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guccigoth: Summergoth Inspirations

Tue, 29 May 2012 20:34:30 +1200

guccigoth:

Summergoth Inspirations

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Mon, 07 May 2012 22:34:11 +1200

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trustyacht: “Le Goudron” is a surrealist revolutionary song...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:05:59 +1200

trustyacht:

“Le Goudron” is a surrealist revolutionary song originally recorded in 1969 by Brigitte Fontaine with The Art Ensemble of Chicago; YACHT has reinvented its naive-apocalyptic candor for a neon-soaked dance floor, our preferred autonomous zone.

YESSSSSSSSSS nicesass: If you are more of a Robin S - Show Me...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:53:15 +1200

YESSSSSSSSSS

nicesass:

If you are more of a Robin S - Show Me Love type than Robyn - Show Me Love type then this is for you.

jawnita:

My homegirl Jess (Jubilee) just put me on to this and within seven seconds I was IMing her in ALL CAPS. Not that that’s all that out of the ordinary but I was, specifically, IMing her “HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD” not just because it’s got house diva vocals (my forever weakness) by Elisabeth Troy, but because the junglist production is THE ILLEST and it’s done by a woman, B. Traits (the cute white lady with the Erin Featherston ca. 2004 hair), which is still rarrrreeeeeeeeeeee outchea. THOSE CHORDS! SHOUT TO B. TRAITS AND ELISABETH TROY, and also entrez-vous, dnb!!

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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:37:43 +1200

T & I were treated to this amazing feast, view and excellent...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:52:00 +1200

T & I were treated to this amazing feast, view and excellent company this morning. We’re lucky!

tvdisko:

Mexican Brunch Fiesta (Vegan)

Every few months I throw together a large brunch for a few friends. Below is just one of the many I’ve put on. It includes Mexican-styled French toast, served with mole and tequila-avocado “ice cream,” potatoes with chipotle-lime vegan mayonnaise, grilled pineapple salsa, chili-lime mango salsa, Mexican chocolate tortillas, and seasoned tempeh strips. Goes down quite well, by all accounts. The view helps, too.

Mexican “French” Toast

1 ripe banana

¼ cup soy/rice milk

3-4 tbsp soy condensed milk

½ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp ground clove

¼ tsp ground cumin

½ tsp orange rind, grated

1 tbsp orange juice (half of grated orange should do)

2 pinches black pepper

1 tsp salt

4 pieces sourdough bread, thickly sliced

Rice bran spread (for frying)

Blend all ingredients, minus bread. Pour into large flat tray and soak bread for 15-20 minutes (also good to cut bread a few days in advance and let it get stale and then you can soak overnight).

Warm frying pan and melt spread. Place bread in pan and cook until golden brown. The condensed soymilk gives a nice caramel flavor and texture to the toast. Serve topped with mole and tequila avocado iced coconut cream.

Mole (slight modification of Isa Chandra Moskovitz’s vegan mole recipe)

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, chopped

3-4 cloves garlic, chopped

4-6 grilled tomatoes (or 1 can chopped tomatoes)

2 tbsp sesame seeds

¼ cup raisins

¼ tsp smoked paprika

1 tbsp chili powder (use jalapeno powder if you’ve got it, but reduce amount as it can be quite hot)

¼ tsp allspice

¼ tsp clove

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp cinnamon

3 tbsp peanut butter

1 tbsp maple syrup (or agave)

Dash of liquid smoke

2 cups vegetable broth

Hickory-smoked salt to taste

Chocolate (about ¼ to ½ cup)

Sautée onions until brown. Add garlic and continue cooking, browning also. Add spices and fry a bit longer. Add all ingredients (save for chocolate) and simmer for about 15 minutes. Place in blender and process until smooth. Return to pot and add chocolate. Let simmer longer. Best served next day to allow flavours to mingle.

Tequila Avocado Iced Coconut Cream

3-4 ripe avocados

1 can coconut cream

2 tbsp tequila

Grated rind of 1 lime

Juice of 1 lime

3-4 tbsp maple syrup (or agave)

Place all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth. Put mixture in ice cream maker and process until properly frozen.

Chipotle-Lime Nayonnaise

¼ cup favourite vegan mayonnaise

juice of 1 lime

1 tbsp chipotle sauce (or ½ teaspoon chipotle powder)

1 tbsp coriander, chopped

Mix all ingredients together. Serve on side, with hash browns.

Chocolate Tortillas

½ cup vegetable oil

½ package fresh corn tortillas, cut into triangles

Powdered Mexican chocolate

Deep fry corn tortillas until golden brown. Drain and dust with Mexican chocolate. Serve with grilled pineapple salsa and/or mango chili salsa.

Grilled Pineapple Salsa

½ pineapple, sliced and rind removed

1 lime

1 tsp chili flakes

1 tbsp coriander, chopped

Place pineapple slices on grill. Grill both sides. Let cool. Remove core, and dice. Place in bowl with lime juice, chili flakes and coriander. Mix well. Serve with chocolate tortillas.

Chili-Mango Salsa

1 ripe mango, diced

1 lime

1 tsp chili powder

1-2 pinches sea salt

In bowl, mix together ingredients. Let mingle. Serve with chocolate tortillas.

Seasoned Tempeh Strips

1 block of tempeh, sliced about ½ cm thick

3-4 tbsp soy sauce (can mix with Bragg’s Aminos or equivalent)

3-4 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp fresh ground black pepper

¼ tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp hickory smoked salt

Liquid smoke

Mix marinade, and place sliced tempeh in flat dish. Pour marinade and let sit overnight (or at least 2 hours if making on the day).

Serves four, very generously. It is encouraged that your guests bring an appetite.

Holy shit, oOoOO is playing at my favourite bar (Mighty Mighty)...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:11:00 +1200

Holy shit, oOoOO is playing at my favourite bar (Mighty Mighty) in the world on the 17th of May.

When Robot Unicorn Attack came out, I had ‘Always’...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:17:56 +1200

When Robot Unicorn Attack came out, I had ‘Always’ by Erasure stuck in my head for three weeks. My friend Mia and I would constantly IM each other the lyrics and dissolve into fits of giggles. I MISS YOU, MIA.

Anyway, Xiu Xiu have covered this song and made it sound desperate and creepy, instead of Erasure’s rainbow-y original. It’s goooooood.

screenshotsofdespair: via cabgfx

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:51:45 +1300

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Thomas just sent me this link. A series of informative posters...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:19:00 +1300

Thomas just sent me this link.

A series of informative posters detailing how some of the most notable drum sequences were programmed using the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. Each sequence has been analyzed and represented as to allow users to re-programme each sequence, key for key.

LOVE it.

Prefer ‘Alleys of Your Mind’ or ‘Cosmic Cars’, but anyway:

2011

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:55:00 +1300

I meant to post this in January, but it’s been sitting unpublished.

Music
I was really slack about music this year. I knew a bunch of albums I would like and had been waiting for were coming out, so I went all teenager and listened to them ENDLESSLY and didn’t seek much out much outside of that.

Apart from that, I spent a lot of time dancing around to Beyonce, Rihanna and ‘90s r&b. I’m fine with that.

Albums/EPs
I listened to these the most:

Active Child – You Are All I See (AMAZING. So surprised that this has not been on many others’ lists.)
Pictureplane – Thee Physical
Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
YACHT – Shangri-LA
M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

I also enjoyed:

EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
Zola Jesus – Conatus
Azari & III – Azari & III
Water Borders – Harboured Mantras
Korallreven – An Album By Korallreven
Future Islands – On the Water
Unicorn Kid – Tidal Rave EP
Light Asylum – In Tension EP
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
U.S. Girls – On KRAAK
Deerhoof – vs. Evil
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
The Weeknd mixtapes
Blood Orange mixtape

Songs (not from the above albums)

Charli XCX – Stay Away (on repeat all the time, forever)
Grimes – Oblivion
Britney – Till The World Ends (and the Korallreven remix)
Rihanna – We Found Love
Lowtide – No Horizon
Class Actress – Weekend
Those three songs on the Drive soundtrack:
Kavinsky – Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxxx)
Desire – Under Your Spell
College – A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth)

Other music

Korallreven’s Ra Ra Rave On mix
The Hacienda compilations that T’s been playing a lot of lately
Change Yourself (Winter is coming) mix - How To Dress Well

Gigs

Camp A Low Hum in Bulls, February. Best music festival ever.
Cut Copy at SFBH, 25 May. Our eleventh anniversary!
John Waters gave a talk at The Opera House, 31 October
Adrian Sherwood at Bodega, 15 December
The many times we got to dance to Pikachunes, Supper Club Shakedown, 47 Diamantes, TV DISKO, etc etc at Mighty
Hammocks and Honey at Mighty, 14 October. Ridiculous smoke machine-ness, great pop picked to play in between and after by Dan.
Tourettes and Jay Roacher at Medusa – 3 September. BUNNY COSTUMES
We also got to see GZA, Elzhi, Mos Def, Nas & Damian Marley. All excellent.
Princess Chelsea, Pikachunes at Mighty, 14 May
Toro y Moi and Captain Ahab at The Garden Club, 15 February

Movies:
I really liked:

Melancholia – Lars von Trier
Love Story – Florian Habicht
Tomboy – Celine Sciamma
The Unbelievable Truth – Hal Hartley
Surviving Desire – Hal Hartley
Down By Law – Jim Jarmusch
The Last Summer of La Boyita – Julia Solomonoff

Also liked:

THAT MUPPET MOVIE THINGY. Love them always.
Cold Weather – Aaron Katz
Catfish – Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost
Another Earth – Mike Cahill
Beats, Rhymes and Life – Michael Rapaport
The Solitude of Prime Numbers – Saverio Costanzo
The Future – Miranda July
The Trip – Michael Winterbottom
Kaboom – Gregg Araki
Source Code – Duncan Jones
The Adjustment Bureau – George Nolfi
Gantz – Shinsuke Sato
Sleeping Beauty – Julia Leigh
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil – Eli Craig
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Rupert Wyatt
Real Steel – Shawn Levy
Hanna – Joe Wright

Plays

Etiquette at Matterhorn in January
Mates and Lovers at Downstage in March
Eight at Circa in August

We finally got around to watching the final season of The West Wing on DVD. Loved it.
Yelling at the TV when The X Factor is on. I got so mad at Scherzinger.
Game of Thrones (SoHo) I’m not at all a fantasy fan, but this sucked me in.
Twin Peaks series 1 on DVD - I’m half-way through this at the moment. I haven’t watched it in forever.
Community (FOUR) …and then FOUR stopped it half-way through, only to bring it back months later.
Doctor Who (Prime)
There must be others, but I forget

Book-type-things

William Gibson – Zero History
Mike Carey – Unwritten
Chaos Walking trilogy – Patrick Ness
Dylan Horrocks – Hicksville
Patti Smith – Just Kids

Camp A Low Hum 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:09:08 +1300

Some CALH highlights:

Impromptu @ebaynetflix party on Thursday
Forest dancing (Shocking and Stunning, Golden Axe, Hawnay Troof, etc!)
Putting up a tent well mostly by myself (thanks Laura and Tom for helping)
Rapping at Karaoke Dick before some bros got it shut down
Getting to hang out ON MY $8 CHAIR with Petra Jane and Crabbs
Wintercoats, Kikuyu, Guerre…
So So Modern in the pouring rain
Grosscat (SO gross)
LED lights on EVERYTHING
Lasers!
Pakora fritters
The woman who MacGyvered the toilet lock out of carboard. GENIUS.
Fridge Post-it Note Twitter
The setting - stars, forest, lagoon…
Seeing so many wonderful people
Reading After The Apocalypse in the shade
Birthday Thomas <3

I’m a bit sad that I missed Mueran Humanos and Prince Rama, but the rest of the weekend was so good that I can’t complain too much.

Like this a whole lot.

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:43:20 +1300

Like this a whole lot.

I’ve been going on and on about Grimes since 2010. She is...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:39:20 +1300

I’ve been going on and on about Grimes since 2010. She is amazing. I’m pretty sure that it was Gucci Goth or its predecessor, Better Than Sex that brought her to my attention.

guccigoth:

Grimes///Oblivion

First video from her new album. I love her. Total icon.

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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:55:50 +1300

Hand over the rainbow flatforms and no one gets hurt. NEED THOSE...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:53:54 +1300

Hand over the rainbow flatforms and no one gets hurt.

NEED THOSE SHOES.

guccigoth:

Ashish AW12. Unsure what to think about the influx of tumblrfied, ’90s-drenched runways lately; I’m gravitating between ‘this is going to get really old, really fast’ and ‘life is beautiful’. A sentiment which will probably turn up on a Chanel t-shirt made of smiley faces soon.

martynpepperell: Julien Dyne - ‘Get Closer’ feat She’s So...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:19:47 +1300

martynpepperell:

Julien Dyne - ‘Get Closer’ feat She’s So Rad

Directed, Filmed & Edited by Sam Handley (Edward de Vere)

cargocollective.com/edwarddevere

Austra covers Robyn's 'None of Dem'

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:16:00 +1300

Austra covers Robyn's 'None of Dem':

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