Moody Mondays Moody Mondays: Katie Melua
by Shop Keeper
If you haven’t already heard of Katie Melua, you soon will. The Georgian-born, British bestselling female artist is already “Legend” (as they say) in the UK and is gaining momentum here in the states. This week, ChinaShop caught up with Katie to find out which songs take her to her “happy place.” The following are her picks this Moody Monday.
Mood: Yellow Summers
5.00 (2 votes)
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If you haven’t already heard of Katie Melua, you soon will. The Georgian-born, British bestselling female artist is already “Legend” (as they say) in the UK and is gaining momentum here in the states. This week, ChinaShop caught up with Katie to find out which songs take her to her “happy place.” The following are her picks this Moody Monday.
Mood: Yellow Summers
5.00 (2 votes)
Loading ...Comic Books Gallery Chicago Comic Con: Characters of all Kinds
by Max Herman
“It’s a strange existence,” actor Jake Lloyd bluntly tells the Chicago Comic Con crowd about working the convention circuit. Lloyd, best known as playing young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), has largely grown out of acting and moved onto other endeavors (film editing) hence why talking about a childhood role can be so awkward. Yet Lloyd remains an avid Star Wars fan and will be forever connected to what comic con fans love: iconic characters.
The tens of thousands of attendees who poured into the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center August 19-22nd in some way were all looking to embrace the heroes and villains they grew up with. And this includes attending panels with actors like Jake Lloyd, buying dirt-cheap vintage comics, picking up a T-shirt, or recreating the characters themselves in costume. Regarding the latter, homemade Iron Man and War Machine costumes were just a sample of the incredible cosplay seen at “The Con.” A female take on a beat-down Kick-Ass also remains ingrained in my mind with her all too real make-up job.
5.00 (7 votes)
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“It’s a strange existence,” actor Jake Lloyd bluntly tells the Chicago Comic Con crowd about working the convention circuit. Lloyd, best known as playing young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), has largely grown out of acting and moved onto other endeavors (film editing) hence why talking about a childhood role can be so awkward. Yet Lloyd remains an avid Star Wars fan and will be forever connected to what comic con fans love: iconic characters.
The tens of thousands of attendees who poured into the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center August 19-22nd in some way were all looking to embrace the heroes and villains they grew up with. And this includes attending panels with actors like Jake Lloyd, buying dirt-cheap vintage comics, picking up a T-shirt, or recreating the characters themselves in costume. Regarding the latter, homemade Iron Man and War Machine costumes were just a sample of the incredible cosplay seen at “The Con.” A female take on a beat-down Kick-Ass also remains ingrained in my mind with her all too real make-up job.
5.00 (7 votes)
Loading ...Fashion Featured The Classic Glamour Dolls
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
When you have a big event coming up and you are female, it’s inevitable that you want your hair and make-up professionally done. It just perfectly accents a night out on the town, a wedding, a red carpet ordeal, a high school reunion, or any situation where the goal is to shock and awe with your looks. One thing to consider is that when you hire hair and make-up people, they are in your house for a long time. I got my hair and make-up done for my wedding and spent a good 3 and a half hours bonding with my lady. She was nice, but there wasn’t anything unique about her and I found myself resorting to the ‘go to’ questions: Isn’t the weather nice? Where are you from? How long have you been doing make-up? We got through it, but there were a lot of moments when the concept of ‘silence is golden’ keep fluttering into my head.
I recently stumbled upon the perfect solution to my quest for make-up/hair artists with finesse, the Classic Glamour Dolls. Specializing in preparing you for everything from photo shoots, to performances, red carpet appearances, film, bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, and special events, the Classic Glamour Doll “Team” consists of a group of make-up and hair artists whose motto is to bring you “Make-up and hair with a Hollywood flair.” The gals live out the 1920’s to 1950’s glam eras and show up to get their clients event-ready fully decked out in an old school Hollywood get-up that Fergie would describe as the definition of G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. When I witnessed them in action, they explained to me that the look must always include: red lipstick, fake eyelashes, cat eyeliner, flowers or big jewels in the hair, very clean and shapely defined eyebrows, and a victory roll in their hair – obtained with hot rollers, curling irons, lots of hair spray and “thousands and thousands of bobby pins,” and of course fun rockabilly-inspired clothing.
4.79 (24 votes)
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When you have a big event coming up and you are female, it’s inevitable that you want your hair and make-up professionally done. It just perfectly accents a night out on the town, a wedding, a red carpet ordeal, a high school reunion, or any situation where the goal is to shock and awe with your looks. One thing to consider is that when you hire hair and make-up people, they are in your house for a long time. I got my hair and make-up done for my wedding and spent a good 3 and a half hours bonding with my lady. She was nice, but there wasn’t anything unique about her and I found myself resorting to the ‘go to’ questions: Isn’t the weather nice? Where are you from? How long have you been doing make-up? We got through it, but there were a lot of moments when the concept of ‘silence is golden’ keep fluttering into my head.
I recently stumbled upon the perfect solution to my quest for make-up/hair artists with finesse, the Classic Glamour Dolls. Specializing in preparing you for everything from photo shoots, to performances, red carpet appearances, film, bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, and special events, the Classic Glamour Doll “Team” consists of a group of make-up and hair artists whose motto is to bring you “Make-up and hair with a Hollywood flair.” The gals live out the 1920’s to 1950’s glam eras and show up to get their clients event-ready fully decked out in an old school Hollywood get-up that Fergie would describe as the definition of G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S. When I witnessed them in action, they explained to me that the look must always include: red lipstick, fake eyelashes, cat eyeliner, flowers or big jewels in the hair, very clean and shapely defined eyebrows, and a victory roll in their hair – obtained with hot rollers, curling irons, lots of hair spray and “thousands and thousands of bobby pins,” and of course fun rockabilly-inspired clothing.
4.79 (24 votes)
Loading ...Music Sunday Night in Silver Lake: SSJ 2010
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
Sunday I sun screened, loaded up my ‘concert purse,’ stocked up on carbs and headed to the Sunset Junction. As I walked through the gates, I stumbled right into a mini techno fest with DJs spinning and girls dancing on the Electro Stage. After bouncing from stage to stage, I settled in at the Bates Stage for Girls in a Coma. I’d never seen them play before but was intrigued by a mixture of things I have heard about the trio and the fact that they are named after a Smith’s song. It was a bit angry chick rock at times but I liked it overall. The singer has powerful vocals and it was refreshing to see female guitar players rock out on stage. They played Static Mind, which was a catchy tune and then chose Femme Fatale for the encore. The crowd was filled with stylish-haired hipsters, many proudly equipped with Girls in a Coma merch. After the set, a festival attendee turned to her friend and said, “Wow! That was tight.”
5.00 (5 votes)
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Sunday I sun screened, loaded up my ‘concert purse,’ stocked up on carbs and headed to the Sunset Junction. As I walked through the gates, I stumbled right into a mini techno fest with DJs spinning and girls dancing on the Electro Stage. After bouncing from stage to stage, I settled in at the Bates Stage for Girls in a Coma. I’d never seen them play before but was intrigued by a mixture of things I have heard about the trio and the fact that they are named after a Smith’s song. It was a bit angry chick rock at times but I liked it overall. The singer has powerful vocals and it was refreshing to see female guitar players rock out on stage. They played Static Mind, which was a catchy tune and then chose Femme Fatale for the encore. The crowd was filled with stylish-haired hipsters, many proudly equipped with Girls in a Coma merch. After the set, a festival attendee turned to her friend and said, “Wow! That was tight.”
5.00 (5 votes)
Loading ...Music Welcome to Sunset Junction
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
Saturday and Sunday, the streets of Silver Lake were filled with hipsters, carnies, corn dogs, oversized stuffed animals, rides, and the sounds of ear-pleasing bands. This year’s 30th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival recruited tens of thousands of Angelinos to brave the heat, impossible parking, and intense crowds with the mission of shoving their way into the front of one of the 5 music stages. The must see acts were: Ghostland Observatory, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Big Daddy Kane, Sam Sparro, Mayer Hawthorne, Fishbone, Shiny Toy Guns Hybrid Digital, Ohio Players, The Whisperers, Bad Brains, and Lee Scratch Perry…just to name a few.
5.00 (5 votes)
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Saturday and Sunday, the streets of Silver Lake were filled with hipsters, carnies, corn dogs, oversized stuffed animals, rides, and the sounds of ear-pleasing bands. This year’s 30th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival recruited tens of thousands of Angelinos to brave the heat, impossible parking, and intense crowds with the mission of shoving their way into the front of one of the 5 music stages. The must see acts were: Ghostland Observatory, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Big Daddy Kane, Sam Sparro, Mayer Hawthorne, Fishbone, Shiny Toy Guns Hybrid Digital, Ohio Players, The Whisperers, Bad Brains, and Lee Scratch Perry…just to name a few.
5.00 (5 votes)
Loading ...Music The I & I Dance Machine
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
Hidden among the food trucks on Santa Monica Boulevard last Saturday and Sunday was a yellow truck of mystery. The first day I walked by it. I was hurriedly trying to get to a stage and didn’t stop to check it out. I did, however, notice some great tunes blasting out of its speaker system and a crowd of people dancing. I woke up Sunday morning and had this yellow truck on the brain, so I made a point to swing by for a look-see later that afternoon. When I went to investigate, it was blasting Latin music and a group of people had collaborated to dance some serious salsa in front of it. There were bongo drums and people were playing along. Next to the van was a bar where they were selling CDs and music merch. On of the yellow truck were Ethiopia Rasta flags. The front of the truck had “sound,” “word,” and “power” written on red stars accenting the mustard background. I ran into a gentleman with a ying-yang bandana on his head who led me around the back of the truck where the operators were hanging out. The side door was open and there was a Persian rug with lions on it laid out on the floor below. Inside sat a guy next to a mini soundboard system and mixing station that boasted a sticker that read, “Listen to Bob Marley.”
5.00 (4 votes)
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Hidden among the food trucks on Santa Monica Boulevard last Saturday and Sunday was a yellow truck of mystery. The first day I walked by it. I was hurriedly trying to get to a stage and didn’t stop to check it out. I did, however, notice some great tunes blasting out of its speaker system and a crowd of people dancing. I woke up Sunday morning and had this yellow truck on the brain, so I made a point to swing by for a look-see later that afternoon. When I went to investigate, it was blasting Latin music and a group of people had collaborated to dance some serious salsa in front of it. There were bongo drums and people were playing along. Next to the van was a bar where they were selling CDs and music merch. On of the yellow truck were Ethiopia Rasta flags. The front of the truck had “sound,” “word,” and “power” written on red stars accenting the mustard background. I ran into a gentleman with a ying-yang bandana on his head who led me around the back of the truck where the operators were hanging out. The side door was open and there was a Persian rug with lions on it laid out on the floor below. Inside sat a guy next to a mini soundboard system and mixing station that boasted a sticker that read, “Listen to Bob Marley.”
5.00 (4 votes)
Loading ...Music Jeffree Star and Friends at Chain Reaction
by Lisa Johnson
Shakespeare once said “All the world is a stage.” For pop culture icon Jeffree Star that stage is a catwalk, and life should be “fierce” at all times. Nothing less will do!
Jeffree Star likes cupcakes, Hello Kitty and all things pink and sparkly, which means we have a lot in common, except I couldn’t walk nearly as well in those heels all night!
The “Lookin’ Hot And Dangerous Tour” kicked off with a sold out stop at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California and ChinaShop was there to witness the carnage.
4.69 (13 votes)
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Shakespeare once said “All the world is a stage.” For pop culture icon Jeffree Star that stage is a catwalk, and life should be “fierce” at all times. Nothing less will do!
Jeffree Star likes cupcakes, Hello Kitty and all things pink and sparkly, which means we have a lot in common, except I couldn’t walk nearly as well in those heels all night!
The “Lookin’ Hot And Dangerous Tour” kicked off with a sold out stop at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California and ChinaShop was there to witness the carnage.
4.69 (13 votes)
Loading ...Music Hipster Haven: The People of Sunset Junction
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
If you managed to take your eyes off of the music stages, carnie games, explosion of food trucks, and vendors, you couldn’t help but miss the hipster haven that was Sunset Junction 2010. Saturday and Sunday at the Sunset Junction Street Fair, a fashion show took place, and the runway models were the Los Angeles hipsters. I am by no means a hipster, I’m not cool enough to keep that up with trends, but walking around the festival I was taking notes (literally for my article but also for my next shopping trip). I’ve seen hipsters before and been in many hipster hangout areas, but I don’t think I can say I’ve ever been in an area so saturated with them. By pure observation and a few crazy conversations on the patios of bars, I learned all about what is currently trendy, what is over the top, and what I definitely would not be able to pull off.
5.00 (6 votes)
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If you managed to take your eyes off of the music stages, carnie games, explosion of food trucks, and vendors, you couldn’t help but miss the hipster haven that was Sunset Junction 2010. Saturday and Sunday at the Sunset Junction Street Fair, a fashion show took place, and the runway models were the Los Angeles hipsters. I am by no means a hipster, I’m not cool enough to keep that up with trends, but walking around the festival I was taking notes (literally for my article but also for my next shopping trip). I’ve seen hipsters before and been in many hipster hangout areas, but I don’t think I can say I’ve ever been in an area so saturated with them. By pure observation and a few crazy conversations on the patios of bars, I learned all about what is currently trendy, what is over the top, and what I definitely would not be able to pull off.
5.00 (6 votes)
Loading ...Music The Oldies: Lee Scratch & Ohio Players
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
Looking around at Sunset Junction, the majority of the crowd was the young, trendy music fanatic. There were a huge variety of bands covering a wide array of genres like indie, rock, reggae, and electronica, but most of them seemed to cater to a modern generation of concertgoers. There were however, two exceptions, the Ohio players and Lee Scratch Perry.
5.00 (6 votes)
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Looking around at Sunset Junction, the majority of the crowd was the young, trendy music fanatic. There were a huge variety of bands covering a wide array of genres like indie, rock, reggae, and electronica, but most of them seemed to cater to a modern generation of concertgoers. There were however, two exceptions, the Ohio players and Lee Scratch Perry.
5.00 (6 votes)
Loading ...Music Sat Night Show Hopping at SSJ 2010
by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
Saturday was the first day of Sunset Junction and I couldn’t have been more excited to get there. After a near impossible search for parking, it was decided that I’d park at Sidney’s and we’d make the half-mile hoof down the hill to the junction. On the way, we ran into some excited hipsters who clothed us in glow bracelets and geared us up for the evening ahead. When we finally arrived, we ran right to the Sanborn Stage to catch Fishbone. We walked up during the “All Together Free” chant that they had engaged the crowd in. It was a fun show and really feel-good music…well at least until the “Let Dem Ho’s Fight” song which seemed to be a favorite of the ornery members of the audience. Shortly after, the mood was back to jolly as the guys covered “Date Rape” by Sublime, which definitely went over well with the crowd. Fishbone poked fun at the parking situation in Silver Lake and complained of parking tickets before continuing on with the set.
5.00 (6 votes)
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Saturday was the first day of Sunset Junction and I couldn’t have been more excited to get there. After a near impossible search for parking, it was decided that I’d park at Sidney’s and we’d make the half-mile hoof down the hill to the junction. On the way, we ran into some excited hipsters who clothed us in glow bracelets and geared us up for the evening ahead. When we finally arrived, we ran right to the Sanborn Stage to catch Fishbone. We walked up during the “All Together Free” chant that they had engaged the crowd in. It was a fun show and really feel-good music…well at least until the “Let Dem Ho’s Fight” song which seemed to be a favorite of the ornery members of the audience. Shortly after, the mood was back to jolly as the guys covered “Date Rape” by Sublime, which definitely went over well with the crowd. Fishbone poked fun at the parking situation in Silver Lake and complained of parking tickets before continuing on with the set.
5.00 (6 votes)
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