Author: Nathaniel Fregoso
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Madame Jojo’s
Basking under blue light at the legendary-London-nightclub Madame Jojo’s, 2011. We were performing “Angela”. “AngelaHave you ever seen the light at dawnInside the apartment ofA hopeless homewrecker?” Photo by Joel Isaac Black.
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Neue Nationalgalerie
I took my daughter to the newly-reopened Neue Nationalgalerie today. It was so exciting to be in that space, surrounded by the gallery’s incredible collection of sculptures and paintings. I couldn’t stop smiling. Check it out- and make sure to bring the kids!
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Happy Fourth Anniversary
Happy Fourth Anniversary to my beautiful wife Ali Bell. From Fanø to Weißensee, we’ve come a long way, baby. I love you. Photograph by Uffe Birk.
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Everyone But You
Here’s Joel Isaac Black in 2011, masterfully using a vintage Akai sampler. You can hear the sampler at the top of our song “Everyone But You” off of our self-titled debut album. The album was recorded at The Cave Studio in L.A. with Josiah Mazzaschi producing. Josiah was wonderful to work with and entertained every…
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The Cribs & Johnny Marr
The sunset strip wasn’t really our scene, but in 2009, when the The Cribs and Johnny Marr called, we came running. The Roxy is a legendary L.A. venue, and a stopping point for huge acts, so it was exciting for us to play there. Naturally, we tore it up. Photo by Dyan Valdés.
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White Trash Fast Food, 2011
2011: Fresh off the airplane and into the Keller. Joel Isaac Black comes in from Dallas and we put together a band, consisting of Jack Wharton and Adam Neal of Eight Legs. Afterwards, we DJ with Dyan Valdes at one of White Trаsh Fast Food ‘s legendary indie parties. We quickly learned that we weren’t…
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Coffee with Mark
It was wonderful to grab coffee with radio giant Mark Sovel today at HEIDE’s Deli. The Blood Arm used to religiously listen to the station he ran, Indie 103.1, and his show with Steve Jones of Sex Pistols, Jonesy’s Jukebox, back when we lived in L.A. He interviewed us, played our music and acted as…
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Photoshoot: Keep It Wild
I did a photoshoot for the Bountiful Hearts’ Keep It Wild EP this week. The photographer was Bernd Diekjobst. The location was Tierpark. Check out this cheeky preview.
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R.I.P. Charlie Watts
I was sad to hear about the death of drummer Charlie Watts of my favorite group: The Rolling Stones . Where to begin? It’s been a life-long love affair. I remember my mother’s Hot Rocks LPs, her laughter about “Mother’s Little Helper”, I remember seeing them at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. and Waldbühne in…
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Discography
Happy weekend! I’ve put all my work with The Blood Arm , Mexican Radio , Thee Nathaniel Fregoso & the Bountiful Hearts , Anaïs , Die Sterne and even The Acoustic Guitar Project into one handy playlist. That’s over five hours of music which is long enough to drive from L.A. to San Francisco or…