1. Marlon Brando's Laundromat - Pony Up!
2. Bottom of a Well - Dosh
3. Brown Girl in the Ring - kiiiiii
4. Pavilions of Sun - Tyrannosaurus Rex
5. One Track Mind - The Knickerbockers
6. Blokes on 45 (Peel Session) - Orange Juice
7. Goodnight Jack - St. Etienne
8. Ramblin' (Wo)man - Cat Power
9. Lion's Teeth - The Mountain Goats
10. Let Me Get Close to You - Skeeter Davis
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Friday Random Ten
1. Web in Front - Archers of Loaf
2. New Partner - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3. Straight On - Heart
4. Come My Sunshine - The Comas
5. Power Bird - Kleenex Girl Wonder
6. No Pointing Arrows - Heartless Bastards
7. Honeybear - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Useless Landscape - Movietone
9. Cosmia - Joanna Newsom
10. Mr. Richard - Belle and Sebastian
2. New Partner - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3. Straight On - Heart
4. Come My Sunshine - The Comas
5. Power Bird - Kleenex Girl Wonder
6. No Pointing Arrows - Heartless Bastards
7. Honeybear - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Useless Landscape - Movietone
9. Cosmia - Joanna Newsom
10. Mr. Richard - Belle and Sebastian
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Secrets of Successful Clothing Swaps (aka Make It Work)
Ok, this is just sad. These clothing swaps were clearly awful because the hostess had no idea what she was doing.
Here are tips for a good clothing swap:
1. Carefully compose the guest list. Invite ladies who are a range of sizes, but who have fairly similar taste. This might seem counterintuitive -- your instinct is to invite all your friends who are about the same size. But in reality, clothes fit everyone differently. Plus, often people are giving away clothes they've grown out of (or stuff they've shrunk in the wash), meaning they'll fit a range of body types.
2. Prep your guests. Tell them that if they have an item of clothing that is completely heinous and they wouldn't be caught dead in it, they probably shouldn't bring that item to swap. The clothing swap is a place for stuff that doesn't fit you quite right, or that you're sick of, or that doesn't match the rest of your wardrobe -- but not anything that you'd be embarrassed to wear. (Again, this is why it's important to invite ladies with similar taste.)
3. Provide booze. Hold your swap on a weekend afternoon, and provide copious amounts of bloody marys, mimosas, peach sangria, and the like. Lowered inhibitions mean people will a) feel more comfortable saying no if they really don't want an item, and b) feel more at ease getting nekkid to try on the clothes.
Voila. Wasn't that easy?
Here are tips for a good clothing swap:
1. Carefully compose the guest list. Invite ladies who are a range of sizes, but who have fairly similar taste. This might seem counterintuitive -- your instinct is to invite all your friends who are about the same size. But in reality, clothes fit everyone differently. Plus, often people are giving away clothes they've grown out of (or stuff they've shrunk in the wash), meaning they'll fit a range of body types.
2. Prep your guests. Tell them that if they have an item of clothing that is completely heinous and they wouldn't be caught dead in it, they probably shouldn't bring that item to swap. The clothing swap is a place for stuff that doesn't fit you quite right, or that you're sick of, or that doesn't match the rest of your wardrobe -- but not anything that you'd be embarrassed to wear. (Again, this is why it's important to invite ladies with similar taste.)
3. Provide booze. Hold your swap on a weekend afternoon, and provide copious amounts of bloody marys, mimosas, peach sangria, and the like. Lowered inhibitions mean people will a) feel more comfortable saying no if they really don't want an item, and b) feel more at ease getting nekkid to try on the clothes.
Voila. Wasn't that easy?
Monday, June 9, 2008
La Lohan learns to thrift?
Ok, so not really. But she did allow herself to be photographed in -- gasp! -- second-hand clothes. For shame.
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