Speaking of Glam...

Lord Gene Simmons

The most glam Rock God around.

Also known as The Demon.

One of the most conceited and business

oriented artists out there and

I think that's what makes him so great.

I admire his ability to be constantly staring into a mirror

and still be shitting out excellent business and music ideas.

And he rules with an iron fist

in Gene Simmons Family Jewels.

Long live Gene!

Origins

The origins of THYME WARP.

It's a cross between "time warp", the dance from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," lyrics from "Scarborough Fair/Cantale", a Simon and Garfunkel song. It's a perfect blend between the poeticism of the 60's, and the raunchy camp of the 70's.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of my favourtie movies. It has it all: dancing and singing, transvestites, weird science, aliens, sexual tension, and CAMP to the nines. It explodes with campy glam and that's what makes it a cult classic.

The above video is a trailer for the film from 1975.

Crystal City

When I was a child I had a polished rock and mineral collection.

Not going to lie, I still have it...

I love minerals, crystals and rocks of all shapes.

I quite often frequent rock and gem shops

starring at all that sparkles.

I'ma Make You Explode

Keith Moon

My b-day buddy and Rock God Supernova.

Such an angelic face and special soul.

So demented and fiery.

He created antics everywhere he went

and charmed the shit out of the

non-believers.

He had a penchant to cross-dress.

So what?

Gone too soon, but my, did he

sure go out with bang!

Good Bye Blue Sky

One of the most beautiful Pink Floyd songs.

This is a segment from the film The Wall, which kind of relates to the Necktie,

especially the song "Just Another Brick In the Wall."

When I hear this I just want to drift off and share the lonely view of the birds.

Ironing Paper

Are we just going through life's motions?

Are we just well bred 9-5 workers putting in time?

This short animated film is a masterpiece and has a fascinating view on "life".

My friend and I love it so much that we often reference it at out government job.

If we come across a task that seems pointless or a so called "make work project",

We say "it's just like ironing paper."

You see, when you watch this, you should catch on to a few key concepts:

1) We are all slaves to the fictious man, and we are all just putting in time, going through the motions society has set out for us.

2) One day, hopefully you should realize that nothing matters. And in this realization, you should conclude that if nothing matters, only the things that make you happy should matter.

3) The only way to break free from "ironing paper" is to seek out that things that make you happy in life.

I'm not sure about others, but I don't want to sit around and "iron paper" for a living. I want to live free and do the things that I love. That's why we are here in this world.

Going Off the Rails

Ozzy Osbourne

Frontman of Black Sabbath

and legendary solo artist.

Now he has a column in Rolling Stone

called "Ask Ozzy" where you can

ask your burning health questions?

Ozzy rocks harder and is a total bad ass

that is still kicking it all these years.

My sister just finished reading

his autobiography.

She is now in love with Ozzy, and rightfully so.

Rainbow In the Dark

Ronnie James Dio- Rainbow in the dark.

Out of control hair metal. One of my favorites.

House of hair lives on...

Hot Child In the City

And another birthday buddy

My soul-sister

Krystal Simpson.

Suddenly, it all makes sense...

Birthday Buddies

So today is my birthday.

I also share the day with

3 of my favorites:

Julian Casablancas

Keith Moon

and River Phoenix.

Others that share this day:

Rick Springfield

Kobe Bryant

Gene Kelly

Shelley long

Jay Mohr

Nicole Bobek

Scott Caan

Shifty Shellshock

Ray Park

Bone Crusher

Wendy Pepper

Charles Busch

Queen Noor

Barbara Eden

Vera Miles

Marian Seldes

Tex Williams

Louis XVI of france

Bob Crosby

Mark Russell

We are a motley crew.

A very creative group of people.

Mainly, musicians and actors.

I don't know if this means anything but

Keith Moon died of an overdose on

perscription pills and booze.

And River died doing

a bad speedball.

Julian Casablancas may

have indulged in booze

more than the average person.

This may be leading

up to the explanation

that we cuspians

have dual personalites.

Stuck between extrovert and introvert.

It causes quiet a bit of conflict in life.

Creative souls will never

be at rest...

Cowichan Sweaters For All

These are my people

West-Coast Salish

Cowichan Sweaters and all.

Sound of Da Police

Going way back, when Rap was all angst and edge.

Fuck that police.

KRS-One- Sound of Da Police"

In 1984, In the Levi's That You Wore

Let's drink wine

And tell a few lies

Call a few friends

Talk about the end

Cuz in your eyes I only see quiet

Your rink shack smile

Ironic hair style

Fade them back for a photo booth shoot

And pout your lips like the cosmo girls do

Lets drink wine

And tell a few lies

Call a few friends

Talk about the end

Warhols portrait of Gretzky

Pretty fucking sexy

Pretty fucking sexy

Pink and purple

And yellow and blue

And a mouth thats crying out

For lipstick too

In 1984 in the levi's that you wore...

Yes, Warhol's portrait of Gretzky

It's pretty fucking sexy...

(Lyrics: Hawksley Workman)

Get Your Ya Ya's Out

Okay, let's get all the ya-ya's out.

Keith Richards

Rock god extraordinaire.

Model for Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow

Wearer of snakeskin boots

and Gram Parsons best friend.

Ya, ya...

Road To Nowhere

Everything that is natural is beautiful.

It's people that make things ugly.

Nature is astoundingly beautiful.

It's people that fuck it up and destroy it.

Once man kind has destroyed it, transformed it into a concrete jungle, the natural beauty is gone.

The aesthetic beauty takes over and preference rules all.

Beyond Bollo Ties..

"Laredo"- Band of Horses

The name is enticing enough and this video has fantastic scenery.

I yearn for the log cabin

The abandoned farm house

The teepee

The adobe hut

To sleep under the stars

Is this too much to ask for?

Moonlight Mile

Susanna Spanish Moss style.

It's only down the road.

Bat Country

The desert is my home

I dream of driving the American Dream trail paged out by Hunter S. Thompson.

The land of cacti, big skies, cowboy boots, turquoise, and head dresses.

I want to go to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Tennessee.

I want to drive from L.A. to Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing style.

Enter bat country

I want to go to Joshua Tree and live like Keith and Gram with my bestie.

I want to go out in the desert and take peyote like Jim Morrison and The Doors.

I love the desert. It's my next stop.

Into the Spanish Moss We Frolic

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love the desert.

And through Krystal Simpson, my b-day buddy,

I found another killer blog and major inspirational icon

Suzanna Moss of Spanish Moss.

She creates and finds unique Vintage pieces and lives the life of a nomad.

She loves the desert, California, Nashville, whiskey, dive bars, classic rock and country, and well here is her own write up from the Spanish Moss Website:

Suzanne Ford Carafano founded American Gold with the desire to create pieces that document her experiences while traveling all over America. Always made of the finest silks, crochets, and cottons, all of the materials in the American Gold collection are handpicked to construct a supremely soft garment of the highest quality construction and attention to detail. American Gold is designed and manufactured in southern California.

Emboldened by an American girl's love for nostalgia, American Gold is inspired by: Indian summers, sleeping under the stars in Joshua Tree, collections of taxidermy and Southwestern trinkets, roadside flea markets, listening to the Rolling Stone's "Moonlight Mile" on repeat, whiskey soaked nights in Nashville, musing over Marianne Faithful and Anita Pallenberg, sleeping past checkout in old motel rooms, first kisses, discovering Emmylou Harris for the first time, summer flings, wearing sequins in the daytime, humid summers spent lounging on wraparound porches, sleepovers, playing hooky, 4 pm purple thunder storms, re-reading Walt Whitman, living free, and making new best friends wherever you go.

Although having experience only on the journalism side of the fashion industry, Suzanne began American Gold with an addiction to finding rare and on-trend vintage clothing and a promise to herself to never work a job she hated again. When she isn't scouring the back roads of the United States for exquisite vintage or sketching designs for American Gold, you can find Suzanne writing works of fiction or reading books in bed all day, driving through or moving to a new state every few months, sleeping under the stars in the desert, and dancing to classic rock and old country in her favorite dive bars. American Gold has been featured in Lucky Magazine, Nylon Mall, and in Blackbook Magazine. In addition Suzanne was recently featured in H&M's March Styleguide and was lauded by Erin Wasson in the March 2010 issue of VOGUE Australia.

Indian Prayer

There is this plaque in my grandparents

stuck in 1970 kitchen that I absolutely love

This is what it says:

Indian Prayer

Grant that I may not critize my neighbour

until I have walked a mile in his mocassins.

Snake Skin Boots

Wild Horses- The Stones

Taken from the documentary "Gimme Shelter."

The striking part of this clip is how much Mick Jagger reminds me of Julian Casablancas from the Strokes. It's uncanny in a way, but also it makes complete sense.

Rock gods will be recycled and re-created. Never replaced.

Resemblance will be drawn from the legends and used to create something new.

Those pouty lips will always be attractive...

Roger From Oz...

Holy shit! The Who smash guitars and blow the stage up.

Keith Moon is in his prime.

Behind the Arctic Eyes..

First off,

I fucking love the 70's when

beautiful boys like Roger Daltrey

said goodbye to their modish hair cuts

and let their golden manes grow out.

Roger is killer

not just because of The Who

but just for the fact that

he wears that little leather

native ensemble.

No one else could pull that off.

The Damage Done

The first single from Arcade Fire's new album The Suburbs.

I hear this song on CBC everyday and it is still growing on me.

One of their best tracks since the album Funeral.

(The above is an excellent fan-made video)

So can you understand

I want a daughter while I'm still young

I want to hold her hand

Show her some beauty before this damage is done

But if it's too much to ask,

Too much to ask

Send me a son

Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire...

Jimi Hendrix

Rock God gone to early

Creator of the Electric Lady Studio that

still churns out music today.

A special soul.

Listen to: "Crosstown Traffic" and "All Along the Watchtower."