Celeb Style Muse | Stevie Nicks

She rocks my world each time I hear her voice... Such a great band, such a great era, such a great style! Need I say more?

Sisters of the Black Moon

This little collective of goodness has blown me away!

Alexandra Valenti is one of my fav photogs...through her blog I was directed to the Sisters of the Moon blog... and ended up tumbling into a blog surfing rabbit hole... as you do!

I have soooo much more to share from these women... Their ebay store ROCKS too!!

Image Source | Sisters of the Black Moon

Cecilia

When I found the above clip, I almost slid off my office chair :-) haha it raised some eyebrows with my co workers believe me! This would be one of my fav Simon & Garfunkel songs being covered by a gaggle of gorgeous men who are incredibly gifted with more than musical talents! By the looks this is earlier in their career... Love the use of the tree and the esky in the percussion section too!

It's now official... I am completely obsessed with Local Natives... and I mean COMPLETELY OBSESSED! Not only have I fallen deeply in love with their music, I have to admit I have developed a major crush on Taylor Rice!

How could you not adore this young man??? I mean really... the mo, that mouth and the sound that pours forth from it... and how cute is he without the mo in the clip at the top!!!!????

God help this man if I EVER get within about 500m of him!

Song of the Day | Washed Out

You and I by Washed Out

I'm really looking forward to checking this guy out at Meredith Music Festival this December...
I think I have developed a major crush on ambient/trip hop tunes... you can have your techno, trance and house, I'll stick to dub step, trip hop, minimal and ambient ANYDAY!!!

Recent parties I've been to that friends of friends and crew have DJ'd at have kinda left me deflated and a little disappointed with trance in particular, I think you really have to be on top of the pile these days to really impress as there are so many DJs gettin around and I for one want something more out of a DJ than what they traditionally give you! So it's nice to find guys like Washed Out that give me something I don't expect... I also have incredibly high standards and as I no longer indulge in the chemical assistance that makes some of the worst music sound good, I'm pretty critical!

I hope you like today's tune...

Song of the Day | Middle East

Quite a dark and hauntingly beautiful tune for today!
Another slice of heavenly music that I was directed to a while ago from my beautiful feathered fwend of the south...
Their EP is fantastic though I have to say i really need to be in the mood to listen to it the whole way through... this is def an EP for a late night after a few yoints! Though this song is getting a fair crack on triple J in recent months and the harmonies are exceptional, the balance of the male and female vocalists is stunning and ever so incredibly cute!
Kids from the country now how to make real music so it seems as these band of muso's are from Townsville! Happy listening kids!

Song of the Day | Local Natives

Welcome to my new regular feature Song of the Day!


Click the player belowto listen to today's Song of the Day!

I love this song so much... the harmonies make my heart feel lovesick and the sense of yearning is almost too much to bear (especially with all that keening at the start of the song), but none the less I crave the sensation and listen over and over and over again! If I actually let myself be swept away by the music, it brings tears to my eyes every time... such a journey, such an EPIC journey! These guys are pure GENIUS!!!!

Aussie Cossie

HIGH-heeled ugg boots will make their international catwalk debut as part of Australia's national costume, worn by Gold Coast model Jesinta Campbell at the Miss Universe final next month.

Jesinta will fly the Aussie flag wearing woolly booties in the Las Vegas quest on August 23, reports the Herald Sun.

Campbell, 18, will wear a unique creation by Sydney designer Natasha Dwyer, who works under the Arthur Ave label, in the pageant's national costume section.

"Isn't it incredible," Campbell said yesterday as she revealed the gown.

We're not so sure.

As quoted in the Gold Coast Bulletin today...

Are you kidding me? We're not so sure... (I really hope Sasha didn't write this article...) this dress is AMAZING!!! and the fools that don't like it have no taste!
I think its incredible... I love the shape the skirt provides, to me its grandiose and incredibly flattering and the onesie swimsuit is to die for (if you have the body to sport it) that shrug is mega cute and as for the high heeled uggies.... its every aussie chick's dream to have an amazing pair of stylish heels that are also mega warm and cosy.... it's a winner in my eyes and I'd be surprised if there is another outfit in that horrible pageant that reflects the origins of its model better!

This outfit is a total win for me... I want that belt and skirt!!

Dinosaur Love

Friday I'm in Love

Soooooo excited for the weekend!!!
Love this song... dedicating it to today and a few random images below as a wee tribute to my fav day of the week! Happy Friday hipsters!
PS - I WANT THIS SHIRT!!!!

Birds Flying High...

You know how I feel...
Nina Simone is a legend and her gorgeous poetic lyrics come to mind when I see this pic...
Happy Friday kids!

Random image found whilst wasting time on crackbook!
I'm totally in love with this image...

Wasson-sational

Via Knightcat

Lost and in Love

Random images I forgot I had stashed away for a day like today!

Jonathan Ong

Divinity and Grace

This is how I find compassion

I stand between a tree and the sun

I remain until I can find the luminescence in aspen bark.

I continue because I seek the core of truth in every being.

This is how I find grace:

I surrender to water.

I surrender to the rock.

I obseve sensations on the surface of my skin.

This is how I practice gratitude:

I peel a tangerine.

I give away all it's quarter moon sections,

Allowing the fruit of service to introduce me to strangers.

With open palms,

I walk into the fire of life.

The soul needs no shelter from the sun.

I remember that everything is a part of me.

In my world

I seek the divinity of all things.

Finding an eagle feather on the corner of mystery,

I pick it up, holding it between my body and the sun.

Celeste Labadie 2003

Image | Vogue Nippon June 2010 Frida Gustavsen

On love.....

Source | Le Love

Nirimi Strikes again!

This young lady continues to astound my senses... I lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove everything she does!
Source | Flikr and www.WELIVEYOUNG.blogspot.com

Abandonment

Image credit | Sam Thomas - amazing artist

Ok so i have completely abandoned my blog for the last 6mths!

i guess its been for a few reasons... one is I have had very little time between a busy work schedule, a puppy who commands and absorbs most of my free time (willingly and lovingly mind you!) and the fact that I have been in a bit of a slump of late...

Though its all changing right before my eyes... well that last part at least!

The slump I've found myself emerging from meant that I found little that inspired me enough to blog about, and when I did, I just didn't seem able to find time! That's not to say there was nothing rad and wonderful being produced out there by peeps, I just wasn't looking for it!

Going from a place where I just didn't want to do anything or be anything, to a new perspective of looking forward with a fresh burst of energy, a renewed vigour for life and a good cleanse of my temple has been a breathe of fresh air!

Its amazing to me how deeply I can bury myself in insubstantial, unmeaningful and unhealthy habits that completely remove me from the playing field of my life... I got sick of watching an empty pitch, and finally realised there was no one holding me in the grandstands... so I got up off my ass and headed out to play again!

I have a lot to do to fully get myself back on track, so while I'm not promising to blog everyday, I am going to make an effort to adding something to this 'ere lil ol' visual diary more often!

So here a a few of the images I had buried deep in the bowels of my hard drive just waiting for a day that I had some time to share...

The above images were found somewhere on the web... not sure where but if these images are yours, please comment me and I will add the credit and link for you asap!