boom.

hello.  i am an email hoarder.

this morning i went through 191 'drafts' i had in my gmail.  what the hell.  i have no idea how it happened.  i turned around, then four years later ... BOOM. who knows. 

at any rate, even though the process was quite arduous i unearthed many delightful items.  artists that i once knew of but that had been long since forgotten.  love letter to boys i hate (and am glad i did not send). lorca and neruda and hafiz.  many things. it was a joyous thing. 

one of these ancient artifacts was olaf hajek.  please peep game on his site, for it is a treasure trove.  he also has a pretty new book out called flowerhead!  quite lovely.  quite.

a face at the end of the day ...

a bouquet of naked rain

every ray of sun hidden

every fount of founts in the depths of the water

every mirror of mirrors broken

a face in the scales of silence

a pebble among other pebbles

for the leaves last glimmers of day

a face like all the forgotten faces.

-Eluard

thats whats up.

also, dilla tribute nite this week at the fix. holla! all proceeds from the door will go toward the j. dilla foundation. houseshoes and rhettmatic are guest dj'ing as well, should be pretty fantastic. 

moving photos.

this guy is so neat! he put together this video montage of stills taken, the effect is amazingness.  pulsating, photographic amazingness. 

theo tagholm the rest of his site is pretty swell, also.

shark week.

oh yes.  valentines day weekend. i tell you what ... if i had a sweetie i'd make him buy me joolries, and not just any jewels. they have to be related to animals.  fancy animals coated in swarovski. possibly vintage but this is not a must.  i will settle for new, that's fine. 

my latest thing is noir jewelery.  they do good work.

side note: what a bumout about alexander mcqueen. that man was a true artist. dramatic, intelligent and classic.  he encompassed such a beautiful spirit and it is a sad time for the world of art, design and fashion.  boohoo for reals. 

love of my life.

already posted it, but does not care! i love this song and this video.  never gets old.  the love movement!

i love valentines weekend.  even though i have no valentine, i have no problem celebrating love because everyone deserves it.



i just ate the biggest sando of my life,  i'm not even playin.

b plus.

he's the best. the greatest. the most high! he's B+.  nuff said.  an inspiration to me right now since i'm in a photographic s.l.u.m.p.

this is from the ghost notes series.  my favorite on his website is the record dealers series,  some beautiful portraits in thar!

also, check out this video for quantic that B+ did.  so sick!

ooh, i wonder what good ol' mel d. cole is up to these days??? i'll have a book report for you tomorrow. holla!

oh girl.

i'm super behind on reading music news and obtaining new delectable treats! 

my husband, d'angelo has some brand spanking new material on the internets!!  wowwwweee.  he never fails to impress me, which is why i'm glad he is my husband.  check the track 1000 deaths on moovmnt.  to celebrate, i want to take you out for cupcakes.

for old times' sake, really love that good old ?uestlove leaked on the radiooooooo.

love love love.

i'm in a love mood today.  also, i'm making my valentines for you this week.  yay!  aren't you excited?  there will be scratch n' sniff things and chocolate hearts all around. 





what up ragen fykes!  where you at, girl!? 



and a blu & exile mood, apparently.



i'm bored. make today go away and please take my mid term for me. kthx.

diggin in the shoebox.

freestyle fellowship!!  how you know about that?!



I like on this video how the person writes 'diggin in the shoebox'!  haha.  too good.



jose james remake. this man makes me melt. what an amazing voice.  freestyle fellowship > bone thugs > jose james.  so good!

yes yes no.

erykah. yes. bilal. yes.  lil wayne.  no.

i am torn because i cannot stand weezy.  why does anyone actually like him?  i will never know.  this track is sick despite the fact that weezy is on it.  *i'm rolling my eyes* no, seriously, it's good.  hating is what i do best.



i can't wait for this album to drop.

groundhog day!!!

the only thing on my mind this morning was beautiful, glorious springtime!  even though that groundhog guy says otherwise, it smelled like cherry blossoms outside and it was oh so lovely.

this weekend i drank a lot and ate a lot. in between booze comas i managed to get to frances may and saw something magical.  magical, meaning beautiful and not affordable for little alex, but i digress. 

aesa jewelery makes some amazing things. what caught my attention were the necklaces that look like spinal columns.  hot shit.  their website has a plethora of other items that are just as lovely to look at.  i didn't ask for price points because i didn't want to have a heart attack about it.  i'm sure it's more than my rent though cuz they also sell this line at barney's. beautiful, nonethless. this is from the machine de terre collection.

today i'm trolling the internets and avoiding work. what are YOU doing? 

also, i'm finally going to pick up shafiq husayn's new album shafiq en' a-free-ka from good ol' 360.  holla!  i can't wait to hear that thing.    speaking of can't waiting to hear something!  last week kenny let the cat out of the bag about coultrain releasing a 7" on recordbreakin' very very soon!  i'm sure it will be two paws up.  horay. you can lisiten to snippets on moovmnt.

basic instinct.