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Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

2011-01-07T00:59:00.000-08:00

This guys ruminative ideas about good and evil, love and death is beautifully stated.

And the cover art is awesomely rendered in neon-psychedelic lines, surrounded by peacocks.Very tasteful!:)

How To Rock Red Lipstick By: Betsey McLain

2011-01-06T22:47:00.000-08:00

First, figure out the hue for you...

"A red lip means different things to different people. If you have lighter skin-tones, a more coral or orange-based red is your best option," she says. "Women with more medium tones can usually sport a true red, while my darker-skinned clients tend to prefer deeper, burgundy red tones."

Orangey Red Lipsticks

From left: Cynthia Rowley Spring 2011 runway;Make Up Forever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in #42, $19, available at Sephora; Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Sweet Nectar, $5.54, available at TargetHourglass Femme Rouge Velvet Creme Lipstick in Raven, $30, available at Sephora.

True Red Lipsticks

From left: Outside the tents at Bryant Park, photo by Lianna Tarantin; Cover Girl Lip Perfection Lipstick in Hot, $7.99, available at CVS; Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in #45, $19, available at Sephora; Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color in Cherry Lush, $45, available at Neiman Marcus.

Deep Red Lipsticks

From left: Givenchy Fall 2010 runway look; Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2011 backstage beauty; Givenchy Rogue Interdit Lipstick in Vintage Carmine, $28, available at Sephora; Guerlain KissKiss Strass in Rouge Imperial, $31, available at Neiman Marcus; Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Terre De Feu, $25, available at Nars Cosmetics.

What Better Way to Start Your Year is with these boys. (Death Cab For Cutie)

2011-01-02T19:24:00.000-08:00

Intimate pics on the road and in the studio

Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out (Official Video)

2010-12-05T23:08:00.001-08:00

Been listening to this song for a couple of months now and the addiction is back

2010-12-05T22:27:00.001-08:00

wants a bouquet of carrots and a 48-hour all-you-can-eat music buffet at my place.

2010-12-02T01:15:00.000-08:00

"Underwater tea Party" and some "doggie ice cream" -this sure looks fun to me!

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Visual History!

2010-11-30T21:51:00.000-08:00

It's PMS day! And today's posting has nothing to do with it.hahahaha!

Music - Andrew Zuckeman

2010-11-30T07:09:00.000-08:00

Up Close With Rock's Coolest Stars: Intimate Photos and their Words.

2010-11-30T01:07:00.000-08:00

The Strokes' Julian Casablancas
"Even though the process [of making music] can be meticulous, the approach should be simple.
I just started doing things I liked; you know, sing along. I remember recording myself doing a
Pearl Jam song and just thinking, 'This is great.' And then listening back and thinking,
'Oh my God, I really can’t sing.' One step at a time."

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O

"There’s a real heavy atmosphere of apathy in New York. That was in the air when we started.
So a lot of why we started was just to try and shake things up, to get people to feel something.
Just to have fun again, because New York was a lot of people standing around with their arms
crossed, bobbing their heads if they felt something. We were like, 'Fuck that, we’re gonna get
people to go fucking nuts.'"

Iggy Pop

"Music, when I’m singing or fronting, it’s definitely not coming from me, it’s coming through
me,like the way if water has to go through a rusty pipe it comes out a different color. On the
way through, I get some of my bits in."

Billy Corgan

"I subscribe to the theory that art is made to be broken and if I wanted to play a song backwards
at half speed, I believe, as the auteur, that’s my right. But not everybody agrees with my right,
which is kind of a funny thing."

Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
"You never know when an idea’s gonna come to you. I’ve tried not to have to schedule the
creative stuff; but in terms of the creativity that goes on in the studio, we’ve tried to keep
business hours — that only lasts so long before we end up being in there every day until three
or four a.m."

Sinéad O'Connor

"I never regretted it [ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live]. Never in a
million years. And I mean I had the shit kicked out of me for years, and everyone treated me
like a madwoman. But I would do it a million times over."

My Morning Jacket's Jim James

"When you record, you have to accept the fact that it’s a finite thing and you’re only capturing
time for that moment. And it’s always hard to let it go when you’re done but also, at the same
time, you have to just let it go and be like, 'See ya later. I’m gonna look back at you five years
from now and there’s gonna be some things I like and there’s gonna be some things I don’t like.
And there’s gonna be some things I’m embar- rassed about and some things I love.'"

Fiona Apple

"Not to be gross, but music is sort of a creative mental form of shitting. You keep taking things
in and putting them out to make more room to take more nutrients in. Life nutrients:
conversations with people, experiences, seasons. Hopefully, though, what you put out isn’t shit."

Silverchair's Daniel Johns
"I feel like the best music I’ve ever made is the music I kind of wasn’t present for. Most of the
time I don’t really know what I’m doing. Especially recently, it’s more about sonics and getting
everything sounding like it has some kind of emotional resonance. And then after that, that’s
when you start: after you’ve laid down a foundation, that’s when you start thinking about
where it’s coming from. But at the start, it’s not coming from anywhere."

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard
"I just feel that being a writer in any kind of capacity has more to do with just working the
muscles. The longer you go without writing, those muscles atrophy a little bit and you become
less able to harness a good idea when it comes across your brain. I feel it’s important for me.
I’m a songwriter. That’s what I do for a living. So I should try to write songs every day."

Yoko Ono

"Imagine standing outside the Universe and listening to the music it creates! It’s nice to know
that we are a part of it."

Ozzy Osbourne

"I don’t play an instrument, I don’t really know how to sing. But it’s this thing within me.
The bad thing about being me is I’ve got this thing in my head, but I can’t always transcribe it."

Music, a new book and documentary by Andrew Zuckerman

Hurts - Wonderful Life

2010-11-25T19:23:00.000-08:00

Is hooked!:) 80's on the horizon:)

Trentemoller - Miss You

2010-11-21T21:21:00.001-08:00

Denmark is a Date! Isn't this sweet!

2010-11-20T23:25:00.000-08:00

I Want! "Write A Bike"

2010-11-20T22:19:00.000-08:00

I think, these are far more grand than a car..

Vans

2010-10-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

Their undeniably gorgeous!

Plajia - Beating The Charms (music video)

2010-09-11T01:03:00.000-07:00

Nneka ; Mind vs Heart

2010-08-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

I'm digging her songs. All are ace for me.

Casual Sunday

2010-08-10T09:41:00.000-07:00

Red, Cream, Florals

2010-08-10T00:05:00.000-07:00

Florals and Reds

Ice Cream in the Park

2010-07-30T09:15:00.000-07:00

"The Ghost Who Walks" HD live full band Video - Karen Elson

2010-07-02T15:10:00.000-07:00

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)

2010-03-16T21:40:00.000-07:00


The story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a genius, and his homicidal quest for the perfect scent.

Local Natives

2010-01-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

When I first heard their song Airplanes, I immediately told Fredz (the bf) about it. Fredz liked the songs from the minute he started listening to them. So, the next day, I started downloading the whole album Gorilla Manor. Their the band named Local Natives, they are an indie Rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their catchy lyrics, harmonies and awesome arrangements caught my attention BIG TIME!

An Education

2009-11-10T03:36:00.000-08:00

I like this film!

2009-11-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

So for the last two days I've been trying my luck with this particular website to watch and finish this movie I've been going gaga for weeks now.I have finally finished viewing the Little Ashes after all the long wait I have been through, it's finally over.The movie is very impressive and seductive.I think Robert Pattinson captured Dali's bizarre blend of shyness and exhibitionist dexterity,he really did a good job portraying the extreme and eccentric Salvador Dali, it was a spot on. On the other hand, Beltran Javier is fantastic, he brought me to tears. The pain is genuine. I felt every raw emotion he has in the film.The guy is really amazing.But I must say, for me the movie is more about Federico Lorca than Salvador Dali since the whole story revolves mostly with Lorca, It showed a vague image of what Dali really was and where he came from. The cinematography is astounding but it would be really nice to see it on the big screen.Definitely worth watching.

2009-11-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

Korg on a Tuesday night..