A friend gave me the She & Him album ‘Volume One’ recently and I haven’t been able to stop listening to it since.
The She & Him story begins when in 2006 , renowned one man band M. Ward, recorded a duet with a girl named Zooey Deschanel. A delightful recording session, the experience lead to a dialogue between the two about collaborating further. This, in turn, led to Deschanel admitting to secretly making dozens and dozens of home demos and hoarding them like acorns for the winter. Sick and tired of being stingy and secretive about music, Deschanel realized that if songs were acorns then this was indeed her wintertime: she sent the recordings to Ward and these demos became the basis for their first record, entitled Volume One.
Here is the video for ‘Why Do You Let Me Stay Here’.
I think the music is beautiful, fun and something new. Well, new in an old kind of way. It makes me think of 60’s surfer movies, Gidget, and dance socials. It makes me want to drink spiders and eat gumdrops. I’m hooked.
I recently got myself an iPod nano. I had only had a shuffle before - which I used for a week or so, then quickly forgot about. You can't do anything with a shuffle ... boo! Well... one thing led to another and I am now hooked on podcasts. When the podcasts on my nano run out I grumbily switch to listening to music.
Merrily Kerr New York Art Tours guides you directly to the best the city has to offer. Led by a professional art critic, the tours give immediate access to today’s most important and influential art.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a newcomer to the art scene or a veteran art lover; Merrily Kerr New York Art Tours will custom tailor an art tour for you. Tours cater to individuals or groups on corporate excursions, international tourists, student groups and any others wanting to sample the best art in New York City. Merrily Kerr is licensed as a Tour Guide by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.
Here Merrily Kerr shows you the Misaki Kawai "Tiger Punch" show at Clementine Gallery.
Misaki Kawai: 'Tiger Punch' at Clementine Gallery January 2007. Kawai's slapdash painted collages take a jab at slick, manga inspired art.
I've almost made it through all of the videos there. And if you watch from the beginning you can see her baby belly grow. So perhaps that's why there haven't been any new videos lately? Hopefully there will be new videos soon.
I've heard other people say this. That Matt makes them cry ... well I'm one of them. These videos bring big juicy welled-up tears to my eyes. "Laughing tears?" Aaron asked. No ... I'm not laughing, these are tears of jealousy, of amazement, of awe. Matt's videos make me realise just how vast and amazing the world is, and they make me want to stand up in the middle of my work day and announce loudly "I QUIT!" and walk out, jump on the next flight to anywhere and just keep exploring! I want an adventure.
If you don't know what these videos are all about or who Matt is go here. All you really need to know is that these videos are awesome, and I WILL have that adventure.
I love this! TopShop in London and Dublin have recreated the 'Helmut Newton Photo Machine', giving customers the opportunity to create their own fashion photography in the store. The result is some really fun, sometimes beautiful and interesting pictures that I had a great time browsing through.
Born in Berlin in 1920, Newton achieved international fame in the 1970’s while working principally for French Vogue. Renowned for the precision and glamour of his photographs as well as the striking, often controversial scenarios he chose for his models. He photographed women looking powerful, sexually predatory and available.
Staged in a bespoke photographic studio in Topshop Oxford Circus, Manchester and Dublin we will showcase Helmut Newton’s most treasured piece of photographic equipment. Working with the Helmut Newton Estate, Topshop will help bring this original 70’s photographic concept into the modern day by recreating the Helmut Newton Photo Machine instore for customers to create their own fashion moment. You can be a photographer, model and stylist, all in one. Simply walk in, pose and press a button.
This just makes me want to live in the UK even more than I do now. And shop in the UK, and walk around the UK, and create in the UK, and be all pommy and snobbish and strange like we think they are in th UK. Hopefully ... that's only 18 months away!
I am Michelle. I paint, draw, glue, sew, knit, bake, shop and more. I am married to Aaron, a boy who likes to learn new languages and play the sousaphone and we live with a cat named Pip who runs the household. This, is my blog.
