pop*eye...Beirut - Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (2009)

Enjoy!

...a great night, it was fantastic.

" a lighthearted way to send the happy crowd off
into the cold streets of Brooklyn indeed."

-the portastylistic

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Beirut - Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (2009)

You could tell what kind of a show it was going to be 3 hours before the doors even opened. Outside Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg, a few stone cold kids stood shivering on line. Their hope? Get through those restrictive doors by any means necessary. A sold out show meant not all of them would make it. But if by chance a few did, a fantastic night of music featuring Brooklyn's own awaited them.

Zach Condon would choose to begin Beirut's set with a simple "Good evening everyone", diving immediately into the set, to the rapturous applause of the hundreds in attendance. Using an impressive variety of instrumentation (stand-up bass, accordion, trumpet, trombone, french horn, euphonium, and Condon's signature ukulele), the band played a batch of tunes that appropriately ushered the audience to a variety of places around the world. "Gulag Orkestar" sparked a quick trip to the Balkans. During "The Shrew", a song from Beirut's brand new EP 'March of the Zapotec', Mexico became the destination of choice. They also dabbled in a track called "My Night With a Prostitute from Marseille"; this one from Zach Condon's 'Realpeoples' Holland' EP.




At the end of their full set, Condon would be forced to tell the still hungry crowd, "You've bled us dry at this point"; a statement that would hardly deter the crowd from demanding more. Two encores later, the love affair between Beirut and the fans in attendance was complete. They ended the show with a cover of a dancy old Brazilian song, written by Ary Barroso called "Aquarela do Brasil" ("Watercolor of Brazil"); a lighthearted way to send the happy crowd off into the cold streets of Brooklyn indeed.

HMM!!

Special Thanks All Photo by Santiago Felipe

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Porta's Look!...Jason Mraz -Please Don't Tell Her (live)

“ Treat my heart beating,
truly gives me survivor...Can you hear that ? ”

-the portastylistic







Jason Mraz -Please Don't Tell Her (live)

Please Don't Tell Her

I hear she's kickin’ ass across the board and rock two
hundred thousand higher scorer
Just in time to save the world of being taken over.
She's a warrior
I couldn't play again because the game it never ended. it never even landed on the can
And never let me in to spend my quarter.
There's no love for me no more.

Say it isn't so
How she easily come, how she easy go
Please don't tell her that I've been meaning to miss her.
Because I don't.

She was the girl with the broadest shoulders
But she would die before I crawled over them.
She is taller than I am.
She knew I wouldn't mind the view there
Or the altitude with a mouth full of air
She let me down and doubt came out until the now became later.

Say that it isn't so
How she easily come, how she easy go
Please don't tell her that I've been meaning to miss her.
Because I don't
Not for her
It's not that I'm mad to forgive
Forget what I said.

That I'm crazy like the rest of us
And I'm crazier when I'm next to her.

So why after the all of everything that came and went
I care enough to still be singing of the bitter end and broken eras.
I told you I don't but
I am only trying to be the best with my intent to cure
The rest is sure to lay me ease the plural hurts of the words of reverse psychology
That's easier said
Easier than done
Please don't dare tell her what I've become
Please don't mention all the attention I have drawn
Please don't bother cause she'll feel guilty when I'm gone

Because I'm crazy like the rest of us
But I'm crazier when I'm next to her
And it's so amazing how she's so self-assured
But I know she'd hate me if she knew my words
Do I hurt anymore
Do I hurt, well
I don't
I don't
I don't

Video provided by Youtube.

" The whole concert is one of the best acoustic shows i have ever heard.
It is amazing everything is perfect, his voice,
the songs, the audience (although they are lame)."

Jason Mraz - live @ EBS Space, Korea.

Life Is Wonderful (live)

You And I Both (live)

I'm Yours (live)

see more...

the passion in his song is one of my favourites to this performance takes me 'Feel Good'
- nice song, and nice performence. No doubt about that.
I just love it
;)

more on...jason mraz studio album and live album

Porta's Look!...Noisettes - Never Forget You

Never Forget You

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Video provided by Youtube. Added by NoisettesOfficial

from the album 'Wild Young Hearts'

“ I really like your music! It makes me really happy.”

-the portastylistic

New Modern Classic..."The All-American Back From Japan"

Now Is...

The Ivy look.

The comeback of the American preppy trend has taken on a new dimension, via the Internet, with a resurgence of interest in once obscure American brands.

Photo: Dean Isidro for The New York Times at Sarah Lawrence College

One need only flip through the intriguing Japanese book “Take Ivy,” a collection of photographs taken in 1965 by Teruyoshi Hayashida on Eastern college campuses, to get the drift.“Take Ivy” has always been extremely rare in the United States, a treasure of fashion insiders that can fetch more than $1,000 on eBay and in vintage-book stores.

An image from the book, “Take Ivy,” a collection of photographs taken in 1965 by Teruyoshi Hayashida on Eastern college campuses.

Photo: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

read the article HERE

Hot and Covered...Summer Lovin'

“ YES! ”









Girls look hella hot wearing Daisy Dukes.

Keeping up with our GLHH extravaganza we give you: Daisy Dukes! Tiny, hot, barely there and white trash inspired, these babies make legs look like jewels and girls who dare to rock them are a solid number one in our sexy list

THIS SUMMER



“ Pretty As You Shorts,
Summer Around You Feel.”

-the Portastylistic

more on.... GLHH

Special Thanks Pic+Post by ambush studio

Cut-Off Denim Shorts

“ I've seen women killing this look in New York for a few seasons with just a simple rolled and popped flannel shirt and heels... A summer brunch type of vibe. So I was wondering how this look would work on a guy. It's definitely something that can go wrong really fast. But done right is complete murder. Here are the variables: length of short and fit, shirt, and shoe.

The shorts should be cut just above the knee and slightly loose fitting, boxy fit oxford or flannel shirt, and white canvas sneakers. With what could be a "feminine" look it's good to go with a more masculine fit, as in not too tight. If you're game I would just cut those old pair of A.P.C.'s. Another option are these pre-cut Levi's in either wash...”

Special Thanks Pic+Post by jakedavis

pop*eye...The Starlets

“ It was love at first sight!”

-the portastylistic

All about

The Starlets (UK)

: based in glasgow, belonging nowhere, the starlets are a melancholy pop group with ambitions to be cheerful. a diverse range of influences, from the velvet underground via the go-betweens and prefab sprout to judy garland, have all inspired the band’s sound. a sound that you can hear on their debut album, ‘surely tomorrow you’ll feel blue.’

since it’s release in 2002 they’ve played gigs across scotland, making the occasional trip down south, which have included gigs at the garage in london, leeds, nottingham and in the city in manchester. over the years they’ve also played at t in the park and go north in aberdeen.

Band Member
Biff smith - vocals / guitar
Mark mcswiggan - backing vocals / guitar
Stephen mcgourty - bass
Craig laurie - drums
Nigel baillie - brass
Iain white - strings

Album

7" single (1999)

*Classic!!!*

surely tomorrow you'll feel blue (2001)

7" single (2002)

further into night forever (2003)

Out into the days from here (2009)

*Unmissable!!!*

more on...Discography

The Starlets - I Wake Up Dreaming (2009)

Once apon a time, singer Biff Smith's sister Gill attended The Glasgow School of Art where drummer Craig Laurie was working. Gill mentioned Craig's name to Biff who was trying unsuccessfully to get a band together and they met up for a rehearsal. On the day of the rehearsal Craig had been to a football match and was slightly the worse for wear after having had "a few". He entered the practice room, sat behind the drum kit and fell backwards off the drum stool. It was love at first sight.

Over the next year or two, other members came and went until The Starlets finally settled on their first team of Biff Smith - voice, Mark McSwiggan - Guitars, Stephen McGourty - Bass, Craig Laurie - Drums, Nigel Baillie - Brass, and Iain White - Strings, in time to deliver their debut album "Surely tomorrow you'll feel blue" (2001). Inspired in part by alternative guitar pop and old string-laden movie soundtracks, it was a lush poetic album which, despite being utterly out of step with prevailing musical trends, gained critical acclaim, winning "Jockrock album of the year", and was included in "Is this Music" top 100 albums by Scottish artists, as the band began to find an audience beyond their home town of Glasgow. This continued with the release of the second album "Further into night forever" (2003) which was again a critical success and brought the band to the attention of the Japanese label Muzak which licensed the record for Japan and helped promote The Starlets' first ever live performances in Tokyo.

The new album, "Out into the days from here", is out now in Japan on Fastcut Records and has sold out it's first pressing. The Starlets have just returned from a two week sold-out tour of Japan and are now acclimatising to cold and rainy Glasgow whilst planning the UK release of the new album. "Out into the days from here" is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2009 on the band's own label, Stereotone. UK gig dates will be announced soon.

Pop,Twee,Dreampop,Shoegaze HHMM!!





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