I’m really excited to be back in the whole music scene again with all The Glowing Stars stuff, but also being immersed in just a flood of other talented musicians in the Bay Area and beyond. My friend Jonathan Mann of YouTube Song-A-Day fame, and who has also played at MacWorld 2011, will be playing a show at Sub-Mission Gallery in the Mission District of San Francisco in two weeks along with my other friend Tommy Wallach, also of YouTube fame (one of his videos was shortlisted for the Guggenheim/YouTube Play exhibition).

Also playing is Lucky Cloud, a cool band referred to me by my friend Lewis Patzner of Judgement Day (um, best local band ever?). Zach Ehrlich of Lucky Cloud is formerly of The Boticellis, and currently in a new jazz fusion band with Lewis called So.

That said, if you like good music, cool spaces, cheap drinks, and an easily accessible venue, you should come hang out with me at this show. The Sub-Mission Gallery holds a place near and dear to my heart since my old band Sputterdoll played a show there November 19, 2005 (I remember this because I made the flyer). They’ve since renovated the space, and I was just there tonight and it’s made me even more excited for this show. They now have a stage, full P.A. system, bar, and holy crap - the bartender is a sweetheart. Here are some notable videos to check out:

Jonathan Mann’s Song-A-Day #807 - Happy Birthday Lizzie Cuevas (yeah, I know)

Tommy Wallach - Charade of the Encore

See you at the show! Look these people up, because they’re awesome.

Jonathan Mann & the Rock Cookie Bottoms w/ Tommy Wallach and Lucky Cloud

Monday, April 11th, 2011
8 p.m.
All Ages
$7

Jonathann Mann & the Rock Cookie Bottoms
http://www.songatron.com/

Tommy Wallach
http://www.tommywallach.com/

Lucky Cloud
http://www.myspace.com/luckycloudband

Just got back from a fun, sort of last-minute trip to Las Vegas, though I realize if you’re not really much of a clubber or party-goer (Me? Party-goer? Never.), then all there really is to do in Vegas is stuff yourself into oblivion with their many buffets. Yes, that’s what I did.

But also! You can walk around at 4 a.m. taking pictures of random things with your iPhone until the sun comes up. Lately I’ve been on the whole Instagram hype - it’s a free iPhone app with many cool filters to use for your photos. Unlike Hipstamatic, which is a similar app that costs $1.99, you can edit photos straight from your Camera Roll instead of having to take a new one each time. This makes it a lot easier to frame your image the way you want. The filters are also free, whereas Hipstamatic only gives you a few free options, then you have to pay for each additional filter separately. I really haven’t even opened up Hipstamatic anymore since I got Instagram.

But Instagram sort of became a gateway drug to other iPhone photo apps. Since friending Doctor Popular on Instagram, I’ve learned the ways of #appsperiment, which is basically using various iPhone photo apps to edit a photo. Here are some I took in Vegas:

This was taken of a huge chandelier-type decoration at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Used Camera+ to edit, then a filter on Instagram.

Took this walking along the strip and edited with TiltShiftGen.

Outside of Caesars Palace. Can’t think about this place without thinking about The Hangover anymore. Photo taken with TrueHDR.

And this is personally one of my favorites, and the very first picture was taken the same way. For a city that is known for its nightlife, the city really does sleep - unless you have a gambling problem. But this arcade at the New York New York hotel in Las Vegas was completely dead at 4 a.m. It was fun, and kind of creepy, to walk around the arcade ghost town. This photo was taken with Camera+.

For more photos, follow me on Instagram - @lizziecuevas. (Sorry, non-iPhone users!)

But now that Las Vegas is out of the way, I’m really looking forward to attending my first PAX this weekend in Boston, MA. I’ll be there with most of the TalkRadar crew. It’s also the week before Chris Antista’s and my birthdays, so I think a celebration is in order. I also have The Glowing Stars stickers to give away!

Oh, and on that note, we announced last week that we’ll be opening for Anamanaguchi at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on 4/7. SO EXCITED!