film & tv

the new Cinnabar collection at Trashy Diva -
Even though I don’t work at Trashy Diva anymore, I do still work only a few blocks from their French Quarter stores, and every time I pass the window lately I find myself drooling over the new dress styles, particularly the Kimono dress in the Cinnabar print.  So beautiful!

LOOKBOOK.nu & streetstyl.es -
I’ve become a little addicted to LOOKBOOK.nu during the last week or so.  I’ve always loved street fashion & personal style sites, and I remember a time when it was hard to find many good ones online.  Now there are too many for me to keep up with!  Which is why the people at streetstyl.es created that site as a place to pull images from some of the best street style sites on the web.

Neil Patrick Harris -
It’s really too bad he’s gay, because he’s my new boyfriend (he just doesn’t know it yet). I finally got around to watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog last night, after I’d been meaning to for months. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s really worth a gander. You can watch it for free on Hulu, and it will only take up about 45 minutes of your time. (It’s also broken into three 15 minute acts, if you don’t want to watch it all at once.) I don’t know what took me so long… it was so good!

the Moth podcast & the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminars podcast -
I just recently discovered the Moth podcast, and I’ve been a huge fan of the Stanford lectures for awhile, but I’ve started listening to them regularly again. Some thoughts from the most recent Stanford lecture by Tom Kelley of IDEO:

- treat life as an experiment. be willing to fail.
- be child-like. look at things with fresh eyes.
- take time to daydream.

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The pirates vs. ninjas video is now up on YouTube from the amazing flashmob my boyfriend organized in Jackson Square here in New Orleans on Halloween afternoon:

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Shopflick is this amazing new site for finding indie designers and eco-friendly fashion.  Imagine Etsy, YouTube, and Amazon all rolled up into one. If you’re like me, and you love learning more about designers and where they get their inspiration, Shopflick is the perfect shopping portal for you.  They’ve already got some of my favorite brands such as Envirosax, Poketo, Ric Rac Clothing, and The Battalion Eco Couture.

One designer I found on Shopflick who was new to me is Violet Valen.  This LA-based designer transforms basic boring hoodies into these amazing one-of-a-kind couture Buddy sweatshirts.  Every one is unique and handcrafted, but they all feature the cuddly teddy bear known as Buddy.  Violet got such great feedback on her sweatshirts that she was inspired to create an adorable Buddy t-shirt:

The awesome folks at Shopflick have offered up one of these cute tees to one lucky reader! All you have to do to enter to win a Violet Valen Buddy t-shirt (size medium) is leave a comment on this post before midnight on Friday, November 14, 2008 (Central Standard Time - go here to figure out what time that is where you are). The winner will be chosen at random from the comments and notified via e-mail.

Speaking of giveaways, there’s still time to enter for a shot at my copy of the new book, Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season.  Just leave a comment on the post I made about it here.  You’ve got until tomorrow, November 1, 2008.

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Voodoo Fest - I’m taking tomorrow off of work to spend a 3 day weekend at Voodoo Fest and perform with the Noisician Coalition!  I’m super excited because I’ve never been to Voodoo Fest before and there are some great acts (both local and national) performing.  We get the VIP treatment as performers and I’m almost done creating an awesome zebracorn costume for it.  (That’s a zebra + unicorn.  The Noisician colors are red, white and black - it’s perfect!)

my new cassowary mousepad - I moved to a new desk at work recently and I thought I’d spruce up the place with a new mousepad. I found Bluejacket Photo on Etsy and saw that he did mousepads and thought this would be perfect. Oh how I love the world’s deadliest bird! I just might bring out my cassowary costume for Halloween this year.

Skins - One of my new favorite shows, and another reason I’m glad we get BBC America at home.  I’m a sucker for all of the raunchy, ridiculous teen drama.  I’ve also been enjoying Gavin & Stacy, though I missed a lot of it when our Direct TV was out for a few weeks recently.

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I’ve been following the Things I Love Thursdays series that Gala Darling started for awhile now.  The lovely Ashe Mischief regularly participates as well, so I thought it would be fun to join in.

• Rose La Biche - I recently broke down and ordered the shirt I’ve been coveting for months and it arrived last Friday.  Unfortunately the small was a little too snug, so I’m exchanging it for a medium, but the designer Lucy has been so sweet and accommodating.  And other than the size, the shirt was everything I’d hoped for!  I can’t wait until the replacement comes in… It’s such a great, versatile shirt.  I’ve already got my eye on another Rose La Biche top.
• an awesome boyfriend - My guy has turned into super DIY dude lately… Somehow I got him hooked on Instructables and now he’s rebuilding my bicycle into what will surely be the most amazing octopus art bike ever.  He’s also taken to researching fancy seafood recipes and cooking me amazing dinners (all because he shot a commercial for a local chef last week and learned how apparently easy it is to make barbecue shrimp).  Oh yeah, and he’s organizing a pirates vs. ninjas flashmob for Halloween!
• BBC Radio 1 - Sometimes I listen to NPR when I’m at work but lately I just can’t take it, so it’s been nothing but BBC.  Annie Mac is my favorite but I also have a growing fondness for the request show.
• Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon - Seriously, I am so in love with this song right now.  Amazing.
• sweater hoodies - It’s still not cold here yet, but the office at work is freeeeezing, so I’ve enjoyed the beginning of fall and snuggling up in hooded sweaters.
• Tabatha Coffey - I never entirely understood the appeal of Shear Genius but I like her new show, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover because it reminds me of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (the original BBC version is sooo much better than the new shows on Fox).  I also really love Tabatha’s style and especially her hair.  I need a new haircut soon… I think I’m going to bring in a picture of her cut as an example.
• Inge boot by Fluevog - I’ve been coveting these for awhile now.  I actually started a savings account for them.  Yes, they’re $425 but they’re amazing and I know I’d love them forever.  There’s no way I’m putting all of that on credit though for a single shoe purchase, and I think by saving up for them it will insure that I really do love them as much as I think I do.  (And I really, really do love them!)

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I know I’ve talked about Handmade Nation, the indie craft documentary by director Faythe Levine, here before.

Well, the feature length film is currently on schedule to premier at a 2009 film festival (which festival is still to be determined). The other big news is that Handmade Nation, the book, is scheduled to be out in bookstores this November, but it’s already available for pre-order at Amazon.com. I’m so excited… can’t wait to get my hands on the book or see the full length documentary!

You can catch a sneak preview of the film, check out the blog for updates or shop the Etsy store to help show your support for this amazing project!

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A day late, but after expressing my love for this city yesterday, I just had to share:

“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” - A Preservation Hall Jazz Band and New Orleans Bingo! Show video Valentine, as sung by Clint Maedgen, with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Featuring Fleur de Tease, The Camel Toe Lady-Steppers and the Noisician Coalition, directed by Clint Maedgen and Ron Rona, and produced by Ben Jaffe.

This video is just so sweet, it makes me giddy. A bunch of my friends are in it, but I think even if that wasn’t the case I would still love it. It’s just so perfect and lovely.

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I’ve mentioned my love of Current TV’s viewer-generated content here a few times before: first when they aired a piece about Wardrobe_Remix and then when the Noisician Coalition got featured on TV.

Well, now my indie-film director boyfriend has started uploading some of his very own videos to Current’s website. The first two pieces are really cool: one is an interview he snagged with rocker Dave Navarro a couple of weeks ago at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas - apparently Dave Navarro recently made his debut as an adult film director and his first film won some awards at the adult industry’s version of the Oscars.

The other video is about one of my favorite Mardi Gras parades: Barkus! It’s an all dog parade! There are now over 1000 members of this Mardi Gras Krewe, and every member is a pooch - though their owners are allowed to walk with them in the parade. They fill the Quarter and TONS of people turn out to see all of the dogs. This year’s parade was on Sunday and it was pretty awesome. The best part is, all the money they raise goes to animal rescue organizations. Check out the video for a glimpse of the fun: