Music is our love's foundation

Rememeber the other day when I posted about Damon Albarn/the AwesomeAmazingness that is Blur/Gorillaz/The Good, the Bad, the Queen? Wellll crap, I somehow missed this amazing amazing piece of photographic excellence. A reader (didn't even know I had those, lol) pointed out this pic of Damon et. al from what must have been the 90s, and I was in thoroughly agreement with her suggestion that it needed to go up stat. 

Hilarious and highly wonderful. I'd go gay for Damon  in this photo, oh absolutely I would.

 

And on this day of unearthing amazing photos, what else would happen other than me stumbling upon this mother-effing gem? Behold:

Sweet Lord in heaven, it's David Bowie & Brett Anderson!!! Together, looking profoundly stylish, British, contemplative and musical all at once!!!!!!!! Aaaaah it's like my 16-year old dream come true. Ok ok, it's still my dream come true. I wonder if this is from a fashion shoot, or if they did some work together or what? Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall during a conversation between these two?

I'm so LOST without you

Let's all just go ahead and admit that if Driveshaft were a real band, we would be their biggest stinkin' fans. Especially on this sad sad day, on which LOST is officially no more. 

Also, I didn't realize that the band was based on Oasis. WIN.

I love my sisters on a Saturday night

//via josevillablog, tumblr, sylvialikewhoa, pickleisatreat, gluttonyisabliss//

Some good girlfriends of mine and I had been thinking for a while now that it would be such a fabulous idea to have a garden party of sorts. We finally had the chance to do so last Sunday, with lovely results. We stuffed our faces with finger sandwiches, strawberry short cake, pastries, cupcakes and an assortment of other delicious treats, and washed it all down with mimosas & elderflower cocktails. 

Some of us then played croquet out in the garden while others (like me, lol) lounged around and were spectators, for the most part. The Texas weather was uncharacteristically compliant, and just spending time with this wonderful group of amazing people was just what I needed after a harrowing week of finals. 

We also just laughed at the silliest things that meant nothing at all. Aah, don't you just love moments like that?

There's no other way

//via various//

My sound track for finals studying a week ago was a combination of several Blur albums and The Good, the Bad & the Queen. In that spirit, I wanted to give a nod to my Britpop roots, specifically to Damon Albarn and his ridiculous musical experimenting abilities. I'll still never know why he does what he does, and how he is able to do it so well. I mean, in addition to the two aforementioned amazing bands, the man is also the front man for the Gorillaz (whose latest album Plastic Beach is ohhhh so good for my soul!).

I'm thrilled that the band that originally made my 12-year old self fall madly, madly in love with Albarn - Blur - recently recorded a new song! They also performed a mini-tour last year. It's looking like Blur might maybe be the one band from my childhood that I get to see live. Maybe. 

I have my fingers, eyes, legs and armed crossed. Hear my plea, oh Damon!

Won't allow my affections to be recanted

I can't wait to be blonde again. I'm sporting a dip dye, which is admittedly sought-after and current, but I actually really love the bleached blonde look. I love it so much, in fact, that I don't even care that my South Asian, dark-toned skin might not be the most conducive to the look, nor is my very Indian nose.

S'okay though. I'm not into the natural blonde look anyway, and could care less for any "Gentleman prefer Blondes" proclamations. I'm into the edgy, processed dyed look that these lovely ladies are sporting, for example.

 aw yeah Lily Loveless AKA Naomi Campbell from Skins, Gen II 

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Call me crazy, but I'm looking forward to the point in mid-June when I'll be sitting in a beauty school in central Austin, bleach & toner burning into my scalp, yessssssss...

Bonafide Lovin'

//via hello romantic, various//

For many years now, I have been enamored with the idea of getting a tattoo. I didn't consider it a feasible possibility until last year sometime (I like to call 2009 my "Year of Moral Decline" - I said, did and tried more new 'scandalous' things than ever before. Although, that doesn't say much; I've led a pretty tame existence thus far). Anyway, I'm in love with the simple, isolated tattoos that several of my friends have; they look classy and meaningful without appearing trendy. I also think back tattoos are IT - especially the ones with plain text? Were I to get one, I already know I'll take to calling it my "back-too" or something equally ridiculous. 

By the way, it's my 101st post! I've been posting about non-Eurospirations lately, but I think that's OK. When I look back at this blog years from now, it will be interesting to just see these daily musings and how they evolved. Assuming this blog is still on the interweb years from now!

Finally, in the vein of another (kind of) non-Eurospiration post, don't you just love Chromeo? If not, you should; they are French (well, French Canadian anyway), sing about love + parties, and dress like it's 1983 - probably the stinkin' coolest and cheekiest dance band out there right now.

This video makes me want to sell everything and move to Brooklyn to marry a handsome city boy with a Jew-Fro and strong bookworm proclivites, end of story.

chronically unavailable

//weheart it, skinny bitch//

Kaya Scodelario as Effy Stonem in Skins, Generation 2.

I'm sort of utterly and completely obsessed with Kaya Scodelario's style. I'm not a huge fan of her Skins character Effy, but daaaamn can the girl put together an awesome ensemble. Also, her British/Brazilian heritage makes her unrepentantly gorgeous. She's just starting to become known here in the States due more to her fashionista tendencies rather than her acting, but I'm very much OK with that (as I'm sure she is too).

black & white years

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It was a busy weekend, but somewhere in there I managed to see the lovely English film Somers Town - the story of a budding friendship between a ruffian runaway and a young Polish immigrant, and in turn how they both fall for the same girl. The black-and-white film was directed by Shane Meadows, who I now know can be relied upon for critically acclaimed pieces of cinema that really capture the essence of urban English youth culture circa the 1980s. I'm a huge fan of Meadows, having fallen absolutely in love with his 2006 semi-autobiographical film This is England. 

Oh, definitely see this film if you get the chance. It's a bit weird at times, but its touching story and peculiarity  will stay with you, even if only for a bit.

a single man

//via le smoking//

Even though he was a whiny beeyatch in 500 Days of Summer, I just adore Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's a great actor (particularly given his humble and ridiculous pedigree) and is quite unassumingly stylish. Also, he's a total Francophile, and I'll take exception to my Eurospiration rule for that. 

Just a random musing on a the first of several days that will be filled with studying, eck.

never give up on the good times

//lobster and swan//

It's Friday - Two finals down, a couple more to go! I am excited because I've booked my ticket to Europe, and cities where I'll be stopping so far include Lisbon, Hamburg, Berlin, Naples, Amalfi Coast, London, Newbury, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. So yes, my excitement levels are quite high (even though the planning and coordinating has already gotten kind of tedious).

PS - We should bring back cutesy swimming caps, no? Not only do they look so sweet and old school, but they probably provide much-needed protection to the tresses of hair-dye junkies, such as myself. You know, just a thought ;)