MUSICIAN. ARTIST. GARDENER.
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JOURNAL

MICHAEL MUSIKA'S CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF CREATION THROUGH WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE ON VIDEO.

JOURNAL

This Journal is for a Japanese documentary film maker so that we may have an opportunity to go to Japan.


 
JULY 27, 2020 // ANGER ISSUES WITH WOMEN + MEN

THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA

Anger issues with women and also men. The right of way doesn’t matter if you die. If you’re planning on being a musician you better be on “The Voice,” have a different job, or go to jail. Math and guessing at salaries. Pornography. Never listen to advice. You don’t know what dead people said. I want to have the audacity of banks, IRS, police unions, telecommunication companies, privileged white people, and pine cones. The talents of pine cones. Story of some great pine cones. Don’t get a job at Starbucks. Go on unemployment or rob a bank. Confessions of an aspiring bank robber. Questioning bank robbing dreams. Pretty Boy Floyd and Jesse James. Racism and the class system shell game. Don’t tell me what my ethnicity is. Russian is not an ethnicity. I’m Russian. Confirmation of completing experimental film goals for the day. Farewell.

Michael Musika
JULY 27, 2020 // ST + EK IV

THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA

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This is the fourth compilation of songs from a text thread produced by Sleepy Todd. Here’s a Spotify Playlist. Information and supplementary links follow for non Spotify users, and because I don’t like the way the Spotify player looks on this website.

4Peat. XXTENTACION. XXTENTACION Presents: Members Only, Vol. 3.
GREEN. Hiroshi Yoshimura. Green.
School Shooters. XXXTENTACION, Lil Wayne. Bad Vibes Forever.
DIET_. Denzel Curry. Kenny Beats. UNLOCKED.
All Man Got. Pinch, Trim. All Man Got.
Fourth of July. Galaxie 500. This is Our Music.
Fall in Line. K CAMP. Kiss 5.
Running Red Lights (feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu), The Avalanches.
We’ve Only Just Begun. Carpenters. Close to You.
SMTS. Jeremih. The Chocolate Box.
Cool Down. Stephen Mallinder. Pow Wow.
YES! (feat. Rich The Kid & K CAMP). KYLE, K CAMP, Rich the Kid. See You When I am Famous!
Introduction. WITCH. Witch: We Intend to Cause Havoc!
Pass Dat. Jeremih. Late Nights: The Album.
Lightspout Hollow. Bibio. Sleep On The Wing.
Train Food. XXXTENTACION. SKINS.
Go. Privacy. Autonegotiation.
Synchronize Vibration. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
Loon. Darkstar. Civic Jams.
Ex (feat. YG). Ty Dolla $ign, YG. Beach House 3.
We Used To Keep Bees In There. Laura Cannell. The Earth With Her Crowns.
POTENTIAL (Sustain). Thomas Köner. Motus.
Park Jit - Mixed. O-WELLS. Kern, Vol. 5: Mixed by Helena Hauff.
BOA. Sam Gendel. Sam Wilkes. Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar.
Mequetrefe. Arca. KiCk i.
Pavan Hindustan - Instrumental. Robbie Basho. Bashovia.
Time (You and I). Khruangbin. Time (You and I).
Part 7. Bill Nace. Both.
Fluff - 2013 Remaster. Black Sabbath. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2014 Remaster)
Malak Ya Saly. Sharhabil Ahmed. The King of Sudanese Jazz (Habibi Funk 013)
Badly. Jessy Lanza. All the Time.

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Reprise [The Reflex Revision]
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On [The Reflex Revision]




Michael Musika
JULY 22, 2020 // HOW GARDENING + CARPENTRY INFORM MUSIC PRODUCTION

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

The limitations of a space provide boundaries that create form. There is no substitute for time spent in quiet observation. The repetition of a pleasing pattern can be found by measurement and division. The relationship of the angle, to the horizontal plane, guides the eye. Color and texture, used wisely, create harmony. Never find yourself in a position where you need to move a tool to get the tool you need. Cluttered workspaces are the domain of people who don’t have enough time to do a good job. Organized workspaces will be reflected in your results. Abstraction exists for the procrastinator. Nothing is abstract, only unrealized. The materials already at hand, are often worth twice as much as those found far away. Find the best teacher closest to where you live. If you learn a skill well, it will translate to all areas of your life.

Michael Musika
JUNE 30, 2020 // ST/EK III

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Get it Wrong.
You Can Be a Star.
bad vibes forever.
Where is My Mind.
Woods.
Hikikomori.
That’s On Me.
Sewnetuwa.
tisou.
Detroit People Mover.
Gnarciss.
Mamwana Kukifa Munda (My Love is Upset).
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down - Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK - May 17, 1966.
Enjoy Yourself.
Call It Fate, Call it Karma.
Que Jue?.
Give Me A Chance.
Atomic Bomb - William Onyeabor vs. Hot Chip.


Michael Musika
JUNE 24, 2020 // SELF PORTRAIT

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. I like the colors and the fact that the subject is in the left hand third of the horizontal frame. I was holding the camera though, and as a result the horizon is tilted. Further there are places where the light pools too flat like how smeared paint looks. This is a result of using the iPhone camera function where you can see what you are taking a picture of while you’re taking a picture of it. Future photos will come out better if taken whenever possible with a DSLR camera on a tripod. Furthermore, it will be interesting to see if the subject not being able to see the photographer looking at the subject, will yield a less puckered and self conscious visage.

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JUNE 21, 2020 // LOST SQUID

THE SEA RANCH, CALIFORNIA A paper boat with a candle in it going over the still black water in Japan at night time leads to mental illness behavior. Become a bumper sticker from the American south. If you find yourself feeling out of time, go fishing.

Michael Musika