May 24, 2012

crush wall: resurrect heartthrob leo!

the movement is already in motion…

leo reminds us of his former status as the boy who stole all our preteen hearts via titanic 3d…

yes, remember him?

now he’s 37 years young and reclaiming his status as #1 all-time heartthrob as THE GREAT GATSBY!

we call a crush wall movement to RESURRECT HEARTTHROB LEO!!!

—GRACE

(leo photos via the fader)

May 22, 2012

video of the day “mayday” by pujol

UM, CUTE!

maybe a little wacky, but “like a music video or human synergy, as opposed to the brinksmanship and funky power struggles of a zero-sum game for exclusive wieners and losers.”

—GRACE

May 17, 2012

video of the day: “shockwaves” by summer girlfriends

a summer chillout jam by summer girlfriends. 

—GRACE

May 15, 2012

outfits to wear now based on what high school stereotype you were: part 1.

mall rat

these girls looked like they were outfitted exclusively by hot topic. dickies pants, emily the strange t-shirts, knee-high striped socks, those platform maryjane sneakers. 

we actually sacrifice very little when reinventing this style. platform sneaks are making their way back to the feet of edgy respectable adults everywhere as we speak, and loose-fitting tees with subversive messages are all the rage. we can even work in neon colors and glitter - remember when everyone had those jelly purses from claire’s?

tee | twill jeggings | purse | gummy bracelets | sneaks 

plain jane

for lack of more adventurous choices, these girls defaulted to flared jeans and solid-color tops from generic mall stores and tended to wear sneakers with everything.

well, as luck would have it, nondescript is kind of the new black! just as long as it’s never again from american eagle or any of its even more suburban cousins.

tee | jean skirt | backpack | bracelet | tennis shoes

slut

the adamantly experienced girls at my high school loved belly button or tongue rings, ultra low rise jeans with exposed thongs, spaghetti strap tank tops, bleached hair and cigarettes. 

as a matter of function, loose-fit boyfriend jeans are a great replacement for low-rise flares because they come off easily. as fashion, they make it look like you’re not trying too hard, and everyone knows girls who look like they try too hard are too prissy to actually sack dudes on the reg. it’s hard to do body piercings these days without looking like a juggalo, but a simple ear chain satisfies body mod desires and looks awesome. finally, upgrade the tube top to a bustier.  

bustier | jeans | wedges | earring

did you like that? there’s more ‘outfits to wear now based on your high school stereotype’ posts coming soon!

—GRACE

May 01, 2012

cheap lunch: manna’s soul food & salad bar

one of my favorite sunday activities is strolling down broadway in bushwick, along the above-ground tracks of the JMZ on a day of intense sunlight. it reminds me of samantha urbani in this friends video and makes me feel a “real brooklyn” kind of edgy even though i forgot my boombox, dangly gold jewelry and super fly lipstick (next time!).

if you get hungry/need to nurse a hangover, a point of interest along the way is manna’s soul food & salad bar, on broadway and park st. - two buffet lines of soul food where you fill up a styrofoam container with everything you could ever want and pay only $5 a pound.

we feasted on roasted chicken, mac-n-cheese, collard greens, cornbread, okra gumbo, candied yams, baked salmon, black eyed peas, corn, mashed potatoes, red beans and rice, plantains, peach cobbler & more.  

ah manna’s! see you next sunday!

—GRACE

April 12, 2012

crush wall: jarvis cocker

jarvis cocker is probably the only man that i feel fits the word “sexy”.

seeing this man in person last night was the real deal. he hasn’t aged a second. maybe his pants are a little tighter now, but i’m cool with it.

yes, i witnessed this all night long:

young jarvis, current jarvis, doesn’t matter. forever crushin’ on all of them!

—GRACE

April 08, 2012

my bloody valentine 2k12

everyone, cross your fingers for a my bloody valentine album!

(via vulture and p4k)

—jenna

March 28, 2012

hootie & the blowfish

thanks to grace finding the friends soundtrack (with dialogue clips!!), we’ve been listening to this a lot:

1) hootie and the blowfish!! (???), and 2) why doesn’t spotify have more than a couple hootie songs available?

this kind of meshes with my watching a lot of friday night lights and getting this the other day: 

not really sure what’s going on.

—jenna

March 26, 2012

crush wall: zombie boy aka rick genest

remember when we discussed F.A.C.’s - first alt crushes? chances are you first crossed paths with him while experimenting with your local punk/indie/diy scene during your formative years. where is he now? 

my guess is that these days he’s married, beer-bellied, balding and his edgiest music interest is now radiohead.

however, if you were wise beyond your years, then your F.A.C. is now rick genest aka zombie boy: couture model, inspiration to lady gaga and beautiful full-body tattooed work of art. 

rick genest attributes his upbringing and fascination with tattoos to the montreal punk scene of the early-naught’s. now he’s nearly covered from head to toe and does editorials for vogue alongside fellow teen spirit crush fav bradley soileau:

anyone from the punk scene in your hometown now looking and doing as fine as this man? probs not :-(

—GRACE

photos via rickgenest.com

March 16, 2012

t3eth

this kinda goes beyond the more zoned out stuff i’ve been listening to the past couple years, BUT… remember getting wasted and then looking for a place to dance off all your i-just-drank-a-40-!! energy? if you still did the dance part, you’d be looking for a place that blasted t3eth. passion pit. did you ever listen to passion pit?

—jenna