1. Alison Mosshart makes me weak in the knees, she is such a babe in so many ways. (Have you ever seen her perform live? It's amazing.. I almost died watching The Kills.)
2. Hedi Slimane not only is an amazing designer, but he also takes some super amazing photographs some of which also make my insides quiver.
POINT? Okay so on my occasional perusal of Hedi Slimane's diary for photographic inspiration I find THIS:
I ALMOST CANNOT HANDLE IT.
Seriously if I can be HALF the photographer Hedi Slimane is.... I don't know, I'd be amazing. Or even like HALF as cool as Alison...
I need to start scrapbooking my 6 month ordeal in foreign language territory.
But, I have yet to take out the bulging ziploc bag full of receipts, ticket stubs, beer bottle labels/caps, polaroids, feathers and newspaper clippings from my backpack that has been chilling in the same corner of my room as it has for the last month, where I dumped it when I first got home all those weeks ago.
On a related note, Ayman had kept pretty much every bottle cap from every bottle of beer we had ever opened the entire time we were in Manoel Viana, and when he took out this HUGE plastic bag FULL of caps for distribution when we were at Camp Boscoe, we all got hit with a face full of a... yeasty... smell when the bag was opened. I hope this does not happen to me.
ANYWAYS.
Here is the line up for Coachella - a music festival I will probably just have to resign myself to dreaming about going to ... unless someone amazing comes along and offers me a road trip and wristbands....
Seriously? Each day guarantees a dance party and a good time. If you're too lazy to read I WILL SUM IT UP FOR YOU.
Day 1: Girl Talk, Crystal Castles, the Presets, Los Campesinos!, Steve Aoki (and Leonard Cohen and Morrissey, not the dance party type, but legends in their own right.. and Paul McCartney, I guess)
Day 2: FLEET FOXES, Hercules and Love Affair, Surkin, Glass Candy, Billy Talent (just kidding)
Day 3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Bjorn and John, PUBLIC ENEMY, ahhh Paolo Nutini (sorry), the Kills, Sebastien Tellier, Late of the Pier, Junior Boys
So I'm sure everybody's heard and seen the trainwreck that was Scarlett Johansson's singing-career, and everybody is aware of the actress/singer phenomenon. But what about the model/singer? Can models sing? It's always weird to see/hear and model speak, let alone sing. I mean, I like to look at them, and their outfits and stuff, but to realize they're actually people and can talk and do stuff other than smile and pose is weird sometimes. On that note (haha ?) here's a video from Five O'Clock Heroes, featuring none other than Miss Agyness Deyn. And it's actually not that bad, in my opinion. I know she has a pretty hardcore accent, but it doesn't come out too much in the singing.. Anyways, here you go:
Apparently she's not the only one to move in with the model/singer trend. We've got Irina Lazareanu's foray into the musical sphere, and Daisy Lowe waiting on a collaboration with Mark Ronson.
So this past week I went to see Robyn (yes, Robyn as in "Show Me Love" and "Do You Really Want Me" Robyn) and the Kills with Rafay. I was not a big fan of Robyn, there was something about her breathing that put me off (yeah, I know), but upon arrival at the Phoenix and sitting through the horrible opening band (okay, like two songs, both of which sounded the same, and were kind of downers) Robyn came on, and put on one of the best shows I've seen in awhile. I have been converted. I believe in Robyn. The music is really good too, if i can get over the breathing thing. Plus she's enlisted the help of The Knife, and I love The Knife. Why are the Swedish so great? In the world "Cool Olympics" I think the French and the Swedish are one to one.
The next night I went to see The Kills. Another amazing show. They blew me away. This is what rock is supposed to be like. Jamie was a complete stud on guitar, and Allison is a total babe. They have this manic energy on stage, and amazing chemistry. It almost made me feel uncomfortable, watching them. I would be worried, if I was Kate Moss. But then again, it's Kate Moss. "if you were kate moss you would spend all day staring at how beautiful and amazing you are and thus not worrying" - Jessica
Robyn and The Kills are on heavy rotation right now, and will be for awhile.
(Okay, don't judge ATL being in the top 3. I went through their albums last night for the feelings of nostalgia it brought.)
I pretty much spent most of today youtubing The Kills videos. So, here's a couple of videos and an interview that they did for east village radio.
