Carousel: Week Ending 6th November 2009
[ 6 November 2009 ]
Things to click, watch, read, & laugh at. You’re welcome!
This is a video of CunninLynguists doing Nothing to Give live in HD. Oh god this is so good. Don’t those boys sound great? I can’t wait to see them. You should see them too.
Best shower curtain of all time! Creepylicious.
Zaina emailed me about her new project, Countdown for Change. Check it out!
“My class and I have been really distressed by what is happening in the Asia Pacific Region and so we have come together and are raising money to go towards the Canadian Red Cross International Relief Fund for the disasters in Asia Pacific. We have developed our own organization called Countdown for Change and our mission is to help create awareness and funding for the Asia Pacific communities that have been affected by the multiple natural disasters. These disasters have left hundreds of people dead and thousands displaced and stranded without food, suitable drinking water, shelter and medical aid.”
Here’s my hot pick for Social Flossie. I am really a dirty old man at heart.
What’s the deal with blackface in editorials? COME ON. Give us a break!
The 10 Most Vain Cities in America. Do you agree?
My favourite Scorpio (& birthday boy!), Philip McCluskey just released a DVD: Transforming Your Life With Raw Food. The boy knows his stuff, too — he is such an ecstatic person & a delight to be around. Anyway, check it out!
The Worst Sex Scene In Comics. Oh lawd. “I’ll roll your log down the river…” ?!
Depression link to processed food. No big shock, but nice to see it backed by science!
Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests. What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.
I was interviewed by Miseducated! Amber Renee is lovely.
Agyness Deyn & Alexa Chung do Wayne’s World. Cute!
Verhext’s photos from Day of the Dead.
Dispelling Illusions: The Real Value of Fashion’s Night Out from Fashionably Marketing. This is a really informative & well thought-out piece. It’s interesting to hear about what actually happened on Fashion’s Night Out. I wasn’t in town at the time, but most of what I remember from Twitter was a bunch of New Yorkers complaining about how packed out everything was!
10 Reasons It’s Awesome People Don’t Like You.
5. It prepares you for great success. Pick one of your favorite popular Twitterers, be it a celebrity or social media guru (there are a ton). Go look at their @replies. Odds are they field their fair share of harsh comments. The higher you rise the more negative feedback you’ll receive, both constructive and unnecessary. Being disliked and OK with it prepares you for making it big.
The extended trailer for Alice In Wonderland was released. Helloooooo there.
Shhhh. I think yes and yes is my new favourite blog. Don’t tell anyone.
Francesca Lia Block has an actual blog now: Love in the time of global warming.
10 Amazing Office Designs Around The World & Castle on the Ocean Papercraft by Wataru Itou. Radzilla.
No link for this one, but this is a quote from Mary Harron, the director of American Psycho, about Christian Bale’s inspiration for the role of Patrick Bateman.
“One day he (Bale) called me & he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, & he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, & he was really taken with this energy.”
Hudson Mohawke is on Warp Records, & he is amazing. Seriously, listen to this, this (you can download that one here) & this. & he does all this with Fruityloops?! Are you kidding me?! Killer. Here’s an interview & an MP3 of a mix he did for Fader.
The Best Decline Letter of All-Time: Edmund Wilson. Awesome.
Um, anyone in the market for an unlucky rabbit foot voodoo key chain? Sadly, bidding has closed…
“This charm has been washed of all of it’s Luck giving properties and has been dosed with 74% Hate and 26% Repentance. Feel the Voodoo power ooze from your Gnarled grapplers as you wave this in the general direction of your adversarys and creditors… This is NOT vegan!...”
Pulp Fiction Remixed! People are so clever I can’t stand it.
Fafilicious! I love the outfit photos taken in her studio. & I love that she wears YSL pumps.
This weekend, you should make these cupcakes.
Seth Godin on trolls.
“Can’t please everyone,” isn’t just an aphorism, it’s the secret of being remarkable.
The idea of a want journal is a good one.
Susannah Breslin has a new blog, & it is sure to be good, so bookmark that sucker! Did I link to her essay, They Shoot Porn Stars Don’t They? the other week? If not, go forth & read. I couldn’t tear myself away, but beware, it might be triggering for some.
Good news if you like Cassie from Skins. Pictures galore! “Oh, wow!”
& a video or two to round it out.
The skunk skipping away merrily at the end is the best bit.
OH!!!
Have a fantastic weekend — here’s to good weather, spontaneous adventures & lots of kisses!
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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Haha, say that Pokerface video during the week. I’ve never laughed to hard. “I’ll get him hot, show’em what I’ve got!”
Oh Gala! You’re making me blush! But I always knew we were destined for true love as:
A) I’m a Virgo
B) I have the same birthday as Micheal Jackson
C) I’ve lived in both Wellington and Minneapolis – so I can speak with equal fervor about The Triple Rock and The San Fransico Bath House
Yay! :* (
Wait. That was supposed to be a kissy face emoticon, not an oddly sad emoticon. Like this: :*
So there.
took me a few shocked seconds to realise the brown thing in the top picture is the little guy’s tail
I don’t know where to start…the fact that SLC is in the top ten cities of vanity makes me laugh, so glad you like yes & yes!, that comic sex scene was so beyond bad, and the skunk! I had no idea skunks were SO BIG. But I love how he skips away at the end & I love the fact that it looks like the Skunk Whisperer is chatting up the lady who found it. Wouldn’t THAT be a story to tell grandchildren?!
Alice looks SO FABULOUS. I think you should have a worldwide nonpareil event that involves dressing up to go to see it on opening day.
Off to read yr interview & the 10 reasons list!
PS I tweeted it at you, so I’m sorry if you see it twice, but I bet you would love “Steering by Starlight” by Martha Beck…there is some stuff in it that will probably be a little ‘duh’ for you (it was for me), but she has some really good meditation/visualizing techniques and does a lovely job of being self-helpy without being fluffy or boring. She’s funny to boot!
I LOVE those pink, oreo cupcakes!!
Gala! Your tags don’t work!
Lori — I knowwwwwwww. Boo! My website genius is working on it :>
I’ve loved Francesca Lia Block ever since I read her book Necklace of Kisses. It’s great that she has a blog now!
Yay :D
Love this carousel, especially the picture at the top. I’ve taken to saying to my little pup, Belle, “I’ll eat you up, I love you so!” and she starts wagging her tail when she hears me say it. So, being at work and being stressed and seeing that picture on your site, made me wag my figurative tail. Thanks for the smile! :)
Oh wow, I think I need that shower curtain, especially since I keep getting sulked at for getting red hair dye splatters on ours anyway!
Omg Alice! I cannot wait untill the movie is in the theatre’s and i have to beg the cinema every day to give me a poster for free…
I’ve seen that Christopher Walken video about five times and it still makes me laugh!
I like the cute and unique illustration you chose this week too.
enjoying your site as always,
Jeni
www.jeniwren.com
I don`t really understand the whole `blackface` arguement. I can understand people being offended about next top model but I don`t understand this image. I don`t think the intention of this picture is to make some radical statment about race, the choices were obviously made for visual reasons.
This is yet another example where the media draw the worst possible conclutions instead of seeking the artists` original intentions.
Art has always been confronting and challenging to its audeinces and I hope that it does for many years to come despite these pressures from the media.
Oh, god, I just had a post-traumatic flashback….
At the wildlife rehabilitation clinic where I work, a skunk was brought in who had gotten his head stuck (amazingly firmly) in a glass jar… he behaved like a perfect gentleman right up until we got it off. Then he decided to let loose… it’s too early in the morning for these awful memories, haha!
I have been watching that Christopher Walken video on repeat since my boyfriend showed it to me! That dude is fantastic…
& hurrah for weekly reading, I love these
Blackface in editorials? Well, I read that black models are now becoming (or already are? I’m not really on the horse with fashion.) a trend. Maybe this is a new way to make white people do black peoples roles. I might be cynical but it’s been seen so many times before. When it should just go away. Be gone. Diversity is great (with hearts) but the real deal thanksverymuch.
I hijacked your Unicorn picture. Thanks!!
I love your awesome positiveness and totally look forward to your Thursday and Friday posts and links.
Have a great weekend.
fuelingunicorns.blogspot.com/
I hijacked your Unicorn picture. Thanks!!
I love your awesome positiveness and totally look forward to your Thursday and Friday posts and links.
Have a great weekend.
fuelingunicorns.blogspot.com/
i laughed out loud at that mary harron quote. american psycho is one of my favorite movies – bale’s patrick bateman is such a specific, iconic, oft-imitated character – it’s rather fitting that tom cruise was his inspiration…
That Unicorn photo is the best thing I’ve ever seen. (or, it’s at least in the Top 25)
OMG WOW THE CASSIE SITE!
You have just possibly founded my new favourite website.
Your a God Gala.
Oh Wow. :P x
Thanks Gala!
I love finding out stuff from your links. Ages ago this is what introduced me to EFT and … wow. I don’t know, just wanted to say you’re a winner
adore!
“Can’t please everyone,” isn’t just an aphorism, it’s the secret of being remarkable.
Gala, could you be more timely?
I just made the decision to NOT fly home for Christmas, because I have to sort my life out HERE where I live rather than running off to please everyone else, for once. I’ve been feeling guilty about it, but you’ve made me feel stronger about my decision. Thanks!
I can’t believe SLC is on vain cities. I live in Utah that’s why it’s funny.
That Christopher Walken video made my week, thanks!
This whole Carousel I think has been the best yet, and oooh, Panda cakes! I am totally getting that shower curtain for my friends too, they are an all male house and currently have pink, ruffled shower curtains! I think it makes them more manly, but bloody handprints would be awesome. Especially if I can sneak in and change it in the dark of the night.
Also, ‘this is NOT vegan’. Well…
xx
Thankyou thankyou thankyou! The comic made me laugh so hard.
Oh that Christopher Walkin is just delicious… his voice could say anything & make it sound like profound poetry!
Hahaha, Cristopher Walken saying “oh! oooh!” is hilarious. And Jude Law’s version of Pokerface is also really drop-dead funny.
I adore Cassie from Skins. Her style is incredible. Oh, wow, lovely!
Oooh thanks for the link to yes and yes! I’ve been completely addicted to Sarah Von and her fab travels since the second I started reading. Both of you are awesome :)
thank you!! i’m glad you enjoyed.
now, off to read the FLB blog!
I have to tell you: links that I found here are the best! People so happy and positive, perfect for New Year and for the rest of our lifes!
I am a fan now, hugs