Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Glorious
Croc, brassy hardware... l
ovely, darlings, just lovely.
Hee hee
You get the picture.
And the samples, DEAR LORD, the samples.
In order to entice the buyers, most vendors provide samples. And/or free drinkies. The best offer both. We at Iowa's Coolest Flower Shop are partial to Archipelago Botanicals and Thymes Unlimited samples. Why?
1. They are posh
2. They are easily
In other words, I'll be calling QB and Kaz all weekend, bragging about the prime samples/booze/muso/food frenzy J and I have embarked upon. And they'll just be dying of envy.
Wait, those beeotches are going to see Russell Brand's stand-up gig this weekend.
Heifers.
Never mind.
Ah....
Pete Doherty has played at the wake of a 16-year-old fan who died from cancer. The Babyshambles singer and ex-boyfriend of Kate Moss formed a special bond with Daniel Squires after meeting him last year. Daniel died in his mother Becky's arms on July 4 after losing his battle with bone cancer.
Doherty, 28, attended the wake at the Golden Lion pub in Jarrow, South Tyneside, and spent an hour with the family. He took to the stage with his guitar, teaming up with one of Daniel's friends for an emotional tribute
following the funeral at South Shields Crematorium.
The boy may be constantly conducting chemistry experiments upon himself, but he has a good heart.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Banksy's posh?
While many have claimed to know who he is, the only reliable facts are that he hails from Bristol and his first name is Robin. Now the mystery surrounding the identity of Banksy may have been solved by a newspaper which has published a picture of a man whose antecedence is more public school than street artist.
The Mail On Sunday says it traced the artist using a photograph purporting to show Banksy at work with spray cans in Jamaica in 2004. Former friends and acquaintances identify the man in the picture as Robin Gunningham, a former pupil of the £9,420-a-year Bristol Cathedral School.
Since his emergence as a leading street artist, Banksy's work attracts six-figure price tags. In January a piece of his edgy graffiti in Portobello Road, west London – which shows a painter finishing off the word "Banksy" – received a bid of £208,100 in an online auction.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Obvious, but iconic
'I knew the youthfulness of the Sixties,' said Saint Laurent, in 1984, almost two decades afterwards, 'Talitha and Paul Getty lying on a starlit terrace in Marrakech, beautiful and damned, and a whole generation assembled as if for eternity where the curtain of the past seemed to lift before an extraordinary future…'
...
'She's a little bit like Jackie O, in that she's an obvious reference to use,' admitted Phoebe Philo in an interview with W magazine at the end of 2001, having been inspired by Talitha for her Chloé collection. 'I guess you could say I got carried away with Talitha's character. Not that all of what I imagined about her was even true. I used her more as a fantasy to dream about.'
Bless
The trio then shortly followed with limited edition single 'The Masses Against The Classes' before Bradfield introduced a cover of Rhianna's 'Umbrella' saying, "This is a pop song. It's Mr Nicky Wires favourite tune of 2007."
Friday, July 11, 2008
No kidding
The Tabor Home wines have been well-received outside Iowa, winning prizes, and the cathedral-ceiling tasting room overlooks production facilities.
Visitors frequently see winemaking taking place.The setting is strictly pastoral. For city slickers, this is an opportunity to get an up close and personal look at a working farm just across the road.
The Catawba Rose is to die for. Tart and sweet and sparkly. Our best seller.
Today in "embarassing"
My cell phone did one of those things where it doesn't ring, but the other person picks up, thus startling you when you hear a voice on the other end...
Did that make sense? Whatever.
When I'm by myself at the shop, I tend to listen to music that I'd not put on if there were other people around. Things that, shall we say, are in-tune-challenged.
Unfortunately for me in this case, Mom was treated to my vocal stylings on 'Horrorshow' by The Libs.
Specifically, the "I'm following your mind's instructions, on how to slowly, sharply screw myself to death" part.
She may actually still be giggling about this.
Is it just me,
Oh, Ronnie.
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood's family fear for his health after he went on a drunken binge with a 19-year-old Russian girl.
Wood has been at his home in Ireland for the past week with the girl, Ekaterina Ivanova, who he is said to have met in a London club. According to family friends, the alcoholic guitarist is close to "rock bottom". He is drinking two bottles of vodka a day and they fear for his life.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Random ten
1. Lights- Scissor Sisters
2. Bitpartearly- Helsinki
3. Suedehead- Morrissey
4. Mermaids- Paul Weller
5. La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)- Manic Street Preachers
6. Mr. Brightside- The Killers
7. Prelude To A Kiss- Alicia Keys
8. I Wanna Be Sedated- The Ramones
9. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is- Jet
10. Rocky Raccoon- Didz Hammond
Bonus-
11. Crocodile Tears- Girls Aloud
12. Breakfast In Bed- Shelby Lynne
Rock posters
Summer means one thing.
Here is my highly precise recipe for an awesome pasta salad.
Measurements/ingredients are approximate.
-whatever frozen veggies you have in the freezer
-some pasta, cooked al dente
-a vinaigrette of some sort
-whatever dried herbs or seasoning mixes you have in your cupboard.
Mix all of above together. Chill thoroughly. Top with shredded Parmesan cheese before serving.
Obviously, fresh veggies are superior, but if you're lazy as hell/pressed for time like myself, the frozen ones work a treat. (mix them with the hot pasta for instant de-thawing action)
In a pinch, bottled dressings will do, but make your own for vastly improved taste.
In a canning jar, mix-
1 part vinegar of some sort (red, white, champagne or balsamic)
3 parts extra-virgin olive oil
dash of prepared mustard
salt and ground pepper to taste
Put lid on jar, and shake it like a Polaroid picture. Deliciousness will ensue.
Eat pasta salad with a medium rare steak, fresh off the grill.
Mmmm.... summerlicious.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
This is
(the online version)
Toby Keith’s New Film: “It’s Not All Wagon Wheels and Bales of Hay”
Oh Claire Forlani, how you've fallen...
and
Rush Never Sleeps, Plus the Complete Album Guide
God, I'm getting all twitchy (and not in a good way) thinking about 'Tom Sawyer.' Or 'Freewill.' Yergh. Too many associated memories with overly earnest, Ayn Randian college boyfriends.
TO THE INDIE!
Oh, this is good
And oh God, the Mohawk is growing on me.
