bandage

Thursday night I saw Nouvelle Vague at the Variety Playhouse. One of the lead singers seemed to be both tina turner and bridget bardo trapped in one tiny french girl, the music was dark and samba-ey and made me feel like doing dirty things.
pics from the show

The next evening I headed back to the variety to catch Ladytron. They put on a fantastic show as well, albeit much more upbeat and driving. My friends and I ended up at the highlander and then MJQ for some hip hop and break dancing.
pics here

salty

I wanted a red kitchen, had to have it, thought there was something so beautiful about scarlet. Then after about 2 years I wanted to punch holes in the walls because the color grated on my nerves so bad. So this time around I painted the walls a flat black and then made an illustration of the brooklyn bridge and NYC skyline, which I am going to project on the wall, tape off and spray paint with a high gloss. I did a test to see which paint works the best with a morton salt girl stencil naoya and I worked on. (see picture above)

cool

A friend of mine was expressing frustration over his personal style because he felt it didn't necessarily fit into what he would consider to be cool in today's design landscape. It made me think about the definition of cool and what would make something be considered hip or dull. I have my own opinion of things that I like or consider to be hot, this is shaped by those I have surrounded myself with, the web sites I visit, the music I listen to, experiences I have had. Should an artist change their style to conform what they consider to be hip/cool/good? Is that conforming or adapting based on experience? What is the importance of it anyway, in art has technique become more important than conception and idea generation?

artwalk

The Castleberry district of Atlanta is an area full of old warehouses that have now been converted to expensive lofts for setup individuals and artists that braved the crime 4 years ago. On friday many of the spaces opened up for the Castleberry Art Walk. I was impressed with a few artists, I shot a couple pics of their work. My caravan of girls then headed to The Royal and Bed to pour petron down our throats and shake our moneymakers.

pinned

Pasta, red wine and buttons oh my! What a charming way to spend an evening with a friend. For anyone interested I would highly recommend playing with a button maker. Pound the crap out of your inspiration.

LAX

So I haven't completely formed an opinion about LA yet. I am still here, drinking mimosas at 9am to solace the jackhammer in my head from last nights trader vicks tiki bowl incident. I flew in on thursday, thoroughly prepared to be disgusted by the fakers, but in all honesty it's been quite nice.

More than the shi shi dinners and overrated hotels the people are what really make LA fun to visit. It's like a freak channel 24/7. Venice beach has the rollerskate rockers, west hollywood, de gays, it's like a neverending circus side show of people with bad 80's haircuts and strange fashion sense.

Two of my best friends moved here recently and it was good to spend time with them and get out of Atlanta for awhile.

Pics

labored

The Labor Day weekend went off without too much destruction. I had some friends over for a tamale party that ended in flaming bananas foster and shots of absinthe. I passed out on the couch but woke up in my bed this morning curled up next to Wyndl. I didn't see la Fée Verte, but maybe she carried me up to my room.

For those of you who have never had bananas foster, I would strongly recommend trying it. AND if you buy land o lake butter you can do this obscene trick Chris taught me with the Indian girl on the package.

Bananas Foster Recipe

* 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick)
* 1 cup dark brown sugar
* 2 bananas
* 2 oz. banana liqueur
* 4 oz. dark rum
* Ground cinnamon
* Vanilla ice cream

Melt the butter and add the brown sugar to form a creamy paste. Let this mixture caramelize over the heat for about 5 minutes. Stir in the banana liqueur. Heat until the liquor is warmed, about three minutes. Add the bananas, add the rum (preferably warmed), then ignite with a flourish and cook for about 1 - 2 minutes. Let the flames go out. Serve over ice cream if you wish, but some hardcores like me like it just like it is.

Thanks to Gumbopages for recipe

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