itchy feet

I want to move to Paris, like, right now.

"wtf" - update

From Wikipedia:

"David Macklovitch is currently earning his Ph.D in French Literature from Columbia University, where he also teaches undergraduate French classes."

Um. What the EFF?? I'm pestering my friends at Columbia until someone takes French from Chromeo.

soccah zombies

Watching the Today Show kind of makes me hate my life.

I will never force my kids to make shit out of milk cartons and cotton balls.

back in massachusetts

I'm home for spring break. I got back late Friday night and since then, haven't been up to much. My mum and I drove to Marblehead yesterday to see my little sister's high school compete in the semi-final round of MHSDG (sis did costumes). Comp played a pretty heavy role in my high school career - every year, a couple hundred high schools in Massachusetts compete with 40-min plays for the state title. Senior year we went to the state finals, and this year, the kids moved on to finals as well. And my sister got an award for costumes! So exciting.

Other news:

- Found pics from Beetroots. I'm a little awkward.
- Justice is playing the Mayan on March 31, and apparently there's an after-party at Les Deux? Um. WHAT. I really need more info on this...
- Saint Paddy's Day is tomorrow! My friends and I will hopefully be tearin' up the streets of Boston. Éire go deo, bitches.

RANDOFAKT OF THE DAY

Did you know that A-Trak is the younger brother of the hot lead singer of Chromeo?

What the eff?

My mind is a little bit blown. (...And they're CANADIEN!)

[UPDATE 3/19]:




Aw. They're cute.

viva l'italia

Jen and I caught the Bloody Beetroots at Cinespace in Hollywood last night. Despite getting hassled by the incredible bitchy bouncers on our way in, the show was totally worth it. We rolled in around 11:15 and caught the end of Dan Oh's set in the front room, then we headed to the other room to check out Tronik Youth. Despite the mad press he's getting in the electro/dance blogosphere, we weren't entirely feeling it, mostly because we wanted to dance and he was spinning more slow jam sort of stuff. So we went back to the front room and raged to Them Jeans' set for a while. He played a couple of my favorites of the moment (namely, Kid Cudi & Treasure Fingers), so I really enjoyed his set. (And just for the record, he is mad tall.)

Around 12:30 we headed to the back room to see the Beetroots. They were ridiculously fun, starting from when they came out in matching outfits (Dim Mak, of course) and SpiderMan masks. They played some of their own stuff, some sick electro, and lots of hardcore rock, so everyone pretty much just raged the whole time. The area in front of the stage came dangerously close to becoming a mosh pit at one point (and we came dangerously close to being sucked in) but luckily people didn't go too crazy and things settle down before it got out of control. The Beetroots spun until about 1:55, when Cinespace's security shut them down (despite protests from both the DJ's and the crowd). Overall, it was gooood time and a fantastic way to spend what would have otherwise been a boring Tuesday night. And serious props to the Bloody Beetroots for being able to keep those masks on throughout their entire set. It got pretty damn hot in there and I know I would have lasted about 5 minutes in a poly/nylon/rayon/whatever mask.

*SPECIAL TREAT*

Here's link to the Kid Cudi track (remixed by Crookers) that I'm freaking obsessed with. Warning - you might find yourself listening to it repeatedly. For hours. Maybe days. And dancing.

Have fun!

Download "Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix)" - Kid Cudi

my fall wardrobe (...will emulate this)

I'm freaking obsessed with Gucci's fall '08 ready-to-wear. OBSESSED. This is basically just an extension of last fall's obsession with Nicolas Ghesquière's world-fashion inspired line at Balenciaga, but still. I LOVE Eastern European style and these outfits are absolutely gorgeous.
They're fierce and incredibly chic, yet completely wearable. According to Pitchfork (...of all places!), Frida Giannini's fall men's line was inspired by Gogol Bordello's freaking incredible lead singer, Eugene Hütz, and clearly the gypsy-punk style filtered over to her women's line. So much love for Gogol, so much love for Gucci... I'm starting to sound ridiculous so I'll quit while I'm ahead.

A few more looks from Gucci:

mondays are for procrastinating

I always show up to work on Monday morning looking completely beat from the weekend, and my boss gets all concerned and asks if I'm feeling ok. It kind of hurts my feelings actually because I don't think I ever look that bad - just tired. Is that so wrong?? I think she thinks I'm a crack addict.

(Which I'm not.)



In other news, I'm really digging Ugly Duckling. These guys have been around since '93. Who knew? They have an old-school feel to their music that reminds me a lot of Blackalicious, one of my absolute favorite hip-hop acts.

Ok so that's sufficient procrastination for now. Pax.

so this weekend....

FRI



- Caught L.A. Riots and Z-Trip @ the Music Box. Had to peace before MSTRKRFT got on, long story, but it wasn't so bad because I really wasn't feeling the crowd so much and hey, the tickets were free.

- Underground dance party @ a warehouse downtown, thrown by a couple friends/USC students. They did an amazing job pulling it all together, hopefully there'll be more to follow. Danced until 5AM, thought I was going to die the next day. Pics:



SAT

- Lunch at Toast for my roomie's birthday. Really cute place - cute waiters & delicious panini.
- Poked around Rodeo for a bit. Extremely coveted some black strappy Dior heels and a pair of purple peekaboo toe D&G booties. Bought... nothing.


- Grizzly Bear w/ the LA Phil @ Walt Disney Concert Hall that night - AMAZING. It was so nice to catch the LA Phil, and then Grizzly Bear, unsurprisingly, played an incredible set. They played lots of my favorites (I loved "Little Brother" and duh, "Knife") and they finished the encore with "He Hit Me," which is my absolute favorite of of the Friends EP and overall is just a chilling, beautiful song. They are such incredible musicians, and then to see them add in that crazy electronic element on top of that is mind-blowing. It was a GREAT show.

SUN

- Slept 'til 1, took a shower. Baking cookies?

first post

First posts are always awkward.

Glad that's over with.