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Heaven Is a Place on Earth

Fajr — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:47:46 +0000

Katy Perry is my alterego.. the Sasha Fierce to my Beyonce. Now I know I’m uber-late, just having watched the California Girls video, but where is this fantasical CandyLand place and how can I book my flight?!? The camp, the kitsch, the peppermint bras! Holy Smokes Batman! I’m in love with every element of this video and I’m working on a D.I.Y. whip cream shooting bra, as I type. Oh just you wait!

Sure the concept has nothing to do with California, but when the video is this fun who cares?!?

How do you feel about California Girls? Katy Perry? Be nice, she is half of me!

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Music Meets Fashion: VV Brown

Fajr — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:54:12 +0000

The new generation of artists are embracing fashion as an extension of their music and stage persona. One such stylish singer is British transplant VV Brown. The 5’11 model has a distinct sound and look that blends to create an offbeat, yet refreshing musician. “Shark in the Water” and “Back in Time” are my personal favorites. Her debut album “Traveling Like the Light” was released in July 2009.

VV is signed to Model Management and has appeared in Vogue magazine. Her fashion sense is characterized by her retro flattop hairstyle and vintage style. She even has her own online vintage shop www.vvvintage.com.

Isn’t VV Brown’s style and voice phenomenal?

Fashion Weekend at the Piazza

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A DJ Saved My Life: Chrisette Michele

Fajr — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:20:52 +0000

While my body loves dance music, my soul craves those old standard love songs that make you crave being in love and even worse breaking up so you can feel exactly how the singer feels. Few singers have the ability to make you feel that way. Chrisette Michele is one of them. In the vain of Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday and Jill Scott, Chrisette Michele has a gut wrenching voice and lyrics that feel like she’s poured her soul into her music. Newcomer, Chrisette has already won a Grammy award in 2009 for her single “Be Ok” and was nominated in 2008 for “If I Had My Way”.

On her second studio release Epiphany, Chrisette continues her slow, melodic tunes that she established on her debut album, I Am (2007). Epiphany features more of the wide-ranging vocals, bluesy melodies and soulful lyrics. Chrisette has also grown in her style from her first album to Epiphany, ditching her long locks for a short flipped do, and this change is definitely reflected in Epiphany’s strong themes of love and getting over heartbreak.

Here’s Epiphany and her recent video for her single titled the same.

Chrisette Michele – “Epiphany”

Epiphany – Chrisette Michele

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A DJ Saved My Life: Lady Gaga

Fajr — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:34:38 +0000

I’m a self-confessed Dance/ Disco lover. I crave all things electronica and disco gets my heart thumping and feet pounding. Ask my former roommate about my Saturday morning Disco and techno dance-a-thons. So it’s a no-brainer that I would love current Pop artist Lady Gaga.

Born in New York, Joanne Stefani Germanotta, Lady Gaga got her start performing in the Lower East Side with fellow performer Lady Starlight. They created a disco revue complete with elaborate costumes and at 20 she began working for Interscope Records where she was signed and in 2008 released her debut album, “The Fame”

I’m obsessed with her 80′s meets disco style and her infectious dance tracks. She’s my hair idol at the moment, so look forward to seeing a Gaga-esque hair’do. Here are more tunes and videos from Lady Gaga.

THE FAME – LADY GAGA [2008]

Just Dance

Beautiful Dirty Rich

Poker Face

The Making of “The Fame”

Does Lady Gaga make you go gaga or just gag?

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Prince of the Avant Garde: Gareth Pugh

Fajr — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:28:26 +0000

He’s on the lips of everyone, thanks in part to the appearance of his unwearable wears surfacing on Beyonce, on several occasions. Now T Magazine has brought the on the radar designer, Gareth Pugh, above light to get some insight into his upstart in London, his upcoming project with Michele Lamy and his artistic vision.

10 Things Prince taught me about Fashion

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My Year in Music

Fajr — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:04:03 +0000

2008 was an alright year for me, there was nothing spectacular to recount and I’m wholly looking forward to 2009, to do all the things that I have planned or wasn’t able to do in ’08. So instead of going down memory lane with my experiences of the past year, I thought I’d hit play and do a music recap of the albums and songs that got me through another year. Click the albums to listen.

1. Santogold-“Santogold” : Just when everything in music and life was beginning to sound and feel the same; the Philly/ Brooklyn transplant came in and smashed the radio. Seeing her in concert was a highlight and the themes in her music of carving out your own path and following no one but yourself are all things that made Santogold my fave by far.

3. Lil Wayne-“The Carter 3″- By no means am I a Lil Wayne supporter, but you can’t deny the man that the Carter 3 was the fastest thing smoking. “A Milli”, “Lollipop” and others had me on full blast and got me excited about hip-hop again.

4. M.I.A.- “Paper Planes” : Released early in 2008, Paper Planes didn’t start rolling until later with the Pineapple Express soundtrack and then the T.I. remix featuring Kanye, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. It’s reach over-exposure but I’m still partial to the original and how could you resist a song with gun shooting and cash register ringing.

5. Janelle Monae- “Metropolis- The Chase Suite” : When women were being over-sexualized, Janelle Monae sang “when you take off your clothes, all your dreams go down the drain.” Her rockabilly meets funk soul made Janelle Monae my favorite female of the year and her music isn’t short on message or danceability. She’s a Cybergirl from outer space and I want her to beam me to her planet.

Honorable Mentions:

What music got you through 2008?

Music Meets Fashion: VV Brown

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What Happened to Kanye?

Fajr — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:04:24 +0000

I’m all down for artistic expression, poetic license or what have you. I understand stepping outside of boxes and doing what other people aren’t doing. I appreciate it actually. However, what I do not appreciate is when some thing is different and is passed off as the hottest, most unique thing since sliced bread.

808′s & Heartbreaks, Kanye West’s 4th studio album borders of the experimental (for him) and he’s doing some amazing things graphically with the albums artwork. His use of the vocoder is hilarious and interesting at the same time, and while he’s changed his method a bit, he still retains his same “self-absorbed” nature on this album (in the best possible way) I agree that it’s more introspective and maybe with everything that has been happening in his life as of late, we couldn’t expect anything except 808′s to come from Kanye.

Say You Will, Amazing, Heartless and Love Lockdown are by and by favorites. Pinnocho Story and Welcome to Heartbreak have a real testimony that is so endearing to this album and reminds you that Kanye is after all the loveable avant gardist of Hip-Hop. While 808′s is not a ground-shattering album, it is maybe the most personal from Kanye and for that reason alone you have to love it.

“My friend showed me a picture of his kids I showed him some pictures of my cribs he said his daughter just got a new report card and I just brought a new sports car”

Listen to 808′s & Heartbreaks or hear snippets here:

Here is the video for the 2nd single, “Heartless”

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Nikka Costa- Pebble to a Pearl

Fajr — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:19:06 +0000

I love fearless, funky females. Nikka Costa fits the bill and has been recording her own brand of hippie, funk soul. All Nikka Costa heads knows that she has raspy vocals, soulful 70′s beats and a message that deserves mainstream recognition, though it eludes her. She recently released her 3rd CD on October 14th, Pebble to a Pearl and it’s infused with her rocking brand and eclectic style. You can listen and download here

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Tunes-Day: Mary Jane Girls

Fajr — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:07:34 +0000

I’ve been nostalgic lately. Pining for days and music that I’ve actually never lived though. It could be my old soul or just a quest to delve into the past, but the 80′s are on my mind. So this Tunesday edition is dedicated to one of the baddest girl groups in 80′s and music history. Electic in sound and style, the Mary Jane Girls are an inspiration to all the fly girls of today. They were protegees of Rick James and consisted of Joanne “Jojo” McDuffie, Candice “Candi” Ghant, Kim “Maxi” Wuletich, and Ann “Cheri” Bailey.

Each had their own personal style and persona with Joanne being street tough, “female Rick James”, Candi was the Vamp, Kim “Maxi” was the leather queen and Cheri was the Valley Girl. They’re songs have been covered and sampled and the Mary Jane Girls have left a lasting impression on feminism, pop music and fashion.

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TUNES-day: Santogold Edition

Fajr — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:08:41 +0000

Just a warning: I’m going inundate this blog with all things Santogold today, as I’ll be seeing her in concert later. If you can understand my excitement to see her, then you can stomach all the gushing to come. Her songs have been wafting in my ears for days and now I get to experience her live and in living color.

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