My friends…I’ve made it Maui! Hello vacation!… Read More

“How many time have you fallen in love ?” “Again, this is an intimate question! For me, there are different kinds of love…there is love, and love. There is the love that is a kind of irresistible interest for someone that you don’t know : you feel intrigued and fascinated and thrilled. It is a lot about imagination and mental construction I… Read More

“What’s the most challenging thing you’ve had to overcome and what did you learn?”“This is very intimate! Actually I had to reflect about this question very recently… but I don’t want to answer because it is too personal. What I can tell you is that I am naturally very optimistic and I usually see ‘le verre à moitié plein’, the glass as… Read More

“I like making music, I like building companies, I like building teams, I like working with people, I like working with crafts and making replicas of the Millenium Falcon.”… Read More

“What are you passionate about?” “Making cool shit!”… Read More

“What’s the disco ball for?” “It’s for an event tonight that we’re producing for our company Redisco. We’re all about getting people dancing in the US by creating great atmospheres that inspire expression and social connectivity.” “That’s cool. I’ve been wanting to have more in person gathering for SOULS, wanna put on the next party?” “Absolutely… Let’s make it happen.”… Read More

“It started cuz I was trying to get out of somewhere…then I just started traveling.” “Do you feel like you’ve learned anything on your travels that’s helped you grow as a person?” “Definitely. I’ve grown a lot but I can’t think of any specific examples right now.” “Well how are you doing today?” “Today’s better than some, worse than… Read More

“I’m just a traveler, I wanna go to the east coast next.” “Where all have you been?” “I’ve only been traveling for 2 years, I’ve only been on the west side for the most part. I been to Washington, Oregon, Cali, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona.” “Are you looking for anything in particular?” “I just want to… Read More

“How do you select artists to be a part of the Noise Pop?” “As the term indie has changed it’s allowed us to expand our tastes. Everyone in our office listens to everything from country music to hip hop. Our bread and butter is still noise pop, like Sleigh Bells, but we’re able to branch out and book bands that we love.”… Read More

“I love music. I’m the general manager at Noise Pop. I started off as an intern in 2009, then opportunities came up for me to come on and help in a marketing role and then it just grew from there.” “Intern to General Manager in 6 years is quite an ascent.” “Yeah, I eat, sleep, breathe, and shit Noise Pop so… Read More

“What’s your favorite part of your connection with Johhny?” “My favorite thing is that he challenges me and he pushes my our of my comfort level. I think we both do that for each other. We also have enough in common that we’re able to challenge and push each other without causing any real harm in the relationship.”… Read More

Her – “We both went to Stanford, neither of us knew about each other, he’s two years older than me, we were both making music but working on separate projects. After both landing in San Francisco after college, our respective music projects ended and we were looking for new people to make music with. We had a mutual friend who introduced us and… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about your sister?” Right – “She’s super nice. She’s a sweetheart. Her job is to make people happy, that says a lot I think. And I like her eyes, she has really pretty eyes.” “What about you?” Left – “She’s so funny. In French we say, ‘She has some peps’.” “Peps?” Left… Read More

Left – “We are sisters! I’m visiting her from the south of France.” “What have you been doing since you’ve been here?” Left – “Mostly eating and drinking! Right – “And biking and walking.” “Where’d y’all eat? Did you take her to Nopasf? or 4505 Meats?” Right – “I took her to Nopa, she found the BBQ all… Read More

“You seem like a man with some inner peace and wisdom-“ “It depends on the day.” “Do you have any advice on how to achieve equanimity?” “You have to slow down and open up your eyes.”… Read More

“What are your passions?” “I like kite flying for personal and…you got me…” “I’ve never met anyone who likes to fly kites, how’d you get into that?” “Hanging out in South Bay Berkeley, seeing people fly kites. You know, that’s a simple question but it’s a real difficult question too. When you ask about passion, you have to really think… Read More

Her – “After that bar we went to some really fun jazz club that stays open 24 hrs, it’s a music foundation in Kansas City, it got like grandfathered in-“ Him – “The bar is closing down and I’m not done seeing her so I’m like, ‘Come to this place’!” Her – “And my friend is like, ‘Come with us Casey’… Read More

“Do you remember what it felt like when you first connected?” Him – “Oh absolutely, pretty much she walked into a bar and I got the wind knocked out of me. I lost it the second I saw her. To the point that I was staring at my buddy who was sitting next to her, waiting for him to get up so… Read More

“I think in this country the hope of any real fundamental changes in the way the structures of power in society work aren’t ever going to happen because it’s just too easy to get numbed out on stuff. Too easy to get blissed out on stuff. Pain isn’t tolerated in this society. I think that kind of pain is allied with principles that… Read More

“I’m a social anarchist with a healthy disdain for authority.” “How does that manifest itself in your life?” “Martin Luther King said that power is never voluntarily relinquished by those who hold it, certainly not on moral principles. So to give a little vitality to George Orwell’s Animal Farm the world should be repopulated with man eating tigers.” “Was there… Read More

“How’d you get into music? Where you always really attracted to it or?” “Yeah, I took guitar lessons in kindergarden, stuff like that. My mom’s a flautist, she has a doctorate degree in flute. When you walked up I was actually waiting to see my therapist. Playing music for me is very healing.” “That’s cool. Are you originally from San Francisco?”… Read More

“What kind of magic do you know?” “Magic? Well, I’m like a musician so I sing and lay guitar and I feel in a sense music has it’s own magic because of what it can do to people. I know I always have my headphones on, especially when I take the bus. I love long bus rides because I just put my… Read More

“So what’s one of your favorite things about her?” Him – “Oh boy, you’re putting me on the spot right now. Um, well aside from a classic beauty that I find, I’m always intimidated by how smart she is…she’s very well informed, she’s a sociology major, she’s going for her masters. She’s very conscious when it comes to ethnic studies, I really… Read More

“How long have you two been together?” Him – “Well we met like 2 weeks ago.” “How did you meet?” Him – “Well she’s known me for awhile.” Her – “I had a crush on him when I was 18. We went to college together but I was always too nervous to talk to him because he has such… Read More