2 Chainz!

2 Chainz, Tity Boi is da shit,  but sometimes he makes dumb ass muzak.  Actually, most of his music is hella stupid, but it's so damn catchy and the beats are hella tight, it's hard not to listen to him 24/7 (don't judge).  His album FINALLY came out and I haven't listened to every song, but I did get to watch the video for "Love Dem Strippers," featuring Nicki Minaj who I also have a love/hate relationship with, mostly hate: ugly ass outfits and wigs (someone fire her stylist because homegurl looks like she tries too hard) and her lyrics are mostly wack.  "Love Dem Strippers" is kinda dumb too, but I'm sure the verse "I Love Dem Strippers" will play in  my head all day for the next three months replacing "Don't tun tun tun."  The music video is tight, especially the strippers who are really good looking and I dig their sexxy lingerie, platforms and bomb ass tight bodies.  Nicki's hair and makeup look bomb too, wish she would burn that red Versace bag she wore to the Grammy's.

PS: New hair!

Fashion Is Art

This is art in motion.  John Galliano is really an artist.  It makes me sad when I see his last collections because the house of Christian Dior won't be the same without him.  Apparently for the Spring Couture 2011 collection he was inspired by the fashion drawings of René Gruau.  The illustrator worked with Christian Dior in the forties and fifties to create the drawings for his collection.  I did a lil research on Gruau and here are a few of his drawings, amazing...

On another note, I think it's awesome that Kanye is getting hella attention for wearing a women's shirt via the Celine Spring 2011 collection.  I like that, he's got balls and the man looks good.  

I gotta burst your bubble though because male musicians have been wearing lady clothes for a while now, take for instance...

Mick Jagger

Jimi Hendrix

Freddie Mercury

Christian Dior Spring Couture 2011 photos credit style.com

Kanye West photo credit style.com

Mick Jagger photo credit Michael Ochs

Jimi Hendrix photo credit Rex Features

Freddie Mercury photo credit unknown

Rain Rain Go Away, That's What All My Haters Say

Went to check out a rad dj called J.Rocc a few weeks ago and I must say I was quite impressed.  I tend to be a super hater when it comes to music because I get bored.  Well, actually to be honest I get bored of everything, but music is a main love and I like when djs mix cool shit and J.Rocc mixed super tight hip hop, soul and disco-all favorites of mine.  I really did not know anything about his music and I went just for fun and after reading a bit about him online I found out that he is an original turntablist and that pretty much explains why he sounded so good!

I was so lucky that it wasn't raining ferociously that night because I did not want to get soaked.  It's also not cool to take an umbrella to a show because you have to carry it the whole night so I was pretty stoked that I did not have to babysit that shit. It's impossible to tell because the photos are in black and white, but I am wearing my rainbow snake skin boots and this super awesome cream lace dress that I found for $5 at Target.  

I was going through a bunch of photos and I came across these from a super fun/fancy birthday dinner party that I attended last month. The restaurant was on a hill and the view was spectacular.  

Love my new Doll House ankle boot platforms.

The food was alright.  I ordered the Capellini Diablo with giant scallops and I knew I should have picked the catfish because I wasn't sure if I was a fan of cream marinara sauces.  Lesson learned, definitely trust your gut, but that gives me another excuse to go back, dress up and pop a bottle of champagne.

Paris Fashion Week Looking Good!

It seems like for the past week every time I make an attempt to update my internet it's sucking balls, but oddly enough it works perfectly well today when it's raining cats and dogs.  I like to stalk style.com and just a few days ago they put up pictures from Tommy Ton's adventures at fashion week and they are to die for!

All photos by Tommy Tom via style.com and JakAndJill.com

I live in the wrong town yo!!!  The fur and the bright colors made me kinda crazy and I've been putting together better weather than this shit outfits in my head.  I'm ready!  On another note I've been listening to Twista a lot lately.  I love the dude because he raps hella fast and it actually sounds good!  I came up with this gem while going thru his discography...

I would have posted the actual video for your pleasure, but the code is disabled!!!

And seriously this is one of the best beats ever!!!!!  Thank you Kaney West...

He's Da Shit

Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kill Me

I remember when shit wasn't complicated.  When I could do whatever the hell I wanted without any regard.  Well this isn't all true exactly because I've always had limits.  Every time I think about this I remember my favorite book of all time, the book that changed my life, PLEASE KILL ME: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. I read this book because I was obsessed with the Velvet Underground and the Ramones, which is a sweet phase that young rock n roll fans go through in life- you're young and you think that people don't understand you, you think that you're always right and you listen to "dark" music about suicide and drugs.  You're also probably obsessed with Wes Anderson and you watch Ghost World everyday, I know I did.

This is one of my most treasured books because they're a bunch of interviews chronologically put together about the birth of this awesome music genre. The characters to name a few are: Nico, Marianne Faithful, John Cale, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Dee Dee (my favorite Ramone) and the Godfather of Punk himself Lou Reid.  Lester Bangs who coined the term punk and edited the magazine with the same name compiled this book.  Of course as I was reading it I did not know who a lot of the people being interviewed were, but Bangs is such a genius to add a glossary of all the characters's names along with a short bio.

Please Kill Me tells it how it is- it's totally uncensored and you pretty much learn not only about the history of punk, but also who fucked who and who died from going overboard.

Speaking of going over the edge my favorite punk rock couple is: Sid and Nancy, RIP to the both of you. Nancy died of a stab wound and Sid of a drug overdose on a separate occasion. Sid's suicide note read, "We had a death pact, and I have to keep my end of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motorcycle boots. Goodbye.." Sad-Romantic and grimy as hell because this dude had 100% heroin in his body.

Seriously, this book will make you think about life as a precious gift. I'd say that 80% of the people in it died due to some stupid shit like drugs or chocking on their own vomit. Not cool at all.

Nancy's body taken out of the Chelsea Hotel

Photo by: Crime Scene Photographer

Makes Me Happy

Two weeks ago I found myself at Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park. Being at the park brings back tons of memories- my first and last 420 celebration, the birth of the Peace Circle, and a midnight walk through the park playing hide-and-go-seek behind bushes and trees.  I also remember being there two years ago at the first ever Outside Lands Music Festival with the coolest cousin ever who I had just met a week prior to.

This year the lineup was alright.  Honestly, I looked up almost every single act the night before and added my picks to my Outside Lands App (which sucked btw!)  I was there to see the Strokes perform and everything else would be extra music goodness. Watching them while screaming their lyrics at the top of my lungs reminded me how fucking awesome they are.  I wasn't the only one singing like my life depended on it and it hit me that even though they have not released an album in four years, thousands of people came to see them play old material.

The Strokes rule, really.

The year was 2000 and they popped into the mainstream sphere via MTV.  Check it out...

I don't remember the exact moment when I first saw this gem, but I am sure I shit my pants because I was so damn happy that something had come at last to replace the bullshit that is 90's rock (I love you Nirvana).  Music critics call the Strokes and the bands that came right after (The White Stripes, The Hives) the "Garage Rock Revival."  The sound is old indeed- the instruments they used are vintage and the way this new genre was recorded was very raw and pure.  The Strokes are pop in every sense where their music is simplistic and catchy, but it's most definitely rock n roll.  It's also not in your face aggressive, thank God because that is totally overdone.  It's also extremely awesome that Julian's voice is reminiscent of Jim Morrison's.

I have so many amazing memories seeing them live.  Prior to Outside Lands they played at BFD, which is this music festival in the Bay Area.  They were one of the last bands to perform and by the time Julian Casablanca's, the singer went onstage, he was fucked up.  He had this huge white cooler full of booze with him where he proceeded to take from throughout their set.   It was a special one alright because they played all of their singles from the most recent one at the time to "Last Night."

There was also the time they played at the Concourse located in San Francisco.  I think that was the time I saw how badass Nick Valensi was. This dude had the tightest solos and I could hear exactly that he was influenced by Slash.  I was also standing on the right side front, squeezed in between tall dudes, but everyone was jumping and singing along so I did not care.  I also remember my homies kicking some punk's ass for talking shit, ha ha!

Three studio albums and an EP makes it impossible to pick my favorite Strokes song.  Frankly, it feels like having to choose your favorite child, but I die every time I hear this one, especially the music at the beginning...

Coolest Celebrity Couple Ever?

American Vogue June 2010

I know, I'm kinda late on this but it deserves obsession from my part.  This couple is just too awesome.  Not only is Jack White the best contemporary musician, but his wife Karen Elson is one of the coolest models ever.  I love that they finally decided to be photographed together like this, it was about time.  Her hair is also totally amazing!!! I've been wanting to dye it that same exact hue for two years now, but I'm a bit scared it might turn copper like last time I did.  It wasn't that cute let me tell ya!

Sweet Music

When I first heard "California Gurls," it was on MTV and it was the music video.  I thought: what the hell, Snoop is supposed to be a gangsta...I watched it again today and I think the whole thing is pretty tight.  I don't really know Katy Perry's music and even though the song is pop as hell, it's definitely cute and I can't hate on that.  

Awesome things about the song: it's about California girls and Snoop is in it.  Loving the video because: of the Candy Land theme, the colorful wigs Katy and the ladies wear, their glittery eye makeup, and then there's the cupcakes, lollipops, gummy bears, cotton candy and other sugary treats.  The whole video is really a little girls dream come true!

Favorite Snoop quote, "I love the Bay just like I love L.A."

All images from the Katy Perry Official Website