El Guincho: Palmitos Park

This song is pure magic.

Selector Magazine

Came across this gem of a publication, late as always.  

Large format magazine similar in scale to ANP Quarterly.

Issue one (which I think that is all that she wrote so far) features a lot of great work from No Age, Handsome Furs, Jody Rogac and more.

More pages from this trinket over yonder.

Jan Hammer & RapMan

I love this guys keyboard enthusiasm.  

Note what is happening in this musical perfection.

Stripes on the keyboard.

Stripes on the shirt.

Amazing contrasting keyboard strap.

O.G.

Speaking of Original Gangsters:

This sweet little pup is the RapMan and comes equipped with rap voice effects.

Halloween Contest: Bjork

Absolutely incredible Iris. This dress was custom made {insert rap song} by new designer
Viktor Luna.
His dresses are gorgeous! He really knows how to drape and shape!
{I really know how to shake and bake!}
GOD.
Gimme a break guys.
At least it's Friday.

Friday Fix: Toro y Moi

Chaz is special.

I met him at my friend Jay's [congrats on his sweet new gig at Nylon].
He was playing for a small group of us and we had such a rad time.
I was reminded of him yesterday and how much I love what he is doing when Jay swung by and told me he was headed to Canada with him.
If you haven't heard the sounds of Toro y Moi, now is the time.

Great Little Gifts.

I just got this new line in that is a little edgy and super affordable.

Great gifts for the closed wallet.

This skull necklace is silver toned and hangs really long so it has a nice appeal for men as well.

$52

Brass Bangles.  Also come in brass and silver toned studs.

$12 or 2 for $20

Stainless steel cuff.

$40

Delicious.

Vintage Post Cards

You know how sometimes you buy a piece of stationary never intending to send it?

Well, Surfing Jesus was that for me. I loved this post card so much I bought the entire stock.

Also a shocker to send.

Love these vintage postcards.

[by the way all you judgers out there: I am still getting used to the SLR, okay?]

Photographer: Joshua Hoffine

Wow.  Seriously smashing.  Combining two of my favorite things into an art-form?

Horror Photographer, Joshua Hoffine is speaking my language.

Not the making little kids cry part, the jungian psychology part.

With one photograph Hoffine plays with some viewer's personal unconscious [things that scared us as children that we have suppressed] but experimenting with the collective unconscious [inherited categories that are recognized by all people] that is primal in us all.

...

"I believe that the fear they are re-experiencing originates from the biological Collective Unconscious. Our fears as children are primal in nature. Fear of the dark, fear of lurking danger, fear of being eaten. I regard my photographs as culturally inflected variations on primal fears that arise from our biological Collective Unconscious. I just use the mechanism of the Personal Unconscious to bring it all back to you."

I spent a good deal of time on his blog

and I am glad I did. 

There he pointed out small details in his photographs that at first glance you don't notice at all.

The photo above, Lady Bathory is his modern day take on a 16th century serial killer that bathed in the blood of virgins to keep her "youthful appearance."  Here he photographs her in a sort of spa treatment.  

On his blog he shows you the process of the shot, and close-ups of things like the skull "claws" on this tub.

As far as the children in his photograph go, they have through the years been primarily his 3 daughters and his niece.  He has gotten little commercial work, lots of press, and print sells.

All in all, he doesn't do this for money [although hopefully these will make him a very rich man] he does it because he loves it.

Inspiration for this post comes from The Daily Notch.

Halloween Contest: Bootsy Collins

Ah man. This is fantastic. I love the guy in the background, no big deal.
Seeing Parliament live is quite a treat.
My pal Thomas Jones over at BCC knows what's up.

Old Hollywood Styling: Irena Simonova

We had a lot of fun with this shoot.

I ended up doing make-up as well [which I don't normally do] and had a blast.

How rad to have the same wardrobe and make-up person?

I got my kit together, now all I need are some fresh faces to practice on!

Model: Irena Simonova

Photographer:  Max Menacher

Stylist:  Tiffany Porter 

Hair:  Denise Jennings

Make-Up:  Tiffany Porter

Halloween Contest: The Peanuts Gang

You know I just love a group costume! This is one of my favorites!

Old Hollywood Designer: Sybil Domond

With her Vintage State Of Mind

Sybil Domond's handcrafted designs are show-stoppers.

Using a combination of vintage fabrics, hand sewn beads, feathers, and appliques, these necklaces -or collars, are the perfect 

worn high or low, with a fancy dress or a white tank and jeans.

Very new romantic.

[Priced from $140-$175]

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