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BEFORE TODAY by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

It doesn’t take much to make me feel stupid. Trying to find the words to describe the debut album of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at 4AD is just one of many examples I could give you. To me, ‘Before Today’ sounds like an album that Kevin Barnes could be recording if he loved goth bands more than funk ones. Or like the cold wave genre entering a multicoloured psychedelic stage instead of glazing at it's own depression. Don’t mind my threadbare examples; this is the album that will make it onto every interesting top 10 of the year and you don’t wanna miss it.

WE // R \\ WEARING

I can't resist (probably overpriced) basics-with-a-twist. My wardrobe, full of T by Wang, Oak, Bassike and yes, American Apparel is proof of this; and since in Australia, a new favourite has emerged in the form of Nathan Smith. His selection of supersoft tees, tanks and dresses have sucked me into buying multiples of a number of styles in different colourways. You just can't go wrong with these though! Addictively and endlessly wearable - and not in actual fact, overpriced in the slightlest - Nathan Smith is the way forward for your wardrobe.

WE // R \\ WATCHING

I don’t think any series will treat teenagers the same way that Freaks and Geeks did almost 10 years ago. Although relying on every teen American cliché they could, this series was the closest thing to reality you could get whilst still being something fun and interesting to watch – cause, you know, life is boring. With bands like The Who, The Clash and XTC being either part of episodes or the soundtrack, this 80’s based cult show was short-lived (only 18 episodes), but long enough to enrich the careers of some young actors (i.e. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps and, erm, Linda Cardellini) and is greatly missed. Can we have a movie about them meeting again in the 00’s?

WE // R \\ GOING

Once, a friend of mine wanted to take me to this 'cheap Chinese restaurant', situated in the heart of Liberdade, a Japanese neighborhood in São Paulo. When we got there the place was packed, but because it looked cheesy and kinda poor, I didn't want to wait it out. It took another friend for me to go back there and fall in love with it. Now, every time the mood for some freshly made noodles (you can watch the chief making the noodle dough through a window) framed in some horribly painted pink walls takes me, I go for Rong He. Did I mention the food is also incredibly generous and cheap?

WE // R \\ READING

The ultimate in peeping tom into other, cooler, more fashionable, richer, quirkier and more-hipster-than-thou lives is Todd Selby's The Selby. Having previously been an internet only voyeur's dream, Todd has just last month released The Selby Is In Your Place, a book the coffee table tome full of twee drawings, colourful interiors and people showering. Half of the images in the books are favourites from the website and the other is stuff he hasn't published online yet. So go check it out, maybe buy it if you can to make your crappy coffee table in your crappy apartment that little bit cooler with pictures of someone else's cool stuff.

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Bonde do Role is back as a samba band

Monday // August 17, 2009 at 17:02 // filed under Music

Bonde do Role @ Favela

Photo and video were stolen from Gema Gema TV (see more of them here)

So I went to Rio de Janeiro this weekend. While there I had my first favela experience and I have to say I was blown away by the beauty of it. Bonde do Role were recording a samba DVD about trannies on the top of favela Tavares Bastos and invited some friends to be part of the laje (the top of a favela house, like a brick roof) party in which they had an amazing churrasco (what Brazilians call their barbecue).

As guests, Bonde do Role invited some of the members of Copacabana Club and the amazingly fun producer João Brasil (Brazil's answer for Girl Talk) who had two other band members with him playing - plus the two horrific trannies.

The party, as you already expect, was much more about the fun of it than the actual music - although you might've liked it if you are into samba or Brazilian joke songs about trannies. It will be definitely a once in a life-time experience sort of thing which you might be part when the DVD comes out or you catch it on TV. Meanwhile check a quick video of their new samba single 'Sarita' and download the demo version of the track below.

Bonde do Role - Sarita

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Bonde Do Role - Sarita [mp3]

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TAGS: Copacabana Club, Bonde do Role, João Brasil // LINKS: Bonde do Role

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Bonde is back!

Tuesday // May 05, 2009 at 17:00 // filed under Music

Butchers do Role

Photograph by Marcelo Elídio

When Bonde do Role first emerged was really exciting. The baile funk beats seen through their eyes was not only refreshing, but also really enjoyable. Then their live set saw the crowed go mental in a way that'a rarely seen. Unfortunately the trio couldn't handle the tension of touring, and the main singer left the band.

Some months later, the boys decided to pick up some new singers via an MTV reality show and I couldn't be less impressed. But with some improved gigs and cool DJ sets, they were slowly luring me back into liking them again. Until one day (actually, it was a drunken night) I heard two of their new singles and was totally sold. "Bitch I'll take your boyfriend / Bitch I'll take your man" spits adorable half Brazilian half Kiwi Laura Taylor alongside an electro beat that Bonde do Role has never produced before. Meanwhile on the other single, the original baile funk Bonde do Role vibe is kept alive with the ferocious Ana Bernadino, in a less punk - although wilder - way.

If the world is (still) ready for them, they finally seem to be ready again for the world. But what about the release dates? "We thought the first album was really rushed - it was just a bunch of different ideas thrown together on one release... for this new one (we still don't have a proper name for it, suggestions?), we might be taking it slow, but it will come out the way we want it to be out and hopefully by the end of July it'll all done", confides the producer/ DJ Gorky to us. Let's all hope that the alcohol didn't lie to me!

Check some pictures of the band playing last weekend at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, taken by Marcelo Elídio, as well as some of their new remixes - including a R.I.P. remix for Gameboy/Gamegirl.

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Bonde Do Role - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (Pigbag cover) [mp3]

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Gameboy/Gamegirl - Fruit Salad (Bonde do Rolê Remix) [mp3]

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POSTED BY RAPHAEL CAFFARENA

TAGS: Gorky, Marcelo Elídio, Bonde do Role, Gameboy/Gamegirl, Pigbag // LINKS: Bonde do Role

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IM//A\\PARTY by Onassis

Tuesday // April 07, 2009 at 15:43 // filed under Music // Etc

Gorky, the shining star

Welcome to our IM//A\\PARTY - The Synth Pop Edition galleries! The line-up was graced with Bag Raiders, Luciano from The Twelves, Boss in Drama and Pomada from Funhell. Not one, but SIX of the best party photographers in São Paulo also represented and here are our favourite shots from each.

This is IM//A\\PARTY as seen through the lense of Onassis.

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