While I’d still like to hear new material from “The Avalanches,” I’m just as easily contented/excited by ex-members James de la Cruz’s DJ mixes and Dexter’s audacious new GRRILLA STEP project. I never thought anything good would ever come from the clown dancing Krump scene, but take a look at these vids:

It just looks like so much fun. There’s more on MySpace.

Lo and behold, there may be a silver lining in it all. But will it happen?

I’m not really ashamed to say I only attended 1 of the 4 parties previously posted here this year. (There were more, but I deleted them) . In short, I’ve missed too many - part of it was my inane new year’s resolution, part of it was the cold weather -> being sick.

After scouring MySpace and Yelp (for parties and hair stylists, respectively), I decided on THE REAL WORLD, and an aggressive, ’80s bowl cut from Mousey Brown Salon (which I don’t recommend at all). The afterparty (location TBA) will be DJ’d by Princess Julia (The P.i.X zine) and The Lovely Jonjo (Durrr). The occasion? My 25th birthday.