Friday Fabü has been on hiatus for a while. My apologies, dahling. Still adjusting to life with the twinsies. Fear not, fabulista---the column resumes next month. In the meantime. I deem this post Friday Flashback because this damn song won't get out of my head. Don't remember it? Silence of the Lambs. The infamous tucking scene. Yeah, that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_DVS_303kQ
Pearl has gone totally indie-rock.
She's ready to move to Portland and catch a Grizzly Bear show. You need not ask if she owns a backpack; the answer is clear.
Shea, however, is none too thrilled. He's tired of Pearl raiding his wardrobe. He's over her style-copping ways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpC9JqSnJk
No, it's not an alert. It's just a reminder to take time to stop and absorb fabulousness whenever possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXHXrUPKXc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zywDiFdxopU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoyaJR-QnSU
Cheers to Eytan and The Embassy for "Everything Changes", their unedited, world record-setting video for most costume changes (18) in a one-take music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMwyun2KUI8&feature=player_embedded
As a parent, I can still listen to Electric Wizard, right? Can I play it in the family vehicle? Is it acceptable to expose the twins' budding brains to doom metal?
Note to my sister, Kelly: I already know your answer to this. You're not allowed to vote. Totally unfair, I know. Oh, the injustice!
I heart you, Electric Wizard. I won't abandon you just because I'm a mom.
Start at about 1:20 to get yer face blown off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7VP34n2Ps&feature=related
... we have no choice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0VBB7BO64
The late Tupac Shakur appeared on the Coachella stage last night and performed a few of his hit songs alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. It was a hologram. A very high-tech, authentic-looking hologram.
Needless to say, the crowd of 75,000 went nuts.
One festival-goer, Jordan Buckley, said it best when he tweeted, "i can't even begin to imagine what this Tupac hologram is doing to all the people at Coachella that have been on acid for 3 days straight."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQgrce1VflI&feature=player_embedded
Robin Thicke is the fabulousness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnmVPamKHuI
Get ready to writhe with glee: Antoine "Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife" Dodson has released a single, "Lovesick Lullaby." Verdict: It doesn't totally suck. Very heavy on the auto-tune, but what else should one expect these days?
Milk those 15 minutes, Antoine! Keep climbing, henny. Love the weave, btw! Srsly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_MR6Ior6fM&feature=player_embedded#!
This totally works. I'm excited.
Adam Lambert has been chosen as the great Freddie Mercury's replacement in one of the greatest rock bands ever, Queen.
He can sing like a mofo, and he's an über-proud, flashy-as all-get-out gay man. This. Is. PERFECT.
Hearty congrats, Adam. Do us all proud.
Perhaps this means there will be a tour soon. Yeeeee!
**UPDATE** 2/4/12: Sounds like this story is a fluke, thanks to a gossip rag, The Daily Star, taking a Lambert quote out of context.
A rep for Queen's record label told Rolling Stone that Adam may perform with Queen at Sonisphere. And even that hasn't been confirmed.
Booooo! You suck, Daily Star! Getting our hopes up over nothing. Shame on you!
Behold: Japanese grindcore by Maruosa. Warning: you will likely hate this, especially if you're seizure-prone... and hate noise... and fleshy stick-figures with big chompers... and evil babies wearing Wonder Woman boots.
Is it safe to make a blanket statement and declare that simply everyone will hate it? There, I said it.
If you like it, that's perfectly OK. Have fun with that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aDwOu1t-L6I#!
What's up with all the European choir girls singing Radiohead's "Creep"? This time, it's Sweden's Vega Choir. It's good, but I still prefer Scala & Kolacny Brothers.
Now, artist/editor Rob Yulfo has fused a series of Peanuts clips to create "You're a Creep, Charlie Brown!"
I didn't make it through the whole thing because I got choked up. Poor Charlie Brown!
I wish someone would create a cartoon featuring the Peanuts gang now, and Charlie Brown is living large while the rest of those little jerks are sucking at life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty_nGqPLkTc&feature=youtu.be
Can't stop listening to Scala & Kolacny Brothers, a Belgian girls' choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano.
If you like choir music + moody/semi-creepy music, you'll love this. Trust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUr5LMYYtM4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_is1iyUDJ8&feature=related
OK, so this is both weird and extra-stupid. Yesterday morning, DJB and I visited friends Kamille and Aaron. Kamille gave DJB a Toilet Böys shirt. It's so awesome that I want to wash and dry it on hot so that it will shrink and fit only me. I am a rude and selfish betch. That's how much I love Toilet Böys, especially lead singer Miss Guy. Total icon.
About 12 hours later, we attended my office holiday party, which was a total blast. There was a white elephant gift exchange. Here's what DJB got...
Yes, a Toilet Monster. I am excited. I will use the hell out of that thing. I am dead serious.
Fact: My husband was totally putting out toilet vibes yesterday. Seksi, no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4nc4X63pY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lmEhCDRvQKA#!
Introducing BABYMETAL, an offshoot of Japanese pop idol group, Sakura Gakuin.
It's sticky-sweet, girly sing-song rap backed by crunchy, dark metal sounds... and I can't lie, it's fairly fabulous in a kitschy sort of way.
I especially enjoy the beginning of the video, when the girls rise from the pseudo-satanic circle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4QbAXXXOJF8#!
Via Laughing Squid
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." -- John Lennon
"There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry." -- Stevie Wonder
"[My mama] said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.'" -- Jerry Lee Lewis
A very happy 85th birthday to the one and only king of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8IrcvdiD8
Sonic Youth power-couple Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore announced they're separating after 27 years of marriage. Future plans for the band are uncertain. Sigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs9eh82buls&feature=related
Via Pitchfork