Saint Clare Island

Shirts off.

2009-01-22T13:54:00.000-08:00

It had been far too long since I'd just relaxed on SC.

What I was listening to.

Well, let's give that key lime pie a day in court, and a big old glass of non-fat milk, if you please.

2009-01-19T16:11:00.000-08:00

Saint Clare is peaceful, serene and full of love. Which is why Orson and I left it to go kick some ass last night.

Now I am not saying that is us in these pictures, at all. In fact, the photo below from the 7 Days Magic Bakery security camera is too bad to say exactly who that is. I mean, really...who would hold up someone for a glass of milk? That's crazy. **coughs*

Besides, my attorney assures me this photo will never count as evidence if this goes to trial.

By the way, I like to think of myself as an innocent bystander... a civilian, if you will. Certainly not an accomplice, like that silly police officer tried to explain it to me last night. Just because I drove the car after Orson picked up the milk does not make me some kind of bad person. My goodness.

Hey, anyone can go to the Crack Den and be tough. But it takes a special kinda badassedness to just be criminal wherever you happen to be. **clears throat* Allegedly criminal.

And on your left....

2009-01-19T09:36:00.000-08:00

Pris installed this fabulous new Raft system to the island yesterday. The best part?

You can *surf* on them...

How to stuff a wild bikini

2009-01-03T09:52:00.001-08:00

Obviously, the secret to how stuff a wild bikini is owned and patented by Johnny Barbecue, as demonstrated at last night's late-night beach silliness. Oh, and some chicks were there, too.

L-R, Alabama Smalls, Johnny Barbecue (welcome back, Mr. Kotter), xSaraho Mornington, Thadeous Drucker (background, Pris, Meta)

Penelope Sideshow, innertoobin'

Marlys Vaughan, lookin' kewt!

Alabama Smalls, The "'Bama Slamma"

Bea Hienrichs, debating if it's safe to go in the water

We so need ocean waitstaff to fetch us cocktails (someone work on that pls? kthx)

Sven Marx, Beach Mime

Robin, ready for water sports >.>

Rad, bad -- mos def not a fad -- Thadeous Drucker

Robin -- way too excited about people coming over

Pris -- Imma wondering where the hell that Ocean Waiter is with mah drank???

Meta Constantine, flexing his pixelmuscles for ze ladeez

Kylerai Hayek, tellin' us all to chill

Meta made us an offer we couldn't refuse

2009-01-02T16:22:00.000-08:00

Meta Constantine, who recently showed his work at the *69 Art Lounge, has generously offered us a parcel of land to build a *69 headquarters/studio!!!! And equally wonderful, Orson has begun planning a model for the new building. :)

Like the villas Orson designed and built on Saint Clare, we will document the progress of the build. Since the new building is for *69, we will post pics on that blog: http://star69music.blogspot.com/.

Thank you Meta, so very much! And Orson, we can't wait to see you do your magic again.

xxxxxxxx

2009

2009-01-01T10:43:00.000-08:00

So we all have those days when you are just so over SL. Robin and I agreed I had reached maximum SLness and I should take some time off, so I am minding my own business irl when this SAME WOMAN calls me and says.."Umm..Pris? Niko is here. And Vio. And Oct. And, um...pop in and turn off security so we can party?"

Still in a New Year's funk, I come onto Saint Clare to TCB still dressed for sunbathing on Hermit Beach from that afternoon. After being SLexually harassed by everyone there (**coughs Vio), I decided to stay -- who can resist the warm gooeyness of Niko's tunes? Not me. And apparently, not most of SL, who also came over to ring in the New Year (around the world, every hour) with us. So thank you Robz, Niko and Sars (ok, Vio too, for hittin' on me) and everyone who made this such a fun night!

More pics on the *69 blog, too. :)

DJ Niko Lyle

Violet Morellet, Butthole Magic

The ladies of Saint Clare: Robz and Pris

Pris, Woodrow Stapleton

Lolotehe Menoptra

xSaraho Mornington, Hawt Late-Night DJ Diva

Robin

Ty! Ty!

2008-12-28T08:43:00.000-08:00

Last night in the *69 Art Lounge, we had our first official opening night ever for a show -- Meta Constantine's incredible installation, Uzamaki - The Purgatory Lounge. This party was coordinated by Robin, who did such an awesome job Meta put her in his Picks with high praises! Also, Niko Lyle was spinning, so you know we all danced it out. More event pics on the *69 blog.

L-R: Pris, Guinevere Kirshner (official *69 Bar Go-Go Dancer), xSaraho Mornington (Sars!), RobinLynne Raymaker (lookin' hawt!)

Niko Lyle, Pris

Something new this year

2008-12-24T12:47:00.000-08:00

Saint Clare is so full of love it spills onto this blog pretty regularly, so I don’t think I need too many words today. Instead, I will let these images from throughout the year show us again why we really couldn’t ask for too much more this season when we all have each other.

Happy holidays!

Love,

Pris, Orson, Roland, Robin and Graham

My eyes!

2008-12-23T10:38:00.000-08:00

Here is my fave pic from Roland's freaky-deaky Cube set. :D

Yay for audience participation!

Pris in a sea of checkerness.

2008-12-23T09:45:00.000-08:00

This is my favorite picture from last night's checkerboard ball/hell. Go Pris!

Definitely naughty

2008-12-21T09:51:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I had the privilege of taking part in an impromptu photo shoot with crazy-wonderful photographer Penelope Sideshow. Here are a few pics from the shoot, but her body of work is on her Flickr photostream so please check it out at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/penelopesideshow/

Checking It Twice, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons, Pasta Vendetta, Dizzy and Pris Telling

Naughty or Nice #20, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons and Pris Telling

You Stole My Heart, photo by Penelope Sideshow, with Electric Emmons and Pris Telling

A New Character has Rolled into Town.

2008-12-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

This crazy guy was spotted in the sky above Saint Clare island this afternoon. I yelled up to him to say, "WTF?", and he shouted something back. It sounded rather muffled, but from what I could make out - it sounded like, "This monday night (dec 22) at 9-11pm SLT I will be delivering my wares to the good and bad children of SL at Computer Club Records." Hmm. Good thing I was at the right place, at the right time...to receive all of that very-specific information.

cube partay pics from CCR.

2008-12-15T06:00:00.000-08:00

A world of your kind

2008-12-12T12:40:00.000-08:00

I am thrilled to report that Orson has completed the villas in the Harbor and they look spectacular!

The original idea was to base the design of the homes on those in rl Santorini, Greece. Orson did his magic and from that basic "Santorini" concept, made the buildings livable, to scale, and created custom textures and an unbelievable palette that looks ethereal in sunrise, midday, sunset or evening settings. He also worked with the land, barely touching the original landscape and building upwards for an incredible ocean view from almost every window in each home. Orson took on this challenge with a generous grace, and this project -- like all of his work -- is flawless.

Thank you, Orson, for everything.

At sunset, from the Harbor.

Midday.

Grace

2008-11-27T10:28:00.001-08:00

I am going to start this post with a lecture, and end it with grace.

My parents had their own upbringing influenced by European immigrant parents and family and passed their very strong ideas about what was "right" and "wrong" to me and my little brother -- very little fell into a gray area. For example, in our house we were never allowed to refer to Thanksgiving as "Turkey Day"; my father felt that the silly holiday nickname -- used affectionately by almost everyone else in the country -- was wrong, diluting the essence of the celebration and it's meaning, emphasizing extravagance instead of a time for reflection and being with people you care about. My father is not a humorless man, and so I have to think about the nuanced and very adult message he sent to me and my brother by setting this rule, and maybe on this one thing I will allow he was exactly right. :)

We didn't pray before a Thanksgiving meal, but just went around the table and said what we were thankful for, like a lot of other families do. I do like the idea of calling that moment "grace," no matter what your views. I define grace as a way to live your life (and SLife) every day, with gratitude for every moment and faith in those you love.

In Second Life, we can all be especially thankful this year that Robin has recently joined us on Saint Clare; Roland continues to teach us how to have fun in unexpected ways; Orson literally shelters us with the strength and vision of his beautiful designs and keeps us all mellow with his easy-going spirit; and Graham touched us with his humor and sweetness. Today, as always, I am thankful we can all move through our real and second lives together with beauty, compassion, kindness, silliness, laughter and music.

I think I can sign this for everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Pris, Orson, Roland, Robin and Graham

Bisous, Graham

2008-11-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

When I first envisioned Saint Clare, I knew what I wanted it to be and the kind of people I wanted to share it with. So far, I have been incredibly, amazingly lucky: out of tens of thousands of people isl, I met Orson, Roland and Graham. All three men have become intrinsic parts of Saint Clare's nature. So, I am selfishly sad to hear Graham will be leaving Saint Clare, but I am very happy it is because rl is taking an exciting new turn for him.

I met Graham when I worked at Popscene almost a year ago. I don't remember if I started talking to him because he is French and I am a raging Francophile or if he tried hitting on me. :P In all honesty, I think we just started talking about music. And music talk led to travel talk..and travel led to people..and people somehow led back to music.

Even though Graham threatened to eat the ducks in the Harbor so many times I ended up naming them Pâté and Cassoulet, I know Saint Clare was special to him, too. I hope he doesn't mind that I share this, but Graham grew up in Marseilles, a port town in France. He enjoyed Saint Clare's harbor in a way that was very specific to his memories of family and childhood, the way we have all found something on SC to connect with. Maybe the beaches are your rl touchstone that remind you of home, or the Harbor, or sitting around the fire at night. I personally will always remember the afternoon Graham told me about Marseilles while we stood on SC's dock and fed the ducks.

Lots of love from all of us Graham! Thank you for being a part of Saint Clare from the beginning. Thank you for teaching me what I had been doing wrong when I made quiche. :) Thank you for being a sweet and loyal friend, which is rare irl and even rarer isl.

Between you and me? I am confident Graham will come back to visit us. Le Diable chie toujours au même endroit. :D

Bisous et je t'embrasse, mon ami.

Pris

Randomness.

2008-10-29T09:11:00.000-07:00

CCR Store Opening Party!

2008-10-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack

2008-10-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, I am back and this is a pic of Roland. There is no logic here, except to say...wheeeeee! And also? I think we need to be planning that Saint Clare party we keep talking about.

Saint Clare: Unite!

2008-09-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

Computer Club Records, open for business!

2008-09-24T06:34:00.000-07:00

After a few months of off-and-on work, we finally launched our first official storefront! CLICK HERE to TP to the store, for a look. You might be wondering - "What the hell is in your store??" To answer, we have 3 categories of products available.

1. CCR Second Life Singles Series
-For 150L you and your avatar walk away with an mp3, digital t-shirt and poster, note from the band, digital artwork for display in-world, and lyrics. We've launched the series with singles from 4 artists:
001 - Gileah and the Ghost Train - "The Satellite"
002 - With Hatchet, Pike & Gun - "The Hands"
003 - City of Ships - "Night Vision"
004 - X-AM - "As Love Permeates the Air"

2. A few select releases from our back catalog. Right now we have about 10 up, and even 2 new releases (The Onslaught Dynamo/Coyote Throat split & the X-AM "is in love" record). Prices vary depending on the release, and all come with digital artwork for display in-world.

3. T-Shirts designed by me (Roland). The designs are fairly juvenile and fun, and are super cheap at only 25 Lindens a pop. They even come with 2 free song downloads, just for the heck of it.

As of today, I just put up a new section for freebies. Thus far, for the price of 0 Lindens, you can nab:
-a 13-track sampler of Computer Club artists present & past
-a slew of digital Computer Club T-shirts in varying colors and cuts

And soon I'll even have a section for nerdy gestures. Righteous. Now where's my pocket protector?

-Roland

The Build, Day 5...Safety First

2008-09-22T11:45:00.001-07:00

Here is Orson without his shirt on. **coughs* I mean, in his new safety gear after the Incident of Day 4. Always use protection, kids. **shifty sideways glance*

I think he also built some stuff today. Because really? I was busy watching Orson. Err. Supervising Orson. Yes. That's it.

The Build, Day 4..."I'm OK!"

2008-09-17T11:44:00.000-07:00

There was a minor incident involving Orson, rezzing, giant stairs and smushed avis. While my attorneys and I await the Worker's Comp claim, I want it noted here that Orson distinctly called out "I'm OK!" from underneath the rubble.[note to self.."hardhat area signage...look into Union builders..."]

Here is Orson looking much more large and in charge. We haz stairs!

Where everybody knows your name (or at least just read your tag)

2008-09-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

Yes, this post is a little late but the sentiment is the same: thank you Win for all the good times! The night it shut down, Orson and I stand where the Winchester once was and basically -- look confused. RIP, Win.

And then things got weird

2008-09-16T02:30:00.000-07:00

Things began somewhat innocently, as usual. Isn't Kylarai adorableness?
**puts Ky in my pocket**

You would trust that faise, right? You would be wrong.

Johnny BBQ insists on singing "Under the Sea" (until I kick him).

JBBQ passes out "manbo!" maracas to everyone...and then things got weird. Like, Ky stopped waxing, for one. [insert your own joke about Ky's maracas here]

Leiche takes his watermelon very seriously.

Add Bakers, Electric, Danny, some nachos, a cow, batman and maracas..and you haz a party.

Invisible machinery

2008-09-12T19:23:00.000-07:00

A few nights ago, I dreamt I was climbing a ladder from the ground to the sky. In my dream Roland was behind me, and when I looked back down he told me to keep going up and promised he would catch me if I fell. I climbed even higher, but froze with fear. I closed my eyes and hesitated, and when I looked down again Roland was gone. Out of nowhere, I heard a man’s voice say “It’s too late. Everything is different now.” And then I woke up.

What is Saint Clare? I was naive to think it is a refuge from anything. We created a place that connects people, not just dots on a screen. So, like in real life, people and places change and connections grow stronger or weaker and sometimes fade away altogether.

Are the stars on Saint Clare still wanted? Or should we put out every one?

Roland's Rez-Day Surprise Party

2008-09-11T22:27:00.000-07:00

Once again, I was blindsided by a surprise celebration. This time, it was even more elaborate than my birthday! Pris organized a wonderful, forest-themed surprise party for me at The Osprey. Almost everybody was there at one point or another, it was a wonderful bash...and I was even given a special, rez-day loin cloth.

Pris, dumping her "backet of goodies" on her head playfully.

Tiny Wolf / DJ Extraordinare Ilya provided the musics for the bash, and did a wonderful job of making us shake woodland-creature tush.

I've got the best friends, ever. PRIS! Thank you for throwing such a wonderful bash. Can't thank you enough!

The Build, Day 3..holy *&^%$

2008-09-11T10:17:00.000-07:00

Orson was in full-on-in-the-zone-Master-Builder mode this morning.

I TPd Cali in to check out the awesomeness of the build and chat with me about musics, too. Here we are standing back and looking cute while Orson works.

The Build, Day 2...I fail at being a photojournalist

2008-09-10T14:30:00.000-07:00

I should have gotten a pic of Orson looking intense while he builds or even Roland looking admiringly at the progress when he popped in, but I was too slow on the uptake since I was busy looking at everything myself.

After the menz left, I did snap this shot to show how things are moving along. Orson is still setting things up, and he is working his pixels off.

The Build, Day 1

2008-09-09T20:34:00.000-07:00

Good news: Orson is ready to start laying the paths and groundwork necessary for the boys' new villas! Yay!

Bad news: I am the bad guy landlord who had to boot everyone's pixel buns outta their houses NAO so Pretty Boy could start the build.

Some people vacated their temporary housing graciously (thank you Roland, sweetie!), while others (**coughs, GRAHAM) had some attitude.

Wait. The Frenchman never gave me a security deposit. Dammit.

*69 Blog Updates

2008-09-09T20:31:00.000-07:00

Did you even know we haz TWO blogs? For reals.
Go see http://star69music.blogspot.com/ noa, plz.

kthx

<333

Rage Fighting Championships?!

2008-09-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

I was recently asked to DJ for the Rage Fighting Championships league. Because of scheduling conflicts, I won't be able to do so regularly. However, I thought it was interesting to find out how involved this group is - something like 600 fighters involved? Pretty incredible.

This is Royce Boa, who runs RFC. Working for her will probably be scary, as she could absolutely pwn me in nothing flat.

Water baby

2008-09-06T12:33:00.000-07:00

Cajsa Lilliehook from MDR Studios took these photos of me on location in Crucible. I think she did a brilliant job.

I started out fully clothed, believe it or not. But, when we got to the location and I saw the water, I told her the pics needed to be nudes in that beautiful dark pool. Lucky for me, we both had the same idea about where the shoot should go.

Now, you gotta learn something - there are just certain things a girl cain't do.

2008-09-06T01:49:00.000-07:00

I feel the need to brag about this before they clear the board at The Velvet (**coughs). After getting the #1 spot, I went all Coyote Ugly and victory danced on the bar.

The sad part? Jed has tried riding that bull like 876748652654 times to place. Well..he can keep trying. ;)

Just testing?

2008-08-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

We did a few photo tests for the new CCR merch, and bounced ideas off of each other. Photos of the actual shoot to come...

Birfday! pt. 2

2008-08-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

We had an amazing cook-out the night of my birthday...

As expected, I hit the keg pretty hard.

It was over once Jed sent me the bucket-hat. Picnic table dance party initiated..

Nakey time..

The other dudes were a bit frightened (understandably), but luckily Pris humored me and tore it up on the picnic table with me...

Jed, the grill master....

Thank you guys, for making this birfday wonderful!

CCR

2008-08-20T12:33:00.000-07:00

CCR - coming soon!

Roland, Zed & Pansy.

Birfday! pt. 1

2008-08-20T12:09:00.000-07:00

To my surprise, I woke up this morning and look what I found:

*scratching head in disbelief...*

Pris decorated my place to the tee, even adding a birthday COW....grill...picnic table....and

KEG!!!

Having a morning, birfday beer...

Good morning, sunshine..

2008-08-10T10:26:00.000-07:00

"computer club, computer club!"

2008-08-05T13:25:00.000-07:00

I have a line of T-Shirts and music that I'm working on releasing fairly soon, and the temporary housing has been a great work studio for me thus far...

Right now I'm looking at opening my first small stall next to STEAM, a live venue run by Filete Homewood. The rent is cheap and it seems like it'll be a decent starting point..

More soon, as I find out...

In the zone.

2008-08-05T13:15:00.001-07:00

Orson is hard at work on the new houses, and we are all ecstatic about his work thus far.

Can you feel the intensity? The concentration?

His edit is your command..

Preview of things to come..

2008-08-05T13:15:00.000-07:00

Separated at birth?

2008-08-04T11:48:00.001-07:00

Pris was casually perusing the selection over at WMD (Weird Monkey Design) and noticed that the model in their photos looks surprisingly similar to Ilya. The following day, she returned to WMD with Ilya in tow and happened to stumble across WMD designer/owner Maruko Sakigake - a.k.a. the model for his own designs.

Maruko turned out to be a sweet guy, and was even kind enough to give us a bunch of free clothes. His design work is excellent, we collectively endorse visiting his store! Maruko also had time to stop by later to check out Saint Clare..

Scooter Patrol

2008-08-04T11:05:00.000-07:00

Ode to Ducks

2008-08-04T08:01:00.000-07:00

We have another welcome addition to the wildlife that inhabits the island - a small, hungry, quacking group of ducks. Hopefully they won't be too terrified by Ilya's random scooter-cannon fire.

“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.” - Confucious

"It's on like Red Dawn.."

2008-08-01T11:20:00.000-07:00

An eventful day on the island. Ilya was pleasently reading my previous blog post, when...

bam. Pris throws him in a giant cup of absinthe, and proceeds to dance upon his back in an acrobatic-fashion...

After relentlessly trouncing his absinthe-soaked body, she gracefully kicked up and off of his back, delivering one final blow...

To his lifeless, floating corpse.

But don't get too sad just yet. Later that evening, a mysterious white van pulled up on the beach. A voice called out from inside..."Come here Pris, I have candy.." The voice from the van obviously didn't know that Pris doesn't have a sweet tooth...the trap didn't work.

But alas, a cloaked figure popped out and threw her in the back of the van, tying her up bondage-style.

From under the cloak, Ilya's evil grin peeked out...he slammed the door shut, laughing maniacally. Feeling vindicated, he enjoyed the feeling of the warm sun rising at dawn...but not so fast, dear Ilya..

Suddenly, from behind, an enormous spider comes, ready for battle...

Caught off-guard, Ilya morphs himself into the Stay Puft man...what a mistake. The vicious spider beings chomping at the crotch of Mr. Puft..

Not a moment too soon, Ilya recovered from his crotch chomping just long enough to also morph into a giant spider..

and off they ran, fighting, destroying, wreaking general havoc across the island. Having been busy photographing the whole thing, I realized that Pris was still trapped in the back of that white van..

I apologetically untied her...eventually she forgave me for not helping, but had a massive headache from the whole thing..

So we decided to roast marshmellows, the ultimate headache cure. Unfortunately, I ended up roasting my knee instead and Pris was so messed up from being in the van that she couldn't even find the fire.

The end.

Our paradise, our refuge.

2008-07-31T08:26:00.000-07:00

The other night I had a nice talk on the beach with a friend at sunset. During this talk we discussed how Saint Clare is a refuge. We all need a place to escape from stress, tumultuous situations, drama, or just anything that's getting to us in a negative way. A place to relax and be in the company of friends - our own private paradise. Some of us are the builders, planners and designers of this place....and some of us are simply residents who try to provide any kind of small assistance to the group when possible (/me raises his hand). I want to thank the other residents of Saint Clare Island - I tip my hat to you. Here's to a future of good times, creativity and ridiculous digital fun.