Oh dear

My beloved Girls Aloud got Fugged.

Positives-

-Chezza's hat=totally cute (far left)

-Nicola's hair is very pretty, as per usual (third from left)

-Kim's top is on-trend (fourth from left)

-My beloved Sarah's got the indie look going on, which strangely suits her. Her shoes are FANTASTIC. (far right)

Negatives-

-Chezza's yellow top. Not fond of yellow, as it makes me look like I have a liver condition.

-Nadine's outfit. Especially her choice in footwear. I. Hate. White. Shoes. And yes, darlin', we get it. You have nice legs. Be a bit nicer if they weren't ORANGE. Though they do match your skirt... (second from left)

Star of Bethlehem

Star of Bethlehem, originally uploaded by scilit.

This is utterly lovely

Adele performing 'To Make You Feel My Love' on Later... With Jools Holland.

via

Fascinating

People were named after things, and things were named after people. His lover in later life, Blanche Blackwell, gave him a small boat named Octopussy, which became the name of a man-eating pet octopus in the short story. In rather ungallant return, Fleming named the ancient guano tanker in Dr No the Blanche.

The crime boss Marc-Ange Draco in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is named after El Draco, the Spanish name for Sir Francis Drake – a reference picked up years later by J. K. Rowling for her Hogwarts antihero, Draco Malfoy.

Rosa Klebb (the Russian for bread) was partly based on Colonel Rybkin of Soviet intelligence. Major Boothroyd, the secret service armourer, is named in honour of Geoffrey Boothroyd, the gun expert who provided Fleming with invaluable technical advice.

...

Fleming’s villains, like his heroes, are patchworks of different people, names and traits. Le Chiffre, the Benzedrine-sniffing villain of Casino Royale, is believed to be based on Aleister Crowley, who gained notoriety in inter-war Britain as “the Wickedest Man in the World”.

Crowley was a bisexual, sado-masochistic drug addict. A master of Thelemic mysticism (“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law”), he specialised in mountaineering, interpreting the Ouija board, orgies and thrashing his lovers. The press simultaneously adored and hated him. Crowley made Le Chiffre seem positively sane.

Mmmmm, Biblical

Gee, why wouldn't someone want to be married to a peach like this?

A Serb farmer used a grinding machine to cut in half his farm tools and machines to comply with a court ruling that he must share all his property with his ex-wife, local media reported on Thursday.

Branko Zivkov, 76, told Belgrade daily Kurir he had been ready to give his wife Vukadinka her equal share of everything earned during their 45-year marriage, but was furious at being asked to give away half his farming equipment.

Instead, he bought a grinder and cut in two all his tools, includinglarge items such as cattle scales, a harrow and a sowing machine. "I still haven't decided how to split the cow," he told the newspaper. "She should just say what she wants -- the part with the horns or the part with the tail."

Today in

silly headlines...

Some superdelegates more super than rest

But do they wear capes? Hmm...

Back Tor

Back Tor, originally uploaded by ChrisHepburn.

Oh dear...

From the 'Shine A Light' premiere in LDN.

I don't know which is worse- Jaime's horrid Daisy Dukes or Jasmine's mutton-dressed-as-lamb...

























However, I think Noel's pimp coat takes the cake...as well as his combination of the indie boy stripey t-shirt and zebra-striped scarf. Or his missus's dotty self. No Polka-Dot Left Behind....

Random ten

1. In Love With A Feeling- Babyshambles
2. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend- Miranda Lambert
3. Sam's Town- The Killers
4. I Think We're Alone Now- Girls Aloud
5. Penny Lane- The Beatles
6. Thick As Thieves- Kasabian
7. Sure Looks Good To Me- Alicia Keys
8. We'll Meet Again- Carl Barat and Pete Doherty
9. Koko- Goldfrapp
10. The Concept- Teenage Fanclub

Bonus-
11. The Age Of The Understatement- The Last Shadow Puppets
12. Goodnight Goodnight- Maroon 5

So cool

Battle of the Fugs

As previously mentioned, the GoFug wenches are having their own version of March Madness, and it's down to the final four-

Beyonce v. Posh Beckham

and

Chloe Sevigny v. Bai Ling

Smart money is on Bai Ling for the crown. Why? This outfit is, shall we say, not atypical.

Occasionally,

I can be dumber than a whole sack full of hammers.

Last week, I was at work, and was feeling a bit peckish. Lo and behold, I spotted a box of caramels that we have for sale. However, the caramels had been in the 'fridge, and were inedible in their current (at that time) state. I thought, "Hmmm, maybe I could warm one up in the microwave. Mmmm, tasty."

Unlike myself at that moment, I'm sure you can see where this is going.

So I put the caramel in the microwave, and heat it up for 5 seconds, I swear. Being a big spaz and not paying attention, I open the nuker, and grab the candy. Which had motherfucking liquefied in 5 seconds.

What is your first reaction when you burn your fingers? Yup, shove them in your mouth. Unfortunately, I have approximately the same hand-to-eye coordination that a drunken two year-old possesses, and I now am sporting a nasty burn on the corner of my lip. Which really farcking hurts.

So, yeah. Am cool. Why do I share things like this? Normal people wouldn't mention candy-related burns, but nooooooo...

They're already entirely too adorable,

but this little anecdote makes me love Alexa and Young Master Turner as a couple even more...

What other stories have irked her? "There was a really upsetting one when Alex had written me a Valentine card and I had accidentally left it in a bar. And someone sold it to the Sun and then they printed it, and they changed it so it didn't look like a Valentine card, and they just said it was a love letter. They slated him for being really soppy.

"Look, it's my boyfriend and it's Alex. Of course it's gonna be written like a story."

Was he peeved? "He was really cool with it," she says, "and he said, 'I'm not upset that everyone saw it because that's the truth and I couldn't give a shit.' And then he went [Chung dons a comedy northern accent], 'Eh, but at least you've got a copy of it now, eh?'"

AAAAAAAAAAA

Oasis have announced a handful of shows in the US and Canada, kicking off in Seattle on August 26.

The band have so far announced just four headlining shows, one of which is in the US with the remaining dates in Canada.

The Seattle show will mark the band’s first live performance in over two years. Following the short stint they will headline the Virgin Festival in Toronto.

Edit-
AND RYAN ADAMS IS OPENING?

Please excuse the donning of sackcloth and wailing from these parts....

Want.

For spring...

Shoes from Anthropologie













Dress from Converse One Star (at Tar-jay)



















This hat from Jovovich-Hawk (also at Tar-jay)
















This handbag from Isaac Mizrahi (again, at Tar-jay- sensing a pattern here?)

My day

Argh.

Yesterday, I was feeling like total crap, so took NyQuil and went to bed early, despite the fact that I desperately wanted to hear how Kazza's roller derby debut went.

Anyway, woke up this AM when Mom asked me if I'd take her to the emergency room in Iowa City. Our local ER is complete shit, so it's "stop the bleeding and go to University Hospitals."

She's been having some issues with her eyes hurting and being droopy, and it's gotten a lot worse in the past week. So, I drove our happy asses up there, they ran some tests, wound up admitting her, and now I'm freaking out. And it's all about me. Ha ha ha.

My maternal grandmother died from complications of A.L.S., and that's one of the things they have to test her for. I know it's a statistical abnormality that Grandma got it in the first place (women usually don't, and she got it in her late 70's), but I'm still freaking out.

Mom made me go back home, but I had to run to Barnes and Noble and buy her some trashy romance novels first. Priorities...

So, I'm off to do my usual hysterical displacement activity. Watch crap on YouTube.

Hee

see more crazy cat pics

Bastard Hall at Much Wenlock Shropshire

Bastard Hall at Much Wenlock Shropshire, originally uploaded by Running in Suffolk.

Well, that's certainly up front...

Pank

Looks like Blush and Bashful to me...

Grrr

It torks me off that someone as annoying as Zane Lowe*, has SUCH FREAKING GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC. He should be a Keane fan or something...

(okay, not so much with the Radiohead selection, but the others are SO GOOD)

The second series of Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show Masterpiece is broadcast next week.The series profiles records the DJ believes are "masterpieces".The DJ will play Radiohead's OK Computer', 'Up The Bracket' by The Libertines, Guns N Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' and Public Enemy's 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back' in full and talk about the records on air.

*I have no idea why, he just irritates me.

Random ten

1. Mercy- Duffy
2. I Was Made For You- She & Him
3. L.S.F.- Kasabian
4. Baddies Boogie- Babyshambles
5. Glitter and Trauma- Biffy Clyro
6. The Concept- Teenage Fanclub
7. Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
8. Spanish Harlem- Aretha Franklin
9. I've Just Seen A Face- Jim Sturgess
10. Strange Town- The Jam

Bonus-
11. I Get Along- The Libertines
12. Dumb Dumb Dumb- Teenage Fanclub

Love XOXO

Love XOXO, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.

Ahhhhhh

I love her.

Signs that something was up came when Ditto stepped forward and bent the ear of a member of the venue's staff who was patrolling the front row. And as the band launched into their biggest hit, "Standing in the Way of Control", the people started coming. Ditto herself was doing all she could to pull them on to the stage until it teemed with audience members – maybe 300 of them, all dancing like crazy – and the band had disappeared from view. It was tumultuous, and unforgettable, and it rounded off surely one of the most explosive hours of live music London will witness all year.

Playlist

for Iowa's Coolest Flower Shop's prom open house tomorrow night-

Disc 1

1. Listen Up!- The Gossip
2. You Know I'm No Good- Amy Winehouse
3. Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
4. Fluorescent Adolescent- Arctic Monkeys
5. Shadrach- Beastie Boys
6. Love Has a Diameter- Biffy Clyro
7. Heart Of Glass- Blondie
8. You Never Can Tell- Chuck Berry
9. Janie Jones- The Clash
10. Close To Love- Girls Aloud
11. Pounding- Doves
12. Chelsea Dagger- The Fratellis
13. A&E- Goldfrapp
14. DARE- Gorillaz
15. Main Offender- The Hives
16. Over and Over- Hot Chip

Disc 2

1. Lust For Life- Iggy Pop
2. Me Plus One- Kasabian
3. Pumpkin Soup- Kate Nash
4. Town Called Malice- The Jam
5. Kings Horses- Jet
6. I've Just Seen a Face- Jim Sturgess
7. Cheap and Cheerful- The Kills
8. What Katie Did- The Libertines
9. LDN- Lily Allen
10. Little Baby Nothing- Manic Street Preachers
11. Makes Me Wonder- Maroon5
12. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me- The Pipettes
13. Waterfall- The Stone Roses
14. About You Now- Sugababes
15. The Don- The View
16. 16 Days- Whiskeytown
17. Charmless Man- Blur
18. Processed Beats- Kasabian

Horrid

Poor Corinne...

The husband of British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead of a suspected drug overdose.The body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was discovered in a flat in the Hyde Park area of Leeds on Saturday (March 22), said West Yorkshire Police. Officers found the body of a 31-year-old man there."As a result of inquiries a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs," a police spokesman told the BBC."He has now been released on police bail pending further inquiries."

All-star

Yet, for all their forays on to the big screen, it is in music - and specifically the rock and punk scenes - where Converse have become so omnipresent that they are practically a uniform. And hence why, out of the nine icons featured in the ad campaign, six are musicians and another a former music journalist. Think of some of the most enduring rock'n'roll images ever captured and many will involve Converse, from the Ramones' All-Stars sticking out like canvas clown shoes at the ends of their drainpipe jeans, to the Blondie boys wearing them for their chic, monochrome line-up behind Debbie Harry on the cover of Parallel Lines. When the Strokes announced themselves to the world from the front cover of NME via a moody, black-and-white Pennie Smith portrait taken on the streets of New York, they did so in hi-tops.

Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco, originally uploaded by requiemjp.

Random ten

Featuring artists, songs, albums, etc... with the word "the"

1. Standing In The Way Of Control- The Gossip
2. Something's Gone Wrong Again- The Buzzcocks
3. Fade Away- Oasis ('The Masterplan')
4. Sleazy Hughes- Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
5. Otis- The Durutti Column
6. What Became Of The Likely Lads- The Libertines
7. The Drugs Don't Work- The Verve
8. Fools Gold- The Stone Roses
9. Overload- Sugababes ('Overload: The Singles Collection')
10. I Wish- Babyshambles ('The Blinding EP')

Bonus-
11. Cigarettes And Alcohol (demo version)- Oasis ('Stop The Clocks')
12. Make It Wit Chu- Queens Of The Stone Age

I must say, that is an absolutely hilarious array of tunes...

Wisteria

Wisteria, originally uploaded by dachalan.

'Baddies Boogie'- Live in Milan

"She's far too good-looking to do the cooking now, well, that was 20 years ago..."

Eeeeeek!

can hardly wait for the piccies! That jacket is gorg!

SWEET!

Great timing for this story, as St. Paddy's Day isn't exactly known for the drinking of the green...wine.

Scientists say wine damages the brain more than beer affecting the hippocampus. That is the part of the brain that deals with memory and spatial awareness. Researchers in Germany found wine shrinks the hippocampus by as much as 10%.

Sugas

Love the 'Babes....

The secret of the Sugababes' success, if there is one, involves a formula based on such variables as luck, talent, timing, personality, management, image, production and, in particular, some irresistible hit singles (Freak Like Me, Round Round). From the moment the trio appeared in September 2000, with the skewed, R&B-flavoured pop of their debut single Overload, it was clear they were strikingly different from the UK pop norm. In contrast to the shiny happy entertainers Steps and S Club 7, here were three sullen teenagers barely able to raise a smile between them. More importantly, here was a pop act that actually produced music worthy of attention. NME named Overload its single of the week, and the band have continued to make fresh, credible, memorable pop ever since.

Mersey Paradise...

Mersey Paradise..., originally uploaded by Anjali Knebworth.

Gorgeous

This get-up from Dame Vivienne Westwood...

Burberry- 'The Beat'

Van the man

at SXSW

Private Road, Edale, Peak District

Private Road, Edale, Peak District, originally uploaded by curreyuk.

Random ten

1. Saturday Superhouse- Biffy Clyro
2. Standing In In The Way Of Control- The Gossip
3. Rocking Chair- Oasis
4. If You Were There, Beware- Arctic Monkeys
5. Mathletics- Foals
6. I Am The Resurrection- The Stone Roses
7. We Used To Be Friends- Dandy Warhols
8. Up The Junction- Squeeze
9. Monster Love- Goldfrapp
10. Henrietta- The Fratellis

Bonus-
11. Oh My Gosh- Basement Jaxx
12. We Get On- Kate Nash

This makes me happy,

oh so very happy. The Fug Girls are doing up March Madness properly. Whee!

Who chooses the winner of each round, I hear you asking? You do, through the magic of polls. The Madness will stretch over the next several weeks, in step with the basketball tournament, and we can't wait to see who you guys decide is the Fugliest Celebrity In All The Land. We'll be announcing the celebrities in play over the next couple of days, and the first game -- a play-in game between Fugly Celebrity 64 and 65 -- kicks off on Tuesday, March 18th. And to make it easier for you to see how things are progressing, we'll have a bracket up on the site that you can download and print, with the 65 celebs in their respective berths.

Ever since

I was but a wee girl, I've wanted to look like Debbie Harry circa 1981. But alas, am not blonde (and would look ridiculous as one), and my cheekbones have never developed properly. Sigh.

Random

My sis and her husband have been going through some difficult, crazy-making times lately. So when she got out the sewing basket to do some hemming, in an effort to liven the mood, they jokingly measured my niece's (the wee Olivia) tummy. She's just 18 months... her svelte waist is 21 inches. Continuing with the hilarity, they measured their cat's tummy as well. 20 inches.

Along with everyone present, I thought this was hilarious. So today, I measured my cat, first from nose to tuckus, then around his tummy. Holden, the world's fluffiest cat, is 18x18. I own a square feline. Literally.

I would

have paid good money (if I had any) to go to this show-

the band are able to recreate the intricate layers of blissful harmonies on songs such as "Maybe after He's Gone" and "Beechwood Park". As their voices soar in the middle of "Hung Up on a Dream", it's real shivers-down-the-spine stuff. The baroque pop of "Friends of Mine", dedicated to the couples who did and didn't make it, and the anti-war "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" prove that the band were both of their time and incredibly prescient. "Time of the Season", the album's closing track, has lost none of its breathy, breezy charm. The encore of "Tell Her No" and "She's Not There" further demonstrates how far St Albans' finest had travelled from their British Invasion beginnings.

Critics are often accused of perversely talking up obscure albums but Odessey and Oracle has gone from curio to cult to classic and deserves a place in everyone's collection. Timeless.

OOOO! Goody!

More sins to choose from. Yes, I am possibly the world's worst Catholic.

Below the Castle

Below the Castle, originally uploaded by JuanJ.

'Denial'

Live on Ant and Dec

Posh

looks incredible here...

Borghetto2

Borghetto2, originally uploaded by NatashaP.

Random ten

1. A New England- Jamie T
2. Sweet Virginia- The Rolling Stones
3. Kickin' Against the Pr*cks- The Chavs
4. Saving My Face- KT Tunstall
5. M62 Song- Doves
6. I'm A Realist- The Cribs
7. Orange Crush- Editors
8. Push It- Garbage
9. Unstookie Titled- Babyshambles
10. Down- Miranda Lambert

Bonus-
11. Imagine- Madonna
12. Autobahn 66- Primal Scream

Actual headline in regional newspaper

Rumps enjoy taste of success

No, I have not yet recovered from my fit of hysterical laughter.

I am drooling,

drooling, I tell you, looking at this floral wholesaler's website. They have David Austin roses. DAVID AUSTIN ROSES.

(a variety often featured in the preferred floral magazine at the shop, Wedding Flowers AKA "British floral porn")

Not a good year for

people associated with "Road House." First Jeff Healey, now this...

Patrick Swayze is fighting pancreatic cancer, a rep for the actor has confirmed to Access Hollywood.
"Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is currently undergoing treatment," a rep for the actor said in a statement released on Wednesday. "Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family."

Awwww

the bit where the girl is putting the eyeliner on...

The Brothers Jarman & Johnny "freaking" Marr

At the NME awards. Too cool.

Even though

this is readily available on YouTube, I will no doubt be setting my alarm (for the middle of the night) to watch this performance on the big screen (on Jools Holland). Am weak like a kitten.

Oh, no

RIP, Jeff.

Swingline

Warning- I curse a lot in this post. Okay, in most posts.

Today at work, I was attempting to do some very necessary word processing, and was experiencing "issues" with the printer.

I sent the following email to my girls, Kaz and QB-

AM TRYING TO PRINT OUT INVITATIONS FOR OUR PROM OPEN HOUSE AT THE END OF MONTH.

AND THE MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT PRINTER KEEPS FUCKING JAMMING UP. I SWEAR TO THE NME AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, I'M GONNA CHUCK THE FUCKER ONTO HIGHWAY 61 AND LAUGH MY DAMN ASS OFF WHEN A SEMI HITS IT AND CRUSHES IT INTO OBLIVION.

Kaz sent me back the following YouTube clip. I adore my friends.

Whenever

I'm feeling a bit down, Monty Python YouTube clips always perk me right up.

Especially this one. Elderberries. Hee.

Oh, Matty

Why are you eating a candy apple whilst chatting with Radio1 DJs? And where does one get candy apples at the NME awards?

'Mersey Paradise'

Just because I don't think I've posted this in the last 6 weeks...gorgeous.

I betcha

this is the eyeliner (in 'Baked') The Wire had on last night. Bless his glammy little heart.

Hee hee

Another one

of my bass-playing "boyfriends," Mr. Nicholas (Jones) Wire. I swear to y'all, I liked guitar-guitar players not but a year ago... Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

"That was the one I turned up for! It was between me and Patrick Wolf!"

Oh, Nicky....

Random ten

1. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb- Spoon
2. Joy To The World- Three Dog Night
3. Caravan Girl- Goldfrapp
4. Let's Stick Together- KT Tunstall
5. Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee- Stockard Channing
6. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away- The Subways
7. You Know I'm No Good- Arctic Monkeys
8. Anyone Who Had A Heart- Shelby Lynne
9. Come On Come On- Jet
10. Soul Man- Sam & Dave

Bonus-
11. Can't Get Out Of Bed- Charlatans
12. Heart Of Glass- Blondie

WANT.

Bizzle's hoodie.

God, I love it when he gets rant-y

Ladies and gentlemen, my writer "boyfriend," Mr. Charles Pierce.
Witness the peerless takedown of Timmeh Russert. A thing of beauty.

His shillery came later. In a week when St. John McCain was being roasted over his lobbyist-laden past and when the FEC had started to look at the Straight Talker's cheap-ass lawyering around the campaign-finance statutes, Russert chose to spend useless minutes hasing Barack Obama around something Obama had said last year. Hillary was dead right there at the end, although she needs work on the snark, too. Nothing about China. Nothing about FISA or signing statements or the wreck of the constitutional order. Nothing about climate change.

But plenty of time for a three-rail shot about Obama, his pastor, and Farrakhan, whose name I swear I have not heard twice in the past decade. (Marty Peretz hears it through the fillings in his teeth, but that's another matter.) That stuff was truly rank.

What in the name of god does the relationship of Obama's pastor to Louis Farrakhan have to do with being president of the United States? John McCain's state co-chairman in Arizona, a sitting congresscritter, got himself indicted this week. Think that'll come up any time soon? Hell, if you wanted to tweak Obama about somebody with whom he had a more tangible connection, Tony Rezko went on trial YESTERDAY. No mention of it that I heard.

The only reason to bring up Farrakhan was to play the Scary Negro card. At this point the lines between hackery and shillery form a perfect right angle and stretch on to infinity. And, by the way, it would help MSNBC's campaign to become the Scourge Of Public Bigots if it didn't keep putting Pat Buchanan on my TV screen every 11 seconds.

via

'Girls Like Mystery'

The Cribs will be joined by Johnny "fucking" Marr at the NME awards tomorrow...

The Smiths' Johnny Marr is set to join The Cribs for the whole of their set at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 Big Gig.Marr has been regularly performing on the last section of the band’s sets on the recent Shockwaves NME Awards Tour, but the guitarist will now join them for their whole set at London’s O2 Arena tomorrow night (February 28).

Sometimes...

I'm not too bright.

I've been a bit paranoid lately. We've had what could only be referred to as a shitload of snow this winter, and I've recently noticed odd tracks in the snow outside of the house (I live in the sticks).

I've been thinking that we have a yeti (no, not Jawwwwwwwn's band) roaming about the pastoral countryside here. Or worse, weird stalker-type persons.

Imagine my relief (and concern for my own mental health) today when I realized that they were footprints from DEER. And possibly, our dumb but lovable Labs, Daisy and Rosie.

It's been a rough season is all I'm saying....

Guinness Sign

Guinness Sign, originally uploaded by Andy Hares.

Lucid dreaming in Venice

Lucid dreaming in Venice, originally uploaded by Vesuviano - Nicola De Pisapia.

Love the reflections on the water....

"I've just seen a face"

This is so sweet.

Boy....

Sydney Bristow cleans up nice... Look at that necklace!

Gorgeous

Just gorgeous.

Mr. Urban!

When on the red carpet, do not ogle your wife's boobies!

think pink

think pink, originally uploaded by chpaola.

Windy afternoon

Windy afternoon, originally uploaded by klausthebest.

gorgeous composition....

Little Miss Sunshine and Klaxons

From the Brit Awards. Rihanna gets her new rave on...

"Faster than parked is fast enough to kill"

Oh, this is quality snark. Abstinence-only drivers ed. Makes about as much sense as abstinence-only sex ed.

Fear not, kids: there's a time in your life when driving a car will cease to be an evil and disgusting shame-riddled experience. That happens after you're married. My husband got me a Corvette for our anniversary. How sweet is that? And take it from ME: NO premarital driving could ever have felt as good as the driving my husband and I do together.

Remember this handy little slogan: "No ring on your finger, no hand on the shifter."

via

Macca and Beth

Someday, I will own a wee chapeau like La Ditto's. Also, I'm glad to see that Macca's face lift is relaxing...

On the way

On the way, originally uploaded by Dan Grant for Congress.

What Amanda said.

Random ten

1. Voulez Vous- ABBA
2. Love Has A Diameter- Biffy Clyro
3. Common People- Pulp
4. William, It Was Really Nothing- The Smiths
5. Who's Got A Match?- Biffy Clyro
6. Little Of Your Time- Maroon 5
7. Just Friends- Amy Winehouse
8. You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC
9. Faster- Manic Street Preachers
10. Summer Nights- Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

Bonus-
11. Shadrach- Beastie Boys
12. Monkey Casino- Babyshambles

You know,

during all the red carpet brouhaha at awards shows, it's always refreshing to hear someone genuinely thrilled to be wearing something made especially for them. Case in point- La Ditto's near-squee of joy in this interview at donning custom Luella Bartley and Terry De Haviland for the Brits.

Fierce

Miz Sarah Harding at the Brit Awards. Love the clutch, honey!

Adorable!

Ms. Kate Nash at the Brit Awards

Awwww, lads.

They do love their costumes. Bless.

Arctic Monkeys won the Best British Band award at the Brit Awards 2008 tonight (February 20) in London.The band were dressed up in traditional English rural clothing for the event, resembling old fashioned farmers, sporting brown wellies and flat caps.

“Thank you everybody. We’re the Arctic Monkeys. We are the most fantastic,” said front-man Alex Turner, before blowing a large horn he had brought on stage into the microphone.

Am I crazy?

I think that in this vintage pic of Cream, Clapton looks like the dude from Gogol Bordello. He does, am I right?

(Actually, he's also a dead ringer for what's-his-ass from the Doobies. The munitions expert or whatever).

And my Lord, was Ginger Baker scary looking!

There are times

when cover versions actually surpass the original tune. I believe this may be one of those times.

Ladies and Gentlemen, 'Umbrella' by the Manic Street Preachers.


via

Icky

I'm home from work, sick with the stomach flu of the 'Trainspotting' variety. Blerguh. So in an effort to feel less sorry for myself, here are some of my current sick-time (SICK GIRL!) favorites...

-Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Nectar of the gods for those with upset tummies.

-Archipelago Botanicals Pomegranate Hand Creme. Soothes dehydrated skin.

-Wyler's Beef Bullion. I know, sounds disgusting, but something hot and savory is wonderful when you've been having stomach issues.

-French Lavender Colonial Candles. Smells fresh, clean, and vaguely aftershave-y. In a good way.

-'Top Gear' on BBC America. One of my favorite shows. Providing I can stay awake long enough for the 7PM showing.

'Denial'- Sugababes