Megapost: Siouxsie

TV: Arrested Development's Bob Loblaw

Television at its finest.

art art art: John Conway

Good god, I quit. I have been left speechless...I've never seen vector art look so good...

"Kraken Come"

"Clarinetopolis"

25, from London, describes his work as "Retro-futuristic vector aesthetic neo-deco gothic noir."

"Stars on Strings"

I get so ridiculously excited over some artists' work, I can not wait to see the new work coming out of his studio...

Click here to see more of John Conway's work

art art art: Fabo

"Buhito"

Recently, I came across the beautiful and charming work of Francisco Antonio Benitez Osorio, aka Fabo. "Un pinguino"

It was the birds that first caught my eye.

"A little rest"

Then the creatures...

"Una caida sobria"

Then the composers!

Bach

click here for more more

Music: The Bon Savants

I was lucky enough to catch these guys at the Mercury lounge a month ago.. My new favorite band these days... Dreamy shoegazer sort of music, very beautiful, stuff to fall in love to...



Straight from Boston...
www.myspace.com/bonsavants

Music : Smashing Pumpkins

They've just announced that they will reunite for some performances in Europe later this year. There is ONE american date, and it's in DC. Check the link below for more details....

Source

Animation: I KNEW it

I was talking to someone about how DIsney REALLY really should put out another princess story. I was POSITIVE the next feature was going to be Glen Keane's Did-he-really-agree-to-3-D "Rapunzel", however I was mistaken. Disney is releasing "The Frog Princess. In addition to this new princess fairytale/merchandise push, Disney will also introduce their first black/african-american princess.

(No, neither Jasmine or Nala counted!!!)

Those "Disney" eyes....

It's set in New Orleans and her name is Princess Maddy. Of course, this is all pre-production. Who knows what final results will be.

I'm sure that this film will meet its audience, ESPECIALLY with guru John Lasseter at the reins and racial-based press. Of course, people will talk about it and I'm sure it will be clever, funny, enchanting, empowering, whatever, etc.... anyhow, we'll see when we see it.

Of course, my perverse side can't help but wonder what the prince will look like (if there is one)...

Thank you to my beloved M for forwarding....kisses beebee.

Retro: Jesus Jones

I ♥ Jesus Jones. Mike Edwards is still gorgeous!


Links: http://www.jesusjones.com/

Retro: REM & Eddie Vedder

Wow.. massive flash backs looking at THESE two....

Eddie Vedder looks great, and I love seeing Michael Stipe in suits. I love the top image.

Comment: My Favorite Dress at Oscars 2007

Fashion: My Least Favorite Dress at the Oscars 2007

Kelly Preston, Oscars 2007

Music: Arcade Fire

They're in NYC now, and they brought snow with them.

Check Out: Oddly compelling

http://www.wimp.com/famous/

Fashion: My Favorite Dress at the Grammys

Christina Ricci - Grammys 2007

Comment: My Least Favorite Dress @ the 2007 Grammys

Ugh, Yuck. It looks massively uncomfortable, and not flattering at all.

Go Girl: Coppola does the Opera

Sofia and Thomas

"Coppola To Stage First Ever Opera

Marie Antoinette filmmaker Sofia Coppola will stage her first opera in 2009, after reaching an agreement with France's Montpellier Opera House.. The Oscar-nominated Lost In Translation director's first foray into the operatic world will see her mastermind Puccini romantic tragedy Manon Lescaut during the venue's 2009-2010 season. Controversial tenor Robert Alagna has been lined up to star in the show - he stormed off stage during a performance of Verdi's Aida in Milan, Italy and refused to return."



from www.imdb.com

Animation: Witch Hunter Robin

Witch Hunter Robin. I was absolutely enraptured watching this.

Le Sigh: Anita Pallenberg

I love her name so much. Hello pretty, pretty.

Le Sigh: Jon Meacham

Yes, I think I would take a secretarial assistant's position to be close to him.

No, I have absolutely no shame.

Comment: Christina Aguilera

Was it possible for me to love Miss Aguilera more than in this picture?

Mega Post: Courtney Love

Excuse my Cuteness!: baby and puppy

TV: Rome's Lucius Vorenus

I thought Lucius was hot last season. THis season, he's proclaimed himself son of Hades. In a conversation with Tam & Starr, I realized that he actually DOES look like Hades.... from Disney's Hercules.

Le Sigh: John Hodgeman

I took this image from Radar Online

Comment: Golden Globes Favorite Dress

I think this dress found itself on many of the worst dressed categories this morning, but I LOVED it. I thought it was unique, feminine, and perfect for the starlet. Best dress of the night.

Fashion: My Least Favorite Dress

Drew Barrymore - Golden Globes 2007

Retro: Valley of the Dolls

Classic and bitchy. Two of my favorite traits.

Retro: Arcadia

If only....

Check Out: Star Wars Personality Test

Dear God, what does this say about me??


The Star Wars Personality Quiz

NYC: Bowie Ball

Who am I kidding? I don't know how to quit this blog.

Deryck Todd, founder and promoter (and current Pop Fantastic Muse) , doing set up at Fat Baby, for the first Bowie Ball in August 2006...

SPEAKING OF.....there will be ANOTHER Bowie Ball at Don Hill's, this next weekend, Sunday, January 14th, 10 pm til your mascara stars running.

www.bowieball.com

art art art: Blake Loosli

Don't you love this tattered portrait of Paris?

Another great portrait that he has created:

Arrested Development. One of the best comedy shows on tv, ever.

No, I cannot speak.

www.blakeloosli.com

Animation: RIP Joseph Barbera

Comment: Why I love/hate Madison Square Garden

The first time I visited Madison Square Garden and the surrounding Penn Station area, I was 15. It was my first in-person look at this insane city and , trust me, I did NOT like it AT ALL. I found New York filthy, repulsive and far too confusing to understand. I couldn't believe that people operated in such shocking squallor. Magnifying this contrast was the fact that I had just flown in from sunny synthetic Orlando that morning.

Needless to say, in my 15 year old Colorado teen mind: I was not impressed.

Cut to today, I LIVE in this neighborhood.. the neighborhood that I first saw and thought so ugly. I've never really loved being near Penn Station because it's more like living in a bus terminal than an actual residential neighborhood. There is little sunlight on my street, too much vehicle exhaust and since I began living here, I dress more and more like the neighborhood transients. And the air is AWFUL on my skin.

However, I shouldn't be so quick to criticize...K-Town, H& M, and D'aiuto's bakery are all just steps away.

Another reason I love the neighborhood today:

Scissor Sisters will be headlining at the legendary Madison Square Garden, two blocks away.


2 blocks from my place. Yummy. No fuss. Who else could say "hey, after the show at madison square, let's just pop by my place and unwind. I'm only two blocks away."








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Films: Brilliant, Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins will never be the same for me again.

Comment: To Thine Own Self Be True

"Yet here, Laertes! Aboard, aboard for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for.
There ... my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel but, being in,
Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!"

-- William Shakespeare

Now, this is great advice.

Art art art: Sara Van der Meulen

The part of me that loves Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland and the Ed Gorey illustrations is in love with her work.

I don't really know a thing about her except that she is from Belgium!

Her online portfolio is here: here

Retro: The Bugaloos!

This show used to leave me feeling queasy and uncomfortable. They still disturb me, but I find that I like them... I think it's the bright colors..

Animation: Maleficent!

Just because...

Animation: Michael Dudok de Wit

It's too cold to go outside anyway. French animation. GORGEOUS. "The Monk and the Fish" was the first film I saw by Michael Dudok de Wit. Here is another, "The Aroma of Tea"

Le Sigh: Audrey Hepburn

Interesting article from the BBC....

"She's again topped a 'most beautiful' poll. Yet many fans weren't even born when she started making movies. What's the enduring appeal of the original waif?

Audrey Hepburn. Lovely, wasn't she? And her old-school glamour has beaten off modern day pin-ups - she's been voted the most beautiful woman of all time in a poll for New Woman magazine. But why is she so popular, among film fans and fashionistas alike? "

Read the rest here

Comment: Double Whammy

NOOOO!

Cate Blanchett AND Jennifer Connelly made the list??? Nooooooooooooooooo! This is a cruel world.

Comment: Monday

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