GONE ON VACATION!

SORRY FOLKS I'M AWAY ON VACATION FOR 3 WEEKS

not bringing my computer and won't be able to do posts for a while. you'll have to check back in in a few weeks when i start updating wayyyyy more.....i promise. so many things to talk about.

for now i leave you with a pic from our show last night. pic by peter beste

xo

j

TEST vs OPEN OCEAN

TEST MAG recently asked if Open Ocean would be down to have one of our songs be used for one of their videos. of course we said yes! director Gemma Booth and stylist Linda Marina Portman created a seaside fantasy with sheer dresses and rolling waves. perfect for OO!! here is the final product...

HALCYON DAYS

P.S. there's also a cute lil q+a section with all the gals here

PLUS....Open Ocean is playing a show next week! we haven't played in a few months and we're excited to play + test out a new song. we're playing with the beets + useless eaters + the numerators. also it's the first show back at Secret Project Robot. and i'll be DJing! gonna be an awesome night.

jauntsetter of the week

i was turned on to this newsletter by my friend Louise (besosyfotos) and i was instantly excited. seeing as i love traveling and finding good deals, this was right up my alley. if you haven't seen it yet, check out the JAUNTSETTER site and sign up for the weekly newsletters! it's more for the new yorker than anyone else but it still gives you great ideas + tips on many locations. anyways...i love it.

ALSO....i was featured as the jauntsetter of the week this week!!! i divulged tons of random information from past trips. check it out!

Jill Bradshaw

JAUNTSETTER OF THE WEEK

June 09, 2010

Creative Consultant + Lead Singer of Open Ocean

Favorite mode of transport: I love driving and being able to really see where you are and take in the landscape, culture, and locals.

Meal you would travel for: Anything in Dubrovnik, Croatia. I am a sucker for Mediterranean food. When I was on a family cruise vacation through the Greek islands to Italy, we only had a few hours in Dubrovnik, but we signed up for a private boat tour of the islands. Our guide brought us to this restaurant for lunch at a place I would probably never be able to find again but it was the best food I've ever had in my life. I recall the stuffed squid as my favorite dish. Nothing has come close to how good this meal was... except for langoustines in Rome.

**you can view the full article here.

double trouble

ok ok.....i realize i haven't been doing good recently with the blog postings. not even sure how many people check this on the reg. but it's summer! i lose track and am always trying to be outside instead of in front of a computer.

i missed the last viva playlist i did. so now you're getting two. both have some equally amazing artists to look into.

FIRST

I randomly found the first track (Rubies featuring Feist) on my iTunes shuffle not having any clue where it came from. And took the playlist from there. Threw in a few favorites such as Atlas Sound and Slowdive.

Smith Westerns is a band to look out for. When i first heard this track i thought it was T. Rex but it took a sweet turn and found it's own niche. I think this is the only song of theirs i have...might need to find some more.

The Black Ryder. Whoa. They are coming out on Mexican Summer this summer and I got a chance to listen to the album...so good!! Yes, it sounds like My Bloody Valentine, but it's good so fuck it. It's never a bad thing to sound like one of your favorite bands. I'm hoping to check these aussies out if they make it over this way.

Women. Every time a song comes on in my shuffle i have to check to see who it is and then it's like....oh of course, it's women. I really like this band.

Rubies featuring Feist - I Feel Electric (Tiedye Remix)

Chromatics - I Want Your Love

Nite Jewel - What Did He Say

Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom

Smith Westerns - Be My Girl

Women - Shaking Hand

The Black Ryder - Gone Without Feeling

My Bloody Valentine - Drive It All Over Me

Slowdive - 40 Days

Chapterhouse - Pearl

Panda Bear - Im Not

Grizzly Bear - Deep Sea Diver

Pavement - Heaven is a Truck

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SECOND

Lots of goodies on this one. I recently tracked down the NME C86 mix and found a bevy of songs i had never heard. I'll probably stagger these out. First one to make a playlist is Celestial City by McCarthy. I find myself playing this in my head when i'm not listening to music. It's a fav of the moment. Definitely going to try and find more of their stuff.

I put a lot of old friends on this playlist including The Feelies, Jonathan Richman, Galaxie 500, Vaselines, etc. I was actually turned on to The Feelies by my pal Matt "viva radio" Werth a few years ago and they have been a crush since then.

No Joy is a new band, also on Mexican Summer (jesus they're kinda killing it lately no?). I went to see them last week and i was quite impressed. it's the project of two chicks but they played with a full band. and these girls come prepared to really give it their all. I'm gonna be on the lookout for more of their songs.

Lastly i put together a collection of strong drums and dancey guitar riffs. Gun Club, Bow Wow Wow, Adam and the Ants, Haircut 100, and Spandau Ballet (i forgot how much i love these guys for a minute).

Jonathan Richman - I'm Straight

Kurt Vile - Ocean City

The Kinks - All Night Stand

McCarthy - Celestial City

Galaxie 500 - Leave the Planet

The Feelies - The High Road

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World

No Joy - No Summer

The Vaselines - Monsterpussy

Swell Maps - Secret Island

Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours

Gun Club - Sex Beat

Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go!

Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier

Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

Spandau Ballet - The Freeze

Human League - Seconds

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food

it's about time for a food entry i think. a few things have inspired me lately and i feel the need to share.

1. for anyone who lives off the graham stop, have you had a sandwich from the Graham ave meat & deli? you know...the one near daddy's? a friend had recommended it to me and oddly it was the last spot in the area i had tried for a hoagie. and it was DA BOMB. not to mention dude (possibly willie? as i got the willie's special) is pretty killer himself. anyways....check out the photo then go get yourself a sammy.

2. CARNITAS. i decided to put together some sort of pulled pork tacos for the Lost finale last week and i put a few recipes together to create the ultimate carnitas recipe. it was so easy and FUCKING DELICIOUS. figured i might as well divulge my secrets so you too can enjoy.

- buy yourself a nice chunk of pork shoulder

- cut the pork into little 2 inch chunks and put in a bowl

- marinate the pork overnight in the juice of one orange, large slices of orange rind, a small onion cut 8 ways + a bay leaf, some thyme, salt and pepper

- next day, make yourself a rub in the food processor that consists of the ingredients from this recipe off bon appetit: carnitas. i didn't use the achiote and felt it was fine without it. i also took out the orange juice factor in this recipe cuz of the marination.

- add pork + rub to a cooking pan

- cook for 3.5 hours covered with foil in the oven at 300 degrees

- BOOYA! damn good carnitas tacos. i also made a tomatillo sauce and pickled onions to add in with fresh tortillas and crema. extra addition......PINEAPPLE.

there now go out and EAT SOME FOOD!!

everybody heart's berrin

so one of my best friends Berrin had a little birthday getaway weekend up at our friend jon's place. and it was a little piece of amazing. good friends, good times, and a lot of alcohol.

**food, drinks, dancing, midnight walks to the lake, grass lounging, cooking, balloons, flower headpieces, 3 cakes, bb guns, fire pit sparklers, youtube, music room jam out, booze, booze, booze**

berrin....happy 30th. I LOVE YOU!!!

Daydreaming + more

In Open Ocean news....

We have a new track produced by the Stallions! aka Lovefingers and Doug Lee, two of my favorite disco heads. and they did an amazing job. check out our myspace to take a listen.

myspace.com/openoceanband

also...if you're around this weekend come to Union Pool for INTERNATIONAL (fe)MALES w/ j penry and i saturday night. or if anything for a late night sweeper mack on.

UNION POOL

10pm-4am

last minute playlist

May has been a little nuts.....not sure if you feel the same. at least mercury has gone direct now. i feel good vibes for the rest of the month.

SIDETRACK

anyways, onto the viva playlist for this week. i kinda put it together last minute so it's a little random for me.

My band, Open Ocean, just finished recording a new song. My good friends Lovefingers and Doug Lee produced it and it's pretty RAD. i'm so happy with it. you'll find that stuck in between a little Horace Andy and Galaxie 500. also duly noted is the Creepers version of Baby's On Fire. a sold cover in my opinion. close to the original.

ok next up we've got a song from Ariel Pink's new album Before Today. I swear every song on this album reminds me of a different band or song. Little Wig reminds me of Bowie. which is never a bad thing. i like the album a lot. you should check it out.

i first heard of Disappears when my friends drove to chicago to check them out. finally got their album and i'm pretty into it. they're playing Union Pool on June 19th and i'm stoked to check them out. Alongside them i smashed in some Sebadoh (always a personal favorite) and Descendants (fuck yeah!) Ahhhhh stoked for a good punk show.

Light Asylum has been getting a bunch of hype lately. I really love their live set. it's really powerful. Shannon....damn girl. you can sing. i've been blown away since !!! days. welcome back industrial. Tones on Tail and Silver Apples!! booya. can never go wrong. lastly a new track by my homies Holy Ghost!. so stoked to see these guys finally perform after all these years. they feel like my lil bros all grown up. first shows with LCD soundsystem? not so bad.

Horace Andy - Skylarking

Open Ocean - Daydreaming

Galaxie 500 - Submission

The Kinks - Lola

The Creepers - Baby's On Fire

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Little Wig

Sebadoh - Worst Thing

Disappears - Gone Completely

Descendents - Hope

Tubeway Army - Something's In The House

Satisfact - 50mg Once Daily

Silver Apples - Misty Mountain

Tones on Tail - Performance

Light Asylum - A Certain Person

Holy Ghost! - Say My Name

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phoenicia is a mystery

so we drove up to Phoenicia saturday in search of some good tchotchkes...and just to get out of town for a day. there was this mystery spot that we wanted to check out.

but first we got some pancakes from sweet sue's. and boy were they delicious! we tried the 'blue monkey'. it made a delicious dessert later as well.

then on to the thrifting. lots of good finds at this place. slightly over-priced but definitely worth checking out. plus they had petey the piranha and a cookie instead of veronica lake's ashes!!

but that wasn't all. we managed to continue to find utter weirdness everywhere we went. if you search real hard you can find shops that carry both these dandy collections. and a sweet poster as well.

thanks phoenicia/woodstock/saugerties!!!