Wild Life

Get RAD.

2009-12-16T15:36:00.000-08:00

Corporate Ghost.

2009-11-17T16:14:00.000-08:00

These Weirdos Totally Shred.

2009-11-12T03:53:00.001-08:00

2009-11-05T20:23:00.000-08:00

2009-10-22T02:33:00.001-07:00

Kamara kicks ass.

2009-10-21T19:12:00.001-07:00

drugs!!!!!

2009-10-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

102.8 was the high on my thermometer today. I am SICK. It sucks. It also sucks that you have to take all these drugs to lower your fever but then you just feel all weird and on drugs. Here are some of the drugs I took today.

Theraflu. It tastes like ass but it knocks you out, which is awesome when you feel like all the bones in your body have been crushed and your skin feels like hot sand paper chafing you to death. It also brought my fever down for a couple hours.

I recommend this drug if you want to hallucinate. Again it helped me to sleep, but this time not without horrible nightmares.

My husband went and got me a milk shake. This was probably the best part of the day. It was delicious, cooled me off, got some calories in me, and all in all just made me feel better.

The fever went down to about 100.8 or so around 3 or 4 p.m. and then shot back up to almost 103 which was when I had another theraflu. I peeled myself off the sofa at about 7 and crawled into bed and woke up around 9 in a cold sweat and bored so I think I am on the mend.

HELLO M.J.

2009-10-03T18:08:00.000-07:00

Love Love Love Love This.

Always. He can do no wrong.

WITCH PARTY.

2009-10-03T17:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting too much here on the Wild Life cause my attention has been focused on a new blog I am writing with a couple of girlfriends of mine. One being Miss Kamara Thomas, a very magical amazing woman who lives in New York. We have been friends for years and played in many kick ass bands together. So many miles apart from each other we have found a new way to collaborate---Witch Party. The second being Calixte. She is one of the most inspiring, beautiful women I have been lucky enough to know. We also played in a band together in New York, since then she has traveled the world and now lives in Colorado. Both these ladies are incredibly intuitive, strong, creative, smart, and totally hot. Witch Party posts essays and blurbs about all things metaphysical, things that a seeker stumbles upon on the path of life. Check it out, its really fun and it has allowed me to work with some of my favorite people again.

WITCHPARTY

ACTUAL PAIN.

2009-09-27T17:54:00.000-07:00

Check out the new style.

ActualPain.org

2009-09-20T04:11:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T13:33:00.001-07:00

2009-09-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T13:22:00.001-07:00

2009-09-17T13:19:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T13:16:00.000-07:00

2009-09-12T00:05:00.000-07:00

I am curious if this shit actually made an impact on anyone. Anyone?

GET RAD with the LACTATOR.

2009-09-11T02:15:00.000-07:00

I highly recommend reading this blog. It is primarily written all about food allergies and the quest for an interesting dieting experience when a person is allergic to literally almost everything. It is funny, has a great vibe and also some more that interesting recipes. Explore the writers journey with adventures in "Safe dirt carrot date muffins" to "Perfect safe chocolate pudding".
lactator.

FUCK MORALS. MAKE ART.

2009-09-11T01:55:00.000-07:00

Peter Rabbits mother warned "Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden." And what happened?? He went in anyway, of coarse.He and his two sister rabbits were picking berries or something and he snuck off. He went right into the fuckin garden and got rad on some serious carrots, lettuce, I assume there were lots more veggies consumed. Peter ate so much that he felt sick. Sure enough the mean old farmer found the rabbit ravishing his crop and went haywire, chasing Peter with a rake. Peter lost all his clothes in his escape, but he did escape. And his mom did find out, as he was naked and had no other expaination. What hve we learned here? Do as your mom tells you?? Don't steal? Or, "Damn the man"? Farmers against rabbits? What the hell is a rabbit doing wearing a jacket? Is there shame in nakedness? Boys are more trouble then girls? Girls are scared? Vegetables can upset your stomach just as easy as sweets? Everything in moderation? Boys are dumb? What are morals and why should we uphold to them? BE AFRAID! BE AFRAID OF EVERYTHING!

Prohets.

2009-09-09T00:25:00.000-07:00

Gangster Witch.

2009-09-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

Relax.

2009-09-02T14:53:00.001-07:00

This video was actually banned from M.T.V. because of its super homo vibe. Dude it is awesome.

MAD MEN.

2009-09-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

Holy fuck do I love this show. Season 3 has just begun and it is amazing. Peggy Olson, girl, you are amazing. The make-up and costuming in this show are reason enough to watch it. Man, sometimes I really love the T.V. Mad men is on AMC Sundays at 10. Enjoy.

Just think about it.

2009-09-01T01:30:00.000-07:00

Bomb the Moon?

2009-08-30T04:10:00.000-07:00

October 9th NASA has set to bomb the fucking moon. From what I have read it is for research to see if there is water on the moon in order to support the spacemen in their wild journeys to mars. The rocket they are launching at the moon ways 2 tons and will crash into a crater at 5,600 mph, to create a new crater, up to 5 miles wide. It makes me think about all the shit Earth has been through. How humans have this uncontrollable thirst for "more" and do the craziest shit to get it. I mean, it is what it is. ya know there are theories that some ancient dudes did this like a bigillion years ago. And now where are they? Right?

NASA
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2009-08-27T19:14:00.000-07:00

Some cactus only bloom once every 12 years for like only 2 days. That is rad.

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2009-08-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

““The internal dialogue is what grounds people in the daily world. The world is such and such or so and so, only because we talk to ourselves about its being such and such and so and so. The passageway into the world of shamans opens up after the warrior has learned to shut off his internal dialogue.””

Carlos Cataneda

2009-08-27T19:06:00.001-07:00

Like a Lion I'm not sleeping.

2009-08-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

I fucking love me some Nirvana. I love the angst. I love the power. I love the truth. Love it. My brother took me to Nirvana for my 12th birthday. He told me he was taking me to see a Sonics game. I met him downtown at Abruzzi's Pizza, on Pike between 7th and 8th....I think. It was right by the Gay 90's, which was on the corner of Pike and 7th, kinda by the Sheriton. Maybe Im making this up..... lets google image it and see if we can find any result.

Well there is this one, the adress was 604 Pike street. Whatever.

So we head to the Seattle center to go to the game. On the way this guy was like "hey you wanna buy two tickets to Nirvana?" I freaked out, "Please Andy please they are my favorite band!" MY brother looked at me and said no. I was bummed. But then he said "Cause we already got tickets."

It was crazy. Its hard to remember it all but I do remember the merch stand and Andy buying me the insesticide T-shirt, it was my favorite record at the time. Now my favorite record is In Utero. My mom hated that record growing up, probably still does. She would always yell "Eat your cancer???? What does he mean EAT YOUR CANCER??" And I remember smelling reefer for the first time. I remember my brother leaving me with these guys, I assume they were friends of his but who knows, to go into the mosh pit (so funny) and when he came back he lost his chuck tailors is the pit. They either opened or closed with "Anurism" which is when I fully came into realization of Dave Grohl, and what being a kick ass drummer meant.

I wish there were more pictures of what Seattle looked like. There is this documentary called Street Wise that was filmed in Seattle in the 80's, I will still pretty young then. Its crazy, it just follows around these kids that live on the streets, the girls turn tricks and they boys steal and shit. The main kid in it is so young, like 12 or something. His outlook and features and voice are so intense. Really good documentary. Maybe its on the YouTube. Lets check.

Yep, It looks like you can watch all of it. Here is part 1.

Death Valley.

2009-08-23T20:24:00.000-07:00

Marta Beckett. Get to know this woman. She grew up in the 30's and knew she wanted to be an artist by the time she was four years old. She danced professionally in New York for a few companies and had some success choregraphing many of her own ballets. But then she saw some psychic woman who told her she would be leaving the big city and would find herself in a small town starting with the letter "A". She would do the best art of her life there. Well, it happened. Driving through California, I think it must be the 70's by now, she stopped in Death Valley for gas. There she found an abandoned theatre and new this was where she was sopossed to be. She never made it back to New York. She has spent the rest of her life in Death Valley, the towns original name Armagosa, (the psychic was kinda right!) renovating the theatre and performing for her small town constantly. As it is somewhat well known that Death Valley is haunted, she has had several expiriences with the spirits there, has photographs of them, and when she passes she plans on staying there as well. Pretty fucking rad. Her story is one of incredible dedication to creativity and her talent is huge. She is still there today and still dancing. Next time you pass through check out her art, it will blow your mind.

Jah Division.

2009-08-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

2009-08-18T14:08:00.000-07:00

Argonautica.

2009-08-15T00:06:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you gotta fight.

2009-08-12T13:55:00.000-07:00

2009-08-09T01:54:00.000-07:00

Hi Dad.

2009-08-09T01:26:00.000-07:00

Rocky and His Friends
(aka: The Riddlers)
Seattle, Washington
About 1965

Members
Jeff Beals ~ Bass
"Shuga" George Clark ~ Drums
Dan Denton ~ Saxophone
Dave Fast ~ Trumpet
Chris Gaspard ~ Keyboards
Jeff LaBrache ~ Drums
Kevin Mason ~ Vocals
Alan Park ~ Lead Guitar
Rocky Rhodes ~ Percussion
Ric Ulsky ~ Keyboards

This is a recording of my dads band from the 1960's from here in Seattle. Way cool.

F.Y.B.B.

2009-08-06T13:25:00.000-07:00

Black Breath!

2009-08-06T12:18:00.001-07:00

They are just like us!

They eat burritos!

Black Breath!

2009-08-06T12:11:00.001-07:00

They shred!

2009-08-04T00:45:00.001-07:00

2009-08-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Black Breath!

2009-08-02T14:27:00.000-07:00

Wednesday August 5th at NUEMOS. Get Rad.

I want this.

2009-08-02T14:19:00.001-07:00

Pyradical version of what I am up to these days.

Miss Ya!

2009-08-01T00:10:00.000-07:00

Its like the best idea ever.

Somehow.

2009-07-31T23:56:00.000-07:00

I came home to find my laptop open to this page.....

Everything is Terrible.

Its a website with all these super weird videos, kinda awesome but i have been watching them for like almost 45 minutes now and I really need to stop. Pretty funny though.

This one is super weird.

This one is actually kind of offensive. Crazy that it exists.

This one is worth it. It is really funny.

My So-Called Wild Life

2009-07-30T18:59:00.000-07:00

Burnin HOT.

2009-07-29T12:39:00.000-07:00

Super HOT.

2009-07-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

Fucking hell. Only hotter.

2009-07-29T12:32:00.000-07:00

Dark and messy poetry.

2009-07-27T00:11:00.000-07:00

Messy Room by Shel Silverstein

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

It's Dark in Here by Shel Silverstein

I am writing these poems
From inside a lion,
And it's rather dark in here.
So please excuse the handwriting
Which may not be too clear.
But this afternoon by the lion's cage
I'm afraid I got too near.
And I'm writing these lines
From inside a lion,
And it's rather dark in here.

Sonic Night.

2009-07-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

All Grown UP.

2009-07-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

This video is amazing and super creepy. Good job dudes. The song is beautiful as well.

I'm Sorry.

2009-07-23T16:51:00.000-07:00

Dudes, I really debated whether or not to blog this shit, but it is so bizarre, that I decided yes. I didn't know about the Insane Clown Posse until a few months ago when I had to work a "Twizted" show. Twizted is like a side project or baby version or something of the I.C.P I am really not to sure but all the people that came were totally in make-up, which made carding them a huge pain in the ass, and they all referred to each other as "ninjas" and did the whole "wha wha!" thing constantly. It was a shit show. One of the worst bartending experiences of my life. No one tipped. And they all wanted Sparks. Very bizarre. I get wanting to be a part of something. I get it that people buy into stupid fads. But this is crazy. I guess the I.C.P has been around for like 20 years or something too. Wild. So I saw this video on the Mishka blog and was once again totally blown away by its weirdness. It is so unbelievably lame I have to exploit it.

Wild Life.

2009-07-21T15:26:00.000-07:00

I got this photo in an email from one of my girlfriends. It was titled "What should I do about this?!?" Made me laugh.

Amazing.

SUGAR KANE.

2009-07-21T15:20:00.000-07:00

Sonic Outfits.

2009-07-21T15:16:00.000-07:00

Portrait by Richard Kern

Attempting to pin a label on Kim Gordon is like trying to understand the lyrics of Sonic Youth's songs: it’s beside the point. She has worked for Larry Gagosian, written for Artforum, exhibited paintings and directed music videos, produced Hole’s first album and was briefly a character on The Simpsons. Currently, Gordon is at work on her second clothing line, Mirror/Dash. Of course, she is best known as the frontman/bass player for Sonic Youth. When the band formed in 1981, Gordon stood out in the male-dominated world of independent rock and roll. Still, she rejects the iconic neo-feminist labels pinned on her and insists that she loves what she does and that’s why she does it, gender aside. Perhaps the best paradigm for understanding her is an early-childhood obsession with Michelangelo, a luminary with a similar knack for innovation. Here, this true original sat down with her friend, photographer and filmmaker Richard Kern, to talk about sheetrock, Godard, fashion and how it can get lonely being an anomaly.

Richard Kern: I think of you as a modern Renaissance woman. What were you interested in first? Fashion? Music? Art? Or boys?

Kim Gordon: (Laughs) I was definitely first interested in art. I always wanted to be an artist, since I was like five or something—

Richard: —since you were five?

Kim: I was really into Michelangelo. (Laughs) I wanted to be a sculptor.

Richard: Seriously?

Kim: I used to make things out of clay. So, I guess boys is sort of…even though I think he was gay. I don’t know.

Richard: You think Michelangelo was gay?

Kim: I don’t know. I think so.

Richard: We can only guess. So, you knew already at five years old. Were you aware of fashion then, or just art?

Kim: My mother [is] a seamstress, and she made my clothes or bought them at thrift stores. She grew up during the Depression; the idea of buying clothes at the store was completely out of her realm. In the ’60s she made more exotic caftans and these things called abayas that are [made out of] silk and velvet. So, it was always around, even though I didn’t really want to have anything to do with sewing. We lived down the street from this huge fabric store that I used to go to with her all the time. Also, my great-great-grandmother used to make patterns and go up and down the West Coast and sell them.

Richard: Wow. So it goes way back for you. Where did you grow up, anyway?

Kim: I grew up in LA—West LA. West Side. (Laughs)

Richard: When I first met you in the mid ’80s you were more of a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. When did you first become so aware of fashion that you began changing the way you dressed both on stage and off stage?

Kim: I kind of always was [aware of fashion], but I just sort of felt like it was beyond me. You know, I just was very poor. (Laughs) When I was thirteen and I lived in Hong Kong, I used to go to this store that had red velvet hip-hugger bell-bottoms and tons of cool ’60s clothes. I’d save up my money to buy one thing—something. I literally had no experience shopping in a store, because I always bought my clothes in thrift stores. I started going on tour and going to more vintage stores and got into finding ’70s or ’60s vintage cords, stuff like that. When we did X-Girl, it was more streetwear. I mean, there were dresses, but they were pretty—

Richard:—It wasn’t a luxury brand.

Kim: Right. It was no luxury brand! (Laughs) Dave and I would go to Daryl K’s little store on Sixth Street or APC, but there really wasn’t a lot going on downtown then.

Richard: How did you make a living before Sonic Youth?

Kim: I worked in a gallery for a while as a secretary, even though I couldn’t type. I used to work for Larry Gagosian and Annina Nosei. I was a framer in LA, when Larry used to do mass-produced prints and stuff—schlocky art. In New York I waitressed. I did house painting, high-end apartment painting.

Richard: I remember you saying you even did sheetrock. Did you do that?

Kim: (Laughs) No, I never really did that. I did plastering.

Richard: Plastering. Ok. (Laughs)

Kim: I worked at Todd’s Copy Shop, which was kind of like the center of the art world. Everyone would come in to make their fanzines. I worked there with Sara Driver, and her boyfriend, Jim Jarmusch, would come in and we’d make copies of his scripts. Thurston [Moore] would come in and we’d make killer magazines for him. You kind of knew what everyone was up to, like their grant proposals. Jean-Michel Basquiat came in and I Xeroxed some stuff that went into his artwork.

Richard: That’s where people told me to go, I remember, when I was doing Xerox stuff.

Kim: (Laughs) ’Cause Todd was very – well, his heart is sympathetic, and he would let artists do things on the machine themselves, too.

Richard: The Sonic Youth video Sugar Kane not only featured a young Chloe Sevigny but it was also shot in the Perry Ellis studio when Marc Jacobs was a young designer. If I remember correctly, Marc kind of set up the whole thing for you. Is that correct?

Kim: Nick Egan, the director, was good friends with Marc, and we had this idea to have kind of a fashion show going on and have a girl who was sort of undressing walking back and forth. And Nick said, “My friend Marc will let us use his showroom and his collection,” and it just happened to be the so-called grunge collection.

Richard: Was that the first time you met Marc?

Kim: Yeah. That was the first time we met.

Richard: He already was making quite a name for himself, right?

Kim: I think he got, certainly, a lot of publicity when that line came out. You know, it was kind of notorious. The whole grunge thing was kind of funny because when the New York Times called up Megan Jasper at Sub Pop she just made up all these terms (laughs). She was just like “grunge,” and that was such a joke—

Richard: —that’s where the name came from? It was a joke?

Kim: Yeah.

Richard: I remember seeing it all of a sudden. It was on all the runways. It was what everybody was wearing.

Kim: That wasn’t really Marc’s intention so much. I mean he was just using things. Like when he saw a kid wearing thermal underwear, he thought that it was an interesting idea to make it in cashmere, or something. You know people get inspiration from all kinds of places

Richard: He seemed to be very much into the music scene.

Kim: Yeah. He was always around. He used to go to Hurrah’s all the time.

Richard: Oh, he did?

Kim: Yeah, as a youngster, teenager.

Richard: We were all youngsters then. In the ’90s, you and your partner Daisy started X-Girl, and X-Girl was located right next to XL, the Beastie Boys store. Were those labels somehow connected?

Kim: XL was our parent company. Basically we knew those guys, and at some point Daisy started working at their store. They had a store on Ave A and one of the brothers who was involved with the line, Eric, knew that Daisy and I shopped together and talked about clothes. They asked us if we would do a girls’ line for them. So, X-Girl was born.

Richard: Was XL all of the Beastie Boys, or just one of them?

Kim: It was none of the Beastie Boys. I think Mike D. had some small investment. Everyone thought [it was] their line or something. Occasionally, Mike would do a t-shirt. They really just wore the stuff. They were friends. They all lived in Los Feliz together.

Richard: I remember that XL and X-Girl was this whole style that was going on that defined a certain period.

Kim: Yeah, there was Liquid Sky down the street. That was a great store. And Patricia Field; that was where one could go to get silver leather hot pants, or whatever. (Laughs)

Richard: Exactly. Does X-Girl still exist?

Kim: I don’t know. That’s a good question; I have no idea. We sold it to this Japanese company that kept buying more and more of XL. For a while they had a lot of X-Girl stores. I don’t know how it survived the turmoil of the economy.

Richard: Was that in the ’80s or the ’90s?

Kim: Well, the line came out the year Coco was born—’94. I remember being bummed I had to do press while I was pregnant. I was incredibly grumpy about that. I remember this one photographer wanted me to stand on this rickety table; and now everybody’s pregnant and they make it look so glamorous! And it really wasn’t. When we did the Bull in the Heather video, that was when we first got some of the clothes, and I remember—I was maybe four or five months pregnant—I kind of squeezed into—

Richard: —No kidding! ’Cause I watched the video the other day, and I was thinking, ‘Is this when she was pregnant?’

Kim: I had Kathleen in it jumping around. I wanted to have one of the Knicks cheerleaders.

Richard: I know that X-Girl was pretty much street clothes. Is that different from Mirror/Dash?

Kim: It’s still clothes that you could dress up or dress down. It’s more sophisticated, certainly, than X-Girl.

Richard: Urban Outfitters is producing Mirror/Dash. Is it aimed at a young demographic?

Kim: Our hope is that the clothes are sort of ageless and kind of classic.

Richard: Had you already started a new line when Urban Outfitters approached you?

Kim: We were doing this limited edition jacket for my friend’s store in Japan, and it was supposed to be connected with some magazine or something and that kind of all fell through. We ended up doing the jacket anyway ’cause we just thought it was fun.

Richard: Who are your collaborators on Mirror/Dash?

Kim: Jeffrey Monteiro and Melinda Wansbrough. Mel and I became friends. We were just hanging out and we would talk about stuff, and we decided to do a line. We thought Jeffrey would be great to work with because he’s so experienced and then Mel ran into her friend that works at Urban [Outfitters] and she said, “You should come talk to these guys.”

Richard: Was Jeffrey at Mayle with Melinda?

Kim: Yeah. Then he left to go to Derek Lam, and now he’s designing under his own name, a more high-end line. It’s really great.

Richard: Are you a hands-on designer? Do you do drawings and pull ideas?

Kim: No. I can sketch a little bit, but I don’t really do the drawings. I come up with an idea like, ‘This would be great if this were like this’. Then Jeffery interprets it and draws it and we discuss it. Then we go up to the production house to do all the fabric sourcing and samples and patterns, and manufacture it.

Richard: What designers do you wear on a daily basis?

Kim: I wear APC. I wear Isabel Marant, Acne, some H&M. Urban, if there’s something that I feel like I can, you know, get away with. (Laughs)

Richard: Wait, what’s that?

Kim: You know, something that doesn’t look, what do they call it, “mutton in sheep’s clothing”? I mean, up in Northampton, it’s a different lifestyle. If I lived in New York, I would probably dress up a little more on an everyday basis. Maybe I wouldn’t. I have a couple of Sari Gueron’s things, not from her collection, but from her cheaper line. It’s great. I wore a lot of that this fall.

Richard: Do you have a piece of clothing that you wear over and over?

Kim: I have this oversized Marc Jacobs cashmere waffle sweater that I basically wear every day now, because I live in a big, drafty house. It’s the softest warmest sweater. Actually Coco and I fight over Thurston’s Marc Jacobs sweaters and we kind of divvy them up if they shrink on him.

Richard: Is Coco very tall?

Kim: She’s pretty tall. She’s 5’8”; maybe more now.

Richard: Will you wear your own designs once this gets rolling?

Kim: I hope to. I ordered some stuff.

Richard: When I say ‘style icon’ what name pops into your head immediately?

Kim: I like Françoise Hardy as a style icon of the past. People like Anita Pallenberg have really great style. Jane Birkin, of course.

Richard: I see a lot of French New Wave in [your style]. I don’t know if that’s correct or—

Kim: Yeah. David and I would look at the Godard movies and certain ones [we would] try and replicate; like the striped dress from Pierrot le fou.

Richard: Exactly. Will any of that kind of stuff be in this new line?

Kim: Maybe, but people wear things shorter now.

Richard: Is it hard maintaining your interest in producing music when you’ve got all these other interests, like painting and clothing?

Kim: The funny thing is that right now even though I’m pretty ridiculously busy, sometimes it helps me to do more things and be more focused. We just finished a Sonic Youth record and I actually had an easier [time]—not that it was easy—but, I felt like writing lyrics and doing vocals I was more focused. I think the record came out pretty good. But again, there’s that machine of Sonic Youth that kind of pulls you along with it. I tend to procrastinate, but if you have deadlines… I hate to rehearse, that’s my least favorite thing, but I’m into writing music. I like making the stuff. It’s just what comes afterwards that’s kind of hard. But I really do have to carve out [time], like, ‘I’ve got a show, I have to focus on doing these paintings’. You know how it is.

Richard: Do you feel a stronger bond with the women of your generation or the younger generation?

Kim: I’ve always been older than most of the people that I hang out with. I mean, I love Coco and her friends. I think they’re really interesting, and that’s kind of an amazing age. I know women of all ages, and I think I kind of relate to them in different ways. I don’t really want to get too—

Richard: —philosophical?

Kim: There are women I know who I relate to my age, but there aren’t that many women I know who perform music at my age. So, that’s a little, kind of, odd. I mean not odd, but sometimes that’s lonely.

Richard: Um, and my last question—

Kim: Can I ask you a question?

Richard: Oh sure. Go ahead.

Kim: What’s your next book?

Richard: Oh. Maybe it’s the MILF book. I’ve been talking to Thurston about a book of older women. I’m trying to get it going with your husband, actually. But this is off in the distance. I can’t do another book for at least three or four years because of contracts.

Kim: Huh.

Richard: So, do you have any advice for those young designers out there?

Kim: I don’t know. It’s kind of a lousy time to start doing fashion. (Laughs)

Richard: Yes I agree.

Kim: I don’t have any advice. I don’t know. I don’t like that question.

Richard: Ok. (Laughs) That’s a good ending.

BE THERE!

2009-07-21T15:13:00.000-07:00

Sonic Youth is paying in our neighborhood this Saturday. Don't be dull. Go!

Gimme.

2009-07-21T15:06:00.000-07:00

This is just super cute and awesome.

A while.

2009-07-21T14:49:00.000-07:00

It has been a minute since my last post. Why? Because I am currently addicted to watching the show LOST. I know I am a little bit late in the game, this show has been on for years. I had never seen a single episode till my husband discovered all 5 seasons are free to watch on abc.com. Holy crap I am hooked. I am currently on season 3 because when I do something I go all the way. Mind numbing, yes. Awesome, yes.

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Nope.

2009-07-17T01:44:00.001-07:00

What you see as bullshit should anger you. Reflect your truth in its presence.

Call your friends. You know who they are.

2009-07-17T01:39:00.000-07:00

Real World.

2009-07-17T01:35:00.000-07:00

Don't get jaded its not the point.

CHANEL.

2009-07-14T23:52:00.000-07:00

French Kiss.

2009-07-14T23:32:00.001-07:00

Lets Party.

2009-07-13T22:37:00.000-07:00

Like Lightening.

2009-07-12T19:26:00.000-07:00

When I was like 12, maybe 13 years old we lived in a little rental house in Magnolia right behind Briercliff, which was an abandoned elementary school. My mom actually went to kindergarten there. Anyway, I used to sneak out and smoke cigarettes and just sit there on the big black top. There were some tether balls and some basketball hoops. I was there and it started raining and then the thunder and lightening came. Seattle doesn't really get lightening like other places and when I was young I thought it was really cool. All I remember is a light. Nothing else. I don't think I was out long cause when I came out of it it was still raining really hard. It didn't feel long. Like a second. I was on the ground, on my side. I just remember feeling really sick. I just got up and went home. I told my mom what happened but I don't think she was listening cause it didn't seem like a big deal to her. And I just thought it was so crazy that I didn't know what to think. So I just laid down and watched t.v. I'm not so into lightening storms anymore. I lived in New York for a long time and the fucking crazy lightening storms in the summer there freaked me out. Once when I was living in Brooklyn (east flatbush. Yep. I'm not joking) I was hanging out with Deb and there was a crazy storm outside. We were just laughing and writing and chain smoking and all of a sudden a flash, thunder, and then the telephone that was on the coffee table shot sparks out at us and we both screamed and Deb like pounced in my lap. So funny. I also was recording one time and was playing guitar and sining and every time my mouth would hit the mic (I'm not sure why I was putting my mouth all over it, it's kinda gross to do that but it happens) I would feel this really strange sensation. I didn't stop at first cause I was recording, but finally I did cause I would feel these crazy waves running through my body. It didn't really hurt but it was fucking crazy in a bad way feeling. Turns out something really wasn't grounded and if my fingers were on my strings and my mouth was on the mic I would be getting mildly electricuted. Gross. So anyway I have a pretty intense parinoya about anything electrical. I don't even like changing lightbulbs. I will do it but I don't like it. So there is a documentary coming out about people who have actually been hit by lightening and it looks pretty cool.

Life.

2009-07-10T00:24:00.001-07:00

Dudes, watch this video. This song might be one of the best songs ever. Don't overlook it like it's no big deal. It is.

Love. Life.

2009-07-10T00:21:00.000-07:00

When you see me again it won't be me.

2009-07-10T00:03:00.000-07:00

Doppelganger.

Doppelgangster.

So Cool.

2009-07-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

Bowie. So cool. Not to mention, SO FINE! I am listening to his music and why blog about anything else. He makes me crazy!

Key board Cat.

2009-07-08T21:48:00.000-07:00

I have been shown quite a few of these videos, some more laughable than others. This....this I did not see coming.

Blog Breath.

2009-07-08T01:29:00.000-07:00

Black Breath is playing at Chop Suey on Thursday. Don't be dull. Go. Black Breath!

Look Closely.

2009-07-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

zeitgeist

Amazing.

2009-07-06T16:15:00.000-07:00

I really love this man.

Have a laugh.

2009-07-06T14:29:00.000-07:00

The State was one of my favorite shows in the 90's. Even though I have seen all the skits a bigillion times it still makes me crack up. Enjoy. The muppet one is fucking amazing.

Heavy Lifter.

2009-07-04T02:20:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry, but can you hold this for a while?

Corporate Ghost 1.

2009-07-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Corporate Ghost 2.

2009-07-02T22:17:00.000-07:00

It goes on.

2009-07-02T02:31:00.000-07:00

Easy Ghost.

2009-07-01T01:38:00.000-07:00

Deep Thought.

2009-07-01T01:09:00.000-07:00

Diver Down.

2009-07-01T00:55:00.000-07:00

Man, shit is crazy. There are cities under the water! I know that, I hear about it, but think about it.

Some day dudes.

"You're all fucking crazy."

2009-07-01T00:41:00.000-07:00

Frances Farmer wrote this essay in 1931 at the age of 16. She went to high school here in Seattle. This essay won her a prize of $100 and was published by Scholastic.

Frances' Essay
...no one ever came to me and said "You're a fool. There isn't such a thing as God...someone's just been stuffing you." I don't think it was murder. I think God just died of old age and when I realized that He wasn't anymore, it didn't shock me. Maybe it was because I was never properly impressed with religion. I went to Sunday school and liked the stories -- about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful, but I didn't believe them. It was too vague. God was something different though. He was something real. Something I could feel. But there were only certain times I could feel it. I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night, having scrubbed my knuckles and fingernails and teeth, and talk to God. I'm clean now. I've never been this clean. And I'd never been cleaner. And somehow it was God. I wasn't sure that it was. Just something cool and dark and clean. That wasn't religion though. There was too much that was physical about it. After a time, even at night, the feeling of God did not last. I began to wonder what the minister meant when he said God sees even the smallest sparrow fall and that he watches over all of his children. But if God were a father with children, then that cleanness I had been feeling wasn't God. So at night, when I went to bed, I would think I am clean...I am sleepy. And I went to sleep. It didn't keep me from enjoying the cleanness any less. I just knew that God wasn't there. Sometimes I found him useful to remember. Especially when I lost things that were important. After slamming through the house breathless and panicky from searching, I could stop in the middle of the room and shut my eyes and say,"Please God, let me find my blue hat with the red trim." It usually worked. That satisfied me until I began to figure out that if God loved all of his children equally, then why did he bother with my blue hat, and let other people lose their mothers and fathers for always. I began to see that He didn't have much to do about people's hats or dying. They happened whether He wanted them to or not. And He stayed in heaven and pretended not to notice. I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. I was proud to have found the truth myself, without help from anyone. It puzzled me that others had not found out too. God was gone. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.

Things I learned again today.

2009-06-29T23:51:00.000-07:00

Drink more water.

Michael Jackson is dead. But Janet is not. And she is crazy awesome.

She is amazing.

I love her. And yes you should love her too and watch all of these videos of her getting rad.

It's nearly impossible to sew sleeves onto a fucking shirt. It's stupid hard.

Don't be on facebook.

It's mariahs birthday.

Drink more water.

Saddleshoes.

2009-06-28T04:06:00.000-07:00

So Rockridge is getting wild overseas. Check out her soothing adventures. I love you girl.

rockridgelife

Wild Dutch.

2009-06-28T03:42:00.001-07:00

I got a really cool email today titled "Collages and Versace make me think of you." Not only a super rad thing to say but in it I learned of a dutch dude named Tim Roeloffs. Dude makes rad collages. And I guess he did a really cool colaboration with Versace . Check it out.

Note Agyness Deyn, a toally hot super model with short blonde hair. Does that make her a lesbian?? who cares?!?

And here are some more of Tim's rad collages.

Very cool. you can check out his website, it has so much great stuff on it.
TimRoeloffs

Reading Rainbow.

2009-06-27T01:56:00.000-07:00

Gay Pride.

2009-06-27T01:08:00.000-07:00

I'm sure being gay is awesome. And although I love the gays, lately I have been labeled as one. Funny,because I am not dating or conoodeling with another woman but because my hair is super short. I get it a lot at my job, I work in a bar and girls make assumptions and write cute little messages on the bottom of their tabs and make extra long eye contact and shit, and at first I kinda thought it was funny. But dude. Cmon. The other day this girl came in, she comes in often she was really nice, and apparenty I wasn't giving her enough attention cause she got all pissy and weird, (I don't even know her name I've only served her a few times) and started making out with some girl right in front of me. And while she was kissing this other girl she was looking right at me. Awkward. My boss was cracking up, I was trying not to look. Then today at the bodega the guy who sells me my marlbro lights was like "when you first cut your hair I thought Oh, she is gay. But then I thought no, she is not. Are you a lesbian?" Hmmmmmm. Man...Sheez. Just trying to get a pack of gum. So I was like "Nah dude, not gay." And he said that it's not my hair but my location. He explained that if he saw me on the east side I would just be a girl with short hair, but here on the hill I am a lesbian. Okay. So I told him I have kinda been getting it a lot lately at work and its kinda awkward and funny cause nobody has actually asked me what my sexual preference is until him, they just assume I'm some raging dyke or just passivly hit on me. Very weird. But then this other guy in the bodega was like " do other girls slap your ass?" Okay pervert. I said no and left. Then after band practice we were walking down the street and we hear this kid say "She is gay" to his friend. Damon said no she is not. Really? Am I that dykish? And if I am is that okay? When i cut off all my hair it was really awesome, I felt like Mia Farrow, I felt like Twiggy, cute and 60's inspired. Now with all the labels and assumptions it feels confusing and lame. And its gonna take forever to grow out. So I guess in the mean time, I can't stop people from thinking whatever they want, but I just have to remind myself that regardless of what category of whatever people wanna put me in for no reason, they don't know me and at the end of the day they don't fucking care anyway, and it's fucking rad.

Work.

2009-06-25T01:35:00.000-07:00

Black Breath!

2009-06-25T01:32:00.000-07:00

Dudes check out the rad photos on this website.
brooklynvegan
This one of Elron is so awesome! Dude Elron Shreds!

IT SHREDS!!!!!

2009-06-24T01:11:00.001-07:00

Really.

2009-06-24T00:45:00.000-07:00

So if you haven't already please go back to the kecak monkey chant video and watch it. Really. It's so Wild Life.

Just do the right thing.

2009-06-24T00:33:00.001-07:00

Wild Life.

2009-06-23T23:53:00.000-07:00

ACTUAL PAIN. ACTUAL PAIN. ACTUAL PAIN.

So the husband and I have just finished filling the orders for the many stores around the globe that are psyched for the latest designs by my man. My favorite this season is "Stressed out kids". I am hoping there is an extra one that I can alter into my version of street wear. Good job babe!

Actual Pain

Really into this.

2009-06-22T02:24:00.000-07:00

Dudes get fucking ready for this. I had no idea people were partying like this.

The Balinese really know how to get down. Kecak is mostly performed by a hundred or more men as like an exorcism performance art dance party thing. Fucking unreal.

Indonesia. What's up!?!

Everthing looks so rad. I bet the animals can talk.

Holy Ghost.

2009-06-20T14:08:00.001-07:00

Nardwuar.

2009-06-20T00:34:00.000-07:00

Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?

2009-06-20T00:16:00.000-07:00

Song of the day. Song of the life.

2009-06-18T17:00:00.000-07:00

Solutions.

2009-06-18T01:25:00.000-07:00