Located in the mountains of West Virginia you find the most wonderful
house/cabin I’ve ever seen (on screen). This one-of-a-kind glass cabin made of discarded
windows is what I see as the realization of today’s tendency of romanticism, back to nature, ecologism, greenism, beardism,
consciousism, having-less-is-having-moreism,
slow-living and creative-with-less-moneyism.
Check the video below and visit My Modern Met for the story behind...
How
beautiful they might look, the much more confidence they might give you or
whatever reason you have to walk on higher-than-high-heels, I still prefer
comfort (I think I’m naturally a ‘flats person’) and I only wear – the most
comfortable I can find – heels at special occasions. So, especially for those
moments, for high-heels-lovers and the ‘naturally heels persons’ (and everybody
in between) some tips from the professionals!
Like how do you get gracefully out of a car? Or when do you have to buy
your shoes/heels? I’ll give you already the answer on the latter from Sarah Rutson (fashion director at LaneCrawford): “Never buy heels in the
morning, do it in the afternoon when your feet have expanded” > that’s a
good one, non?!
Did you hear about the 21 year young(!)Ásgeirfrom Iceland? He won several prices at the Iceland Music Awards, like Album of the Year, Best Newcomer, Public Choice Award etc. and now he is going to take over the rest of the world (I'm already hooked)
Wake up with his new single King and Cross... Hmmm I love it!
Yesterday
were the recordings of College Tour with the one and only Robbie fucking Williams (I'm sorry for fucking,
but you'll understand why I am writing that when you see College Tour
tonight, 20.25u NTR, NL3) in the Dutch Pop Temple Paradisoand I
was one of the 500 lucky bastards/students who could join the show(!)
If
you not already do, you'll gonna love him after you have seen the show
tonight. Robbie is charming, a gentleman, he has a huge bunch
of humour and self-mockery and he has that very
sexy little arrogance which - yet - makes him so attractive - even after
39 years and gaining weight for "30 pounds".
Before
the interview started, we were told we could ask him any question (but we weren't allowed to take pictures). It seemed that mr. Williams had left his past of
alcohol&drugs behind, that he got over it, and that he could speak openly
about it now he came into calmer waters (married in 2010 with Ayda Fieldand became father of daughter Theodora Rose Williams (Teddy) – since 2012), although, as
being a sensitive person, he had to sweep a little tear away during the
show.
When
the alcohol&drugs topic was brought up, he told that he could not blame his
fame to the addictions: “Even if I was a carpenter […] I would have become an
alcoholic”. He also never regretted being famous, that’s actually what he
always wanted to be, thus in a next life he would do the same. Simultaneously he's kind of afraid that he is not good at
anything else, because the only thing he was good at at school were the social
activities, “I hope I’m dyslexic”.
Besides
the predictable alcohol&drugs topic (and a – desperate/daring? - “can I have a kiss from you”-question),
the questions diverge. Williams told about and showed the Elvis Pray he does with his crew before
the start of every concert and about a very awkward moment he had when he asked what the green thing was he had in his hand (namely a cucumber), he showed his new tattoo, answered the question if his image of being a sex bomb influences his
family life and my question about what his ultimate dream concert would be
like, the answer was surprising, but also related to his newest album. Twan Huys(the presenter) showed
Robbie’s several performances at Paul de Leeuw and his guest role in Little Britain,
something he definitely wants to do more in the future.
This
was just a selection of the several funny, touching and honest moments of the
show. Go see it tonight, or, if you can’t – for whatever reason – go to uitzendinggemist.
There you go, a beautiful impression of the event of The Much, Much at the Dutch Embassy during the Paris Fashion Week (even Diane Pernet was there! - a Paris-based American born French international, famous and eccentric fashion blogger and critic).
Tegenlicht
interviews several ‘crisis-childs’ of
the eighties, which are now thirty somethings. It’s very interesting and
inspiring how they talk about their vision of the ‘new economy’, the world of
tomorrow, and how they embody this world. Meet Robin for example, a Dumpster
Diver, he doesn’t shop at the supermarket, but he dives into Amsterdam’s
garbage cans for his daily bread. He
guides and teaches other people how to become a dumpster diver too(see his website
for more tips and tricks for living with less money). Or Thomas, he is co-founder
of Impact HUB Amsterdam who helps people realizing their ideas and initiatives
for a better world.
I think nowadays guilty pleasures are not what they used to be, namely, something to feel yourself (a little bit) guilty about. Guilty pleasures were like little secrets you only tell your best friend about. But it's like everybody has a guilty pleasure and tells about it with no guilt at all. A few weeks ago even Matthijs van Nieuwkerk told about his not-so-guilty-pleasure song in his own show. Although I'm a supporter of frankness and against taboos, I'm a bit afraid that this trend will get out of control and that in a while guilty pleasures will be the topic at my families birthday parties(!!), which will probably end up in very awkward situations...(which can be really fun too) Okay, I will not finish this post without telling you (one of) my guilty pleasure which I am not really feeling guilty about, (why) should I? I like poo and peejokes... and I'm not the only one, that's for sure, because Rafael Rozendaal likes them too(!), you can see here at one of his digital artworks> just draw the finger... Don't forget to check his website too, because he also makes really interesting computer art, ENJOY!
