I just LOVED the first season of this show!!!! Somehow both DARK and CAMPY...and just the right amount of kink and hot mens...it was all so amazing......well maybe not the final episode...but come ON!!! and even if you didn't LOVE it.....watching it for Jessica Lange ALONE!!!!! please.... don't get me STARTED on that bitch.....
Anyway...I am SO excited for the second season...and DAMN these teasers are doing just that!!!! Hope its going to be as dark and gruesome as it looks!!!
As most of you know I'm pretty OBSESSED with style icon and rosy cheeked Lynne Yaeger!!!! however I have become even MORE obsessed with her customized bag by Goyard!!! SO SUBLIME!!! MAybe ill get a better look at it at the flea one day if she can call off her "attack gay"....harrumph!!!!! Until then i admire it from afar!!!!
So in London Johanna mentioned this band and i was intrigued......and THIS did not disappoint...MOST of their music i didn't love but THIS song...I have been listening to it NON STOP since i returned!!!! its AURAL SEX baby...so give it a listen.....
The video is pure eye candy...all the outfit changes and personality changes...and the song itself is the best kind of pop music...catchy, fun and BITCHY!!! I just want to live in this flashy world of superficial glamour...even if only for a few minutes.....
and the lyrics....I mean ...REALLY!?!?!?!?
"i am the best
i am the best
i am the best
th-th-the best
whoever looks at me can see i'm kind of fabulous alright
even if you were me, you'd be envious of this body alright
guys are turning around to look at me
girls are following me
being looked down on in the spot
i'm sitting at, every day is tiring"
So subtle...so AMAZING!!!! and while rocking Gareth Pugh!!!! DUH!!!!i hope you enjoy this with the same amount of NON guilty pleasure as i did!!!!
I NEED to go back again... {and again and again and again and again....}
I mean theres really no need to ask if the Quay Brothers influenced me really....just look at my work and what i do....there's a thread that runs through our work....I mean come on.....their brand of creepy nostalgia...reverence for the old and the rusted...the dusty and forgotten...a well shadowed interior.... the things dreams are made of.....and the DOLLS...all the lovely broken dolls...you know what a weakness i have for them.......all of this is a HUGE influence on what i do...and how i live and decorate my home.....
Needless to say i was OVERJOYED to hear they were having a retrospective at the MOMA especially after seeing a sneak peek at Parsons {Pratt?} in 2006 where they featured some of their sets...THAT was stunning so i could ONLY imagine......
So....these two foppish brothers have made some stunningly amazing stop motion films....most of which i was VERY familiar with {as I'm sure you all are too...} but the one thing i was amazed at during my visit to the exhibit was how much ILLUSTRATION work they did!!! Stark and stunning work influenced by Polish artists....surreal and disturbing...they we so prolific!!! I had no idea!!!!! They also had many examples of student work and even some childhood paintings and sketches...it was a glimpse behind the magic and into the lives of these two extraordinary twins....a world i was more than happy to be immersed in!!!!
Plan on a few hours to see the exhibit...there 88 minutes of footage ALONE not to mention all the artwork AND the miniature sets that are downstairs by the screening room DONT MISS THOSE...also if your as slick as me and dress nicely so the old PR Queen of a guard turns a blind eye to let you take photos well good on you!!! If not BEWARE no photos allowed...but heres some i secretly snapped for your enjoyment....
MAny videos were shown....from stop motion work to sets they designed to commercials they made to help pay for their REAL art....THIS is one of their most famous.."Street of Crocodiles"...SO dark and lovely....truly a magical piece of work to be sure!!!!!
Heres some show information....
Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets
August 12, 2012–January 7, 2013
Theater 2 Gallery Theater 1 Gallery First floor Second floor
Heres a little promo animation they did for the show...
SO i IMPLORE you to go...{and bring me so i can oooh and ahhh next to you!!!!} experience the amazing work of these two brothers...see a little of their secrets....and just be in quiet awe of their work....truly inspirational!!
Just got the new 'W" fall issue and inside was a STUNNING {as per usual} spread by the unbelievably talented Tim Walker...and my FAVE model of all time Kristen McMenamy!!!!! I choose some of my favorite images for your pleasure...ENJOY!!!
"The Piccadilly palare Was just silly slang Between me and the boys in my gang "So Bona to Vada. OH YOU Your lovely eek and Your lovely riah" Polari (or alternatively Parlare, Parlary, Palare, Palarie, Palari;[1] from Italianparlare, "to talk") is a form of cantslang used in Britain by actors, circus and fairground showmen, criminals, prostitutes, and the gay subculture. It was popularised in the 1960s by camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.[2] There is some debate about its origins,[3] but it can be traced back to at least the 19th century, and possibly the 16th century.[4] There is a longstanding connection with Punch and Judy street puppet performers who traditionally used Polari to converse.[5]
This was the first time I had even heard of Polari {i.e.:Palare}...through Morrissey, naturally, and his "thinly veiled" references to Gay life...{His or others}.....this was also pre- internet so I had a lot of trouble finding anything on the subject...and even with the advent of the electronic era it was still not easy to find...but i just LOVED the idea of this secret language used by gays during a time when being a homosexual was illegal.....The idea of people creating way of communicating even though they knew they risked being thrown in jail...or WORSE.....It seems to have started as a language for thieves...and circus folk....and sailors...and then developed into what was to be known as "Polari" the secret language of the London Gay community...it is a combination many things...Italian ,French,Yiddish...and nonsensical words or words just simply said backwards...its truly more of a SLNG than a real language for theres no tenses or structure.......just simply a way to replace certain words with other words to keep conversation covert....it was very silly...very Camp...and very neneeded at the time....it was a way in a very public place of telling your friend how hot the guy just walked in was...or to share the tale of last nights conquest over some tea...like everyone should be able to!!!!!
I had seen it referenced in a few movies like "the Naked Civil Servant" about the life of Gay Icon Quentin Crisp...and in a small scene in "Velvet Goldmine"....but other than that, not much else....so i became even more intrigued....and on my last trip to London i even searched GAy bookstores for books on Polari none of which I could find....but i gathered bits and pieces of information and even found a comprehensive glossary of words on the Wikipedia page ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari...So i was beginning to find out more and more about this "language"....Recently a friend of mine posted about this webcast on "the World"...its not super comprehensive...but a delightful little piece of history....definitely worth a listen!!!!! http://www.theworld.org/2012/08/polari-a-gay-slang-that-flourished-out-of-prejudice/
Even though it is a necessity that being Gay becomes accepted by society and that we all have equal rights......I always had a romance with the fact that it was always treated as something sinister or secret...the :underground" aspect of it...to me there was something ...i don't know...romantic about it....having to sneak around...having a secret language....as a young person slowly coming out there was something to this that appealed to me...it was all very much like living in a "Soft Cell" song...SO i think thats why i was so intrigued by "Polari"...this secret language that only WE knew....Something born out of need and necessity....Something covert.....somrthing...dangerous...
But in today's society we don't need it...though id like to bring it back in a small way...a phrase here...a word there....All the omi- palones might just be gagging over it one day, don't cha think dolly bird????
So...I just got back from London and enjoying the "Meltdown Festival" curated by Antony from Antony and the Johnsons...what does one say...I had the most amazing experience of my LIFE...not only did i get to see some of my childhood idols perform but i MET most of them as well...the lovely Johanna Constantine was my guide though the musical underbelly and i LOVED every minute of it....Im still REELING...SO before i posted all my photos from the week....i just wanted to pay tribute to some of the amazing people i got to see and meet.....
Music saved my life...it made me what i am and continues to inspire me in so many ways...it makes me laugh cry and dance...it enrages me and brings me so much peace...it strangles me to death and sends me to sleeeeeeeeep.......i cannot exist without its supple touch...its my best and sometimes only lover...it always satisfies me and knows what i want...its my lifeblood......These are videos of some of the performers...and some of the people i met in conversation..or in passing...they are all amazing...and all so inspiring in their own ways....Some not musicians....but all inspiring...
So this...this was a trip i will never forget...THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!! I am humbled and appreciative!!!!
