Metric, Shepherd's Bush Empire

If Emily Haines is not in your Coolest Women Alive list then I cannot take you seriously as a human being.

Salyu X Salyu

I finally invested in a Mark III! First gig I got to shoot with it: Cornelius + Salyu's Salyu X Salyu project at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. It was amazing.

I am the best at shopping. The best of all time.

Today’s find: Catholic style bracelet...

THE CAT EDITION. Isn't it just the best thing you have ever seen?? I should start a web series. “Skeletor goes shopping for accessories.” 

White Denim + White Arrows

Hey! Remember when I used to actually go out and do stuff? And then came back home and wrote about it?

...no, me neither. It's hot. Please go easy on me. My mouse pad keeps sticking to my arms.

Anyway, here are some pictures I took of White Denim and White Arrows last week. Sweat galore!

Graham Coxon at the Forum

Multig-rain

Today I walked to Shoreditch to buy some multigrain mini bread at Albion (seriously, best multigrain bread I've found in London so far). On my way back it started to rain, biblical style, and I had to choose between seeking shelter in Spitalfields market or walking through the rain and risk getting my beloved bread soaked. The choice was obvious, so this is what I was stuck looking at for about half an hour this afternoon.

Look at all those running city folk!

Then the rain stopped, I walked back home and had a delicious multigrain + Nutella dinner. The end. Only it isn't, because I still have two mini loaves left for breakfast. Thanks Albion! Stay delicious.

Guys! Guys! Remember like, pogs and stuff?

Like most people that were sentient beings in the 90s I've been taking many rides on the nostalgia train lately. Soulwax are one of the first bands I remember being ridiculously impressed with when I entered teenagehood and really started getting into music. The fact that they were Flemish -like having the same accent as me created some sort of mutually acknowledged bond or something- and were stuck presenting some terrible TMF show dedicated to "alt" music (does anyone remember? @lter8 or some terrible pre noughties slang name I think? it was awkward and amazing.) resulting in some brilliant Dewaele brother video banter just made me love them that much more. This song still holds up quite well I think.

My live music shots of the week

Kindness

The History of Apple Pie

Both these gigs were brilliant. Go see them if you have the chance, shower them with love and support, buy their stuff, etc. etc. !

Choo Choo

Tomorrow I'm going back to the Netherlands for a few days. This means I'll have to spend 4 to 5 hours (if I'm lucky) looking at this and trying not to fall asleep lest someone steal all my personal belongings:

Jealous? You should be

I'm already dreading the smelly snacks the person sitting next to me will be eating. Their loud music. Their horizontally impressive physique. I'm practising my elbow tuck as we speak.

I still need to pack. I still need to clean. I'm tired. My stomach hurts. Wah wah wah. Maybe I'll finally invest in a nice rocking chair this year.

S'no more snow

So the snow fun sadly didn't end up lasting very long. It started melting the day after and there's not much evidence of it left other than the occasional gray patch of sludge. Luckily I went out to document it right away (I felt I owed it to my friend Clara who loves snow but had to miss out on account of her being Spain-ed), so here's is my - kind of late - obligatory London snow photo post!

Butt faced snowman calls you in

February 4th: London catches up to my hometown. Finally.

"Try not to kill people"

As with most people of a certain age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was (IS!) a huge deal to me on so many levels, and after discovering this awesome Tumblr called Buffy Outfits I suddenly remembered how much style inspiration my teenage self got from this amazing series. It should come as no surprise that the character I wanted to dress like the most was Willow Rosenberg.
Since I no longer live in the late 90s and now have the magical ability to screencap (oh god remember VHS? remember it? I still have all my favourite episodes on video tape. Thank you BBC.) I can think of no better use of my time than writing a post dedicated my most coveted Willow ensembles.

Let's start with my absolute favourite:

You wish you looked this good after waking up next to a dead body