countessian los angeles & london photographer RACHEL CARR213 537 8181
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Archive for July, 2008
5.8! (I like ‘em loud and rolling and damage free)
Good thing my parents’ ‘plane didn’t land yet. They’d turn right round and go all the way back to Heathrow if they felt that. The BBC website’s funny:
amanda blank, spank rock, n*e*r*d*, mstrkrft, a-trak, etc
I was never all that bothered about N*E*R*D*. I mean, I liked them just fine and everything, but I never really got the whole OhMyGodPharrELLLLLL!!!! thing. Of course, once I busted my way through all the over-made-up, under-dressed whinie girlies begging to be let backstage and made it into the pit and I started taking [...]
morning is wiser than evening, in hollywoodland and beyond
.flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } There’s a Russian saying that crops up in fairytales all the time, and it means “morning is wiser than evening”. In theory, it means “sleep on it.” In practice, at least in the fairytales, it means “husband, go [...]
IPC subeditors dictated my youth
Rachel’s first NME photo credit. Aww. When I was 14, the shop up the road had to order the NME special for me because no one else where I lived wanted it. Now read Laura’s story www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/38145 and one of these days, if you’re lucky, I’ll tell you the tale of my Agyness Deyn bathroom [...]
bored as hell in hollywood, florida
.flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Travelling for work is nice. It’s luxurious to be miserable on a balcony.
countessian “too violent” for myspace
Little Miss Sally Fay Dalton had this as her Myspace picture, but Myspace deleted it on the grounds that it was “too violent” to be viewed by the delicate little petals that use the site. That’s ridiculous, of course, but I am fantastically proud that my pictures are apparently worth banning. Getting my pictures deleted [...]
possum saloon: welcome to edendale
THE LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF DITA DIMONÉ, NAKED AT A GARDEN PARTY ON THE NIGHT OF HER STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE JACQUETTA DOWLING, SURPRISED BUT UNPERTURBED BY AN UNINVITED GUEST WHILE TRACING THE MENHENIOTTS’ HONEYMOON ROUTE ON AN ANTIQUE MAP OF PARIS HADLEY MONTPELIER, RECLINING AFTER HANGING UP ON HER TRANSATLANTIC CALLER HARLOW JONES ENJOYING HER LAST [...]
possum saloon at the regent theater — be there!
I’ve got an Edendale preview for yous, so don’t miss it. PS — Remember to bring your hazmat suit.
charon in lincoln heights
.flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } “You know when you’re in jail for killing someone and you get a tear tattoo under your eye? That’s what these are.” “So, you killed three people?” “Well, mine are one tear per hundred people.” The weekend brought [...]
How to Start Your Own Pirate Radio Station
Dodging the FCC, etc, courtesy of Little Radio. How to Start Your Own Pirate Radio Station It includes everything from the equipment companies to avoid, how to pick your frequency, legal issues and the fact that apparently in California there’s a law that states no vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. [...]
sophia has red hair again
Outtakes from Sophia’s headshot shoot on Saturday, in between Useless Keys at Spaceland in the early hours of the morning and Fleet Foxes at The Echo in the evening. The new red hair is fun to photograph.