Cover Up! Peaches Edition

Eat a peach, or two! The Stranglers had a hit with the rocking bassline of Peaches, and Hugh Cornwall growling and snarling out the naughty lyrics. Ogling girls is fun, innit? The Dub Pistols do it justice, with a modernized twist.

"Peaches"
Dub Pistols with Rodney P and Terry Hall


"Peaches"
The Stranglers

Watch out for these Zombies

Fuckkill by Todd Seelie


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Slow, Sweet Broccoli Beat

God, I love Gnarls Barkley. Cee-Lo Green's voice is undeniably powerful, but in this song, it's turned down low and used to haunting effect, with Danger Mouse's slow, sweet beats behind it. The video might make some a bit squeamish, but it's like a short film, and the actors are used well, their emotions are both funny and heartbreaking. The special effects? Well, they're simply special, and when you have a heart that is anthropomorphized to look like Cee-Lo, singing into broccoli microphone, it's all good, as they say.

"Who's Gonna Save my Soul?"

I recommend this Craigslist Rave!

Read this awesome Craigslist post, it made my day. I just came away from it amazed by the author's optimism and lack of animosity following his experience. I think he should have received a better grade for his paper, his mechanics might not have been perfect, but his storytelling is wonderful. I hope that this guy continues to write, but I am so glad that he has made a success out of himself. So many people would have self-destructed after an experience like his.

Ethereal and kooky

Lykke Li is another one of those crackerjack Swedish acts that they seem to keep cranking out for our ears to be tickled with. Maybe it's the lingonberries. This video has an ethereal vibe, and then some kooky dancing to keep things off kilter. The outfits are just as random, and the whole thing comes together to make an entirely fascinating video to go along with a gorgeous song.

"Little Bit"

Whoa! Look at Kelly Osborne!

Can you believe how good she looks? Tanned and with a beautiful smile, she is looking hotter than ever. Her eyebrows look fantastic. I think she looks really sleek in her understated, clean outfit. I guess Kelly is all grown up now. Good on the girl.

clipped from fabsugar.com

Get Wise To This!

Part two of awesome creatures. I'd ask this guy to be my roommate.




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My kind of creature

This is totally my kind of creature.



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Sprinkle Sweets

These bobbypins from stoopidgerl's Etsy shop are perfect confections.

Oh, lucky you! A matching cocktail ring that's good enough to lick! I love the colors, and the fact that these treats will never disappear, you get to enjoy them again and again!

This Way To The Beach!

"If you like smooth curves you'll love this suit" George Petty. I bet every girl wanted to be seen on the sand in this sexy little number. Each and every female who owned this suit got to imagine that she was a Petty pin-up. What a marketing coup for Jantzen.

This way indeed, and maybe that way for a From Here To Eternity tumble in the sand?

Saucy pose, and what a cool hat! She knows that she holds the cards.

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Backyard party y'all

The Crown City Rockers are a Bay Area band, and this is a nice summer party song.

"B-Boy"

Angelina Jolie, you're on my list.

I'm so mad I could spit. You took my secret baby name and used it, without asking, and now it's ruined. I've been hoarding it for years, because it's such a wonderful name, with a great nickname too. I really don't think I can use it now, because everyone will think that I named my baby after your silly baby. Lord above, why did you have to do it?

Alluring top

I was trying to find the top I bought yesterday at target to feature it on the blog, but for some reason it isn't on the target website. Instead I found this one, which is also really cute. Style thy name is Radish, and I am quite taken in by your batik-like print, and alluring colors. I'm a fan of orange, and it looks so dang lovely with that beet shade. It's the perfect little thing for summer, and the hues will transition right on into an early fall, let's hop for a nice Indian summer! I may just have to return to Target once more this week to grab this! ($12.99, 55% cotton, 45% modal)

clipped from www.target.com Mossimo® Black: Printed Sheer Tee - Radish $12.99 • Cap-Sleeve Casual Fashion Tee • Made of 55% Cotton, 45% Modal • Scoop Neck • Casual Fit • Machine Wash Cold

Bedside solution

Brian noticed these lamps a couple of weekends ago at Target, and I actually really like them. It's pretty cool that you can place a book or two on each shelf. The lamp takes a 150 watt bulb, so there should be plenty of light for reading. I'm looking forward to actually going back and getting them, I think that they will make our room look much more unified, and clean. later on, if we go with a different look (we don't have a bedroom set or anything, just some random furniture), we can put the lamps in say, the living room, or a guest bedroom, and they'll still look cool.

They also come in brown wood, which is what I would choose, black is too "single guy" for my taste.

clipped from www.target.com Square Floor Lamp with Shelves - Black/ Beige $59.99 • Lamp features black shelves with a light at the • Functional shelves are convenient for storage • Light has a beige silk shade • Frame and shelves made of wood • 63Hx10.25Wx10.25D"

Cool Summer Treats

Summer means cool treats, and none more delicious than ice cream. One of my current favorites is the Triple Chocolate Drumstick. When I was a child we always got our ice cream at Swensen's, a Bay Area original. The first shop was opened by Earle Swensen at Hyde and Union Streets atop Russian Hill, in San Francisco in 1948, and is still there today. We went to the local shop in San Anselmo with the 60 cents my mother gave us each week and bought a kiddie cone. One scoop chosen from the 160 flavors, always on a sugar cone. We were never allowed to get bubble gum, because of the gumballs. I lusted after bubblegum, of course. Once I got black licorice. As I recall, it was heady, delicious, and extremely messy. No doubt, not very many people would've agreed, and certainly not very many kids.




One lucky day my brother and I hit the ice cream jackpot. The teen aged girl behind the counter though we were cute, and told us that for our $.60 we could each have a dish of all the chocolate flavors. We were in frozen dairy heaven. My mom must've died when we came home, crowing about our grand luck. She was a sugar Nazi, and the weekly ice cream was her one concession. We always hoped that our luck would repeat, but it only happened that once. Later on, when I played softball, I ended up on a team that was sponsored by Swensen's. At the beginning, they told us that after a win, the team could come in for ice cream. I'm not sure if they ended up regretting this, or if it turned out to be a great promotion, because our team ended up being undefeated that year. (I assure you I had not much to do with the teams success, I was certainly one of the most lackadaisical right fielders known to modern history.) Yet,
once again, I ended up in a sort of dessert eden. Ahh, youth.

Fortunello image from FFFFOUND!, A Nutritious Dairy Food.... from goantiques.com

Bowl of Tears

dbabcock created this beauty of a bowl. It is wheel thrown of white stoneware clay. The tears were painstakingly added one by one. Inside the rim it is glazed with cleclear translucent to allow the natural beauty of the clay to appear through it. The remainder of the piece is glazed with an showstopping "bright lipstick red red gloss"

From the artist:
"This piece is 4" high x 6" across. And if you wish to use it as a bowl for serving things, it's durable enough for use in the microwave and dishwasher. I signed it on the bottom rim. "

The Right Moment

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