HEALTH “We are Water” from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

Another video for a dear friend’s band. Edited by Luke Lynch. Not for faint of heart (mom, you should probably skip this one).

I took part in a video shoot for Health earlier this week. I think it’s going to look really good. Luke is going to edit it! The song is called Die Slow and you can listen to it on their myspace. These kids in the last picture were awesome. They stayed super late into the night and were all soaked in fake blood by the end of it.

My friend Kim (Black Church) is playing tomorrow night at Show Cave in Echo Park. I think she is an all around amazing person so if you have no plans you should check it out.

Samsung commercial featuring James McAvoy and a song by The Mae Shi. Silly advertising – get this phone and chose life ;)

A girl made a great video using a Mae Shi song and sent it to the band to use as well. I think she did a really excellent job. This is one of my favorite songs from HLLLYH. Jeff left for a Mae Shi European tour with Abe Vigoda yesterday. We’ve moved into our new place but I have a ton of unpacking to do. I love Atwater Village. It is so peaceful and pretty here. We went for a walk the other night and everything was calm and clean. I feel safer here. There is a Chinese food place that reminds me of the place my dad took my brother and me to every week when we were young. They delivered us a huge feast a few nights ago because the kitchen wasn’t unpacked. They have peking ravioli! I’ll post some pictures when we are a little more settled.

Booker T

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

This weekend I was blessed with a free pass to Coachella music and arts festival outside Palm Springs. I had never been before and wasn’t planning on going this year but a great opportunity came up last minute. Things that come to you often come to you for a reason. The best part of the weekend was the people I was with. It was such a relaxing vacation! We stayed at a condo full of happy people super close to the festival. I also got to see all these great bands:

• Felix Da Housecat
• Franz Ferdinand
• Leonard Cohen (hallelujah!)
• Morrissey (a bit crabby but still pretty cool)
• Paul McCartney (junior high school dream realized)
• The Presets (they were great and so much fun to dance to)
• Booker T (amazing!)
• Gang Gang Dance
• Glass Candy (dance!)
• M.I.A. (like war on stage)
• TV On The Radio
• Antony and the Johnsons
• Devendra Banhart
• Etienne De Crecy (french house. awesome)
• My Bloody Valentine (i love the loud. they were great)
• Public Enemy
• The Cure
• X
• Throbbing Gristle (they cast a spell on the audience)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Part of the crowd

The Presets

Fire Snake?

We also saw Abe Vigoda play at a fancy pool party. Probably one of the coolest pool parties I’ve ever been to since they were people walking around with trays of chicken fingers and french fries. I also made it through the weekend without getting a single bit of sunburn! Kim and I rocked the sun hats. 100 degrees didn’t even feel that bad.

Abe Vigoda

Palm Trees

Drawing on a bathroom wall at a truck stop on the 5.

A beautiful succulent garden in Oakland.

Bill Gray

The Mae Shi

Les Savy Fav

Apricot trees (?) on the way back to Los Angeles the following day.