If you've got nothing to do

then come to this!

If you've got something to do, ditch your plans and come anyway!!!

Exquisite Nun Corpse aka Say Yes to Life

Two more things

Ryan Turner's Outcast collection dropped @ Urban Outfitters.

I blogged about it for Vice You Don't Have to Slam Junk to Wear Leather

I'm sick. And Europa is having an inspection so the downstairs will be closed so I won't be DJing the Saint Vitus show tonight, but of course I'm still dragging my half dead ass there. Can't be missed!

Check out my write-up at Vice as well (yes, yes I know, I need some original Reality No Show content soon.)

Saint Vitus History Lesson



I heart Wino!!!!

Blogging about blogging on another blog

Ouch, I know. I am the anti-poacher too. Maybe it's a sensitivity to fashion blogs that are merely repostings of other fashion blogs or just image selections. I'm a grump, a writer. Not that my posts on here seem to consist of anything aside from links to my Vice posts. What can I say? Now that I'm quasi-professional I give them a lot of the goods. But even more, I can't say that I would ever interview someone for this blog, I'd feel like I was wasting their time. After all this is pretty much an exercise in me, my thoughts and opinions. But Vice has an actual readership that counts above the low hundreds and that makes it worthwhile to bug someone to talk to me about stuff I think is cool.

So I interviewed Jack from Endless Blockades about his awesome blog. Afterall, if I just reposted a few of my favorite awesome images that I found on his blog I'd be doing everything I hate. But what makes his site so addictive is that it relies on submissions as well as forums. It's not like some fashion blogs where someone just went to Style.com and picked out a few designer looks from the most recent fashion week. There is actual love, care, and time in seeking out these images from all over the world. And there is such pride in the submitters and makers.

Anyway, pointless rant aside, here's the link to my interview with Jack of Endless Blockades on Vice

Endless Blockades

Samantha Pleet Redux

I wrote a fairly detailed behind-the-scenes post about the Samantha Pleet presentation over on the Vice Blog but I took too many pictures for just one post. I avoided including too many photos of the lovely Louise and Angela because of another behind-the-scenes that will be posted as soon as Angela finishes the Cheek-ie lookbook. Louise was one of the lovely models and I got the most power shots of her and I already wrote about her photo opening. I mean hell, I love these ladies, but I've got to diversify a little bit. But here I have free reign to talk about my friends as much as I want. Professionalism be damned!

Pleet's collection was adorable. Decade-spanning yet clean, it was solid and totally wearable, something I can't given enough praise for. Not only was it wearable, but it was wantable...as in I WANT so many pieces.

You can take a look at her complete Spring 2010 lookbook here. There are some winners that weren't featured in the presentation like these lovely pieces:



I can't help it, I've been feeling printed pants so hard lately. I keep buying them via thrift and not wearing them but admiring them on others. I don't know what's keeping me from them...

In my official write-up I didn't include the magical film attached to the collection directed by my friend David Black and Jacqueline Di Milia. Sonically it's not my bag but the tune is appropriate nonetheless.

Samantha Pleet - Spring 2010 from Samantha Pleet on Vimeo.

Turner styling.


A convenient pose with lookbook


Louise's legs in the leaf romper that she eventually changed out of for another look.


Coco looking way too bored.


Angela looking unconvinced about this hairstyle.


Man busts and hat assortment.


Look, it's a naked Carlen!


The set was pretty special.


More of Coco sitting around looking bored albeit gorgeous. Energy!


Lovely ladies/buddies


Louise has the best "work it" face, pure gold.


Sweets!


Last minute primping


Lineup


Champing

Store whoring

I started a blog for Fox and Fawn. It's good great fun. I just yammer away about all the amazing things we have in the store that I think you should buy. Basically half of the time I'm probably going to be shouting, "TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME BEFORE I TAKE IT HOME!" It's one hell of a struggle, letting things sell. This is a business though, not my personal closet, but sometimes it's tough.

Not that resisting temptation is the most difficult part of my first foray into business partnership. We've had a few bumps but everything has been straightened out. It's scary to be stepping into this role right now with all the economy hellfire that's been spread. Honestly I'm hopeful and we're doing all right. Summer is always hard, I mean think about it, what costs more, a tank top or a jacket? People buy more clothing in the fall because they wear more, like literally wear more items at a time. The equation seems obvious but you'd be surprised how many people outside of retail don't understand that summers are rough.

But...thankfully they aren't too rough. The store has had a wealth of good stuff coming in and we've been able to keep up stock which is important because since we are dirt cheap the seriously amazing stuff gets snatched up pretty much immediately.

It's so scary but at the same time so much more satisfying knowing that you are building something that is yours and one other person's. Something that can and will sustain you and feed you and house you. Every drop of energy we put in goes back to us and we put everything we have back into the store. It's a cycle and it can and will be exhausting at times I'm sure, but after working for other people for so many years, I'm glad I have it this way, for better or worse and thankfully it looks like the former is taking the lead.

I met Boyd Rice

and he was very nice...

Bare assed but not embarassed...

So not only did I get naked in Vice, I wrote about it. And I wrote about being air-brushed and I showed the world my non-airbrushed ass. What am I crazy? Maybe...but what the hell...

Check it out

Micki Pellerano post on the Vice Blog

Check it out, Micki and His Minions

Micki asked me to be in his performance and I was so proud to participate. The photos my editor Liz took turned out amazing too.

Also the photo issue is out. The pics from the Angela Boatwright shoot are up on the site.

Also

I saw Eric Roberts involved in a weird scene on Magazine Street while in NOLA.

Check out the story I wrote for Vice about it.

Porked

I got the swine flu.

No seriously I did and it sucked. I told Vice all about it instead of you. Oops. Sorry bros.

Tangled up in Court

On Friday I went to see Louise Sturge's opening at lovely Lisa and Nicole's lovely Court. I wrote a little number about it/her for the Vice Blog and boy, people sure didn't like it. I guess being stoked about things isn't what the readership wants. After all, I am participating in a publication that, for a long time, fostered a mentality of celebration by negation. But come on, sometimes it's a-okay to be just plain stoked about someone and some of the things that someone is doing and want to share it. I have two options as a blogger of life as I live it, to bitch or to applaud. I do a whole lot of the former and that seems to be quite popular (ahem...Orin...) but every once in the while I like to engage in the latter.

I'm actually pretty lucky, these were the first mean comments I got on their blog. And after the Alaska fiasco I can happily say they aren't the worst by any means.

ANYWAY, I went to Louise's opening. I had fun. Her photos are beautiful. She is rad. And I didn't get ANY pictures of her all night...what the hell?


Hottest hostess


I tried to take a picture of Brendan's puppy but he started licking his crotch. Like father, like son.


Bros...you know, just chillin in Nolita...


Doesn't it look like someone just said something really awkward?


Custom Besos Y Fotos candy...the stuff of dreams (and blue tongues)


See...blue tongue lady!


Remington Steele!


Yeah dude...


Aww...I just wanna post pictures of the two cutest things of the evening!


Glen testing out the chick magnet


Sorta.

Okay so I guess these photos are more of small handful of people hanging out in front of the opening than of the actual opening itself. Oops! I can't resist when there is a puppy (or a Lisa or an Audrey or my baby) around.

For a way better pictorial summation of the event go HERE

I'll update my own blog I swear!

So I managed to pump out another Vice post before I updated this. But trust me, so much tour business coming soon. Plus Throbbing Gristle!!!

New York - Florida Fashion

New post up on Vice!

North Carolina - Secret Hall of Fame

Love as Laughter played at one of the most amazing historic punk venues no one seems to have heard of. Before CBGBs there was The Milestone but of course no one cares because it's in Charlotte, NC. Check out the post, it's something I really wanted to share with the universe.

The new face of Armani is...

Metallica!!!

Black velvet if you please

A new religion that'll bring you to your knees

Another post up on the Vice Blog, this one about my black velvet cloak obsession.



Check it out and once again, show me love. So far the comments are awesome!

The Chosen (and not the Jewish kind)

My friend works at a modeling agency. They get tons of regular submissions from people who want to be models. He started blogging some of the best and brightest of these hopefuls. Some are amazing, some are depressing, some are striking, and some are just plain...well...you'll see.

The Chosen

Here are some of the photos he's posted:









It's been around for less than 24 hours and already it's the most amazing blog I've seen in ages.

Barbados!!!

So, you may be wondering why I haven't posted about my vacation yet, or you may just not care. But, here is a vacation rundown I did for Vice, Barbados - You Should Go on a Tropical Budget Vacation. It's a vacation Top Ten. Again show your love and leave me comments...I'm the new kid on the blog, totally fagged and slightly insecure.



I wish it were always bikini time. I like being as naked as possible but only when contextually appropriate and not actually around real naked people. I guess I'll test that when we go to Burning Man...wait, I didn't tell you about that? Oh, that's another story...just you wait.

Blogging out of bounds

Murder One

Liz from Vice found my blog when I linked their blog to my blog when their blog where she blogged about me and Sean. Phew...so now I am blogging for their blog and letting you know about it on my blog. Got it? Good. Leave me comments to show the world how much you care!