saved my life

what up, 2014?! i'm a little embarrassed i didn't get any lorde up in here last year. so. um. my resolution for 2014 is to get some lorde up in here.



phew! did it.

happy monday, whether resolved or un.

so asleepies

{peter jensen pre-fall 2014, photos courtesy of peter jensen by way of style.com}

pink line

{t by alexander wang pre-fall 2014, photos courtesy of alexander wang by way of style.com}  

 

{alexander wang pre-fall 2014, photos courtesy of alexander wang by way of style.com}

beginagain

it be pre-fall time. it be gladness all up in my heart. the best way to survive the after-holiday emo-j-lo.

{burberry prorsum pre-fall 2014, photos courtesy of burberry prorsum by way of style.com}

sml

looking back at all the things that saved my life in 2013. here's a playlist of some favourites. one per month. backwards we go.

december:  mirror  *ellie goulding

november:  you're not the one  *sky ferreira

october:  no gun  *naomi pilgrim

september:  wrecking ball  *the gregory brothers

august:  bugs don't buzz  *majical cloudz

july:  graveyard  *feist

june:  i need my girl  *the national

may:  primadonna girl  *marina & the diamonds

april:  scary monsters & nice sprites  *skrillex

march:  oblivion  *grimes

february:  they just keep moving the line  *smash/megan hilty

january:  who  *david byrne & st vincent

a very good year for music in my ears and dancing dancing, singing, crying, dancing.

ff

I'M A GROOOWWN WOMAN! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!

beyoncé released a secret-surprise visual album last week and the internets went INSANE. explodeexplode. (i'm super sad i lost my voice to a cough/cold, because all i want to do with my friday is belt out 'pretty hurts' over and over and over until i get evicted for beyoncéing the neighbours.) let's check out some of the good writing on the album, yoncé, feminism, and pop music.

* chris randle anticipates the revolution

* malaika jabali talks breaking from respectability 

* rookie team does a big ol' round table

i woke up like this... i woke up like this... flawless.



now i can't share the actual whole song/video with you, but i can tell you it is great. and i CAN share the talk from which she samples. chimamanda ngozi adichie. so thrilled she is getting the pop-music bump. there is so much greatness in this talk. so much. yes yes great good.



(and because chimamanda is amazing, here's another talk she gave about the danger of the single story. lovely and fine.)



happy friday, dancers.

saved my life

dance dance, christmastime. this weekend the christmas party deluge began. christmastime snuck up so fast, i'm scrambling to catch up on the christmastime spirit. here's some help.





HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ELFS!