music and animation extravaganza

So I was going to post last night after my awesomely cool music experience, but I was too mad at the world after losing my wallet. I left it at the club where we saw the awesome music. Luckily, I got it back, but the $50 cash I had in there is no longer with me. But at least no one stole my credit cards.

Enough of that though, back to the music. My group (the LAFSC gave us groups so we can "get to know" some of the staff) went to this little club near Beverly Hills to hear Jon Brion play. He's the guy who did the scores to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Punch Drunk Love, he collaborated on some Eels stuff, as well as a heap of other things, I'm sure. We waited hours for this show, but it was worth it. He played a few songs straight on the piano and a few on guitar, but most of the night he played and looped his own stuff (drums, piano, bass, guitars, random bells, other parts of the piano) and then distorted it. The sound was really original and incredibly cool. He was sort of one man band meets dj. Jon Brion's playing with The Polyphonic Spree this Monday; I'm hoping to coerce some people into going with me.

Tonight I went to "the Animation Show" (Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt), which is a series of "the best" animated shorts of the past few years. It was pretty great. I haven't seen claymation that good in a long time. I was further inspired for my upcoming stop motion film.