I WENT TO PORTLAND FOR NYE TO HAVE A LOLIDAY WITH MY PORTLAND BEST FRIEND HANNAH. WE PLANNED AN EPIC PARTY IN HER BASEMENT...
MEET BLAKE & WES. THEY PUT ON THE BEST NIGHTS IN PORTLAND
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| BLAKE |
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| WES |
MEET CASEY. SHE ALSO PUTS ON SOME OF THE BEST NIGHTS IN PORTLAND. I MET HER THIS SUMMER AS SHE WAS BETHS TOUR DJ FOR HER SOLO PROJECT. SHE DJ'S UNDER THE NAME 'BEYONDADOUT'. WHEN SHE DJS SHE MIXES VINTAGE SOUL 45s WITH THE BEST BOUNCY R&B/ HOUSE / DANCE & REALLY GETS THE ROOM BUMPING & GRINDING.
http://soundcloud.com/beyondadoubt
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| CASEY |
KRISTIN PLAYED A GREAT R&B/HIP HOP SET.
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| KRISTIN |
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| TASHI. BETH. HANNAH |
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| EMMA WAS IN PORTLAND TOO : ) : ) : ) |
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| KRISTIN. BETH |
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| MEET TANYA. SHE IS THE PORTLAND AMANDINE. MEET TASHI SHE IS THE FUNNIEST PERSON I KNOW |
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| MEET MATTHEW. IT WAS THIS NIGHT WE WORKED OUT WE MET AT A TECHNO RAVE IN BIRMINGHAM IN 1999. |
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| MEET EVAN. I RENAMED HIM DREAMBOAT. |
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| MEET AVEL |
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| MEET JESSE |
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| EMSKI!!! |
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| SARAH RADCLIFF & BETH |
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| ME. |
THESE WERE OUR TUNES OF THE TIDY-UP...
PORTLAND IS AN AMAZING PLACE. I USED TO LIVE IN BRISTOL & IT REMINDED ME A LOT OF THERE... APART FROM WAAAAAY MORE MAGICAL/MYSTICAL & LESS DREADLOCKS.
MY PORTLAND HIGHLIGHTS WERE... MY BFF'S SOFA, THE VEGAN TACOS IN THE MEXICAN AT THE TOP OF HAWTHORN, SASSYS, THE DETECTIVE GIRLS REGIONAL COMPOUND, SALTY DOGS (VODKA & GRAPEFRUIT JUICE WITH SALT ROUND THE EDGE LIKE A MARGERITA), VOODOO DONUTS,
THIS TRACK WAS THE TRACK OF MY PORTLAND TRIP. WES PLAYED IT OUT EVERY TIME WE WENT TO ONE OF HIS PARTIES.
BETH MADE A TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN DINNER FOR US. IT WAS AMAZING. CORN BREAD, BEANS, MAC&CHEESE, MEATLOAF, SWEET CABBAGE WITH SUGAR IN IT.
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| BETH'S SOUTHERN FEAST |
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| DINNER PARTYING |
MY FRIEND SARAH RADCLIFF MOVED TO PORTLAND FROM LONDON AND SET UP HER OWN VINTAGE COMPANY CALLED 'YO VINTAGE'. SHE SELLS IN POP UP SHOPS AROUND PORTLAND AND ALSO ONLINE...
http://www.shopyovintage.com/
I WENT DOWN TO YO VINTAGE TO HELP SARAH ON A SHOOT. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN THAT DAY, CHECK OUT THE RESULTS HERE...
http://sarahshopsportland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/prints-charming.html
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| SARAH IN HER 'YO VINTAGE' STUDIO |
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| SARAH & MARLENE |
THEN I WENT ON A HOLIDAY FROM MY HOLIDAY DOWN TO LA WITH HANNAH TO MEET UP WITH LA MATES.
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MY LA BEST FRIENDS NAR & GREKO
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WE STAYED AT WHITNEY FEIRCE'S. SHE COOKED US AN AMAZING BREAKFAST
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| WHITNEY TOOK ME OUT CRUISING ROUND LA IN HER CORVETTE |
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| WHITNEY FEIRCE & ME |
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| WHITNEY TOOK ME FOR THE BEST MANI IVE EVER HAD |
THEN ME & HANNAH WENT ON A ROAD TRIP WITH NAR TO THE D E S E R T. I WENT ON A HOLIDAY FROM MY HOLIDAY TO A HOLIDAY IN PALM SPRINGS AT THE ACE. NAR PROVIDED THE SOUNDTRACK IN HER CAR ON THE WAY WE LISTENED TO MALUCA...
I LOVE MALUCA'S CHINA FOOD MIXTAPE. LISTEN HERE...
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| THE ACE WAS ACE AT NIGHT |
IF YOU END UP IN JOSHUA TREE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO VISIT INTEGRATRON. THE GARDENS THERE WERE AMAZING AND LOVELY TO HANG OUT IN FOR A FEW HOURS.
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| FAV PIC I EVER TOOK OF NAR |
THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE IS HARD TO DESCRIBE...
INTEGRATRON IS A SOUND CHAMBER, (THE ONLY ALL-WOODEN ACOUSTICALLY PERFECT SOUND CHAMBER IN AMERICA). THE WOODEN DOME OF INTEGRATON IS A LITTLE LIKE ST PAUL CATHEDRAL DOME WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURVE ENABLES AMAZING ACOUSTICS.
THE FLOOR IS WOODEN PARQUET LIKE SCHOOL & YOU MAKE A BED/NEST OUT OF BLANKETS THEY PROVIDE.
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| I CHOSE THIS BLANKET FOR MY BED |
ONCE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE ON THE FLOOR THE 'SOUNDBATH' STARTS WHERE THESE CRYSTAL BALLS ARE PLAYED RESONATING HIGH FREQUENCY NOISES REALLY LOUD IN THE ROOM. THE SOUND IS INTENSE BUT PLEASANT, IT IS SOOOO LOUD IT BATHES YOUR BODY IN SOUND & IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SIT UP WHILE IT WAS BEING PLAYED.
THE GUY WHO BUILT INTEGRATRON, CLAIMS THAT... "The Integratron is a machine, a high-voltage electrostatic generator that would supply a broad range of frequencies to recharge the cell structure."
HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT ALIENS LANDED FROM THE PLANET VENUS IN A SAUCER IN 1953, TOLD HIM HOW TO REJUVENATE LIVING CELL TISSUE & TO BUILD INTEGRATRON. WHATEVER, HAVING A REST LYING DOWN FOR AN HOUR, LISTENING TO FREQUENCY NOISES THAT PUT YOU INTO A TRANCE LIKE STATE & TAKE YOU HIGHER & HIGHER ON A MUSICAL TRIP IS BOUND TO REJUVENATE SOME LIVING CELL TISSUE. I THINK THERE IS DEFO SOMETHING IN HIS CREATION.
THE SITE IS BUILT ON A GEOMAGNETIC VORTEX & ALIEN ACTIVITY IS
Many visitors experience the Integratron as a very powerful vortex for physical and spritual healing. Scientists who study the building call it "a mass battery" and a "magnetic room."
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| SHRINE TABLE. GUESS WHAT I LEFT (10CM LONG & GREEN) |
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NAR SIGNED THE WALL
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| I TNK'D THEM TOO |
WE DROVE AROUND IN THE DESERT A LOT & PLAYED THESE JAMS L.O.U.D...
BACK IN LA I WENT TO GO & STAY WITH GREKO. GREKO HAS ONE OF THE BEST EYES OF ANYONE IVE EVER MET... 
WE WENT OUT TO MUSTACHE MONDAYS AT LA CITA & TO CELEBRATE NAR'S B-DAY...
BROOKE CANDY WAS PLAYING WHO NAR HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOME TRACKS WITH. HERE IS A CLIP OF HER SET THAT NIGHT...
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| MEET BROOKE CANDY |
HERE IS A TRACK NAR MADE WITH BROOKE CANDY... http://soundcloud.com/brooke-candy/freaky-prince-brooke-candy
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| THESE ARE BROOKE'S NIKES... RAD. |
THIS BAND CALLED 'BLOK' WERE ALSO PLAYING. I WAS REALLY NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK OF THEIR MUSIC BUT THEY WERE REALLY ENTERTAINING IN A GLC SORT OF WAY...
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| BRI & GREKO |
BRIAN LICTENBERG CAME OUT TOO & IT WAS SOOO NICE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM. HERE'S THE LAST TIME WE HUNG OUT IN LALA LAND...
http://novadando.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/california-love.html
THE NEXT DAY BRIAN INVITED US DOWNTOWN TO HANG OUT HIM AT HIS STUDIO. BEFORE WE LEFT WE DID A PHOTOSHOOT ON THE ROOF...
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| NAR SCOPING OUT BRIANS COLLECTION |
BACK IN LA I WENT TO GO & STAY WITH GREKO. GREKO HAS ONE OF THE BEST EYES OF ANYONE IVE EVER MET... 
WE WENT OUT TO MUSTACHE MONDAYS AT LA CITA & TO CELEBRATE NAR'S B-DAY...
BROOKE CANDY WAS PLAYING WHO NAR HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOME TRACKS WITH. HERE IS A CLIP OF HER SET THAT NIGHT...
