May 25, 2012
Meet Waldi, the first Olympic mascot. More here.

Meet Waldi, the first Olympic mascot. More here.

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May 24, 2012
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“Torren,” We Write Letters
Older Motion Pictures, 2012.

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May 17, 2012
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“Bad,” U2
The Unforgettable Fire, 1984.
Also, Jagger on SNL Saturday? I haven’t been this excited about an SNL show since like this.

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May 10, 2012

“She’s So High,” Blur
Leisure, 1991.

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May 3, 2012

It seems I’ll never run out mindblow RM/BF tracks.
JC where are you? You sold me the ticket for this. Every time I see D we are like WHERE IS HE!

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April 26, 2012
Oh, Brenda.* As promised earlier today. That’s right: Mick Jagger’s gf actually let a Vogue photog take a pic of their 1930s Lalique bathroom, which he apparently bought—likely in a fog of blow and ‘ludes and Taittinger c. 1978 at some Paris auction house after staying out all night, I’m guessing—then promptly forgot about it after ordering his minions to pack it up and store it in the same attic where he keeps boxes of sweaty old scarves, capes, and trousers. “The glass bathroom turned out to be a spectacular period piece, bought whole and perfect at auction. There were glass doors patterned with fountains of bubbles, floor and wall tiles, a mirrored bathtub and cabinets, and a plaque of tiles depicting leaping koi. Scott had the whole collection refitted, the exposed walls painted eau de nil.”** Photo credit :François Halard *This. **Yeah, I had to look that up, too. My first thought was: there’s actually a color named “Water of Nothing”? Then, second: that must be really expensive paint to mix.

Oh, Brenda.*
As promised earlier today. That’s right: Mick Jagger’s gf actually let a Vogue photog take a pic of their 1930s Lalique bathroom, which he apparently bought—likely in a fog of blow and ‘ludes and Taittinger c. 1978 at some Paris auction house after staying out all night, I’m guessing—then promptly forgot about it after ordering his minions to pack it up and store it in the same attic where he keeps boxes of sweaty old scarves, capes, and trousers.

“The glass bathroom turned out to be a spectacular period piece, bought whole and perfect at auction. There were glass doors patterned with fountains of bubbles, floor and wall tiles, a mirrored bathtub and cabinets, and a plaque of tiles depicting leaping koi.

Scott had the whole collection refitted, the exposed walls painted eau de nil.”**

Photo credit :François Halard

*This.

**Yeah, I had to look that up, too. My first thought was: there’s actually a color named “Water of Nothing”? Then, second: that must be really expensive paint to mix.

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Laziest Retro Thursday post ever. Related to upcoming post, I swear. Just turn it up really, really loud.

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April 22, 2012
Quote of the Week Returns! “Buddhists can actually be very anxious people. That’s often why they become Buddhists in the first place. Buddhism was made for the anxious the same way Christianity was made for the downtrodden or A.A. for the addicted. Its purpose is to foster equanimity, to tame excesses of thought and emotion.” —-Daniel Smith, “The Maniac in Me,” New York Times Magazine, April 22, 2012.

Quote of the Week Returns!
“Buddhists can actually be very anxious people. That’s often why they become Buddhists in the first place. Buddhism was made for the anxious the same way Christianity was made for the downtrodden or A.A. for the addicted. Its purpose is to foster equanimity, to tame excesses of thought and emotion.”

—-Daniel Smith, “The Maniac in Me,” New York Times Magazine, April 22, 2012.

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April 19, 2012
An URL, It Mind-Reads

I’ve an unusually high number of out-of-the-office engagements* this week, and this of course fills SlothyGirl with existential closet-crisis dread.

*ZOMFG this.

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“Vienna,” Ultravox
Vienna, 1980.
Memorable spinechilling tune, but in excellent contrast to last week’s Retro Thursday offering: a perfect example of art-studenty run-amok.

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April 12, 2012

“Fascination,” Human League
Fascination, 1983.
Blanket statement: this has gotta be one of the most perfect synth-pop tracks to come out of the entire decade. Apologies for the commercial, I went deep in the search but it seems there’s no avoiding it.

Also, conceptually this video is a gem. Beautifully executed in an era of vomitous excess. Just look at their instruments!*

I wanted to post HL because we’re coming up on the 30th anniversary of Lester Bangs’ passing. The April 30, 1982, OD scene at his NYC apartment included, in a mortifyingly pithy and forever detail, a turntable still spinning but long after one of the sides of Dare had reached its end.

*Here’s what that street looks like today.

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April 5, 2012

“Don’t Get Lost in Heaven,” Gorillaz
Demon Days, 2005.

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March 29, 2012
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“Gravity Rides Everything,” Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica, 2000.

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March 25, 2012
Am massively resisting urge to paint my dining room black. Found this. Pledging to not make a move until MeLcat coughs up this. Update: This woman painted her entire apartment black!

Am massively resisting urge to paint my dining room black. Found this. Pledging to not make a move until MeLcat coughs up this.

Update: This woman painted her entire apartment black!

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March 22, 2012

“That Dangerous Age,” Paul Weller
Sonik Kicks, 2012.

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