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MVM : Tape Deck Mountain

Tape Deck Mountain has been in the news lately, with a new track surfacing on Pitchfork from their upcoming EP, titled Secret Serf.  Today's Music Video Monday highlight's an older TDM track and a recent collaboration with image-smith Charles Bergquist.

You can catch Tape Deck Mountain live in Los Angeles on December 7th (Bootleg Theater) or in San Diego on December 9th (Whistlestop).  Stream and/or download their new jam P.I. below.

Tape Deck Mountain - "P.I."

Secret Serf out 01/11/11 via Lefse.

The Return of Habitat House

The fabled Golden Hill venue, Habitat House, will re-open its doors this Sunday with performances from Cry For Us Black Swans, and The Vision Of A Dying World. Both acts will be represented by their front man only, Jon Piotrowski, and Jackson Milgaten, respectively. Below are two of my favorite tracks from all of 2010, and I can't wait to hear them in the comfort of a beautiful, huge living room. For future Habitat happenings, keep up with their blog, facebook, and twitter. See you this Sunday around 7pm.

Cry For Us Black Swans - "Fear Of Sleep"

The Vision Of A Dying World - "Mantra / What Is And What Is Not"

Photo by Carly Ealey - Poster by Dylan Ousley

MVM : Sun Airway

I've been hooked on this Sun Airway record ever since I happened upon their set Tuesday night at the Casbah.  It's always a true test if an unfamiliar band can leave you humming their songs by night's end. Sun Airway's closer, Put The Days Away, did just that. After chatting with one of the band members about my summer trip to Philly (their home town), I decided to drop a ten spot on their LP. It was a wise investment. Photo by Brandon Tauszik.

Sun Airway - "Put The Days Away"

Sun Airway - "Waiting On You" 

Slumber Party in Wes Bruce's Fort

As Wes mentioned in an interview with Fox 5 San Diego, it's not a fort until you have a sleepover in it. Going by those standards, Bruce's 20+ room fort at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido will be official christened this Friday evening / Saturday morning. The museum is not only hosting a slumber party in Wes' fort, but also a private concert from Joel P West (who scored the background music for Wes' installation) and Meg & Bryan, with story interludes from Andrew Gumm. The concert has an entry fee of $15 dollars, $10 for museum members. If you want to crash the slumber party, that will cost you $50 large, but you get dinner and breakfast included! More info on CCA's event's page.

Morgan Blair : Pixel Macaulay

Those of you who came to Morgan Blair's opening in San Diego last year, know that she has a fondness for nostalgia, for old VHS tapes, and specifically for the early 90s classic, Home Alone. Recently Dustin Ortiz, our first featured artist and ex-Senior Designer at Nixon, moved to New York. We met up for lunch before he left, and I gave him a Sezio t-shirt Morgan had designed, explaining to him how he needed to meet up with her in NYC. The shirt's neck label contained some background info about Morgan, and an open call for a very specific mural installation.

In case you can't read the fine print, half way down reads:

She is currently looking for a good wall in which to paint a blown up pixelated still of Macaulay Culkin holding a rifle in Home Alone. If you have this wall, feel free to find and contact Morgan at http://morganblair.com.

Within weeks of moving across the country, Dustin contacted Morgan and offered her a 13 by 10 foot wall in his Brooklyn apartment. Five months, twenty colors, and 4,800 pixels later, Morgan completed This Is It, Don't Get Scared Now, titled after the very words Kevin McCallister utters before shooting Harry (Joe Pesci) in the crotch through the doggy door.

The unveiling of this masterpiece will happen this Saturday from 7-9pm. If you're in New York, I highly recommend you see this in person and give Morgan a huge high-five from us! There are a couple detailed shots below (all photos courtesy of William Covintree) and a bunch of progress pics on Morgan's blog.