before i jetted off (in spirit!) to london fashion week, i had had had to touch on a little L.A.M.B. (spring 2011). thank you gwen, for COLOR! you got mad style, girl.
love, sunlovey in a blue sheer lace cardie from fabulous target. so right for florida fall.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
more #love from new york fashion week...
didn't want to blow your brain with looks from a ton of designers at once today, so i focussed on two, both of which shunned yawn-inducing stark minimalism for spring. thank you.
oh oh oh & just so you know, orange is so NOT my color. but the juicy hue is so looking like the IT color for spring. at least here in the U.S. @ NYFW. besides zzzz white.
anna sui.
the wild west & native american aspects = don't dig. the victorian, feathers, lace & ruffles = i dig hard. also? the psycho house in the backdrop of the runway. that's killer. anna sui is a bad ass. always has been. oh & may i please have that darling earred hat shown with the black dress, like NOW? #love.
my little handful of picks celebrate prints. color. shine & splashy-bring-on-spring vibes. there's no reason to be bland. none at all. just spotted a vibrant spray of vivid color in twitpics from proenza schouler. so loveys, more photos to come. until then, marvel over the divine works of wearable art below.
what fun!
VPL by victoria bartlett
vera wang
rodarte
nanette lepore
mulberry
leifsdottir
alice+olivia
love,
sunlovey
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
LOVE IS COLOR
i designed each of these squares via one of the two mad cool sites i stumbled upon revolving around color & love this week, BY CHANCE. seems i'm not alone in this sentiment. anyway, here's a link: http://www.colourlovers.com. the squares are, sincerely love. and staring at them provides me with a strange bliss amidst all that frustrates. you? my square creations vary drastically from the grey i enveloped myself in this a.m. worry not, i sparkled. in a grey sequin tank dress from express. layered a lightweight knit & lace vest over that, that i stumbled upon on that one day i ambled into charlotte russe. boots are from boston proper & they too are love. my 1st pair of grey boots ever & there's something to that. grey boots are trumping black right now for their newness to me. loads of sound to catch you up on & more observations from #NYFW (new york fashion week) but that's going to have to wait, kids.
love,
sunlovey
twin shadow is#love as in sound you can listen to over & over & over. do check out the new castles in the snow vid, it's the tune that drew me in. love, sunlovey
imagine my horror when the first several #NYFW spring '11 show recaps i sought out offered a vast desert of staid neutrals & whites. i clicked on twitpic & plixi photo after photo of zzzz-ness.
the guilty ones...
alexander wang.white white white white white, wee little hint of orange, hint of yellow, white white white.
BCBG max azria.white white white white white, ok, pale greyish blue, nude, yellow, black, but man, look at all the white?!
behnaz sarafpour. ah, denim, white white white white, grey, white, nude.
preen. isn't white like the nonexistence of color? beige? grey? minimalist & sedate, through out.
it's spring, for godsake, blank palettes and drab don't equate a season surrounding blooming rebirth! am certain there was distinctive construction
of garments. beautiful understated details but a sea of blah bland neutrals just makes me sad.
but, fear not fellow color-adoring loveys. there is hope for spring '11. i've not spent the hours i will combing through all the collections, but these three have POPPED for me, instantly.
THANK YOU @...
malandrino. WHAM BAM COLOR & PRINT MA'AM! exotic multi-hued prints,
a sea of blue, pops of pink and coral. this collection made
me crave spring things from far off lands to come.
peter som.i love you. and i think you love me. you get it. THIS is spring. fresh, flirty fashion a girl will shed her winter coat for.
marc jacobs.you too are love. retro diva springtime in the city. rich, rich, colors, chiffon, bold bows & flounce, femme fatale exaggerated structure, yes i've strayed from color alone. i divulge my gushing unrequited crush on that man of many mismatched tattoos.
stay on the edge of your seat for more color, loveys. because it's out there. shun what is blah.
love,
sunlovey
Thursday, September 09, 2010
give me blue sequin skinny pants. now.
flowy diaphanous frills cascading down exotic steps, yes please.
love on every level. brilliant & vivid wine grapes.
femme with an edge. i dig.
this. is happy hour.
and these. are chill waves.
love,
sunlovey
p.s. fashion photos are from marie claire & lucky.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
hey kids & loveys. have i got some sounds for you.
like this. know sumsun? dig sumsun? download a little sumsun. caught him with millionyoung a few months ago. his sound is right in line with gentle waves, pastel dreams, brilliant beats and effervescent chill.
then, check out royksopp's new album, streaming in its entirety right here, courtesy of hype machine. not familiar with royksopp? get familiar. norwegian electronic deliciousness. their only this moment was the center of my universe for a vast period of time. and their latest sound effort, senior, feels fab.
lastly, rewind and get down to this. it doesn't matter that pete burns is quite possibly without a peter in present days. the song rules. hard. still.
a long weekend is upon us & if it weren't, i might do something drastic.
here's wishing you a killer one.
love,
sunlovey
in my beloved lace dress. has such a cool retro feel to me for some reason, perhaps it's swingy trapeze shape. it's love.
p.s. have you listened to jane's addiction lately?
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
have been living within the sounds of bishop morocco the last two days. the album, for me, is nearly perfect. it rewinds your brain to a darker electro time. to an era that truly is my musical core. you sort out hints of the cure within their sound, new order-inspired beats, depeche mode-derived synths, joy division dirges. it's love, kids. it's love. but i can't really link you to much regarding them, as they're from what i can see, quite under the radar. they shouldn't be. they should be the core of your fall soundtrack. trust.
i first heard last year's disco guitars and instantly connected, it felt so nostalgic, it IS so nostalgic and beautiful with subtle dark undertones.
but then i heard our time and my brain exploded. our time is... a seductive romp through a killer goth club in 1990. it conjures a scene i was intrigued by, a sound i was shaped by and drum machine beats i get chills from. the distorted guitars. the haunting vocals. hot damn.
am telling you. the rest of the album is so right. don't limit yourself to the first two tracks i've mentioned. prepare to feel vibes of shoe gaze. and a morose brilliance that plays off of 80s/90s brit sound. bishop morocco is James Sayce & Jake Fairley. they hail from toronto but from what i understand wrote much of their music in europe.
i want to see them live. i feel an a place to bury strangers type obsession forming here. this album taps directly into that same place they did. except perhaps, a bit closer to my heart. no joke. i'm telling you, it's love.
oh and my photos above have jack to do with bishop morocco. they're simply just more #love for you.
love,
sunlovey
Monday, August 30, 2010
Let's face it. Much of life is JACKED. Brilliant moments DO exist. But there are a lot of non-brilliant spans of time that could use an injection of everything's going to be alright-ness. that kids, is where sound comes in. darkest days can be transformed by music. thus. my #MusicIsTherapyMix to YOUR rescue. and hey, if you're riding a wave of awesomeness, this mix will only bring you better vibes. first 3 to comment will get a mix CD mailed to them. oh yeah.
Home - Weird Tapes
it does a disposition good. a sunny merry-go-round ride.
why the hell didn't i run through the streets in my underwear in high school with as little as there was to do in bloody polk county, fl? awesomeness.
Last Year's Disco Guitars - Bishop Morocco hints at the cure musically, hints at moody brit sound vocally, but well, that could be the cure too. point is, it's nostalgic, thoughtful. beautiful.
chicagotronics. ha. vibe on this via popmatters.com
In the Water - Beat Connection someone on pitchfork said it best, if you can't wait for more delorean & you're not thrilled with 1st impressions of new cut copy... like dreams of sunshine from a rainy city.
Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) - The Whitest Boy Alive
a wistful, end of the night at the club, sweating but still dancing kind of sound with a poignant chorus.
you're just going to have to trust me on this one. it's ethereal. fuzzy. gorgeous. & strangely uplifting. met this cool kid & his lovely gf at grand central. didn't even know he made sound at the time, mad glad we spoke. that's how i got lindblum.
Little People (Black City) - Matthew Dear holy beats, holy vocals, holy dark discotheque.
Count Your Lovers (ElI Escobar) - Clubfeet makes you want to kiss everyone. i swear. so. freaking. sexy. i mean it. it's love.
Moon - Children Palmbomen
a chill imaginative trip
Photojournalist - Small Black what a candy shop should sound like? fantastical, quirky, bliss for the ears.
p.s. you survived monday. good job!
love, sunlovey
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
DJ Brian L JD Duran Pop 'N Wave 5-10-15-20s seriously. grab yourself a beer/glass of wine/huge cup of coffee & settle in for some truly cool music-listening histories, prepare to laugh, dance, shed a tear, kick something & in between take a potty break or two. this is a LONG, but GOOOOD one. from the short & sweet to the thoughtful and in depth, i asked & i received pitchfork-inspired 5-10-15-20s from some of the music-minded individuals i've come to admire, bounce sounds off of, get good music info from. some DJ, some blog, some make music themselves. i've taken the liberty of adding hyperlinks to some songs and artists that didn't have them (i didn't ask for them, just to be clear). anyway kids, check it out.
love, sunlovey
jdduran, a blog writer for Miami New Times tweeted me his: @sunlovey5 simon & garfunkle (my dad's record), 10 nirvana, 15 garbage, 20 nine inch nails, 25 dance music... i need more than 140 characters
popnwave, a DJ at Tampa, Florida's The Castle, that commands the room with sound AND video 'til the wee hours in Ybor City: FIVE!My first music memories are tied to MTV and my dad lifting weights in the basement (LOL), nothing edgy just pure pop:FIVE! Michael Jackson & Paul Mccartney - Say Say Say:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jGSdGVNFI TEN! I was under the Stock Aitken Waterman spell. Banarama, Kylie.. and UGH yes Rick Astley! Luckily, my brother, being 6 years older exposed me to Smiths, New Order, Cure, Depeche Mode, RHCP, etc though at the time I didn't remotely appreciate it!Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIS0Qv2U_Y FIFTEEN! By this time I was pretty confused, not sure if I wanted to be straight outta Long Beach , Seattle or somewhere over in Europe!Dr Dre - Ain't Nothin' But A G Thang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jGSdGVNFI Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ppF2yK4NMTWENTY!I had gone to the dark side, I was stomping around the local club The Castle clad in jeans and my newest "industrial" band shirt from KMFDM or whomever. It wasn't until the year after that I spent a semester in Prague during them summer of '99 that I got back into lighter/brighter electronic stuff. That was the year trance pretty much owned the world.KMFDM - Megalomaniac:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvZqWq0ZNjkAnd One - Get You Closer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9o2CGunWsM
coslive, (Alex, founder & CEO) Consequence of Sound, a chicago and new york based music blog I follow religiously filled us in on is music-listening history:
5
Raffi, duh. Seriously, what kid growing up in the late 80s/early 90s wasn't subjugated to the inspiring sounds of "Bananaphone" and "Down by the Bay"?
I'm fortunate enough to have a mother who is a diehard Springsteen fan, so my first "real" concert was The Boss, and for whatever reason the uber cheesy yet fantastically catchy "Glory Days" seemed to resonate with me the most during this age. Can't say why, but the whole baseball angle had to help.
15
Beastie Boys - "Interglatic"
Sure I'm now just as much a Springsteen fan as my mom, but during my teenage years, it was hard not to consider the Beastie Boys the first "cool" concert I ever attended. And as a 15 year old boy, no song from the Brooklyn outfit resonated more with me than "Interglatic", what with its funky yet hard hitting, mosh approved beat and even more spectacular music video. Robots and white guys rapping... what's not to like?
18
My late teens saw a short-term immersion into the world of punk music. This included but was not limited to The Clash, Dropkick Murphys, Anti-Flag, and Bouncing Souls; but it was ultimately Rancid which proved to be my go-to band. I can't choose my favorite Rancid songs because there's just too many, but, for the sake of this discussion, I'll go with "Time Bomb". After all, the two minute and twenty-four second number is the definition of punk perfection: one could sing a long to the catchy hook while moshing along to the pure punk blitz of Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen's guitars. And as someone who attended five Rancid between the age of 18-20, I can tell you that from experience.
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Aside from The Clash (who remain my favorite act of all time), my fascination for punk music ended at 19. Around that same time, I created Consequence of Sound and since then, no two acts have captivated me more than Kanye West and The National. Kanye because, well, he's Kanye and there's no one more fun to cover than him. It also helps that the guy is a master of both rhymes and beats (see: "Jesus Walks"). The National because, well, their last three albums have consisted of the most beautiful and masterful songs I've ever heard. Plus, "Mr. Novemeber" has served as a particular inspiration for me; as someone who is responsible forsome 50 contributing writers and a readership 10x that, the "I won't fuck us over" serves as an added boost when the going gets tough.
RK9RK, a cool creator of sound himself (a song of his will be featured on my upcoming #MusicIsTherapyMix, you'll dig!) weighed in too:
5. I was listening to my parents music of course. primarily classical, jazz and plenty of queen. My dad is an amazing piano player so I heard a lot of that as well.
10. Around this time or maybe 12 I bought my first albums and got interested in music. My first album was californication by the red hot chili peppers, then I got the gorillaz first album and went nuts for it. I also listened to smash mouth (hey now, your an allstar... Haha) and blink 182.
15. I was crazy about music, and discovered limewire to download my music. I started to play the guitar and my favorite band was the Mars Volta (still is). After a short bout with angsty screamo music, I listened to a lot of indie stuff (islands, franz Ferdinand, arcade fire etc) and a ton of punk rock (rage against the machine, dead kennedys)
20. Ah I had a revelation. I had always thought rap/hiphop was ignorant and that house music was soulless. I realized at 18 how wrong I was about this. (admittedly with the help of some substances and forced listening). So I fell in love with electronic music and hop hop, and at the same time started making that music on my pc. Since then my appreciation for these genres has expanded to a huge level. At this point, I listen to new music in new styles everyday.
DJbrialL, last & so not least, DJ (duh), album reviewer, blogger, fraternal twin music tweeter: I've decided to follow a musical kindred spirit, the lovely and awesome, Sunlovey. She and I had this same idea to pretty much steal Pitchfork's "5-10-15-20" feature and do one of our own. It's a pretty cool concept where some hipster indie artist waxes poetic about the music they were listening to ages 5, then 10, then 15...you get the idea. Anyway, the difference between me and Sunlovey is that she went ahead and did her list (check it out here: http://sunloveyforever.blogspot.com/2010/08/inspired-by-pitchforks-5-10-15-20.html) Now I follow in her ever-fashionable footsteps. So here it is, my my life story in music, in multiples of 5.
Age 5 Thinking back to 1981 is tough. I may not have been as cool as I would become at the age of 5, but there were hints of what direction my musical taste would go. To think, just a year later, I would go on record to admitting that my favorite band was the Clash; I made this bold statement at my 6th birthday party when the magician brought me up for a trick and asked me what my favorite band is. Then I proceeded to sing "Should I Stay Or Should I Go." Anyway, back then I was living in Brooklyn. The first music I remember listening to and actively liking was The Beatles and The Stones. I was too small and too young to be allowed to work the record player so I had to wait until my older brother or sister were there to play records for me. I remember listening to a lot of big rock bands like The Who and Styx. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite songs of all time is "Come Sail Away." To this day, I listen to it and just love it. But again, this was the beginning of the 80's so I have fond memories of seeing videos for the first time and being enthralled by it all. The ones that stood out most did so for very different reasons.
First, there's Gary Numan's "Cars." He sounded like a robot and the video was so bright but the song was just so catchy. My older brother or sister bought me this 45 and I still have it. It's one of my most prized possessions in my record collection (by the way, the B-side is "Metal.")
Then there's Joan Jett & The Blackhearts' "I Love Rock N' Roll." She will always and forever be the definition of "BADASS." Shaggy hair, thick eyeliner, leather jacket...just utter coolness. I consider this to be the start of my obsession with big sing-along choruses and handclaps.
Age 10 I have to admit that I had to look online for a list of what albums came out in 1986. It turns out that there was some really good stuff that was released then. Songs I'd be tempted to say that I loved back when I was 10 just to maintain some cool points. For the record, those would be "Bigmouth Strikes Again" from The Smiths and "Bizarre Love Triangle" from New Order. But again, it was Brooklyn in the mid-80's and heavy metal was pretty popular. Hell, I can't even lay claim to liking Slayer's "Raining Blood" at this age...it was out back then, but I definitely did not know it. That being said, this was the time that my slow evolution into becoming metalhead really began.
Yeah, that's right...Van Halen. I friggin' LOVED Van Halen. This was the first single without David Lee Roth. Now I loved Diamond Dave, but I loved VH so much that I really wanted to like his replacement, Sammy Hagar. I'll be honest, I do really like this song. I dug the album, 5150, as well. But then they would really go into the crapper. I prefer old Van Halen to Van Hagar, that's for sure. Yeah, this song is still good, but it will never top "Dance The Night Away" from Van Halen II. That one is still proudly on BriPod. On another note, I remember being at a friend's birthday party and there was a singing contest (yes, an actual singing contest with a $10 prize) and even though I had a sore throat I went up there and sang "Why Can't This Be Love." After I sang it, I even bragged to one of my friends and said "Yeah, that was the new Van Halen song."
And here begins my unhealthy love of hair metal power ballads. I can't even call Poison a guilty pleasure because I happily proclaim my love of their music even now. And not in the ironic sense. They just wrote some really great pop songs. Hell, on more than one occasion when out doing karaoke, I have gone to Poison for my song choices ("Talk Dirty To Me" and "Fallen Angel") AND I was told that I was charismatic and that I could sing on key upon finishing each "performance." Now that I think about it, I think I sang this song when I tried out for Glee Club. Hmmm, that explains my unbreakable bond to Bret, CC, Bobby, and Rikki.
Age 15 By this point I was a full-fledged metalhead. I spent my Saturday nights staying up late watching "Headbangers Ball" with Riki Rachtman. This is how I got exposed to the heavier stuff, like Pantera, Exodus, Sepultura, etc. I was so into metal that I tried to grow a mullet. Seriously.
When I was 15 every one of my friends loved Metallica. There was also an all metal station on AM radio back then; AM 1480- Z Rock. I remember the day that "Enter Sandman" came out, Z Rock played it non-stop. And I don't mean every hour...I mean they played it on repeat for what felt like a whole day. Ever the non-conformist (well, as non-conforming as someone who still liked the floofier hair metal could be, I suppose) I was more into Megadeth. I totally wore out my cassette copy of Rust In Peace. This was the first song off that album and it's just a total killer. I still remember arguing with friends over who's better: Metallica or Megadeth. I still can't believe I always sided with Dave Mustaine.
Yeah, that's right....I just went from Megadeth to Mr. Big. Like I said before, I'm a sucker for power ballads...even ones that didn't have much power. Also, around this time my perpetual case of being girl crazy really started to get bad. Needless to say, if you were a girl I had a crush on then this song ended up as the centerpiece of the mixtape I'd make. Really, just try to resist this song...it's almost impossible.
Age 20 At this point, I was living in Boston going to college. I was just under a year away from getting involved in college radio (which I still am to this day.) I was also slowly becoming a goth. It was a couple of years after NIN's The Downward Spiral so it seemed like industrial bands were sprouting everywhere. I was one of those kids who hated Stabbing Westward but loved Gravity Kills but also went backwards to discover older industrial bands like Front 242 and Skinny Puppy and just about anything that Wax Trax! put out. Industrial music also opened the door for straightforward electronic music. I had pretty much ignored anything with keyboards while I was a metalhead (though I secretly liked Depeche Mode and New Order) but with a supposed industrial music revolution kind-of happening I opened up my musical palette. Oh and I also still dug Weezer.
I had seen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds when I went to Lollapalooza '94 but I just didn't get it then. It took this song with Kylie Minogue to turn me around to both artists, as I'm a fan of both of theirs to this day. This was on Murder Ballads and it might be my favorite "he said/she said" type of song. And this is what led me to becoming a bit of a goth.
SKINNY PUPPY!!! This was definitely case of "better late than never." Sure, Puppy pre-dated NIN; sure, Trent even used "Dig It" as the prototype for his own "Down In It." The Process wasn't a typical Skinny Puppy album, if such a thing even exists. I grew to love this band's older stuff more but this song, "Death" holds up very well over time. Just hearing it makes me want to thrash and stomp about flailing wildly. I met Ogre a couple of years ago and he was very very nice. We talked about our favorite Cure albums: mine is Disintegration, of course and his is Pornography. I told him that that was my second favorite Cure album...I lied, it's really The Head On The Door.
Like I said, I still liked Weezer. Pinkerton was such an awesome album. I can't believe how much this band sucks now. Stupid Rivers Cuomo. This album was so full of awkward charm. One of the many reasons I like this song is the pro-wrestling references: "Watching Grunge leg drop New Jack through a press table"...ECW! ECW! ECW!
Age 25 So after college, I went through a bit of a dark period where all I listened to was industrial, classic goth and New Wave and well, that's it. When it came to new music, I was a bit lost. I'll admit, the only new stuff I was into for a while was that band that won VH1's "Bands On The Run"-- Flickerstick. Oh and I liked Incubus but only the album, Morning View because I thought "Wish You Were Here" was an awesome song. Thankfully, I started dating a girl who was very much into indie rock (our first date was an Interpol concert.) That was enough to open the door for me to rediscover good music.
The Faint was one of the first bands I remember reading about after 2000 that was being compared to some of my favorite New Wave bands. It was an interview I read where they mentioned that the song they most wanted to hear in dance clubs was "It's A Sin" from the Pet Shop Boys. Based on that alone, I picked up Danse Macabre and instantly, "Glass Danse" jumped out as my favorite song by them. It makes perfect sense that an ex-goth (or a supposed ex-goth with goth tendencies) would fall head over heels for this band.
During the great Britpop War between Oasis and Blur, I chose my side wisely. My pick was Pulp. To me, they were head and shoulders better than either Oasis or Blur. And the thing that separated them was Jarvis Cocker. Easily one of my favorite lyricists (up there with Reznor, Robert Smith, Martin Gore.) The lyrics to "Common People" is one of the biggest reasons that that's in my Top 10 favorite songs of all time. Anyway, "Bad Cover Version" appeared on the last Pulp album, We Love Life and Jarvis is at his sarcastic best comparing a former love's new boyfriend to himself by saying that it's like a bad cover version of him, even going so far as saying that the new beau is like "a later Tom & Jerry, when the two of them could talk, or the Stones in the 80's." Just brilliant. As much as I dig Jarvis' solo work, I still pray that Pulp reunites.
Age 30 By now, my music taste is fairly well-rounded. Sure, I'm still a big music snob, but can you really call someone who loves Robyn, Robbie Williams, M.I.A., and Spoon equally a snob? That's something to ponder.
With a name like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it was inevitable that I'd like them. On that same note, I do tend to gravitate towards bands with clever names whether it's I Love you But I've Chosen Darkness, A Place To Bury Strangers, or The Go! Team. But there is the occasional letdown-- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, I'm looking in your direction.
Sure, it'll never beat "House Of Jealous Lovers," but The Rapture is one of those bands that demand dancing. The part in this song that goes "People don't dance no more, they just stand there like this, they cross their arms and stare you down, and drink and moan and diss" is pretty great, mainly because I used to be that guy. Now I dance like no one is watching. Is that a line in a song? There's no way I could've made that up just now.
before i jetted off (in spirit!) to london fashion week, i had had had to touch on a little L.A.M.B. (spring 2011). thank you gwen, for COLOR! you got mad style, girl.
in a blue sheer lace cardie from fabulous target. so right for florida fall. 
in a blue sheer lace cardie from fabulous target. so right for florida fall. 
