To celebrate I M // U R's first week online and Frankmusik wandering around the UK, we've got goodies to give away at the end of the series to the fifteenth (15th) person who answers our question about the videos correctly via a comment on the final video post...So for your chance to win, WATCH, LISTEN and LEARRRRRRRN.

Episode 5 has just dropped so here it is for your viewing pleeeeeasuuuuurrre:

It just melts the edges of my ice-cream cold heart innit...Don't forget to keep checking back; we'll be asking you a question at the end, and if you answer it right, you get some love (and something in the post, not a steaming poop I promise) from I M // U R.

Topman: Joe Mount aka Metronomy, in CTRL

As Raphael was on his way out to DJ (Feliz aniversario Michell e Fubah!) at a birthday party, I slunk in from Topman’s opening CTRL night curated by METRONOMY. It was a rather well turned out crowd, dressed in a way that those big guns at Topshop/Man would be proud; it was an event that they could marvel at their cleverly executed marketing strategies to see the very neatly eclectic and nattily groomed lads and lasses who filled the gig room at the Hoxton Bar & Grill. (I, in fact, was also incidentally in Topshop; sporting a black panelled body con skirt that I’ve taken to wearing at every opportunity with anything and everything in my wardrobe, and that night it was coupled with amongst other things, my favourite asymmetric Ann Sofie Back cardigan).

Anyway, the gig room was absolutely rammed. So, taking a deep breath and squaring my shoulders to forge through the crowd, I ended up meekly apologising to all the people whose drinks I accidentally knocked as I squeezed past them, ducking my head and weaving like Beyoncé. Even having mad weaving skillz such as I, it was still a struggle to get in and out of the obviously fashionable event.

Your Twenties (+ Metronomy on drums)

By the time I arrived and found a little space where I could comfortably obscure someone else’s view of the stage (unfortunately I was standing in front of a short girl - okay, I was wearing my beloved four inch platform Opening Ceremony wedge boots; I was probably actually her height to begin with), I had unfortunately missed Koko Van Napoo but skidded in time to catch Your Twenties. Who were accompanied by, to my surprise, Joseph Mount (curator of the night) of Metronomy fame on the drum kit - I didn’t realise that he had joined Your Twenties to drum to Gabriel Stebbing’s (keyboards/bass in Metronomy) vocals and guitar. Apparently not though as Gabe explained; Joe had kindly stepped in as their usual drummer had traded this gig to go to America with a band that was breaking up anyway (burrrn!). Your Twenties glided through their tightly harmonised set, charmingly nostalgic yet gently modern in their Metronomy tinged take on Beatles flavoured indie pop. Kamerakino then stepped up with their brand of jangly, quaintly noir gypsy throw down.

Kamerakino

I exited after that as I had a cameo to make at the bar I regularly haunt. It was their first karaoke night and I promised I would stop by. It was brief but intense, and as I was walking away one of the owners came running out after me yelling “Christel you’re on! They’ve got Britney! Quick!” WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY (but I did it of course. And it was beyond fun).

OMG! It's Solange!

My favourite iced lollies in the world are Soleros. I always get a flash of a Solero when someone says Solange...But I digress; anyway YES! WE HAVE BAND's music is a million times better than Soler-ange of the House of Dere-ange (I still heart you Beyoncé), as someone commented on Darren's (who looks after Vocals/Drums/Percussion/Sampler in We Have Band) Facebook status earlier today.

The mass musical exodus that occurs in London around this time of the year when all the wanna-bes and gonna-bes head over to the States to do the big Spring pow-wows and the festival circuit is a funny time. A good time for most, a bitter time for others. We Have Band I think, would be having a very good time.

They did SXSW. Apparently, so did Solange - in the observation fashion anyway. And Solange did We Have Band. Well, according to her twitter anyway.

Solange in the We Have Band houuuuuse

Now the biggest question is, as posed by We Have Band on their myspace:

"We have to confess that we're beginning to feel the pressure to twitter. We couldn't really be bothered before but maybe we will.

Should we?"

And a quick community service annoucement: Even if WE HAVE BAND doesn't twitter, WE HAVE TWITTER (clickety click)!

The crazy invitation that Michell Zappa did for his bday 

I'm going to DJ tonight at Funhell - a weekly, cozily intimate party that happens at Funhouse (SP/Brazil). Tonight, Boss in Drama is going to play live to celebrate the birthday of one of the owners of the party: Fubah (Funhell 's producer) and Michell Zappa (the owner of the wicked Radiohead pics in our webby. He's agreed to be our official photographer at IM // A \\PARTY #2).

So in order to celebrate, I'm posting 5 tracks that I'm most definitely gonna drop tonight, so if you like them you better show up!

Vamos?

Right, so did you watch the 1st and 2nd episodes of ol' Frankmusik wandering around? If you didn't, catch them here and get up to speed. But here are the next couple of vids in the tour. Where in the UK is he now?

I'm still hoping for a midget to appear. *PLEASE* (Or has there already? OOooO perhaps to win a bit of Frankmusik gear you might have to tell me...)

Watch out Leeds lads and lasses, he's coming your way next.....

Dear Aeroplane (aka Vito De Luca and Stephen Fasano),

You already had my heart when you did that incredible remix for Friendly Fires featuring the lovely ladies of Au Revoir Simone - not to mention the Shortwave Set, Sebastien Tellier and Grace Jones remixes that I also adore. From there I went looking for your very own material and I finally understood what Balearic truly meant...yet now you go one step beyond.

In regards to the Disco Balearica mix that came out with the latest edition of the English magazine Mixmag, I'm speechless to say anything except that you, Aeroplane, have just become my favorite producers. Sorry for not going to see you when you played in Brazil, but I just wasn't that into you then. Please come back soon!

Truly yours.

Download: Mixmag Presents-Disco Balearica Mixed by Aeroplane (mediafire)

Check the tracklist after the break

If Hedi Slimane is my favorite rock'n'roll art photographer, Terry Richardson is my favorite mistress (I know, I'm a cliché). With super sensual shots in all different contexts he is one of the few who still manage to be himself while working for others. So Terry just did an editorial for Vogue Homme International entitled Autoportraits which shows him playing with this sexy blonde bomb wearing the coolest gold watches in town.

I adore the naughty moments therein, but I adore even more when Terry and the model combine their bodies into one sexy thing.

GALLERY

Blake, Terry and Leighton

Talking about sexy and Terry, he also did a photospread with the Gossip Girl cast for the American edition of Rolling Stone. So you get to see Blake Lively and Leighton Meester sharing an ice cream, some candies and the bed with all the other GG stars supposedly half naked (there's also a pillow fight but meh...).

"They didn't tell us anything about the concept," Blake Lively says. "We didn't know we'd have any props, but we saw this big fun table - like a kid's birthday party. Um, some of it was a little mature for a kid's birthday party. Some of the ... inflatable items...But it's all been a surprise; it's been really fun."

"He had some hot dogs. I'm worried what's gonna happen with the hot dogs," Badgley said upon arriving at the shoot. "I was thinking the exact same thing!" added Taylor Momsen. "When I saw all the props, I wasn't sure what he was going for, but I'm sure it'll be fun," Ed Westwick completed.

GALLERY

It's how everybody should live their lifes, don't you agree?

IM//A\\PARTY – THE SYNTHPOP EDITION @ Gloria - São Paulo/Brazil

When: 4th of April  2009

Who: Bag Raiders (Australia), Miami Horror (Australia), Boss in Drama, Pomada (Funhell) and We//R\\DJs

How much: R$60 // R$40 with the flier

Host: Alisson Gothz

Art: Roderico de Souza e Leando Bevilacqua

Production: Christel Escosa and Raphael Caffarena (I M//U R)

www.imyouare.com // www.imaparty.com

Are you ready for IM//A\\PARTY #2? Interviews to come...