24 November 2010

ABRACADABRA

life is rich! happy Thanksgiving to all ya'll... next:


i coasted through Beverly Hills to check out Paola Pivi's sculpture of black & white pearls hanging at the Chanel store. since i was in the neighborhood, swinging by Margiela's Maison was de rigueur; it's my favourite Belgian home in all of LA! i want every single piece they have!!! down the street, i discovered that getting drunk on sparkling water alone was possible when i got my hands on Missoni's bottle of San Pellegrino... and if i had $87K to drop on a ring, Victoire de Castellane for Dior is where it's at, trust!
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...WHITE SNOW's stepmother's ring has my name all over it!!!


on sunday, Rashida & Friends hosted an impeccable after party for the American Music Awards snooze fest. such intimate gatherings always draw a stylistic crowd, with the likes of Grey Ant's leading lady (in a flawless Margiela red top & skirt), designers Brian Lichtenberg & Franc Fernandez, musical guest Sam Sparro, and a discerning tribe of devotees...

earlier the same evening, The Masses had a potluck where i bumped into Frenchie Jean-Marc Barr, whose mesmerizing part in Jean-Luc Besson's Big Blue still haunts me when i think about it... here he is with a few other darlings: Mia Doi Todd and Douglas Smith, Matt Amato & Cathy Cooper...

19 November 2010

lost in dances

RHONDA & friends with special guests taking over the decks, ranging from Motor City Drum Ensemble & Scott Grooves, to Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem right after their show at the Hollywood Bowl...
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I can’t sing but I’m young... Can’t do a thing but I’m young!
I’m a fool, but I’m cool... Don’t put me down!
I don’t read but I’m young... I’m built for speed cause I’m young!
I’m a fool, but I’m cool... I’m not a clown!
Don’t give a fig if you don’t dig... That I’m around!
I don’t walk but I’m young... I never talk cause I’m young!
I won’t cry, if I die... While I’m still young!

Yeah baby I’m so young... Yeah baby I’m still so young!!!

17 November 2010

kasual killers

when a motorcycle gang has killer dance moves...
...this kick ass Band of Horses film by Philip Andelman slays me! WIN!!!

♡♡♡ Band Of Horses ☆ DILLY MP3 ♡♡♡

when you're in the neighborhood & you need a friend to guide you along the cool parts of lalaland, who're you gonna call??? ME!!! this is what my friend visiting from NY just did when she needed to get some footage on Super 8. i know my way around this city like no other, trust! here are some of the super lo-fi mobile pics i took along the way. i love el lay...
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16 November 2010

Florence 2 Rhonda

without a doubt, last week's highlight was meeting the statuesque Florence Welch at the tail end of Florence and the Machine's US tour. think Kate Bush with a warmer voice, meets PJ Harvey with a more symphonic one, meets true divas of the opera but helluva more fun & engaging, with a touch of Isadora Duncan - the lady is a force of nature! j'adore!!! of all her videos to date, the one LEGS directed for Dog Days Are Over best captures her powerful eccentricity. the song is flawless. play and repeat...

download this song (#17) & another one of hers (#25) on this page. more recent is Heavy In Your Arms (MP3) on the page here linked...


later with Rhonda & her latest "Mr. Right Now" - Peanut Butter Wolf:
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Aeroplane ☆ WITHOUT LIES MP3 ☆ Breakbot
☼ these Belgian boys were Rhonda's guests last May ☼

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Chromeo ☆ HOT MESS MP3

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13 November 2010

BREAKING NEWS

Michael Jackson's (?) posthumous BREAKING NEWS was released this week, just in time for this other very important piece of breaking news:

11 November 2010

full mustache magic

Romy Schneider is one of my favourite actors! her tragic death impacted my childhood as it was filled with her movies. i saw them all, even those that Americans might have deemed too "mature" for me as a kid. fortunately i grew up between Brussels & the South of France for the 1st 15 years of my life, with no parental restrictions on what they considered artistic. no doubt, Andrzej Zulawski's brilliant L'important c'est d'aimer is a must... props to Homework for using Clouzot's fantastic footage of Romy Schneider for their latest track I GOT ONE (YOU'RE IT) MP3:


it's time to purge my mobile of all the pics i took on the go. i will soon compile all my Rhonda pics. the next one is this weekend actually - past ones in here & here & here & here. meanwhile, here are those i took at Mustache Mondays with Maluca Mala & Big Freedia in downtown LA, Full Frontal Disco with Ryan Heffington & friends in Chinatown, Otter Magic with Juan Maclean in Hollywood, etc etc... with a few more tunes to better enjoy my super lo-fi mobile pics:


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08 November 2010

wishery & birthdays

magical-musical-visual scrapbook artist POGO is back:

...scroll down this page for his take on Hook & Mary Poppins!

WISHERY MP3 SYMPHONY 69 MP3

today is the birthday of artist & dear friend Cathy Cooper. here are the lo-fi pics i took at her recent show opening. Cathy's pieces are fantastic:
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05 November 2010

heffington moves moca

TGIF! here's a fun track to kick off the weekend:


♡♡♡ Marianne Faithfull ☆ IN THE NIGHT TIME MP3 ♡♡♡

Ryan Heffington & Friends moved Moca last night. more details on this page & this one; more links to the man here... now my super lo-fi mobile pics:
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04 November 2010

rooftop pics+tunes

from downtown LA to Venice - where the debris meets the sea...

♡♡♡ Caribou ☆ SUN MP3 ☆ On Cruise ♡♡♡
more on Caribou in here
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♡♡♡ Junip ☆ ALWAYS MP3 ☆ Run Roc ♡♡♡
☼ more on Junip in here
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03 November 2010

HALLOWEEN


go
Yoko! last friday, Valentino went out with Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour & Grace Coddington... i then chilled in Santa Barbara for the weekend...

california classic

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a dear friend who lives in New York City & myself spent the Halloween weekend in Montecito (Santa Barbara) for a wedding. pumpkins aside & Halloween photobooth aside, this was pure California classic... the bride was a barbie doll from Orange County on her first wedding; her bridesmaids were her two closest friends - a butch lesbian (who brought her wife) & the bride's gay husband! the groom was a total swimmer surfer snowboarder dude onto his third marriage! third time's a charm...