My name is Alyssa. I take pictures, and like lots of stuff, especially the kind you can hear or see.

Check out my vintage items at Ohh, Boy!

Alyssa — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:13:32 +0000

Hey Athenians!

Check out my vintage items at Ohh, Boy! the new boutique in the DOC building at 585 Barber St.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssadehayes/sets/72157623067928041/

They have lots of great vintage for men and women, handmade items, art, antiques, cameras, luggage…

You can visit their website at http://www.ohhboy.us/

Update: Bring a toiletry/first aid item for the WSLA Tornado of Toiletries, get 10% off an item, for a limited time!

Indiependent Music published my favorites of 2009 list

Alyssa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:00:40 +0000

You can view their online zine here: http://indiependentmusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-of-2009-indiependentmusic-e-zine.html

2009 was good to me. I graduated from college, and got to stay in Never-Neverland (Athens,Ga.) by scoring a job at Team Clermont. I’ve had the opportunity to work with so many great writers, music directors, and bands. Working with records I’m passionate about is a dream. It was tough, but I put together some of my favorites, in no particular order.

Nana Grizol – Ruth (Orange Twin)
Maybe I’m biased since they’re friends but I can’t hear this record without smiling and moving. The lyrics are like finding a diary you never knew you wrote. The lineup varies, but includes members of Elephant 6 bands Elf Power, Music Tapes, and Defiance Ohio.

Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes)
The driving rhythms and sense of urgency in the songs get me through bleary-eyed mornings and afternoon doldrums. These guys have had a whirlwind year. Pitchfork best new music, ABC World News feature, and heading out on tour with Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Hometapes is one of my favorite labels (tied w/ Orange Twin). Sara and Adam are so involved with every detail, and every record is a little keepsake piece of art in itself. My early Christmas was the box of vinyl they sent us. Every Hometapes release is fun to touch and hold.

Circulatory System – Signal Morning (Cloud Recordings)
I’m a big Elephant 6 nerd, and I love the folks in Circulatory System. I got a copy of this record about six months before it came out, and staying silent and not blaring it from the rooftops was my 2009 self-control exercise. I think it’s perfectly sequenced. There’s something triumphant about it.

Megafaun – Gather, Form And Fly (Hometapes)
These guys are amazing performers. They sing with their eyes and hands. They leap off stage and run around the venue. My favorite lunch of the year was taking them to a place in Athens called Just Pho (And More) for Phil’s birthday. Side D on the vinyl is an art etching for Phil & Brad’s grandfather.

Jookabox – Dead Zone Boys (Asthmatic Kitty)
Favorite houseguests of 2009. One of the most unique albums I’ve heard this year, and more accessible than the releases under the Granpall Jookabox moniker. The album has an underlying theme of white flight and urban blight (inspired by the neighborhood Moose grew up in) that manifests itself in zombie imagery, without being gimmicky and too halloweenie.

The video for “You Cried Me” and the song itself make me want to do my happydance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-PZ4rgOY1g&feature=player_embedded

Karl Blau – Zebra (K Records)
Just watch this video for Dark Sedan. It’s been stuck in my head all fall/winter.

Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear was one of my favorite live shows of the year. It was beautiful. Angelic even. The stage setup had simple mason jars with lights hanging from strings strategically glowing and fading with the music.

Half-handed Cloud – Cut Me Down & Count My Rings (Asthmatic Kitty)
46 b-sides and rarities… and they’re all consistently great. Trying to pick 3 tracks to emphasize for the college radio campaign was so hard!

Happy dancey single:
Phoenix – Lisztomania
If only I could master that Molly Ringwald dance…

Looking forward to:
A new Music Tapes record. (please please let me come out in 2010…) Julian is coming caroling at my house this month. Hurrah!

Neat new online music tool:
My friend Ben created www.livingroompeople.com, a house show forum connecting open houses, bands on tour, and show goers. I hope it takes off.

cheers!

My thoughts and prayers are with Vic Chesnutt, his family, and friends

Alyssa — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:57:46 +0000

Vic Chesnutt, taken at Orange Twin this past fall

Clare and the Reasons @ 40 Watt before Vic Chesnutt November 2, 2009

Alyssa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:38:23 +0000

Still Flyin’ @ 40 Watt for Kindercore/Owl Scooters Fall Hootenany

Alyssa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:25:57 +0000

Leaving New York

Alyssa — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:09:28 +0000

The sun coming through the bridge flying by is my favorite part. This needs to be set to music.

Happy Veterans Day, Dad.

Alyssa — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:53:52 +0000

Typically my posts involve photography, music, and some intersection of the two. I suppose this could fall under photography, but I’m really just bragging on a rockstar, a badass, a dude among dudes: my dad, Lieutenant Colonel Mark F. De Hayes.

1969

Ranger school

he was commissioned on graduation day. being pinned by my mom and gramma

The day he got back from the Gulf War. He was first plane over, last plane back.

Jookabox, Casper & The Cookies, DJ UrBn TrBn

Alyssa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:03:43 +0000

What are you doing November 14th? Come see our own Shil K. Patel aka UrBn TrBn spinning lava hot jamz and Bollywood hitz, then Jookabox and Casper & The Cookies.

Shake your zombie booty afterwards with DJ Twin Powers

Phantom, DO go!

Go Bar, $3 dolla.

Inside the Georgia Theatre

Alyssa — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:42:11 +0000

Inside the Georgia Theatre

Alyssa — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:37:30 +0000

More photos to come…
DSC_0071, originally uploaded by alyssadehayes.