New Website/Nueva página web

Now you can find my blog and full website on www.pilardiazmusic.com
This will be the last post on this blog, check out the new site!!!
Love,
Pilar

Ahora puedes encontrar mi blog en mi nueva página web www.pilardiazmusic.com
Esta será mi ultima vez escribiendo en este blog, ¡¡¡vayan al nuevo sitio!!!
Con amor,
Pilar

i just can't get enough!

i'm a janitor or oh my genitals?

video and song of the week! THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

this band has always inspired me! please check out their latest single "I'm Impressed" and i'm mos def impressed by this video.

i can't get no sleep! deep house oh yeah!

ok so did this video copy madonna's vogue or did madonna copy la india?!
think about it...
i know who is the better singer though...LA INDIA!
i used to dance to this song in my living room when i was just a wee lady.

some songs can just perfectly pull on the heartstrings!

another educational video!

i love scarfs! my past 2 trips to chile have included gifts of massive bags full of scarfs from the 50's y 60's out of mi abuelita lucy's closet. i try to wear them at every gig i do to show them off to lucy, and she gets a kick out of it.

now, this video will teach all of us some basic scarf applications and twists to compliments anyone's outfit this fall.

enjoy!

Pilar's "Piñata" remixed by M.I.S.

click above to buy the single on itunes!

song of the week! "Surprise Hotel" by Fool's Gold

a few years back, i was lucky enough to see the beginnings of fool's gold at backyard parties. former drummer (2002-2004) of los abandoned, garrett ray, plays drums, along with some other very, very talented musicians! super happy to see fool's gold getting out there past the echo park lake vicinity. yay!

Follow The Piñata Adventures! by Julio Salgado

This is the very first episode of Piñata Adventures, from April 20, 2009

song of the week! "Mad World" by Tears For Fears

can we please bring back Top Of The Pops to television or youtube or vimeo or something???!!!
Tear for Fears..."as cool as cocoa"

new music video for mi canción "El Otro Yo"

by the one and only José Asunción!
check out what Club Fonograma had to say about the video:
"This third audiovisual offering is a lot more personal. Four minutes before going into stage, a moment of excitement and nervousness, its nicely framed and aware of its depth, generous to its space and time and beautifully lighted. Enjoy. " - Club Fonograma September 20, 2009

song of my life! "Gangsters" by The Specials

this is the bad ass music i grew up with. thank you very mucho terry hall & 2 tone records!

song of the day: U2 "Bad"

Someday I hope to coordinate an event like Live Aid.
This song goes out to my best friend Augustine's brother Bryon, who passed away last month.

Letras/Lyrics to "Novia De Soldado"

This is a song I wrote with one of my best friends, Bárbara Matas, from Chile.
We also made the video for the song together during my trip down south back in January.



Club Fonograma just put up an EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD of the killer remix by Frank Leopold of Mucho Wednesdays.
Check it out HERE

"NOVIA DE SOLDADO"

PORQUE SOLA TE ESPERO, PERAS PARA QUIEN ESPERA
GUINDAS PARA LAS LINDAS, Y ARMADA DE PACIENCIA

OOOH

ESPERO COMO UNA PERA, QUE UNA NOCHE CUALQUIERA
PASES A BUSCARME, PARA LLEVARME AL CINE
O FESTEJAR, MI VIDA, EL FIN DE TANTA GUERRA Y TANTA VIDA PERDIDA
O FESTEJAR, MI VIDA, EL FIN DE TANTA GUERRA Y TANTA VIDA PERDIDA

PORQUE LLEGARA EL DIA
(TU ERES EL QUE QUIERO)

CUANDO VUELVAS TU SANO, NUNCA MAS SOLDADO
TU ESTARAS A MI LADO, PAZ Y AMOR ES LO QUE QUIERO
PARA MI AMOR, Y PARA MI, PARA MI MADRE, Y MI PAIS,
PARA LOS HIJOS DE TODOS AQUI, PARA LOS HIJOS DE LOS DE ALLI

Y ARMADITA DE PACIENCIA, YO SOY LA REINA DE LA CIENCIA
Y ARMADITA DE PACIENCIA, YO SOY LA REINA DE LA CIENCIA

PORQUE LLEGARA EL DIA
(TU ERES EL QUE QUIERO)


"NOVIA DE SOLDADO"
2008
performed by Pilar Díaz
music by Pilar Díaz (ASCAP)
lyrics by Bárbara Matas (SCD)

song of the day! "Paper Chase" by Ayana John

You bitchin' about money lately? Me too and this track is my new theme song to make sure I'm keeping on top of my budget.
Not really the "making of" this song but, more like hanging out with cool people and their thoughts on this song.


here's a live version of the song, not a great recording but you'll hear how good this song is!!! DAMN, I LOVE IT! Go Barbados!

artist of the week! YACHT

YACHT - Summer Song from Jona Bechtolt on Vimeo.

YACHT's new album just came out today and it's super good!
check out the video above, it's a take on one of my fave cult movies... TAPEHEADS!!!



Above is the original clip from the movie that the video is based on. Euro-Pop by Devo!
Watch both videos at the same time in synch!

tony, tony manero!

i am proud to say that chile has produced a different and original film. but my chilena pride can not mask the lukewarm response i had to it. i liked it, i did but, felt like only ONE emotion was being reflected by the characters in this film.
in the movie they call the main character "lifeless" but, that doesn't mean you have to make me feel like i'm watching an almost dead man's heart rate indicator. one long straight line beeping one tone all the way through until you get 3 or 4 instances of rapid beeps to remind you that you are still alive. but, i did like the film, just wished it would have had more vida in it. solo un poquitito más de vida.but that's what we chilenos did not have during pinochet's regime. maybe that's what the director was getting at.

frequencia mod soundtrack was awesome! when i was a kid, i wanted to be them.
check them out y'all! from disco to folklore!

MCA announcement

hey everybody, please pray for beastie boys' adam "MCA" yauch so that he heals quickly.

the zeros! original so cal punk is back!!! show is this thursday july 16

i am very excited to say that the zeros (all original members) are playing a show here in los angeles this week at the troubadour on thursday july 16!
here's some rare footage i found on youtube from one of my favorite so cal punk bands. "don't push me around" is the strokes times 1 million.