Arrica Rose Blog

June 9

Thu, 17 May 2012 02:20:00 GMT

Looking forward to playing at Hotel Cafe! Love to have you join us if you're nearby...

Sure thing.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:40:00 GMT

Ain't it pretty how a heart breaks?

This too shall pass...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:54:04 GMT

I remember being 9 and having an existential crisis that I was turning 10. "Time is on my side." Is it, ever? Once you're old enough to understand the concept of time I'm not so sure it's on your side anymore. I guess I've never felt like that. I wonder if anyone truly does and if so sign me up. I'd like to learn.

Christmas in January

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:45:00 GMT

I'm in awe of the number of Christmas lights still up in my neighborhood and here we are well into the new year. At first seeing wreaths and tiny little lights strung on trees and the eaves of houses made me smile. It reminded me of being a kid and wishing it could be Christmas all year round but having no control over making that so. That quickly shifted though and I suddenly found the multi-colored lights rather lonely and anachronistic, stagnant and representative of a past we can never quite part with...

And then I had to pause, hit the off switch, and remind myself that sometimes the past is not past and christmas lights are just christmas lights. Happy New Year.

2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:54:58 GMT

2012 sounds so far away in the distant future to me. But here we are. And we're still here. I guess the Mayans just didn't get around to finishing that calendar. I have a good feeling about 2012. I'm not sure if it's because deep down inside I'm an eternal optimist or if it's in light of 2011 and her extreme highs and lows...whatever the case may be, I'm wishing us all the best of the best in these not so futuristic times...Happy Brand New Year.

December 12

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:10:00 GMT

My folks have been married a real long time today. Happy Anniversary Mom & Pop.
And although this isn't a picture of them, it does capture all that's worth celebrating...

Times Can Change.

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:27:27 GMT

Occupy the Holidays. Buy Local. Make something. Change something.

To my ears

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:39:20 GMT

I love music. Of this I am certain. I love music more than whiskey and chocolate and cigars and cheese and grapes and wine and olives and sunsets and pictures and trains and travel and I love yous. But still I love you. More than anything.

Because I love.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:35:00 GMT

I thought I had several wishes - infinite golden strands woven into impossibility. A great quilt of wants and desire. A harrowing display of what time could never provide in such a short while. How many strands are the same though, reflecting light differently, yet cut from the same cloth, of the same flesh, the same bone?
Because you love. Just because. And so we continue on with our small burden and our infinite possibilties. Because you love. Because I love.

Tread lightly with purpose.

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:35:00 GMT

The Quiet

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:05:00 GMT

Tell me a story. Tell me what you hate. Tell me where you went when you left.
Yes, The Quiet is ringing in my ears tonight. I hope the din will disturb your slumber.

I Hope Someone Brings You Flowers

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:15:57 GMT

I hope someone brings you flowers. I hope someone gives you time to appreciate the things that slip away when held too tight. I hope someone whispers to you softly when the shades come down at night. I hope you're never alone with someone standing by your side. I hope you are what you are and you are what you were. I hope tomorrow brings what she brought once before.

Day 1

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:44:57 GMT

A mixture of happiness and doubt, dread and hope, a cocktail of certainty and inadequacy, a garnish of fear - the edible kind. I almost didn't leave the house today but we must leave sometime and so I drove my car as if I'd never been behind the wheel down a street that's never felt familiar. A man on the left side of the road was tinkering on a banjo walking like he had no one to be. A young girl on the other side of the street wearing bunny ears and thick framed glasses was skipping along as if she knew I didn't know. I opened my eyes but they were already open.

Let Alone Sea

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:50:00 GMT

The time has come for us to release our record into the world and hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. We're real excited to be getting some lovely feedback on it and would love to have you grab a copy on iTunes or our online store. You can also stream the album in its entirety courtesy of AOL's Spinner.com. A few folks asked me about the title. It actually comes from the lyrics of We Made Out Alright (free download here on Buzzbands LA ). It's really just about letting go. It's a place I sort of created in my overactive mind, a subtle reminder to do what I can and let the rest be what it is. As always thank you for listening and supporting independent music. much love, Arrica

Antebellum

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:35:00 GMT

Our new three song EP Antebellum is now available on iTunes (click here). These 3 songs are part of our forthcoming full-length slated for release next Spring. While we work on finishing this record we hope you enjoy what we have to offer thus far. And thank you much to Picksysticks for the kind review about it. Happy Tuesday.

Fall

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:56:04 GMT

Fall in the midwest...then on to Fall on the east coast. A sea of pretty leaves. I want to collect them all. I might need an extra suitcase to bring Autumn back to Los Angeles with me.

p.s. posted a few new mobile photos here.

No Age. Sonic Youth. Pavement. Thank you.

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:30:00 GMT

Had an amazing time at the Hollywood Bowl the other night. If any of these bands are playing in a town remotely near you...Go!

I'm back.

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:45:00 GMT

I found this note. I have no recollection of writing it but it's my handwriting, my paper. I find these random notes on scraps of paper sometimes. I wonder if I wrote this one so I could find it later and give my self a bit of a laugh...or maybe I meant it.

Heavy.

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:43:44 GMT

Heavy head. Heavy heart.
Play. Repeat. Skip. Retreat.
Nevermind the heaviness.
Nevermind the why.
Nevermind waiting for the time to pass us by.
I met you when I knew.
I met you when I was new.
Heavy heavy I heard is your heart?
Play. Retreat. Skip. Repeat.

An Afternoon Sometime in July.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:19:21 GMT

Radio Hill. A Tape Machine. The Dots. A full-band tracking day for a couple more songs that insisted on being part of this record. Looking forward to sharing the finished product soon. Getting to that point where you only see the inside of the studio for days in a row...which means soon might actually be soon...we hope.
Always hope.