P / P Music Review: Slow Motion Rider

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Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth

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The thing about writing about bands for a long time is that people start to catch on to what you like. I was pleased to receive word that the Los Angeles based record label run by Rob Campanella of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Committee to Keep Music Evil is releasing a new physical album this fall.

Slow Motion Rider is a loud, penetrating psych band that grinds its heels in on the edge of sludgy stoner rock, but also manages to keep your head in the clouds with ringing guitar riffs sailing over an eerie atmospheric sound. The driving bass tones will remind you a bit of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and the vocal style weaves in and out of their pulsing psych music, smoothly, as if in slow motion. Continue reading →

P / P Fashion: Popshop60sand70s

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Publik / Private loves all forms of art and expression. Fashionistas, Noemi and Sara own the innovative online and public fashion pop up shop, Popshop60sand70s. We love what they do because they’ve taken their nomadic, crisp and flashy clothing store and created a brand that allows people to interact with their fascination for vintage style.

Not only are they erecting a physical clothing pop-up shop in San Francisco at Herione on August 2nd, but Noemi and her husband Steve host an ongoing psychedelic party called, The Acid Test where you can dance the night away in your favorite vintage threads to the best throwback music of the ’60s and ’70s! Continue reading →

P / P Introspective: Blogs I Live By

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Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth

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I’ve been a blogger since I was about 11 years old. Long before Friendster, Myspace and Facebook emerged; the internet was a secret hiding place for intelligent introverted (young, nerdy) writers and graphic designers to express themselves without the drama or disdain of the outside world…or trolls.

Reading and writing are activities that sculpted my identity as a child, and they continue to morph and mold my personality and lifestyle as an adult. I was not a great student. I was moody and strange and very quiet. My parents were divorced and although I had brothers and a circle of friends, I have always experienced a loneliness that only words could heal. I scribbled in notebooks and journals, writing short stories, poems and songs by hand, but when I discovered the internet in 1997, I became completely enamored and wanted to know everything about it.

I learned how to create an email account, and designed “do it yourself, java and template based websites on webspace providers like GeoCities, Tripod and Angelfire. As I got older, I taught myself HTML and my mother bought me domain names so I could own, design and write my own “webjournals”. I cracked codes to Photoshop 5.5 and Paint Shop Pro 7, and built and designed my own web-world in the midst of the pioneering internet nerds that are probably currently making a living, being just that. Continue reading →

P / P Interview: Gregg Foreman of Cat Power

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Interview By: Jordannah Elizabeth

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I met Gregg Foreman at a Pink Mountaintops show a couple of months back in San Francisco, CA. Of course, I’d been hearing his name for years as we have a number of mutual friends and acquaintances. After the show, I said my goodbyes to everyone and Gregg was very kind and sweet nurtured. Because of his kindness, I thought it would be nice to learn more about his history, and to share it with all of you.

Gregg is an underground legend. He contributes his unique sound to a plethora of your favorite post modern psych, shoegaze and alternative bands. He shouldn’t only be a household name to musicians and promoters who have lived in L.A. (I am one of them), and international shoegaze and psych connoisseurs. His influence should touch the lives of anyone who has a taste and desire for great music and true rock and roll composition.

Foreman is best known for his work with Cat Power, which should genuinely answer any of your questions in regards to his relevance in contemporary music history, but again, take some time to learn a bit more about him. I was personally convinced to learn more because of his big brown eyes, but that probably won’t win everyone over. Continue reading →

P / P Visual Art: Scott Franklin – Noise Paintings and Artifacts

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By: Jordannah Elizabeth

I was up at some obscure time and happened to see Scott Franklin of the San Francisco based post- noise, psych band Buzzmutt post his tumblr account on social media. I didn’t know he made art, and I’m sure a lot of people are unaware of his psychedelic painting skills. You never know what you will find out about people. Everyone has several hidden talents, and it’s always nice to take some time and acknowledge the interesting things artists do. Check out Scott Franklin’s Noise Paintings and Artifacts:

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P / P Interview: Kirpatrick Thomas of Spindrift

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Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth

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Kirpatrick Thomas is an original member of the brilliant desert psych western band, Spindrift. If you’re into the explosively popular underground neo psych genre that stretches across every continent on the planet, particularly North America and Western Europe, you’ve heard of Spindrift.

I asked Kirpatrick Thomas about his perspective on being an underground rock hero, his career, which includes a massive publishing deal and his relationship with up and coming bands. He was open, endearing and humorous. We’re always excited to talk to our favorite musicians! Check out what he had to say: Continue reading →

PUBLIK PRIVATE MIXTAPE #9.09 ~ GREGG FOREMAN MIXTAPE

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Curated & Commentary By: Gregg Foreman

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So, this is the best day ever. This is the best day because Gregg Foreman, the music director of Cat Power and an original member of The Delta 72, has curated the 9th Publik / Private mixtape. We’re not going to waste time pondering how we got so lucky, so without further ado, check out some of Gregg’s favorite music. He also shared a bit of commentary about the songs he chose. Feel free to indulge:

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P / P Book Review: Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli

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Written By: Emily Ballaine

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Writing, like life, is about overcoming emptiness. What is more terrifying than the white space of a blank page, more frustrating than that slow click of a cursor ticking away like a clock? And yet it is this same blank page that can become a space for infinite combinations of words and letters and sounds. Without emptiness there is no room for creation. Continue reading →