DJ AM

The past 30 days has been huge. i saw a 15 song Cure encore. i also saw dj am. now i thought it was all hype but he was an absolute genius on the tables at the live105 bfd this weekend. I mean who mixes oasis like this? amazing!


This clip was from the actual show.


This clip is not at the bfd but it exhibits significant skills

The best thing on TV: American Idol/Ben Stiller/Jack Black/Robert Downey Jr. Singing and Dancing

aesop rock

This is a pretty awesome video. they stopped playing it on indie 103.1 and i was sad.

tokidoki iSkin Vibes

ooooh yeah. tokidoki now sucks because they rejected me. but i still like their products. i feel so torn!

akiko clothing

so surprisingly enough I attended a sample sale. i was trying to go to the brewery art walk and was distracted by a sign saying some dresses were x % off. the dresses (and tops) were by akiko clothing, which is apparently expensive. i got my dresses for about 70% off the normal price. the inner cheap and chinese-ness emerged and I bought two (not depicted here.)

Interestingly enough, the majority of the pieces were made of a nice soft jersey material. it seems like all my clothes are made of soft jersey material so these dresses fit right in.

Glamorous Cat Wigs

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This is a "Glamorous Cat Wig." Unlike the stereotype of unmarried women throughout the LA area, I do not own a cat. But if I had one I would definitely buy it a glamorous cat wig. I wonder what would stop the cat from chewing on the cat wig? The cat wig here reminds me of Gwen Stefani during the "Return of Saturn" era. HA! It'll have your cat wishing for a "Simple Kind of Life." (via halianka)

Further, what if your cat has an embarrassing comb over? Or what if your cat has cat pattern baldness? The cat wig is a viable option for those folically challenged.

Filigree Heart Locket Watch

Check out this product available at Urban Outfitters. This is girly enough to satisfy the February doldrums and a bit edgy surprisingly enough. Victoria Beckham would buy it if she only had $10.00 USD.

digital perms

to perm or not to perm . . . that is the question on this woman's mind. I mentioned to my friend that I had to cut out of his party early because i had to make the crucial decision about whether to perm my hair the next morning, and if so- which type of perm to get? It's a big decision. When he heard I was getting a perm he immediately was thinking "tight poodle perm" Those make me puke. The Japanese Digital Perm is now the only perm for me!

There are several Japanese perms on the market currently: the straight perm, the natural wave, and the digital perm. I will discuss each in turn.

The straight perm will do something like a j-lo effect (circa 2001) it makes it super straight without a straight iron. A couple of my friends have had this done and they have liked it.

The natural wave is a crunchy perm. It gives a big curl which is curlier wet than it is dry and requires product to retain its shape My thanks to "fashiontabulous" from whom i stole this picture. Your curls are defined and each one is very distinct. Each lock seems to curl independently giving a reasonable amount of volume even when your hair is "light" or thinned out by the cut that you get.

The digital perm is my new favorite. It's more expensive (of course) but it's so complicated and so perfect that it's worth it. There are a lot of steps to the perm, you get conditioned, you can get normal perm solution on your banges, the rest of your head is curled with very heavy curlers with a metal rod inside. The rod is plugged in to a cord, the cord is then plugged in to a perming contraption, the contraption needs its own power strip to avoid blowing a fuse. The curlers then heat up. I mean really hot! My salon uses a neoprene skin guard under each curler to avoid getting a steam burn (or electrocution) They were very careful to repeatedly tell me if I got hot I should tell them. This was scary! They then brought me a Coke with ice. The heat causes the perm solution to evaporate. Your stylist leaves it on for abut 20 min and then undoes the curls. You then look like Shirley Temple until they relax it. What you're left with is big loose curls that are visible just by using a hair dryer and twisting your hair in the right way. It's just like if you had spent an extra 30 min curling it with a barrel curler or a curling iron. A good example of the results is this picture. Not that everyone will look like Yu Yamada when you're done with the perm, but we can all hope.

London is the Home of the Brash Outrageous and Free

Bacon Chocolate and M.I.A.

This is the best thing I heard this week:



I've yet to eat this but i know it'll be good:

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Bacon chocolate chip cookies-
(this is for a FULL batch)

3/4 cup butter(It has been suggested that using 1 full cup of butter works best due to cookie dough dryness)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon hazelnut (or almond) extract *Edit- It has been suggested that the almond flavouring may be overpowering to the flavour of the cookie, feel free to add this ingredient to taste*
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg (It has been suggested that using 2 eggs works best due to cookie dough dryness)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups bacon bits (if preferred, you can separate the dough into two parts and only make half of the dough into bacon cookies, in which case you'll only want to use 1 cup bacon bits)

*An important note- Be sure to use real bacon bits, not Bacos *See large print at the bottom of this post*

Also, you can make your own bacon bits, just make sure you pat down the bacon chunks with paper towels to remove as much extra bacon grease as possible. *Edit* one of my readers made their own bacon bits and found out that apparently it takes about 2lbs of bacon to make 2 cups of bacon bits, just for future reference.

Directions-

preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit

Beat together the butter, sugars, flavouring and eggs until creamy. In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir together. Dough will be slightly soft. If you want a cakier cookie, add another half cup of flour. Add in chocolate chips and bacon bits. Stir until well integrated. Place dough on a sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least an hour. Remove dough from fridge, pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces of dough and roll into balls. Set dough balls about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough balls slightly with your fingers in the center.

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to turn golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack while you ready the glaze.

Maple cinnamon glaze-

2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon *edit- it has been suggested that 1 teaspoon may be a bit much, so go ahead and add to taste*
enough water to make a thick glaze (I used about 3 tablespoons)

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If lumpy, use a whisk.

Spread a small amount of the glaze on the top of each cookie and top with a small piece of crisp cooked bacon.


Recipe Stolen from Here

Rage Against the Machine at Vegoose 2007

Hello Reader(s)

It may be a little late but . . . Halloween weekend I attended the Vegoose 2007 festival in Las Vegas Nevada. This was by far the longest I've ever traveled to go see a show. (that is if you don't count DJ Mitsu in Japan, but I was living there, and traveled approx six miles) The highlight of the show was Rage Against the Machine. I was delighted to be able to yell the lyrics to "Bomb Track" but appalled to hear DeLaRocha edit Guerrilla Radio. I want to be able to scream disparaging things about Americana in front of Suburban America! But alas, it was not meant to be. Seeing Morello play guitar solos really made my day. I feel like I can die a happy girl. For a man whose favorite songs include labor union songs never meant to be played . . . that man sure can play! It's great to be able to openly and notoriously enjoy Rage. I was hiding tapes of their music in high school. You were kinda a hippie if you liked them in college. Now they're considered "classic." But when did they get so cool?



Other notables: Muse and the Public Enemy v. Cypress Hill DJ Battle.
Notable for a different reason: The Shins. someone on stage kept on making this crazy dinosaur noise like a raptor zeroing in on its prey. Also Flava Flaaaaaaaave!

why do you want to be an attorney?

Hey readers, I would check out the whole article, but this clip gives the flavor of it. It is regarding the Hooters waitress who got kicked off a Southwest flight for her miniskirt. She did a photo shoot for Playboy. Was paid under 6 figures for the shoot. Also she aspires to be an attorney. Why?

'Ebbert worked at a Hooters in San Diego but said wants to become an attorney, and doesn’t think posing nude should get in the way of her professional aspirations.

“This was beautiful and classy. I don’t see why it would affect a professional position,” she said. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”'

second best thing i found this week

ha matt says "arigato japan" hahaha



this album helped me survive law school. arguably (and ironically) it's all about suicide.

the best thing i found this week

kentucky strip search hoax 20/20

Not directly about food or music, but this was otherwise entertaining. This eightee year old girl worked in a McDonalds in Kentucky, came to work, was accused of stealing money from the till and then ended up naked, beaten, and performing a sex act on a forty year old man at the direction of a "ghost cop" on the phone. This girl won 6.1 million dollars and now wants to go to law school. I hope she learns a lot about criminal procedure. This is what happens when people don't ask questions.

the Rentals

I saw the Rentals on September 21, 2007. I was really into them like in September of 1995; so it was a kinda retro feel. I liked the songs about not having a brain and wishing to learn a foreign language. D said he liked all the songs where there was some "whoo ooh" going on. Isn't that like 75% of the songs? But I would concur that approximately 75% of the songs were catchy danceable awesome songs. Especially enjoyable were: "Life Without a Brain", the "Barcelona" song and nostalgic favorites "Friends of P" and "Waiting." Here's just a little sampling of the current rentals material:


What I really love about the Rentals is Matt Sharp. Not only was it his birthday, and the last day of the tour, and the day of the "all night dance party." But he's a great front man. I felt more enthusiastic about the Rentals as he was signalling for us to cheer etc. Super energetic.

Hello Banana?!

Hello readers:

Today I came across this picture on the internet. If you notice, it's a single banana wrapped in a plastic bag. This banana I assume is sold in Japan. Therefore it is ridiculously expensive (137 yen or $1.37 for one single banana!!!!) Children think it's more delicious because it's endorsed by Hello Kitty. Look carefully readers, the Hello Kitty not only endorses it, but introduces you to "Banana kun" awwww he has a name!!!!

Chocolate Deities: Religion you can Sink Your Teeth Into

I remember being sent to chibi no gakko when I was little. Chibi no gakko is Japanese School for little kids, like a summer class where they teach you that Japanese cultural stuff. There I sweltered away in Fresno CA learning colors in a foreign language and learning dances to songs I didn't understand, with a bunch of kids who were all Japanese and really proud of it.

During this trying experience where temperataures were high and my language ability was nil, I learned about the shinto gods like this jolly fellow. You may recognize him as "that buddha guy who they put on teeshirts and have in front of Chinese restaurants" but nooo, chibi no gakko students know him as, "Hotei" the god of happiness. That's why he's fat.

Check out this chocolate Hotei. Deeelicious

The Cupcake Craze That's Sweeping the Nation!

See here fans of the large onerous overweight cake! Tiny cupcakes are the craze that's sweeping the nation. Starting with a fabled NYC bakery people have rediscovered the joy of the tiny palm sized cake. (Rumor by Dom Mah) Recently I ate at the West LA Dainties Cupcakes. (www.daintiescupcakes.com) I entered fully prepared to purchase cupcakes. I had heard so much about them during the KCRW pledge drive that I just had to have the "stupid chocolate." Which was a decadent chocolate cupcake filled with chocolate creme and dipped in this chocolate ganache. This was an awesome cupcake. the baker gave them to me and said only "Today is a good day" and smiled. I felt so blessed to be the recipient of the cupcakes that I gave them away. I only got to eat 1/4 of it because my mom and friend ate the rest. One went to my boyfriend who said it was "okay."

See more of the The Complete Cupcake Bakery List. list by merlfish at ThisNext.

Just Brothers

What was your favorite track from Radiohead’s “The Bends?” Or were you so stuck on “Pablo Honey” and its #1 single “Creep” to enjoy the experimentation? Or are you a “OK Computer” loving whoo rider?

My favorite song from “The Bends” is “Just.” I fell in love with the video for this song because it was so depressing. Its vicious guitar riffs and self-loathing lyrics made for a particularly compelling combination. Our protagonist exits his car and lays in the road. His depression is so infectious that he starts a pandemic of people who give up on life and resign to lie in the road with him. It looks like something from The Stand. It’s great. It also happens to be Radiohead tracks and drummer Phil Selway's favourite song on "The Bends",

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better . . .this song came along on www.krcw.com’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Not only is Mark Ronson the mastermind behind that toe tapping “Valerie” song with Amy Winehouse singing lead, he organized this cover (as depicted above.) This cover includes a dynamite combination of snappy horns (ala your high school jazz band) and dusty drum breaks.

Also check out the awesome graph art.
For his cover Mark Ronson not only enlisted the help of the formidable Daptones horn section (The Dap Kings) but Alex Greenwald, the lead singer of Phantom Planet (best known for "California", the theme to "The OC"). "Just" belongs to the cover canon of Quantic Soul Orchestra's "Get a Move On", Alice Russell's "Seven Nation Army" and the Daptone's own "What (Have You Done For Me Lately". The man behind "Just" is one of the most sought after DJs in the world and, as one half of AllIDo Records, Ronson is currently working with Chicago rapper Rhymefest, Australian soul singer Daniel Merryweather and fabulous pop goddess Christina Aguilera.