Hardcore Dior Backdoor

The Jonze

2010-06-24T19:10:00.000+01:00

Let me introduce you to SPIKE JONZE – Hes the man behind Jackass and director of films Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are. Spike Jonze is also the magic behind videos for Sonic Youth, The Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Björk, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This guys pretty sick. As part of The Creators Project, VICE caught up with Spike to give us a special insight into his world of creativity:

Link - http://thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/creators/spike-jonze

Say you'll be mine

2010-06-21T19:45:00.000+01:00

Thrasher....Don't mind if I do.....

2010-06-21T19:42:00.000+01:00

FASHEMATICS!!!

2010-06-21T19:34:00.000+01:00

http://fashematics.com/

I am a CREATOR.....

2010-06-17T18:39:00.000+01:00

My favourite piece from the Creators Project in association with Vice Magazine so far is the CSS piece. Read the interview here:

The Creators Project: How did you go about earning such International acclaim?

Ana: We were already distributing our CD through Trama here in Brazil. A lot of people were listening, thanks to the Internet, but then we transitioned to a outside of Brazil. We sent our demo to the US to see what would happen, and then it landed in Sub Pop’s hands. Sub Pop heard it and liked it. It was a big step. Lovefoxx: In December 2005 we had our first show outside the United States.

Ana: In NY. And things just started taking off at that point.

When did you guys start feeling like people were starting to recognize the band?

Carolina: In Japan…

Ana: People never recognize me. But in Japan, someone recognized me for the first time ever and I was by myself. I wasn’t even with the rest of the band. A girl started crying in a t-shirt store when she saw me.

Lovefoxx: Yeah, it really hit us when some guy in Japan came up with his Ipod, showing us that we were playing in the little screen.

Luiza: He was holding the Ipod to his heart! It was surreal.

What is your onstage setup consist of technologically?

Ana: I use a lot of gear. I always need to know what’s going on during the show, though.

Lovefoxx: You’re very responsible like that.

Ana: Adriano is very complex with his gear too. We are professional musicians, but we focus a lot on the live show as well. That’s very important—just as much as the technicalities of what is happening on stage.

Lovefoxx: Yeah, like when we play “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” we go crazy at the end and we all start screaming and jumping around the stage…

Ana: If you do something super complex onstage it’s very difficult. We love to interact with the audience. We wouldn’t be the same band that we are today if it weren’t for that. We have to stay focused on stage, but we need that interaction. All this technology and all of the gear we have is what allows us to have fun the way we do when we are performing

What’s it like when you guys go into the studio?

Ana: Well, for the first one we were just like, “Let’s make an album.”

Lovefoxx: We started the band in September 2003, and that same year in November we played our first show. We played like three songs but you know, it was fun. We were playing next to a radio station and there was this crazy radio interference that caught on to a Joan Jett song. We figured it was a good sign.

Ana: And then we met her last year! Anyway, Adriano and Caro lived together and we recorded the whole thing in their apartment. Adriano has produced both albumsm but when we recorded at Trama…

Carolina: That’s where we had our real recording experience with all the professional equipment. Our second album was recorded there, and it was a different method.

Ana: We didn’t have a professional obligation with the band. We had personal obligations. With the second album, we recorded that under a deadline: It was super organized, and Adriano produced it again. It was recorded at Trama here in Sao Paulo, but was mixed in LA. Our third CD was also different. We had been in a band for seven years, went through a lot of stuff. We took our first vacation last year. And this year we’ve taken an entire year off to dedicate to this fourth album. We can take our time, and now we’re writing lyrics and music. We’re not exactly sure about all the details with the recording process, but we needed this calm pace to do this type of thing. It’s important that we’ve been able to acquire this autonomy.

Are there any particular benefits that come from taking your time?

Ana: We get to work with more people for example.

Luiza: We always try to do different things.

How has the industry changed in the last 7 years, do you think?

Ana: There are always tools to change the industry and make things easier—like the Internet.

Carolina: I think music gets out there a lot easier now and it travels like that. In a short amount of time after we started the band, we were able to start traveling ourselves.

Lovefoxx: I always read blogs to see what bands are “happening” right now. I think this contributes a lot. And I think that as long as people know about the band and hear about it, we feel good about it.

Ana: It’s not so much about just record sales. It’s also about playing shows, playing festivals. Playing shows are important. We have a lot of shows and it’s always been that way. It’s amazing to me that bands that sell records in the thousands can sell out festivals and shows for thousands of people just as bands that sell millions of albums.

Watch the video here:

http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/creators/css

xxx

Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

2010-06-12T22:50:00.000+01:00

A creative car-crash that sometimes creates without knowing...

2010-06-12T22:01:00.000+01:00

Too Punk For The Gays..Too Gay For The Punks..and too skinny for Vice magazine also. Kev Beard is another one of my amazing friends, creative in many forms. Photography, music (composing, collecting & DJing alike.) He is in his own one man music machine - Brittle Stars, DJ's regularly at many nights in Manchester and sometimes further afield & he has composed music for the soundtracks of Bruce LaBruce's films. Impressive, no? Catch him and noise here:

http://www.myspace.com/thebeardsuk

Sketchy Bunnies

2010-06-12T19:31:00.000+01:00

Stumbled across this on Tumblr the other day and I'll bet you agree, it's pretty special. Here is just a sample of some of the pictures on there. Check out the rest here :

http://www.sketchybunnies.com/

Black Forest Chateau

2010-06-12T19:19:00.000+01:00

Pernet

2010-06-12T19:12:00.000+01:00

Copperwheat

2010-06-12T19:08:00.000+01:00

What was the inspiration behind the collection?

Lee Copperwheat: Fall 10 "Fall of Empire",, inspiration was loosely from Edwardian England shooting, hunting and sports mixed with 70 punk,, an eclectic mix of looks brought together with the use of colour,, army green, burgundy and neon.

Lookin' good!

2010-06-12T19:03:00.000+01:00

Now I'm not normally a big fan of Kylie, nor would I take up space to blog about her but I have to say I've never seen her look so good.......

Fashionable Fuck

2010-06-12T12:15:00.000+01:00

Ange

2010-06-12T12:06:00.000+01:00

Ipso Facto R.I.P

2010-06-12T11:51:00.000+01:00

The art of Daniel Johnston

2010-06-12T11:46:00.000+01:00

True Love Will Find You In The End......

2010-06-12T10:45:00.002+01:00

Spank Rock

2010-06-12T10:43:00.000+01:00

Hi, How Are You?

2010-06-11T19:31:00.000+01:00

Alejandro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-06-08T20:11:00.000+01:00

Vice Bitch

2010-06-08T19:16:00.001+01:00

I AM VICE'S BITCH!

Check out this video of Mark Ronson talking about working with the delectable Miss Winehouse & Miss Allen, his love of Hip-Hip Be-Bop Don't Stop & his new album for The Creators Project:

http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/creators/mark-ronson

xxx

OPIUM

2010-06-08T13:42:00.001+01:00

Foxxy Foxxy

2010-06-08T13:40:00.000+01:00

Underpass has to be one of the most influential and seminal songs for electro music as we know it. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful voice, beautiful imagery. Amazing.....

I Love Dahlias

2010-06-08T13:38:00.000+01:00

Oh Raul!

2010-06-08T13:34:00.000+01:00

What a man.....seriously, if only he could have lived longer. R.I.P.

Next motherfucker's gonna get my metal........

2010-06-08T13:25:00.000+01:00

Hawt!!!

2010-06-07T19:59:00.000+01:00

Poison Rings

2010-06-07T13:59:00.000+01:00

2010-06-07T13:50:00.000+01:00

Chains Of Love

2010-06-07T13:37:00.000+01:00

All I can say is WOW! Such beautiful jewellery, Available on Etsy and Big Cartel:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/thechainsoflove

http://thechainsoflove.bigcartel.com

Total K.O.

2010-06-05T14:52:00.001+01:00

Just a little mash-up of photos past & present of the unsinkable Karen. NO her look isn't straight from Siouxsie's wardrobe and NO she isn't a homophobe. She is bitchin' though......

Some photo credits to Scene Maloney.

Crossdressphyxsia

2010-06-05T13:37:00.000+01:00

This is a series of death scene photographs featuring a trans person. I find these really haunting and weird, like they're set up for a photoshoot. It's like the guy has set up the room with all of his trinkets ready for people to discover him how he wanted to be remembered. Its part horrifying, part moving. Look for yourselves.

Will & Rick Strike Again!!!

2010-06-05T13:15:00.000+01:00

Pink Mince

2010-06-05T13:03:00.000+01:00

Pink Mince is a zine "for the confirmed bachelor of exceptional taste" and boy does good taste flow through the pages of this lovely little quartlerly. They aim to "delight, titillate, amuse, provoke, and inspire. (That is to say: we feature jokes and blokes, possibly with a point behind it all.)" Besides it looking like it popped out of a box of Soap & Glory products, the images used are so kitsch and fun, it's like a rainbow on a page. Great writing as well from Gregling, check his blog at http://mahattanchester.blogspot.com/. They even have their own tee's, I particularly like the gas mask one. So to cut a long story short, purchase purchase purchase!!!

Courtship Hating

2010-06-05T12:34:00.002+01:00

Lord Lagerfeld?

2010-06-05T12:26:00.003+01:00

Karl Lagerfeld has received the Legion Of Honour (like a French OBE.) Congrats!!!

2010-06-04T13:50:00.001+01:00

Oh when I think of what could've been......

2010-06-04T13:35:00.001+01:00

Very nearly went to see The Gaga in Manchester last night, un fortunately all of the half price last minute tickets sold out. *sigh*
Doesn't she look quite Monroe-esque as she leaves the M.E.N?

Cherry Bomb

2010-06-04T13:22:00.002+01:00

Nom Nom!

Dead

2010-06-04T13:20:00.000+01:00

Who the fuck is Alice?

2010-06-04T13:18:00.002+01:00

Alice looking fan-fucking-tastic in Dazed & Confused. Flanked by Daisy Lowe.....

Dali Gaggers

2010-06-03T13:52:00.001+01:00

My favourite Dali works. Food for the eyes.......

Courtney at Givenchy Moma Party

2010-06-03T13:31:00.002+01:00

Look at that new face!!! So youthful, looking good Courts. Also what a smashing blouse (yes I know it's a dress!) you have on x

Shakira Shakira!

2010-06-03T13:27:00.000+01:00

Constriction

2010-06-03T13:21:00.005+01:00

Recalling the New York Fetish scene captured by Robert Mapplethorpe. An unexpected hourglass silhouette prevails within constricted menswear.

This is featured in Dazed & Confused Magazine (which started off as a humble zine dontcha know!) Love the silhouettes it creates and what is also interesting is the use of constricting wear in the male form. Love the juxtaposition, beautiful

Chanel Paradis

2010-06-03T08:54:00.001+01:00

Vanessa Paradis has taken her relationship with Chanel to the next level by letting the fashion house dress her for her latest silver screen appearance.

Appearing alongside Romain Duris and Andrew Lincoln in the French rom-com Heartbreaker, Paradis shows off an impeccable Chanel-led wardrobe - as well as an unmissable recreation of the iconic Dirty Dancing routine - in the film which is set for release in the UK on July 2.

New York New York!!!!

2010-06-03T08:51:00.002+01:00

I'm a street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm......

2010-06-02T18:10:00.005+01:00

Need to write a little somethin' somethin' about my dear friend Kurt Dirt. He's a lover not a fighter, he's brave & beautiful, sassy, sexy, creepy & crawly. He's part Drag part Glitter Band member. Part Grrrl part Dandy. He's a juxtaposition, a revolution, a shangri-la, a new york doll and a satirist. He could be straight out of a John Waters flick or straight outta motherfuckin' jail. He's blaxploitation, exploitation, dragsploitation. He's a muse & amusing. He's Dirt.

Check out his band Bad Taste Barbies here:

www.myspace.com/badtastebarbies

Make friends with him here:

http://www.facebook.com/kurtdirt

Hopper

2010-06-02T13:52:00.003+01:00

R.I.P

Romance Was Born

2010-06-02T13:37:00.004+01:00

Watch watch watch

2010-06-02T13:34:00.001+01:00

You're so Bourgeois......

2010-06-02T13:29:00.002+01:00

Alejandro Teaser

2010-06-02T13:25:00.001+01:00

Kick It, Kick It, Kick It.

2010-05-24T21:44:00.003+01:00

The electro-punk queen and boundary pushing digital pioneer Peaches discusses how she's managed to be a trendsetter for the past 20 years, how reinventing is the key to her success and development as an artist and how the digital revolution has helped her express her rabble rousing ideas. Although unafraid to shock, her live show is more than just mere provocation, as she uses new technologies to create something unique, visually arresting and above all, entertaining. One of the decades defining albums, The Teaches Of Peaches; the collaborative album Impeach My Bush featuring Feist, Joan Jett & Beth Ditto.

WATCH HERE:

http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/en-uk/creators/peaches

Stalk 'N' Slash

2010-04-09T13:42:00.002+01:00

Watched these back to back last night and they were sooooo good. Good old slasher films, naked girls, gore, drill scenes and cheesy music. Excellente!

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern

2010-04-09T13:27:00.002+01:00

The Dark Knight

2010-04-09T13:18:00.003+01:00

Requiem A/W 2010

2010-04-06T13:54:00.001+01:00

Dod Sno

2010-04-06T13:52:00.001+01:00

Watch this, it is amazing. A culmination of all the best zombie films and zom-coms, a must for the undead geek.

Naomi did it first............

2010-04-06T13:37:00.001+01:00

Alice In Wonderland

2010-04-06T13:32:00.000+01:00

Jail Bait

2010-04-06T13:29:00.001+01:00

The meaning of the words jail bait.

Hard Man

2010-04-06T13:22:00.001+01:00

Phwoar!!!!!!!!!!

Morrissey at The Old Blue Last

2010-04-06T13:18:00.002+01:00

Morrissey was at the Vice Magazine The Drums gig at The Old Blue Last!!! I was invited and never went and he was there. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Vice Style

2010-04-06T13:15:00.002+01:00

ViceStyle is now live at http://vicestyle.com.

It covers all aspects of fashion and style with videos and blogs to boot.

Get yr ass on there and have a nosy. You can also follow them on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vicestyle.

Bettie Page by Bunny Yeager

2010-03-26T13:53:00.002Z

Nobody's Daughter Mark 2

2010-03-26T13:50:00.003Z

Here is the actual album cover for Nobody's Daughter (not the photoshopped Hedi photo I posted earlier on.)..................

Ellen = "Cha!"

2010-03-26T13:08:00.002Z

Cinderella by Cindy Sherman

2010-03-25T13:55:00.000Z

You Don't Even Know What A Wangenheim Is!

2010-03-25T13:51:00.001Z

Nude Muses

2010-03-25T13:47:00.000Z

.......& The Spooky Kids

2010-03-25T13:45:00.001Z

Terryworld

2010-03-24T13:56:00.001Z

Iggy Pop by Annie Leibovitz

2010-03-24T13:50:00.000Z

June's Sweater Collection

2010-03-24T13:42:00.002Z

54-46 That's My Number.......

2010-03-23T13:33:00.006Z

Where's my Sugar Daddy?

2010-03-23T13:30:00.000Z

Alejandro

2010-03-23T13:16:00.003Z

Just got over the pant-wettingly good video for Telephone and Lady Gaga announces she is using photographer Steven Klein to direct her new video for Alejandro. He shot Madonna for D&G & took these beauties.............

Hunx & His Punkettes.

2010-03-22T13:19:00.003Z

Currently over in the US touring but are coming over to the UK in April. Playing Manchester's The Corner on 10th. Seriously, that venue is too fucking small to put gigs on. There's no stage and no changing rooms, just a bar with a capacity of about 75. Good luck to the guys who work there when Hunx sees the size of the place. Serves you right for stealing them from me for the same day in the same city.......

Homoelectric DJ Set

2010-03-22T13:09:00.003Z

Me & Johnny Trash will be DJing at Homoelectric on Easter Bank Holiday April 2nd. Should be good un, sharing a set with somebody or other from Radio 6 Music. Anyways come along £10 in and on til 6am.......

Girls Get Busy

2010-03-22T13:08:00.003Z

Whatever happened to..............

2010-03-18T13:44:00.002Z

Come back Madonna, I miss you..................

Last Exit To Brooklyn

2010-03-18T13:35:00.004Z

Amazing book, Hubert is a genious. He depicts Brooklyn's down n outs in such a warts and all way that you can't help but love them. The film is also brilliant and Jennifer Jason-Leigh is a great example of a 'tart with a heart.' I hate that phrase but there's no better decription.................

Morbid

2010-03-18T13:25:00.003Z

The Splinters

2010-03-18T13:22:00.001Z

Check em out, part Shangri-Las, part Erase Errata. Courtney & Ashley were originally in a Misfits cover band call The Skullfuckers. Gotta be woth a listen on that basis alone............

10" Heels

2010-03-18T13:19:00.001Z

Stardust

2010-03-18T13:14:00.001Z

Scream Club

2010-03-18T13:11:00.002Z

Hopefully coming to a Manchester venue near you in June......................

Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry preview.......

2010-03-17T14:01:00.001Z

Hedi's Head

2010-03-17T13:56:00.002Z

X-Girl Shoot

2010-03-17T13:52:00.002Z

Dicknail

2010-03-16T13:45:00.004Z

Karl Lagerfeld RTW A/W 2010

2010-03-16T13:32:00.001Z

YUM!

Krakow - T-minus 34 days and counting........

2010-03-16T13:24:00.002Z

Predators 2010

2010-03-16T13:14:00.004Z

Yep, another Predator sequel. This time screenpaly written in part by Robert Rodriguez, starring Danny Trejo & Adrien Brody. Could be a good un'!

Jayne Mansfield's Pink Palace, 10100 Sunset Boulevarde, Beverley Hills CA

2010-03-15T13:38:00.003Z

I'm Kinda Busy.....

2010-03-15T13:31:00.002Z

I'll let the pictures do the talking......

Basterdo

2010-03-15T13:21:00.002Z

Finally watched this at the weekend. Absolutely fantastic. It was so gripping from beginning to end, beautifully shot, great story, amazing performances. I didn't think I'd be ranting and raving this much about it but it is that good. Christoph Waltz is so formidable, I spent most of the film shitting myself quietly whilst he was onscreen. Brad Pitt looked beautiful, damn does he age well. Diane Krueger, very good although her German accent left quite a bit to be desired & Melanie Laurent was a great relative newcomer to English language film. Overall, it is a beast, watch it.

Nobody's Daughter

2010-03-11T13:39:00.002Z

Album cover for Nobody's Daughter apparently. Can't wait to see you Courts!

Little Old Lady Phase

2010-03-11T13:18:00.002Z