Lolita

Dumb that I thought the quote I deliberately use for Commanhole's fashion sister (coming soon, fashion.commanhole.com) is from a Fiona Apple song. 

"Do you think I'm sexy, do you think I really care?"

The notebook smells like 2004, really. It feels too long.

The doodle is a hand-written copy of "Virgin State of Mind" lyric, with a little bit of spice, of course.

It is a line from K's Choice's "Virgin State of Mind". Back in Napster era, I was beginning to enter Apple's fan base, and a careless search got me to download the song mistakenly. They do sound alike: the instruments, the lyrics, the hushes and the spite.

Years later, I found out the true origins of the song and seek forgiveness. Now, after building and launching Fashion Commanhole (which encountered me with a doodle from the above song, dating back to October 2005), I found another connection of it to a book and then a movie. Bizarre, bizarre, and googling really helps.

"Lolita" is a book written by Vladimir Nobokov, turned alive in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick (talk about scarcity), and born as a remake in 1997 by Adrian Lyne (Indecent Proposal, Flashdance) I am so inclined to read the book and watch the movie but the distance is as far as me and amazon.com. Both are available there.

Here is a video of both the song and clips from the movie, which bares what's it all about. See if you like it.

NOTE THAT THE SONG IS NOT A SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE. 

Would be cool if it was, though.

Please contact me at news@commanhole.com if you have a copy. Xoxo.

We've Gone Dot Com

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Happy People Don't Complain About Manholes

With Tisha from happypeopledontcomplain.blogspot.com having a blast. Drinks courtesy of Hanin.

I Know, Right?

I Tot I Taw A Puddytat!!!

Me and Nina Nikicio from Nikicio and she gave me the Kitty Purse as a gift!!!!! Xoxo!

Jakarta Weather

It's so notorious there's a bag for it!

The Secret of Moonacre and 1000 Hits!

Manhole has reached 1000 hits assured from different IP addresses! Or else I'll make sure the hit-hackers click 1000 times before my eyes.

Thank you all, it's only the second day since the blog's been revived. I'll be opening up for ads over the next two grands. Mmmaybe.

Oh and Moonacre opens next week in Jakarta. Check out www.thesecretofmoonacre.com.

Manhole Book

This is a tiny part of it.

Dreamers and Believers

I'm keeping it as viral as possible, or something like that.

Keep your fingers tight before anything happens!!!

Subscribe for further info.

Things To Do Before Old, Saggy and Boring

This is my friend's version. Mine is coming up I'm really indecisive.

Dossier Magazine Tote

Dossier Magazine US isn't as sleepy as Manhole, in fact it's up to three issues for them. There are even totes available! Check out www.dossierjournal.com for content and subscription.

Rem Koolhaas for Prada Transformer

So when I received the press release kit for Prada Transformers, I had to pause a bit, thinking whether or not this is such a private matter. Quickly the PRESS RELEASE e-mail subject gave me a kick in the head.

Here is a bit off.

Above text courtesy of Prada Transformers.

Check out www.oma.nl for Rem Koolhaas and his partners, along with their projects.

More bits coming! This is really exciting.

Prada Transformer

Para teams up with LG, Hyundai and Seoul the City and progressively building this art/show/project/exhibition space, which rotates to create space serving different purposes.

Check out www.prada-transformer.com

More posts coming!

Photo courtesy of Prada-Transformer.

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve

A really cool compilation, thanks to Klaeren Sølve.

This review is taken from BBC Music:

Reanimations Vol.1 is a collection of remixes by Erol Alkan and Richard Norris. Its titular referencing of classic ‘80s horror film Re-Animator is fitting for the duo's re-interpretative flights of fancy. However, the result is more L.A. plastic surgeon than Frankenstein when applied to the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Late Of The Pier and Badly Drawn Boy.

Alkan, who also goes under the names Mustapha 3000 and Kurtis Rush, was founder and resident DJ of London club night Trash while Norris's pedigree goes back considerably further to his collaboration with Genesis P. Orridge as Jack The Tab in 1990 and from there to The Grid with Soft Cell's Dave Ball.

Franz Ferdinand's Ulysses gets a funky pick-me-up makeover that injects it with enough vigour to stretch out over double its original length. Ulysses' rhythmic chassis is nipped and tucked until it's as svelte and artificial as Joan Rivers' face. The result is a dance floor-friendly beast that’s almost unrecognizable when compared to the indie original.

Peter Bjorn and John's catchy Young Folks, soundtrack to a small army of ads, gets pepped up, though it's more of a Dr Pepper carbonised fizz than anything longer-lasting. Tracey Thorn's Raise The Roof is newly disco ball ethereal, but Thorn's voice is made to sound like a thousand other divas in the process. The same thing happens to Goldfrapp and Badly Drawn Boy.

In fact it’s the case for most of Reanimations. Beyond The Wizard Sleeve aren’t interested in essence, their focus is the dance floor. Colours are brightened, curves boosted, grooves deepened. In the process something of the soul of the original is necessarily sacrificed. Things do get more lively in the second half though with cosmic renderings of Dust Galaxy, Real Ones and Midlake.

By Collin Buttimer for BBC Music review, http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bvn8

Also check out www.beyondthewizarssleeve.co.uk and http://www.myspace.com/beyondthewizardssleeve

Alex Kapranos

In their new single "No You Girls", Franz Ferdinand sets new ambiguous examples. Go and check www.franzferdinand.com for the infamous t-shirts.

This Is Totally Awesome

The one thing that could revive my blogging rhythm is this blogging through e-mail thing. It's crayzay!