Monthly Archives: November 2009

LRS // Daru Jones

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. No comments.
— 11.16.09 // DARU JONES (DRUMMER/PRODUCER)— Daru Jones. The whole community talks about Daru as being the biggest heart-ed dude on the scene. I wanted to put a joke in here, as characteristic of our friendship, but even my sarcastic side clutches it’s heart dramatically and sighs, “awww.” It’s true. Daru ups everyone he respects [...]

LRS // Special Bay Area Edition: Ivy Meissner

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. No comments.
— 11.08.09 // SPECIAL BAY AREA EDITION: IVY MEISSNER— My little cousin Ivy is brilliant. At just sixteen she has written songs that would make Bob Dylan blush. The funny story is, we had only met as small children once upon a time and years later, last fall to be exact, stumbled upon one another again [...]

LRS // Special Bay Area Edition: Dre AKA Duke (poet & of The High Decibals)

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— 11.01.09 // SPECIAL BAY AREA EDITION: DRE AKA DUKE — Dre AKA Duke AKA “that dude” with the Oakland slang hangin’ off his bottom lip (along with an ever-present Black ‘n Mild.) He was one of the first people I met in my California adventures last year and I’m happy to say he caught [...]

LRS // Special Bay Area Edition: Anthem Salgado

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— 11.01.09 // SPECIAL BAY AREA EDITION: ANTHEM SALGADO — Oh. My friend Anthem, the master manifestor, the poet turned actor turned poet turned storyteller, the mix-tape maker of life… he is a treasure. I had the honor of hanging with him and his pit bull Various during my trip to the Bay Area last [...]

LRS // The Toys & Tiny Instruments Orchestra

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— 11.01.09 // THE TOYS & TINY INSTRUMENTS ORCHESTRA — Long story short, The Toys & Tiny Instruments Orchestra is an assemblage of various friends of the band My Friend Other, who adapt their songs to be played on, well, toys and tiny instruments. Usually the band consists of nine members, but tonight only five [...]

LRS // My Friend Other

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. No comments.
— 11.01.09 // MY FRIEND OTHER (“KIDS MUSIC FOR ADULTS”) — Kids Music for Adults. Carnival Pop. Just a few of the interesting ways my cousin Alec Betterley and his song writing partner Colin Summers describe the music of their duo My Friend Other. Here’s the thing. You already know Alec is my best friend in [...]

LRS // Eagle Nebula

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. 1 Comment.
– 10.19.09 // EAGLE NEBULA (COSMIC MC) – The story begins like this: Eagle Nebula and I first bonded over a shared fondness of an Isle Park poem at an Urban Word NYC educator training. Though a brief encounter, I registered her energy and took note. Months later, she turns up at a reading of some [...]

LRS // Special Edition (My cousin Alec’s Bedroom)

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. No comments.
— 10.18.09 // SPECIAL EDITION: MY COUSIN ALEC’S BEDROOM — That right there is my cousin Alec Betterley. He is about three months younger than me. We grew up together outside of Albany, NY and have always been two peas in a pod (see example photos below.) It’s pretty amazing to see we grew up to [...]

LRS // Cavalier & M.C. K~Swift

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— 10.11.09 // CAVALIER & M.C. K~SWIFT (“THEY RAP”) — Man, how do I begin to introduce my friends Cavalier & M.C. K~Swift? Let’s start here. Swift was one of my very first links into the community I now call home. Cav and I can’t remember where the connection began but it’s been said that when we [...]

LRS // Blu

Written by Caits. Posted on November 27, 2009. Filed under Living Room Sessions. No comments.
— 10.08.09 // BLU (LA MC/PRODUCER) — With all intentions of being creative, the homie Blu came through the living room during his brief stint in New York this week. What happened instead was perhaps the most half-assed installment of the living room sessions yet. In fact, it’s not even an installment. See, the light is [...]