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Monday, February 18, 2008

T-shirt + Charity + fashion + Howlin' Pelle Almqvist

After reading a very moving story about his sick daughter from Michael Laws in the Sunday Star-Times, here's another plug for the work done by Starship Hospital. From 27 February, The Warehouse will be selling t-shirts to raise money for them (see Runway Reporter):
The uber retail store and New Zealand designer have teamed up for the second time to create a range of children’s T-shirts in support of the Starship Foundation. World has designed six different T-shirts which are available in sizes infant to 16 years. Five dollars from every T-shirt will go towards the Starship Foundation. The proceeds will particularly boost Starship’s air retrieval service, which airlifts more than 200 young patients each year to the children’s hospital.

I got a couple for me from the last lot, designed by world so the bigger sizes certainly fit buxom adults too.


And of course the Breast Cancer t-shirts for 08 are out at Glassons. I got the rather lovely one designed by Ruby with the big pink flouro heart. Cos I am emo.

For more fashion stuff, I recommend Anglomania. It's a weird un ... historical costumes in conjunction with 20th and 21st century fashion - staged in vignettes set in period rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The mannequins who wear the costumes are a bit scary, like the clockwork characters in the Doctor Who episode The Girl in the Fireplace. I've got the perfume Anglomania by Vivienne Westwood, and her style is all over this book.

I know Valentine's Day has been and gone, but NME brings you some of music's pretty boys to warm your cockles. Hear hear to Serge of Kasabian who looked delish on Later with Jools Holland last night.And am listenin to Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of The Hives as we speak ... (Throw it on me with Timbaaaaland).


On another music strand, another brilliant ballbuster by Fedde Le Grand with Ida Corr "Let me think about it". "Put your hands up for Detroit" is such a genius song and this has similar boppy robot funkiness. Love the Robert Palmer video with added afro.


On the visual entertainment front, we are fully immersed in So you think you can dance Australia. Unlike the tedium of other talent shows and Idols, these people are quite incredibly talented. It is down to top 20 now, so the standards are ultra high. Breakdancers, poppers, Latin, Ballroom, jazz, it's all in there.

We are watching the series Robot Chicken as recommended by one of the dudes at our local Video Ezy. Stop start animation and fast paced furious humour, and one of the creators is Seth Green of "Family Guy" fame. It massacres all your favourite pop culture stuff from Star Wars to the Muppets. In love in love.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Wilkommen 2008


An ingenious use of your vinyl sleeves...

Rome is back on TV1 on Sunday nights ... et tu hot Brutus

Most sought after book - Lost Girls by Alan Moore - reviewed by Michel Faber. Huge, and purple in all senses.

10 fashion rules for 2008

Cate B looks wunderbar as a Russian dominatrix in the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. Kapow!

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Back in Black

I've been sans home pc for a while. My c drive had meltdown ... still, offers an opportunity for some tidying and culling. I've added a flickr badge (see right).

Here's a measly couple of things in the meantime.
  • Why The Sopranos is telly's crowning achievement
  • have fun with Tagcrowd


    created at TagCrowd.com


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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2007

    Buxom wenches kick ass in Christchurch

    Shame on you Christchurch Casino: Christchurch Casino says it is reviewing its dress code and was already doing so when it received a complaint from a woman who says she was "humiliated" after being asked to cover her ample breasts..

    As an ample gal myself I feel her pain. What next? Will gents with combovers be expelled from their hallowed gambling halls? It just ain't cricket. Why are big boobs only acceptable if they are silicone and leering from some men's mag?

    Silly old Campbell Live on TV3 is choosing to deal with the story by talking to Nicky Watson. Jeez they're fake!

    Ironically President Hugo Chavez railed against a new trend in beauty-conscious Venezuela, giving girls breast implants for their 15th birthday. "Now some people think, 'My daughter's turning 15, let's give her breast enlargements.' That's horrible.

    The other story Campbell is covering tonight; "We meet a woman who has set herself a most unusual challenge. At 21 years old she's decided to have eleven babies to eleven different fathers. Find out how she's gone about it and more importantly, why she's doing it."

    Ah bless, investigative journalism at its best. Al Jazeera rip your heart out.

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    Wednesday, April 27, 2005

    bro'Town

    bro'Town is now online

    love the t-shirts

    I've got the Peyow Peyow
    but could easily expand my collection and get the Not even ow featuring Jeff the Maori
    and I'm going to the pub ... I may be some time

    coming soon
    Asians are cool
    God is good
    and I love you son

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    Tuesday, April 19, 2005

    Reality TV

    Courtesy of "Web Pages that Suck"
    The news that watchers of "The Apprentice" will be stoked to hear

    Omarosa is not only online with the most ego-riddled site ever, but she is going on Fear Factor -
    as a way of facing her fear of swimming since nearly drowning in a pool. Yeah right.

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