I was sold as soon as I saw comparisons to Regina & Rufus. <3
Elizaveta’s self titled debut EP is filled with a light, airy sense of wonderment. For fans of classical and operatic music looking for something modernized, look no further. Mixing that classic sound with sounds similar to that of Regina Spektor and Rufus Wainwright makes her instantly unique and recognizable. Her first single, “Dreamer” is bubbly yet still full of depth, accentuating her velvety vocals, capturing you in a world of make believe that you won’t want to end.
My personal favorite is “Odi Et Amo”, which grips onto the idea of the fear of someone being not what they claimed to be. The caliginosity of watching love turn into hate and letting it fester so long that the hate becomes a warped obsession is evident in not only the lyrics, but the melody, and leaves you heavy and wrought.
Elizaveta EP is available now on iTunes, so make sure you go pick it up in preparation for her full length album release on January 24, 2012. And check her out online in the meantime.
www.elizavetamusic.com
www.facebook.com/ElizavetaMusic
twitter.com/elizavetaka
“For you I’d bleed myself dry.”
I adore this woman. She is phenomenal live and so damn crushworthy. I always love her live covers. She turns them into Sara songs.
I got this tattoo in 2009, when I was living in Lisbon (I’m from Brazil), at Bad Bones studio. The picture was taken the day after.
These words were brought to me by Steve Jobs, one of the people I admire the most. Their meaning here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.
He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”
I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.
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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.
A few ways to help:
- If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
- If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
- If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above.
*NEW* Organize a donor drive near you (the most helpful thing you could possibly do!) email 100kcheeks@gmail.com. They’ll send you kits, flyers, tell you what to say, and make the whole process easy cheesy.
My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.
Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.
This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.
How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.
Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.
We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match.
You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.
We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.
Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.
Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.
Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.
Whoa…long time, no tumble. I am back now. This audition really touched me. Good luck Chris Rene!
Aural Interaction: Amy Winehouse - Influence & Talent Lost
It was clear from the moment Amy Winehouse stepped into the music scene that she was both ahead of and before her time. With such clear musical influences as Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald, to becoming a huge influence herself to such artists today as Duffy and Adele, she gifted us with those…
Such a loss
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” -Robert Frost
I’ve been through many, many hardships in my life, and my newest tattoo is a constant reminder that no matter what gets thrown my way, life goes on.
Done by the amazing Bleach at Saint Sabrinas in Minneapolis, MN.
