February 2012
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Now this is the kind of stuff I love to hear...
This is a tweet from a 5witter user named “WtfTrueFacts”. I definitely hope this is true. If so, there is hope for humanity yet. :)
“At any point of time 14,000 people are having sex, 25,000 people are kissing and 50,000 people are hugging around the world.”
My Music Is Playing On Another Internet Radio... →
So excited and thankful for all of the support I am getting from internet radio! Thank you for adding me to the roster Butterflies Radio. :-)
Nominate Me For A Shorty Award →
I honestly wasn’t planning on making a profile for this but then I figured, what the hell! So I did it. So nominate me please. And if I win, drinks are on me in NYC! <3
“You have to be your own best friend. At the end of the day, you only have...”
“Controlled persons are always nervous because deep down turmoil is still hidden....”
– Osho, The Zen Tarot (via candlejack)
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Nominate Me For A Shorty Award →
I honestly wasn’t planning on making a profile for this but then I figured, what the hell! So I did it. So nominate me please. And if I win, drinks are on me in NYC! <3
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A Little Insight To Keep Me On Track...
This business can be so trying at times. Life itself can be so trying at times. I believe in progress and I feel I am on a constant search for insight. I believe I will be a work in progress until the day I die. This requires a sense of vulnerability that can make you painfully aware of your own fears sometimes. The 1st instinct is to run and hide from those fears. Run and hide from the pain. But...
“In the studio or on the road, many artists find they’re at their most creative...”
– Robert Genn (via jamilaproductions)
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Got My Virtual Shotgun In Hand, Ready To Fire!
Anger is such a powerful motivational tool! I often feel like I don’t allow myself to realize my anger often enough because by nature I am such a loving individual that wants everyone to love each other. But tonight I realized that anger is a normal human emotion. And it can he healthy to allow myself to feel it. It’s how I react to it, is the important thing. This leads me to what...
“Fanaticism is always a sign that one has adopted one of a pair of opposites at...”
– Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow (via kimjungho)
January 2012
2 posts
“The core wound that we all suffer from is the disconnection from our own being....”
– John Welwood, Toward a Psychology of Awakening
Wisdom I subscribe to!
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NEW SHOW!!!!
A week from today, Janurary 12th 2012. I will have the honour of performing at L.A’s COOLEST weekly Trip Hop Party…Tripnotic! Tripnotic pays homage to the most revolutionary Trip Hop/Downtempo acts of yore and present. There is NO other party around quite like it that measures up. I will be going on at 10:30pm and will be playing songs from my more Downtempo repertoire. Tripnotic is...
December 2011
3 posts
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MERRY Christmas, Happy Holidays!
I just want to wish everyone a very happy, healthy and safe holiday weekend. Need some holiday cheer? Check out this Amazing Podcast by my friends at Tripnotic featuring a whole selection of Trip Hop Christmas renditions including my OWN contribution: “What Child Is This?”
http://tripnotic.fm/podcast/?pod=17&startTime=1520#1520
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A FREE Christmas Gift From Me To You!!!!
It’s that time of year again. And this year I wanted to do something special and something very Irene Merring/RVRS:Play-ish to contribute to the wonderfulness that is Christmastime. So I combined the masterful production of RVRS:Play and the vocal stylings of Irene Merring and put them in a pot full of Christmas Classics, Vanessa Williams inspiration and Trip Hop/Downtempo grittiness. What...
November 2011
8 posts
FUNK GUMBO RADIO: FUNK GUMBO 5 - Irene Merring -... →
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9-15-2011 - Written By: David L. $Money Train$ Watts & Howard Hobson – Funk Gumbo Radio
Funk Gumbo Radio is greatly honored that the highly talented and very opinionated Irene Merring is doing Part 2 of our Funk Gumbo 5 Questions. Hearkening back to the days when…
FUNK GUMBO RADIO: FUNK GUMBO 5 - Irene Merring -... →
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9-15-2011 - Written By: David L. $Money Train$ Watts & Howard Hobson – Funk Gumbo Radio
Funk Gumbo Radio is greatly honored that the highly talented and very opinionated Irene Merring is doing Part 1 of our Funk Gumbo 5 Questions. Hearkening back to…
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Is Jay-Z Exploiting the Occupy Wall Street... →
I am APPALLED at the audacity of all this! Like Russell Simmons stated, Jay-Z took a movement that was created to rise AGAINST control from corporations, and took it to w whole new level where his OWN corporation can benefit from it! His insistence on making an empire out of the movement IS exploitation in it’s highest form. Occupy Wall Street movement is about the 99% coming together to...
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Irene Merring at the House Of Blues Los Angeles
Yes folks, I am playing at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip on November 19th in the Foundation Room. I am pretty damn stoked about this gig seeing as not only is it the legendary House Of Blues but that it is also on the Sunset Strip which I LOVE! The night is based around female fronted band which if you have read ANY of my posts before, you know this brings out the Riot Grrrl in me! I go...
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4 Reasons To Quit The Music Business!
As a purist, I sometimes struggle with the state of music and the music business in this day and age. Things have changed so much since I was a child and started in the entertainment business that I am already finding myself relating to Grandparents of yore saying the phrase, “In My Day…..”. I consider myself a true artist. Which means that I make music from my heart and soul...
JAMILA productions: Bodies, water, blood →
jamilaproductions:
Last spring I joined photographers Katie Chao & Ben Meussig of shooting brooklyn, Mike Genato (RVRS:PLAY) and musician Irene Merring for a photoshoot at Floyd Bennett Field, an abandoned airfield in Brooklyn. It was a raw day, perfect for capturing the night/day light effects that…
October 2011
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"Don't Feel" is "Song Of The Day"!!!
My song “Don’t Feel” was selected as “Song Of The Day” for TODAY, October 19th on the radio station FM102x. It will be featured on the station’s homepage all day and will continue to spin on rotation on the station moving forward. Please tune in and show your support! xoxox.
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Vote For Cindi Braff!
Okay, okay. I know some of you are skeptics when it comes to psychics. And who can blame you with all the phonies out there manipulating you to get your money. It’s really hard to find a psychic out there that genuinely has a gift and isn’t just a master manipulator. When I still lived in NYC, I was introduced to a psychic at a party who was giving tarot readings. Her name was Cindi...
Great quote!
kimjungho:
“Our fears create a contracted and false sense of self. This false or ‘small’ self grasps our limited body, feelings, and thoughts, and tries to hold and protect them. From this limited sense of self arises a deficiency and need, defensive anger, and the barriers we build for out protection. We are afraid to open, to change, to live fully, to feel the whole of life; a contracted...
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LIVE SHOW! October 14th: GoGirls MusicFest
I’m playing live at The Talking Stick in Venica, CA on October 14th. The show is a Benefit for The Red Thread Movement which is an initiative that unites voices against the human rights violation of sex trafficking. The benefit is being organized by GoGirlsMusic.com which focuses on advancing the careers of female artists. I’ll be performing a few songs of my upcoming EP, “After...
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Afro-Punk
Wikipedia describes the Afro-Punk movement as referring to:
“the participation of African Americans and other black people in the punk and alternative music cultures. Afro-punks make up a minority in the North American punk scene. However, they represent a majority in the punk culture in predominantly black regions of the world that have burgeoning punk communities, such as in parts...
September 2011
12 posts
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L.A Punk Noir Radio
I have the honour of having TWO of my tracks from my upcoming EP “After The Fall part 1” on LPN Radio hosted by LordQ!
“Join Lord Q, Founder of LAPUNKNOIR.com, for 15 minutes with Alternative Urban bands. Featuring Black and Brown rockers, punks, metal bands and alternative hip-hop artists, Q:15 is a platform for bands and artists that Black radio can’t handle and White...
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Funk Gumbo Radio
Funk Gumbo is a Live365 radio station that celebrates Black musicians from the genres of Rock and Funk. I have the honour of being 1 of the artists featured on the station amongst such names as Lenny Kravitz and Jimmy Hendrix. Hear my song “Don’t Feel” off my upcoming EP called “After The Fall Part 1” by following the widget below. :-)
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Makoto - "Souled Out" LP →
When it comes to Drum N’ Bass, Makoto is my FAVOURITE producer/DJ! ESPECIALLY when teamed with talented songstress/MC Deeizm. They make a powerhouse duo! But Makoto’s talent stems FAR beyond Drum N’ Bass. With his new LP “Souled Out” Makoto brings back all of the AMAZING elements of Acid Jazz/Soul with updated grooves and fresh vibes! The LP is now available in the...
Tripnotic.FM Weekly Party in Los Angeles
FINALLY!!!! A party which pays homage to an amazingly beautiful and experimental genre of music which has managed to keeps it’s integrity well preserved in a decadent society that seems to make a mockery of everything it gets it’s hands on. Trip Hop! Yes, that’s with a “T”. Or most recently referred to as “Down Tempo”, “Chillout” or...
The Elizabeth Warren Quote Every American Needs To... →
This speaks to the Socialist in me but is an eye opening quote for all humans everywhere!
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Kickstarter - The Punk Singer: The Documentary... →
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Ecstacy 100% Proven To Kill Cancer Cells →
Hey kids! Drugs are good for you! ;-)
Sonic Youth Film ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’ on... →
I can’t wait to buy this DVD finally! I always wanted it as a child. Rented it on VHS from a video store once but happy I get to own it now! :-)
Fiona Apple →
To this very day, I love and admire Fiona Apple’s talent, insightfulness and profound ability to create amazing art through her music. She is truly blessed by destiny to do what she does and I am thankful for the way her talents inspire my own art/music. And…well…can’t deny that in an alternate reality, she would ask me to marry her! ;-) Check out the link above to see a...