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When I was a very impressionable youth I got WAY into Deee-Lite. World Clique, Infinity Within, even Dew drops in the Garden. Actually, “Groove is in the Heart” is still one of my favorite songs. Ask anyone.

1990. Year of Technotronic. Snap! Toms Diner… This little gem

This came next. Definitely bought it from Columbia House

I was sifting through images of “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” and landed into the lap of Lady Miss Kier (birth name Kierin M. Kirby. Um, how is this real?). She totally did the sixties mod thing ala the B-52’s but so much more through the eyes of a club kid on acid.

Did you know she started out as a punk? Me neither…

Paging Siouxsie and Sue Catwoman

Orange spandex and pigtails and a baby tee covered in huge sparkly butterflies? Sure, why not.
I distinctly remember going to Wet Seal and lusting after babytees. One in 17 I still remember said “Man Trap” and had a girl with an illustration of literal beehive on her head. Was Mantrap a brand like X-Girl?

baby barrettes. chunky sneakers. crop top. must be the 90s.

Of course she would love LL. And of course he’d love her. All the gays do.

Hey, I was just here. Is that me and James and our new Italian friend? Could be!

Most of these images come from this flickr user and this website and uuiuu’s tumblr

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There has been a whole lot of crafternooning and craft discussions going on in these parts. I think the dour economy is inspiring my friends and encouraging us to stay home, make something with ones hands, hang with friends and not have to spend a million dollars going out to bars and screaming loudly. Andddddd be indoors where it is warm.

My last few craft-attempts have involved covering things in punk studs. A leather handbag, black wool coat, cashmere scarf. I bought a Bedazzler recently and I’m going to try and see how that goes.

This weekend there is likely another crafting session on the horizon. If it’s not punk studs perhaps I will make an edible craft? A craft using wood slabs and string art? Something with tissue paper (notecards? a picture frame?) Or weird dolls?

Here are some inspiring 1970s craft images from flickr and Martha Stewart. (links below)



From Flickr
Some images from Of Color and Lines
Pin Pals
Heath and the BLT Boys
Amy Honey
String Art from here and bymanu

From Martha Stewart
Monster Pops

No Knit Scarf

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In recent weeks I’ve been way into attempting arts and crafts projects that were the staple of nine years of Girl Scout camp or bored suburban afternoons circa high school. Except tweaked for someone now much older.

Covering a cashmere scarf, a black leather purse, and a coat entirely in pyramid studs. Dying lace blouses to look antique with herbal tea. Buying embroidery floss for six friends to make friendship bracelets while watching two back to back episodes of The City. It’s like a meeting of the BSC over here. Next up, lanyards? Maybe I’ll make a zine? Hand tooled leather belts stamped with initals and weird teepee symbols? Perhaps take up… scrapbooking!?? Who knows, but I’m having so much fun.

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I’m drawing Disneyland themed illustrations for a third Mountain High Ad. In the process of culling reference, I got sucked into a Flickr void and stumbled upon all these cute vacation snapshots from the sixties and seventies and illustrations by some artists I’d never heard of. In particular I’m into these works by Paul Hartley.



Disneyland ‘72 from: Galexie Girl
Paul Hartley Illustrations from: Miehana

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The last couple of movies I’ve seen make me want to find my old X-Girl tees, back issues of Grand Royal and Delia*s catalogs from 8th and 9th grade. I wore rainbow shoelaces, big plastic rings, train conductor overalls and track jackets. Read coming of age books like Girl and Foxfire. Listened obsessively to Cibo Matto. And watched KIDS and Party Girl. He-he-hellloooooo!

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Watched Kids yesterday and followed it with a dose of Beautiful Losers before it closed at the IFC on Tuesday. Back to back teens causing trouble downtown, skateboarding, Harmony Korine (not looking so good these days). Coupled with the Wackness a few weeks back and it’s hard not to get nostalgic for a time I didn’t even live here.

I don’t feel like rambling / preaching to the choir about how much I still love Kilgallen, Mcgee, Mike Mills, or Espo, but I do feel like saying that Geoff McFetridge is a babe. Oh, did you know he has glasses? hellooo there

some images via sulfh’s flickr, king of mountain, kitsune noir
oh, and here’s a high snobrity interview with McFetridge

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