‘Take My Picture’, BXXX (featuring Bronques & The Beautiful Miss Sophie)

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Take my picture.
Take my picture.
Take my picture.
Aw, c’mon.
I don’t wanna take your picture.
I don’t wanna take your picture.
I’m hanging out with my friends.
C’mon. C’mon.
Alright. Alright.
Put your chin up.
Arch your back.
Relax.
Stand still.
Be sexy.
Don’t blink.
Move forward.
Smile.

‘Turn Around (DEMO)’, BXXX (featuring Bronques)
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Turn Around
I thought my love for the scene was enough
I never thought that I would be fucked up
But it happened finally, in spite of me
I wish that you would have never said “hi” to me
‘Cause now i’m fucked
(Turn Around) And all i ever wanna do is take your picture
You totally eclipse everybody that is with you
(Turn Around) I want you on my memory card
But you’re playing hard
You’re breaking my heart
I can’t take pictures anymore
I don’t wanna tour
I don’t wanna stay out till four
Taking pictures in bathrooms of bitches with tattoos
I’ve become a cartoon and I’m done with that life too
I wanna settle down and only take pictures of you
You hate photographers but all us motherfuckers love you
But I ain’t paparazzi in search of an exclusive
I’m in love
Even if you are elusive
You keep saying that you ain’t photogenic
That the camera puts you in a panic
I bet you I can turn that around
I bet you I can make you like your picture deep down
Those other camera slingers with their itchy trigger fingers
They don’t really care what beauties they disfigure
They’re just taking pictures for a blog
Me? When I look at you I see God
dedicated to you know who you are

67. Before we get interrupted by groupies, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) and I talk about their evolution from one-hit wonder to cult band status HERE

‘Pornoviolets’, BXXX
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‘Something I Want (For Real)’, RZA (featuring Vincent Gallo)
(courtesy of Spine Magazine)

56. Dora (Outtake) HERE
55. Newsweek Article HERE

This song was my ringtone for a month. I saw VHS play and that’s how they ended the show… It gives me that feeling that you get when you watch the ending of ‘The Breakfast Club’ and the kid is reading the essay and everyone is going home…
‘Bring On The Comets’, VHS or BETA



It should have been Yo Majesty, but it wasn’t…
‘Smell Yo Dick (Dirty)’, Riskay feat. Aviance & Real

This is #1 on my LA mixtape. I have visions of Ross dancing in his room to this. “Grilled cheese with avocado, hold the tomatoes…”
‘Bamboo Banga’, M.I.A.

I guess M stands for Monday? I love M but I never get to make it because Monday is the only day I get to spend quality time with my dog, Reggie. Instead, I sent my girls from Chicago (2) there because I knew they’d have fun. Later, I texted Mike to ask him what I was missing and he sent me the list of songs he had just played:
1. Boy From School, Hot Chip
2. Umbrella (Haji and Emmanuel Remix), Rhianna
3. 100% (Extended Mix), Crystal Waters
4. Yeah yea (Flosstradamus Remix), Matt and Kim
5. Dance (MSTRKRFT Remix), Justice
6. Escape (Bloody Beatroots Remix), Toxic Avenger
7. Mens Needs (CSS Remix), The Cribs
8. Piano Man, Ghostland Observatory
9. Got Your Money, ODB
10. Music Is My Hot Hot Sex, CSS
Sean sent me HIS set list of songs that he played too and now you get the full picture of what a night at M could be like musically:
1. Raspberry Beret – Prince
2. Goody Two Shoes – Adam Ant
3. Icky Thump – White Stripes
4. 20th Century Boy – T. Rex
5. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
6. One Way Or Another – CSS
7. Rebellion (lies) – Arcade Fire
8. TV Babies (Crystal Castles Rmx) – Comic Book Fever
9. That’s All – Genesis
10. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
2. Shaka and Amanda are amazing. I photographed Shaka in a washing machine holding a box of detergent in front of her nakedness, and Amanda was in a bathtub. They both live here now.

‘Umbrella (Haji and Emmanuel Remix)’, Rhianna

My girl Alana (1) has been obsessed with Reni Laine who she always sees at parties. Mike Nouveau finally introduced me to her.
“I’m definitely going to be a household name, if not in a year, then like… six months. Why not? I’m really determined and focused on what I want. Even though I’m at a party right now and having fun, I know my goal, and I know what I have to do to get there… and I’m going to do it! Being blonde is fun, but you do have to work past all the stigmas. You have to prove yourself by honing your craft and knowing what the hell you’re doing. Everyday I’m reading new poetry and studying new musicians. Right now I’m studying Elliot Smith, the New Moon record that came out a while ago. It’s a lot of posthumous works that were never published before. I also like PJ Harvey (2). She’s like a total grunge rock and roll chick who’s very spirited and knows what she’s doing and it’s hot. My music is rock and roll, but I first learned piano so that brings a dreaminess to the rock, but when I get on stage it’s pretty gritty. Sometimes it’s tough because it’s New York and you have to work 10 jobs to get there, but I love working a hard day then dancing it off at night and having fun.”

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VHS OR BETA’s new album comes out today. Here’s a remix of the first single.
‘Can’t Believe A Single Word (Bronques Remix)’

‘Hot Ali’, Bronques
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When VHS or BETA and I stepped into the basement of the sushi bar in Detroit, there were hot girls in lingerie and skinny gay boys in underwear… dancing. Is this new song from their upcoming album inspired by that night or am I reading too much into the lyrics?

‘Burn It All Down’, VHS or BETA
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‘Time Won’t Let Me Go’, The Bravery VS The Beatles VS Prince VS Guns & Roses (Bronques Remix)
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Junior’s Advice… When you submit a treatment for a band’s video you shouldn’t even listen to the song. Junior thought I should just do a treatment for “Light and Noise” based on the title and submit it to the label. Ultragrrrl had just told me that they were accepting treatments for the next single which happens to be the last song The Photo Atlas played before they got off stage. It was the only song I heard. I went home and put it on repeat while I answered my Myspace messages at 5am.
Click on Fender Telecaster to hear a stream and see more pictures.

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Back by popular demand.
1. ‘Controversy’, Bronques
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2. ‘Controversy (Acappella)’, Bronques
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1. ‘Dance The Pain Away’, Mashup by Bronques
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Edited by Taryn Texas

1. ‘Everybody On The Scene’, Bronques
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2. ‘The Looks’, MSTRKRFT

Tommie Sunshine, Daniela and I in a cab on our way to dinner catching up on things like Tommie’s new remix album, Daniela’s Marie Claire article and the virtue of photobooth pictures… Here’s an exerpt:
Bronques: So, what was Michael Jackson’s like?
T.S.: Scary!
Bronques: How so? What do you mean?
T.S.: Like he… The first 2 are somewhat docile and then as it goes on, the last one he is like screaming. And it’s very telling of who he is.
Bronques: Wow.
T.S.: Yeah, it’s great. Like, I mean, it’s, you know… You leave somebody by themselves in front of a camera with no photographer and their real “them” comes creeping out. You know?
(All laugh)
Bronques: Well, even WITH a photographer sometimes…
(All laugh)
T.S.: Oh well, for sure.

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When I met Bjork 2 years ago at the now defunct but amazing party ‘Charm School’ (hosted by The Trinity), she punched me in the stomach and then gracefully posed for 2 pictures. I’ve been a fan ever since.
1. ‘Earth Intruders’, Bjork


2. Beatles vs Radiohead