Form/Function Fashion Show, Tomorrow

I am excited to be participating in my first runway show, tomorrow, at a benefit for the Portland Center for Architecture as the only jewelry designer, alongside the talents of 4 Portland-based apparel designers.
Read an article from Portland Monthly about the show here
And an article By Marjorie Skinner in Portland Mercury's Sold Out here
What: Form Function Fashion Show
When: Friday, October 29th, 7-10pm
Where: Center for Architecture – 403 NW 11th Ave. Portland, Or
How much: $20 for General Admission only $10 for students with ID. Available at http://formfunctionfashion.eventbrite.com/
Who:
Liza Rietz
Adam Arnold
Dawn Sharp
Emily Ryan
Sword+Fern

Hope to see you there!

this monday, come to valentine's for lady electro

Mine + Kerby's project, Lavender Mirror, used to be called Dusty Springfeelins...we're playing with our friend Jayme from Fleshtone's new band at valentine's this coming monday night..it's free, it will start maybe around 9 or so.
Please come! The whole night will be a fantasy land of weird lady electronicaaaaaaah!

(Not) So Bright, Please, part 2 is up @ Nationale!

Nationale has the second part of this month's show up, with a tiny silk string and pounded ring sculpture by me. I love everyone's rainbow- themed contributions.
White Fang will be playing in the gallery this Friday- see the Nationale blog for more news!
Come by the 811 building and visit us to see the show, and help coax summer out of it's shell with a tiny sale in the shop+studio this week.((see below for secret details))

A BOW THROUGH THE RAIN=Boy Joy at June art party+(Not)So Bright Please at Nationale

the new BOY JOY
Brooke Innmann's Everything Color Circle, 2007


failed attempt at grabbing a picture


ok so here we go, i have a few things coming up. i am finally telling you,sorry for the late notice====
i was not sick of the rain until today, because it allowed me to get all practiced and idea-d up for the art i am participating myself inside of this month. don't really care if that made no sense. i have rain in my ears.
i will be part of a rainbow themed group steez show this month at the lovely and awesome NATIONALE..who just made the move up front with us in the 811. YES!!! the opening is this friday. i'm making something out of nothing, again.
here's more about the show: (Not) So Bright, Please
i won't be able to be at much of the opening though because i'll be drumming for my friend Seth's band BOY JOY.. at June art party, where his sister SFG has pulled out all the stops this month, cause you know, it's s'posed to be SUMMER BY NOW. here's the invite: JUNE ART PARTY
maybe we'll see you,and NOT talk about the weather. wear feathers on your eyebrows.
xoxo

GO ON A DATE W/DJ NEW MOON PONCHO THIS MONTH!!

nerds, above.
N E W M O ON PON C H O LUVS U AND ONLY WANTS TO MAKE U DANSE

OMGOMOMGOMGOMG!!!
soo.. we are DJing at holocene THREE times this month!!
and
we
LOvE
it!
ok,so come hang out with us on these dates:

FRIDAY, MAY 7: Holocene sez: "Please join us from 5-8pm for our weekly Aperitivo Happy Hour, which--in European style- -features an impressive array of free appetizers straight from the Holocene kitchen (while they last). This week features feel-good disco and dance jams provided by DJ New Moon Poncho, aka Emily of Sword & Fern and Kerby of Lovers!" 5-8 pm, FREE! bring a special date! Last time we went when Genevieve of Linger+Quiet was spinning and we had a superromantic time! WEDNESDAY, MAY 12: Jacob Thor Andersons' BIRTHDAY PARTY! Holocene, with: Copy Dirty Mittens (yes! finally a date with our Chelsea!!) White Fang Plus secret special guests! doors 8;30, $5 Wednesday, MAY 19: MEGAN HOLMES'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION !!!! (we heart her, we write songs about her, we are her spirit animal!) Holocene, with: Nice Nice Asss Romancing Golden Retriever DJ Tropical Depression (Claudia from Explode into Colors!) AWESOME! doors 8:30, FREE! ALSO! WE ARE DJING THE AFTER PARTY FOR THE MERCURY FASHION SHOW-get your tix HERE- THIS COMING FRIDAY, THE SHOW OPENS AT 7 AND THE RUNWAY STARTS AT 9 AND DJ BEYONDA WILL GET YOU SHAKIN' AND THEN WE'LL START AFTER THAT TO KEEP YOU QUAKIN'! SUPERRRR EXCITING! WATCH FOR REIF .. I MADE SOME GRUNGE STEEZ ROSARY CRUCIFIX NECKLACES AND BRACELETS FOR HER SHOW!

happenings, more, soon

friday, march 5th: ART PARTY

i spent the afternoon hanging and building a small installation for this month's art party at branx.
come!
tomorrow night.
here's more about it from the mercury:
Jenny Hoyston and Sarah Gottesdiener's new monthly, Art Party, is gearing up for its second round on March 5 (at Branx, 10 pm, $5, 21+) this time with a fashion focus that includes two Portland designers who expertly smudge the demarcations of art and fashion on the regular: Julia Blackburn of Dust, and Emily Baker of Sword + Fern. Joining them is San Francisco DJ Chelsea Starr of House of Starr, debuting a new line at the event. Of course, because the art parties are about whipping together a whole mélange of arts, there will also be video installations from Pashly (AKA Susan Ploetz), live music by STLS (Lisa Schonberg's other band) and Atole, DJs, tarot readings, a possible body painting booth, and "a queer guerrilla jerkin' dance troop" injecting the night with a second-wind performance around midnight.
Art Party @ Branx • 320 SE 3rd Ave • Portland • 10PM • Ages 21+ • $5

saturday march 6th : NIGHTCLUBBING

NIGHTCLUBBING ---SATURDAY MARCH 6TH@HOLOCENE--we r soooo excited!!
we guest DJ, from 9 pm til 10..opening for NiceNice, Operative, and hosted by Linger +Quiet!
Come hang out with us for all kinds a jamz...all night!

"People... people... get ready for NICE NICE to TAKE. YOU. THERE. Finally set to release their full length on the legendary Warp label (Aphex Twin, LFO, Broadcast, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Jamie Lidell, Grizzly Bear), the timelessly handsome duo have seen a few Pacific Northwest sunsets in their day and are ready to show their spastic, urgent sonic equivalent to the world. These gents are going to share their DREAMS with you and you are going to FEEL it. BUT FIRST... Operative will MAKE. YOU. BELIEVE. They're the guys your friend told you was the best live dance act in Portland. Homemade noise rigs, live drums, pulsating rhythms, entire cities made of cumulus nimbus THIS IS REAL. BUT FIRST! For a moment picture that party in your favorite modern art movie where all the kids are so cool and the lighting is just right and there's sweat on the walls (but not in a gross way) and Chloe Sevigny is there or Samantha Morton or Vincent Gallo... well New Moon Poncho was DJing that party. They'll be DJing this one too. TRUE! And (of course) Linger & Quiet will be your gracious hosts and once NICE NICE's sun burns up they will take you to dizzying new heights of LIGHT, LOVE & LASERS until the sun comes up once again. AMEN."-holocene.org
andddddd..
join us at valentine's tuesday MARCH 9TH for a live set (Dusty Springfeelins!)
we open for Olympia band Broken Water and LOVERS!!

an epic portland valentine=music,mystics,looove,kombucha+spirit animals of the woods

photo of dusty springfeelins by honey o...where did those rainbows come from?!inside our heads....
linger and quiet

the miracles club, rad summer, VALETDJ brkfst sandwich
DJ linoleum
i'm usually not one for the commercial consumer holidays.... i love getting my vday card in the mail every year from mom and dad. i make a little special meal, give my baby a treat or two and it's all good. but this year.......blew everything out of the water and now i fear i am spoiled.
it started with this gift.. :
from K @standup comedy. i've been wanting it forever.
scent #3: The Spirit of Wood, by COSMIC WONDER Light Source & Philippe Paparella-Paris.
- a limited edition collaborative scent by a series of designers.
Inspired by the nature-oriented collections of the designers and a walk through a eucalyptus forest. A rough and natural scent focused on the woody notes. Ingredients: green grass, fig leaves, cypress, elemi, coriander, cedarwood, vetiver, hinoki, white amber.

and then the most best valentine's night happened.
holocene booker/photographer/rad friend megan holmes asked a bunch of portland musical couples (that's us!) to come up with some original musical stuff to play or DJ on V-DAY..
the evening was magic.
rachel carns from the need has a new kombucha company in oly, called magic kombucha , she sent us a bunch for free -so delicious.
we got to spend the night with good friends +some of my longtime favorites, playing some of the raddest jungle space disco cuts ever all night.
kerby and i debuted our new project, dusty springfeelins.
we wrote all our songs in about 5 days, more or less.
our songs were messy with our blood, sweat, tears, and animals masks with built in mics.
i played a giant piece of driftwood and some old rusty cups along with the SPDS and kerby played the micrkorg and some other stuff. i was a giraffe. she was a two headed fox.
we looked kind of like return of the jedi bar scene. we had space onesies on.well hers was a vintage flight suit, and mine was a rip stop nylon tyvek suit.
because we had only rehearsed the songs like 5 times, i had forgotten which was which a couple times on my set up and kerby said it was hilarious to look over in the low light during our set and see a nervous little giraffe frantically trying to read her notes for the next song.
we ended our set with a dance to a classy A.M. radio hit, michael mcdonald's 'i keep forgettin'.
we still can't get it out of our heads.

we loved meeting honey from VALET-whose records get worn out in sword+fern.
she also owns the super vintage store up the street called rad summer of course.
she and her sweetheart, raf, DJ and perform together as the miracle's club. i'll probably never miss another show of theirs.

we also are secretly in love with matt+genevieve AKA DJs linger+quiet, the champions behind the awesome party nightclubbing. we get to open for next month's nightclubbing (march 6th at holocene)and we are really feeling like, well, total disco nerds about how excited we are to DJ with them.
also in the place was DJ linoleum who always plays the sweetest and her GF legolas was selecting with her and that was damn cute.
we kind of couldn't hold any conversations together while DJ brkfst sndwch and his lady liz were spinning.
they just kept deciding to play amazing song after WTF song and we were too distracted by how rad they were.
the best conversation of the night was a tech one: kerby said that someone told her "everything i know i learned by watching teenagers on you tube."
it was also hilarious to hear chelsea tell me, "here comes the jungle beat..wait for it.." because she'd been listening to me play the set all day at home right before the show.
if i wasn't already performing i would def be there on a date because it was srsly the cutest thing ever to see couples doing all that music together....
i don't know what else to write except, 2010 truly is ruling. keep it coming. you won't be disappointed.
thanks megan/holo/everyone for the best VD of all time.
*come see dusty at FAME's 1st bday party on march 3rd!!*

BE NOT AFRAID. we'll play you songs on Valentine's day.

Holocene presents... {{{ LOVEWAVE }}} : A Valentine's Day Experience. Featuring one-of-a-kind collaborative sets from... Ana Rodriguez & Ethan Jayne (Magic Johnson/Total Bros) Dan Wilson & Brighid Thomas (Sigmund Henry) Dusty Springfeelins (Rock set by Emily & Kerby - of DJ New Moon Poncho) A rare dj set by Miracles Club Linger & Quiet DJ Linoleum & Legolas Brkfst Sndwch & Magic Impact We've assembled a slew of our favorite musically inclined Portland couples for a night of unique collaborations. Whether they've hardly played together or they'vejust never played together like this, these sets will be one-of-a-kind romantic expressions. Valentine's Day may be a greeting card holiday, but it sure as heck doesn't mean you can't have some fun: catch the wave! The looooovewave!

we're DJing at Holocene tonight for Haiti,it's going to be great.

Join us for magical music at Holocene tonight as we DJ alongside nice music makers Gulls, Pyramiddd (starfucker), Grouper, and Deelay Ceelay.
All proceeds from the door plus staff +band wages go to Mercy Corps to donate to the people of Haiti.
$10, doors at 8 PM.
Hecka yeah.

we're Djing at valentine's on december 5th

so i put a little collaborative music project together recently. it's really really making me happy- the first edition of MOONUNITS will be complete on december 2, and we will be DJing out at valentine's december 5th, and debuting the first edition of the project along with playing all our favorite disco and funk classic jams.
the way it works-women are invited to compose and record -solo- individual songs, in any genre, between each lunar cycle, to be started and completed on the full moon of each month. then each edition will be archived on the website kerby and i are designing for it- it will be ready by the first of the year.
contact me if you want to contribute..it will be an ongoing project and open to anyone interested.

DJ new moon poncho at Valentine's, December 5th

Kerby +I will be busting out some warm winter jamz at Valentine's with our friend Vision Quest on December 5th. Come by 'round 9 pm for a hot toddy and conversation or ..converSHAKIN.
We will have some of our favorite paradise garage rarities spinning: Larry Levan, Loose Joints, Gwen Guthrie, Manu DiBango, and Carl Bean will be in the house. We would love to see you!

i haven't posted in a long time. the days are getting to that place where you can't tell if it is 7 am or 7 pm.
i found some photos+a video of my room at Content.. thanks to those who documented for me.
found at: coolhunting.com, alishahenson.com, childhoodflames.blogspot.com, meyes.blogspot.com, minhternet.com

DJ New Moon Poncho at PICA 'blackout' halloween party!

PICA is throwing a halloween party at the ACE Hotel & Kerby+I are DJing!
Come dance to Paradise Garage disco classics, Brazilian funk, New wave, and more with us AND see a special performance by our sweet friends FLESHTONE! on a spooky night at the Cleaners!!!
here's the link to the party where you can buy tickets-only $6!
We'll also be playing set at Valentine's on Dec. 5th..cozy winter beats!

that's how we live-our life is wild+gold+we are home.

photo of my room at CONTENT 09 from Mallory Freed-bottom, +top, Jesse Champlin

Rm. 207

See my new work at Content alongside 37 more of Portland's finest.
I will be inhabiting room 207 for the evening, Sword+Fern style.
I invited a special musical guest you will LOVErs..(get it?) to play in the room with me to complete the atmosphere.
For 10 bucks , you can hear music in the lobby by DJ automaton+dirty mittens, walk around poking your head into each designer's created room to see what inspires them to make, and hang out with your friends in the Cleaners by the bar, where live mannequins will model looks by each designer.
See you there!
Portland Independent Fashion Event, Content-this Sunday, at the Ace Hotel, open 5-10 pm-one night only, $10.

some photos of run away

sword+fern crystal +amethyst bolo ties , Moth Love by Gretchen Jones, Dust by Julia Blackburn