Monthly Mix

So last month saw us make a mix just in time for Valentines, so it was all about crushing hard.

But what happens if your crush doesn't quite work it?
What if it goes horribly wrong? What if you suddenly just think yr crush is rubbish and you don't know what you were thinking? What if yr crush becomes so all consuming it sends you a little crazy? What if you realise you are AWESOME and love being alone? What if one day you wake up and realise you are over your crush, just like Angela Chase?
Well then here is a mix for all those what if's.....

Don't Need You from Sugar Paper Zine on 8tracks Radio.

90s mum or hipster?!?!?

This weekend my sister Sy and friend Katie came over for my mum's birthday. We sat watching TV and the selection was poor. We ended up watching 90s gameshow celebrity Squares!
I invented a game 90s mum or hipster!*

* so I have noticed that 90s fashion is in in a BIG way right now, something I sometimes can't handle as the 90s never left my heart. I also know the whole let's make fun of hipsters thing is both negative and a waste of time. My definition of this is someone who thinks they're cooler than you because of how they look, also somebody that spends a lot of money on something that was probably £6 from Clockhouse back in the day!

Anyway it seems Lesley Joseph came out on top as she would be bang on trend right now!

Then yesterday we went to visit my nan who gave us a box full of holiday photos (we spent our summer holidays holidaying with my Nan and Grandad in Filey).
Which gave us lots of laughs playing hipster or 90s mum.
I mean check out this picture of my mum in the 90s, if those trainers were New Balance, she would be so trendy now it would hurt!

My sister and I were too super fashionable.

So much so I thought everyone would want to re-create our 90s looks , and you can......

The Sy Look by sugar-paper featuring Topshop

The Seleena Look by sugar-paper featuring Topshop
 

 

Also check out this hipster photo shoot!!

Ps here is a bonus hot, that time my sister and I were in a Wes Anderson film **

** JOKES everyone knows there is never more than on POC in a Wes Anderson film at any one time!

The Great Yorkshire Zine Weekender!!

So as we reach mid Februray I remembered that in a months time we will be stalling at not one but TWO zine fairs!

First up on Saturday 15th march is the one in Sheffield! I think it's in the same venue as last year, the one with a slide WOO!
More event info HERE.

Then on Sunday 16th March is the one in Leeds. More info event for that one is HERE.

I am mostly excited about hanging out with my cross Pennine pals YES! Also seeing what other zines people have.
Poor Lass 3 (should) will totally be out and possibly full re-stock on all Sugar Papers!
Best get down the printers then!

I want to be impossibly beautiful and wear stupid outfits!

So I finally got round to watching Kaboom, and as with every Gregg Araki film I watch, the feeling I went away with is 'I want to be impossibly beautiful and wear stupid outfits'.
So I'm writing a post about it.

I first discovered Araki's film in my late teens when I went to stay at my friend's Nick and Paul's flat after a night out. Nick decided what everyone needed at 3am is to watch Nowhere.
I was totally into it and not long after watched Doom Generation.

Some years later I still follow Araki's work. Only now I wish I dressed a little more like I did when I was younger (only way better). Back then even before I saw Nowhere I loved to wear bright colours and my favourite fabric was plastic.
I wore some mad shit that didn't go together and probably looked awful in hindsight, but I thought I looked good.
I still own lots of mad shit but I never get to wear it. I go to work, tap class, youth zone and Asda mostly!
I'm going to start going out more (even though I'm too lazy and prefer to spend money elsewhere). But I love to dance and I got me a whole load of mad shit to wear to pretend I'm in a Gregg Araki film!

who doesn't want an outfit to match their walls!

Plastic coat, stuff of dreams. Black bob, also stuff of dreams!

I've always loved a bit (lot) of colour co-ordination.

Never dressed as a box of tampons, yet!


 

One thing's for sure, when the world ends I'll look impossibly beautiful and be wearing a stupid outfit!

Monthly Mix

Last month (December) we didn't have a mix. I had every intention to make a super Christmas mix, but I realised I didn't own that many Christmas songs and that my friend Holly made a much better mix (which I was meant to link from here but didn't). Plus I just didn't have time, too many bath bombs to be sold!

So just gonna sneak this mix in for January in time for the love fest of February.
this ones for anyone that had an all consuming crush, on somebody whether they were real or fictional.
I'm pretty sure the crush was 100% real!

 

Totally Crushed Out from Sugar Paper Zine on 8tracks Radio.

Seleena's best songs ever!

My good friend Em got inspired by an article she read where Thurston Moore picked his 38 favourite songs and picked her own (check it out HERE).
I told her she picked some choice tunes on there, she said she's like to see my list.
And so here it is. I thought about just putting it on my own blog I use for my art (I might even cross post it) but I thought if I put it here Kandy could put hers here too.
I compiled this list in about 20 minutes (so it's safe to say I'll probably disagree with it all 20 minutes after posting it).
A lot of my favourite band are in here but then not necessarily my favourite songs by them, so I'm not sure how the list came to be.
I think it's just a combination of songs I could play over and over again, songs that remind me of a time/place/person or my karaoke songs! (it's not in any order)

Lisa Loeb - Stay (I missed you)


Discount - On The Counter


Gossip - Jason's Basement


En Vogue - Free your Mind


Jimmy eat World - The Middle


Placebo - Bionic


Excuse 17 -Watchmaker


Bis - This Is Fake DIY


Hang on the Box - Asshole I'm not your baby


Andrew WK - Party Hard


Subdebs - Don't mess with us

That Dog - He's kissing Christian


Hole - Violet


Sleater-Kinney - Dig me out


L7 - Shitlist


Cadallaca - Trouble with Public places



Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer


Tuscadero - Nancy Drew


Mates of State - Fluke


Lit - My own worst enemy


Cub - Magic 8 ball


The Blow - Parentheses


Longstocking - Jehu on a rollercoaster

Kenickie - Can I take U 2 the cinema


Bratmobile - Real Janelle


Destinys Child - So good


Idlewild - Everyone say's you're so fragile


Bikini Kill - Rah! Rah! Replica


East 17 - Steam


Rondelles - Safety in numbers

Bangs - Sweet revenge


Go Sailor - Ray of sunshine


Helen Love - Does your heart go boom?



TLC - No Scrubs


Urusei yatsura - Strategic Hamlets


Elastica - Stutter


The Capricorns - Sunset over Malibu


My Chemical Romance - Famous last words


Sadly I couldn't find videos for all of the songs, and the ones I can't find videos for are absolute belters!!

My year in lists (Kandy) 30 going on (20)13

Does that title make any sense?! I don't know.
 
What I do know is that in 2013 I turned 30! Anyone who knows me will know that I love saying, oh, it's just a number...birthdays are the best, and although I still firmly believe that, 30 was a bit different. I'd heard tales of people "turning 30 and becoming boring"..and throughout my 20s there's been a lot of "oh, just you wait, you'll get broody when you're 30", so I was more concerned than usual by this year and this age change! IT'S ALL OK THOUGH KIDS, being 30 can be AWESOME, I've not suddenly turned into a bore or started buying baby magazines, I have had lots of fun times and done things I never thought I would do. I am definitely more 30 going on 13 than I ever was the other way round. Here's a list of 13 things (in a sort of chronological order) that made this year memorable for me..
 
1. Formed Yiiikes! collective with Alison and Seleena, working on Art with friends is super-fun!
 
2. Roller Derby tattoo, I wanted one of these for a while but promised myself I had to make the A-team before I was allowed one. I first made the A-team in 2012, but got my tattoo booked in with one of my favourite tattoo artists for early 2013. Her helmet and the colours reminds me of quidditch too which I love!
 

 
3. I built a website, from scratch! I had made pages for my website in photoshop before but this year I learnt to use dreamweaver and made a whole website for the super talented Seleena!
 
4. Yiiikes! had our first exhibition, yeah, we mean business. We created a glowing world instillation exhibition at Islington Mill which was really fun to put together, and to see/hear people experience it.
 

 

5. I got to see the Breeders play live, I never thought I would get to see them, not only that, but they played Last Splash in its entirety, s-woooon!

 

6. MY KNITTING BOOK CAME OUT!!! The writing of the book mostly happened in 2012, this year was all about releasing the book to the world. It took about a month after it came out to sink in, I still have moments where the fact I wrote a book overwhelms me. The best thing about the book is hearing that people are enjoying it and seeing what people have knitted from my patterns!

 

  

7. Indietracks! We ran some awesome workshops, saw some great bands, discovered Martha, and Helen Love stole the show, but Indietracks, as always, was all about having a laugh with good friends. This was my face for most of the weekend...

 8. Another band, beginning with B, that I thought I'd never get to see..B52's, I saw them as an early birthday present, and they blew me away, SO good!

9. PARTY!!! One of the great things about turning a landmark number is having a party, for me this meant getting lots of friends together, setting up party games, putting on a spread and having a dance!

 

10. New York! For my birthday, I went on holiday to NYC, somewhere I have always fancied but never had a reason to go to. It was PERFECT, I got to spend some quality time with Ben, checking out the sights and discovering all the delicious food. On my birthday, my present was a trip to Coney Island where I got to be part of the freak show and pretend to be Cyndi Lauper on the wonder wheel.

11. Went to Shetland to speak at a conference in front of 3 of my knitting heroines, met Lisa Anne Auerbach..and made friends with her. I have been a fan of her work for years, she is great!

12. Became a regular Roller Derby coach. I might have done a bit last year, I can't remember, but this year I did a lot, and really enjoyed it. I was rewarded for my hard work by my team with my own stopwatch and whistle...watch out 2014, I'm gonna whip you into shape!  

13. Realised that I am, and continue to be massively inspired by the people around me, their creativity, talent, love and enthusiasm, keep it up you awesome bunch. Xxx