“Oh RATS! I Forgot My Purse…”
January 31, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 8 Comments
The expression takes on an entirely new meaning with Reid Pepard’s RP/ENCORE line of accessories…
Ah, but wait! Before you hit PETA on speed-dial, her website does provide the following disclaimer:
“Every effort has been made to see that the creatures used in RP/ENCORE are victims of road kill, pest control, or natural death.”
Controversy set aside for other ‘Great Debates,’ I’ll give her this: the prize ribbons from my collaboration with Jared Gold make a tame statement when juxtaposed with Pepard’s Swarovski-encrusted medallion:
a more detailed view…
While I’ll be the first to admit it’s a challenge to find killer* clothing and accessories designed for the gents, Peppard seems to earmark her creations evenly between the xy and the xx. Here’s a bowtie certain to incite a response at—oh, just about any formal event:
*(double entendre un/intentional? a tricky thing, this ’subconscious’ we possess)
Based in London, Peppard keeps a personal blog, in which she chronicles her works-in-progress, road kill later to be fashioned into found art objects, et cetera. A detail you might find interesting? She’s vegetarian. About her company, she states:
“RP/ENCORE challenges our attitudes towards fur, leather and waste. In a world where leather is worn without question by most, and replaced by un-biodegradable plastics by the rest, it is ironic that the image of an animal preserved using taxidermy is still enough to cause widespread outrage and fist-banging. It is for this reason I taxidermy the prolific, consequential vermin result of London’s excess. A member of the UK’s Guild of Taxidermists, I use both traditional and alternative methods of taxidermy to preserve and embellish creatures that are widely thought disgusting and unnecessary. When they become sculptural headpieces, necklaces and cuff-links, the specimens cease to be waste and become objects to behold. RP/ENCORE makes use of the city’s leftovers.”
Two Bombshells With Cobalt-Colored Hair
January 24, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 8 Comments
First, I’m stoked to have social media superhero Miss Destructo
as the next ‘Consumer As Spokesmodel’ (despite how admittedly goober the title may be…) :: Keep sending in those glamour shots of you rockin’ product, kids… Whether it’s a book bag or a prize ribbon, I’d love to plaster your face up here for all the w.w.w. to see!
And next, a familiar face on this blog, as of late—
Zoetica Ebb, filling the role of “Check-Me-Out-Bitches; I’m In An Ad!”
Ahhh, YES:
I really love this “bounce-out.” (Is that what they’re called?) Whatever the nomenclature,
Massive thanks to graphics whiz Joanna Carr!
Till Later—
x o x o x
Envy: A New Fashion Magazine from The Creators of The Fashionably Independent
January 20, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 9 Comments
The Widget? Pentegram, fully throwin’ down…
(That’d be five stars, in case my strand of Polari doesn’t translate well.)
Fully backin’ the ability to customize the size and lay-out options, as well as the international content contained therein.
To be honest, I’d rate the content in the current “issue” as a 4.5—meaning, of course, I know full well The Indie Fashion crew is capable of upping the ante beyond the established paradigm.
My request? Sprinkle in some content from Japanese men’s Vogue—as I’ve yet to see a single copy at any news stand (and I live in L.A., for F’s sake)… but the scant amount I’ve been fortunate to locate on-line?
Sleek as an Atsuko Kudo latex pencil skirt freshly polished. Sophisticated. Deliciously androgynous.
Of course, there’s also the occasional editorial in Imago ‘zine (Canada), Gazelleland (New York), Coilhouse (Los Angeles) and the slew of $40-and-over periodicals rife with opulence, editorial genius and consummate consumer lust that creep their way over from Europe…
Because these?
Of course, this is merely my opinion: but it’s when these truly independent flashes of serendipity—synonymous far too often with short print runs before the recently-launched creations belly-up…
It’s when these disparate elements get stirred into an already stellar sampling of aspirational imagery
that my mind melds &
corneas are left burning with a brilliance that feels so
alive alive
alive…
Here’s to
Cheers from
The Future—
(& With Great Anticipation)
Cx
ShowWX Presented by MicroVision at The Sundance Film Festival, 2010
January 14, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 8 Comments
So, I’m going to Sundance.
Remember that gorgeous independent film I’m in? You know, “Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman”? The one I yammered about a while ago. Well, it’s screening at Sundance, and…yeah. As an Angeleno transplant, over the years I’ve acclimated to the freon-tinged climate shady people imbue this brightly-lit place. To fair the “whether,” the most important reaction I could have is: act as if this news isn’t very important at all.
It’s a tricky thing, this More-Jaded-Than-The-Orient sense of feigned indifference—because if “reality” T.V. cameras are added to the equation? Flip it. Be so real it’s Faux Real…and it will be: on film.
Semantics and human behavior are complicated. But how I feel? How I feel, for once, is pure and simple and precise. I’m so excited; I’m spinning around like tinsel on a majorette’s baton at half-time.
That being said, the vitals are:
Friday, 22nd January, and Saturday, 23rd January 2010, 2pm
ShowWX Presented by MicroVision at The Sundance Film Festival
Cinema Lounge at 333 Main Street, Park City, UT
Curated by Shade Rupe,
The program includes new work by
Floria Sigismondi, Sean Pecknold, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Rodrigo Gudiño
and
More Info “Beneath The Jump”
Aural Fixation: 33 Tracks From The End Of The Aughts, My Heart To Your [Downloadable Device]*
January 12, 2010 by Clint Catalyst · 5 Comments
✼—Limited Time Offer/”It’s A Lot Like Life”—✼
Alright you guys: Apart from a few tracks on which I had some creative involvement, I’ve never utilized Ye Olde Dot Com in the context of a public music share. Never until now, that is… With this: a veritable list of my 33 favorite songs from ‘09.
As stated on Fluxblog, Music For Robots, NME’s “Daily Download”, Music Is Art, Glorious Noise and a slew of other noteworthy locales among the internet ethers, any music posted is provided under a code of ethics ✼ [& Disclaimer] ✼
Though it should go without saying, if anything from this catalogue aux Catalottalisps moves your spirit, contributes to involuntary thrusts of elbows and hipbones, or just plain pleases your ear canal with good aural: give the musicians some much-deserved love and support. That’s “love” as in: the kind from your pocketbook—not Nature’s Little Pocket, and “support” that doesn’t involve an underwire or cup size. Odds are, Pamela Des Barres has that Other territory covered, anyway—unless VH1’s Next Big Hit: a competitive “reality” series entitled Groupie: Go Ho or Go Home! is still in negotiations.
So, yes…here’s my first Em Pee Three Web Log
a play list intended as a means of promoting the artists as well as the art
for the sake of art itself:
The creative spirit is contagious
and these are the the lullabies that transmit inspiration
Lily Allen and Annie’s bubblegum pop with biting, cyanide-laced lyrics that
induced an emotional imprint, capture an essence:
the interrobang I experienced upon hearing the somber vocals of Fever Ray’s Karin Andersson
collide with boody-bass, a re-mix that shatters her glacial strip-tease & throws everything
off, like the crepuscular hour in which I was first infected by Demdike Stare:
hunched over at my desk, fist gripped around a sweat-slick black Ticonderoga, that
late night/early morning’s weapon of choice for my
battle with words—though what I fought more than anything was to stay awake
floating in and out of consciousness, when
suddenly and without warning, I was surrounded by an echoing incantation
that rose up, a miasma as mysterious as voodou yet synthetic, manufactured, cold
Wait…What the F was I rambling about?
:: never mind all that :: just ::
close your eyes :: inhale deeply, & :: listen
pictured above :: the big pink
Metric — “Help I’m Alive (Immuzikation B-Ting Like A Hammer Remix)”
The Big Pink — “Dominos”
Fever Ray — “When I Grow Old (Bassnectar Remix)”
The Joy Formidable — “The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade”
Twisted Wires — “One Night At The Raw Deal”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)”
Simian Mobile Disco (featuring Beth Ditto) — “Cruel Intentions”
As Tall As Lions — “You Can’t Take It With You”
Bat For Lashes — “Daniel (Death Metal Disco Scene Remix)”
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart — “Everything With You”
The xx — “Basic Space (Astronomer Remix)”
Lykke Li — “Knocked Up (Kings of Leon Cover: Death To The Throne Remix)”
Health — “Die Slow”
Veil Veil Vanish — “Anthem for a Doomed Youth”
Passion Pit — “The Reeling”
Hunz — “Draw The Line”
Retail Bliss (Oh No, But I *Insist*…)
December 26, 2009 by Clint Catalyst · 3 Comments
And here it is, December 26th. The Day After.
First and foremost, Congratulations! If you’re reading this, chances are you survived. However, for those of you whom “survival” just ain’t cuttin’ it, and you’re feeling less-than-satisfied with this year’s swag? While wild women descend upon shopping malls in the ultimate Quest To Find A Good Bargain, Damnit, please allow me to provide suggestions by a more civilized approach: The “F it—this one’s for me, and I’m packin’ plastic.” In the comfort of your own home, even!
That being said,
* From the Impeccably Curated A+R Store, LOOK UPON:
TOY ME’S
SILVER SCISSOR CUFF
It’s rare I wear dangly-spangly things on my wrist, but I would rock the shit outta this cuff…
:: GO AHEAD—INDULGE! :: WITH A SNIP, :: CLIP :: & CLICKITY-CLICK ::
* From the Cosmonomad Herself, ACQUIRE A PRINT by the multi-talented Zoetica Ebb.
Available now: “Inkdrops 007: The Endless Commission”
another option on —sumptuous velvet photo rag paper—
is
entitled “Cumulous Confection,” and
:: AVAILABLE FROM THE BIOREQUIEM SHOP :: (CLICK HERE!) ::
*Because sometimes the faux is infinitely more fascinating than what you already know:
by Shawna Kenney and photographer James Knoblauch (whose site seems to be down at the moment) chronicles Hollywood Blvd.’s “infamous nobodies” impersonating Somebodies or -things
:: FOR THE ‘REAL DEAL’ VIA AMAZON, :: CLICK HERE ::
or, support indie booksellers
and
:: CLICK HERE :: FOR SKYLIGHT BOOKS ::
Whew! There are several other goodies I intended to share for your retail/retinal pleasure, but truth is: I’m technologically-challenged, and this whole “HTML” thing? Takes me muuuuch longer than one would think. (Seriously? It’s pretty sad, guys.) I’ll have to post more suggestions later… As for now?
The Consumer As ‘Spokesmodel’…(& I’m Lovin’ It!)
December 23, 2009 by Clint Catalyst · 4 Comments
There’s a section on my beast of a MySpazz page where, for quite some time now, I’ve been posting a “Reader of the Week”: images of folks being as somber or silly as they want, so long as they follow two rudimentary guidelines: 1) keep it PG-13, regardless if the subject matter veers toward “X Rated-Adjacent” territory and 2) incorporate one of my published works (Cottonmouth Kisses and/or Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache), ancient relics/self-published chapbooks, an anthology in which a story of mine appears…or, in one instance, photographs of me that were published in…
:: Well, You.Get.It ::
Of the seventy-something thus far, I’ve featured a spectrum that spans from bondage bunnies to strategically-placed texts “about a comma short of indecent exposure”; from high drama in high heels to low-and-deliberately-difficult-to-find positioning of the aforementioned. (A Veritable “Where’s Waldo: Catalyzed,”
if you will…)
When the collection hits the 101 mark,
I plan on posting my favorites from the batch as an archive of Greatest Hits.
Until that time, however? I’m really digging on the pictures submitted of peeps sporting their
Jared Gold/Clint Catalyst PRIZE RIBBONS !
The shot above is from the gorgeous
a photographer based here in L.A., though I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting her yet…
However, up next? Someone with whom I have shared hijinx—as well as the bathroom at Fred 62 *(winkage)*—is my favorite Russian Cosmonomad/”Techno Renaissance Internet Goddess Extraordinaire” [Lou O'Bedlam]:
Werkin’ the re-vamped CC Tarot Card Destroyer Tee in CORRECTNESS at the brink of overdose…
:: for more hot shots of Zo, sans specs? :: click to reveal what’s tucked away “beneath the click!” ::
Found While Cruisin’ & Perusin’ Ye Olde World Wide Web
December 20, 2009 by Clint Catalyst · 7 Comments
&
Of Course,
THESE:
:: alabastrine :: wraiths ::
Zoetica Ebb Is A Hedonist. :: (…Isn’t Everyone?) ::
December 12, 2009 by Clint Catalyst · 1 Comment
MAXIMIZE YOUR RETAIL BLISS, WITH THIS:
THE FIFTH PRIZE RIBBON among
the JARED GOLD/CLINT CATALYST CO-BRANDED MERCHANDISE…
hedonist! |ˈhidnəst| |ˈhidənəst| noun
a derivative of: hedonism |ˈhēdnˌizəm|
the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
† the ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good †
Leave the scarlet letter for Miss Hester Prynne. THIS is a title to profess…
:: CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS NOW! ::
as modeled by
Artist/Writer/Photographer/Style Technician/Russian Cosmonomad and
Coilhouse magazine & blog Co-Founder,
Who—among her many other accolades—ranked #3 on
G4’s “Hottest Women Of The Web”(!)
More “Images Conducive Of Pleasure” Are Tucked
Beneath the Jump
“Flouncing About” — Spoken Word Text by Clint Catalyst; Narration by Pauley Perrette
December 11, 2009 by Clint Catalyst · 1 Comment
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