tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57161082024-02-21T02:53:58.421+00:00smalltownflirttoken girl: like a girl, but betteranna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-60040770343350449602009-05-18T13:06:00.003+00:002009-05-18T13:38:58.119+00:00RETURN TO NEW YORK: Interview with Nancy Whang - electroclash muse, jumpsuit ambassador and icon of NYCoolPAMFLET INTERVIEW//28 APRIL 2009//Nancy Whang, today in YSL sweater and carrying not one, but 2 slouchy bags at Bar Italia in Soho is very much still the coolest woman of the international electroclash scene 2002-present. Muse to many, she's the stage-right star of LCD Soundsystem, the voice of Soulwax's Nite Versions and now the perfect pop accompaniment to The Juan MacLean's retro/disco revivalanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-85639046068538742592008-11-06T10:45:00.007+00:002008-11-07T00:41:53.439+00:00ex-press yourselfrock chicks (PUKE) have their ramones, gNr and skid row tees and slithery drainpipes, but what do dance divas have apart from a glowstick and a glazed stare? i've amassed a near-redundant collection of variously mangled, reassembled, customised pop music people merchandises which have hardly been worn ever and are now stored in greyed, rolled up raggity lumps under rotting cardies in my wardrobeanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-16882841908517309192008-10-01T08:56:00.004+00:002008-10-03T17:25:18.794+00:00everybody wants to be a djlast friday night when i would usually be following on my post-work dinner and drinks with a disco, i instead went home to witness the disco, on-screen, courtesy of the brothers dewaele. part of the weekend never dies wasn't a bad motto for me to live by once upon a time - and only temporarily - but soulwax did it for about 2 years, playing gigs by day, djing by night and doing their rock-rave anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-33191281318795304342008-09-29T16:52:00.004+00:002008-09-29T17:01:36.681+00:00PAMFLET IX: ELLES FAIT PARIS EN PRINTEMPSissue 9 launches at the lock tavern on wednesday 15th october - james did this KWAIIII flyer for us. girl gangs tky style!anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-56294389971997522252008-09-23T12:32:00.003+00:002008-09-23T12:46:30.667+00:00boho-etton: has benetton really gone crustie?? benetton's a/w campaign has hit the tubes with a rainbow brite-fest of crusty-inspired colour and woolen hair-jumper get ups. it looks as if the creatives from their agency have been watching fraggle rock boxsets in between getting psychedelic at glade/in the greenfields! if the models in this pic didn't look so guilelessly happy, i'd have to shield my eyes and run away. it brings me right back anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-83052605747483703832008-07-13T21:54:00.002+00:002008-07-13T22:03:22.951+00:00sonar, so good (again)Kittin is high. Kittin is climbing across the decks on all fours, purring 'Rippin Kittin' and there should be fireworks going off in the sky right now above SonarPub she's so hot. The world's finest goth-techno-leopard-print-diva has devised a super-sized laptop solo show this year, but Mademoiselle Caroline could probably play broken records (which, wonderfully, she's done at previous Sonars) anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-85959560418590210482008-07-02T09:17:00.002+00:002008-07-02T11:02:08.319+00:00i heard a rumourrespect to my fave madonna blog, madonnalicious (and so she is!) who are refusing to report/just plain ignoring the *whisper* divorce rumours... good! no true fan would care to indulge such tabloid-filler when there's the far more important matter of STICKYNSWEET tour rumours to listen to!anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-71136767753317017162008-07-01T09:02:00.002+00:002008-07-01T09:15:15.410+00:00you can't knock the hustleYou belong to the cityYou belong to the night In the river of darknessHe's a man of the nightomg jayz jayz JAY-Z!! can't believe he used to be hustling mixtapes with wraps of crack on the streets of NYC! he's SUCH A sweetheart - maybe something to do with beautiful B? the whole jay-z/glastonbury ordeal ('controversy') has been sooo painful to witness. i don't think this would've been the case if anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-1945150031949576492008-05-30T09:56:00.003+00:002008-06-02T23:12:50.563+00:00festival fatigue(s)one of the side effects of a choc-a-block festival season (may---september) is that the packed calendar has given every publication with an inch of 'shopping' column an excuse to write a lazy feature on how to do FESTIVAL "CHIC". said piece will pull together dribs and drabs which look as if they've been scavenged from the bottom of sienna's 'scraps for windowcleaning drawer'. i'm signed up to anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-25938500979040742782008-05-29T23:40:00.003+00:002008-05-29T23:48:48.949+00:00auf deutsch, bitte...which reminds me that i also bought this. i'm going to attempt some kind of small flowchart to describe what was one of the best vogues i've seen in years (it helps that i don't know any german so am just going on the pretty pictures). supermodel> claudia schiffer> naked> checkphotographer> legend> mario testino> blankchequebudget> checksuperhero trend> catwoman> fetish> mask> luella S/S08> anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-21178212716739173312008-05-29T10:21:00.003+00:002008-05-29T23:40:47.861+00:00the female technoverTECHNOTECHNOTECHNO.every berlin techno lady, including monika (who doesn't have much of a uk presence as far as i'm aware) is name checked here to preview the ellen and anja albums in the context of their superstar status in the city. i picked up the second issue of the magazine mentioned in the article, bangbangberlin (LICK MY KUNST asks the cover in (f)lurid pink and yellow) at munich airport anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-52050693856498465972008-05-22T12:44:00.002+00:002008-05-22T12:56:47.031+00:00tight/fitaround about the end of april, marks and spencer, with their history of genius in retailing, stop selling classic black opaque tights in their stores. this is presumably something to do with 'space' on the 'shopfloor' - they need room for SUMMER picnic grub and cava and wotnot, but it's not particularly practical or customer friendly to just eliminate such a staple, whatever the (british) season anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-1302804044720930452008-05-22T11:59:00.006+00:002008-05-22T12:37:50.034+00:00tout est cassé: unravellment chicyour skirt is undone at the back mum 08:51amoften, one can feel as if everything is unravelling and one's grip on oneself is as tenuous and fragile as a manuscript held together with an elastic band. snap. fall apart. so this morning, hair gone wild and shirt untucked, i was just about holding it together until a man approached me as the train pulled into the station to tell me that my back-sde anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-46404331134116678332008-05-06T09:20:00.001+00:002008-05-29T22:24:25.329+00:00one outfit, one weekendadvice for the permanently partying.anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-62802330615898118482008-04-02T13:25:00.002+00:002008-04-02T13:30:29.709+00:00the chinese invasionliberty's got an AMAZING window display right now featuring mountains of retro trinket toys - in one viewing i spotted trolls and power rangers and miniature soldiers. They've been built into a monstrous frame to highlight the plight (?) of the chinese factory workers who made them. made me think of that bit in concise dictionary 4 lovers when z gets a vibrator for her birthday and reads 'MADE INanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-57048564293745742632008-04-01T13:26:00.001+00:002008-04-01T13:29:43.749+00:00OMG ELLEN ALLIEN #4. IS TERRIFYING//THE CITY IS MINEFormidable record label head, casual fashion designer and full-on disc mistress Ellen Allien might be my hero for ever, but even the loyalty (and patience) of her biggest fans will be tested by this relentlessly sparse trip with her into the Berlin state of mind. During opening track 'Einsteigen' (enter), we glide into the incidental buzz of the city. As bustle crackles over a single note tapped anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-68320689037018104262008-03-27T16:51:00.002+00:002008-03-27T16:55:30.384+00:00IN THE SHADE IN THE SHADEbody language > in white rooms > control me /charlotte.booka shadeanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-56513339654098152992008-03-20T14:39:00.000+00:002008-03-20T14:40:37.984+00:00GLOVES UPi knew that boxing was back.anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-24039540415492261082008-03-16T20:39:00.002+00:002008-03-16T20:42:02.722+00:00sack the stylistspecial men's fashion issue of STstyle today, featuring a pic of WILL YOUNG!! wearing this! t-shirt in jessica brinton's column! SHOCK! yes i'm in shock. it looks like an orchestra of bubbles/bpitch design, so wondering how will got his hands on it. didn't know he was berlin techno, how sweet. i can see him going down a treat at panorama bar, strike a pose!anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-9381737706891052782008-03-12T14:14:00.002+00:002008-03-12T14:24:14.642+00:00GOOD RIDDANCE YEHgrim west end hellhole the astoria has received it's bulldozing orders (almost) from mayor ken. demollition has been mooted for years, but something to do with the crossrail scheme has finally been confirmed i think, which means it's - PRAISE BE - about to be razed to the ground. the intersection of tottenham court/charing x/oxford st roads is one of my least favourite places in london. let it beanna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-25124879063701730862008-03-11T09:53:00.002+00:002008-03-11T10:28:42.343+00:00NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCKtrust jahcoozi to find me another electrobootyshouty laptop girl to love... they previewed their latest album in true old school hiphop style with the blitz'n'ass mixtape in late 07, showcasing their own tracks next to the klaxons (it works), dizzee and 50cent. 18 minutes in, after snoop&jfoxx's 'psst' the syncopated beats and clipped rhymes of 'tricky' drop. it's got that kind of 'brrrr' very anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-28052922277652902532008-03-06T09:47:00.001+00:002008-03-06T09:50:53.279+00:00more hot germans for plan b under the dizzying influence of red wineMIT - Coda Confession: I am a total Germanic-maniac. I don't drink lattes, I sup milchkaffees. I don't do London, ich liebe Berlin. So, naturally, I snoozed to brooding Cologne electro-minstrels MIT on my headphones in some Kreuzberg hotel and drifted into bliss.MIT are one of those acts who think they have to pretend to be an indie band just because once upon a time they learned to play some anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-40955901088498964732008-02-19T10:45:00.003+00:002008-02-19T10:59:16.660+00:00owww my ears/this week's coolest coldest headgear ok, all the geek boys will have their own opinion on which 'noise excluding lughole plugpods' you should buy because, you know they're the major noise-draft excluders. HOWEVER i accidentally discovered these sony headphones when my friend zoe gave me a bunch that she'd nicked from her dad/office a few years ago. the sound is far superior to lil free ipod earphones because they're uh headphones anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-36245454852588031222008-02-09T12:01:00.000+00:002008-02-09T17:47:23.053+00:00STELLA WAS A DIVERThat try-hard trend accidental experiment in full then...btw all those paparazzi pics of amy wino in the papers everyday bother me not because of whatever disheveled state she was in at the courthouse-drugdealer-petrolstationcourtyard this morning, but because she never ever has a coat on, just a raggedy lace vest or a skimpy fred perry polo t. i'm so jealous! i hate wearing coats too - i'd much anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716108.post-38244420337930242822008-02-06T22:11:00.000+00:002008-02-06T22:42:50.440+00:00electroclash//crossover1. the stars of the epoch-defining fin de siecle electroclash movement are finally getting their celebrity dues in the form of designing their own collection for h&m. uh kind of. tiga AND chicks on speed have contributed hoodie and vest templates respectively to raise money for aids charities - i was speechless (even though i didn't have anyone to talk to) when i saw the rails of 'clash fash anna-mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15539540072150155351noreply@blogger.com0