My loves Dragonette is going to be on tour with Little Boots and Fan Death. While Fan Death isn’t as familiar as the other names to me, I’m all to certain that this is going to be a blast of a tour (they’re slated to come to Toronto on April 30th – anyone down?)

As if that wasn’t enough to get overexcited when opening my email, I’ve been provided with an amazing remix of Pick Up The Phone by Arithmatix! (I know, there have been way many of them). But trust, this is energy-infused and sure to get you jumping. Or at least twitching really hard. Download it here.

Mar 06 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Mar 07 – Portland. OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Mar 09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Auditorium
Mar 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Mar 12 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
Mar 13 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
April 22 – Atlanta @ Masquerade Hell Stage
April 23 – Washington @ 9:30 Club
April 24 – Philadelphia @ Pure (Making Time)
April 28 – Boston @ Middle East
April 29 – Montreal @ SAT
April 30 – Toronto @ Phoenix Concert Hall
May 01 – Chicago @ Metro

Tik Tok on the clock and the party don’t stop (no, oh oh until 20 minutes later because that’s when it did). The KE$HA Party in Toronto was a little treatlet that was dropped a week before – thanks Sony. While the party was pretty bumping (yes, alongside some sweethearted 16 year olds with KE$HA-like makeup), it ended quickly. Loved the lasers, relished in the ribbon, and giggled at the band. Some good times were had by Wynne and I.

Thanks KE$HA! Thanks also for the video that someone managed to grab of you leaving the condom shack in Toronto. High fives.

See my Backstabber video-capture after the jump. Apologies for the worst photos ever – I don’t know how to work my p+s yet.

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I’m going to confess to two things today. One: I actually like this song. I’m sorry. Trust that it isn’t reflective of my usual tastes. Two: I like what the girl is wearing throughout the video. Whoever thought to mix plaid/flannel with leather? Creative genius.

Don’t unsubscribe, please forgive me! I kid. Love.

While I have mixed feelings about method products themselves (love the aesthetic, love the premise), while jumping on their blog I found this great do-it-yourself bit on eco-friendly, hipster scarves. A stringy wonder bunched at the neck, these scarves make for a great accessory and are beyond easy to create. A little spaghetti like and a little unconventional, but plenty original. The steps below.

1.    grab some cotton t-shirts you don’t wear anymore.  larger sizes tend to work better as do non-ribbed shirts with no side seams. small logos on the shirts work fine, too.
2.    grab a pair of fabric scissors if you have them, otherwise any scissors will do.
3.    lay the shirt out on a flat table in front of you.
4.    cut the hem off the bottom and put it aside.
5.    cut the shirt into 1-1 1/2 ”  horizontal strips all the way up to the armpit.
6.    grab 3-4 shirt strips in both hands, and gently stretch them out. the strips will naturally curl into themselves.
7.    once you have done this with many of the strips, it is time to get creative.  try draping them, wrapping one end with excess fabric, combining colors, braiding them, attaching beads, pins, old jewelry, etc.

And the link: http://www.methodhome.com/post/2009/12/01/getting-crafty-hipster-scarves.aspx. Enjoy!

I glimpsed EZRA Constantine at the Greta Constantine show in Fall 2009 at un-fashion week. Welcome the new line – it’s the official launch for Spring/Summer 2010, shot by Mckenzie James. It’s dark, it’s gang-oriented (no, really), dark, hostile, contemporary, dark, utilitarian, and…dark. They call the pieces “pieces that form the uniform for the man of tomorrow”. I probably wouldn’t mind that if the wearer looked like these models.

Boys, thoughts?