BRITTICISMS

The El is our (crappy, loud, "elevated")...

Britt: The El is free tomorrow.
Mom [irrationally excited]: Really!?! I want to go!!
Julia: You want to ride around on the El all night on New Years??
Mom: It's free!
Julia: How much does the El usually cost?
Britt: A dollar and seventy-five cents.
The train is also below ground. But, yes, it is crappy and loud.

Dec 31st

No one knew that the invisible man had come to the party —...

Dec 31st

what I really want by *papillonelfique on deviantART —...

Dec 31st

Favorite Photos of 2007

My friends Colleen and Amy are both single and gorgeous. Boys, come on. Colleen with my...

Dec 30th

Circle by ~Plainsong on deviantART — browneyes

Dec 30th

from suitep: I love the stuff this guy does. Pikapika ...

Dec 30th

vintage_ads: Early rap/hip-hop/roller-disco flyers, NYC,...

Dec 30th

I wrote about the party photogs in an earlier post…and then I went to the latest Floss show...

Dec 30th

Watch

Boyz II Men - Motown Philly (via ) — browneyes Hearing this song when out at a bar is orgasmic....

Dec 30th

Listen

“Hummer” by Foals. Foals are NOT a rip-off of Bloc Party. Foals challenges you to think...

Dec 30th

via imagecache2.allposters.com — browneyes Inspiration.

Dec 30th

I’m excited because Monday marks the first day of The N as an actual channel. That means as...

Dec 30th

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“Foundations” by Kate Nash Love her. Love the song. 

Dec 28th

I’m listening to Roxy Music and getting pumped for my next house party! Yes! It’s gonna...

Dec 28th

Listen

“Groove is in the Heart” by Deee-lite Because last night at the Pase Rock/Flosstradamus...

Dec 28th

thecoolhunter.net — browneyes

Dec 28th

“If I was Barron Hilton and I really wanted to make the world...”
— The Superficial

Dec 28th

K Swiss - Sébastien Foucan backflip (via afewselectedworks)...

Dec 28th

Music Round-up

My Top 11 Albums of the Year 1. The Modern Tribe by Celebration 2. The Reminder by Feist 3....

Dec 28th

a marble by ~cinnamonesteyes on deviantART — browneyes

Dec 27th

Sleevefaces

Dec 26th

An incredible set on flickr of a little boy playing gameboy...

Dec 25th

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I don’t care, that beat is catchy as hell. I’ve always preferred Ashley. Girl knows that...

Dec 25th

John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote the song Happy Christmas (War...

Dec 25th

i’m waiting for my life, ok ? by ~Sirijkiev on...

Dec 25th

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“Us Placers” with Lupe, Kanye, Pharell and Thom Yorke. Sweet.

Dec 25th

My dad is listening to Janis Joplin. My dad. It’s like that time I found my mom dancing to...

Dec 24th

Kiss by ~bolog on deviantART — browneyes I like the...

Dec 24th

“Honest to blog?”
— The horrendous line uttered by...

Dec 24th

YES, I REALLY DO GO TO THIS MANY...

Concerts have sort of slowed down in the past month or so due to the holidays and what not, which is...

Dec 24th

My number one album of the year is The Modern Tribe by...

Dec 24th

un mundo feliz: El diseño como ejercicio de libertad —...

Dec 23rd

Ni9e — browneyes

Dec 23rd

When I was a freshman in high school, I got invited by a...

Dec 22nd

Crystal Castles

Dec 22nd

Whereas Juno left me with unfulfilled expectations, I Am...

Dec 22nd

Heart of Gold

“Heart of Gold is an adhocratic, multi-use space created by an altruistic collective...

Dec 22nd

Found Magazine

Dec 22nd

judithopo1.jpg — browneyes

Dec 22nd

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“Toop Toop” by Cassius

Dec 22nd

Cassius

We receive a good 50-75 cds per week in the Venus Zine office and a lot of is crap. A lot of times,...

Dec 22nd

Watch

Venus Zine Winter 2007 Issue Release Party @ Relax Lounge (I’m in the video for about three...

Dec 22nd

Kerry Skarbakka in the The Struggle to Right Oneself series....

Dec 21st

Harlem 1 by ~manuamador on deviantART — browneyes

Dec 21st

Watch

 So much yes.

Dec 20th

Listen

I’ve decided to post one Christmas song per day. The first one, from yesterday, was...

Dec 20th

— tily

Dec 20th

My sister and I on the night the big...

Me: Kourtney?
Kourtney, my sister: Yeah?
Me: Oh my god, you won't believe who's pregnant?
Kourtney: who?
Me: Britney Spears' sister.
Kourtney: What?
Me: Yeah.
Kourtney: Hahaha. What an idiot! She's so stupid.
Me: I know.
Kourtney: For a second there, I thought you were gonna say [friend who would kill me if I actually typed her name].
Me: I would cry if that happened. Actually, it wouldn't be that surprising.
Kourtney: Okay, I gotta go.
Me: What?
Kourtney: Yeah, I gotta go call people about this.
Me: Ahhhh. Nice!

Dec 20th

“Ms. Spears is a devout Christian with a spotless reputation,...”
— Jamie Lynn Spears’...

Dec 19th

“My sense of it is that because those guys are...”
— Mike White, former writer for...

Dec 19th

Listen

It’s not Christmas until I hear this song with my parents at home.

Dec 19th

O HAI.

You know what’s weird? Going to bars or special club night or dance parties or whatever and...

Dec 19th

My recent staff favorite for Venus Zine...

Dec 19th

Scarf Dress at KNOW.LABEL — britticisms Look!...

Dec 19th

Straight girls always say they would go gay for Angelina. ...

Dec 18th

Boy, the new womens label by Band of...

Dec 18th

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My video of the year.

Dec 18th

Just ok. Or just good. But not brilliant. Sorta above...

Dec 18th

Scarf Dress at KNOW.LABEL

Dec 18th

Watch

Uncensored video for Paper Planes. M.I.A. rocks. — rockets YEA! On her MySpace blog, Maya talked...

Dec 18th

Albums of the Year: Graduation by Kanye...

Kanye West - Graduation I’ll start with the brilliance of the songs. After a rather humiliating...

Dec 18th

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One of my favorite songs. “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash

Dec 18th

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I didn’t know YouTube allowed boobs until I saw Spank Rock - Loose. This video is intense! Via...

Dec 18th

Let us also presume that organic cotton jeans...

Dec 17th

A lot has been said about this album, including a concert...

Dec 17th

XIU XIU

Dec 17th

“There’s a “Don’t Stop Believin’...”

Dec 17th

“Do birds of a feather flock together, or do...

Dec 17th

“Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset...”
— Ron Paul LO (fucking) L. ...

Dec 17th

Michelle Obama is fierce.

Dec 17th

Sabrina Dehoff’s pom pom jewelry 

Dec 17th

Watch

White Williams “Going Down” 

Dec 16th

Fierce.

Dec 16th

WHERE ARE MY GUNSHOTS?

Dec 15th

Tomorrow: The Kite Runner Monday: Juno After a couple of weeks of really shitty movies, I’m...

Dec 15th

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Lipdubbing “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” by ‘N Sync This was my favorite...

Dec 14th

In regards to that poster of Chicago a...

that’s a whole lot of space. But most of the “culture” that Mayor Daley likes to...

Dec 14th

I don’t understand how you sometimes read a Pitchfork review, and the rating is average, but...

Dec 14th

Family Style

Dec 14th

My kind of town…

Dec 14th

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life...”
— Frankl.

Dec 14th

Manuscript Necklace by Dirty Librarian Chains

Dec 14th

We’ve been listening to this for a couple of weeks now...

Dec 14th

I hate stupid ass glasses like this. Why hasn’t this...

Dec 14th

We only had fish at home. When we lived in an apartment, my...

Dec 13th

I’m watching Law and Order: CI and the pretend gangster Hector is super cute. This is the...

Dec 13th

“I tried getting more drinks, but that bar was packed,” a friend told me earlier today. ...

Dec 13th

I Wish I Had an Evil Twin

me: what day do you think you're gonna see the magnetic fields? i'm still trying to decide
Tyler: sunday night at 10
me: i have to speak with their publicist and so i'm trying to figure out what would work best for a before hand interview s well
i might do it earlier
or go earlier, rather
Tyler: ah
that's going to be SUCH a weird interview
haha
me: i know
Tyler: he's so awkward
me: i know
that's sorta of why i wanted to do it by e-mail
but then the publicist wants it to be in person
i heard he's one of the most difficult people to interview, if not the worst
also one of the most depressing
Tyler: there's a youtube video of him interviewing at a morning show in like, atlanta or something
me: uh-oh
do i wanna watch and get even more terrified
terrified/disappointed
Tyler: haha
maybe not.
me: oh no.
maybe he's gotten on some anti-depressants
?
this album features some of the other members more than him, so amybe, they'll come too?
Tyler: possibly
me: i hope so
i mean...
ugh
now you've put into my head!
Tyler: haha, i'm sorry!
me: it's okay
i would have remembered eventually
after the initial high of actually getting the interview

Dec 13th

I actually find Patrick Wolf very...

Tyler: http://idolator.com/tunes/year_end-analysis/the-ideal-indie-rock
-woman-pale-malnourished-and-with-really-bad-bangs-333090.php
i have issues with these lists.
me: me too
Tyler: kevin barns is number two?
and the ugly guy from grizzly bear is on it AT ALL?
me: hahaha
i can sorta agree with jens at number one
sorta
Tyler: right
sorta
zac condon?
brrrnt.
me: dan deacon at number 16?
Tyler: yeah. riiiight.
i understand ladies are tolerant, but come ON
me: i'm not that tolerant.
i certainly wouldn't put him before kanye or mark ronson or ted leo
Tyler: right
ronson especially.
and EW patrick wolf
colin molloy?
me: um, no
Tyler: EDDIE ARGOS?
don;t ladies like teeth?
me: hahaha
there's so much wrong with that list
Tyler: i know.
me: i would make andrew bird number one, i think
or maybe mark ronson
Tyler: i still like sufjan
even though his music doesn't excite me as much
and chris garneau isn't on the list
his music is boring too
but he's cute
me: oh, yeah, i forgot about sufjan
def cute

Dec 13th

“Not by day or night, nor indoors or outdoors, nor riding or...”
— at dusk, Work by Chelsea...

Dec 11th

One by One: An Exhibition of Buttons

Saturday, December 15 - Saturday, January 26 2008  (Tuesday and Thursday: 5-9pm /...

Dec 11th

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Dec 10th

“Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round”
— This Must Be the Place (Naive...

Dec 10th

“Knowledge is the purveyor of ones own freedom in that, the...”

Dec 9th

Sixteen Candles

There are the people who adore the classic John Hughes teen film Sixteen Candles and the people I...

Dec 9th

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

As an actor, you have to be open-minded. That’s one of the great aspects of the job. In the real...

Dec 9th

"Reaching for a Laser Beam" by Office

Dec 9th

St. Vincent

St. Vincent makes the sort of music that instantly gets put on repeat in my player and my iPod and...

Dec 9th

“We are dancing in a dark and expansive loft. Miller lights...”
— Saturdays by Cut Copy is a...

Dec 9th

“I wish the people who continuously complain of...”
— Myself in To Ponder from...

Dec 7th

Song of the Moment

“Heartbreak” by Celebration is the wonderfully crafted sprite of rhythmic joy that first...

Dec 7th

album of the year: fur and gold by bat...

With gracious nods to ethereal songbirds before her Bjork and Kate Bush, Natasha Khan, the female...

Dec 7th

“I am that which thinks, not that which is thought.”
— Rene Daumal in Le Contre-Ciel

Dec 7th