What a Pill

Does anyone actually go to the events listed on Flavorpill?

Here's a few gems going on this week in LA. I would rather have someone shoot jelly into my eye than attend any of them.

Is it Music?

This evening's installment of Dangerous Curve's aptly named Is it Music? series outdoes itself with a lineup featuring collaborative and solo "musical" experiments. The evening is built around the gentle earthquakes of David Chiesa's double and electric basses, the Rimbaud-esque violin improvisations of fellow Frenchman Mathieu Werchowski, the anything-can-be-a-drum percussion of Marcos Fernandes, the micro-minimal electronic trances of Robert Montoya, and Anna Homler, who sings jazzy, mesmerizing love songs in made-up languages.

"Gentle earthquakes". Ok, in all fairness, maybe I have more of a problem with Flavorpill's descriptions than the actual event in question. For one thing, at least this guy is posing the question I wonder every time you throw this nonsensical art nouveau "free jazz" shit at my head. But gentle earthquakes? Unless FP starts pulling all of their descriptives from the pages of Harlequin Romance Novels, this has got to stop. Although do I really want to hear a German art house flick described as a quivering member of excitement and fluidity? I take it back.

Masami Teraoka

Cheeky artist Masami Teraoka is most famous for his ukiyo-e woodblock paintings, which combine Japanese imagery, themes from American culture, and a mischievous sense of humor. His most recent work continues his exploration of global culture clashes — from Viagra to the sex crimes committed by the Catholic Church, and from global warming to fast-food culture, Teraoka's art acts as a barometer for hot-button issues, tackling each of his subjects with unrestrained aesthetic gusto.


"A mischievous sense of humor?" Something tells me this guy and I are not sharing many, many things in common and a sense of humor is definitely one of them. Unless he thinks pretentious art is as hilarious as I do.

KCRW Sessions feat. Sia

Although Sia's recent announcement about her sexuality didn't end up causing much of a stir (hint: it rhymes with "she's a thespian"), the Aussie songbird has more interesting tricks up her sleeve, anyway. The former Zero 7 contributor's latest disc, Some People Have Real Problems, sports sophisticated segues from electronica-tinged rock to jazzy torch tunes, including what may be rock's first lesbian coke anthem ("The Girl You Lost to Cocaine"), as well as a slew of surprise collaborations, including Beck, Giovanni Ribisi, and Furler's dog, Pantera, on backup vocals.


I was actually a little excited when I first saw this picture because I thought that was a pink scrunchie in her eye. But an inexplicable, tiny pink pillow is almost better. Almost.