SCARED TO DANCE

Party with me and some of San Francisco's finest at Scared to Dance presents NYE!! 15$, free champagne at midnight. Awww yeahh.

current tune // tonight's happenings

Back in the bay and ready for The Soft Moon tonight at the Rickshaw Stop!! Thanks Popscene. The show isn't quite sold out yet, so if you're into psych-tinged new wave post punk stuff, have a listen to this tune and get yourself to the Rickshaw.

3 am

Current tune:

I leave for Los Angeles in just a few hours, and I couldn't be happier to get away from the downpour going on outside right now. It literally sounds like buckets of water are being thrown onto my widows. I'm dreaming of a dry, valley landscape. The feeling just before you start sweating. Having to squint while wearing sunglasses. UV rays and some vitamin D!!! But mostly my sisters and my pup Charlee. L8R SF. See you before the new year.

Wednesday musings

When your world is in a state of flux and nothing can stop the subtle and not so subtle changes in life from coloring your reality violent shades of red, there are things that remain safe and untainted. Family and friends--the kind of love that only evolves--are necessary for these times. When I can't have those selected people around when I need them most, I'm so grateful I have music to keep my mind, ears and heart busy.

You can memorize every lyric, riff and flourish of a song, yet it always has the potential to take on new meaning with each listen. It could be the song you traveled Europe to, the song you fell in love to, the song you met your best friend to, the song you danced that sexy dance to, that reliable song you listen to while walking to work everyday. It can be all those things, and then one listen later it can be something completely different.

Music is incredibly reliable, especially for its dynamic nature, its ability to morph into what you need it to be and what you want it to be.

That is the greatest thing about music and why I enjoy writing about it. It is concrete, something an artist carefully crafted to convey whatever emotion or narrative he/she wanted to put into the world. But in a way it is also completely subjective. The listener can turn it into whatever they need at the time, they can make it suit their surroundings and circumstances, the weather, their relationships and any triumph to trial they are experiencing at the time.

"Love is a Laserquest" by Arctic Monkeys hits right at home these days for several reasons. The cold weather and slight holiday blues are just a couple. Whether those reasons are literal or metaphorical interpretations of the lyrics or just something I've invented in my mind, this tune served as the perfect soundtrack for my meditative adventures around the city today, just as it has served me on several quiet nights at home. My favorite version is an acoustic one Alex Turner performed live on KEXP.

For me writing about music is flirting with both sides of it: the concrete and subjective. I enjoy picking apart lyrics just as much as I like to let the music speak for itself. I like to provide my own interpretation of it but leave much of it to the artist. This is exactly why any type of music writing works. Yes, there is the good and the bad (obviously), but there are so many ways one can attack music journalism. A writer could describe the notes in technical terms, if they are well versed in music theory, or they can turn what they absorb from music into a kind of poetry, an art form in itself. Some may laugh at the idea and insist "writing about music is like dancing about architecture," but criticism in any field is essentially one person's understanding of an outside entity, something some other artist created--like the art it focuses on, criticism isn't necessary but people are driven to create it and others are tempted to take it in, which is why literature, film, art and yes music has always had critics, whether those critics have audiences of thousands of readers or, like this blog, just a few.

The Spyrals on fire

The Spyrals playing an acoustic version of "Lonely Eyes" at a bon fire in Los Angeles. Shot by Joo Joo Ashworth, who coincidentally snapped some photos of Down and Outlaws for me back in November! Enjoy the double acoustic madness.

The Spyrals - Lonely Eyes from Joo-Joo Ashworth on Vimeo.

Moon Duo returns home

flyer by Celeste Byers

The San Francisco locals of Moon Duo are returning home to the city tomorrow night! Along with keyboardist Sanae Yamada, Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson weaves other-worldly space rock through familiar lo-fi fuzZz to create a neo-psychedelic sound that's both sinister and charming at the same time. So head over to Bottom of the Hill tomorrow night and be ready to have your senses stimulated. In the meantime, check out Moon Duo's music video for "Sleepwalker." Its definitely worth sharing again.

Florence Welch + The Rolling Stones

[EDIT]: Not HD but close up and still so sexy.

WOW. Trying to find an HD version right now...

Makeout with The Spyrals TONIGHT !

San Francisco's own neo-psychedelic outfit The Spyrals is playing a show at The Make-Out Room tonight! I first saw the three-man band play with my San Diego buddies of Wild Wild Wets earlier this year, and I've been letting its dizzying guitar rock cloud my judgement ever since. If you've got a free hour and $6 to spare, meet me at the Make-Out Room for happy hour before The Spyrals' 8.30 set. According to the band's facebook page, it will be sharing some new tunes tonight.

Check out the band's music video for "Trying to Please," the third track off of its 2012 self-titled album.

Mondays aren't so bad

Well this monday isn't! Thanks to the heartless, savage white men who stumbled into the western world, everyone punching the clock in the United States has a shortened work week. So really today is Thursday and tomorrow is Friday! That means Los Angeles in 2 days and exactly one week from now, I will be having one of the most exciting conversations of my life. STOKED. AMPED. PSYCHED. Speaking of being psyched...

Austin Psych Fest announced its lineup last week and holy rock and roll hell its a good one. A reallllll good one. The festival is still half a year away, but its never too late to start saving up for these kinds of weekends. Travel fare, lodgings, food, alcohol, extra curricular activities, etc. can really add up. So I'm going to have to pass on Coachella, SXSW and Sasquatch this year in favor of The Black Angel's own party. See you there!

FIDLAR at/versus The Fillmore: Why was no one stoked?

Lead vocalist/guitarist Zac Carper crowd surfing. Notice: stoked people on the right, not stoked people on the left. Photos by Bryan Banducci.

Last week I saw FIDLAR for the fourth time this year, and the band's show at the Fillmore was by far the most tame affair yet. Why? I blame The Fillmore, Delta Spirit and Delta Spirit's shitty fans. Just kidding. Kind of.

Click HERE to read my breakdown of the show over at the eventseekr blog!

Emily and Me after the 30 minutes set. So Stoked.

Down and Outlaws -- Uncut

Down and Outlaws, view from the back patio at El Rio. All photos by Joo-Joo Ashworth.

"Last Sunday, El Rio hosted a night of good old fashioned rock and roll. I’m talking about loud, guitar-driven, blues-inspired tunes that ring more sinister than indie rock and more pensive than punk. Surrounded by friends and friendly Sunday night bar goers, the San Francisco-based outfit Down and Outlaws roamed the venue, waiting for its headlining set of the night. With time to kill, and the opening acts Foli and Cab 20 sound checking their instruments, I sat down with the four guys of Down and Outlaws—vocalist and guitarist Peter Danzig, bassist Chris Danzig, drummer Jason Jones and lead guitarist Kyle Luck—to talk about their sound, influences, future plans and David Bowie." To read the whole article, head over to the eventseekr blog! Or just CLICK HERE.

My first version of the article was just over 3500 words, mostly due to the fact that my conversation with Peter, Chris, Jason and Kyle was filled with a lot of nonsense--endearing nonsense, the kind that tells me these guys would be easy to hang out with, but nonsense none the less. If I had my way, I wouldn't have cut a single word of the interview. (This is why we have editors: no one would have taken the time to read such a long article!) That being said, most of what I had to cut was solid gold, including this little excerpt about the man, the myth, the legend, David Bowie:

Jason: He transforms into an eagle and flies away.

Kyle: He comes back once every full moon--

Chris: --and delivers you a hit song.

Peter: He lives on the moon.

Kyle: That’s his house, right?

Peter: He actually writes inside the moon

Kyle: He wrote the moon! Sorry we’re getting off topic.

Peter: He wrote, what’s the fucking book?

Chris: Goodnight Moon!

Peter: He wrote goodnight moon.

Down and Outlaws has begun to lay down tracks for its debut EP, which will hopefully be out by the end of the year. Keep an eye on the band's facebook page for updates on the record and upcoming show dates.

Read the rest of the interview after the jump!

nu record: Give it to Me by Brother Pacific

So I spent the last week and a half listening to Brother Pacific's new EP, Give it to Me, on repeat and I wrote a review for the record over at the eventseekr blog. The San Francisco-based band created something seriously worth sharing, so make your way over to Brother Pacific's bandcamp page, have a listen for yourself and then check out my review HERE to see if our brains work in similar ways.

In other news:

Down and Outlaws is playing a show TONIGHT at El Rio! It'll be the band's last show for a while since the guys are recording their first EP this month.

Also FIDLAR is playing at the Fillmore this Friday. Come play!

Hellaween and the local scene

I realize we're still a few days out, but since Halloween is on a Wednesday this year and this last weekend was the unofficial but publicly understood time to dress up and get weird, I figured I'd wish everyone on the interwebs a happy and safe All Hallow's Eve. This year I dressed up as pop art by Roy Lichtenstein--a risky choice considering the make up-heavy look could have gotten extremely messy/scary throughout the night.

Anyways, I've recently (finally) confronted the conclusion that I need to immerse myself into the local music scene for so many reasons, not least of which is the fact that this is my city and music is one of my favorite things to write about. After talking to my friend Peter of Down and Outlaws, a raw, blues-tinged rock and roll band that gorgeously and appropriately employs a harmonica, he kindly offered to keep me in the loop about the better local shows going on in the city. He also told me that at any given show I'd meet a bunch of people who either play in other bands or know of another band I should be familiar with. That claim proved entirely true after I caught a Down and Outlaws set at 50 Mason last Tuesday. The night just happened to be a weekly event called Scared to Dance, which features three or four rock bands hand-picked by Nic, 50 Mason's bartender and vocalist/guitarist of Zodiac Death Valley. Nic was nice enough to tell me a little about the bands he chooses for Scared to Dance, and from what I've gathered, he's very proud of bringing real rock bands together for a FREE night of music. I'll definitely be making it out to another Tuesday night at 50 Mason, and if you're looking to catch some live music in an laid back bar setting you should too! Did I mention it was free?

In the next few weeks, expect a lot of local band coverage because a lot of rad stuff is going on.

Last thursday, I caught the EP release party for an americana indie rock band named Brother Pacific and currently reviewing its Give it to Me EP for the eventseekr blog. Check in sometime later this week for the link!

Also, Down and Outlaws are playing a show at El Rio on November 4. The band makes some seriously raw, loud tunes and the venue has the best back patio ever, so come out! In the meantime, here's a video of the band playing "Back into Your Arms."

Mac Demarco VS Mac Demarco

Former member of the garage outfit Makeout Videotape, Mac Demarco creates a blend of lo-fi and experimental music inspired by post punk of the 1980s. He's known for his youthful energy, and for taking on two different personas: Demarco the dreamy baritone crooner and Demarco the droning goofball/unabashed creeper. Here are two tracks that fit each archetype. Decide for yourself which one is which...

Moon Duo: Wooden Shjips' guitarist Ripley Johnson's side project!

Moon Duo is a San Francisco-based project featuring Ripley Johnson of the Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada. Armed only with a guitar and keyboard, the band creates krautrock-inspired psychedelic garage stuff that's dreamy and creepy at the same time. I like it, and if you like the fuzZz of the Wooden Shjips and a lo-fi aesthetic, I think you'll like it too.

Although the band created a light, expansive sound on its 2011 debut album Mazes, Moon duo offers much darker tones on its 2012 effort, Circles. Weighed down by a fair amount of reverb and processed guitar, the record is a product of the winter Moon Duo spent isolated in the Rocky Mountains. The band hasn't completely lost its buoyant energy though, as there is as much ridiculous charm packed into the album as there are sinister vibes. "Sleepwalker," the lead single and first track off of Circles, sets the tone for the entire album. The video is an absolute masterpiece. It makes me grin and grimace at the same time.

Kurt

I was a three years old when Kurt Cobain died on April 4, 1994. I don't remember when the news broke, or the hysteria that ensued afterwards, but I do remember the first time i heard Nirvana's Unplugged album. His version of "The Man Who Sold the World," is my favorite take on the song (yeah, it IS better than Bowie's) and I know that if I was born a decade earlier, I would have been among the millions of fans mourning and celebrating the life of one of the greatest artists to ever live. Even though he wilted under the mainstream spotlight, he ultimately paved the way for the various incarnations of alternative rock that exists in the music scene today. And he was a total babe.

Meanwhile, in Russia... a street performer by the name of Nikolay Petrovsky is the focus of a video that's been circling the interwebs over the last month. The Siberian musician's voice sounds eerily close to the beautifully strained vocals of the pioneer of grunge and the last great rock star, Kurt Cobain. Here he is singing "Pennyroyal Tea." Click play and have a listen!

And just for good measure...

FIDLAR: album news and tour info!!

album art from FIDLAR's upcoming LP

One of my favorite live acts of the year has been the garage punk band FIDLAR. The four-piece band of misfits kills it during shows with its loud, abrasive, substance-inspired catalog of songs and always matches its audience's energy. So if you like whiskey and cheap beer, check out FIDLAR's US and European tour schedule to see if the bands stopping in your city. The tour tonight! So brace yourself, San Diego.

10-08 San Diego, CA - House of Blues **
10-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre **
10-10 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre **
10-26 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo ^
10-31 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues %
11-01 Houston, TX - House of Blues %
11-02 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-04 Dallas, TX - House of Blues +
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern +
11-09 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore +
11-12 Salt Lake City, UT - The Grand +
11-14 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
11-15 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #
11-16 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts #
11-17 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall #
11-19 Chicago, IL - House of Blues #
11-21 Cleveland, OH - Cambridge Room #
11-23 Phadelphia, PA - TLA #
11-27 New York, NY - Irving Plaza #
11-28 Boston, MA - House of Blues #
12-01 Paris, France - Espace B
12-02 Utrecht, Holland - Le Guess Who Festival
12-04 London, England - Dingwalls
12-06 Manchester, England - Soup Kitchen

** with the Hives
^ with Pangea, the Shrine and Meat Market
+ with Delta Spirit
# with Delta Spirit and JEFF the Brotherhood

FIDLAR's debut LP will be out in the States on January 22nd and on February 4th in the UK. Here's the leading track off the album-- "Cheap Beer" !!

nu record: Holograms by Holograms.

Floating somewhere between 1970s punk and new wave of the 1980s, the Swedish rock band Holograms makes some dance-worthy post punk that pairs nicely with the recent heat wave we're having in San Francisco. I seriously dig the band's song "Fever," and if you like straight-forward guitar music and analog synthesizers I think you'll dig it too! The Indian summer is finally here so, even though we're in the middle of the work week, kick back for a moment, press play and let this seditious and energetic quartet fill your mind with visions of your last substance-induced summer.

Holograms just released its eponymous self-titled LP. The limited edition vinyl is CLEAR and soooo rad. Grab a copy here!

By the way...

 

Photographic evidence that it DOES get hotter than 65 in this city. SIDE NOTE :: I hear people complaining about SF's grey weather alllll the time. I do it probably on a daily basis. But anytime it gets above 75, San Franciscans are officially out of their element and don't know what to do with themselves. So instead of complaining about the cold we wine about the heat. But then we get over it, buy a twelve pack and go sit in a park all day. It's a beautiful thing. If you haven't spent a sunny day at Dolores / Duboce / Golden Gate Park (take your pick--we have plenty of little pocket parks), I highly suggest you pack some beer, snacks and cash for the truffle man (if you're going to Dolo) and get yourself to patch of green grass before October is over.

nu record: Come of Age by The Vaccines.

Ever since I first heard the Vaccines' indie rock tune "A Lack of Understanding," I've been captivated by the band's infectious sound and lead vocalist Justin Young's magnetic vocals. The four Londoners who make up The Vaccines captured a post-punk sound packed full of youthful energy on their band's 2011 debut album What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?, and after hearing the record all the way through for the first time, I knew I had found my next group to obsess over. I hadn't been so taken with an album since Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, and several of the album's tracks have secured a spot on my daily playlist that is usually reserves for my all-time, good-no-matter-what-mood-i'm-in list of songs (ie. "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" by Radiohead, Nirvana's Unplugged version of "The Man Who Sold the World,""Engine Driver" by the Decemberists, etc. etc.)

Tomorrow is the American release of the Vaccines' sophomore effort Come of Age, and as I noted in this review of the No Hope EP, the band turned the volume way up this time around. Retreating a bit from post-punk and leaning into the realm of punk rock, the band takes on the attitude of a classic, self-centered misfit youth and injects it with a healthy dose of sarcasm. The Vaccines poke fun at that angsty stage of life but also validates it, asserting that those unsatisfied and bored feelings are not exclusively reserved for lonely high school students. Young's vocal performance is less perfect in Come of Age, but fittingly so for this rawer and more intimate record. Check out the opening track of Come of Age, fittingly titled "No Hope," below!

And for those who haven't heard What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?, here's the track that made me fall in love with the four-piece outfit in the first place.

Light paintings.

Photography, more so than any other medium, always surprises me with its incredibly dynamic nature. I don't consider any art form truer than another, but I'm most often amazed at what people can do with cameras. The above photos were taken by Janne Parviainen, a photography from Finland who came up with the idea of tracing every surface in his compositions with a single LED light. (!!!). Captured with exposures of up to half an hour long, this tedious experiment resulted in a gorgeous series of light paintings. Check out the rest of his photos here.

Thom Yorkie

Thom Yorkie

Something silly to get your Monday going. Courtesy of the lovely people at Buzzfeed. No surprise(s), he makes a beautiful animal.

Make Rock Street Festival!

If you're in San Francisco today, come out to the Mission for the 2012 Make Rock Street Festival! Organized by The Bay Bridged, a leading source for independent Bay Area music, San Francisco-based power pop duo Tartufi and The Bold Italic, the golden standard for all things local, Make Rock brings together dozens of local vendors and bands for an intimate gathering of independent artists and the people who support them. Lo-fi noise pop outfit Kids on a Crime Spree will be there and its shoegazed, reverbed tunes will serve as the ideal soundtrack for today--Its 71 and sunny, so come meet up in the beer garden!

The Bots.

Considering the heap of mass-produced pop stars at the forefront of mainstream music, it's nice to see a pair of young kids creating their own brand of music. The Bots is garage punk rock band made up of brothers Anaiah and Mikaiah Lei, who were respectively 9 and 12 when they started writing music together. With Mikaiah, now 19 years old, on guitar and lead vocals and 15 year old Anaiah on drums and backup vocals, the duo creates some snappy, blues-inspired music--good old-fashioned rock that reminds me of another sibling duo called The White Stripes. These Southern California dudes are spending the better half of 2012 touring the world, and they managed to do so without the "Disney" label slapped across their foreheads. Bravo! Check out their 2011 tune "Northern Lights," above!

Thom Yorke and I are back in action.

After a month in blogosphere purgatory with the many unused, forgotten blogs on the internet, Rock Salt is back in action! A simple conversation with a friend re-inspired me to keep this baby going. So to all 5 of my readers: check in every now and then to see what I've been up to / listening to / thinking about / eating / creating etc. etc. [Preview-- I've been on a serious Vaccines kick, which is great considering the English band has a new album coming out next month, and I'm quickly developing a fascination with home made tattoos...]

Coincidentally, Thom Yorke's solo project / super-group Atoms For Peace is also back in action. Days after dropping their band's new single "Default," Thom and guitarist/keyboardist Nigel Godrich, also a longtime producer for Radiohead, surprised fans at their "DJ set" in New York City last Saturday with a string of new songs by Atoms For Peace. Check out the opening song from their set. Thom's funky dance moves get me every time.

FIDLAR Review + mint juleps + LCD soundsystem

Last week I witnessed FIDLAR play a ridiculous, alcohol-induced show at Bottom of the hill and it was the best set I've seen in months. Check out my review of the show and my friend Bryan's photos over at the eventseekr blog.

Photo by Bryan Banducci.

Reason # one for why today ruled: I got home from work today to find my roommates making mint juleps. We were enjoying our cocktails  and the last hours of sun out on the stoop when a friendly passerby gave us this a sunflower!

Reason # two:  the main event of the night... I'm off to watch the Shut Up and Play the Hits documentary that chronicles LCD Soundsystem's final show at Madison Square Garden.

[EDIT]: So inspiring! It really offers insight into James Murphy's mind and his decision to disband LCD Soundsytsem. I thought the journalist who interviewed James asked some thoughtful questions that truly made the artist pause and consider his career and retirement. $11 well spent!

The Phoenix Hotel

The Phoenix Hotel had an awesome hand-painted sign.

Yesterday after work, Ryan and I stopped by the Phoenix Hotel for a cocktail and a quick bite to eat. This little establishment was built in the 1950s as a motel and eventually remodeled in the image of Rolling Stone magazine to appeal to rock and roll bands. The exterior of the hotel is painted a great shade of light turquoise / sea foam / mint green while the inside of the connected bar and restaurant Chambers has a completely different vibe with much darker tones, dimmed light fixtures and records lining walls. I had my first pisco punch, so refreshing but still nice and stiff, and split the chicken pate with Ryan by recommendation from the bartender. The Phoenix Hotel is a perfect venue for hosting some friends or to kick off a night out in San Francisco. I'd love to spend my next birthday here, but with cocktails at eleven dollars a piece (eight during happy hour), it would have to be a one drink stop.

The open blinds covering the windows made for a nice foggy effect.

We hopped straight on the BART afterwards to visit Ryan's parents' house and to see his puppies, Sadie and Pip. They're the next best thing from seeing my pups back in LA and they're always as happy to see us as we are to see them.

This is Pip. He's the sweetest.

A solid week of good things

In the last week...

I witnessed the first perfect game from the Giants after buying an impromptu 5$ ticket. I'm not the biggest baseball fan in the world, but having been a part of the 2010 World Series win and now the first perfect game in franchise history, the Giants have no doubt drawn me closer to San Francisco. Plus I enjoyed the game with these lovely people:

My friend Bryan and my boyfriend Ryan. He's wonderful.

My roommates Emily (a proper Giants fan) and Chris (the token anti-sportsman).

I camped by the Russian River and spent the better portion of two days wading in the water. It was so nice escaping the city for a few days and sweating uncontrollably in 98 degree weather. For the most part the locals were friendly and left us alone to drink our beer and gawk at all the natural wonders like the city kids we are. The water was perfectly warm and the river bank was covered in colorful rocks of all sizes. The landscape resembled what I imagine the surface of a marian planet to look like, and the sunset on our last night there was one of the most intense and vibrant thing I've ever seen. The combination of the clouds and colors gave the illusion that there was a desert in the sky. If I ever become a musician, or decide to learn how to play an instrument, that'll be the name of my first single.

Ryan scoping out a campsite.

My pup Charlee was featured on Fuck Yeah Smiling Dogs. She's one of my favorite things in the world. Check out her photo here.

Charlee aka Black Squirrel, Baby Fox, Chahlay, Cheesey, Cha-Chi, and Charlee Cheesy Breakfast Burrito.

And last but not least, this past week has been a beautiful one in SF, with temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s, and I was reunited with some buddies who had been away from the city for too long. I hope your week was as good as mine. Here's to another solid one!

LA for the weekend // Summer kickoff party with the family

I spent this past weekend in Los Angeles to celebrate the June birthdays in my family and mine, my sister's and my cousin's graduations. Recently, it's been difficult to make it down to Los Angeles from San Francisco and even harder for my three sisters and I to be in the same place at the same time, so this weekend saw some much needed family time. I have a huge extended family in LA of titas (aunts), titos (uncles) and cousins, and when we all get together we throw the best parties in the Valley.

Our annual summer party was on Saturday, and as usual there was obscene amounts of food, plenty of boos and a lot of loved ones at my mom's house. Anyone familiar with Filipino food knows we love bold, satly flavors. The highlights of the dinner: letchon (roasted pig), lumpias (deep fried spring rolls), and spider crabs, which were repurposed into amazing crab bisque by my mama at around 1am (major drool). All of the amazing food available in San Francisco can't compare to the food I eat at home. So until next time LA, I will make due with spinach salads and frozen chicken cutlets from Trader Joes.

PS. Besides my mom and my pup Charlee (plenty of photos of her to come), my little cousins are probably the most excited to see me when I come home. I only get to see them every few months, so when I do they seem to age years at a time. The last time I spent more than a weekend in LA was about six months ago, and this little girl on the left still had chubby cheeks and baby fat. I picked her up from school on Friday to find a young lady waiting for me.

Greetings from San Francisco!

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Hello! My name is Lauren and welcome to Rock Salt, a digital space for my ideas, projects, and adventures. Here you'll find album reviews (I'm in a huge garage rock phase), photos, DIY projects, book recommendations, existential musings (yeah I've taken intro to philosophy. Sup Marcuse?) and other things I enjoy. I also want to use this space to capture San Francisco from my point of view and the point of view of my friends, who are equally as curious about the world as I am! This is a project that I've been wanting to start for a long time, and now that I am freshly graduated from school, I have no excuse not to blog the shit out of the internet. So here it goes. Feel free to stop by, anytime.

L