Oddly enough Jessicka and I went to the same high school in Florida but we only recently met in Los Angeles. It was fate that I'd be the first person to exhibit her work in my show. For the past 16 years she's been a full time successful musician fronting the bands Scarling. and Jack Off Jill touring the US and the UK several times over. It was not until she took a break last year to get married that she was able to devote time to her first passion painting. Influenced by the absurd, noise rock, culinary delights, John Waters and Goth and gay iconography, she paints in a number of mediums. Her anthropomorphic baked goods seem to posess a childlike innocence with a glimpse of fear in their eyes of inevitably being devoured by those who gaze upon them.
It's hard to believe that I've been out of commission publicly for a year. Even before my self imposed online exile, I was truly weary of communicating online. It's scary! It's always been easier for me to have others communicate for me. (usually that never works out in the end either)
For the past year, I've enjoyed online anonymity. I liked being the person behind the scenes on a few projects. Now, coinciding with my radical physical transformation,(more on that later) it's time to have more of an online presence. Lord knows I have plenty to say!!!
I just don't think myspace is the right the site for me anymore. I just got married and don't feel comfortable airing my dirty laundry on what started out as a "dating site".. Also, let's face it, myspace is quite intimating at times. It began to get impossible to read actual email between all the "hey check out my..." and spam. I felt that if I actually took on the daunting task of answering all emails on myspace I'd not only feel guilty not answering every single one to the best of my ability but be online four hours at a time. So basically I just gave up. No disrespect to myspace, but I feel while I've been in my online exile myspace has become inundated with uninspiring crap. Not only that but I've gotten "this error has been forwarded to mySpace's technical group" message about 20 times while trying to update my page. Don't get me wrong, it did serve it's purpose as a great promotional tool, but I just don't feel comfortable blogging on myspace.
I've decided to try something new and move my base of operations to uber.com. I've luckily been asked to join the Renegades Of Style here on uber and join the ranks of some of my favorite people, Clint Catalyst, Jared Gold, and Elizabeth Mcgrath... And those who I've already met briefly and are loving: Linda Strawberry, Audrey Kitching, Stevie Ryan, Dirk Mai, and Kaiden Blake. (who I've yet to have the pleasure of meeting) Scarling.com & Jessicka.com (which until now was a fan site) will also be updated in the next few weeks. The point of this ramble is: I'm just coming out of newly wed status and trying to get my show back on the road. Scarling. IS writing a new record, it's just taking us a lot longer then we expected to get it off the ground. In the mean time I have a few other things coming up you might be interested in. All will be revealed here. Wow, that was a lot longer then expected but it has been a long time and now you get the gist: change is coming. Change is good. Hopefully you'll bear with me while I make these changes happen. As always thanks for your support and your patience. -Jessicka
Jessicka- I absolutely love the scarling. songs I heard on MySpace, they are so delicious, City Noise was stuck in my head for 3 days. You are so talented, and it's so refreshing to hear an L.A. singer who can actually sing, your voice sounds like that of a beautiful little bird. I look forward to so much more from scarling.
Hello Jessicka. Just sitting here going through uber. Was thinking about you the other day wondering if we'd ever hear from you again. hope all is well.
Wait... Hold the F* phone... Jack off Jill! I had no idea. My heart just skipped a beat, I knew nothing about the band but was addicted in high school. Oh gawd... I must find my old cd's now.
