Calvin Harris - Humanthesizer - the first human synth

I thought I'd posted about Calvin Harris here before. Guess not. Anyway, now's as good a time as any.

Pretty cool, huh?

The video that turned me on to Calvin Harris a few years ago:

Official Calvin Harris "Merrymaking at my place"
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He's kind of cute, no?

Megan Fox wears bag over her head during interview

Ha!

Wall-E + The Matrix + iRobot + Bladerunner + Demolition Man = The Surrogates

I love a good Sci-Fi movie! And I love a bad Sci-Fi movie even more!

I'm not sure where The Surrogates falls on this spectrum, but I'm excited to see this movie. Bruce Willis' hair continuity issues alone make this trailer awesome (His "appearance now is what we call residual self image. It is the mental projection of his digital self"):

Also, seems like MurderDeathKill is making a comeback. So there's that.

SNL takes on James Carville

I watch a lot of CNN. And Democratic strategist James Carville is BY FAR my favorite political consultant. His southern witticisms and Louisiana accent along with his pithy insights make him television GOLD. Apparently, SNL and Bill Hader agree:



The real James Carville is just as amazing. Here's a clip of his reaction to the sketch, along with some touching input from his wife, Republican strategist, Mary Matalin:



Someone definitely needs to do a Best of James Carville video. He's got some great lines.

And here are some James Carville quotes:

“As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.”

"Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find."

"No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously. "

"The only thing I'm running for is the state line. "

"When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."

“It was kind of like having a dream: You're riding a wagon down a hill and all of a sudden you're in a swimming pool, asking, 'How'd I get here?' ”

etc...

Love James Carville!

Rejected Videogum Tip #1870394-B

A line in the video: "Angry lemur! Happy lemur!"

Another line: "The one thing I was discourage from doing is the one that that's making me money... and a media darling." *smarmy grin*

This kid's like Dr. Doolittle. (More like Dr. Douchelittle).

But, seriously, I wasn't even expecting him to be able to talk, so wherever you can fit a *charming* joke in, squeeze that sucker in. We should all try to find our calling in life like this kid. Go kid!

I feel like this video (via Videogum) is relevant:

A Single Man

I've never read Isherwood's A Single Man, but the trailer for the Tom Ford (Yes. THAT Tom Ford, the fashion designer with the amazing/shocking ad campaigns) directed movie adaptation is gripping:

Mad Men's production design team was as the helm for the film's set and Tom Ford's sartorial point of view seems the perfect fit.

The movie is garnering warm reviews from the Venice Film Festival.

From the Associated Press:

"A Single Man" is based on the book by the same name by Christopher Isherwood. Ford, a former Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent designer, said the film is "the most personal thing" he has ever done.

He said the film is not "about being gay" but rather touches on universal themes.
"It's really a film about love and isolation that I think all of us feel, so it is very universal," Ford said at a news conference. "When I see someone who sees the film and says, ' It's a gay story,' I don't even know what they are thinking, it just seems to me a human story."

From Variety:

Ford's largely delicate touch reps a pleasant surprise, especially given his only filmmaking experience hitherto has been overseeing advertising campaigns for Gucci and his own current, self-named line of fashion products. Clearly this is material close to his heart, and the empathy shines through. What's more impressive is the skill he shows at evoking quietly sensual details, conjuring how, for instance, sniffing a stranger's dog brings back memories of George's beloved pet.

Less surprising, given Ford's background, is the just-so exquisiteness of the overall look, not just in the men's clothes (Ford designed Firth's and Hoult's figure-hugging suits and casual outfits himself), but in the interiors and femme costumes, too, for which production designer Dan Bishop and costume designer Arianne Phillips respectively deserve co-credit. The way Charley's pink-and-gold parlor harmonizes not just with her sweeping monochrome dress but also her pink Sobranie cigarettes will evoke swoons of delight in auds for whom magazines like Wallpaper and Architectural Digest are holy writ.

Indeed, the period detailing is almost too perfectly done, to the point where one can't help sensing the adman in Ford, nursing every detail to look not just accurate but impeccable and fashion-forward. Avid fans of "Mad Men" will notice not only that those pink Sobranies featured in an episode a few weeks before "A Single Man" premiered in Venice, but also that "Mad Men" gets the occasional ugliness of the period's design better. An uncredited, voice-only appearance here by "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm further evokes the series.

The film stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Gennifer Goodwin, and Lee Pace. Great cast. Great look. Great clothes. Great director. Great aesthetic inspiration in Mad Men. I'll add the book to my reading list. Hopefully the movie is great as well. According to early reviews,"in the role of George, Colin Firth gives one of the finest, most affecting performances of his career."

Here's a great review and interview with Colin First and Julian Moore.

Mad Men in 60 seconds

They mention a bunch of things about Mad Men and you're like, "Oh right! That is what happens in Mad Men. This is sort of funny because of that."

The dresses of Dita von Teese

Where should I start with Dita von Teese? I can't say I'm a fan of the bloodless skin and jet black hair, especially because von Teese is a natural blond and it's such a stark contrast to her sartorial feminity - WHICH I LOVE.

The look of vintage dresses and silhouettes - 50s and early 60s day dresses and party dresses, occassionally things from the late 40s, is so beautiful. Dita von Teese has my ideal wardrobe.

Be forewarned, lots of pictures ahead:

And here are some of the vintage sites I have bookmarked. They're among my favorites and the women who write them have some GREAT clothes.

http://strawberrykoi.blogspot.com/

http://deargolden.blogspot.com/

http://liebemarlene.blogspot.com/

http://la-meow.blogspot.com/

http://maxandchloevintage.blogspot.com/

http://www.clevernettle.com/blog/

http://thesnailandthecyclops.blogspot.com/

http://dandelionvintage.blogspot.com/

http://honeybunnyinwonderland.blogspot.com/

http://primthings.blogspot.com/

http://ambugaton.blogspot.com/

I HAVE TO GET SKINNY! Whenever I (finally) do, I'm wearing all vintage clothing and starting a(NOTHER - MY 4th!) blog called Black Girl Vintage, Vintage Black Girl or something similar.

Marvel x Tim Gunn

I love Project Runway and I LOVE COMICS, especially Marvel Comics... so the melding of the two is awesome. From the Associated Press:

Tim Gunn is taking his fight against fashion crimes from the workrooms of "Project Runway" to the pages of a comic book. And, wow, does he get to wear a power suit.

The "Loaded Gunn" story line - to save an exhibit of extraordinary superhero clothes from a cadre of villains - is part of a book that reintroduces a group of Marvel's high-fashion "Models Inc." comic characters from the 1960s.

"It's a little `America's Next Top Model' - without Tyra (Banks) - and a little `Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,'" says Marvel editor Charlie Beckerman.

The Gunn project evolved on a whim, but it turned out Gunn was a childhood comic fan and a good sport, Beckerman says.

Gunn says the experience has been "the most bizarre thing."

"It's exciting and exhilarating, but bizarre. When they came to me, I said, `I'm about to turn 56 years old. Are they crazy?' But it kept revealing itself in layers and next thing, I'm wearing the `Iron Man' suit. I was dumbstruck."

Personally, Gunn says he always fancied himself more of a Batman type, but he's pleased with the result.

"Most superheroes are fighting the same thing - good vs. evil - but who's taking on crimes against fashion? Me!"

The biggest offense, hands down: clothes that don't fit properly, Gunn says. And, if he had the truly incredible power to remove one item from closets all around the world, no question it would be Crocs.

"It's the No. 1 fashion crime item - and I see it a lot," Gunn says.

Here are some of my favorite Tim Gunn illustrations from TEH INTERWEB:

SOOOO looking foward to this.

Natural Hallucinogen

You have to try this! Of course, this video has no hallucinogenic properties, but the illusion it creates is pretty cool.

"I'm gonna get you high today." - Smokey, Friday

Mad Men in Times Square.

I love Mad Men. That is no secret. So, of course, I wish I could have been in NYC for the Season 3 premier (btw, Season 3 is great, so far). The premier was aired live, outside in Times Square and people showed up in vintage suits and dresses - costumed as their favorite Mad Men chracters. Sounds like a darn good time.

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Laura from Project Runway was there! Makes sense. She did love a vintage silhouette!

Rachel Zoeisms

Before I get into this post and video, I'm just going to say this: I read this site called Videogum nearly every day. The guy who writes it, Gabe, is probably the funniest person on the entire internet. I send lots of tips to Videogum and hardly any of them get used. I'm going to start posting all my unused Videogum tip videos here, because I don't post enough. ON TO THE POST!

The Rachel Zoe Project is back! Awesome. Even though she wears fur (yuck!), I can't get enough Rachel Zoe. She has the world's best job and she talks in an LA robot voice. What's not to love? And she gets Brad Goreski as an employee. I want to put him in my back pocket, but he probably wouldn't fit.

Here's a video of Rachel Zoe saying her buzzwords and phrases over and over again:



This is the email reply I got from Gabe: "I didn't like how she kept saying she would die but then she never died." (That's mean, Gabe! But also hilarious.)