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Cute Boys Make Her NervousShe takes pictures of cute boys. She...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500

She takes pictures of cute boys. She posts them on her blog. A lot of the time, she tells them that it’s for a street style blog, and when they ask to see the pic, it’s a close-up of their face.

I would say it’s creepy, but then I can’t help but agree. They are totally, definitely cute boys.

Things spotted at Urban Outfitters:Docsplaid shirtsliberty...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:33:23 -0500

Things spotted at Urban Outfitters:

Docs
plaid shirts
liberty print skirts
baby doll dresses
smeared eyeliner and cherry red lipstick

“Here Should Be My Home” by No Age

"Did you hear? School’s canceled today cause Kurt & Ram killed themselves in a repressed,..."

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:08:31 -0500

“Did you hear? School’s canceled today cause Kurt & Ram killed themselves in a repressed, homosexual, suicide pact.”

- Westerberg high school student. (Heathers) (via extrafirmhold)

Photo

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:14:04 -0500

magoshasblog:I LOOOOOOOOVE MADONNA!!!!!!!!Perfect except for...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:33:38 -0500

magoshasblog:

I LOOOOOOOOVE MADONNA!!!!!!!!

Perfect except for Pharrell. My fav song from Hard Candy, along with “Incredible,” of course.

The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer '08

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35:39 -0500

The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer '08 :

Includes (but not limited to):

Architecture in Helsinski, Black Ghosts, Beck, Chicks on Speed, Free Blood (!), Icy Demons, Liars, Ratatat, CSS, Black Kids, Brendan Canning, Forward, Russia!, Simian Mobile Disco, Takka Takka, Brazilian Girls (wholy fuck, yes, yes, yes!!!), Inara George, The Faint, Ida, Talkdemonic, Stereolab (!!), Ra Ra Riot, Yo Majesty, The Radio Dept., The Cure, Fujiya and Miyagi, Annie, Of Montreal, The Sea and Cake

“Teen Creeps” by No AgeThis song is so fucking...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:27:18 -0500

“Teen Creeps” by No Age

This song is so fucking ’90s. I love it. Give me plaid, and United Colors of Benneton, and liberty print dresses, and Docs, and a Democrat president, please!

forwhenifeellikesharing:buyhercandy:Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:28:27 -0500

forwhenifeellikesharing:

buyhercandy:
Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) - Left Behind
Their new song, off the forthcoming album ‘Donkey’.
Mmmmm. Good stuff.

via secondgradefresh

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:23:53 -0500

via secondgradefresh

VOTE OR DIE! Need your Pre-Pitchfork help here...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:53:42 -0500

So, I’m usually good with familiarizing myself with bands at Pitchfork before I actually go if I haven’t listened to their music in the past. That was how I discovered Jamie Lidell last year.

This year, however, I’ve been seriously lacking as I have to go through the hell that is Sonic Bids and I’ve generally been listening to James Pants (White Williams 2.0), Lykke Li, Sam Sparro, and No Age non-stop. I’m unfortunately only going to Pitchfork on Saturday as I’m BROKE AS FUCK. I need your help. What artists should I check out/download/stream before the 19th? Did y’all know my Tumblr has comments? Comment on this entry or re-blog with your suggestions. This is the Saturday line-up, with bands that I’m already familiar with/plan on seeing in bold:

Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
The Hold Steady
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
Caribou
Jay Reatard
Titus Andronicus
No Age
Atlas Sound
Extra Golden
Fuck Buttons
* Elf Power
The Ruby Suns
Icy Demons
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar

Also, if you will be at Pitchfork on Saturday, let’s try to meet up and say hello or something. I will not be that hard to find. I will be the black girl.

overit:carolynannahall:The French and their ability to work a...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:43:20 -0500

overit:

carolynannahall:
The French and their ability to work a scarf like nothing else. via garance doré » cuir véritable

I wasn't going to blog about this but

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:42:42 -0500

grayandgreen:

…it’s been happening too frequently to ignore. I’m not talking about “street harassment” because in my mind, harassment is verbal and annoying, but without a threat of physical violence. When a group of dudes pulls over to the side of the road when you’re walking alone at night, rolls down the window to yell “heeyyyy mami,” and then drives away laughing when you turn around afraid—it’s not harassment. When a man in a beat-up white car follows your walking route to the post office and drives around the block several times, yelling at you periodically out the window and pulling into a nearby parking lot until you walk in the other direction—it’s not harassment.
Those last two examples, they happened in the suburbs. Where I’m “safe.” Because if I just wear the most modest clothes, if I walk with confidence, if I go at the right time of day, if I stay off the wrong bus or the wrong train then I’m golden.
Guess what. I follow all the fucking rules and every time I leave the house it’s a new man in a new car that’s screaming at me or following me. Sometimes they’re not in cars; it doesn’t matter.
I’m sick of people telling me I shouldn’t be scared when men yell at me. Do you know what it feels like to be followed in a car when you’re alone? Do you know how easy it would be to knock me out and pull me aboard and drive me away? Especially if it’s a group of men?
I’m sick of people telling me it’s because I’m pretty or because of where I go and when and how. These men do not have crushes on me and I can’t control how I look regardless. I am being persistently physically threatened and it happens wherever I go and whatever I do.
I am sick of people telling me that I’m the one that should change, I am sick of there being no word for what I’m going through, I am sick of being invisible to women who own cars and live outside of cities and to men who tell me that neighborhoods like Uptown and Humboldt Park are “fine.” There is no fine for me. There never will be again, not for as long as I live, not since I hit puberty. My body belongs to everyone. Just by walking on the street, I open myself up for public bidding and I can’t fucking stand it and there’s nothing I can do.
Do you know how fucking sick it is to feel lucky for not having been raped?

I agree with everything Arianna said. I take this street thuggery VERY seriously as I was sexually assaulted two blocks away from my house in Oak Park when I was only eleven years old by a complete stranger. I’ve never been able to articulate the feeling, but I think the sentence, “My body belongs to everyone,” is a good way of describing the feelings that are a result of this sort of “interaction” with men on the street.

homeofthevain:“Will you restore me? Grace my senses...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:36:11 -0500

homeofthevain:

“Will you restore me? Grace my senses again?”

“You Belong” by Hercules and Love Affair

(Get on board the new disco train, kids!)

I forgot how wonderful music videos can be until I saw this one...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:27:51 -0500

I forgot how wonderful music videos can be until I saw this one NOT on my computer but on Subterranean on MTV2.

“Eraser” by No Age

Also? So PUMPED for Pitchfork! Something else? This is a perfect summer song.

"The legacy of Say Anything, in which a totally boring guy decides he should date the most popular..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:45:56 -0500

“The legacy of Say Anything, in which a totally boring guy decides he should date the most popular (and also boring, but smoking hot) girl in school in order to somehow justify his own mediocrity, can be seen at its most full blown in Zach Braff’s Garden State. Other perpetrators are Wes Anderson, who generally throws the “foreign girl” wrench into the mix, Kevin Smith, who adds lots of homosocial gay subtext, and parts of Judd Apatow’s oeuvre.”

- Molly Lambert, who is sometimes my soulmate. (via toomuchawesome)

missmodular:Blueberry Cinnamon Cake. They look beautiful and...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:39:55 -0500

missmodular:

Blueberry Cinnamon Cake. They look beautiful and delicious! Check out the recipe at Sugarlaws
(via TasteSpotting)

MTV's Undressed - the free online archive

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:15:55 -0500

MTV's Undressed - the free online archive: via toomuchawesome

"Anyways, GIRL TALK is here to stay, so we might as well get used to him because one day he will be..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:14:35 -0500

“Anyways, GIRL TALK is here to stay, so we might as well get used to him because one day he will be playing Fortune 500 Annual Conclaves to get employees fired up.”

- HIPSTER RUNOFF: My Relationship with Girl Talk

Confession: I voted for Hilary in the primaries even though I new Obama would (eventually) seal the deal. What I told my parents: "People are a lot more sexist than they are racist!"

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:52 -0500

"Several people close to me get called names on the street, on the internet, behind their backs… I’ve..."

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:06:31 -0500

“Several people close to me get called names on the street, on the internet, behind their backs… I’ve got two friends who were called fat sluts this weekend by two guys who had just hit on them and were shut down. Politely shut down, at that. So because my friends weren’t immediately willing to drop what they were doing to go fuck some strangers behind a dumpster, they’re fat sluts. You were denied. You were dumped. You were called ugly. You were told you have a pizza face. You saw your ex and your crush on a date together. You’re insecure about your own self. We get it. But our bodies have nothing to do with yours, so why don’t you just get over it?”

- JUNK Magazine [the original, since 2003]» Blog Archive » Wish I Could Control All My Judgments