michel! my favorite

sometimes when you idolize someone the more you get to know about them the less appealing they seem to get. not the case with my favorite visionary michel gondry. i cant even believe how good this article is, and the funny thing is that i stumbled upon it by accident in an unrelated internet search. there is something so appealing to his style.




MICHEL GONDRY, the director and Oscar-winning screenwriter, is known for his trippy visual style and vivid imagery. But the man behind "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" doesn't favor fashion as a form of self-expression. In fact, he hates it. Still, Gondry -- in town for the premiere of his film "Be Kind Rewind," which stars Jack Black and Mos Def -- sat down and bemusedly chatted about style over a cup of hot tea.

Why don't you like fashion? You're French.

It makes you feel embarrassed about what you wear. I was watching a documentary on Duran Duran, and after five minutes, I had to turn it off. I couldn't bear to see how they were dressed. I was thinking that the '80s were so horrible.

Don't you have any fashion faux pas in your past?

In 1977, I probably looked a lot like a hippie. I had long hair and wore purple pants.

How would you describe your personal style?

I wear all the same clothes since I was born. I wear plaid and corduroy and shoes for old men. I like soft shoes. I hate pointy shoes that say, 'I am arty and rock 'n' roll.'

How did you direct your costume designers -- Rahel Afiley and Kishu Chand -- to come up with a wardrobe for your new film?

For "Be Kind Rewind," I told the stylists that they had to buy all the clothes in Passaic, N.J., at thrift stores or stores where everything costs five bucks.

Why?

When I work with a stylist on a film, I always ask the person to go in the street and take pictures of everybody. I am surprised that all stylists don't do that. They always bring you magazines to show you what people should wear.

That's not reality.

Do you shop at thrift stores?

No. I rarely shop at all. My size has not changed, and so I don't know why I should buy new clothes.

In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Kate Winslet's hair color changes constantly. What does that say about a woman?

For that character, it says that she is not completely at ease with herself. She does it for provocation too. My son -- he is 16 -- did it to his hair a few months ago and he has a whole new personality.

Do you have any favorite designers?

No. I went to a fashion show for those girls who live with their parents in L.A. [Rodarte], and the reporter asked me what I was wearing.

I said, "Gap."


[from Sunday's LA Times]
by Monica Corcoran, Times Staff Writer

seriously. amazing.

m.i.a.

1. im in the middle of a huge move - thus no time for anything

2. things are pretty exciting

3. cant wait to get back to all of you

a zorse of coarse

while reading another fashion blog this morning i came across something so spectacular i couldnt not post it. it may be a bit of old news to some of you but i found it quite exciting. i mean who wouldnt want one of these. and who knew it was possible?


this was taken from the article on metro.co.uk

But Eclyse isn't the result of some crazed Doctor Dolittle with a god complex. It's a zorse – a zebra/horse hybrid, born on a ranch in Germany. And she's the product of a holiday romance.

While most zorses have stripes across their whole body, Eclyse only has two blocks of stripes – on her face and her rear.

The pure white areas she gets from her mother, a horse called Eclipse. Eclipse's owners sent her to a ranch in Italy for a while – where she met a rugged, handsome zebra called Ulysses.

One thing led to another – and when she got back home to Germany, Eclipse surprised her keepers by producing a little half-horse, half-zebra with highly unusual markings.

Ranch spokesman Udo Richter commented: 'You can tell she is a mix just by looking at her. But in temperament she can also exhibit characteristics from each parent.

'She is usually relatively tame like a horse but occasionally shows the fiery temperament of a zebra, leaping around like one.'

absence makes the heart grow fonder.

its been a bit tough for me to get online recently with a flood of work that i have been doing. also i have been feeling a bit uninspired by blogging. when i started this blog it was entirely out of un self involved ideas - but as of recently i have been noticing more and more fellow bloggers using their sites as a way of self promotion in such strange egotistical notions.
but almost as a message from the universe telling me how small and happy everything can be when you really get down to it, i saw this image posted on one of my favorite blogs - the cherry blossom girl:


its a cover i styled for my favorite indie mag bust with mr. elijah wood. it was really nice to see someone that i enjoy, enjoying what i do :)

that being said, i have re dedicated myself to lumberjack thunderclap because it is a passion of mine to share what i get excited about with the world (or whomever comes across this site).
xxx's and ooo's

found

if youve been wondering what ive been doing lately . . .




after hanging out with my very cool friend lexi in brooklyn a few weeks back i jumped deep into the curious world of lost, and when i mean deep i mean i watched every episode from 1/2 way through season 2 all the way to the most current episode of season 4 as of now in like a week and a half!!!
she introduced me to the most random/awesome night ever at matchless where they seriously turn off all of the music and project the episode (live) on a screen at the bar on thursday nights. everyone is totally quiet and sucked into whats happening and as soon as the commercials start...bamm... the music is back and everyone is up and ordering drinks....then bammm....silence and the show is back on again.
i gave up on lost midway through season two because it seriously became the most annoying thing ever to watch on a weekly basis. well that and the fact i didnt really have cable :) so after some coaxing by lexi on the goodness of lost i decided to go back to where i left on and see just what happened. luckily abc.com realized that no one watches tv anymore so they put a bunch of their shows online - this including all four seasons of lost in hd streaming. so here i am watching lost all day and night and whenever else i find free time until im up to date. i do have to say that its alot easier to watch a show where everything and nothing happens in and episode when it is back to back, but seriously the show is so good. if you havent you need to.
part of me wants to gush about everything that has happened and how everyone seems to be dying except for the characters that i actually dont want to see. but ill leave the good stuff for you to check out on your own. seriously i kind of think its a real place and i sort of want to move there. is that wrong?

if you click the title of this post (found) you will go through a space portal all the way to the abc online episode player. see its magic.

how excited are you?

i can barely even wait for where the wild things are to come out. all i have been able to find thus far are these stills taken from the film. if we take adaptation and being john malcovich as any kind of clue there is no way this movie isnt going to be amazing. the story itself was such a huge part of my childhood and it is great to see that all these years later it is still standing up against all of the robots and war games that kids seem to favor nowadays. october 16th 2009 seems so incredibly far away but when that day comes you know ill be there waiting eagerly!!

i apolagize

sorry that its been so long since ive posted anything, and thank you for your patience. although im not fully convinced that anyone outside of my friends even read this.
dont worry things are happening and soon will be coming.
we will talk about everything.

best website ever

Michael Cera. Two words that contain at least a sentence worth of meaning. "Mi" is Greek-Latino for "Opportunity", "chae" is American for "to the fountain", and "l Cera" is Toddler for "is where groweth a Mountain."

Michael Cera. Opportunity to the fountain is where groweth a Mountain.

those in fact are the words of mr. michael cera himself. whom might be the coolest person there is. if you havent already you need to check out his new site. its pretty much hilarious. if you think anything in the pictures below are funny just wait till you watch the videos. come on you know you want to.....

www.clarkandmichael.com

light right!

little pete wrigley has grown up and started a real life band and its awesome. why you ask? well if you already havent figured it out, im kind of obsessed. no they arent called the blowholes and yes this rules. they even have a light show.


you know ill be at their show front and center in los angeles.

some are darling

and the award for most inventive/awesome album packaging goes to...
drum roll please.

summer darling!!!

they sold their new EP on a flash drive encased in wooden packaging (the secret way to my heart) that was hand numbered and best of all . . . every time they record for this record, you can bring the drive to the show and they will upload the new stuff straight to you!!

and to top it all off - there was a free fountain of flowing champagne, and a get up on stage and shake that tambourine and sing along with us finale.
summer darling ill join your choir gang any time youd like.

http://www.myspace.com/summerdarlingcheese
(go there and download three songs for free :)

vpl - you do it so well

kudos to a designer whom can make these silhouettes look flattering.
i love it all. enough said.

Dinosaur Rock

this is going to rule. Yacht is playing in the dinosaur exhibit at the natural history museum in los angeles. im gonna be dancing around all bouncy and fun and sipping on some cheap brews all around the dinos. yes! see you there.

Friday March 7th 7:00pm-10:00pm

MUSIC:

WHY?Yacht

DJ sets in the African Mammal Hall by ale and matthewdavid (dublab.com)

ADMISSION INFORMATION

• Museum admission: Adult $9, students (w. ID) $6.50, Members FREE.
• Capacity of discussion, music, and tour is limited and awarded on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive early to ensure participation.
• Dinner and drinks for sale starting at 5:00pm. Organic and handmade food by Mission Bistro.
• Public parking available on Menlo Avenue across from the Museum.
• For more information e-mail performances@nhm.org.

enchanting evils

there is something that is so hauntingly beautiful about graciela iturbides work. i visited her exhibit at the getty for the second time today. each time i have gone i leave feeling completely visually inspired - almost as if the entire experience is for my eyes - and the rest of my body is simpy there to share the joy of my dancing retnas.
while looking into any of her images i get the feeling that if i reached my hand inside, i could actually feel the surfaces of her subjects. the textures and shapes in the images are amazing.





i get the feeling of a certian closeness to death in all of her photos. almost as if she somehow managed to visit a world of limbo pergatory and managed to document her travels and bring them back to us. there is a certain metalic like feeling in the saturation of the black and white film that really shines. like an imaginary dream world that haunts you even while you arent asleep.

a plaid hat and a tattoo

remember when life was easy and you only had to wake up eat breakfast, go to school and battle adults for power in the world? maybe we just watched kids do that on tv but it still ruled. i was particularly obsessed with the adventures of pete & pete as a kid. funny thing is that while i was watching pete and pete i was also watching my so called life - two completely different takes on the same exact subject - growing up, and listening to cool music. i mean come on the magnetic fields wrote songs and stared in episodes of p&p not to mention deborah harry and iggy pop showed up as characteres!! how amazing is that. nickelodeon ruled in the early 90's. i had the hugest crush on little pete, in fact once i called in to volunteer community service hours for some nickelodeon marathon and i happened to get the previously recorded message thanking me from non other than little pete. wow. it was amazing. i still remember how awesome that was. and yes i did do the community service hours - 14 to be exact!!
he was just a kid that didnt care. he wore that same red flannel hat in every episode. and what about his wardrobe? combat boots always worn unlaced cause he just didnt care, shorts that were almost pants, and giant oversized flannels and button up shirts with sleeves way too long for his arms, it was like he was wearing his dads hand me downs cause big pete wasnt all that much bigger and definetely not cool enough to have dressed like that. little pete ruled!
and that tattoo. who knows an 11 year old with a lady tattooed on his arm? of course being a redhead myself i always felt a certain closeness to pete. the pale skin, the freckles, the chubby cheeks. it was like we were meant to be friends...
and then there is artie, who doesnt want their own personal superhero. he always showed up and proved that adults can sometimes be cool - that is if they have superpowers, huge muscles, wear tights, and dont befriend any other adults.
all in all pete & pete might be the coolest show ever. makes me wonder if my fondness for lumberjack plaids and boys with tattoos might have come from somewhere? :)

hawk line and sinker (theyve already got me!)

when i first read in bazaar that jovovich-hawk are next up for targets GO line set to debut in march i was so excited i could barely wait. me being the obsessive shopper/bargain hunter that i am woke up bright and early (and i do mean early) to get there first in line for erin fetherstons opening day at target. luckily i snapped up everything my little fluttering heart desired!! so when i heard that Jovovich-Hawk would be producing affordable wears i could hardly handle it. i have been a fan of their line since the very beginning. they always use such beautiful fabrics and prints and details and awesome highwaisted denim (before everyone was jumping on the high waisted boat).
i searched all over the internet to find more examples of the line and found nothing for quite some time. and as cute as those little (jersey/wool?) shorts are, i needed more to fill my visual needs. so luckily a fancy little blogger (nitroliciuos.com) found the line!!
its very laurely canyon 1970 hippy chic - true to their style - enjoy!!



see you there bright and early sometime in march.

creatures of comfort

these are a few of my favorite things . . .











from one of my favorite stores in la. creatures of comfort. the name says it all.
go ahead take a gander:

http://www.creaturesofcomfort.us/

thank you.

thank you grey ant for making a girl that wont wear jeans actually want to.
and for making dresses with cats all over them.
xo

3's company

currently obsessed with:

so good for a store that prides itself on the most basic of basics. although i do have to say that they sell the best tights in the best colors hands down. thanks dov.

sorry for the lower butt shots but its american apparel - it could be alot worse.