"WANTED" review

so i saw WANTED with my first real friend Olivia Laurence Wolfe this past weekend. Olivia and i met when we were about 4 years old on the playground of Gulliver Academy. so not only is she my first real friend but my oldest that i still keep in touch with. now please enjoy her 5 minute review:

how about a five WORD review...james mcavoy is extremely sexy. i think that sort of sums up the movie..that and bullets hitting each other at rapid speeds over and over and over and over and over...(like a monkey with a miniature symbol)...

and that pretty much sums up the cinematic jewel that is WANTED. though i'm still not sure if i believe James MacAvoy as action star. oh and olivia is an incredibly talented artist. please, please, please check out her stuff here.

My rating: 6.8/10

My love of leopard has been immortalized forever

My first friend, and incredibly talented artist, Olivia Wolfe, asked me to pose for her before Ultra Music Festival and I was absolutely honored that she asked so of course I said yes. She sent me a glimpse of the progress she made and the above shot is a glimpse of that.

Barney's sent out an e-mail blast for this Fendi leopard bag back in June on the same day I got to catch a glimpse of what Olivia was working on and thought it was coincidental kismet. While the bag is too rich for my budget, I thought both were just positively gorgeous (the painting itself & not just because I'm in it.) So I had to share. The info below is what OW sent me about her show, and I would have posted it earlier but was running around like a crazy person all throughout Basel.

when worlds collide...Pharrell meets 'Hamlet'

So I happened to meet Pharrell today...yes THE Pharrell, while overseeing a shoot at Marine Stadium today and I got to give him a safety talk, and chat with him for all of 2 seconds, but it was still incredibly cool to meet a guy who's work I so thoroughly enjoy. Later when I was recounting the story to Olivia, we somehow came up with a scenario where I would end up in Pharrell's arms and due to my general awkwardness/infatuation with her, I would end up saying Olivia's name instead of his. Of course she being the brilliant person and wonderful person that she is, remarked I'd probably find someway to combine her and his name & would probably spit out Ophelia. The mere mention of a character from Hamlet made me think of this little tidbit I saw a few weeks ago: Exclusive: 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke to update 'Hamlet' with Emile Hirsch Showbiz News and Scoop Studio and Network Dish EW.com. & that's how Pharrell met Hamlet in my mind...crazy I know, but the dude sees sounds, so he probably wouldn't be too weirded out.

Anyhoozie here are a couple of shots from the shoot, which was for MTV International where a musician and an artist talk about art, what inspires them, etc. It should be pretty rad and is part of a series of 16 1-minute interviews, though I have to say 1 of the coolest moments was when Pharrell told me "Oh wow, I thought you worked for MTV." That comment alone made me think about applying for a job there (for only a second) and put him as a reference! & on a completely different note, I'm in love with the work of William Shakespeare, adore Emile and really respect Hardwicke so I hope their version is rad.

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plate hate

This lovely little pic was sent to me by the wonderful & brilliant Olivia Wolfe & the best contribution plate hate's seen a while. The car is pretty fab, but I'm just not a fan of 99% of vanity plates.

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PHIL CASSEL I'M CALLING YOU OUT ON YOUR SHIT!

last week i posted some pictures from when i went to go see WALL-E with my soon to be former close friend Phillip Elkin Cassel. as you know i like to have my friends post reviews of concerts we go to here, and so i decided to branch out to movies. only because i've gotten to spend some time with some people i don't often get to see, so i wanted to integrate into my life social digital life. this past saturday i saw WANTED with my first real friend Olivia Wolfe, but more on that later. Phil owes me a review so i told him i was going to call him out for what he promised which has not been recieved. Pascal Goldschmidt I am very very disappointed with you...

please take a moment to Dance the F out to - Janet Jackson

With the holiday season officially here, I've been missing a lot of people I grew up with that I don't get to see enough. In an aim to "revisit my youth" I've been listening to a lot of Janet Jackson, and "Miss You Much" helps me get over thinking about Olivia, Karl, Lauren, Phil, Tishi & the list goes on... But thanks to Janet's awesomeness I can join a "Rhythm Nation" & never dance alone. Ladies & Gents please take a moment to Dance the F out to Janet or Miss Jackson if you're nasty!

Miss You Much


Rhyhtm Nation


Love Will Never Do Without You


If


Escapade


I Get So Lonely


What Have You Done For Me Lately


All for you

I appreciate you...

Hello fair readers, it's been a while since I've legitimately contributed anything original to this space. I lost my job as The Film Permit Coordinator for The City of Miami, due to a $180 million dollar deficit at the start of October, and have spent most of my time "online" since looking for work and searching through the mire that is the interweb. I must confess I just wasn't particularly inspired to write or share anything til now, though I did do a lot of drafting, so expect an onslaught of photos from my time in Europe, music and Monty Python related posts in the near future.

I also want to take some time to thank those of you who take the time out of your day, to see if I've written any nonsense to entertain you. My brother in particular, a great guy who can be seriously silly and all too serious. I also want to thank Brian, who I just don't see enough, but whenever I do always tells me I'm a better writer than I think I am - though he's "not a fan of all the fashion stuff." I greatly appreciate it, and miss him and The Cuda. I've also got to thank the gorgeous, brilliant and kind Olivia Wolfe for being quite possibly one of the best friends a girl could have, and know we'll be friends for another 20 years. I also want to thank Richard for giving me a not-so-stern talking to about the difference between people who call themselves "artists" and those who actually are, is that artists actually produce "art"...I think. It was something along those lines, I only kind of recall it was after The Junior Boys show so things are a bit hazy.
And of course I'd like to thank those who inspire me in so many ways, that I can't even begin to list them because there are simply too many, so I'll just go all Ancient Greek and praise The Gods and of course you!

photo envy - Ultra Music Festival Roundup

Originally this post was titled "A Whole Lotta Love" when I drafted it on Sunday. Though exhaustion finally kicked in and I wasn't able to finish it (let alone barely post anything this week) til now. So Ultra Music Festival was positively ACE! The music was fantastic, but the best part was that I got to share it with people I've known & loved over the course of the past 20 years! I love and appreciate them all & am incredibly thankful to have such an array of great friends. Especially those that took pictures and posted them on Facebook because I'm too clumsy to carry an actual camera around with me, I have "borrowed" theirs. First I want give a short shout out to those who truly made this weekend worth while.

Sarah Aasbo - thanks for coming down from NYC, I hope you had a great time
Rob Andrews - see you at Coachella for even more raging
Zach Burr - thank you for telling me you once thought I was a bitch, but now really like me it was hilarious
Kaki Campbell - you are always so calm, cool & collected and I love it
Jake Coley - you quite possibly are the human embodiment of a Brett Easton Ellis character & a beautiful enigma
Ken Dolan - can't wait to see you at Swamp Stomp
Travis Gordon - we need to rage more
Kevin Kaltenbacher - you quite possibly are probably still one of the smartest kids I'll ever know Dennis Lang - I want to know where you got that splendid hat
Rob Letscher - you quite possibly have the kindest smile on the planet
Alexi Luger - don't quit your day job you have NO future in [Arepa] theft
Kyle Michas - I have one word, about THE coolest kid I met at boarding school : logorrhea
Eric Morales - you'll forever be my neighbor
Justin Namon - your pictures are effortlessly awesomeAmanda Rouse - one beautiful lady inside and out
Whitney Roux - thanks for spotting my bangs
Wes Samuel- I really do wish I had gotten to see your "glowstick routine" Monte Shalett - I commend you for surviving a night in that wasteland with those 2 "ladies" you were with
Case Watson - you are the sunshine of my life ("in a totally platonic maudlin way")
Olivia Wolfe - to my first friend ever, all I can say is DOTBLOGSPOTDOTCOM. Oh and I'm pretty sure this song is going to be stuck in my head for the next months and I have 0 problem with it.

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Now here are the pics.

Infected Mushroom


Dennis!!!!!

Cut Copy


Cut Copy after an incredible set

Amanda & Justin

Amanda & Rob

Thumbs up!

photos taken of me, unbeknownst [I love that word] to me by Ms. Wolfe

darkness falls & Rob keeps on his shades

Alice Glass of Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

up close & personal at CC (nice shots Justin)

before people started climbing this tree at MSTRKRFT

a shout out

so my oldest friend is a beautiful, and incredibly talented artist. we met on the playground at Gulliver Academy when we were 4 years old and i've been obsessed with her ever since. there was a great profile written about her here, and you can check out her work here! please show olivia whatever love you can, this girl is amazing and is the only other person i know who loves the x-files.

I'm famous on the festival circuit....

Well at least I think so in my mind. While I'm currently in California, next weekend April 25, 2009 there will be a great local music festival at Viriginia Key Fishing Village (more commonly known as Jimbos,) called Swamp Stomp. There's going to be plenty of great local acts, like Juke, Tavern, Rachel Goodrich & Cleveland Jones, so I encourage you to check it out. Each year the event gets better and everyone always has a fantastic time. This year I was deemed head of the 'Hipsters' and will in charge of a Tug of War contest against "the hippies." Clearly the gentlemen who nominated me have NOT SEEN the Hipster Olympicsm which you can view below. I've got to thank Olivia for bringing this to my attention before Ultra because it was incredibly coincidental.

I'm not saying I'm gonna forfeit, but as hipsters say "Silver is the new gold...& empanadas are the new cupcakes."

photo envy/pussy post

So I came across these photots recently posted by a Facebook "friend" of mine and they were just too damn adorable not to post. [& no I don't feel creepy posting other people's pet's photos...especially when said person thought they saw me at the Wachovia on Lincoln Road & didn't believe Olivia when she repeatedly told him it was NOT me. I keep the few sheckles I have in my mattress and a piggy bank shaped like a giant Coke bottle for the coins!]

Kiefer Sutherland thinks he's actually Jack Bauer and breaks Fashion Designer's nose!

When I saw this title -Winner Of Last Night: SubMercer. Keifer Sutherland Breaks Jack McCollough’s Nose! - I was more worried about Jack than shocked Kiefer went all nutso again (full clip below,) and thought he actually was Jack Bauer. Jack McCollough, on the other hand, is one half of my favorite design duo Proenza Schouler, and apparently is still in the hospital as of yesterday. I tweeted about how I was watching 24 and drooling over updates about The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Costume Gala, but didn't think worlds would collide like this.

Kiefer on holiday, and who knows what else...

I've gotta give a shout out to Olivia for sending me pics from backstage at Proenza Schouler's Fall 09 show, back in February, since that's probably the last time you'll see a pic of Jack with his old nose.

and here's the profile/a cheap excuse for me to show how adorable Lazaro (the other half of the design duo.)