Holiday Mix Tape Swap Playlist

did my holiday mix tape for tonite's holiday mix tape swap for Only For the Open Minded... it's a hodgepodge of craziness... like my weird mood right now. hope you like at least some of it Jenny (my secret santa assigned swap victim)... whoever you are. - v

01. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
02. Traps PS - Better Friend
03. Little Dragon - Swimming
04. No Age - Eraser
05. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
06. Le Tigre - Eau d' Bedroom Dancing
07. Deerhoof - Fresh Born
08. Buddy Holly - Everyday
09. Abe Vigoda - Bear Face
10. Gal Costa - Sebastiana
11. The Sea And Cake - Shoulder Length
12. Hanne Hukkelberg - Do Not As I Do
13. Milosh - You Fill Me
14. Maps And Atlases - Big Bopper Anthems
15. Art Damaged - Love Birds (How to Make Kids Cry)
16. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over

December Show - 12/12/09

we're playing in Hollywood for a daytime swap meet/ craft fair. so vampires beware!

12/12/2009
12:00 PM at Blue Monkey Lounge & Relax Bar
5521 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, California 90028
Cost: $3 w/ Flyer, $5 w/o
The Good, The Bad and The Lovely: a music and swap meet between Noon - 6pm with live performances by Very Be Careful, The Guppies, Subcollect, and The Miles Approach in Relax Bar.

DEaf

tonight, vivian and louie play as DEaf at tribal cafe at 12:30. come if you want to rock it while getting your juice on.

DEaf: www.myspace.com/deafbandla

$ free $
11/7/2009 7:00 PM at Tribal Cafe
1651 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90026
with bands: Images, Swing Hailey, Mira La Luz, AGP

show show show

with:

dirt dress
traps ps
hello my name is red

9:30 miles approach
10:20 hello my name is red
11:10 dirt dress
12:00 traps ps

227 n avenue 55
Highland Park, California

Cost:$5
please do not bring your own booze to this one . . . you will get that sweet nectar confiscated . . . besides, drinks inside are the cheapest in town!

and we're giving away free cd's and buttons!

Tonight! Live Film Scoring at Downtown Independent

Join us for a truly special evening of live audio + visual exploration
and exclusive screening of fresh international cinema.
Live and direct from the Philippines to Los Angeles!
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SQUATTER RIGHTS: LIVE REWORKS of Philippine Nu Wave Films
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Featuring selected films by KHAVN, RAYA MARTIN, JOHN TORRES, DADA DOCOT (Philippines)
Accompanied by THE MILES APPROACH, RANI D, RED KEY EXPERIMENT (Los Angeles)

doors at 8:30pm, screens at 9pm
Downtown Independent
251 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.downtownindependent.com/

Rooftop Reception post-screening.
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FEATURED FILMS:

PERFORMING NATURALNESS (2008) 3 min
A Filipina living in Japan secretly confronts Japanese immigration police
at a Shinagawa train station armed only with a concept and a roll of 8mm film.

Director, Dada Docot
Visual artist and film maker emerges into the international scene
with a deeply personal and subtly defiant style.

*accompanied by Vivian Chow and Joel Quizon
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TRACK PROJECTIONS (2006) 4 min
Another video wants to be a film, as a filmmaker
travels across the world in search of another filmmaker.

Director, Raya Martin
Fresh from two features shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
and inclusion of his latest feature Independencia at the New York Film Festival.

*accompanied by Rani de Leon
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ANDREA’T (2008) 5 min
A visual intermission containing distance, face, skin,
and the pursuit of the familiar far from where the beloved sits.

Director, John Torres
Award winning and a regular of the international film festival circuit,
Torres makes idiosynchratic films that leave indelible impressions on the viewer.

*accompanied by Joel Quizon
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SQUATTERPUNK (2007) 79 min
A visual explosion of a day in the life of squatter kids
living in the urban margins of Philippines.

Director, Khavn
Musician and filmmaker, he is one of the true renegades
of the Philippine Independent Film movement.

*accompanied by The Miles Approach, Red Key Experiment
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The Miles Approach
http://www.myspace.com/themilesapproach
Inventive Los Angeles Indie trio featuring Louie Mendoza, Vivian Chow and Drew de Ramos.

Rani de Leon
http://www.myspace.com/djranid
soulful global atmospherics for the discerned dancefloor.

Red Key Experiment
http://www.myspace.com/redkeyexperiment
Drew de Ramos and Joel Quizon. Sound collage on four turntables and eclectic vinyl selections.
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Curated by Philippines filmmaker, Ruelo Lozendo
and presented by LA filmmakers Maya Santos & Joel Quizon
with support from Visual Communications (http://www.vconline.org) and the 2009 Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (http://www.filmamarts.org), Sept. 12-13!

photo by Buccino de Ocampo.
flyer by Light Friends.
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DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER
http://www.downtownindependent.com/

Live Performance Score to "Squatterpunk"

9/11/2009 8:00 PM at Downtown Independent Theater
251 South Main St (Between 2nd and 3rd Streets), Los Angeles, California

The Miles Approach plays alongside Red Key Experiment as a live performance score to a great Black & White film from the Philippines entitled "Squatterpunk".

SQUATTER RIGHTS: Philippine Nu Wave Films REWORKED @ Downtown Independent.

Films by Khavn, Raya Martin, John Torres, Dada Docot / Music by Rani D, The Miles Approach, Red Key Experiment

flyer for the old town pub show

The Miles Approach plays first at 9-ish!
7/22/2009 9:00 PM at Old Town Pub
66 N Fair Oaks, Pasadena, California 91103
www.myspace.com/themilesapproach

Illustration by comic artist, Paul Pope

Another new show!

The Miles Approach just got another show in July!

7/22/2009 9:00 PM at Old Town Pub
66 N Fair Oaks, Pasadena, California 91103
with Clark 8... more tba

and we just found out that our friends, The Hard To Get, will be playing at the July 5th show at The Airliner too!

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

they just don't make music videos like this anymore...




these costumes are freaking fantastic! "I Want You Back"

Video Flyer for July 5th show @ The Airliner

Update: we just found out that our friends, The Hard To Get, will be playing at the July 5th show at The Airliner too!

new show added!

sunday, july 5th
at the Airliner in LA
we play first at 9pm
excited to play our new songs!

7/5/2009 9:00 PM at THE AIRLINER
2419 North Broadway, LOS ANGELES, California 90031

For a monthly art/music/burlesque show called Heart On...

UPDATE: we just found out that our friends, The Hard To Get, will be playing at the July 5th show at The Airliner too!
more bands tba

cool bands last week

last week went to Pehr Space& L'Keg (the best places to play in L.A) and saw two great band Traps P.S. & Pangea , (look them up today! ).
Can't wait to play some more show , we trying write some new songs .
peace out , .................Louie

link to "here"

The debut screening of our music video for "Here" by Joel Quizon and Maya Santos was super fun. For those of you who couldn't make it... see it HERE!

Come one , Come all !!!!!

great show.. thanks!

That was a great show last night at The Scene! Thanks Gabe from the Black Kites for inviting us and for lending usage of your drum set!

Next stop is The Miles Approach music video debut at the Downtown Independent as a part of the Cinema Musica program for The Pacific Asian Film Festival.

It'll be awesome, another film program afterwards and multimedia after-party.... woot woot!

And... how can we forget Sukshinder Shinda?

May 1st @ The Scene (Glendale, CA)

Did you know that May Day is Lei Day in Hawai'i?

it's also the day we gig with the following peeps:
w/ The Black Kites, The Bruises, and The Cartographers

the miles approach plays last... make sure you're good and drunk so you can heckle us with fervor...

5/1/2009 10:00 PM at The Scene
806 E. Colorado St., Glendale, California 91205
Cost: 5

"Here" Video Screening - Los Angeles Pacific Asian Film Festival

The Miles Approach has a music video for "Here", which was entered into the Los Angeles Pacific Asian Film Festival and will be the opening music video program (Cinema Musica) on May 5, 2009 at 7:30pm at the American Independent in Downtown LA! Thank you, Joel & Maya!

Tix are here, and there's a rooftop party after the screening that will MAYBE feature Red Key Experiment performing w/ special guests (yes, us) doing some digital maneuvering.

daytime show in downtown on sunday, 4/5/09 - LA Indy Bazaar

4/5/2009 2:00 PM at Los Angeles Indy Bazaar
606 6th Street (Corner of Crocker and 6th St between San Pedro and Towne), Los Angeles, 90021
Cost: free

THE MILES APPROACH goes on around 2pm or 3pm.

STIMULUS PACKAGE :
Sunday April 5, 2009 between noon and sunset @:606 6th Street (Corner of Crocker and 6th St between San Pedro and Towne) Downtown, Los Angeles BazaarThis inaugural event was conceptualized from the need to stay positive during these seemingly strained economic times. Instead of dwelling on the negative, we want to focus on the blessings we do share like good health, good music and the company of good people.

More than just a party or a flea market, we hope that this gathering transcends to become an innovative forum for networking and collaborating in hopes, but not solely to create economic opportunities for everyone within our L.A. community. We are depending on YOUR input and participation to ensure that this event fulfills its full potential and shows what people, all working for a mutual positive goal, can achieve. Besides sounds from an arsenal of L.A.’s finest turntablists, representing some of Cali’s most respected DJ crews, we will be showcasing live performances from this city’s most talented musicians and fine artists.

Whether you’re a musician, artist, designer, film-maker, entrepreneur, or all the above, (This IS L.A.) we want YOU to showcase YOUR talents to get YOU more gigs. Or if you just want to dance and enjoy a good party, that’s cool too. Our select group of vendors are offering one-of-a-kind, hard-to-find jewelry and crafts, premium vintage clothing and furniture, private and well-known label samples/overstock and countless other treasures at bargain prices.

miles approach made a music video

so our good friend and new father joel quizon directed a music video for our song "Here" , we watched it at his humble abode , and loved it . that night we found out i made it in to a film festival and can't wait to see how it duz . we will let everyone know when it premiers, so if anyone wants to check it out.

I heart you tube......Louie

I love this song........

Animal Collective - Purple Bottle

too funny...

I can't stop watching this!!!! 2 COOL BANDS .....LOUIE

the health club - "vapour trails" (ride cover) @ mr. t's bowl 10.6.08

DEERHUNTER Never Stops

mashup music video on youtube

this mashup music video has been making the rounds in friendly email forwards

even more NEW SONGS UP

new songs up part deux...

we finally recorded (on cassette tape, long live lo-fi!) the song "red line downtown" -- the newer song we played last in our live sets.

we also re-recorded "you greek soldier with no armor" with vocals and everythang (but still on cassette tape). here's a sneak peak into our recording studio:

and if you haven't noticed, our good friend hever of the Mexican Fuck Face Syndicate® has designed our logo/image. oooh la laaaaaaa

NEW SONGS UP

you want lo-fi? we got lo-fi. these were recorded on cassette tape.

check it...

"dark corners sharp corners"

"you greek soldiers with no armor"

"untitled-1"

it's up on myspace

new music on its way up

low budget recordings will be replacing current fancy stuff... to be uploaded this week... get your fill here. beep bop boop bleep