#hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

My favourite little thing in House of Leaves is when Zampanò makes an incorrect comment about a bible verse, which Johnny corrects with something which is also wrong, which is then further incorrected by the editor

#the three stooges of liminal horror #hambs bad takes #bloody hell ive had this post sitting in my drafts for months because i was scared it wasnt clever enough #now ive come back to fact check the editor and i can no longer find it #so now im no longer certain it even existed and ive just imagined the whole thing #but i typed it up when i found it so its obviously gotta be there somewhere #house of leaves #honestly ready to drop everything and reread just to find this damn footnote

[onestowatch]

Dacey on Quarantine Creativity, Falling Asleep to Bill Burr, and “Broccoli’s Keeper” [Q&A]

Vancouver-based band Dacey is the latest act to grace the cover of Spotify’s “Fresh Finds: Indie.” Lead singer Dacey Andrada, guitarists Justin Tecson and Waterfall Eyes, bassist Joshfrompomo, and drummer Marco Marin are taking the Gen Z world by storm with their hazy brand of genre-bending DIY music. With a Mac Demarco-like nonchalance and a Steve Lacy-esque groove, Dacey sits comfortably at the intersection of bedroom pop and alternative R&B. 

“Broccoli’s Keeper,” the band’s newest single (out now on Kitsuné Musique), is a woozy tribute to dro. With an effortless lilt, Andrada lays down lyrics about getting high on your typical afternoon over a jangling guitar instrumental.

I had the pleasure of catching up with frontwoman Dacey over email last week to pick her brain about “Broccoli’s Keeper,” creativity in quarantine, and falling asleep to the dulcet tones of Bill Burr. 

Ones To Watch: Who is Dacey?

Dacey: My name is Dacey Andrada, and I’m the lead singer of the band DACEY, I’m a singer-songwriter born and raised in Vancouver BC. I make music with elements of alt-R&B, neo-soul, lo-fi hip hop, indie, and jazz.

So, you’re based in Canada, and first met at the Nimbus School of Recording and Media in Vancouver. How have your cultural surroundings helped shape the music you make today?

I’m a second-generation Canadian, I was born in Vancouver BC, and was raised in a Filipino household with both music-loving parents. As a kid, I grew up listening to my dad’s music collection, which consisted of burnt CDs, cassette tapes, concerts pre-recorded onto VHS tapes, and vinyl. We had an array of genres, including artists such as the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Jackson 5, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, the Beach Boys, and Amy Winehouse. 

I was a four year old who stood on top of the family coffee table as if it were a stage, entertaining guests with my fake Britney Spears headset microphone. It wasn’t until grade school that I realized I was mostly drawn to, and most passionate about Motown, Jazz, R&B, and Funk. In high school, I played bass in jazz band and sung in jazz choir, which contributed to my growth of very niche jazz music. 

From then on, I slowly started writing my own music around the age of 11, progressively discovering my style in writing as the years went by. At the beginning of high school, I began listening to new artists that were in and changing the game. I gradually grew my love for hip-hop, neo-soul, indie alternative, and immediately fell in love with the music of Tyler, the Creator, Kanye West, Anderson .Paak, SZA, Hiatus Kaiyote, Mild High Club, Mac Demarco, and Thundercat.

When did you realize music was something you wanted to seriously pursue?

Growing up, I’ve always had a passion for music. So ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to be a performer. It wasn’t until after high school, I realized right away that the dentistry route wouldn’t be for me, I then started performing all over Vancouver.

How have you been staying busy in quarantine? Have you picked up anything new?

I’ve been recording for our upcoming EP, It is currently in the process. I’ve picked up biking, hiking, and long walks. Last year while I was still in school, it had been hard for me to stay physically active because I would always be in the studio either recording or producing for my classes. I would say I have been the most active this year due to quarantine (which isn’t a bad thing lol).

Walk us through your songwriting process. How has social distancing affected your creativity as a group?

Usually during band practice or whenever we all get to be in the studio, either one of us would come up with a chord progression, then we all add our parts and jam it out. I would then take a recording of it, bring it home, then write to the piece. Otherwise, I would come up with a chord progression first, sometimes the lyrics would have already been written, and bring it to the studio to show the band, then jam it out until we see fit. Since quarantine started, it has slowed down our creative process and our workflow, since we weren’t really able to meet up as much to make new material. However, we’re slowly getting back into the groove and grinding it all out.

What’s your go-to “interesting fact” when you do icebreakers in class?

I like to sleep with podcasts from my favourite comedians on. I can easily fall asleep to Bill Burr. 

“Broccoli’s Keeper” is such a fun name - how did you come up with the idea for the song, and more importantly, who is Sir Pablo?

“Broccoli’s Keeper” is derived from the term brother’s keeper. It is a metaphor for a person who’s in charge of the kush. I was inspired by the song “Addicted” by Amy Winehouse, and I sort of based the song around her’s and especially around my experiences. It’s just about how greedy you have to be sometimes with your dro. Sir Pablo is anyone who mooches off you way too often, and is a weed fiend.

Are there any artists you would like to tour with or collaborate with in the future?

So many! I would love to collaborate with Tyler, the Creator, Anderson Paak., Tame Impala, SZA, Kali Uchis, Steve Lacy, and Mac Demarco one day! I feel like I’m missing someone…

What’s next for Dacey?

We’ve got a new single coming out in September! We’ve got our EP coming up in the next few months, can’t really pinpoint a specific date, but it’s real soon! We’ve also got a music video for “Broccoli’s Keeper” dropping.

Who are your Ones To Watch?

Hamb Sun, an artist also based in Vancouver! He’s super dope, and his style is really unique. He really makes it his own.

#dacey #interview #R&B #soul #neo soul #pop #anti pop #indie #broccolis keeper

[nenethestar]

Week 4 of 52 Days

Well hello there dahhhlings,

   I started this journey the week after Spring Break and let me tell ya... it's been a struggle. I've had slips. I've had good days and bad days. Good and bad WEEKENDS. But I've lost about a pound a week which includes the week I was in Corpus for work. That was hard. Really hard. I managed though, that's all that matters.

   While my body is still getting used to eating constantly (and trying to eat healthy) my mentality, and sadly immune system, has been a bit down recently.

   After I got back from my work trip, I immediately came down with fever blisters again. Could have been from stress - could have been because I took a hot hot shower every night I was in Corpus, because when you're in a hotel room for a week - how can you NOT take a hot shower?

   So that happened.

   Plus, I've just been feeling really down lately. Kinda sad. More tired. I skipped out on workouts the week I was back from Corpus and I feel like I've been spiraling since. With those feelings and tiredness in mind, I start going back to bad habits. No exercising, eating whatever I want, sleeping every chance I get, and most of all - not socializing. I've literally been in my bubble for weeks.    I told myself I would make time for workouts this week and get back on track. I need to. I want to be healthy and get back to the weight I was when I was younger and I say younger because ya girl is getting ooold.

   From here on out - I will be better. I have to be.

   Cutting out the sugars was hard at first, but it got easier and now the longer I'm on this, the less sugar I crave. One thing that has helped cut the sugar cravings are the Atkins Shakes! Only 1g of sugar and 15g protein - plus they can be a meal replacement too. 

   So I have breakfast in the morning (usually a milkshake), Lunch (mostly chicken, some papas and veggies OR a salad), and Dinner (light, mostly chicken or pita pockets (hamb. meat in the oven) with veggies and rice) and WATER. Lots and lots of water. 

   They say it's best to also have a "strong snack" mid morning and afternoon... but I hardly do that. It's too much. Also, working out 3 days a week (except the last 2 weeks - I feel so guilty!) helps too. Weekends are the hard part for me because during the week, I'm busy at work. On the weekends, I'm just at home with mom. Whose sadly no help lol but I've managed. I've survived this long.

   Let's hope I can make it the rest of the way and into a better person!

   Tired of my rambling yet? Too bad.

   I will be better at managing the blog and updating. I feel like not only have I been slacking with dieting and exercise but with my social media as well. 

   Don't fret. I'm making a comeback. You'll see.

   Until next time,

Xo

 Nat

#Healthy #Lifestyle #Updates #Life #exercise #eating habits #strong

[eau-the-agony]

Palworld offers nothing original in terms of mechanics and a huge portion of its creature design can be linked back to existing pokemon but you will have to pry this game from my cold dead hands tbh.

#palworld #i love you incineram i love you relaxosaurus i love you chillet i love you nitewing i love you depresso #i love you rooby and foxsparks even though youre essentially the same thing #hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

Getting fired (out of a cannon) on my first day with adeptus mechanicus for inventing a new flavour of heresy (having freaky unethical sex with a tank)

#until this hellsite lets me opt out of ai training on mobile im spoon feeding it bullshit #also powerwash simulator has 40k dlc and i love learning about serieses incorrectly through cultural osmosis #hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

Nobody:

Tumblrinas in 1993: Karen Green was an irideemable bitch. If she hadn't reached a point where she was no longer able to deny her growing sense of isolation from Will Navidson and begin to redirect her dependence on him elsewhere, the Spiral Staircase would have never dropped Navidson down through and beyond the centre of the earth. In this essay I-

#hambs bad takes #yeah im using the year that The Navidson Record was “released” and not the date of the book its what Danielewski would have wanted #im also the chairman of the karen green fan club this is parody #house of leaves

[eau-the-agony]

Delighted to announce that I'm officially the first person to be Actually Bad at Stardew Valley!!

#i overplanted for summer and now im using up my whole supply of cave mushrooms just to get everything watered each day #takes up a good portion of the day and theres been no rain this season #my only bronze tool is my axe because i dont have the time or energy to go down to the mines #ive managed to get a few brief moments to try and get the fishing bundles in the community centre done but i doubt ill get pufferfish #hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

hey go watch late night with the devil it's great it's definitely a normal demonic possession movie

#hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

There's a fine art to appreciating lae'zel. At first she's kinda ugly and then you see the mod of someone making her "conventionally pretty" and it makes you really angry and then suddenly somehow you're simping

#hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

Hey is the bear actually just always sunny for people whose favourite yt channel is binging with babish?

#hambs bad takes #perhaps my worst yet even #yes ive started my yearly tv show and i want the greasy depressed chef carnally keep scrolling

[eau-the-agony]

The worst instagram comedian is the guy who plays 'how long into the white suburban crockpot video until a whole container of cream cheese is dropped in' who spends every second between the title and announcing the presence of cream cheese promoting his tours. Who's booking this man in the first place? If I were to pay to see his shows would he actually give a performance or would he find something else to promote? Does he turn on a projector and start watching kays cooking in complete silence? Get a job

#hambs bad takes #hes the first influencer (im not calling him a comedian) who i actually want to bully #he had a couple of other videos up which sure ill admit were probably funny if i bothered to watch then #but the crock pot cream cheese tour announcements were definitely over half of his most eecent videos

[eau-the-agony]

Ada has to be my favourite fo4 companion. You tell her to stop following you and her response is 'I don't advise this but I trust your judgement' and then just refuses to leave. Love me a clingy queen.

#its probably just a bethesda “”“feature”“” but shes my only companion who does this #even the other robots leave when asked #hambs bad takes #update nvm archangel did the same thing #turns out it forces them to leave wjen you take on another companion so i swapped between archangel and ada #there was a solid 5 second delay to select the place to send archangel which is usually instantaneous #its probably the mods but im choosing to believe these robots are jealous

[eau-the-agony]

She wants to speak to the Vex's manager immediately.

#hambs bad takes #back on destiny for the first time since it released and I Am Overwhelmed.

[eau-the-agony]

Yay I finally beat DA2 without the Meredith fight glitching out, that means its time to drown in my emotions and vibrate until I can start Inquisition tomorrow night

#i would literally rather die than play origins again tho but im kinda regretting not starting there #i just need to convince my friend to watch me plag the missions set in the fade so i dont start biting things #this also gives me time to plan romance choices #its between josephine and cullen #maybe bull actually i dont know how i feel about romancing a character i cant drag along on quests #hell im half tempted to make a male inquisitor so i can kiss cassandra #bioware cant keep getting away with this i just want one (1) knight girlfriend #hambs bad takes

[eau-the-agony]

Oh! The Funhole is actually a metaphor for his funhole! Neat!

#hambs bad takes #reading the cipher and coping with the horrors by making butthole jokes #and at this point the authors just spoon feeding them to me

[eau-the-agony]

My favourite thing about the companions in act 1 is that they'll sometimes just show up unannounced and talk to your dog

#hambs bad takes #they dont even want to talk to me they just want Stinker #anders doesnt even like dogs but he still comes in to tell stinker all about this