What a tom cat...

Ronald's new bed is my kick drum.
If I was mean, I'd give him a rude awakening...


...but I think I'll let 'em be.


(Also, it's 12:18 a.m.)

Vibrations from the West- Tom Tom Mag

You'd think the words "drumming" and "splinters" wouldn't paint a pretty sentence (callouses happen -- and once I even got a splinter from a horribly beat-up pair of drumsticks!). But in the case of the awesome Bay Area band, the Splinters, and their equally awesome drummer Courtney Gray, it's aaaalll good.

Check out my interview with the hard-hitting lady here: Vibrations from the West.

Oh, and when you pick up the latest issue of my other favorite magazine in the world, BUST, turn to page 10: Tom Tom Mag got an awesome shout-out.

While you're in the consuming mood, pick up the Splinters' brand new 7-inch, "Splintered Bridges."

We played with them earlier this year in Sacramento, and it was super fun.

To convince you of their garagey riot-grrrly '60s poppy greatness, here's a fun video for a song that really IS cool:

Vibrations from the West

My second west coast installment for Tom Tom Magazine is up on the site. It's with Colleen Coffey of The Spires (pictured above w/ husband/bandmate Jason Bays). The Spires are from my hometown, Ventura, CA.

I like interviewing drummers who still feel "new" at the instrument, because it's something I can relate to, and it gives me a lot of inspiration. Colleen was super humble and nice. She's a lot like me in that her boyfriend kind of just insisted that she learn the drums.

The Spires just released a new LP called A Way of Seeing in May, and I really like it. Check out the music video for their song "TAM" that I posted with the article.

Click here, to read the interview for Tom Tom.

For fun, here's a music video for one of their older songs, which makes me miss Ventura like crazy, because its so pretty.

My first post for Tom Tom Magazine!

I recently became the West Coast contributor for Tom Tom Magazine, a new Webzine for and about female drummers. Each month, I will be posting an interview with a West Coast drummer I admire, as well as reviews and other fun feminist/drumming-related stuff.

Check out my interview with Lauren Hess of Agent Ribbons!

Meet Bruise Willis

So, last night we (Buildings Breeding) played our friend Josh's birthday bash. We followed grind-core band Knife Thru the Head, who stuck microphones up their bums, wore g-strings and had skulls on their packages.

Surprisingly, everyone dug us even though we weren't metal at all. In fact, I felt like I was in the Jackson 5, because girls were SCREAMING hysterically. It was amazing, but I could not sing very well while laughing my arse off.

I also slammed on the drums a bit more furiously than usual. Perhaps this is partly due to the fact that we played right after an intense hardcore band and also due to the fact that I was slightly drunk.

The result was this massive bruise on my shin from my kick pedal, which I didn't notice until this morning. (Thanks IPA keg!) I named it Bruise Willis.















Yes, I am blatantly showing off some shoes that I think are adorable.