Dude. Yr So Crazy!

Five years after Le Tigre’s last world tour — 4 continents and 10 countries — this documentary / concert video thrillingly captures the band’s last attempt to simultaneously rock, not sell out and remain political. And for the most part, they succeed. You’ll find yourself viscerally responding to the rallying call of concert favourite F.Y.R.’s “Feminists we’re calling you! Please report to the front desk.” You’ll also get an insider’s view into a marginal group’s entry into the world tour concert club and the DIY shenanigans they get into, often with humour, hijinks and a self-awareness rarely seen in the mainstream. We also see Kathleen Hannah’s cutting sense of humour, J. D. Samson’s luck with the ladies, and a deadpan Joanna Fateman fucking with “rockers-with-full-on face-makeup,” Slipknot. But when ex- Bikini Kill frontwoman and riot grrrl veteran Hannah tells a radio DJ how she did indeed inspire Kurt Cobain to write Smells like Teen Spirit, we get a glance at her inner world. But mostly the film is a whimsical rock ride into the trio’s inner world, providing a soundtrack to the spirit of the feminist movement of the late 90s, fueling fires and reigniting a beastly soundtrack to politics.

Superstarlet A.D.

I wrote this for the image+nation catalogue. A little synopsis, limited to 190 words, for the viewing audience. The festival is a 23 year old queer film festival that takes place in Montreal every year in October/November.

Superstarlet A.D.

This black and white and red surrealist film has the makings of cult classic status in the making. Boobs! Guns! Blonds! Brunettes! Redheads! Vintage lingerie! Neanderthals! In this American dystopia, there are three beauty cults: redheads, blonds, and brunettes, chicks who backstab, gossip about and murder each other. The other clique is the Superstarlets who wear all hair colours. The outfits are to die for—think Barbarella meets an inappropriate Jackie-O meets 1950s pin-up kitten Bettie Page. All with a delightful queer edge and high-femme femininity complete with raspy voices and lesbian separatist tendencies. This classic tale weaves science fiction and pop culture into one narrative of eye-popping proportions. Superstarlet A.D. is a wonderful low-budget romp, a ride for the ages that might remind you of Hedwig and the Angry Inch or an early John Waters film. Protagonist Naomi sums up the film nicely with this comment “I pop pills like I pop culture.” Or “I want to kill a man but love a woman.” Despite the kitschy aesthetic, the film manages to make a comment about the days of American perfection and what made that country great in its heyday.

BORED AS FUCK

EVER GET BORED AS FUCK. Me, yes.

I am lonely, sad, thrilled and delighted and excited. ARE WE HAVING FUN YET.

Whose D*d would you fuck?

“Bestie by Bestie” #2 from Gabe & Jenny on Vimeo.

I made it

For iPod touch 3rd generation. Keeps it warm when it’s cold, padded and and looking sweet. It’s lined with japanese cotton print, the outer layer is wool felt and two-tone coloured cotton thread. Button is clear green, vintage.

THIS I MADE!

Project Runway recap: Season 7, Epi 1

SO. WHO ARE THESE JERKS?
A half-assed attempt at listing the rather inconsequential sequences of this episode

I forgot her name already: things make her cry, like Bryant park, hotel windows and reality tv cameramen

the husky one: he grew up in the Georgia ghetto, Girlfriend (*snaps*) and does not care for Miss America one bit

Ping: Physical therapist. Wants to make couture jammies

Pamela: Used to have a career, likes to be on top

Anne-Marie: anorexic ghost? She wants to start NOW

Jonathan: “GRRR”

Jessie: Famous Pirate

Mila: Costume Designer aka the entertainment

Maya: High School Goth Punk. Slightly bi-sexual?

Christiane: Thinks the hotel is sooo niice!

Jesus: yes, Him. I’m going to want Him to stfu most of the time. Claro?

Emilio: Who knows

Ben: Comic book grad. This will not end well

Amy: Redhead. Motifs. Iranian. I guess she’s the edgy one

I don’t know, maybe others? It’s all going way too fast now. There’s too much to take in! Their new hotel house, their portfolios, their dreams, their fears, their quirks, their weight and/or chemical dependence/problems.

The boys got to the big stuff right anyway, exchanging weight numbers. Except for the husky one, who gleefully skips his turn for drink of water (he’s parched!)

THE gang heads to the roof to knock back cham, except for Heidi ho because she is pregnant in 1 out of every 2 seasons it would seem. Professors Heidi and TimGUN welcome us back to Manhattan for season 7. Last season, the LA show was barf, Bravo (wink!) to Lifetime for returning to NYC (WINKEY FACE).

the besties by your bestie. me.

LMP’s Most memorable moments of 2000

1. Winona Ryder’s fall from grace, and comeback by 2010
2. britnay spears: RIP her year of crazy circa 2006.
3. Ellen and Portia’s marriage. Elton and David’s marriage.
4. Tina Fey + Amy Poehler
5. John Travolta and Tom Cruise coming out of the closet.
6. Neil Patrick Harrir, coming out on the cover of People, sure, but as host of SNL=WIN.
7. Alison Bechdel’s tragi-comic Fun Home.
8. @@!!WISSARDS!!!@@@
9. Legal recognition of same-sex couples in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont, NH, Belgium Canada Netherlands Norway South Africa Spain Sweden. [wikipedia]
10. Music: Uh Huh Her. The JD Samson-fronted band, MEN. Sia. Kaki King. La Roux. Tegan & Sara.
11. Brokeback Mountain, Mulholland Drive, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Mean Girls, Tipping the Velvet
12. Jane Lynch

Best of 2009

2. sleepdreaming dog
3. Parks & Recreation: is the new 30 Rock
4. Glee
5. Nairne Holtz: Montreal queer writer and a lover of words.
6. Literal videos: Dramatic posing and random stock footage of the moon in the sky:  
7. Nelly Arcan: this is not “the best.” It sucks that we lost a voice, a writer, a creative feminist, a tortured soul. RIP.
8. Smartphones took over lives. In a good way. Now we can all have innernets! LIVE! from our pockets!
9. Faggity Ass Fridays. I feel like this is a great meeting spot for queer youths. Thanks to Christina Foisy for creating the event as a fundraiser for Head & Hands, I feel like you inspired other monthly events like the one for Lickety Split.
10. Lickety Split. Speaking of which, your teams keeps growing and the content brims with quality. Satelitte events are exciting so go you. LICKETY SPLIT YOU HAVE ARRIVED.
11. Gossip. Music for Men. Beth Ditto. Thatisall.
12. The L Word series finale. Jenny died. And a little part of of us died because we killed her. Also: really Ilene Chaiken, really?

Best of the best of list. Here are my favrits.

www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-50-funniest-headlines-of-2009

www.afterellen.com/blog/dorothysnarker/afterellens-2009-anti-gift-guide

www.martiniboys.com/Toronto/articles/The-Top-Ten-Films-Of-2009-13970.html

www.theawl.com/2009/12/listicle-without-commentary-the-14-favorite-things-in-order

RIP, Lhasa

dead ay 37, from a 2 year battle with breast cancer. now go get your tits checked.

Why’m I thinking about Peaches right now?

But these are mah people tho. Dope.

from the arcaves

no mas.

DAILY SHOW KID REPORTER is win?

oh mansies! This little girl’s got an intense reaction to Al. Slow and intense. FIERCE THO. Skip to 00:58!

hands, spins, dips and duckwalks

machinations

Rule #1 for the new internets: Publish ur digits

Jake Fogelnest published his on twitter, then recorded his motives for the world to see. Hint, it has to do with someone easy on the eyes.

Jake Fogelnest’s Home Phone Number from Jake Fogelnest on Vimeo.

#LOST: Live twittering

Check it, or don’t i don’t give two shits: twitter.com/linamariepony

Weathermen are the new old Christian Bale

Though Christian Bale is just another in the slew of angry men tirades of late, weathermen and weatherladies just make life taste a little less rainy. Thanks kitty kat weatherman.

Mother cat adopts other creatures… ends ominously.

WHen you care enough to slip on something more comfortable…

Fuck the ex-gay movement!
Express yourself via t-shirt instead…

Passive aggressive style!

konichiwa bitches!!!!!!!

Finding Jesus…

more animals

Makeups to breakups – the face time remix

Aye! Remember Papi?

Dem bitches are back. I am none the richer… but, I missed the L out of the ladies. The NY Times has a great rundown of the series click here to read.

Real girls gone… model!!

Jezebel has a neat article about an Australian magazine catering to the anti-hollywoodsian tendency to portray fake, impossibly skinny girls. In these tuff political times, it’s nice to hear about a magazine gaining an audience and making it work. The motto there is giving girls a voice. I like that, but don’t girl already have a voice? They need platforms, podiums, cash money, opportunities and role-models, you mean. I’ve always wanted to be part of a media project that help girls get in touch with each other and express herselves.

(indigo4girls.com)

indigo4girls.com

Indigo has a strict no-airbrushing policy and uses non-celebrity girls for its covers, celebrating the “everyday” girl .

Hypem publishes its year-start best of the best list

The Hype Machine present each set of 10 albums as a radio show featuring songs from the albums & interviews with key music bloggers. Something to look for are the best 50 songs hyped about on the site (that’s what they do, they monitor hype). My personal favourites are Goldfrapp – Number 1, Sufjan Stevens – For the Widows in Paradise,Late Of The Pier – Heartbeat and fucking the best is CSS – MOVE (JD STYLE NOW)!!!

See the list, sorted by artist, here.

“I have not lost my mind – it’s backed up on disk somewhere.”

_unknown (though i suspect this dude)

it never rains in sara land, much. lately…

… Sara.word. is a site i love, actually, it’s more of her blog. Sara Lane works in the fast pacec infotainment industry, though her programs always have more edge to them than that. She does content development for an online webisode tech geek site. And was a somewhat important figure in the develpment of one of my favourite shows in a while, Pop Siren. SO the economy caught a cold caught the measles got cancer and she got laid off. Still, pretty awesome talently lady who seems nice enough (pictures and vids of fluffy cat, tea makin, net surfing – the little maverick is not threatening anyone). And she makes it all worth your time when she pencils in her heart motions and writes the intro to the Alan Watts and Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park.

Every time I get down about not having enough money or being in the right job or having the kind of success I thought I’d have by this age, I try to remind myself that my life is happening, right here, right now. And so is yours. And come to think of it, we should probably take a really long trip to Tanzania. THOSE WILDEBEESTS AREN’T GOING TO PHOTOGRAPH THEMSELVES, PEOPLE.

Uh-Huh Her animation video

the ladies of uhh: the Explode video, animated by that Canadian.

Explode video

their earlier video is hotter. It has unicorns.