Author: Nathaniel Fregoso
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My Father and I
I love this photo of my father and I. It was taken after The Blood Arm opened for Franz Ferdinand at The Hollywood Palladium in 2009. It’s been missing for a few years now, but thanks to my friend Bekki Newton, we were able to track the photo down and I’m really pleased to have…
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Happy Birthday, Ali Bell!
Happy Birthday Weekend, Ali Bell! We spent the evening with my in-laws at Piano Salon Christophori, listening to Nadezda Pisareva play Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Schumann. That was followed by a nightcap at Café Dujardin and then back home to the kiddies. All in all a great night and weekend and it was so much fun…
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The Blood Arm at Kesselhaus
Hanging out in Berlin, 2009. Have a great weekend, y’all.
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Franz Ferdinand After Party
Here you have Ali Bell and I in the dark of the after partáy. Photo by Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand. Congrats goes to the band on their greatest-hits-album Hits to the Head. The two new singles are fantastic – as are the rest of the songs. This photo was taken after the last Franz…
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Last Night at Frequenzwerk
Here I am late last night at Frequenzwerk. Lots of new songs in the works. Felt like I made a leap forward.
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Turn and Face Me
Photo shoot for The Blood Arm’s third album Turn and Face Me at the James Dean Memorial Junction, Lost Hills, California, 2009. Photo by Trang Chau.
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Paris 2007
The Blood Arm at La Maroquinerie in Paris, 2007. Photo by Robert Gil.
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Stand
Congratulations goes to my favourite songwriter Dyan Valdés on the release of her debut album today! Stand is available via R.I.P. Ben Lee Records on all streaming platforms as well as Bandcamp. Please support Berlin’s hardest-working musician and buy this beautiful album here.
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Happy 14th Birthday, Jackie!
You’ve led a life full of intrigue and adventure in Los Angeles and Berlin. You’ve been immortalized on a Thee Nathaniel Fregoso & the Bountiful Hearts album cover, in the German newspaper Berliner Kurier and even had your portrait painted. Marriage and kids didn’t faze you – you’re doing better than ever. Here’s to many…
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Greetings from Weissensee
Greetings from Weissensee! We’ve settled nicely into our new home, so I’ve put together this little playlist as a meditation on domestic life in Berlin, Germany. Love, marriage, kids, sleep deprivation – it’s all there! I hope you like it. Listen here.