Drugs?

Lots of kids take drugs. Some take it cause they want to try it out, it’s something new, it’s an experiment. Some take them to rebel, they don’t know anything about drugs other than that they’re bad so they take them to be bad, possibly get caught and get attention but more likely just for the thrill.

But there are others, smart others, well-informed others and they take drugs because they genuinely want to. They know that drugs have consequences good and bad, and have decided that the good outweighs the bad for their current context so they take them. Drugs either heighten an experience or take away some misery. A lot of people take drugs to take away misery. I’ve seen campaigns against drugs, but none against misery.

Fuck your miserable life, get a better one. I believe in this "it's all in your mindset/outlook" crap, I really do. So get out of your miserable mindset preferably without drugs cause the bad consequences are bad. Mix up your routine, try exercise, make something, write something, get into a fight, make a friend, ignore some big problem facing you but decide that this change is going to make you less miserable and if you believe it, it will be true - it's not false just sounds stupid.

And do what you can to make other people happy, all the time. If there's a gap in someone's life, a massive, gaping gap of misery and you don't fill it you're a bad person.

Dirty Pop and Me: Let me explain.

I’ve always had a strange affinity to pop music, ever since I was a little kid. This is probably because growing up I was surrounded an eclectic mix of my family’s musical tastes, which included The Beatles, Crosby Stills and Nash, Barbara Streisand and even Tupac (Shout out to my big brother). Everyone in my family was so enraptured in their own music tastes, and I was lost somewhere in these musical interactions, enjoying but never belonging.

That is of course until I saw Britney’s Baby, One More Time video and my pop identity was born. I decided then and there that this was a culture I would be a part of and belong to and this, unashamedly, taught me how to be confident and also began my now endless love affair with music. This pop identity and my musical tastes have of course changed (I hope), even though my Master’s dissertation ended up being on pop music and Lady Gaga (Its COOL. Read here ---> http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/11374).

Point is, ALL of this, has now made me  become keenly critical of pop culture and pop music. It just comes so naturally. I watch music videos, listen to pop music, watch tours, keep up to date with news, all the while, not indulging but analysing and becoming aware of the meanings communicated.

This brings me to some recent observations I'd love to blog about, if you'd indulge me... Everything is not as it seems. Watch this space. (Well not this exact space, probably a space above this).

I know, right!

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Damsel in distress? Never that!

Met Ball ja, Met Ball

That was a terrible joke, I know.  I just couldn’t help myself. I also found it difficult this year, like I do each year, to restrain myself from the indulging in the fashion and glamour that is the Met Ball. I tweeted about this excitement, and to my surprise, very few people knew what I was on about and this made me feel like a snooty, pop culture elite - not a good look. Basically, the Met Ball is an annual invite-only gala event (unless you have $150 000 for a table) that celebrates the opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s fashion exhibition at the Costume Institute. It’s held in New York city, hosted by Vogue magazine, and is, in a nutshell, very la-dee-daa.  

Besides all this boring stuff, the Met Ball is a major fashion event, and celebrities know they have to tighten their shit up and bring their A games, because the reason for having this ball (the fashion exhibition inside) is vastly overshadowed by the fashion and the glamour of those attending (outside on the red carpet). I’m not at all complaining about this double standard!  All kinds of the best celebrities are invited under the pretence of art, but what I looove about this is the shameless and complete focus on fashion at its best, brightest and boldest, as opposed to a focus on winning awards or being well mannered, polite celebrities. This the epitome of Hollywood parties, and thankfully GREAT fashion is guaranteed mostly because guests are hand-picked by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Thus, there will be no Kardashians or E entertainment TV hosts invited, only the crème of the Hollywood crop, showing off as best they can, of course. Here’s what I thought of zee fashion.

BEST DRESSED

Karolina Kurkova

Model Karolina Kurova in Rachel Zoe (yes, the stylist) was my best dressed of the night. I mean look at this!!! It’s sleek, cool, different. I LOVE that this look focuses on elegance and fashion modernity, rather than on her hot bod.  Someone dip me in rose gold, now! She’s flawless and timeless in this dress. She wins!

Emma Stone

How cute is Emma Stone in Lanvin? She demands attention in this fun, youthful cocktail dress, amongst a sea of exaggerated and sexy-sexy gowns. She looks fresh and effortless thanks to her minimalist make up and easy-going hair. A breathe of fresh air on the red carpet.

Carey Mulligan

Gold. Sequin. Reflective. Armour. Prada. Never seen anything like it before! She was one of the cool kids of the night in this dress. It’s so original, industrial and yet elegant. And the woman did not need a stitch of jewellery! It works!

Rooney Mara

This Givenchy creation of lace and leather cannot be pulled off by just anyone. To me, she is the ultimate cool girl in terms of couture. She always looks like a bad-ass, high fashion, ethereal, goth princess! She brings a new feel to the world of red carpet fashion, a sort of ode to early Angelina Jolie red carpet fashion.

Lana Del Rey

Lana! This old soul captivates me not only through her music, but her classic beauty as well. This look is so bold, and once again I’m impressed with this choice, because she opted for this Red Riding hood, super hero-esque look, instead of being the hot, sexy newcomer, which she could have easily done. She looks as though she is from another time! Kudos on that dark crimson lip too - she looks savage and beautiful.

THE USUAL HOTTIES

Rihanna 

 

Scarlett Johannson

  

Giselle Bundchen

Jessica Alba

 Camilla Belle

They all look really hot in their couture gowns! It’s not a bad thing at all, it’s just not that interesting to talk about, you know?

THE KIND-OF-HOT-MESSES

Nina Dobrev

I don’t hate this Donna Karan dress at all, I hate the fabric!  It’s like modern tie-dye in black and silver! I mean, why! This is the Met Ball! U must hall uit and wys! This dress is too average and typical for someone as beautiful and fresh as Nina Dobrev!

Sarah Jessica Parker

Honestly, this makes me giggle. Hard. Mostly because SJP has this Cinderella vibe about her in this picture, but this dress is so redonk.  She definitely lent it from her fairy god mother. Or nana. Or wallpaper. And I can’t handle the matching shoes!!!!!!! See! I’m laughing again!

Kristen Stewart

Nope, this isn’t working for K-Stew. But I don’t blame her. She probably just blindly wore whatever her stylist handed to her, she doesn’t seem to care much for fashion, an attitude I secretly adore. This dress however, is such a hot mess of different fabrics sewn together. Also, weird-reminds-of-school-shoes shoes.

Leighton Meester

Beautiful dress, Beautiful girl. Minus the tan and the lack of spanx.

THE I'M-STILL-ON-THE-FENCE

Beyonce

Look, I love me some B. And I love this dress. At first look, this is the showstopper dress of the night! But then I look closer at this beautiful Givenchy dress and I notice that the nude body suit is a little to light for Beyonce’s complexion. And then I cant stop looking at this oddly coloured undergarment! Its stands out like when you notice white girl foundation on a not white face.The whole thing makes you feel embarrassed for the person. This dress is amazing....but not flawless.Lesson: Even if you are that gorgeous, attention to detail should not be taken for granted.

So, what do you think about all this?

Some swag shit

A pet wolf - swag

Fuck it, Wolf Gang

Urban dictionary on OFWGKTA:

"A group of Satanic skateboarding rapist rappers. The realest niggaz alive. Me - "You been on some OFWGKTA?" Friend -"Who the fuck is that?" Me -"Eat a dick nigga." *Grabs the muhfucking hunting knife, stabs him in the neck and hip, throws him in the trunk and dips* Me - "Should've been on that shit""

First thing to clarify, is that the group claims to be atheists, not satanists. 23 % of Sweden makes the same claim so nothing special there.

Tyler’s leadership is something that I suspect books will be written about when he dies at 27. Fuck Steve Jobs, Tyler's the face and energy that seems to be followed by the rest of the Odd Future crew without any doubt or questioning.

He can be seen posing with chains and throwing cash around purposefully looking like an idiot setting himself apart from the bling rappers.

"Fuck Steve Harvey" – an Odd Future slogan that has nothing to do with Steve Harvey. Haven’t you ever wanted to say something because you like the way it sounds rather than because of what it means? The divorce of words and imagery from meaning lead to an interesting conversation around what their truth is and what is worth saying.

“I like 7 things”


There was a rumor that Earl’s mother is our ex-Deputy President, Baleka Mbete. It's untrue.  His father is South African resistance poet, Keorapetse Kgositsile, who is Baleka's ex.

Oldie – "fuck what they’re saying, you keep filming" - impromptu video shot at a Terry Richardson photo shoot.

Does it affect my psyche – yes, everything does. I like the blur between truth and imaginative realism, they’re hiding truth in fiction and their fiction in the absurd…they put on masks that might be an exaggeration of what they’re feeling (like every R&B song ever) accept that they express that people can hate with equal intensity that they love. People are angry. Friends matter. They have punchlines.

They are really, really young. Tweets talk about their prom, Syd just turned 20.

Feminism – treat Syd like any one of the guys…how many groups of friends are equaly representative? Are women objectified in their music any differently than in any other sort of music? Does the extreme imagery force re-examination?

Frank Ocean – everyone I’ve played it for has found something in there to love – someone with the appeal of Adele associated with this group of maniacs is worth taking note of. He sounds like Hank Moody R&B.


Blog's sick and all music's available for free download.


Not only are they talented they're rad as fuck.

Ubuntu - mutual dependence

Individual,

Family unit,

Community,

Society,

Humanity,

Creation.

Creation,

Humanity,

Society,

Community,

Family unit,

Individual.

The strength of each is dependent on the strength of each. We've somehow allowed ourselves to think that we can invest in ourselves or our family units and neglect the rest of the chain or invest in the rest of the chain and neglect ourselves and our families. We need to stop doing that and ubuntu that shit.

Fuck not giving a fuck.

Fuck the three black back-up singers.

Fuck materialistic rap music.

Fuck not having an opinion.

Fuck thinking your opinion’s worth something.

Fuck not hurting people’s feelings.

Fuck not giving a fuck when you hurt people’s feelings.

Fuck youtube for wasting hours of my life.

Fuck television for wasting hours more.

Fuck using other people’s words to describe your life.

Fuck liking the status cause you don't know how to like the person.

Fuck the kids who say they’re playing hide and seek with you and never seek when you’re hiding.
Fuck the guy that came up with the system of captains picking guys for their team, forcing someone to get picked last.

Fuck people that think they’re funny.

Fuck being funny for the sake of being funny.

Fuck everyone on twitter that’s got more followers than me.

Fuck twitter for making me give a shit about that.

Fuck the adjective “awesome”.

Fuck red velvet cupcakes and macaroons.

Fuck people who care about soccer teams more than they care about their families.

Fuck people that can analyze everything but their own lives and problems.

Fuck profit-seekers whose adverts make people insecure about their looks in order to drive sales.

Fuck people who become insecure because of these adverts.

Fuck not having a blog cause everyone’s got one, that’s hipster thinking.

Fuck hipsters.

Fuck expectations.


Fuck it - Wolf Gang


Fuck people that think reading's a chore. 
Fuck people that think this lists too long. 


Fuck people that don't like how many times "fuck" is used in this piece. 
Actually unfuck them. They may have a point.