Poolside

Ladies and gentlemen! I present to you, Poolside. Yes, you heard right, Poolside! Who are they you say? That is for me to know and you to find out, but believe me when I say that this bands debut album Pacific Standard Time is one that you will not want to miss out on. This band will be playing at UC Santa Barbara's The Hub this Thursday night and it will definitely be one for the record books as this electric-duo drop synthesized funk that will have the whole venue dancing. Believe me when I say, I am incredibly stoked for this band.They are making a lot of noise, to the point where Los Angeles Times wrote “the best song anyone played was a Neil Young cover” (by Poolside) at this past summer's HARD event in Chinatown. Even someone as big as LCD Soundsystem gave an approval of the band as "James Murphy, the LCD Soundsystem frontman and an inspired crate-digger of rare disco cuts, was a few tunes into his late-night DJ set when he quietly slipped in an edit of the folk rocker's 'Harvest Moon'" 

more on the Los Angeles Times piece: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/05/entertainment/la-et-ms-pop-music-review-the-two-sides-of-the-hard-summer-music-festival-2012-20120805

You will listen to this album, and enjoy every song on it. When you do, you will realize that it will be a treasure for the future and one that you are going to want to hold in your hands for years to come.
With that said, enjoy Poolside.

-mario   

because one is not enough...and neither is two. Listen to all 3 and you'll see why. Track names: Slow Down.  Give it a Rest. Next to you.     

St. Anne's Place @ Storke Plaza, UCSB

I saw these guys at Muddfest a month or two back and they had some grungy songs.  Definitely going to see them again this coming Monday!  Here's the details straight from ASPB's site:

St. Anne’s Place in Storke Plaza on Monday, October 29th, 2012, as part of our FREE noon-time shows throughout the quarter.

Stop by Storke Plaza each week at noon to enjoy FREE music and FREE ice cream.

You'd be a damn fool to pass up free ice cream.

 -gonz

Flying Lotus @ UCSB VERIFIED

All the info is right there and all you need is an access card.  Valid?  Who's gonna know?

-gonz

Flying Lotus @ Storke Plaza UCSB

A little birdie told me that Flying Lotus might be playing at Storke Plaza for the freshman this coming weekend.  Fact or fiction?  Only the coming days will tell...  Updates to follow.

-gonz

The Luminarium

Ayla

by The Maccabees

Last week at UCSB we were honored to host the Mirazozo Luminarium on the Lagoon lawn.  It was there for about 4 days and on the last day, Thursday, I was finally able to go with a small group of friends.  Here is a description of the Luminarium from the Architects of Air website: 

"Built in 2010, Mirazozo makes extensive use of an ‘illuminated seam’ feature where luminous seam lines create a scintillating lattice of light.  The pattern of these neon-like strips induce the viewer's gaze to shift between different perceptions of the same view – an effect one encounters in the contemplative geometric surface design of Islamic art and architecture.

Mirazozo’s center dome is the largest open space structure that Architects of Air has built - one particularly suitable for hosting performances. Mirazozo was conceived to be very modular and to permit compact configurations." 

The wait was that  of a popular theme park ride, but well worth it as you will see in my pictures below. I used the Pano App for taking most of the photos. 

gonz

mirando

Gabe the Babe

I wonder why they left before 4/20?

-gonz