Flo had me at hello, but while doing a private performance at Radio 1, she revealed her love of Jamie xx, Drake and Rihanna just before covering the song all three of them collaborated on, “Take Care”. Flo’s got some swagga I didn’t see coming! Brilliant cover and shout out to the crossed eyes at 4:49!!
The last time I saw Peaches, she was performing in her mostly one-woman show, “Peaches Christ Superstar” and I left feeling a bit confused and let down. I’m not sure if I just hadn’t done enough research beforehand, but I was expecting the Peaches experience filled with giant dildos, neon lights, electronic beats and even bigger giant dildos. Suffice it to say, it was absolutely nothing like that and the guy who showed up wearing a dog costume and sat by himself in the row in front of us was probably more let down than I was.
The old Peaches seems to at least be back for a hot minute thanks to a collaboration with my favorite homoboy, Cazwell, on a track called, “Unzip Me”. The combination of rock riffs and electronic dance elements remind me of her track, “The Boys Wanna Be Her” (which got the hot ass Tommy Sunshine remix years ago).
A few things jumped out at me when I first watched this video, first of all, how fierce does Amanda Leopore look? Secondly, I’m kind of obsessed with the long white faux eyelash look.
I’ll be interviewing Peaches and Cazwell in the next few weeks so if you’ve got any questions you’d like me to throw in there, feel free to let me know!
I’m not too proud to admit that sometimes I’m an idiot. I don’t sleep very well so when I get press releases it’s not unheard of for my brain to react to a name before I have a chance to read the actual words inside the email. Most of the press releases I receive are about music, so when I got an email entitled, “My Week With Marilyn”, my brain on auto-pilot went directly to Marilyn Manson and I skipped over it entirely.
Fast forward to a few weeks later and I started seeing previews of this wonderful-looking film starring Michelle Williams taking on the role of Marilyn Monroe and boy do I feel stupid.
Monroe is a Hollywood icon I’ve always admired and felt a great amount of empathy for. When I was much younger, she was one of the first celebrities whose suicides I had been taught about. This was my first realization that money and fame do not always bring you happiness. Hell, even beauty doesn’t always bring you happiness. In fact, after reading “A Beautiful Child”, from Truman Capote’s incredible collection of fiction and non-fiction short stories, Music for Chameleons, my realization of her sadness was almost too much.
It’s weird for me to say I’m “thankful” that Michelle Williams was cast in this role, but I really am. In addition to her incredible ability to transform into Marilyn physically, I also feel as though she can bring a certain level of dignity to the role that many other actresses wouldn’t.
This is one of the few films in a long time that I am truly excited about seeing as soon as it hits theaters.
I want to be swallowed up whole by this track and live inside of it like Jonah did inside the whale. Orchestral, Electro, Dub, intensely great music and beats.
Cute kids with aggressive bangs at play:
Chubby Jones 