Illustration by: Elizabeth Moch

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Laurie Anderson

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Laurie Anderson, 80s experimental, musical storytelling artist. Influenced by Brian Eno, Phillip Glass and William Burroughs, she took electronic music and performance art into a new direction. KXLU DJ, The Markness played, Laurie Anderson's most popular song,'O Superman' this afternoon. I realized I had another track from her I liked and wanted to find out more about her and share it.

MP3 - Laurie Anderson - O Superman

MP3 - Laurie Anderson - Let X = X

MP3 - Laurie Anderson - From the Air

MP3 - Laurie Anderson - From The Air (Dan the Automator Remix)

(the remix is really good!)

Monday, March 30, 2009

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The Echo turned Rockville...

The Echo is Rockville CA! It's sooooooo bad but I can't stop watching them because they're short and it's so funny to watch the 'east side hipster' scene completely played out. There's a little mystery ' Shadowscene ' girl snapping photos and ironic band names and real bands on stage, ala, The O.C. I am totally DEB the round-faced, brunette in glasses that does A&R and smokes pot in the bathroom. I would never say, "are you totally damaged?!" or "MAJOR!" though. As if!

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DEB from Rockville ("me")

For some reason I have always liked to identify with characters that are most like me. It started with dolls, I was Samantha from The American Girl collection purely based on the fact that I'm a brunette. My blond sister was Kirsten, who also has blond hair of course.

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Samantha, I called her, "Sam"

I meeeeeeeeeaaaaannnn.... she's wearing kitten ears. Actually it's a bow but I pretended they were kitten ears. This was my girl, I wanted everything they ever made for her. My dad built her a closet for Christmas one year with hooks and everything. I'm loving these outfits, so Blair Waldorf .

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The amazing Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl

Not sure how I got on that tangent but it all relates.

"The series of webisodes created by Josh Schwartz (Gossip Girl, Chuck, The O.C.) along with noted music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (Twilight, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, The O.C.), Rockville is the first web series of its kind, marrying what you love about all of your favorite TV entertainment into one highly-addictive web series. With each episode featuring a new band performing two live performances on the "Rockville" stage, the site allows fans to engage with the series by sharing/embedding the performances on their social media sites, view character playlists and then purchase the songs via a link to iTunes."

- Trendcentral

Monday, March 23, 2009

OMG OPRAH!

OPRAH in a REVLON ad in ELLE magazine in 1988! I thought this was a photoshopped joke, but it's not. She looks AMAAAAZING!

- superfantastic.picture.time: oprah winfrey = gareth pugh

We Have Band

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I like this cute hipster-new wave-pop band from the UK. They did well at sxsw, but I'm not sure if they have anything beyond this one good song. I listened to five of their other songs on their myspace page but did not like them so much. Anyhow, here's the song I like. It's kind of fun to dance to!

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MP3 - We Have Band - You Came Out (demo)

This just in........ I like this song/video too... except for going too far into the mouth and seeing that guy's nasty molars before I've had my coffee. There is just something off about this group. It's like they're copying a 'hipster' formula, but it's not coming off natural. There are some good songs there... any opinions about them?

We Have Band - Oh! (Music Video)


We Have Band - Oh! (Music Video) from We Have Band on Vimeo.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

What I Tell Myself Every Morning

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And Every Night...

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Hey, times are tough, but I'm thinking we just hang in there like little kittens on a hospital wall until the storm passes. Here's a little Recession mix I made to keep yer chins up. :)

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Photos from the lovely Hello Jupiter Blog

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

MC Q

RECYCLING A McQueen ball gown in an Escher-inspired print, with a garbage heap of props from past collections in the background.

A double-umbrella hat by Philip Treacy.

“I think it’s dangerous to play it safe because you will just get lost in the midst of cashmere twin sets. People don’t want to see clothes. They want to see something that fuels the imagination.”
- Alexander McQueen

McQueen Leaves Fashion in Ruins - New York Times