Swanktrendz is an ezine that explores current trends in: Journalism, Music, Travel, Cultural Phenomena, Politics, History, Counseling, Art History, Architecture, Painting, Fine & Performing Arts, Fashion, and pop Trends.
Music
Everything - I like everything from classical, to art-house, to techno, to alternative, to rock and thrash. Bands I "currently" like: Carolina Liars, Against Me, X, Wolf Parade, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Texas, Of Montreal, The National, Modest Mouse, Airbourne, Panda Bear, The Shins, Spoon, Wilco, M.I.A., Stars, The Cliks, TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Cat Power, Poe, The Killers, Marianas Trench, LCD Soundsystem, Johnette Napolitiano, Leonard Cohen, Finger Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age, STP, Feist, The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Linkin Park, Beck, Bowie, Trent Reznor, Arcade Fire, The White Stripes, My Chemical Romance, John Butler Trio, Fall Out Boy, Tickle me Pink, INXS, Lou Reed
Movies
I have become hooked on the Turner channel, watching all the 'oldies', so I am loving movies like: On the Waterfront, Driving Miss Daisy, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cool Hand Luke, The Cincinnati Kid, The Three Faces of Eve, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Fugitive Kind, Dinner at Eight etc...
Television
CSI, Law & Order, Medium, Cold Case, Old Seinfeld and Frasier re-runs, Randy Jackson's Dance Crew
Books
Bukowsi, Kerouac, - I tend towards non-fiction like Oscar Wilde's London, Women of the Raj, etc. Love O Henry, Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Doug Coupland, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, William Burroughs, blah blah blah
About me:
We are two... great ladies from Canada.
We got sick and tired of not seeing information on the new indie bands, new artists, cutting edge designer styles (preferably local), and it appeared everything was becoming gentrified. Boring!
AND there was nothing written about Vancouver and its great neighbourhoods.
We are writers for Swanktrendz.com ezine and we interview/write concert/CD reviews (as well as other popular culture). Come see our site at http://www.swanktrendz.com and view for yourself. We review the latest gigs, provide publicity and get great interviews.
Our single's out! It's the new, improved and scientifically enhanced (with magic electronics and stuff), must-dance version of , 'Lay Down The Law' (an NME Track of the Week), and if you've seen us live, it's the one where everyone throws their drinks in the air and goes apeshit. It finally gets a full release on CD, 2 special edition vinyls and an exclusive 3 for 1 digital bundle, all featuring brand new, non-album B-sides that we slaved over for you - no bullshit live versions or crap remixes here.
The 1st 7" is a transparent vinyl with a gatefold sleeve that the second 7" coloured vinyl slots into like a tasty vinyl pie. The exclusive download bundle features the 'as voted for by the public B side' cover of Sexx Laws by Beck, we love Beck btw, as well as a preview mix of our first album with Matt blathering on about how all the songs happened, all for the price of a single track download from Tunetribe.
7" # 1
Lay Down The Law
Cut My Hair
7" # 2
Lay Down The Law (original demo)
Testify (alternative version)
CD
Lay Down The law
Eye Need 2 No
To download the track from iTunes CLICK HERE or you can buy the single on all 3 of the formats available by heading to HMV HERE.
Alternatively, you can get the download bundle from Tunetribe here, which includes Lay Down The Law, Sexx Laws (Beck cover), Heart Tuned To D.E.A.D album sampler. All for just 79p! P
I don't know if this will end up being put to music or not. I have a bunch of these little snippets as I call them. They start as random thoughts. Something pops in my head and I write a few lines down. None of them have made their way into one of our songs yet. I do have a few to re-write in the next week or two, so who knows.
I'm in one of those moods where I am sick of the hidden rules that society places on us all. Combine that with the constraints of my day to day job, and I'm ready to quit. I channeled that into a little writing. Hope you like it.
Troy
PS: I took the picture on the beach in Mexico. My kinda day at the beach!
