october tunes

© Stefen Chow

bedroom eyes // dum dum girls

someone like you // adele

bermuda locke† (dawn golden and rosy cross remix) // †††

club paradise // drake

amor fati // washed out

moves like jagger // maroon 5

Climate Reality: Denial Hits the Fan

Sick of Summer

seriously sick of summer weather, humidity, sweating, and frizzy hair. 

replaying all my favorite fall tracks - maybe doing a fall dance too. 

2006 - The Start of Something, Voxtrot

2006 - Goodnight and Go, Imogen Heap

2007 - Come Downstairs and Say Hello, Guster

2007 - Stronger, Kanye West

2008 - I Won't Be Found, The Tallest Man on Earth

2008 - Milk, Kings of Leon

2009 - Animal, Miike Snow

2009 - Release Me, Agnes

2010 - King of Spain, Tallest Man on Earth

2010 - I Will Be Here (Wolfgang Gartner Remix), Tiesto

The Tallest Man on Earth: Weather of a Killing Kind

"NOW THERE IS SOMETHIN' IN THE WIND

HERE IS A WEATHER OF A KILLIN' KIND"

Everything is Going to be Alright: The ACE Hotel

I'm still somewhat of a newb to New York but take pride in my personal discoveries, even if they may not be cutting edge to the hippest echelon of New Yorkers. 

Thanks to my rad job, I recently had the pleasure of spending some solid time at the ACE Hotel. Though situated in one of my least favorite areas of Manhattan, the hotel emanates vibes of Shoreditch, London. It's dark, usually loud, and quite a scene. But most of the clientele seems not to notice or to care as they furiously type away on their Macbooks and drink coffee (courtesy of Stumptown, and very well priced). Most nights though there is a house or guest DJ/band playing and one of the downstair lounges often hosts special events, including film screenings.

ACE is flanked by the even more fabulous, including an Opening Ceremony store that connects to the lobby (you won't find I <3 NYC tees here), The Breslin, and The John Dory. All of the hotel's amenities, including a photobooth, give visitors little reason to leave...and why should they? They're still in Midtown. 

1969

poorly fitting jeans, old jeans that sag after wearing them for five minutes, and outdated jeans are simply the worst. jeans should be your go to on a bad day; they should make you feel put together but comfortable. jeans, now that i'm thankfully far out of my prep school days, are a necessary staple in my wardrobe. but last weekend i came to the realization - my favorite black jeans look more like the color of a fresh bruise and the hole in my blue jeans has become unsightly -- i needed new jeans. after being sorely disappointed with numerous designer brands, i thought, "why not try Gap?" always a good go-to circa 2002, right? well give me 1969 because Gap's soho "1969 Store" is incredible. they've done away with Gap's normal reflectively bright white walls for light wood, granite, and plants - and have decorated with more than anything, denim. the store is sleek - think Apple and denim's love child. it's a jean store that happens to sell some of other essentials (sweaters, shirts, etc.). i fell in love with two pairs that i'm extremely happy with, and i was far from the only one. every woman i saw trying on denim bought a pair. looks like Gap is back on the radar, but with only two 1969 stores in the country, they still think they have their work cut out for them. 

ADELE: Set Fire to the Rain

on repeat now: 

SET FIRE TO THE RAIN

by

ADELE

(also being unfortunately used as the song on the commercial of sarah michelle gellar's comeback television show)

Tacombi // Nolita

TACOMBI @ FONDA NOLITA. 

267 Elizabeth Street, NYC

http://www.tacombi.com

Literally stumbled upon this garage taqueria on the way to a different bar on Friday night. We never made it to the other place because Tacombi was too intriguing to keep walking past. Authentic Mexican food is cooked and served out of a vintage Volkswagon van (is van food the new truck food?),  horchata and aqua de jamaica is dispensed out of huge glass jars, and the cute orange faced mascot of Lupita soda winks at you from the whitewash wall.  The clientele and atmosphere was more laid back than most downtown spaces on a Friday night, but everyone was in good spirits sipping Mexican beer and eating their delectably good looking $3.69 tacos. I stuck only to horchata but will be back first chance I get for some poblanos -- dinner next weekend? Or breakfast?

Fall 2011

A list of upcoming events, movies, music, and general merriment: 

- The Toronto International Film Festival, I'm unfortunately not going but its slate is amazing

- Melancholia (Lars Von Trier)

- Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn)

- Moneyball (Bennett Miller)

- Shame (Steve McQueen)

- My Week with Marilyn (Simon Curtis)

- The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev)

- The New York Film Festival, where some of the above films are playing (9/30-10/16)

- Good, crisp apples...the kind that have just fallen of the trees, not the kind that have been sitting in a barn somewhere for the last 8 months

- Fashion's Night Out (Thursday, September 8th)

- Cords and scarves and tights

- Bombay Bicycle Club in NY and their new album, "A Different Kind of Fix"

(melancholia by lars von trier)

ending rooftop nights

toasting to a summer of great rooftop nights.

moving into fall

LABOR DAY HAS CREPT UP ON ME AT AN ALARMING RATE. I LOOK BACK AT THIS SUMMER AND AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I DID EXACTLY. AND WHILE PART OF ME IS ANXIOUS AT THE IDEA OF NOT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, ANOTHER PART JUMPS UP AND DOWN AT THIS NEW(ISH) FREEDOM AND MY FAVORITE SEASON.

MORNINGS AND EVENINGS ARE COOLER NOW, AND THAT CRISP BUT SUNNY FEELING PENETRATES MY LUNGS. HERE'S TO HOPING THE FALL FEELS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

David Guetta - Titanium feat. Sia [Nothing But the Beat] by Cobra Records

Somebody I Used to Know

LITERALLY CANNOT STOP LISTENING

TO SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW BY GOTYE.

((THANKS))

Neil Young//Foster the People

Foster the People - Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Sydney, Australia by fromgotowhoa.com

Au Revoir, iTunes

I requested an invitation from Spotify on a whim, not knowing much about it. I downloaded the new music application on Friday - and I am already completely obsessed. Get it now. No, seriously, get it now. This is music access in a form similar to iTunes, but far superior. You can listen to millions of songs for free as long as you're connected to the internet, which we are 24 hours of the day anyway. No more 30 second clips from iTunes, no more skipping Pandora songs and listening to ads, no more fear that I'm going to get arrested for downloading Britney's newest single. Spotify is the raddest thing around.

So, thank you Daniel Ek!

Listening now: Bon Iver's Bon Iver album

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