wear it for the shape

heart sunnies are back in stock for the summertime.
see the full refinery29 feature on heart sunglasses here. this girl is so cute except for the belly button that i had to crop out. that's probably my only fashion rule that i'm confident will be permanent: never show your belly button. yes cropped tops are in style right now and yes they are great, but wear them with a high waist for christ's sake.

hearts are here.

MIXTAPE - track ten, volume four

belle and sebastian - dress up in you
great lyrics and when the horns start up it gives me goosebumps everytime. just like how my old next door neighbor linda described it to me in 1987 when she would listen to george michael.

MIXTAPE - track nine, volume four

joanna newsom - peach, plum, pear

i'll be honest, i've been trying to love her music for a long time. i love her - she's so cute and she dresses great and she plays the harp beautifully and she just seems like such a cool person and i want to be a big fan. but, i just can't easily listen to her. except for this song, it's BY FAR the best one i've heard from her yet.
here's a live version:


her favorite animal is a sea horse but she'd rather be a real horse. a wild horse:

MIXTAPE - track eight, volume four

david bowie and marianne faithfull - i got you babe.
watch the video for full torque.
and when i'm sad, you're a clown.

MIXTAPE - track seven, volume four

morrissey - at amber
words can't describe. he's is my #1.
one fan's interpretation of at amber lyrics:

"Moz is talking to an invalid friend on the telephone, complaining about all the minor inconveniences of his life - the cold room, the slime & grime, the low-life tenants - when his friend gets frustrated and tells him that he's ungrateful and he shouldn't complain all the time about such pathetic little things because at least he can walk and go places and do things! And then Morrissey reminds his friend that there's more than one way to be an invalid; there's the psychological as well as the physical; and that, in a sense, they are the same. hence the title "At Amber" - at a yellow light, neither moving forward nor fully stopping. Rather like an invalid - somewhere between living and dying."

MIXTAPE - track six, volume four

cowboy junkies - sweet jane
this of course is a cover of the velvet underground song from loaded. lou reed described this cover as "the best and most authentic version i have ever heard".

MIXTAPE - track five, volume four

joy division - no love lost
just my very favorite joy division song of all time.

MIXTAPE - track four, volume four

marianne faithfull - as tears go by
i always thought of this as just a rolling stones song, never knowing that they originally wrote it for marianne who made it a hit in the 60's. back then she sang it in the most high pitched innocent soft voice.
but then she started hanging out with mick and keith and got real rough and rugged. i chose the rugged version for the mixtape.

MIXTAPE - track three, volume four

cat power - naked if i want to
this original song by moby grape was on the last mixtape. cat power is clearly the best of our time.

MIXTAPE - track two, volume four

david bowie - breaking glass
low is probably my favorite album by david bowie. i love when listening to old albums you can hear the transition in what would be the beginning of side two of the record. where they either place a super great song to begin side two, or a change in composition of songs entirely. this album has more droning experimental/electronic songs on the second side, but the whole thing remains very listenable.

joy division's original band name 'warsaw' was named after the song 'warszawa', which is on side two of this album.