Bloody Beetroots + Zingone

Tired of listening to Warp? Me neither. But in the interest in keeping up with the work of one of the best bands out right now here's recent track which features a collaboration with the very French Zingone and the very Norwegian Nina Martine. The Bloody Beetroots have kept quiet on plans for an album (if they have any) in the meantime their remixes are popping up on video game soundtracks everywhere.

ALSO: Im in London for next nine weeks. Please contact me (pandatoes@gmail.com) soon if you are interested in booking me for a club/party.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs + A-Trak

A-Trak has been killing it on the decks for ages, but only (relatively) recently did the masses start hyping his productions. "aNYway" has been the talk of the town of late, but there's a new track in the game that's prepped to blow minds: dude's remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Heads Will Roll." The suspenseful moments are wildly energizing and the instrumental moments are epic in a remarkably Top 40-friendly way. This is perfect for darn near any club. Huge.



EDIT: This is available to download pretty much everywhere on the internet. See: our friends at Discobelle, Disco Dust, etc.

What I Wore Today!

Hello out there,

I didn't realise until after it was all thrown together, but this outfit is very animal-centric - butterflies on the earrings, tiger on the shirt, and snakes on the belt (even if they are the snakes and ladders kind). This is what I wore to cook lasagna, and screw around on facebook, haha. Oh, and also to procrastinate. I just finished one assignment, and I have another one due on Friday, and then another one due on Monday. Oh uni, why do you do this to me? At least I have shiny earrings to make me feel better.

Outfit Rundown:

Earrings: Trade Secret (Groove Acessories), FIFTY FRIGGIN' CENTS.
T-shirt: Trade Secret (Pure Hype), $9.95
"Snakes and Ladders" Belt: Jay Jays, 2 for $15
Jeans: K-Mart, $30

What trials and tribulations did your outfit see you through today?

Until next time, xo.

On life, the universe and everything (Or maybe just happiness)

Hello there lovelies,

I've been neglecting this little blog again, but then I've been finding it hard to blog and maintain my positive attitude lately. For awhile, I was ashamed of that. I felt like I'd failed - after all, I'd just been through six months of deep depression, and then come out ecstatic about life again. Being unhappy, even for a second felt like I was failing. Felt like it might start me spiralling out of control again. To get metaphorical on you, my life lately has been feeling much like the staircase in the picture above. I'm enjoying the scenery and the climb, but when it boils down to it, I feel like I have no idea where the staircase is going, or how many stairs I have left to climb. I'm trying to find my direction, or any direction that feels right. Anyway, I'm not trying to dwell on the negatives here. What I am trying to say is that it's ok to feel this way. Really. No matter how much more focused, or accomplished anyone else seems to be, it's ok for you to have no idea what the hell you're doing. It doesn't matter what your friends have done, or what things they have that you don't. You don't need to feel ashamed about not knowing quite where your life is going. You'll get there.

And I'll make an effort to stop feeling bad about it.

Until next time, xo.

Thought For The Day...

Picture by (kerryball)

So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key.
Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album

Until next time, xo.

Things I love Thursday!

So many things I've loved this past week, and so little time to type them out!

• Placebo at Soundwave - There are no words to express just how excited this makes me. I know I mentioned this already in my last entry, but there is just too much love for this to be mentioned only once. I mean, it's Placebo. The band that has written pretty much every one of my favourite song lyrics, ever.

  
  

  "I'm unclean, a libertine
  And every time you vent your spleen,
  I seem to lose the power of speech,
  You're slipping slowly from my reach.
  You grow me like an evergreen,
  You've never seen the lonely me at all."
  Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
  

• Sitting down to start an assignment the night before it is due, and finding out the deadline has been extended by a week. I don't think this needs any further explanation.
  


• My tax money came back, resulting in The Boyfriend and I acquiring a brand spanking new Xbox 360 Elite, and awesome surround sound system (replacing our dying dvd players, stereo, and game consoles). It sounds so good, and it's very nice to have working electronics in the house.
  


• Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey finally being at the library for me, after a month of waiting - there are waiting lists a mile long at the public library for new Jacqueline Carey. I feel special just to be touching the book.
  

Photo by DennisChunga

Other happiness gems: old Family Guy episodes; The Boyfriend and I having days off that coincide; catching up on a buttload of uni work; kick-boxing; sexy new underwear; planning outfits for Soundwave even though it is months away and I'll change my mind by then anyway; falling asleep on the couch watching House episodes; scoring Xbox games for $30; smiling for no real reason; watching my dog chase his toys down the hallway; talking to my Mum on the phone; Jillian Michaels; having all my exams in the first week of exam period - hello extra week of holidays; looking forward to weekend BBQ's; and daydreaming about the future.

What's cranking your Thursday chain?

Until next time, xo.

The Very Best

While Greg's spent the last week toiling over mid-terms, I had a leisurely long weekend hiking through the bright foliage of New Hampshire and celebrating the massacre of millions of Native Americans. Actually, scratch that last part, we just went hiking.

While on this little adventure, my friend took it upon himself to fill my iTunes library up with Afro-Beat and old jazz singles. Among these was a new collaborative effort called The Very Best that blew my mind. The project joins Radioclit with Malawian drummer Esau Mwamwaya and fuses elements of traditional African music, indie, disco, and hip-hop. This track features Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend) on vocals. He's singing in the Malawian national language, Chichewa, in case you were wondering.



They have an album dropping soon, but for now you can download a mixtape they did (with a helluvalotuv collaborators) off Fairtilizer for free.