ART TODAY 07.21.17: Elise by Molly (Moollz) Kirschenbaum – “The body is only a physical house in which we live”
I had some left-over sketches of female forms from workshops past, and again decided to use this one to represent a real person. As the body is only a physical house in which we live, I found that painting a person, for me, comes down to the colors and shapes that resonate with them. So while the body is just a random one, these colors represent a childhood friend of mine whom I love with all my heart!
ART TODAY 07.25.17: Another immense Sandy Bleifer art project titled “Stone’s Stones,” using Music as a Structural Model with Carl Stone’s classical musical composition, “Gallery Environment II” (also watch the Making of Stone’s Stones video)
Since I have been a lifetime student of classical music (piano), which involves an understanding of music composition, it occurred to me that musical compositions are built upon patterns of theme and variation. Since that epiphany, I have structured several works on classical music forms.
ART TODAY “Highlights” 08.04.17: Blood, Sweat, and Fears – Molly Kirschenbaum (Moollz) Delves Into All Things Woman with Her Exploration of Sexuality, Body Love, and the Fierce Female Form
Rhonda, with headress and flames: I made this piece a while ago, over the course of...a year, I think? I had taken a figure drawing workshop in which I completed the original sketch of the model pictured. She had the most interesting expressions when posing, but I wasn’t very good at faces.
Sounds and the City 08.4.17: “Rabbit Fur Coat” by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
Jenny Lewis originates from the San Fernando Valley. As a child star in the 80s and 90s, she is no stranger to the sometimes dismal display behind Hollywood's red velvet curtain. "Rabbit Fur Coat" recounts how Lewis became a spoke in the cog of Los Angeles' film and television industry via her mother's biography.
Sophie Negrini of Janelane Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
photo by Charlotte Patmore T Natalie Durkin (TribeLA): Give your band a Tagline. Sophie Negrini (Janelane): Oh no I am bad at this…”Always crying” ? R ND: What got you started in music? What is the Reason you are where you are today? SN: Music has always been...
Sounds and the City 08.18.2017 “Counting Sheep” by AiRLiNE
"Counting Sheep," is the band's ode to suburban dismay. Margaux Alexander (rhythm guitar/vox), Sean Eckerle (lead guitar/keys), Conner Wells (bass), and Spencer Wells (drums) call La Canada Flintridge, CA, home...
Sounds and the City 08.25.2017 “Angeleno” by Sam Outlaw
The video accompanying Sam Outlaw's "Angeleno" zeroes in on an Americana couple embarking on life together in Los Angeles. Shots of Downtown and the Hollywood Walk of Fame cover Los Angeles' trademark postcard views and the Angeleno couple brings a lesser known element of all-American grit characteristic of true Angelenos.
Sounds and the City 09.01.2017 “The Weekend” by Sizzy Rocket
The Weekend,” written in Sizzy’s San Fernando Valley bedroom, swells with audible pangs of nostalgia. While the track is wholly raw and personal, the verses incorporate a coffee table aspect; it’s as if you’re sitting across from Sizzy as she recounts her time with this girl. The track’s visions of snowy Manhattan roof tops and faded red solo cups evoke the cross-coastal memory of love on the weekend.
Sounds and the City 09.08.2017 “All of This and More”
"All of This and More" isn't so much about LA, as it is about a certain hardness you develop living in this city. It's so vast, and everyone is so isolated by physical distance and their own ambitions.
Sounds and the City 09.15.2017 “My Little Alien” by Kate Nash
An Angeleno by way of London, Kate Nash's visuals in My Little Alien evoke bohemian, desert-centric Southern California nostalgia. "My Little Alien" is lyrically reminiscent of 60s girl group love songs dedicated to their heartthrobs and Nash's canine companion is the object of her Supremes-reminiscent infatuation.
Santa Barbara Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
ND: What is the best advice you’ve received and the best advice you can Impart on us?
Cassie: Don't cry over someone who won't cry over you.
Nick: It's far better to have a dream than to achieve it. For both.
Geoff: Try to not care so much.
ART TODAY 09.29.17: Moon Fruit by Molly Kirschenbaum aka Moollz with podcast interview by Natalie Durkin
This was the cover art for my first EP! I put this one in here because I have always felt a very strong connection to the moon, and I think it represents a very strong energy for a lot of my friends, as well. I also have always loved children’s book illustrations, which inspired this cover. Making this was definitely one of those “what if” pieces for me, where I just kind of let my imagination do its thing. What if you peeled open the moon and there was a 14.6 million square mile kiwi inside?
ART TODAY 10.7.17: The entire TribeLA Magazine Acrostic Interview with fine-art photographer Aline Smithson
I make almost all of my photographs close to home, with the exception of a few series. I shoot against my garage and throughout my house. I have a pink office where I surround myself with inspiration. But most of my creativity comes from inside my head, not in a room, pulled from a deep well of influences.
Sounds and the City 10.08.2017 “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty
Featured L.A. Musicians "You belong somewhere you feel free" https://open.spotify.com/track/2Pr1nZpt8A8WP7QYpyq6L3 Take a moment that's all your own to think about those you love most and what in your life brings you the utmost...
Fake Furs Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
Meet Eagle Rock's "Dirty Velvet" Rockers. T Natalie Durkin (TribeLA Magazine): Give your band a Tagline. Sonny Wong (Fake Furs): Two boys making noise. László Bolender (Fake Furs): Reviving ghosts and setting them on fire since 1989. R ND: What got you started in...
Sounds and the City 10.20.2017 “A Fond Farewell” by Elliott Smith
"He said really I just want to dance / Good and evil match perfect, it's a great romance" listen on Apple Music or Spotify Elliott Smith left his heart in Los Angeles, right on Lemoyne Street off of Sunset Blvd in Echo Park on October 21, 2003. On the 14th...
Review of Sounds and the City “Stormy Weather” by Etta James
Los Angeles' own late, great Etta James crooned of lost romance and ominous, slate-colored skies. November in Los Angeles is hardly lamentable; Thanksgiving is practically a summer holiday, yet I'm sure many Angelenos...
Forget Your Friends Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
photo by Johnny Ramos California Newgaze. T Natalie Durkin (TribeLA Magazine): Give your band a Tagline. Pony Curtis (guitar/vocals in Forget Your Friends): Down till we're underground. Charlie Kennedy (vocals/guitar in Forget Your Friends): Forget Your Friends,...
Sounds and the City 11.10.2017 “Time Spent in Los Angeles” by Dawes
One develops a certain hardness; a set of defense mechanisms that may manifest as sarcasm, aloofness, or silence from living in the City of Fallen Angels.
Sounds and the City 01.04.2018 Feature: Katie Cunningham
Get to know Suburban Chanteuse Katie Cunningham as we trek around her native La Canada in her gold Jeep. Born on the east coast, Cunningham, an “r&b pop fusion” artist, spent part of her formative years in Colorado before moving farther west to La Canada...
