ok, with Valentine's Day or "la Saint Valentin" coming up, i made a new playlist with 54 tunes... an hommage to Studio 54 in the name of good beats & lavish hedonism. i squeezed in "valentino" in the title, as a double nod to present happenings... one nod at February 14th, a day celebrating romantic lovers, sexual partners & their icon: Cupid. the other one at my favorite of the "classic" designers, Valentino who recently showed his last collection in gay Paris...
STUDIO VALENTINO 54 - MP3 downloads
this is the easiest way i know how to share my tunes with you effortlessly (at least on my end), and i highly recommend you saving them in their order with their iTunes settings for a better experience... the party starts with track #3, an amazing cover of David Bowie's "Lets Dance" by Macedonian band Foltin, followed by Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen." there's something about Billy Ocean that inspires even the baddest bitch in the room to close her eyes, roll with it oh so smoothly & brighten up the dancefloor, like this:
Adele's cover of The Strokes' "Last Night" is all about her phenomenal voice at #6, followed by Belgians Das Pop, clearly masters of pop rock with "Fool For Love." i had to throw in "Party & Bullshit" at #10 cuz it's my favorite Biggie song & this remix by Brooklyn's Ratatat is dope. it was Sara's birthday recently so this one's for her. Sara loves Biggie more than any other friend i have... last Saturday we celebrated her birthday along with Davon & Fernando's birthdays at their pad on Echo Park Blvd. the age --or rather week-end-- of aquarius... here's Sara at her bday party, with Peymon & Nicole:
this sexy chick was staring at me so i pulled out my camera & took her pic while she kept looking at me, smoking her cigarette, as if nothing. we never introduced ourselves & i don't know who she is. just another casual encounter of the night:
Adele's cover of The Strokes' "Last Night" is all about her phenomenal voice at #6, followed by Belgians Das Pop, clearly masters of pop rock with "Fool For Love." i had to throw in "Party & Bullshit" at #10 cuz it's my favorite Biggie song & this remix by Brooklyn's Ratatat is dope. it was Sara's birthday recently so this one's for her. Sara loves Biggie more than any other friend i have... last Saturday we celebrated her birthday along with Davon & Fernando's birthdays at their pad on Echo Park Blvd. the age --or rather week-end-- of aquarius... here's Sara at her bday party, with Peymon & Nicole:
this sexy chick was staring at me so i pulled out my camera & took her pic while she kept looking at me, smoking her cigarette, as if nothing. we never introduced ourselves & i don't know who she is. just another casual encounter of the night:
this is how we warm up for Billy Ocean on the dancelfoor:
Saul set his drink free but even as the cup got lighter, the balloons hit the ceiling & kept his cocktail at arm's reach:
i'm not so sure about these acid wash skinny jeans, but i'm down with the espadrilles so i'll let it slide & be nice about it (but what the fuck is with the crotch area, i mean if you're gonna flaunt it, have a massive dirk diggler one then, right?!):
i'm down with this shade of glossy blue:
balloon freak on the loose:
this reminds me i need some brown shoes too:
san
and yes, i did a little dancing with Rita:
back in college, i lived with Mark... awww too cute:
Mark aka Frosty is the creator/founder/master of DUBLAB.
ok, back to Studio Valentino 54... my favorite discoveries of the past few months are Melbourne's The Emerg
special mention to Mondkopf
more pix from last Saturday night:
