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Growtivation

Posted by Troy | Filed under Humor

Funny how 10 years ago we were trying to recreate the “church” experience.

Now it’s become more formulaic than ever.

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Read more | Comments (0) | June 23rd, 2010

Odorifous: Charlyne Yi

Posted by Troy | Filed under Odorifous

I’d like to say that I first discovered Charlyne Yi performing at some underground club or something.

But I didn’t.

I (like most everyone else who’s been lucky enough) first saw her in her own movie Paper Heart (trailer).

I remember looking forward to it for a while, and when we finally got to watch it we weren’t disappointed. I don’t know how many people I’ve recommended it to since, but probably to just about everyone I know (which is like 5 people).

I’m not exactly sure what to say about Charlyne.

She seems to represent a new generation of comics who blend art/music/comedy/film in a Andy Kaufman kind of way, but wheras his work seemed an attempt to keep the world out, hers has (at least from what I can tell) a transparency that allows the rest of us to know the real her (which takes a lot of guts).

While many of the best comics’ work is a defense reflex (developed in adolescence), Charlyne’s work seems to be a reflection/extension of herself.

And her artistic bent is apparent as it spills outside of traditional film into YouTube videos, visual art, poetry and music.

The stuff she’s recording with her band Old Lumps is reminiscent of early-nineties so-cal lo-fi geek rock and reminds me of when Napster first came out and I was finally able to hear Weezer’s pre-blue “Kitchen Tape” demos for the first time.

So needless to say, I’m trying to act all cool but actually super excited to share her Strong Odors interview today:
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