Grimes | Oblivion

Grimes (Claire Boucher) seduced me today with her synthpop beats, sweet voice, and DIY aesthetics. Her messy hair reminds me of Lisa, character played by Angelina Jolie in the 1999 movie Girl, Interrupted (based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir) Grimes translates the feeling of anxiety by playing one note at the time-and in turn creates a mood of beautiful disorder.

I enjoyed the suspense and the visuals in her live session for In My Room presented by Yours Truly and MTV Hive.

Startup Candy | Social Travel

InBed.Me is a social booking site for travelers. This is a great platform that connects people and local businesses organically while growing global communities. 

I was at the InBed.me launch party yesterday hosted at the HI USA hostel in NYC. The energy in the room was awesome and founders Diego Saez-Gil and Alex Torrenegra were great hosts. 

Content Candy | Everything is a Remix

Kirby Ferguson is shaping the future of media by curating a holistic pre-digital era guide called Everything is a Remix. 

Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Some people have a natural ability for pattern recognition.

Content Candy | Etsy

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Etsy’s got a wonderous video campaign running. They’re producing individual indie films about craftspeople from across the world, like only an indie film maker could do. In the process, they’re promoting the love of hand made products and driving traffic to their site.

Telling stories works, and it’s easy to forget that sometimes the people just need great content. Sometimes it’s really that easy. From 22GL.

Idealist Dead at 22

Social networking site Diaspora co-founder and open web enthusiast Ilya Zhitomirskiy, passed away suddenly on Saturday night November 12, 2011.

Ilya poetically spoke code and was an idealist for the Digital Age. He was Free Culture warrior and inspiration for the Adjustment Generation that’s at the intersection of culture, technology and media.

We have the power to shape the future, start revolutions and communicate faster than ever before. Now that we have a powerful platform, how are the rest of us going to use our voice?

“The time will come when every change shall cease, this quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: no summer then shall glow, nor winter freeze; nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now shall ever last.” ~ Petrarch

Please visit Hans Koning’s Tribute for Ilya

She Smells Like Flowers And Tastes Like Butter

Skins is my new obsession!   Just finished watching  Season 1, Episode 10, “Eura.”

There are so many things I love about this show and this episode in particular, but right now I’d like to highlight one-Stanley. 

Skins character Stanley is played by a young, very talented actor Daniel Flaherty. In this last episode Stanley plays acoustic guitar and sings to Daisy in his room, but we hear the same song, different version, towards the end of the episode.  

The more polished version of the mystery song goes like “She Smells Like Flowers And Tastes Like Butter” and the artist is still Daniel Flaherty.  What is the title of the song? Where can I find it?  My mission tonight was to find this song. 

In my crazed online search I found out something so delicious, Danny is indeed a singer/songwriter.  You can listen to his music here. 

Thank You MTV for taking a chance on this show, it was the smartest decision you have made in a while. I am proud to say that I am a fan of your network again. 

Deep inside I am still the hopeful seventeen year old version of myself, even after some brutal years of living in New York City.   And the music in this show, along with the story, and perfectly delivered lines transport me right back to the carefree state of mind, where ideas bloomed and every day was an adventure.  

My childlike enthusiasm is revived and I am bursting with creativity.  

Prediction, in the next season of Skins, Stanley is going to have some serious stage time.