Heller's Corner

One thousand.

2008-05-15T23:49:00.000-07:00

Without boasting or anything, you should probably know that I have one thousand friends.

Bushwick Beats...

2008-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

Frustration

2008-05-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

Do you know any good techniques for screwing things? I'm using a Phillips head, and its frustrating because eventually I go in at a weird angle, and then it won't work anymore. I'm trying to install a bunk bed ladder in my room. I don't have a bunk bed, but I'm sure I can use that ladder for something.

en serio.

Comida Mexicano NYC

2008-05-08T06:02:00.000-07:00

I'm reliving the Pachuca lifestyle, if only in accessibility to delicious food. Perhaps its the grace of the goddess Demeter, but I've moved into a neighborhood with a Mexican community. There are several Poblano eateries within a few blocks of my house. Poblano is the demonym for the residents of Puebla, a town an hour east of Mexico City. My town was an hour north, so the cuisine is similar.

I had legit albóndigas on Saturday at Taqueria La Asuncion.

Today on the way to the train a street vendor was selling $1 salsa verde tamales. That's what I ate every morning in Pachuca, at almost exactly the same price. Que rico guey!

Note, I have yet to find a delicious burrito in this city.

Today I'm working from Current in Manhattan. I can go in as often as I please. Someone in the office called me "slightly corporate." I guess that's a good way to describe this situation.

Bushwick

2008-05-06T10:38:00.000-07:00

So after almost a month, I'm settled in New York.

I found a place in a warehouse loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It has a huge roof, and it's perfect for summer dance parties.

I am right on the gentrification line. Which is the equivalent to being a white colonist on the hipster frontier. This is something that I have mixed feelings about. I am part of a force that is displacing disadvantaged communities.

But then again, I can't really afford to live anywhere else. This neighborhood is safe(ish), there are a lot of young people, and things to do. So, I'm excited on all those fronts.

It's kind of fucked up, on a sociological level, that there are liquor stores on every corner of this impoverished neighborhood. But, on a personal level, I am kind of a fan of spending $.80 on 32 ounces of malt liquor.

Errors and Corrections: Reggaeton

2008-04-28T21:35:00.000-07:00

Twenty months ago I said:

It turns out reggaeton is in 3/4 time, and that's why it's hard to make with iDrum (it only makes beats in 4/4.) After a while I figured it out, I made like three songs... I need to work on the lyrics... but they will probably sound like our first song:

Today I learned that I was incorrect.

The kick drum emphasizes a 4/4 beat, while the snare comes on the "and" of the 2nd 16th note and right on the 4th 16th.

Sorry, Daddy Yankee. Sorry, Calle 13. Sorry, Puerto Rico. Sorry, Reggaeton.

Waterbottling

2008-04-25T12:59:00.001-07:00

Last week, I was coworking with the Greenpeace online action team. One of them accused me of being a hippie because of my Nalgene water bottle. I've had this bottle for a few years, and helps keep me hydrated without impacting the environment.

Greenpeace doesn't support Nalgene because, the plastic that its made from leaches into the water, and slowly kills you. So they suggested a Sigg brand, metal container.

Yesterday I went to buy one at the Manhattan equivalent to REI.

"I want a Sigg brand water bottle."
"Oh, you're jumping on the bandwagon since the New York Times article."

He acted like a pretentious record store employee.

"Oh, you really want that Arcade Fire CD, like everybody else?"

Look, I'm not trying to be hip, I just don't want to be poisoned. Or at least I'd prefer to feel the benefits of poisoning myself. Plastic flavored water provides a much different sensation than gallons of booze.

The Manhattan REI equivalent was sold out, so I went to the Wal-Mart of health food. The Whole Foods on Houston had plenty in stock. I am now an owner of a Sigg. Hopefully scientists won't discover its toxicity for a long time, because I want to feel my 21$ was not a waste.

Coachella woes.

2008-04-25T07:46:00.000-07:00

For the past six “last weekends in April” I’ve attend that party in the desert: Coachella.

But this year I have cashed in one weekend of excellent fun in California, for a steady flow of awesome fun in Brooklyn.

But at this moment I am feeling pangs of jealousy towards those lucky enough to go to the premier music festival in North America.

If I were there I’d see these artists.

I’ve Starred the REALLY IMPORTANT ones.

Friday:

**Aphex Twin 8-9 Sahara
Dan Deacon 4-5 Gobi
Dan le sac Scroobius Pip 630-720 Gobi
Mum 550- 645 Mojave
Fatboy slim 1045 Sahara

Saturday:
Kavinsky 220-310 Sahara
**MGMT 340-430 Mojave
Rilo Kiley 720-810 Outdoor
Hot Chip 610-7 Sahara
Kraftwerk 750 - 850 Main
Calvin harris 955-1045 Gobi
**120 days 3-345 Gobi

Sunday
Austin tv (Mexican instrumental post-rock) 1-145 Main
Cool Kids 2-240 Main
I'm from Barrcelona 245-330 Mojave

GREAT ELECTRO LINEUP
**Modeselektor 8-9 Sahara
Simian 9-950 Sahara
Chromeo 10-1050 Sahara
Justice 11 Sahara

Album cover material.

2008-04-23T14:14:00.000-07:00

Folk singing. Dandelion picking.

Totes bag.

2008-04-22T09:41:00.001-07:00

I don't like that phrase "totes" to mean "totally," unless it's on some sort of book bag.

Free Cup Holder

2008-04-18T11:47:00.001-07:00

Do you know anyone who wants to by the url free cup holder (dot) com ?

I can get you a good deal on it.

Hella New York experience

2008-04-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

I was walking down the stairs to the subway, as people were getting off the train. Some kid yelled: "You're in the stairwell, stupid."

International Picnic Day Solidarity Movement 2008

2008-04-17T08:57:00.000-07:00

The International Picnic Day Solidarity Movement was founded in 2007, to help people who have left Davis celebrate the holiest day of the year: Picnic Day.

Last year I found myself drinking shitty American beers at a hostel in Merida, Mexico.

This year I will be celebrating in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NYC at 2PM.

Let us not forget the great Picnic Day anthem of yore:

Oh Picnic Day, Oh Picnic Day
The Hol-i-est day of the Year
Oh Picnic Day, Oh Picnic Day
God shed his Grace on Beer
And doth thy Good in Drunkenhood
From A street to G street!

Or you can check out the 2007 Remix.

Fiesta Nueva York

2008-04-14T22:50:00.000-07:00

Shawn and I were dreaming of a party on a Wednesday in Midtown called Miercoles on 34th Street.

Prescription drugs.

2008-04-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

I heard an advertisement warning of the dangers of prescription drugs:

"More people are hospitalized for prescription drugs than Marijuana and Heroin combined."

Which is exactly like saying:
"More people are hospitalized for prescription drugs Heroin."

Hola, Nueva York.

2008-04-11T08:48:00.001-07:00

So, I've fulfilled the birthright of all young Californians and made it back to the land of my ancestry, New York City. I am staying at my best friend since 2nd (minus 10th grade's) house six stops into Brooklyn.

Today I'm at Jelly, which is doing online work from someone else's apartment.

I just got hired full time at Current.com, and I have various other projects. (Ie. goofy bands)

In this city you can't tell if you are hungover, or tired, because the bars close way later.

I walked 500 miles yesterday, and I would walk 500 more today, if I got the chance.

I'll probably be a more prolific blogger in New York, than I was on Organic Farm.

Hasta, Joshua

Family trip.

2008-04-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

"Thizz face, mommy": Adventures in northern California with the Hellers. from JoshuaHeller on Vimeo.

Blast from the Past.

2008-04-07T22:01:00.001-07:00

"is it insider trading if you firebomb a building that is insured by a company you have stock in?"

Josh Heller
3.7.2005

The oldest joke in the book.

2008-04-07T02:21:00.000-07:00

"You know that's a very good question."

Bill Nye the Science Guy (REMIX!)

2008-04-04T15:00:00.000-07:00

Theme to Bill Nye, the Science Guy (DJ Joshua Heller Remix)

Malted Beverage

2008-04-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

Try my new Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Slobodan Milošević, themed apple-flavored malt beverages: Geno-ciders.

Heller v Heller: "Is this a Taco?"

2008-03-31T18:05:00.000-07:00

I, the man who brought you "The Ghost of Raisin Job" and "Pomegranate Song", wrote this killer song about dummies called "Is this a Taco?"

Now Kenn Heller, the man responsible for things like "the Kugel routine" and "Joshua Heller", tries to overshadow me by doing his rendition.

WHOSE IS BETTER?

Heller v Heller: "Is this a Taco?" from JoshuaHeller on Vimeo.

"damn, you got showed up by your pops
elvis costello steaz"

Muxtaped

2008-03-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

I made a Muxtape.

It's the first mix I've made in years. I forgot how fun those are.

I want to make an awful mixtape next.

heller.muxtape.com

2008-03-30T01:00:00.001-07:00

Tickets for Bernie Mac? I thought you said tickets for Burning Man.

Ein Heller (circa 2002)

2008-03-29T16:23:00.000-07:00

When I was a sophomore in college my friends were really into making slideshows.

This was my first attempt in the slideshow game.

Ein Heller (circa 2002) from JoshuaHeller on Vimeo.