dear fed ex ground deliveryperson

please deliver my nars order today. thank you.

20 december 2008

i can't believe that i haven't updated this in a year! i guess i got too involved in other internet minutiae, and let it fall by the wayside. no more! facebook and twitter have renewed my interest in social networking..see the lovely twitter widget at the left of the page.

part two of mix tape post

next we have squeeze satisfied. i recall when making the original post, i could not locate a video for this song, and i was really disappointed by that, because i barely remembered how the song went. but someone finally posted it on to youtube. day saved! so, i listed to it and wow, i'm immediately transported back to my teenage ideas of love and relationships. no disrespect to glenn tilbrook.



big audio dynamite's rush. my roommate, jessica and i used to listen to the globe incessantly our junior year. i apologize for the quality of this video in advance, but the sonybmg video isn't allowed to be embedded. this version's tempo also illustrates madonna's lifting of the riff for ray of light.



xtc was in constant rotation at school. many afternoons were spent on the parade stand at the soccer field sunning ourselves, watching the boys play ball and listening to oranges and lemons. in the years between then and now, i really played little attention to the band, until richard bestowed several of their early albums to me. i clearly remember the video for the ballad of peter pumpkinhead.



one of the first cds that i owned was erasure's the innocents, so i was no stranger to them when chorus was released. revisiting this song has been a pleasant surprise. i should think about actually purchasing this song.



and i leave you with the final song of the tape been caught stealing.



it's interesting to think that back when i was toiling over my stereo to make this tape, 17 years later i would be able to revisit all of these songs and artists (and videos, natch) with a few clicks of a keyboard.

8 jan 08

a post about makeup.

RIP shu uemura. he was a rather famous japanese makeup artist who created a high profile cosmetic line. the line's most popular products lately have been their incredible false eyelashes. endorsed by both madge AND oprah. i have the copies of the lashes made for madge for the "confessions on a dancefloor" album. mine aren't made of mink, however.

me, wearing said eyelashes

7 dec 07

i was recently cleaning out the spare bedroom closet and i came across a shopping bag full of cassettes. i have absolutely no use for them at this point, but i hang on to them, i suppose for the exercise in nostaligia. i found a mix tape that i made from the radio (!) over the course of a year 91-92. for some strange reason, i could receive a signal from this upstart station in omaha that was steeped in the alternative/college rock genre of the day. since i can no longer listen to the tape, i thought i would share the contents here, via youtube videos. enjoy!

first up, chapterhouse's pearl: i don't recall anyone at school being into shoegaze at the time, so i'm not sure where this song came from. i just liked it. i also have always thought that the breakdown in the middle is very similar to the one in siouxsie's kiss them for me



next up, james' frustration. i remember at the time the dj talking about how james had several albums (up to that point) but everyone in the states thought that they were new. my james fandom was rather short-lived, however. i just never really got into 'em.



until i had unearthed the tape, i had totally forgotten about the next song, omd's pandora's box. i remember listening to this song a lot in high school. why didn't i get fullyfledged into OMD at the time? i had a little problem known as an all-consuming obsession with all things cure. obviously, i still listened to other music, but not very often.



and of course, the aforementioned kiss them for me was on the tape. this was really my first exposure to siouxsie and the banshees. even being as obsessed with the cure as i was, i didn't know much about the history of both bands and it wasn't until i was firmly ensconced in the goth gang that i became aware of the connection that the two bands shared.



i have to say that i really don't harbor much of a feeling for cracker or teen angst, but i remember that this song was all over the place, including my mix tape.



how sad is that the next video -the soup dragons divine thing makes me long for the days of early 90's fashion? it certainly makes me sad that i long for the days of alice bands, babydoll dresses and obnoxiously huge earrings. it also makes me sad that i was listening to this rather bland band instead of someone really cool like primal scream. but that came later. all is well.



to be continued...

9 oct 07

good bye, champagne of beers!

now that molsoncoors and SABmiller have announced their intention to merge at the end of year:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09cnd-beer.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

i am sad to announce that i will no longer indulge in miller high life. i will also say goodbye to pilsner urquel and peroni(which isn't that big of a loss, considering every time i order it, the beer is beyond skunky).

i hate coors with a fiery passion. besides making the vomit-worthy coors light and zima(don't drink the zima, it's for the chicks, man!) i refuse to support those right-wing conservative kooks.

1 oct 07

the more i think about it, the more i think that dragging out posting the tour photos to at least four months after the fact is becoming more attractive. or acheivable. whichever you prefer.

this weekend my mom was in town. we ate at chicago chop house STEAKS!, opera DELICIOUS CHINESE FOOD!, RLWASPY LADIES WHO LUNCH, and my new obsession, jerry's. shopping commenced and we all got our makeup done @saks. i held back on my purchases because beauty week is next weekend and nars should be premiering their holiday color then. it is supposed to be sparkly...so i am in heaven. both my mom and i had our hair done by traci. my mom liked her haircut so much, she is threatening to come back to chicago reguarly to have traci cut it!

here are some photos that my mom took while we were on the chicago river boat tour. i can't believe that after living here for nine years, this was the first time that i had been on the tour.

here is one of my favorie residences in chicago...the nautical townhouses on the river at kinze street


iconic chicago shot.


this post was created while i watched marie antoinette. i have to say it's a bit on the boring side. at least sitting at home, watching it on a 20" screen. i should have gone to the theater to see it. visually, it is stunning. but i have to say i am a little disappointed in sofia.

17 sept 07

enough slacking...on with the summer tour photos!

1)lunch @ihop-somewhere in TX. on the way to austin

2)band with jen and anders @casino el camino. site of anders trying to get me to beg for mercy by ordering me the "amarillo burger"(which features layer upon layer of hot peppers). i ate it like a champ, he was later seen sweating and i believe a single tear fell down his face

3)nice flyer from elysium, austin

4)french quarter "morning" complete with bloody marys to go!

5, 6 and 7) a night on the "town": jambalaya, barely legal and absinthe!

next up...a side-trip to memphis involves more bbq, elvis. scenes from the show in wichita, milwaukee and chicago.