F Y F

Remember that time I wrote a bit about upcoming plans & seeing My Bloody Valentine, & hanging with friends & enjoying life? Click here if you'd like to revisit. 

I've been back from my trip to the Pacific North West & decided that enough time has gone by since FYF & that I really need to get these photos out there. I had a great time, even though MBV was so loud, they eventually blew out the PA system. So after a mind blowing wall of sound that threw us all into a trance (for real), all of a sudden it would burn out & then...nothing. No sound at all, except the rustling of the crowd. But when everything worked, they were exceptional. Just beautiful. Complete love. I mean, how can you not feel when you hear this beauty? And this?! Uhhhhhh

During No Age (hopelessly devoted since 2006 / we grew up in the same suburb)

Samantha's Bush / Samantha's Tent (during Eleanor Friedberger) I like her. I remember when she was in The Fiery Furnaces with her brother... 

 The Holy Nail & Your Friend, Ava before The Breeders! I had so much fun with this woman. Sasha & I got our nails done together once. x

Ran into Sam during the No Age set! Samantha & I go way back when I was one of her teachers for the community arts partnership while I attended CalArts. She was 15, and I was in my early 20s. So proud of her that she is still photographing and getting her work out there. See her photographs here.

Sarah Rose, Brian, & the sun 

©Ava Alamshah

H I G H L I G H T S 

crystal antlers

beach house (so dreamy)

flag

mbv 

your friend,

ava

July 4th, 2012

C H I N A T O W N

 
  Jeaux is pretending to be happy, even though we were sad that Ooga Booga wasn't open.  I'm glad we stopped by anyway because low and behold, a window display from Beautification Solutions.  AKA Katie Vonderheide of Synchronicity Space and Justin McInteer, formerly of Echo Curio.  They painted some favorite, and glorious Ooga Booga items directly onto the glass.  How cute is that No Age tee?   My friend, Katie, is one half of Synchronicity!  She is really nice, very talented, and wears cute dresses.  Did you guys see my post about Friday night?!  Check it out!   Hope some of you homies were able to catch the live readings not too long ago this evening (well, Saturday evening now).

I like to stand in alleys (only in the daytime)

  The buildings in Chinatown are unreal.  Full of color and life.  Crazy shapes... almost European looking.  I can spend hours shooting photographs here.  

 Speaking of colors, we got to see Moonrise Kingdom.  The art direction is beautiful, but what I really enjoyed was the story.  First love, that is so sweet and innocent, and kind of sexy (in the purest way). It almost made me cry. Oh, to be a little girl again.  Here is the trailer. 

your friend,

ava