4.08 // Pick your Poison

I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon cleaning my room – organizing shelves, shuffling shoes, putting up sarongs en lieu of curtains, you know – spring cleaning.  :)  But I needed music… so I chose Poison… and I’ve been listening to this song over and over for a few days. I like it – [...]

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Poison // Talk Dirty to Me

Love the 80s… ~ r

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1.4 // oh look, hair! it must be the 80s!

Just saw this on style.com: “12 reason why 2010 will be great” (or something). No. 1: “it can’t be worse than 2009″. You’d like to think that, but who knows? Just kidding. I’m an optimist - a realistic optimist, I suppose. A reluctantly grounded optimist. But I digress. I have found myself without much inspiration of late – perhaps [...]

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Style Icon: Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf, avant-garde-dressing singer/songwriter, is somewhat of a brilliant dresser, usually channeling a sort of eclectic/punk English vibe. Crazy red/blond/brown (depending on the day, it seems) hair and flamboyant dressing make for an interesting persona, to be sure, and when you add in his romantic-folk-and-pop techno-ish style you get a very unique young man (to [...]

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8.16 // Music: Bat for Lashes

Natasha Khan was on VOGUE’s Neo-Hippie’s slideshow (right), so I decided to check out her band, Bat for Lashes. I love it – it has such a unique sound: part 60s psychedelic, part middle eastern sitar-esque sounds, part floaty vocals, all cool. Here are two of my favourites (so far), Prescilla and What’s A Girl [...]

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DaVinci’s Notebook // Another Irish Drinking Song

This came on Pandora today while we were painting the porch, and I’m pretty sure it’s my new favourite song… Gather ’round, ye lads and lasses, set ye for a while And hearken to me mournful tale about the Emerald Isle Let’s all raise our glasses high to friends and family gone And lift our [...]

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Billy Joel // We Didn’t Start The Fire

Amazing song. It makes you think (or it does me, anyway) – it’s so true. People always talk about how terrible the world is and how we’re all screwed; blame flies, fingers are pointed, but really, it’s always been this way and always will be. That’s not saying we should be apathetic – just the [...]

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6.8 // when the tigers broke free

I’ve been on a Pink Floyd spree the past 2 days. Yesterday, I discovered that there is a movie of The Wall. It very well may be the most amazing, moving thing I have ever seen. A clip: I cried so much. It’s even more dramatic if you’ve watched the rest of the film. It’s [...]

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5.07 // Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away…

Have I mentioned that I love 80s hair bands and music? Well, I do. Today’s song: Surrender – Cheap Trick. Ah, the Aussies do know their style. Durr. Ah, thinking so much on the 80′s – and not only because of the sudden (sort of) influx of leather, studs, eyeliner, neon lipstick, black booties, tunics, [...]

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2.10 // From the Red Carpet: Grammys 2009 [plus a look into NYFW]

Big event: Grammy awards 2009. Who: who’s who (with a few exceptions… coughcoughJONASBROTHERScough) of musicians What they wore: Jennifer Hudson in RM by Roland Mouret with Christian Louboutin shoes. I love the sculpted top, and – as always – the black & white chic look. Gwyneth Paltrow – not red carpet, but I love the [...]

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