okkervil river

love to a monster

Max Vadukul

I found this link on the Rolling Stone website. He took pretty amazing photographs of the Bonnaroo. I moved on to check out his website and I like.. alot. He has portraits of Natalie Portman, Kate Bosworth, Clare Danes, and lots of others. Check him out . Be a fan..like me.

bonnaroo photos

Max Vadukul fashion photos

enjoy.

love love love

this made me so happy :


Noah and the Whale

Jason Mraz

makes me smile




cheers

we think it's rude ...

...how no one leaves us comments.





Lisa Frank



Love,

Em and Jess

MGMT

with: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ting Tings


McCarren Pool


July 27th


2:00 pm


$ ZERO


see you there!

don't be stupid like me

I went to the beach last Saturday and experienced something I thought could never happen to me. Sunburned lips. Laugh my friends but it hurts like you would not believe. I could not eat without using a fork to insert the food past my lips, cause well if they touched my lips it would sting for about 10 minutes. If it has happened to you, I'm sorry. Sucks so bad. I am stubborn and think that I can't get burned and I especially never thought SPF for your lips was necessary. However, I found something very wonderful today on style.com. It is called The Balm - BalmShelter Lip Gloss.

I myself am not a chapstick kind of girl. I appreciate my gloss. This balm comes in 12 neutral colors and is SPF 17! 17! That's a lot of SPF. It is available at Sephora for $18 and I think that I will be making this purchase. I never wish burned lips upon anyone.




I am reccommeding all you girls make this purchase. I know my best friends love their gloss.

review

An 18 hour car ride home from a grand Disney vaycay with my boy called for a lot of time to kill. Before I left I was given The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd from my mother. Did I have any interest in reading this? The answer is no. See, over the years I have formed a terrible habit of not being able to enjoy any book that does not take place in either L.A. or New York in which the main character is a struggling fashion victim who is turned into a fashionista with a sweet life - usually written by Lauren Weisberger, Emily Giffin, and the like.

However, as the endless miles of the un-scenic Route 95 dragged, I picked up The Secret Life of Bees and indulged. I must say, I am nothing less than satisfied.

For her first book, Monk Kidd presented a truly compelling story of a young white girl, Lily, growing up in a racist 1964 area of South Carolina. She is motherless (for a very horrible reason - READ IT!), and lives with an abusive, unloving father. Lily is raised by one of her family’s former “peach pickers”, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen (who is black) pisses off the most racist men in their town by spitting her snuff spit on their shoes and getting thrown in jail, Lily comes to her rescue and they are on a runaway journey to a location Lily picked for reasons close to her. Her goal=learning about her mother. Rosaleen’s goal=avoiding the law. Ending up in Tiburon, South Carolina, they meet 3 remarkable black sisters and learn a lot about life, love, and Lily’s mother.

To tell you anything else would be giving away what makes the story so special. This book was certainly out of the ordinary for me, and I never would have bought it on my own. I really appreciate the fact that I read something outside of my fantasy world ( oh - and the movie version is coming out in October!). If you are like me, try to open your mind. There are so many good books out there and so much to be learned, mostly about yourself, by reading them.

Em, myself, and some of our closest friends will be swapping books all summer. So far, it has worked out really well. I have read Into the Wild and can’t stop googling Christopher McCandless and his story. Books can truly open your mind and heart. I feel that The Secret Life of Bees softened me to being able to know about what true heartbreak and struggle is and appreciate my life that much more. So, to you I say go to Barnes and Noble, skip over the books with pale pink colors with cool artwork and pick up that book with simply a title and pages. It will change you.

Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer

" It's largely indecipherable, totally animalistic and frequently breathtaking. "

--Rolling Stone .com






I'm purchasing it....now.

Spoon

is glorious

some words.

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and thats what everone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake"

eat.love.pray
liz gilbert

Throw Me the Statue

Lolita by Throw me the Statue is making me bop my head these days. Peep the Take Away Show that is sweetly filmed on the ferry going to Seattle on blogotheque or on evans page! The whole album is goooooood. Highly recommended by Emjack.

broken social scene presents:

Brendan Canning

July 22

do a little preview right here on Spin. I like it. I am pumped.




ps i love when blogger lets me upload photos.

Its about to get real cult-ish in here.

On a lovely hot June day, Nick and I set out to see Rogue Wave and Death Cab for Cutie.

It was amazing. I invite you to peep the pics.

Cutie under the BQE after we were gay and finished the sandwiches we packed, it is very close to Nick. A nice walk I say.

This is the pool, which is literally a pool. I did not know, sorry. Anyway they had lots of beer tents around selling Brooklyn Brew Summer Ale which was delicious.

anyone up for a swim?

Go Green couple. This girl by the way....was loving it. When I say loving it I mean i never knew you could dance so much to Death Cab. Oh but you can...and I joined right in. She made me happy. And they were green! Recycle everyone.

The night was absolutely gorgeous...until a little bit later.

Rogue Wave hit the stage sounding so awsome. A lot of people I don't think actually knew that they were sweet and weren't paying attention unfortunately. Like the dumb B standing in front of me. Friends..don't turn your back to the stage and carry on a conversation..I think it is rude. At least pretend your watching.

anyway they played so awsome and sounding great, perfect.

This is the sick intro to Harmonium where the entire bad pounded it out on the drums for at least two minutes rotating the designated clapper. Holy crap it gave me chills.

Then this happend. This wee one has to belong to someone on stage I say. She has headphones on!

Oh these sandals are the queen of the blog I think.

Smoking is stinky, don't do it.

And then my life began. Death Cab opened with Bixby Canon Bridge.
This is one of the greatest shows I have been to in a long time. Never having seen them before I was pumped by their energy. They played a bunch of stuff from Narrow Stairs and all of the best oldies anyone could ask for. New Year, Crooked Teeth, Photobooth, I Will Follow You into the Dark. It was like a dream. Poor guy kept popping his guitar strings, breaking the mic. I think he was a bit discouraged, but what he doesnt know is that no one cared, and they sounded wonderful.

Ben went in the back for I Will Possess your heart and pounded it out. Just so happens to be when the wind started picking up a bit.

Unfortunately for us there was a storm brewin. Crooked Teeth (which rocked so so so so so so so so hard) ended the show abruptly. The wind was insane and the sound equipment on the top of the stage was swinging back and forth. Yikes! We had to leave. It was sad. But they played for almost an hour...I wasn't hatin.

Madness leaving, no rain yet tho....

until we were on our way to the bar and it came down in buckets. I took off my little shoesies and jetted, I had lovely remains of brooklyn in between my toes.

When we got in the bar looked like everyone had the same problem. It was wet!

The beers were real big though. So we were real happy.




welp. dear death cab. i love you love emily.

Weezer!

new Weezer?


yes please

connect my dots!!

well my friend Evan has a nice little thing going.

connect my dots t shirts is a fairly new company run by some Philadelphia/New Jersey residents. Sparked by a sweet idea fused between a lovely childhood game and a desire to dress to impress. But for real, they come in sweet colors, and it is an awsome idea...not to mention come with a free sharpie! who doesn't love sharpies!

visit Connect My Dots!, and Support.

p.s models are also needed, wink wink

let ev know if your intrested!

Emily's Joints

eat.

drink.

and, listen.

Gemini (Birthday Song)- WHY?

You Can Do Better Than Me -Death Cab for Cutie

Close to Me (The Cure cover) - WHY?

No Sunlight -Death Cab for Cutie

Fatalist Palmistry -Why?

Foundations-Kate Nash

Dry Lips -Lightspeed Champion

Eyes- Rogue Wave

Merry Happy- Kate Nash

Midnight Surprise- Lightspeed Champion

Kids -MGMT

Boyz- M.I.A.

Your New Twin Sized Bed -Death Cab for Cutie

Time To Pretend- MGMT

Car -Built To Spill

Aging Faces / Losing Places -Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew

enjoy.

wanting to be her at 2:28 am on saturday morning

r.i.p. . .

. . to one of Fashion's most influential and amazing designers. He created an infamous name for himself that has become one of the most sought after brands on the runways and in the eye's of those who can afford that genius that is Yves Saint Laurent. Laurent began working for Christian Dior as a designer at the young age of 21. In 1962, he opened his own fashion house and had been on the same level as Chanel, Balenciaga, and the like for 5 decades. YSL defined the way a woman dressed over the decades. He put her in pantsuits with perfect hemlines and silhouettes. After his retirment in 2002, Yves Saint Laurent's legend has lived on in the brand which he created and which will never die. In his own words: "Fashion fades. Style is eternal."

Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2008:

urban outfitters playlist.

june 2008

do it.

time on my hands.

Welp having some teeth yanked out of my head, I seem to have come across some time on my hands. So here are some photo websites I found a while ago and just never posted.

Deborah Mittelstaedt

I like these old school looking fashion photos. and I do believe those are some ballet shoes in the photo above...always a plus. Check em!

Next up!

Stefania Paperelli

Some editorial, tall skinny models; presented though different then usual with interesting focus, and color.
I like.

Death Cab next week at Mcarren Park pool playing with Rogue Wave!(rogue wave)

while this concert was for dough , and I without a doubt shut it out, there is some free music and fun going on at the pool this summer. Keep your eyes peeled for MGMT, Hold Steady, Black Lips, and Aesop Rock
Check out the site for more.

and one more thing...if you can't find me for a couple weeks. My brother is coming home. On the deck I shall be...

Summer has begun...here comes the fun

ok see you!!!