singing our hearts out.
say it ain't so.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Reckless Blues
Here are some blue items from my shop that I've just re-listed. Perfect if you're feelin' like singing the blues.
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 -- September 26, 1937) was a hard-drinking, bisexual, smouldering blues singer, most popular in the 1920's. She sang often with Louis Armstrong, and was known as the 'The Empress of Blues"
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| Killer 60's Bow Pumps: $32.00 |
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| Back View |
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| Blue Fireworks! Perfect Condition Rhinestone Brooch: %15.00 |
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| Leopard Print Blues: PLUS SIZE: $18.00 |
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| 1940s Sailor Collar Day Dress SALE: $30.00 |
"Reckless Blues" Bessie Smith (1925)
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 -- September 26, 1937) was a hard-drinking, bisexual, smouldering blues singer, most popular in the 1920's. She sang often with Louis Armstrong, and was known as the 'The Empress of Blues"
Friday, November 4, 2011
I wish I could pinch Marilyn Monroe.
SOME LIKE IT HOT:
Why I want to pinch Marilyn Monroe's cheek and steal (ok borrow) her dress.
Some Like it Hot is one of my favorite movies of all time. It has Marilyn Monroe, men in drag, mobsters and more. Rent it, netflix it, download it, borrow it. I promise it stands the test of time. If you are one of those people who say you 'hate old movies' this might change your mind a teensy bit. Marilyn's wardrobe is simply delicious. Fashion nerds should watch it just for that.
AMAZING THINGS
in the following clip:
1. Marilyn's Charm and sex kittenishness when she sings
2. Her 'assets' in her dress
(aka her breasts, the girls, her ample bosom.)
3. Her silky smooth voice
4. Jack Lemmon being hilarious
5. A hotel porter doing a BOW TIE trick! Eeeep!
6. Men in Drag
7. Marilyn's SEQUINED VERY SHEER DRESS
8. Marilyn singing 'Boo Boo Bee Doop'. I just wanna pinch her cheek in that moment. She walks that line of sexy cute funny wanton ironic innocent drop dead sexy constantly. Oh, and If you never realized who a certain cartoon named Betty was satirizing, then here is it.
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style icons and incredible photography.
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| Veronica Lake. Oh the hair, the voice, the eyebrows! |
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| A young Frida Kahlo genderbending. |
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| Maria Montez film still, looking coy and with a hint of mocking. |
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| Marilyn Monroe Working out Lifting Weights by Phillippe Halsman 1952 |
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| "Street Talk" Max Yano 1946 Los Angeles |
Treasury: Camile loves Typography
'Camille loves typeography.' 33norashmora33
 Vintage Train Case .. Tawny ... $32.00 |  Wind of change.... Cream-Bro... $43.00 |  handmade journal - coptic wo... $75.00 |  Typography love art print - ... $23.00 |
 Navy Bird Beige Clutch READY... $35.00 |  Wire Wrapped Ring - To Order... $12.00 |  vintage 1950s party dress / ... $128.00 |  Pinecone earrings $9.00 |
 Camille Coat with Goblin Hoo... $330.00 |  Key Holder - Jewelry organiz... $14.99 |  Pinecone Photo Set, Home Dec... $35.00 |  100 Japanese Inspired PEEL &... $18.95 |
 Saguaro Cactus Lamp EXAMPL... $1400.00 |  Dog Art Print Hand Shadows ... $25.00 |  Vintage Suitcase by Samsonit... $35.00 |  Green and Tan Jar $38.00 |
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sad songs...
Warning: this is a sad post with sad songs about sad serious things. Please skip me if you do not want to feel sad today.
Sad Songs:
Sometimes it's good to feel sad through music. I know people talk about listening to sad songs when their heart is broken, but when your heart is really broken and people you love are really gone, sad songs take on a new meaning. I think that when a lover leaves, there is a piece to your sadness that is a kind of grief. But when you are actually grieving, it is like your whole reality is shifted. You hear with new ears. You are changed, and so how you listen is changed. I am grieving right now, and sad songs put harmonies to the pulse of pain I feel all the time. I hear the words in my head, saying the things I can't say out loud without breaking. I feel like I have been afraid to listen to sad songs lately, but today I found they can be healing. It is almost like a safe way to plug into the heavy grief I carry around all the time. Because it is someone else's song, I can connect to it, but it was not written for me. The words speak to me, but they are not mine. So it is almost like I have a buffer for my feelings.
So with that, here are some of the songs and lyrics that have been making me feel the saddest. Let's just go all in. Grab your tissues, your xanax, your blanket.....whatever you need....
Sad Song Number One:
Soft Shoulder by Ani Difranco
I still love this song. It came up on my ipod randomly today, which is what started me thinking about sad songs in the first place. When I was in High School, I choreographed a modern dance piece to this with my friend Amanda. It was a duet and it was so exciting to create it and dance it with her.
Listening to it now, it feels heavy, I feel different when I listen to it. It makes me feel incredibly sad. (please ignore cheesy fan video and daisy)
I still love this song. It came up on my ipod randomly today, which is what started me thinking about sad songs in the first place. When I was in High School, I choreographed a modern dance piece to this with my friend Amanda. It was a duet and it was so exciting to create it and dance it with her.
Listening to it now, it feels heavy, I feel different when I listen to it. It makes me feel incredibly sad. (please ignore cheesy fan video and daisy)
I don't keep much stuff around
I value my portability
but I will say that I have saved
every letter you ever wrote to me
the one you left on my windshield
outside of that little motel
is in the pocket of my old gigbag
from back when life was more soft shelled
letters littered with little lewd pictures
drawn by the ghost of Woody Guthrie
who would use your big thick hand
just to draw- one two for me
and I think of your letters as love letters
which is how I think of songs
in that it is the writing of them
that tend to carry us along
and I dance to one of your old tunes
with my true love on our wedding day
and your voice sang the way my heart would sing
if it finally knew just what to say.
Two people pull over on the same night
to look up at the same stars
and they both found their wheels were spinning in a soft shoulder
when they both got back into their cars.
and they missed fate's appointed rendezvous
and then a whole lotta time went by.
and one day they were done
worshiping the landscape
and they just put down their hands
and moved into the sky.
and they had barely said hello and it was time
to say goodbye."
Sad Song Number Two:
Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine
I used to think this song was about a break up. Now I hear different things. I feel like it is about the feeling of loosing somebody before they are gone, the twilight where they become unreachable. But you can't reach them, and you are left.
A fallen star,
Fell from your heart
And landed in my eyes
I screamed aloud
As it tore through them
And now it's left me blind.
The stars, the moon,
They have all been blown out,
You left me in the dark.
No dawn, no day,
I'm always in this twilight,
In the shadow of your heart.
And in the dark,
I can hear your heartbeat, I try to find the sound,
But then it stopped,
And I was in the darkness,
So darkness I became.
The stars, the moon,
They have all been blown out,
You left me in the dark,
No dawn, No day,
I'm always in this twilight,
In the shadow of your heart.
I took the stars from my eyes,
And then I made a map,
I knew that some how,
I could find my way back,
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too,
So I stayed in the darkness with you.
Sad Song Number Three and Four:
It Was the Only Way by Clare Burson
Baby Boy by Clare Burson
I love Clare Burson. If you don't listen to her lyrics her songs are like lullabies, but they can be deceptively sad. Here are two of hers, 'Baby Boy' is a live version, I would check out the original as the sound quality on this video is not the best. 'Baby Boy' is a song that I used to listen to on mellow Sunday mornings, just floating along on the melody. Now I really hear the lyrics. The song has changed for me.
"Only Way" by Clare Burson
you had such a lovely crooked smile
and blue eyes that were grey when it was raining
and i still have the bracelet with the gold
and ivory glowers that you made me
it was the only way (x3)
someone said you left there just in time
when i was on the other side waiting
and i can see you standing with your suitcase
and a lamplight there without me
it was the only way (x3)
funny how the details never fade
the names of where we were
and what we did there
but all i have are spaces empty
interrupting memories without you
it was the only way (repeated)
Clare Burson wrote this song about her Lithuanian great-grandfather, who left home at 14 to escape the tzars' army. To me now, it says simply 'I miss you'.
"Baby Boy" by Clare Burson
my baby's in the sky
my baby's in the river
my baby's in the old stone wall, in the old stone wall
my baby packed a trunk
with more than he could carry
more than he could carry down the old dirt road, down the old dirt road
and there's a hole in the house where my baby boy lay (x3)
the morning still comes
and my days are full of cleanin'
and the candles still burn as the sun goes down, as the sun goes down.
but there's a hole in the house where my baby boy lay (x3)
my baby boy, lay your head
my baby boy, lay your head
my baby boy, lay your head down
there's a hole in the house where my baby boy lay (x3)
Sad Song #5
Sigur Ros - Sæglópur
And I've left the saddest for last. This one I don't know if I can listen to all the way through without becoming a pile of mush. It played when I said Goodbye.
In writing this post though, I have been so happy to learn what the lyrics mean for the first time. They actually give this song new meaning for me. One that is about peace and infinite possibilities. So I am ending this sad list with a song of sadness, but hope too.
In writing this post though, I have been so happy to learn what the lyrics mean for the first time. They actually give this song new meaning for me. One that is about peace and infinite possibilities. So I am ending this sad list with a song of sadness, but hope too.
This was all for me, for you, for loss, for pain, for hope.
Maybe my words and these songs can be your buffer for your grief or pain.
Please share any sad songs or thoughts here if you feel like it.
Back to frivolity, glitter, fashion, art, and fun next post. Promise.
D, A, and especially especiallyJAR,
I miss you and I love you
every minute
of everyday.
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