I wanted to write a bit about Marina and The Diamonds, because despite being unable to decide wether her music rocks my socks like Florence does, she is definitely cool, has a weird-in-a-good-way voice and is rapidly becoming the next it girl of the indie music scene. And, lets face it, she has awesome hair and style.
Marina hails from 'Wales and Ancient Greece' and trained in West London Music school, but her wikipedia bio suggests she wasn't a big fan of school and college. Watch out for her when her album drops at the end of February because I have a feeling she's gonna be big. Some of her lyrics I like :)
You are so magnetic, you pick up all the pins- 'I Am Not a Robot'
Never fell down like a princess, but at least I picked myself up as a queen- 'Seventeen'
I'll leave my Marina rant with this video for her song Mowgli's Road which The Guardian review described as 'think Gary Glitter, but if he kept pictures of the Wicker Man on his hard drive'.
Another thing I'm liking today is the Chanel temporary tattoos that Garance Dore wrote about on her blog. I love Chanel and its fabulousness, as well as the way its constantly changing and evolving with fashion and never allows itself to go stale but manages to maintain a distinctive Chanel vibe.
Last but not least, the demons :)
I am currently quite guiltily absorbed in City of Ashes, book 2 in the 'Mortal Instruments' series by Cassandra Clare. I never read fantasy but a fellow Twilight lover lent them to me and I have to say I am enjoying them (despite the fact that they are giving me awful nightmares!). Theres vampires, werewolves and dangerously attractive demonhunters. Seeing as its dull and grey outside and real life is being placidly monotonous, whats not to love?
Also, the series takes place in New York City, and since my visit to NYC and Sarah Lawrence in November where it suddenly became reality that I may well be living in the most amazing and mental city in the world this time next year, I have been devouring any piece of literature I can find that takes place in the Big Apple in the hope that it will provide helpful insights and make me feel less lost once I'm actually there. So far this collection of books has included What I Loved by Suri Hustvedt and a Marian Keyes book I picked up in a charity shop for 1 euro which will provide as a usefull manual if I ever have a make up crisis in Manhattan.
Anyway, thats enough snapshots of my current mind.
Good afternoon.
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