Christa Wittmier reviewing my first Lapwing show at Kaleidoscope back in 2009.

David Goldberg reviews ‘Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling’ by Kembrew McLeod and Peter DiCola for the Honolulu Weekly, using pieces of interviews with local musicians — noise artist and netlabel head Dominic Amorin (Uvovu), hip-hop producer TKO, and myself (as Lapwing) — as a lens into the book.

My friend Niko Rivas interviewed me and wrote up this great column on my Lapwing EP.

‘At Sea (Honolulu, HI) @ thirtyninehotel, Honolulu, HI. 12th, July 2011.’

‘Not merely a reunion, but a reinvention, as the band rearranges their instrumentation and song writing style, switching from long-form drone inspired post-rock epics to a more concise semi-pop-structure featuring former cellist (now guitarist/singer), Yvonne Harada on vocals.’

Sabrina profiles the weekly music showcase.

Ross: “But Kaleidoscope may have some form of a legacy. I think it’s helped organize and increase the quality of music, to a point where I feel like a number of our bands are at a stage where they can crossover. We’ve played some role in that. And a role as well in the transformation of Chinatown. I know for absolute certain that we’ve been at the heart of some indelible moments in peoples lives. And that is a hell of a thing.”

Profile of friend Dominic Amorin's noise music netlabel.

My friends' band interviewed by Sabrina Velazquez about their upcoming recording. I am excited to hear that recording.

Me fucking around on Paul's guitar during a lull at practice.

A mention of Clones of the Queen, the band I'm in.

"Life's a beach. No, really. There are loudmouth uglies in too-small beachwear, there are cigarette butts, there are jellyfish. But, there is warm sun, clear blue sky, crystal water and weightless oblivion. Life is also a bike ride. There are ups, there are downs, there are potholes, there are assholes. But there are also cool nights with the city sparkling around you, and you are singing into the wind at 30 miles an hour."

Honolulu friend Mish's model/artist/cosmology profile.

What Stephanie and crew made when I landed on Thursday. :-)

Featuring Olga Bell. Saw on Tuesday night (June 17, 2008) in Brooklyn. Fantastic.

Where friend Tom Wironen works (or used to, apparently). Manage The National and Nicole Atkins.

What my friends are doing lately. "i punched my friend in the face and she got a nosebleed. we were drunk. i did shrooms and went to a rave. i taught max to braze. i learned to hop freights. i helped run an alleycat race."

A few NYC friends are getting into this.