Alan Hynes - Dead Weather

I think I know a lady who might die for this...

ampersand touch

ampersands used in right way make me giddy. i want them to be mine

the above is by Griskevicius Jurgis

of course italicised garamond is the best of them all...

hard and soft and blush all over

I wear a lot of colours that suggest I should just be in a ballet troupe, if it weren't for my ungainly body offsetting it.

I just fell in love with these slippers from Bona Drag. Though I might end up in a red shoes situation...

weathered

I'm starting to suspect my underlying wish is to dress like a character from Mad Max...

deliciously weathered kangaroo leather jacket by Carol Christian Poell

lighten up

banner series by Lacy VanCourt

David Black

I love the beach in the winter. I need an adventure.

The Strange Boys - Woe Is You and Me

greens

I feel like my last bunch of films is all shades of blues and greens...

this is how we do

latest on the Free People blog

rhythm to the madness - weltschmerz
got this at an amazing record store down the street from our free people chicago store, reckless records (www.reckless.com). if you're in the mood to start your record collection, they give the best recommendations right on the record, so you don’t have to worry about looking like a dork when you just like the album cover. anyway, this album is rad and features members from rise & fall and justice. rttm's appearance at the justice release party got kids wanting more than just a cameo, so they put out this album (as if it were that easy...), which has some of the most kickin’ guitar solos around.

bibio - hand cranked
first, forget that you’ve heard stephen wilkinson’s, aka bibio's, music in commercials for l.l.bean and toyota. now get ready to dance because this album is KILLER.

lily allen - it’s not me, it’s you
brit pop brat maybe, but that doesn't stop this record from being really good. like, REALLY good.

owen/ the rutabaga - split ep
so this isn’t really new (was re-released 2004), but it’s new to me. owen is the solo project of mike kinsella who also led the band american football, and played in the bands cap'n jazz, joan of arc and owls. the rutabaga is the one man show of joshua wayne hensley. normally a split has a good side and a bad side, but not this one – the sum is definitely greater than the parts.

loudon wainwright III - attempted moustache
loudon knows how to mix the bitter and the sweet. it includes a favorite: swimming song – “salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes, i’m a self destructive fool”. swoon.

madness - one step beyond
one step beyond is all good times. we highly recommend putting this on at a party just as people have lost the momentum – you’re going to have a throng of dancing in your living room before you know it.

leadbelly - huddie ledbetter’s best…
as much as I hate to recommend a compilation, leadbelly is a true legend and there’s no better way to cover the breadth of his work. known for his 12-string guitar, these classic songs are different when touched by his wicked trifecta of talent, heart and soul.

yves montand – aimez-vous yves?
side one is for putting on a frock and pouring yourself a café latte, side two is to talk in your most outrageous french accent and go off to live la rive gauche

The Dodos

I only took a handful of photos from the show on monday, more of which I'll post shortly with a possible cheesy review...

wallilamdzi

DEVENDRA BANHART, WALILLAMDZI from DAVID BLACK on Vimeo.

I went at got a little Devendra crush. Especially after his interview on Pitchfork.

seriously:

DB: Well, aren't you sweet. See, there are four stages to matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. I'm just one big sack of gas these days. I'm sorry, we're really veering off the subject-- another attribute of old age! I'm not a hippie; I'm not even me. But I'm contradicting myself by saying "I'm not a hippie" and then saying hippie shit like, "I'm not even me." What's going on? Who am I? Can I be K.D. Lang for the day?

Pitchfork: Yes.

DB: Thank you.

happy birthday

Salt: i didn't eat cake until 830 last night!

me: what the frig?

that's hardly early enough to go back for seconds

Salt: i know!

me: gah

if i'd been there you'd had cupcakes for breakfast

Salt: is that a sexual innuendo

me: i never sully the cupcakes!!

that's just cupcake talk!

SHEESH

Salt: thats an MB

a My Bad

me: not a merrie-ism

Salt: i forgot you have your own language and dialect

me: YOU ALWAYS FORGET ME

Salt: LIAR

DONT YELL AT ME LITTLE ONE

me: I AM GOING TO YELL AT YOU

I AM BIG AND MENACING

Salt: YOU ARE NEITHER

AND YOU ARE CAUSING A SCENE AT YOUR OFFICE

THIS KINDA STUFF HAPPENS AT MINE ALL DAY

me: I AM LEAVING

GOOD DAY SIR

Salt: LIAR!!!!

YOU ARE THERE....YOU ARE JUST IGNORING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM GOING TO GO TO THE BREAK ROOM AND HAVE SEX WITH A CUPCAKE

me: I'm going to blog this

Salt: PLEASE DO...I AM STILL VERY UPSET

me: cupcake wasn't up to scratch huh

Salt: i did not go away satisfied

me: I'm telling the cupcake you said that

Salt: I DONT CARE....THERE ARE OTHER CUPCAKES OUT THERE...HELL THERE IS REAL CAKE OUT THERE!

me: CUPCAKE IS AS MUCH OF A CAKE!!! HOW DAAAAARE YOU!!?!
It just wants to BE PRETTY

Ruby Suns

The Ruby Suns - Maasai Mara from memphis industries on Vimeo.

I saw this band last night and was totally blown away. I went a bit bananas when I discovered them last year but seeing them live they were ten times better. Good news is they're working on a new album so they'll be touring with it again next year.

I just kept saying the whole time THIS IS SO GOOD LIVE.

Kenya Dig It is probably my favourite song

The new stuff was exciting too

bobo

bobo is turning into a new hot phrase thanks to Monsieur Lagerfeld and his most recent collection for Chanel

but I think it was started by Bobo Chooses, the delicious children's clothing line

oh, that's vintage

I love bargains!! I love flea market!!

Now I just need to have a millions cocktail parties to make this all a good investment...

Grizzly Bear

I saw Grizzly Bear the other day after much hemming and hawing over whether to go. But I knew that I would be sad if I failed to see them again.

I'm so so glad we went. I was giddy the whole time. They are wildly talented and heartwarming.

Sadly no pictures, but I'm glad I couldn't take my camera that night - I got to relax and listen for once instead of anxiously watching.

my hair my jacket

in my make believe perfect world that is...

from SHOWstudio

bits and pieces

I've been slow to post photos from my last film sets for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.

But anyway, here are some.

The first lady is the lovely Mags. I told her to make a spikey face to be like the shoes. And then the people in Laboutin promptly told me off.

Also photos from a brunch at Bubby's in NYC, things from the High Line, Honey's here in Philadelphia, and also a trolley outside Johnny Brenda's, a very emphatic jackass up by the pool in the Gansevoort, which I will one day learn to pronounce properly.

penny farthings and perambulators

Those are some of my favourite words so I was quite chuffed to find these in Chalk Chalk's shop on Etsy.

More traditional forms of transport are also available...

bring spring in early

Aerobombus by Rowneyart

Ceramic bowl by McCheek's Mayhem