God dammit. I'm Obsessed With This Song. A Synthy Slice Of Sophisticated Pop, "All Eyes On You" Is A

Hey it's like that Usher song, but for the Kate Bush-loving set. Niki and the Dove's "DJ Ease My Mind".  

Now Future Islands. They reduce me to pieces. They're the A-side on a recent release of the Less Artists More Condos 7" series benefiting the late Ariel Panero of the Brooklyn-based artist collective Famous Class. "Cotton Flower" is a comforting ode to letting go. 

They play SF's Independent September 4th.

Florence Welch by Vincent Haycock.

november.

the front porch. november. oakland. the chill of autumn. ocean blue soaked clouds. lampshades in windows. an american flag in the hood. the blinking red lights on the top of matching buildings. the soft hum of asphalt against rolling cars. the smoke of a girl as i exhale. 

goal of the week:

act like a completely normal person.

i'm on my cycle, and it's Giants postseason baseball.

fat chance.

Call it an off day, hell, an off week.

There's been a handful of new-ish to new tracks I've been wanting to get stoked on enough to post here, but I'm at a loss. 

I'm absolutely broke (yet fabulous!) so no outstanding events this weekend to report on. To top it off, the weather sucks. You know, in that way only a Bay Area summer can suck it up, where you wonder, "this is what it must be like living in Seattle year-round."

It's cool, we're still in California folks (well, at least us fortunate ones), so there's that.

Here's an ode to the feeling, to the near rarity, of a warm San Francisco night. 

"The Moon and the Stars" by Alphonse Mucha.