I been a criminal about Seventeen Years now

2007-04-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

SXSW was great! Thanks to everyone who came out to my showcase. Blender.com wrote a nice review of the show here, calling Car Stereo (Wars) their "discovery of the night."

I'm slowly working on a full length album/mixtape, but in the meantime I spent a couple hours on Sunday putting together a new mash-up. It's Chamillionare's new track "Not a Criminal," with the first big Ratatat song, "Seventeen Years." Hope you enjoy!

Car Stereo (Wars) - I Been a Criminal About Seventeen Years

Car Stereo (Wars) SXSW Mixtape Preview!

2007-03-04T22:11:00.000-08:00

Car Stereo (Wars) is coming to SXSW! Well, it's not a far drive since I live in Austin, but still...I couldn't be more excited. I have a showcase this year at:

WEDNESDAY March 14th, 2007
THE BEAUTY BAR (Inside)
11PM

I have been working really hard on a unique and new sound for Car Stereo (Wars) for this set. To celebrate, I exported out a preview of the upcoming mixtape I have been working on....which will be very similar to my set @ SXSW.

Car Stereo (Wars) - sxsw mixtape preview

The Riverboat Gamblers - "Don't Bury Me...I'm Still Not Dead"

2007-03-01T12:18:00.000-08:00

Completion! After a ton of exhausing but exciting work, the new Riverboat Gamblers video is done! This is probably the most exciting project I have ever done. Thanks to everyone who helped out, volcom and The Riverboat Gamblers. Press play on the quicktime video below or click here to check out "Don't Bury Me...I'm Still Not Dead," produced by Super!Alright! and directed by Christopher Rose.

Youtube:

Courtney Chavanel Valentine's Prom Photos

2007-03-01T12:05:00.000-08:00

The amazing Courtney Chavanel did a fantastic job again for portraits of the Car Stereo (Wars) Valentine's Prom. Click here or the picture below to check them out!

Out With Me: Valentine's Prom

2007-02-11T13:22:00.000-08:00

Mitchell from OutWithMe.com posted some great pictures of last night's Car Stereo (Wars)' Your Bloody Valentine party. Check them out here:

Photo Shoot for SPIN Magazine

2007-01-21T19:30:00.000-08:00

photo by: Chad Wadsworth

Riverboat Gamblers Video

2007-01-12T16:08:00.000-08:00

I'm Directing a Riverboat Gamblers video for their new record. It should be finished up around the middle of February. Until then, here is a promotional shot of the band taken from stills from the video:

Press Press Press

2007-01-06T14:15:00.000-08:00

Chris Gray of TCB just named Car Stereo (Wars) "Best DJ" of 2k6! Awesome. Thanks, Chris.
Also, Information Leafblower called Car Stereo (Wars)' "Ghostface Observatory the "#35 Best Song of 2K6" with the following quote:

" - Their "Ghostface Observatory" mashup, which combines Ghostface with Ghostland Observatory, is easily the greatest mashup I've ever heard. It breathes new life into a genre that was steadily growing stale."

An added "shout out" to ~~Luther~~ Robert at PartyEnds.com for naming "Ghostface Observatory" in his "Top Ten of 2006."

Marfa II / Greune / West TX

2006-11-16T16:33:00.000-08:00

Here are some new photos: Part two of my Marfa trip with Erin / A weekend in Greune / A Trip to West Texas w/ John.

Click here or on one of the three photos below to view the whole set.

There are many more photos in this set than just these three. Be Sure to CLICK HERE or above to see them all!

2006-11-08T19:51:00.000-08:00

I recently got a few rolls of film developed from photos I have taken over the past year or so. They are from three occasions: friends in my front yard / trip to Marfa, TX / Winter tour with Single Frame. Click here to see the above photos and more in full size!

Halloween Party Pics Posted

2006-10-30T07:58:00.000-08:00

Halloween Party Pics by the amazing Zach Ground from Car Stereo (Wars)' Halloween Carnival at the Beauty Bar on Friday night. We had a live set from Clap!Clap!, amazing costumes, photos and so much more. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped out!

This is Halloween!

2006-10-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

Adreon and I are putting on a Halloween Carnival at The Beauty Bar tonight, and to prepare I decided to make a holiday mash-up of the theme song from John Carpenter's The Fog mixed with a few other tracks. Also, Adreon messed around with the Susperia theme song and added a live drum track. It sounds like an 80's ballad. Awesome!

Car Stereo (Wars) - Hip Hop Halloween Monster Mash-Up.mp3

Car Stereo (Wars) - Susperia Rework.mp3

Tacks Update (parts 3 & 4)

2006-09-28T16:32:00.000-07:00

This is a bit delayed, but Parts 3 & 4 of the Tacks, The Boy Disaster music video have been completed by J.P. & Gates, respectively. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read the exquisite corpse post from last month.

Prom Photos Posted!

2006-09-25T17:18:00.000-07:00

Well prom is over and now all we have is the memories. Luckily, Courtney Chavanell did an incredible job capturing all of those here. Click on the picture above or the link to check out all of the Car Stereo (Wars) Prom Photos!
Thanks so much to everyone who came out.

Awesome Inc.

2006-09-22T18:26:00.000-07:00

Car Stereo (Wars) and other friends are part of a great party organization called AWESOME INC. We're putting on a contest for our show during CMJ. To sign up and get all the details, click the banner above!

Prom Time!

2006-09-17T18:29:00.000-07:00

Since you been gone...

2006-09-01T17:32:00.000-07:00

Don't Stop Believin'

2006-08-29T14:50:00.000-07:00

My Love is So Mashed Up

2006-08-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

Mash UpDate. I just finished this new track splicing together Justin Timberlake's hot new single, "My Love," with several samples. See if you can guess them all! (hint: CSS, Blondie, Tom Vek, Joy Division and more!)

Car Stereo (Wars) - My Love is So Mashed Up

This is my favorite mash-up so far!

Single Frame Photoset

2006-08-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

A month or two ago, I dropped by Adreon's Studio/Garage to take some press photos for Single Frame.
Here are a few of them:

A Christmaka Mash-Up

2006-08-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

I love The O.C.
I mean, this show is fantastic. I'm obsessed. First it started as a kind of ironic obsession where I could laugh at myself for watching the O.C...but that quickly escalated to full on genuine addiction.
I'm also pretty fond of Fat Lip, especially the song "What's Up Fatlip," which I was introduced to through the Spike Jonze video.
Anyway, this is my tribute to both of these:

Car Stereo (Wars) - What's Up California?

PS: R.I.P Marissa

Dance & Design: Beauty Bar Shopping Spree

2006-08-14T21:05:00.000-07:00

Exquisite Corpse

2006-08-10T22:40:00.000-07:00

Exquisite corpse (also known as "exquisite cadaver" or "rotating corpse") is a method by which a collection of words or images are collectively assembled, the result being known as the exquisite corpse or cadavre exquis in French. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence. Each person is only allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed. (from Wickipedia)

Super!Alright! has undertaken a variation of an Exquisite Corpse operation in which one member will create 10-20 seconds of a music video, and then pass that onto another Super!Alright! member. Erik Horn started off by creating 20 seconds of a music video for excellent Austin band, Tacks the Boy Disaster. Then, I took his themes, ideas and footage and composed the next 15 seconds. The result is below:

Linked: Tacks Video parts 1 and 2

From here, J.P. will create the next 10-20 seconds, and so on. Check Super!Alright! for weekly updates.

My First Mash-Ups

2006-08-10T19:15:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I was encouraged by some friends to make a mash-up of Ghostland Observatory and Ghostface Killah called "Ghostface Observatory." I thought this was pretty much a brilliant suggestion and quickly went to work. A few hours later I had something that I was pretty pleased with. Afterwards I let a few people in on the song, mainly because I thought the name was too hilarious to pass up and because I thought that it actually sounded pretty cool. Later that day, Chris over at Gorilla vs. Bear picked up on the song and was generous enough to post a very kind review and link to the song. Thanks so much, Chris! As a result of this, I was pretty excited to find out that VH1's Best Week Ever actually picked up on the song and labeled it "quite possibly the hippest mash-up in history."

So, as a result, I set to work on another Ghostland Observatory mash-up, this time with Kelis' "Bossy." I'm pretty happy with the results of both, and you can download them below:

Car Stereo (Wars) Ghostface Observatory
Car Stereo (WarS) Ghostland gets Bossy

Welcome to the new Car Stereo (Wars)

2006-08-08T16:43:00.000-07:00

I have changed the format of Car Stereo (Wars) to run through Blogger. It's not as fancy as it used to be, but this is just a lot more practical. Now I can easily provide updates like mixtapes, remixes, new photography, new video work, news and really just anything with extreme ease. I'll be posting new work as I complete it.

Thanks a lot,

--Chris