Video Of The Week (27 Feb 11 to 5 Mar 11)

OMG!! Mother Monster has Arrived!!

The hunt part 2

Hier ist der 2. Teil meiner Fotosession mit Hut. Dieser Hut zu meinem Lieblingsteil geworden. Ich habe eine richtige Passion für Hüte entdeckt. Ich hab mir sogar noch einen Glocken-Hut bei Asos bestellt. Einige weitere beobachte ich noch bei ebay. Meine Hut-Sammlung wächst also stetig.

ENG: Here is the second part of my shot with my beloved hat. It became my favorite accessoire. I discovered a real passion for hats. I even ordered a cloche from Asos. And I am observing a few more on ebay. So my hat collection is growing and growing.

 

 

photos: Lukasz (via Pentax k-x)

hat: Zara | pants: Laura Scott | shoes: via Otto | vest: my own design | bag: via TK Maxx |

Video Of The Week (20 Feb 11 to 26 Feb 11)

I Love This Song!!

Brandon Flowers Is The Killer(s)

The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada that was formed in 2001. The band consists of Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
As an alternative rock band, The Killers draw some of their influences from the music styles of the 1980s. In 2004 The Killers released their debut album, "Hot Fuss" which brought the band mainstream success. Their 2nd album "Sam's Town", was released in 2006, and compilation album "Sawdust" containing B-sides, rarities, and unreleased material, was released in 2007. Their 3rd studio album, "Day & Age" was released in 2008.
The band has sold over 6 million albums in the United States, over 5 million albums in the United Kingdom and over 15 million worldwide. This is our third Strictly For Fans Only (SFFO) Mix. Listen without prejudice!
Tranquilize (Radio Mix)
The World We Live In (Radio Mix)
Smile Like You Mean It (Madeon Remix)
Bones (Tiga Remix)
All These Things That I've Done (Morels Pink Noise Vox Mix)
Only The Young (Roger Sanchez Release Yourself Remix)
Crossfire (David Morales Vocal Mix)
Spaceman (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix)
Read My Mind (Gabriel And Dresden Unplugged Mix)
When You Were Young (Jacque Lu Cont's Thin White (Duke Mix)
Somebody Told Me (Josh Harris Full Club Mix)
Dustland Fairytale (Sound & Vision Patch Corr Remix)
Human (Stuart Price Club Mix)
Mr Brightside (The Lindbergh Palace Club Remix)
Shadowplay (ExMen Rework DJ Agustin 80's Mix)
For Reasons Unknown (Radio Mix)
Click on image to download.
Time: 54 Mins (49.91MB)

Oh dear, Oh dear! I shall be too late!

 photos: Lukas (via Pentax k-x)

shirt: Zara | blazer: vintage | Jeans: H&M | hat: leftover from New-Years Eve | necklace: a present | bracelet: Thomas Sabo |

Time for a change

Ich muss leider gestehen, dass ich meinen Blog ein wenig vernachlässigt habe in den letzten Wochen. Das soll sich nun aber wieder ändern. Und als ersten Schritt änder ich mal den Header. Den alten kann ich schon seit einer Weile nicht mehr sehen. Neue Outfit-bilder folgen in Kürze.

ENG: I must confess that i was neglecting my blog the last few weeks. So it's tiem to change that finally. I start with replacing the old header by this one. I couldn't look at the old one for a while now. New Outfit pictures will follow soon.

Video Of The Week (13 Feb 11 to 19 Feb 11)

OMG! This is AWESOME!!

X-Clusive Interview with DJ Brian Cua

This month exclusive interview with DJ Brian Cua...

Brian is an award winning producer, arranger, jingle composer, remixer and DJ from the Philippines. Brian is a founding partner of Hit Productions, Inc, the largest jingle house and audio-post production. He is one of the resident DJs of BED, the largest gay dance club in Manila.

Check out my exclusive interview with him, below.

ExMen: Hi Brian.. can you tell us a bit about the remix work you do?

Brian: Most of the time, i do bootleg remixes, meaning i don't have any acapella or stems from the actual recording to work on, it's something i do to enhance my DJ playlist and offer them to my fans as well.
Sometimes i do get paid for remixing work - still working on that to become a regular thing LOL. For remixing software, i usually work with Ableton Live and/or Logic Studio 9. A lot of people tell me even though
i don't have the acapella my remixes sound better than the ones out there - thank you very much!

ExMen: You are also the the founding partner of Hit Productions, Inc, the largest jingle house and audio-post production house in Manila. Can you tell us more about the projects you are involved in?

Brian: We do around 60% of the local tv ads being shown in manila, and a bit for regional ads. We provide music, jingles, SFX, and voice dubbing - just any kind of audio requirement you need, we can get it done for you. Our clients include, Coca-Cola, Unilever and P&G
products, etc.


ExMen: How is like spinning for BED, the largest gay night club in Manila?

Brian: With the recent renovations, spinning for BED is like giving a performance - the DJ booth is bigger and elevated - it feels like a stage! And it's very inspiring because you can feel immediately the energy of the crowd and how you want to give it back to them!

ExMen: How would you compare the club scene there to other countries you've been to?

Brian: Manila has actually a limited club scene - a lot of small bars and a small handful of big clubs. People here are also very discerning when it comes to music. Filipinos are typically shy to dance but when properly given some social lubrication - they are quite the rowdy bunch. They also like their vocal anthems. Other cities like New York - are more appreciative and would dance to anything that is beat related.

ExMen: What can one expect when visiting Manila for the first time?

Brian: Well, the weather is for the most part humid. Our people are very warm and hospitable. Food is relatively cheap and varied. Beaches are heavenly and it's usually a few hours trip away!

ExMen: You are also the remixing partner of Drew G (NY), collaborating on remixes for Solange, Dangerous Muse, Jason Derulo and Cyon Flare. How did that came about and how is it going now?

Brian: I met Drew from twitter/facebook and working with him has been very fulfilling because we challenge each other constantly - we have different musical influences and that's what gives us our unique 'dirty pop' sound. Right now we are waiting for spec approvals from record companies and promoters - market for remixing is very competitive - it is our hope our 'dirty pop' sound would get their attention.

ExMen: You've also collaborated with DJ Stonedog on the Volume album. How was the collaboration like?

Brian: Evan is a very prolific composer- the songs we worked on are simply amazing and covers a lot of topics... it was very easy to fashion a dance anthem sound for his songs.

ExMen: Your bootleg mixes of Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera and especially Glee songs have inspired quite a cult following of fans. Why the interest in remixing Glee songs?

Brian: The idea of making Glee remixes actually came from a very good DJ friend (and biz partner of BED Manila) DJ Jay Santos. it was he who collaborated with me in remixing 'Don't Stop Believin' - and after that - many requested me for other Glee songs to be remixed - mind you, not all of them were 'remixable' - But i guess i stumbled on a niche market, nobody not even the recording company saw the potential. They also make my DJ playlist special - the Glee songs are the hit with the clubbers! For non-glee stuff -i choose carefully other songs to remix - sometimes i don't touch a song when it's suffering from remix fatigue. It's either i have to come up with that remix very early in the game or not at all. Sometimes i pluck 'unremixable' songs like from 'Burlesque' out of nowhere and make them into dance tracks.

Check out Brian's It's My Life/Confessions Video

ExMen: Who are are your favourite DJs/remixers? Who would you like to remix for if given a chance?

Brian: My favorite DJs/remixers are Kaskade, Dave Aude, Richard Grey, Erick Morillo, Edson Pride, Tony Moran, Ralphi Rosario, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Laidback Luke, Sebjack, Chew Fu and many many more!
I would love to remix any of the divas - Madonna, Kylie, Beyonce, Rihanna, etc.


ExMen: If you have a genie to grant you anything you want in the world except world peace, what would you wish for?

Brian: I wish people would be kinder to everyone- that's like world peace too, right? :)

ExMen: What are you working on now, musically? What are your future plans?

Brian: Plans for a 2011 summer US DJ tour (NYC, SFO, LA) , work on a scoring movie, and of course many more advertising work and bootleg remixes (and hopefully get paid for them)

Star-Style: Kylie

Meine regelmäßigen Leser werden wissen, dass ich eine Schwäche für Strumpfhosen habe und so ist es auch kein Wunder dass mich Kylies Leggings im Video zu 'higher' einfach umgehauen hat. Ich habe einige Seiten im Internet nach einer ähnlichen Variante durchstöbert. Leider erfolglos. Dafür bin ich auf eine andere interessante Strumpfhose bei ASOS gestoßen, die jetzt auf dem Weg zu mir sein müsste.

ENG: My followers certainly know that I have a weakness for tights and so it's not astonishing taht I fell in love with Kylies studded leggings in her 'higher' music-video. I searched the web for an similar one, but I wasn't successful. Instead i ordered a tight from ASOS with interesting stripes.

Kylies studded leggings in her music viedeo higher

Kirrily Johnston leggins - normal pice: 240 €  - on sale "just" 96 € (via MyCatwalk.com)

Leggings with interesting stripes. (via ASOS - now 6.56 €)

DJ Ricoshay presents... W.inter M.ix 2.010

R.icky M.artin feat J.oss S.tone - T.he B.est T.hing A.bout M.e I.s Y.ou (J.ump S.mokers Ext)
L.ady G.aga - B.orn T.his W.ay (L.iam K.eegan Remix)
P.ink - F.uckin' P.erfect (Li.am K.eegan Extended Mix)
C.her - Y.ou H.aven't S.een T.he L.ast O.f M.e (D.ave A.ude Club Mix)
D.avid G.uetta feat R.ihanna - W.ho's T.hat C.hick (D.avid G.uetta F.uck Me I'm Famous)
M.artin S.olveig & D.ragonette - H.ello (Club Edit)
K.ylie M.inogue - B.etter T.han T.oday (B.ellatrax Extended Mix)
B.runo M.ars - G.renade (F.unk3d P.op Club Mix)
Z.ayra - B.aby L.ikes T.o B.ang (R.azor N G.uido Throwback Club Mix)
B.ritney S.pears - H.old I.t A.gainst M.e (R.anny's Club Mix)
J. 786 - R.ock T.onight (R.alphi R.osario Club Mix)
R.ihanna - S.&M (G.uto R.odrigues Remix)
F.ar E.ast M.ovement feat R.yan T.edder - R.ocketeer (D.J L.orri Dirty Dutch Remix)
E.nrique I.glesias feat L.udacris & D.J F.rank E - T.onight (I'm F.uckin Y.ou) (U.ltimix)
R.ihanna - W.hat's M.y N.ame (S.aul R.uiz AM Club Mix)
B.lack E.yed P.eas - T.he T.ime (D.irty B.it) (E.dson P.ride Vocal Edit)
Click on image to download.
Time: 70 Mins (66.27MB)

Thank You Kenneth Fagan

We would like to thank Kenneth Fagan from San Diego for generously making a HUGE donation to our blog for the THIRD TIME! We are really touched beyond WORDS! As our token of appreciation to you, Kenneth, you will be receiving every one of our mixes first before everyone else!

Video Of The Week (6 Feb 11 to 12 Feb 11)

I'm loving this....

Start the hunt

Der Winterschlussverkauf hat mich mal wieder in der Hand gehabt dieses Jahr. Da schaffen es sogar Geschäfte mich anzuziehen, bei denen ich normalerweise nicht einkaufe. So wie im Fall dieses Mantels. Den habe ich zu einem wirklich lächerlichen Preis bei Orsay gekauft. 

Der Hut stammt ebenfalls aus dem WSV  und war unter anderem der Grund, weshalb ich fast zu spät zur Arbeit erschienen wäre (Ich konnte mich einfach nicht entscheiden, ob ich den Hut in dieser Farbe oder einer braunen Farbe kaufen sollte).

ENG:  The winter sales had me over a barrel again this year. Even shops I don't go into normally manage to drag me in - as it was in the case of this coat, which I bought for a ridiculous price at Orsay.

The hat is also a winter sale bargain, which nearly made me get too late to work (I had difficulties deciding which color to buy - this one or a brown shade).

 

 

photos: Lukas (via Pentax k-x)

coat: Orsay | pants: Laura Scott | shoes: via Otto | hat: Zara

Keep a cool head

Momentan gehören Hüte zu meinen Lieblingsaccessoires. Ein tolles Exemplar habe ich im Dezember zum Geburtstag bekommen. Bisher war das Wetter allerdings ein wenig zu frostig oder stürmisch dafür, sodass ich auf Wollmützen ausweichen musste, aber ich hoffe, dass mein toller Hut bald zum Einsatz kommt.

ENG: Currently I have a crush on hats and they're my fav accessoire. I got a quite pretty one in december as a birthday present. Unfortunately the weather was to frosty oder windy to wear it yet, but I hope that there soon will be a good occassion.

hat: TK Maxx

 

J.ust T.he H.its 2.0.1.0

Here are the Top 20 Songs of 2010 which you guys have voted for! Enjoy :)
O.wl C.ity - F.ireflies (P.itron & S.anna Mainroom Mix)
L.ady A.ntebellum - N.eed Y.ou N.ow (J.ason N.evins Hands Up Radio Edit)
K.aty P.erry - T.eenage D.ream (L.iam K.eegan Remix)
B.runo M.ars - J.ust T.he W.ay Y.ou A.re (L.iam K.eegan Extended Mix)
K.e$ha - T.ik T.ok (B.arakVanunu Electro Mix)
F.ar E.ast M.ovement feat D.ev & C.ataracs - L.ike A G.6 (C.ahill Club Mix)
B.lack E.yed P.eas - I.mma B.e (D.J D.an Dirty Extended Vocal Mix)
R.ihanna - R.ude B.oy (T.rickbabies Remix)
K.e$ha - Y.our L.ove I.s M.y D.rug (B.imbo J.ones Club Mix)
A.dam L.ambert - W.hataya W.ant F.rom M.e (F.onzerelli Electro House Club Mix)
E.nrique I.glesias f.eat P.itbull - I L.ike I.t (C.ahill Club Mix)
L.a R.oux - B.ulletproof (R.azor N G.uido Vocal Mix)
R.ihanna - O.nly G.irl (I.n T.he W.orld) (R.osabel Club Mix)
E.minem f.eat R.ihanna - L.ove T.he W.ay Y.ou L.ie (T.hiago A.ntony Private)
L.ady G.aga - B.ad R.omance (T.hiago A.ntony Private Mix)
L.ady G.aga - A.lejandro (R.afael L.elis Club Mix)
L.ady G.aga f.eat B.eyonce - T.elephone (G.ustavo S.corpio Private Mix)
B.lack E.yed P.eas - I G.otta F.eelin' (K.arim C.ato Re-Work Private Mix)
K.aty P.erry f.eat S.noop D.ogg - C.alifornia G.urls (S.cotty K Vocal Klub Mix)
U.sher f.eat W.ill.i.am - O.MG (A.lmighty Radio Mix)
Click on image to download.
Time: 79 Mins (73.39 MB)

Karl and the cars

Vor einigen Wochen lernte ich für meine Modedesign Klausur, indem ich mir einfach eine 3teilige DVD über Modegeschichte ansah. Darin werden die Modeepochen vom Anfang des 1900 Jahrhunderts bis zu den 1980er Jahren von Karl Lagerfeld kommentiert. Als ich damit durch war zappte ich noch im TV rum und stieß auf die neue Golf-Kampagne mit Karl. Was hat den der Mode-King Karl dort zu suchen? Mode und Autos - wo ist da der Zusammenhang?

Den Spot habe ich mir dann nochmal im Internet angesehen, aber er überzeugt mich nicht so recht. Aber immerhin bleibt Karl diesmal seiner Meinung treu, denn, wie ich kurz zuvor auf der DVD hörte, vertrat er bereits Ende der 80er Jahre vertrat er folgende Meinung:

"Ich finde Kleider und Autos passen gut zusammen. 

Häuser verändern sich nicht so schnell,

aber Lebensangewohnheiten und Autos wechseln.

Die Kleider werden altmodisch und verschwinden. 

Häuser bleiben. 

Deshalb haben Autos und Mode eine Beziehung zueinander."

 

ENG: A couple of weeks ago I studied for my Fashionhistory test by watching a three-part DVD about fashion history. The epochs from the turn of the century to the 1980s are commented by Karl Lagerfeld. When I finished it i zapped through the tv-programm and the new Golf campaign with Karl caught my eye. What fashion King Karl doing there? Fashion and cars - where is the connection?
I watched the spot again on the internet, but I am not really convinced. At least Karl stayed true to his opinion this time. Shortly before I heard him say his opinion about this matter aloud on the DVD: 

 "I think the idea of cars and dresses goes very well together, 

because houses stay,

but life changes and the same cars

and the dresses fade away,

are not in the street anymore, 

when the houses are still there.  

So it's very important for the fashion of one moment."

Video Of The Week (30 Jan 11 to 5 Feb 11)

Oooo I love this!! HOT!!