SHOP THE CLOSET:
there's nothing new under the sun, so they say.
i find that B.S. personally. but, alas, this look isn't new, just loved & happily still working in my current "state". ;-)

H&M + forever 21 necklaces, layered.

no joke,
delia's shades.
went in there because the store the german was in
smelled too strongly of plastic.
saw these baby blue polka dotted beauties
and swooned...

and... last, but probably should have been 1st. $50 to "blow" on sound. want to "invest" it wisely. splurge on something i'd generally wince at spending fifty bucks on. (which is wrong wrong wrong, i don't flinch when it comes to fashion!?) leaning towards indulging in something i probably should have 7 years ago, depeche mode's 81-04 remixes release, featuring reinvented tracks by the likes of underworld, kruder & dorfmeister, rex the dog & goldfrapp, etc. etc. a grave miss on my part? if only someone would weigh in...

a brand spankin' new depeche mode remix album will be released next month, so i kinda feel like i should have this one in preparation...
love,

sunlovey

the contents of my
RECENTLY ADDED 
section on itunes...
can totally take the credit for my survival thus far this week. each sound has a chill quality to it, and yet, an upbeat electro undertone for the most part. some songs STAND OUT, when they come on i SIT UP STRAIGHT and feel natural endorphins pulsing through my thin-blood-filled veins. those tracks 'ill get the ✯ treatment:




✯Goth Star 3:19 Pictureplane
 
5th Sun (Heliopolis Mix By Rainbow Arabia) 3:05 Pictureplane

New Mind 3:38 Pictureplane

Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) 6:34 Florence & The Machine

✯Ayisha Abyss. 6:04 Serena-Maneesh 

Keep Slipping Away (South Central Remix) 4:44 A Place To Bury Strangers

✯Nightdrive With You (Adeyhawke Remix) 5:23 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Teenage Color (Anoraak Remix) 5:47 College Nightdrive With You

✯Waiting For Your Phone Call 5:26 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Midnight Stars 2:53 Anoraak Nightdrive With You

✯Sunday Night Fever 4:34 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

✯Endless Summer 3:49 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

✯Never Ending Romance Disaster 4:14 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Nightdrive With You 5:28 Anoraak Nightdrive With You

Symphonies 3:41 Dan Black

Floating Vibes 4:00 Surfer Blood Astro Coast
------
There Are Many of Us 3:16 Aska

Day Glo 3:27 Brazos

Queen Of Hearts 4:58 Casper Bangs

Sun Was High (So Was I) 2:32 Best Coast
------
Who You Gonna Run To? (MGATP Remix) 3:51 Solid Gold Who You Gonna Run To?

You've Got the Love (The xx Remix) 5:44 Florence and The Machine Lungs

Should Have Taken Acid With You 2:21 Neon Indian

Cheerleader (Neon Indian 'Sega Genesis P-Orridge' Remix) 4:47 Grizzly Bear

✯Real Love 5:23 Beach House Teen Dream Rock 

✯Take Care 5:49 Beach House Teen Dream Rock 

Norway 4:06 Beach House Teen Dream Rock

★ ☆ ✮ ✯ ★ ☆ ✮ ✯

Am feeling like the Anoraak album is my new Cut Copy-esque obsession. sounds that can play over and over and over and over endlessly, that i'll never tire of, that i'll force myself to break away from eventually just because addiction is bad. dreamy, grooving layers, danceable beats, blissful background tracks for wherever life's taking you.

The ✯ Beach House tracks are sublime, serene & meaningful. am totally taken by both. taken hard.

Pleasantly surprised by this week's free itunes download, that would be Symphonies by Dan Black. thank you, itunes. Sounds separated by ---- and ----- were this weeks fab new offerings from Urban Outfitter's music mondays. get on that, boys and girls. 

You can find MUCH of the music above on http://www.rcrdlbl.com/ FREE. 

OH OH OH! 
Thieves Spray!!!
I was sitting at my desk yesterday, writing away (the Summer 1 book already, can you imagine?), when I noticed that every few moments I was totally taken by a heady scent of citrus and spices swirling around my workspace. Finally I said aloud "WHAT IS THAT SPICY ORANGE SMELL!?"  It took a bit, but we finally figured it out, it was @the_real_debbie's THIEVES SPRAY. 
I was like "thieves huh????" It smells fab but wait 'til I explain its quite cool history... The thieves essential oil blend was crafted based upon a historical tale of thieves in France who protected themselves from the black plague with cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing those already deceased as a result of the deadly disease. Once captured, said thieves were offered a lighter sentence in exchange for their secret recipe. Today, supposedly, these same herbs & essential oils have been found to be an effective barrier against topical and airborne microorganisms. Young Living’s Thieves oil blend includes an intoxicating mix of clove, cinnamon bark, rosemary, lemon, and eucalyptus.  And they say it's been specially blended to offer the same kind of defense as it did in the fifteenth century. I do wonder about its ability to ward off plagues... perhaps swine flu? the_real_debbie's always got cool sh!@ to share...

love,

sunlovey in her fun union jack hat from her mere.

WOW. this is turning out to be a blog-ful day! The Senses are getting pleasantly surprised and that leads to me rambling on here. Your gain, right? ;-)

This mini blog is about itunes' FREE downloads this week.
The FREE single: Bulletproof by La Roux - Chick singer. Decent electro tune. Keeping it for now.
The FREE video: Sing Sang Sung by AIR - Quirky cool. Joyful little graphics. Not bad.
The FREE discovery download: Coffin Factory by The Mumlers - Again, no instant revulsion. Didn't feel an immediate need to delete. Can linger in my itunes for now.

So that's pretty amazing. All three FREE downloads are currently keepers. Will revisit each after I revel in my new paid purchase:
Album title: A Brief History of Love Artist: The Big Pink
So far? Shoegazey goodness, pleasant distortion. Stay tuned.

love,
sunlovey

this  a music mix from my itunes copy and pasted. believe me, it's amazing. trust. Want to hear, seek and you shall find! totally recommend searching on http://www.myspace.com  AND http://www.youtube.com

Sunlovey Forever Mix

Skeleton Boy -Friendly Fires Friendly Fires (I dance my YOU KNOW WHAT OFF no matter WHERE i am, every SINGLE time i hear this tune. It's love to the bone!)
Paris Is Burning - Ladyhawke (what a killer song, there are remixes out there too, generally hate chick singers, love this though, dance-able too!)
Signs -Bloc Party (Bloc Party, Nuff said. well, maybe not, this song is sick, in a good way, musically and lyrically. classic BP)
Kim & Jessie -M83 (We Own The Sky is my fave M83 tune, but this one is so emotionally musically fulfilling too)
Processed Beats  Kasabian (reminds you of the early 90s in England = good)
Mammoth  Interpol (That voice, AMAZING, their music, HAUNTING)
Fa-Fa-Fa  Datarock (A quirky butt-shakin' tune)
Great DJ  The Ting Tings (this live = MAD fun, this mix has a theme, songs that make you bop up & down)
Dawn of the Dead  Does It Offend You, Yeah? (can't tire of this foggy song, i say foggy because it causes me to picture fog, musically, killer. lyrically, emotional. LOVE.)
All Sparks Editors (WOW WOW WOW, again, VOICE, again LYRICS, BRILLIANT! poignant!)
Perfect Symmetry (Frankmusik  Keane Remix)  (one word: infectious) 
Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead (fevered pitch awesomeness, experimental, frenetic!)
Hurricane Jane Black Kids (shake it! you can't help it! fun!)
Geraldine  Glasvegas (totally has a hook, clever lyrics, love his voice, music is totally sound)
After Hours We Are Scientists (makes me think of fun times that i didn't want to ever end, which is a good, fun, fond memory!)
Cheap and Cheerful The Kills (IT'S ALRIGHT, TO BE MEAN! Love. WOW. The coughing intro is super cool too!)

Get Myself Into It The Rapture (OMG dance-able disco-ish FUN FUN FUN. LOVE.)

in conclusion, free itunes download of the day was a no-go. need to buy a new album soon. will keep you posted. DEPECHE MODE SHOW IN FIVE DAYS. RADICAL.

(p.s. i snap a lot of photos AT work, like the one above in my Boston Proper Rio Fit Straight Leg Jeans in Rinse, but i blog AT home. ask the husband, he hates it!)

REMINDER: Yesterday was Tuesday and thus, FREE Single of the Week day on itunes. Did you check it out? Did you look for the FREE Discovery Download? The FREE video? It's not too late... http://www.itunes.com
FREE Single of the Week: Wonderful by Gary Go (never heard of, will check out, they dare to compare to Coldplay) Genre: Pop
FREE Discovery Download: Apolkalypse Now by Polkastra (POLKA!?) Genre: World
FREE Video: Down by Jay Sean (feat. Lil Wayne, probably not my cup of tea, but perhaps yours?) Genre: Pop

Something else catching my eye in the "FREE on itunes" section!?!?!? a Where The Wild Things Are exclusive featurette. AWESOME. download.

Now, more from Egypt...

Alexandria looks quite beautiful in our photographs... sadly there's not much to it in terms of ancient sites.

they've been demolished or shipped off to the U.S. (like the Obelisk in Central Park, NYC, pictured, shipped from Alexandria in 1881) & England... we did visit an extremely old catacomb and a fort on the water. we had such a questionable lunch at a place called Fish Bono—dear LORD it's amazing our stomachs are OK. we laughed so much though. had "virgin mojitos" actually called garden view cocktails & virgin beer. it was so hot. the drive back was unique, our driver smelled incredibly. OMG we were dying. Maggie smoked sheesha with a random guy at a gas station.

Once back we sipped beers on the balcony of our hotel and watched another insane sunset. they are phenomenal on their own and then the call to prayer kicks in and it's just surreal!

we took the advice of some things i'd read online and had such a lovely dinner at Felfela. Quite good, great service, more laughs. the various dips and salads are incredible, the fresh pita & their falafel (also called tamiya, pictured) was TOP NOTCH, crusted in sesame seeds. We had two orders. Good beer. Great atmosphere, nice decor-

then we went to another place for tim and maggie to smoke sheesha. i just stared at the people, Egyptians, their eyes, eye color, eyelashes, gorgeous.

I SLEPT. didn't even hear the morning call to prayer. maggie woke us at 8:30, we had breakfast (hmm, not the best, the tea is ok but it's loose in the bottom of the glass, so you end up eating it). After breakfast we set out for the Egyptian museum, it is so striking from the outside, they take great pride in it. 60 egyptian pounds to get in. NO AC, dear GOD. except in certain rooms that house things that can't survive 1000 degrees. An extra 100 pounds to see the mummies & now i know i'm going to dream about them...

the rest of the day was spent wandering through and bargaining in the bazaar, Khan al Khalili. Was a blast with maggie, laughing! we spent a lot of time in a small tunic shop where maggie bought outfits for many children she knows. but we ended up seeing tunics that we liked ourselves and spent much time talking and laughing with the father and son shop owners about maggie's "pyramids". was hilarious. people would actually say to us through out the souks "how can i take your money today?" quite honest.