sick sick sick ... and moving

There's 2 huge things happening that are keeping me away from my blog duties (and my work duties). One is that I was sick with the flu for 3 days this week. I mean O-U-T, OUT. I slept and sweated from Tue until pretty much this morning. This flu bug going around is a nasty critter. I advise everyone that I try to kiss to say 'NO NO NO!'. (just until next week).

I was also supposed to move residences this weekend. However, due to sickness I haven't been able to lift my head much less a finger to do any packing. So I will be using this week to get myself to my new location filled with 3 other musician friends, 2 kitties, and 1 FANTASTIC view of Mt. Raineer.

So bare with me. I get to blogging more when things settle down.

Chi-Town/Sea-Town Boogie Down

Chi-Town Boogie Down

I had a fabulous time mixin' it up in Chicago last night! The promotor, Olia, picked me up fresh off a very bumpy plane ride and whisked me off to play at a quaint bar/restaurant called Cafe Amante which is on the West side of Chicago. It's very refreshing to play to a town where everyone totally feels the music. In Seattle, House music is still a bit underground, trying to make it's way up. But House music was born here in Chicago, out of disco (you can all thank my mom's Bee Gee albums for this passion of mine!) and the people here love their baby! Olia was extremely welcoming. And the other DJ's that played that night were very fun and had mad skillz. I certainly hope to get another chance to play with them again. And Bionicchick & Christie Dawn both got to see me play for the first time! And that makes Jack a very happy girl!

Sea-Town Boogie Down

(Thur Feb 17)

Now until March 3. Recommended by Tmack!
"People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II" at CoCA: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events-pdstwe2.shtml

Lasers, video installations, flashing lights, things that vibrate andemit peculiar sounds... all with a plug and a cord. My favoritesinclude the networked "nodes" of grass (which very accuratelyreproduced wind gusts blowing across a field), and theskylight/chandelier, adorned with live video-feedback loops.

(Fri Feb 18)

Chop Suey & Perfect Hit present Sounds of OM Tour featuring...
COLETTE (OM, Classic, Nordic Trax, Seasons - Chicago)
KASKADE (OM - San Francisco)
& Seattle's Finest -- WESLEY HOLMES (Sound Consortium, Tilted, Perfect Hit - Seattle)

Mistress Barbara & Noel Sanger @ Element
Demetreus & Delicioso will definately be there!!!

(Sat Feb 19)

Myself, Julie Herrera and Ricki Leigh @ Premier for a special Girl4Girl!
Download a $2 off coupon Toys in Babeland.

Emily Song's Birthday Party @ Last Supper Club
Email lakendall@hitgirl.net to get on the list!
Entrance for the list is FREE before 10:30 pm!

Uniting Souls brings you San Francisco's finest --
DJ GARTH (Grayhound, Wicked) @ The Baltic Room

*Afterhours* - BRETT JOHNSON (Classic, Aesoteric)
2-4am @ The Marquis Club (111 Yesler, formerly the Bohemian)

What the Hell is House Music, anyway?

House is a rhythm, a Heartbeat...

I found this nice little history of House music website that describes what House music is and where it came from. Stay tuned to find out how House Music can save the world.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/House_music

There's also a fabulous book that I'm waiting to inherit once Bishop is done reading it. Only thing is that I've seen it on his toilet seat for the last 3 years, the bookmark very slowly working it's way to the back letter by letter. Anyway, it's called 'Last Night a DJ Saved my Life'. And if anyone REALLY REALLY loved me, they'd get it for me for Valentines Day. Seeing as I don't have a Valentine. *snif*

I got it!!

I finally figured out how I can be a vegetarian and STILL eat meat to save the planet....

So if someone else orders the meat then I'm not contributing to killing animals (cuz they would be the ones killing the animal, not me) and if they don't eat all of their meal, then my eating the rest of the meal actually stops the food from having to be discarded to the dump and decomposed by our mother earth (R.I.P.).

I'm Jen... I solve problems.

There is a God

... and he will be in Seattle

John Digweed
March 18, 2005
@ Element

Note: 'There is a goddess, actually.' –Gospel according to Mathew

Where can a girl get a HOT DOG around here?!?

People sometimes ask me for advice on what shows they should go to around town since I have a finger on the pu(l)se of the city (and it sure fills up a blog real nice!). My favorite is Shannon because she’s always up for anything and she generally slaps me great spots to check out right back. However, today’s request was a little bit different. She writes ‘Help! I am DYING for a chili cheese hotdog Right now...Do you know where I could get one...anywhere in seattle?’ ha ha ha

More for this weekend to 'Make your head spin'!

(Fri Feb 11)
I was pleasantly surprised last night to find that the DJ at SeeSound was Hisham Samawi from New York. He is a fabulous DJ who has an extensive tour schedule. Seattle was lucky enough to get this man twice in two months. He was just in LA, Jordan, Lebanon, Germany, DC, San Francisco, and Miami to name a few. Catch him TONIGHT at The Contour before he heads off to Mexico.

(Sun Feb 12)
Also tomorrow is ‘Be My Bloody Valentine’ brought to you by Shameless at Rebar. An elektro, techno, disco, punk extravaganza

Last year's "My Bloody Valentine" at Shameless was a mess. Or maybe I
should qualify that by saying, we were a mess. This year's Shameless rendition of the Love (ugh) Holiday will no doubt be much of the same. Think romance, love, blood, and B-Movie antics. DRESS TO EXPRESS!

Residents: Recess, Derek Fisher, the perfect cyn, Scorpio
VJ: FOC:EYE
Electro MC: Anton Bomb (Club YES!)
Special Guest: Justin Byrnes

The Flyer...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/894616/shamelesshandbill4single.jpg

And one more quote from a web site explaining MySQL gotchas.

‘The first person to spot a NULL value in the result set will receive a stuffed toy dolphin from the author.'

... And you all wonder why I'm so random. Why don't YOU try staring at Sendmail.mc files all day!!!! It'll make you WikiWacky!

NEXT GIGs: Premier, Title Nine Opening, HRC Fundraiser & Cafe Armade

Next GIGS:

Feb 16 Café Armande Chicago, IL -- Wahoo!!!
Feb 19 Girl4Girl @ Premier Seattle, WA
Feb 27 Title Nine Sports Grand Opening Bellevue WA
Mar 05 HRC Fundraiser @ Leilani Lanes Seattle, WA

my $life != /nev/dull

Stuff to do this weekend --

(Thur Feb 10)
Sea Nights @ SeeSound Lounge
Globally and Electronically influenced theme nights including body paint, belly dancers, and visual installations (eye candy). – Recommended by Susannah!

(Fri Feb 11)
http://www.deep-la.com

This Friday, you're invited to the official grand-opening of the new multi-room club in Pioneer Square!! (formerly the Bohemian). Features 3 rooms of music, completely remodeled to pay homage to the venue's 19th-century Pioneer Square historical roots, performance art, visuals, and brand new E.A.W. sound & lighting. And, we go till 3:00am!
Location: 111 Yesler (between 1st & 2nd)
9pm-3am cover is only $10, free before 10pm

Room1 : Sister Faye's Divine Light Mission
11:00pm-1:00am JEROMY NAIL & SCOTT ANTHONY - Uniting Souls, Seattle
1:00am-3:00am MARQUES WYATT - Deep / Om Records, Los Angeles

Room 2 : Jackie Starr's Marquis Club
10:00pm-close RAMA & ZION 12 (sexy breaks/2step/UKG)

Room 3: Formosa Card Room
10pm- close OSIRIS INDRIYA of the Oracle Gatherings & dj ADVENT spinning ambient & groovy downtempo
http://www.unitingsouls.com
http://www.skidroadproductions.com


(Sat Feb 12)

Miss Kick is visiting from Barcelona and blessing us with her grooves @ The Chapel

Photos from Last Supper

Here's some photos of the Hitgirls at Last Supper Club on Sat including DJ Misha, DJ Girl 6, Julie Herrera and LA Kendall. Photos as always thanks to Christine!

Now I'm Choppin' ....

One day after 29 years of hating it, I woke up one day and liked Broccoli. It was the wierdest thing.

DJ Misha @ SeeSound Tonight!

I LOVE SeeSound. Such a kewl place. And Tuesday's are excellent brought to you by Electrosect and Sensory Effect. Please swing by tonight and tell Misha the dress does NOT make her look fat. Also tell her she ROCKED it at Last Supper Club on Saturday with DJ Girl 6. Nice one, brotha!!!

snipit from The Stranger Party Listings

OSCILLATE Oscillate has quickly become one of the city's premier showcases of forward-thinking electronic music. Resident Patrick Haenelt performs weekly as Electrosect; his tracks recall later-period Meat Beat Manifesto's sampladelic funkiness, in which textural grit and eerie atmospheres cohere around ass-wiggling beats. Fellow Oscillate resident DJ Greg Skidmore deftly blends high-IQ electro with melodic, angular IDM, and cool-headed minimal techno. He's got deep knowledge for a youngster.

See Sound Lounge, 115 Blanchard St, 374-3733, 9 pm-2 am, 21+. free.
end snipit

The Far East -- Bellevue

For the first time in my 6 years of working in Seattle, I have to commute to Bellevue (yes, I have a day job). The commute is fine if I carpool with Tom M. or Lisa D., but being in the suburbs every day is a very different feeling than being in the city, immersed in art, music and culture. I feel like everything is made of cardboard out here. As if, when I pass a certain imaginary line, the three-dimensional landscape changes into two dimensions. Buildings, yards, housing seem to lose the shadows that define the culture from which they emerged. I can no longer see the stories within their history because they are all the same.

Sokolicky and I were brainstorming last night about it, and we decided one reason is that a majority of the artwork that seen in suburban culture is for the purpose of retail instead of expression. Art that is made for expression harbors emotion and depth.

Another reason may be because we are trained to see a graphic and know what it symbolizes. Automatically understand the meaning behind it. The graphic is interpreted in the exact same way by everyone who sees it. And therefore we loose not only expression of the artist, but also interpretation of the viewer. A black-lined mermaid surrounded by a green circle has only one meaning … ‘buy our coffee’. It tastes the same, looks the same in every shop -- on every corner, in every city in every state in every country. No expression except for ‘buy’. No interpretation except for ‘us’.

I love my mom. She is the most amazing, strongest, enduring woman I know. When I moved to Seattle, my family came to have dinner with me and see my new place. I took them to Zeek’s Pizza , a fantastic pizza joint up the street on Phinney Ridge that uses real ingredients (it’s unfortunate that that fact even has to be mentioned). Garlic cloves smushed from a head of garlic. Wedges of pineapple the size of my thumbs. My mom didn’t like it. She wanted pizza that tasted ‘normal.’

I went to the coffee shop here in Bellevue this morning and the barista told me about a customer who came in asking for the Sumatra blend of coffee. When she told him the blend is not available anymore because of the Tsunami in South Asia, he said ‘so will you have it next week then?’ She said to him, ‘No, the earthquakes have wiped out thousands of roads and farms and killed 220,000 people in Sumatra and there are no more beans available.’ Then he said ‘I thought coffee came from Columbia’.

Yesterday I went into Whole Foods for some lunch. I walked into the grocery store and was greeted by rows upon rows upon rows of fresh fruits & vegetables, meats, cheeses from all over the entire world. Boxes and boxes of beans and rice, soups, pastas. 3-7 different brands of any type of food that I could think of. So much that it takes me 5 minutes to decide what yogurt to buy. My choice of brand, price, flavor, container, size. I have the opportunity to be one of the healthiest, most well-fed people in this entire world. I take it all for granted every single day. Pink told me once that it’s a really good exercise to take a piece of food like a Fugi apple in your hand and think about every hand that it touched in order to get there: from the stock-person who put it on the shelf, from the delivery truck driver who brought it from the warehouse, workers who unloaded and loaded it from the train, from the pick-up truck that carried it from the farm in California or Washington or Indonesia or Japan where a boy or girl, man or woman picked apples all day long from the trees with their bare hands. Doing that makes you think of all the steps involved in getting a piece of fruit from one land to another just for you. It’s unfortunate that if one day the Fugi apple stopped showing up at the grocery store, I would just turn my vision to another barrel and pick up a Braeburn instead, without one single thought as to what could have happened to the people in between the tree and myself that could have caused the choice that I once had to go away.

Starbucks donated $100,00 to Tsunami effort. Last year, Starbucks reported $4 billion in sales.

Speaking of Artists in Seattle, tonight launches 'Blow up the Spot'.

Curated by Damion Hayes of Cut Kulture United

Exhibition: February 3 – February 26 , 2005 at VAIN, 2018 1st av

Opening reception: Thursday February 3. 5pm-8pmThere will be refrehments and open studios throughout the building Please Feel Free To Explore

Hours: Sunday – Saturday noon – 7pm

VAIN Salon and Cut Kulture United are pleased to present “Blow Up The Spot”, a group Exhibition of 6 emerging artists, the first of several collaborative arts events curated by Damion Hayes of Cut Kulture United at VAIN. “Blow Up The Spot” is a vibrant look at Seattles contemporary urban arts movement featuring works by Nhon Nguyen, George Estrada, Vittorio Costarelli, Zeta Brown, Drewad, and Victor Pantet.

Nhon Nguygen is especially significant because he is the artist of the one and only artwork I've ever purchased so far. It's a beautiful piece of the DJ Goldie and a dancer behind him. His work is also seen on the bus stations in Capital Hill.