climate conducive to bougainvillea, I’m going to baste the building’s facade with the seeds of this plant like it’s a Chia Pet and set the timer for the first day of summer.

The following is from Wikipedia:
Bougainvillea (pronounced /ˌbuːɡɨnˈvɪliə/)[1] is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The plant was classified by Europeans in Brazil in 1768, by Philibert Commerçon, French Botanist accompanying French Navy admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation.

Hella Pizza

AlexCallas67 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:06:42 +0000

Chat Roulette Bingo

AlexCallas67 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:05:36 +0000

Best Toy Ever

AlexCallas67 — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:03:35 +0000

r2d2 Building

Earshot Presents — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:59:35 +0000

Amazing Parallel Parking Job

Earshot Presents — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:06:13 +0000

This is one of those videos that you’re bet you can’t watch just once and you lose that bet.

Mike Vallely Spray Paints a Mall Security Guard

Earshot Presents — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:50:06 +0000

MIke Vallely (mikevallely.com) is an amazing and accomplished professional skateboarder. He is also an amazing and accomplished total punkass. This video is preposterous (but apparently fake).

Benji Hughes = Magnetic Baby Cakes

AlexCallas67 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:20:08 +0000

Somewhere between the high-browness of Stephin Merritt’s Magnetic Fields and the endearing inanity of Brad Neely’s Baby Cakes, there’s a brilliant songwriter named Benji Hughes. Hughes’ 2008 album A Love Extreme is some true, cool stuff.

Can You Feel It? Can’t You Hear It?

AlexCallas67 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:59:47 +0000

Apples in Stereo’s New Magnetic Wonder from 2007 is an amazing collection of hooks and fuzz and pure energy oozing from almost every one of the 24 tracks. One of my favorite parts of the album is found at the end of the lead track, Can You Feel It?, which was recorded live in Scotland. After some appaulse, you can hear a few different voices from the crowd begging for the band to “Turn it down! TURN IT DOWN!” The most amusing plea can be clearly heard (in a thick Scottish brogue), “Everything’s feedbacking! Can’t you hear it?” Sounds good to me. And New Magnetic Wonder never sounds better than in early spring.