LOVE...my family, Smally, HOME....friends, fearless dreamers, fairies, mood lighting, velvet walls, romance, great conversations in cozy places while it's raining outside, Bambi; togetherness, missing eachotherness, right nowness, letting go-ness, Lochness and other sea creatures. The book: 'The Little Prince'. Pretty rooms, the beach at night; BOWIE, Donovan, Buckley, Kate Bush, Maurice Sendak, Fred Rogers, Rod Serling, Scott Walker, Karen Carpenter, Lady Day, Peter Paul & Mary, Pearl, Nick Drake, Miles Davis, Burt Bacharach, Tom Waits, George Margot, BeeGee's, The Love Boat...my childhood attic loft where we listened to music and drew many pictures...Pre-Raphaelites, the scent of homegrown snow pea pods opening and tiny white strawberry flowers in the yard along the fence when I was five.....baroque decadence, romantic people; mods, rockers, disco cholas who glitter...The Beat Poets, the twenties Paris cafe, Victorian Pop Lit, Golden Era Hollywood; silent films, 'Our Gang'; flavored lipgloss, strawberry perfume, dancing all night, cupcakes, Lawrence Welk Show, wishing on dandelions...Bryce, Tommy, Billy, Rodney, ZEP, Beatles, Beach Boys; films: Valley of the Dolls, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Romeo & Juliet, The Red Balloon, Small Change, Spinal Tap, All About Eve; early Blues/Jazz, Dr.Seuss, pianos & guitars, science & stars; Dali, Einstein, Hawking, butterflies, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, vintage burlesque, tattoos, dark circus imagery, mermaids, flappers, rocks, seashells, shadows, music boxes with spinning plastic ballerinas inside, ghost/fairy tales, costume parties; reading great books, Sanrio, Blythe, Herb Alpert, Hitchcock, powder pink, baby blue, unicorns, doll houses, clowns, owls, vintage records & turntables, 45 inserts, cozy brick wall theaters; making books, recording music, painting pictures, sleeping, dreaming; the stars & city lights from my roof; masks, silence, buttons, braids; Schwinn cruisers, legos, coffee, skateboards, hiphuggers, nuns, Vans, breakdancers, high fashion, low brow, good wine & food, expensive cheese; night swims, moonlight, bedroom eyes, rainy days, gray skies, birds; comfort, pillows, the cloud, happy tears, sad tears, wildly imaginative and funny people, slapstick; labors of love, random acts of kindness, artists with integrity, family time, silly time, Pippy, striped leg warmers, beach bonfires, rollerskating on the beach boardwalk at night, laughing with friends and falling in love.
Hi I'm Blanca Apodaca. Welcome to the home of "Butterfly Core"! You can download B-Core now at I-Tunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. My new record includes "Sugar Painted Valentine" (as featured on KROQ 106.7fm) along with other new songs, some of which are posted above. For cd's, t-shirts, children's books and other fun stuff go to lovesickblanca.com.
.....I write my music and sing, play the piano and the guitar......I love collaborating with fellow musicians and creative producers such as Bryce Soderberg of Lifehouse, Tommy Walter of the EELs, and Jason Moore of AM Radio/ JFK, Kurt James, Rob Hoffman & Heather Holley.......I love LIFE, my family and friends, painting pictures and making books, reading, learning new things and especially LAUGHING :)!...I love dancing, having a good time in my hometown of Los Angeles, recording, dressing up and working with creative photographers, rollerskating, feeling healthy and being happy. THANKS everyone, for your great comments, messages and amazing support...BIG HUGS. Love, Blanca :)
*Watch the cute video by Mikiko Kinoko-Chan from Japan with her drawings dancing to "Hello Butterfly"!
**"Smally's Secret Alphabook" a book for small children that I've written and illustrated, is now available at Barnes & Noble stores.......Also available at B&N stores is New York Times Best Seller: "Style A to Zoe" a new fashion/style book featuring my illustrations, written by my brilliant sister, Rose Apodaca.
***You can download my first cd "Love Sick" at DIG STATION www.digstation.com...iCiao, mariposas bellisi-si-si-simas! Con cien mil besitos y un arco iris de estrellitas brillantes....Love-Love pa-siempre, Blanquita..ia bailar! ijeje! (crAzY!)
I just viewed your paintings album... WOW! Your art is amazing! I love everything!! Love your current user pic too! I'm rarely on here anymore... but, I'll stop by and say hi to you when I am :)
thanks for your friendship&talent&beauty. got a minute? check out my music, you'll find samba in english and rock in portuguese. cheers from Brazil, Smello.
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