my.Top.50.(Songs/Albums).of.2016

Top.50.(Albums/Songs).of.2016

1. David Bowie - "Lazarus" - Blackstar
2. ANOHNI - "Drone Bomb Me" - HOPELESSNESS 
3. White Lies - "Take It out on Me" - Friends
4. Santigold - "Rendezvous Girl" - 99 Cents
5. Låpsley - "Tell Me the Truth" - Long Way Home
6. Glass Animals - "Youth" - How to Be a Human Being 
7. Banks & Steelz - "Wild Season (feat. Florence Welch)" - Anything But Words
8. Metronomy - "Old Skool" - Summer 08
9. Niki & The Dove - "Lost Ub" - Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now
10. Two Door Cinema Club - "Lavender" - Gameshow
11. Plague Vendor - "No Bounty" - BLOODSWEAT
12. Lizzo - "Ride" - Big Grrrl Small World
13. Run River North - "Run and Hide"
14. Bloc Party - "Only He Can Heal Me" - Hymns
15. Peter Bjorn and John - "Love Is What You Want" - Breakin' Point
16. Teleman - "Düsseldorf" - Brilliant Sanity
17. Savages - "Evil" - Adore Life
18. Formation - "All the Rest is Noise" - Under the Tracks - EP
19. Crystal Castles - "Fleece" - Amnesty (I)
20. IAMX - "Aphrodisiac" - Metanoia
21. Mainland - "Outcast"
22. Sia - "Cheap Thrills" - This is Acting
23. The Big Pink - "Hightimes" Empire Underground - EP
24. T.O.L.D - "There's No Truth" - It's Not About the Witches
25. Tiga - "3 Rules" - No Fantasy Required 
26. Coasts - "Golden City" - Coasts
27. Empire of the Sun - "Way to Go"
28. Little Green Cars - "Clair de Lune"
29. STRFKR - "Never Ever" - Being No One, Going Nowhere
30. The Coathangers - "Make It Right" - Nosebleed Weekend
31. Jagwar Ma - "O B 1" - Every Now & Then
32. Azealia Banks - "The Big Big Beat"
33. Digitalisim - "Destination Breakdown"
34. James Supercave - "Virtually a Girl" - Better Strange 
35. Pumarosa - "Priestess"
36. Warpaint - "So Good" - Heads Up
37. Tokyo Police Club - "PCH" - Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness, Pt. 1 - EP
38. Yeasayer - "I Am Chemistry" - Amen & Goodbye
39. Sir Sly - "Expectations"
40. Suuns - "UN-NO"
41. Lady Gaga - "Million Reasons"
42. The Stone Roses - "Beautiful Thing"
43. The Last Shadow Puppets - "Bad Habits"
44. Litany - "Work This Out"
45. The Zolas - "Freida on the Mountain"
46. Club Kuru - "Seesaw"
47. Tirman Kid - "Gotta Do Something"
48. Beaty Heart - "Slide to the Side"
49. Fat White Family - "Whitest Boy on the Beach"
50. Spring Kings - "It's so Dark" - Tell Me If You Like To

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September.10th...

On September.10th...I'll be part of the 85 handcrafted artist at Penelope Lane Boutique, "Fall Boutique" in Long Beach from 9a-3p.  It's a FREE event (No Cover Charge).  Come by and checkout what we have and maybe start your holiday shopping early. 

Dodgers.vs.Giants...

What original screen printed tee will you be wearing at the L.A. home game on August 23rd thru the 25th?  

To purchase, go to my etsy shop at:

www.etsy.com/shop/JDN73

Or

You can find it at my physical shop inside CRAFTED in San Pedro!

Also...

Find me...THIS WEEKEND (Saturday.Aug.20th) at Chinatown Summer Nights in the heart of DTLA historic Chinatown from 5-12am.  Come celebrate the last month of summer!!! 

See you at the Patchwork Show...

Find me at Santa Ana (May.29th) and Long Beach (June.12th) for the Patchwork Show.  It's FREE to attend and open from 11-5p on both dates.  Come by and find some unique gift(s) for the grad or Dad.  For more information, go to; www.Dearhandmadelife.com.  See you then.

-j

Trading Post 1908...THIS.WEEKEND

  This Friday (April.8th) and Saturday (April.9th), you will find me inside Anaheim Convention Center for Trading Post 1908.  It's a Antique, Vintage and Handmade Market. On Friday, it's a sip & shop for $25.oo (from 5p-9p) and Saturday, early bird entry is $10.oo (from 8am-10am) and after that it's $2.oo and open to the public in both days.  Parking is $10-15.  Come by and see what we have for Mother's Day of and Father's Day. 

I'm in!!!

  Once again...I am in for Jackalope Art Fair & Craft Spring Show at Central Park in Pasadena, CA on April.30th.&.May.1st.  More info to come. So excited! 

Artists.&.Fleas in Venice this Saturday!

I'll be vending THIS SATURDAY at Artists & Fleas at Abbot Kinney in Venice Beach. Come by and celebrate the NEW market location.  The fun starts at 11a and its...FREE!  Find us at the corner of Abbot Kinney and Westminster Ave. 

  A&F in Venice happens EVERY 1st and 4th Saturday starting on March 5th!!!

Hope to see you then.

Cheers,

-j

my.TOP 50.Songs.&.Albums of 2015....

Another year has past and here is my Top.50.List.of.2015

50.  Digitalism - "Second Chance"

49.  Gold Fields - "Hold Me"

48.  RAC - "Back of the Car"

47.  Future Island - "The Chase"

46.  Courtney Love - "Miss Narcissist"

45.  We Have Band - "Out the Woods"

44.  Night Riots - "Contagious"

43.  Divine Paiste - "Boreal"

42.  Formation - "Hangin"

41.  Corsica Arts Club - "Don't You Drift on By"

40.  The Radio Dept. - "Occupied"

39.  New Order - "Super Heated" - Music Complete

***NewOrder is BACK w/this album***

38.  !!! - "Sick Ass Moon"

37.  Wild Ones - "Dim the Lights" - Heatwave E.P.

36.  Tove Styrke - "Decay" - Kiddo

35.  MUSE - "Dead Inside"

34.  Is Tropical - " Crawl"

33.  The Mispers - "Shoulder" - Weekend E.P.

32.  Maudlin Strangers - "Overdose"

31.  Girls Name - "Reticence"

30.  Florence & the Machine - "Delilah" - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

29.  Hot Chip - "Huarache Lights"

28.  Shamir - "Call it Off"

27.  Muscles - "Just Breathe" - Manhood

***This album came out last year and didn't even know***

26.  Major Lazer - "Lean On (feat. Mø + DJ Snake)"

25.  Looks - "Back to The Fire"

24.  Kate Boy - "Northern Lights" - Kate Boy E.P.

23.  Who Made Who - "Ember"

22.  Moats - "Toothache"

21.  Swim Deep - "King City"

20.  Panama - "Jungle"

19.  Metric - "Cascades"  

18.  Marina & The Diamonds - "Happy" - Froot

17.  Catfish and The Bottlemen - "Business" - The Balcony

16.  Foals - "Give It All" - What Went Down   

15.  DBFC - "Humdrum" - Leave My Room E.P.

14.  Duran Duran - "Paper Gods (feat. Mr. Hudson)" - Paper Gods

***OH YEA! Don't call it a come back***

13.  Brandon Flowers - "I Can Change" - The Desired Effect

12.  Alabama Shakes - "Don't Wanna Fight" - Sound & Color

11.  Life In Film - "Sorry" - Here It Comes

10.  Coasts - "Let Go" - Coasts

9.  Peaches - "Close Up (feat. Kim Gordon)" - Rub

8.  FSS - "Call Girl" - FSS

7.  The Acid - "Fame" - Liminal

6.  DMA's - "Delete" - DMA's E.P.

5.  FKA Twigs - "Glass & Patron" - M3LL155X-E.P.

4.  Editors - "Life is Fear" - In Dream

3.  Grimes - "Venus Fly (feat. Jangle Monåe)" - Art Angle

2.  The Wombats - "Greek Tragedy" - Glitterbug

1.  Spector - "All The Sad Young Men" - Moth Boys

Make sure to check these Artists out and I can not wait for 2016!!!

Have a Happy New Year!

cheers,

-j

***make sure to download the Podcast MIX at: www.JDN73.com***

Ace Today and Patchwork Tomorrow...

Today.(November.14th)...you will find me in Downtown Anaheim for ACE (Art Crawl Experience) on 201 Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805.  It's a FREE event and the fun starts at 6pm. 

Sunday.(November.15th)...I'll be in Long Beach for Patchwork Show.  Another FREE event at Marine Stadium (Appian Way @E. Sorrento Dr.)  the fun starts at 11am.  Come by either event or both and start your holiday shopping early. 

Veterans Day

This goes out to ALL Veterans, whether at home or abroad, active duty, reserves and retired.  Thank You! 

This weekend...you will find me at...

Jackalope Art*Fair in Old Pasadena, CA. It's a two day event from 10a-5p and its...FREE!!!  So come by and start your holiday shopping.  

Jackalope Art*Fair is located at:

275 s Raymond Ave, Pasadena 91105. 

For more information, visit the website at:

www.JackalopeArtFair.com

Have a great one and C U tomorrow!

Cheers,

-j

TODAY.&.Saturday.(Oct.31st)...

  You will find me at my shop TODAY.(Oct.30th) and Saturday (Oct.31st) inside CRAFTED at The Port of Los Angeles (112 E 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA 90731) from 11a-4pm. Get your last minute gift ideas for Dia de Los Muertos (Day of The Dead). 

FYF.2015

FYF.2015

(Saturday.&.Sunday)

Okay...FKA.twigs made FYF for me.  What a performance! So happy I left right after Belle.  I was going to stick around for Morrissey because I was really up close, but wanted to see something fresh and new.  Plus, someone less of a asshole.  

Once I arrived to the stage that twigs was going to be, it was...PACKED!!!  D'Angelo was performing and he was really...GOOD!  He had that place moving.  AWESOME! 

This was my first time at FYF and I Fuckn loved it.  So chill compared to Coachella. Everyone was in good mood and very respectful.  I told myself, "self, am I in LA?".  For sure I'll be back.

  I arrived just in time on Saturday to see La Femme.  They where...okay.  I stayed for a couple of songs and headed to the beer garden.  Drank a couple of beers and headed to catch The.Drums.  

What, Johnny is...GAY?!?!  Who new.  I had no idea.  He came out saying he got married to his partner who was in the pit with the photographers. Awesome!!!  Once again, they where bueño. 

!!! was up next and they are always entertaining to watch.  The new tunes sounded good and it's great to see this band still making music.  Not so many NYC from early 2001 have survived when they first came out.  Only a few are still going strong right now.

  Bloc.Party was up next and of course, they killed it!!!  They got a new lady drummer (awesome) and guitarist.  Don't know if they are permanent, but will find out when they come back.  

Saturday had the better line up then Sunday (of course), but like I said...FKA.twigs was AMAZING!  Had to leave after Bloc Party to go back and attend my booth at Chinatown.  Wanted to see so many others, but there is always next year.  See you in 2016 FYF!!!

Life.in.Film.(LiVE).2015

Life.in.Film.2015

Bootleg Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)

Tuesday.August.18th

   I arrived at 9p and the first band went on.  I noticed that the bass guitarist (Dominic Sennett) of Life in Film was walking around the venue with his hoodie up.  Funny.  Was he trying to hide?  Anyhow, you can count the people inside the Bootleg (30).  

  The second band (Midnight Faces) went on and they where really good.  I enjoyed them so much that I decided to look them up and down load some of there songs.  To me, they sounded better live from what I heard on iTunes.  Watch out for them.

  Life in Film went on and they killed it!  Ten more people showed up and one exited fan who drove all the way up from San Diego.  He was singing along to almost every song with his beer up in the air like he was at a pub rooting for his favorite soccer team.  If you haven't heard of them yet, down load or physically get the album, "Here it Comes" (AWESOME!!!).  Highly recommend it and see them live!!!

Coasts.(LiVE).2015

Coasts.2015

the.Roxy.Theatre

Monday.August.10th

  The concert season has started for me and now back to blogging.  It's been a year that I haven't written anything about a show and what a perfect band to start my blog again.  Actually, the only band I wanted to see at Coachella this year.  Glad that Coasts came back and headlined there own tour.  They kicked a$$ tonight!  I almost missed this show because I forgot to key it in my phone.  Thanks for the newsletter Goldenvoice.

I arrived to the venue and the Roxy was packed with so many young kids.  They where getting down with the opening act.  Not a clue who the band.  When they got off stage, the kid's faces started to glow.  Everybody around me where on there phones, showing pictures and watching video clips. Pretty funny, but I kind of like it in a crazy way.  

I was a little nervous at first because I wasn't seeing any regular faces.  I was saying to myself, "is this the English band Coasts or someone else"?  This young crowd was not helping.

Coasts hit the stage and what a performance!  Loved it!  The kids where dancing and singing along with there smartphones to prove it.  I didn't even know they where a 5 piece band. I know I should of goggle them, but I like to be surprised and I was.  I have friends who watch YouTube videos of the bands live before they actually buy a ticket to the show.  I try not to do that. 

But for sure, I'll catch Coasts again in the future. I was entertained from start to finish and they sounded great!  Rock on...Coasts!

NEW.SPRING.COLOR...

BUTTER

is the NEW.Spring/Summer color for the 2nd Top Selling tee,

Lucha Libre Mask

Butter only comes in toddler sizes;

2T, 3T and 4T

Kid sizes are COMING SOON!

To purchase, visit my website at:

www.JDN73.com

Thanks,

-j

My.Top.50.Albums/Songs.of.2014

It's...HEREEEEEE!
and here you go:

Artist/Song/Album

50.  Lizzo - Bus Passes and Happy Meals - LIZZOBANGERS

49.  Liars - Mess On A Mission - Mess

48.  Jungle - Time - Jungle

47.  The Faint - Evil Voices - Doom Abuse

46.  Monarchy - Living With Out You - Single

45.  AFI - Heart Stops - Burials

(yea, I know this album came out in 2013, but I really didn't listen to it.)

44.  Femme - Fever Boy - Single

43.  John Newman - Gold Dust - Tribute

42.  Gardens & Villa - Colony Glen - Dunes

41.  Metronomy - I'm Aquarius - Love Letters

40.  Citizens! - Lighten Up (Knuckle G Remix) - Single

39.  Death from Above 1979 - Trainwreck 1979 - The Physical World

38.  Beyoncé - Partition - BEYONCÉ

(yup, another album that came out in 2013, but late in the month)

37.  Chromeo - Lost On the Way Home (feat. Solange) - Single

36.  La Roux - Let Me Down Gently - Trouble In Paradise

35.  Sir Sly - You Haunt Me - You Haunt Me

34.  The Presets - No Fun - Single

33.  Grimes - Go (feat. Blood Diamonds) - Single

32.  Shopping - We Say You Pay - Consumer Complaints

31.  Who Made Who - Head Above - Dreams

30.  TRUST - Rescue, Mister - Joyland

29.  Mø - Slow Love - No Mythologies To Follow

28.  Delphic - The Giver - Get Familiar

27.  The Chain Gang of 1974 -  Sleepwalking - Daydream Forever

26.  Kaiser Chiefs - Misery Company - Education, Education, Education & War

25.  Eyedress - Nature Trip - Single

24.  Tokyo Police Club - Gonna Be Ready - Forcefield 

23.  Milky Chance - Flashed Junk Mind - Sadnecessary

22.  White Lies - I Would Die For You - Small T.V. EP

21.  WATERS - Got To My Head - It All Might Be OKAY EP

20.  alt-J - Nara - This Is All Yours

19.  Jake Bugg - Me & You - Shangri La

18.  Priory - Lost Gold - Weekend EP

17.  Lykke Li - Gun Shot - I Never Learn

16.  Franz Ferdinand - Erdbeer Mund - Fresh Strawberries EP

15.  The Juan Maclean - You Where A Runaway - In A Dream

14.  Jamie T - Turn On the Light - Carry On The Grudge

13.  Azalea Banks - Ice Princes - Broke With Expensive Taste

12.  RAC - Let Go (feat. Kyle & MNDR) - Part 1

11.  Yelle - Un jour viendra - Complétement fou

10.  Kasabian - Treat - 48:13

9.  The Coathangers - Zombie - Suck My Shirt

8.  Klaxons - Love Frequency - Love Frequency

7.  Tom Vek - The Tongue Avoids the Teeth - Luck

6.  Future Island - A Dream of You and Me - Singles

5.  The Drums - The Rules of Your Life - Magic Mountain EP

4.  Interpol - My Desire - El Pintor

3.  Glass Animals - Walla Walla - Zaba

2.  Sylvan Esso - Play It Right - Sylvan Esso

1.  Breton - Fifteen Minutes - War Room Stories

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***Hidden track that sums up the year 2004***

Here is to 2014 and I can not wait what is in store for 2015!

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Reminder: ShopSmall this Weekend

Just a reminder to ShopSmall this Holiday Year.

THIS.Friday.&.Saturday
November.28th.&.29th

You will find me at my shop (inside CRAFTED).  ALL MY SHIRTS are going to be on sale THIS WEEKEND ONLY.  Stop by CRAFTED at The Port of Los Angeles (#BESTofLA) located on 112 E. 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 Warehouse 10 and see what we have in store for you on Saturday for #ShopSmall.

Sunday.November.30th

You will find me at Santa.Ana.Patchwork.Show from 11am - 5pm.  Its a FREE event, so bring the whole family.  Patchwork.Show is located in the heart of Downtown Santa Ana on 2nd/Sycamore St.

Hope to see you then and have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone.

Cheers!

Patchwork.Show.Fall.2014....

You will find me at this year's Patchwork.Show.(Fall.2014) in Santa.Ana on November.30th.  Mark your calendar and hope to see you there.

It's a FREE event, so bring the whole family.

Santa.Ana.Patchwork.Show will be in Downtown, Santa Ana on 2nd at Sycamore Street, California.  The Fun starts at 11am and ends at 5pm

Have a GREAT WEEKEND and hopefully see some of you in Oceanside on Sunday (October.26th) for there Dîa.de.Los.Muertos event at Old Mission San Luis Rey (4050 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92057).

Cheers,

-j

You asked and I listened...

NOW AVAILABLE  in V-Neck for Ladies.

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Comes in Small, Medium, Large and X-Large

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tee is 100% pre-shrunk cotton.  Double-needle stitched for durability and soft, lightweight cotton fabric.

Comes in Small, Medium, Large and X-Large






I haven't forgotten about the Men
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tee is 100% pre-shrunk cotton.  Double-needle stitched for durability and soft, lightweight cotton fabric.

Comes in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large

Skeleton.Wedding.(Bride/Groom)
tee is 100% pre-shrunk cotton.  Double-needle stitched for durability and soft, lightweight cotton fabric.

Comes in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large

To purchase any of these tee's, go to my website at: www.JDN73.com