TONIGHT

I AM VERY MUCH EXCITED. HENCE MY USE OF CAPS.

TONIGHT! At the 92YTribeca. The FIRST KISS Happening!!!!!
Tonight's reading will feature:
Gavin McInnes, Jon Caramanica, a video from Tavi & Spencer Tweedy, Zach Baron, Doree Shafrir, Emily Gould, Leon Neyfakh, and obvi Marisa & I.

PHOTO BY FK CONTRIBUTOR KATIE NOTOPOULOS

It was sold out for weeks, then yesterday they gave us a bigger room! So no more of this bellyaching..GET A TICKET! You can buy them at the door, or order them online.

I better see you there..I mean, my PARENTS are coming, you guys !!!

so close

Ooooommmgggggg...We're almost finished!

COVER STOCK COLOR TESTS!!! WHAT COLORS DO YOU LIKE?

Marisa and I are in the home stretch of finishing the zine! We are so in love with all your stories; it's SO GOOD!
Soon it will be available for purchase and we will have all the info for you..stay tuned.

EDIT!!! We're in the April issue of Interview! Page 52, bitches!!!!! (with the old cover we had to make to have SOMETHING for press!)

ALSO!!!

If you didn't know, or forgot, or just like to be reminded:

We are having a First Kiss HAPPENING at the 92YTribeca on May 26th !

A few of the contributors (Gavin McInnes, Tavi, Lesley Arfin, Doree Shafrir, Emily Gould, Jon Caramanica, Ashley Merriman...to name a FEW) will be reading/reenacting/submitting videos of their kisses...it is going to be A TIME.

I would buy your tickets now, or be realllllly sad to miss it.

don't shake it

Today is THE DAY!
What day, you ask? The day, my dear friends, that THIS GUY:

My dear old SX-70 land camera, purchased in college for $40 at the height of my Charles & Ray Eames obsession*, will finally be PUT BACK TO WORK.

How's that?

POLAROID FILM IS BACK!
The Impossible Project, who took on the task, has done the impossible and saved analog instant joy.

It's called PX SilverShade  / First Flush
Right now it comes in 100 & 600 ASA, and is only sepia and B&W but color is coming by the end of the year! The film is universal for any working Polaroid camera that uses the battery pack film (SX70s and 600s are the best).

Are you happy happy and full of joy?
I AM.
It's $22 bones for 8 frames but I don't wanna hear ya complaining.You can order it on their site starting today.

The darkslide comes with secret messages!
Before it develops, the film is YVES KLEIN BLUE!
It's delicious. I am high on life.

Time to make some magic.

THANK YOU IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT!!!!!


PS: *watch this movie!!!!

your new favorite

I have new post up on FulFrontalFashion: Ten Minutes with MNDR.

You want to get into this like, NOW. SHE IS THE DOPESHOW !!!

I took some vids at her show at Coco66 last weekend, I wish you had been there, it was sooo fucking great.



Can't wait to see her again with YACHT next week at Bowery!

get up on this

OH, HAYELLLLLL FUCKING YES!

V MAGAZINE #65 // LILY DONALDSON & LIYA KIBEDE
PHOTOS BY JOSH OLIN // STYLIST CLARE RICHARDSON

NOW WE ARE TALKIN' SOME GOOD SHIT, BITCHES!!!

Platform sneakers taken to the lunacy level (I am finally doing this this weekend...), some of them lattice acid wash jean thangs (those are Ashish!!). THOSE SUNGLASSES in the opening spread (Nasir Mazhar otherwise known as LADY GAGA'S ORB DEALER)...this shoot is killing me! 

I have to have those sunglasses, there is no question. Imma also start stickin some curls to mah face, take that shit to the NEXT LEVEL.

I am also pretty psyched to see those Y-3 fishing net bodystockings making a cameo in my life, i would rock that thing like I was Miss Chicken of the Sea 2010, yeah. (what?)

Ladies, all the ladies, louder now:

My only qualm? To my eye, this shoot is way more early 90s and Let's Talk about Sex Salt n Peps than mid 80s and Push It S n P, but whatevs, mabes I am wrong.

This video will stuff your head full of so many reference inspirations (SCORPION CLEAVAGE TATTOO??) you might freak out. Beware!

frenchy

Please, let this entire outfit be mine. Well, the sweater and the platforms at least? (I don't dig on bangles)

SONIA RYKIEL FOR H&M

I'll take the hair too. 

This shit drops February 20 aka Saturday aka meet you there?

muse

Monday nights have now become HOLY NIGHTS in Lighting Land, as Bravo has turned on a shining light in this dark dark winter...I am not just speaking of the delightful Kell on Earth & my spirit animal K Cutrone, but of my ab-so-lutely favorite person ever on teevee:  

APPARENTLY, ANDREW HAS NEVER MET A MESH HE DIDN'T LOVE

Andrew M. aka The Lord of Breathable Fabrics.

Andrew is like..a superbro glam fashion gypsy from the planet Mesh-ton.
If I was a dude I would dress like this, freals.

I ADORE YOU, ANDREW.
Please wear the one-sleeved tee to the Mara Hoffman show this Thursday, so I can see it in person?
Or maybe one of Mara's tunics with bondage pants?
Or perhaps a mesh bodystocking with one of yr flannels and brass knucks that say PEOPLES on yr right hand, REV on the left?
I will pray every night this week for this to come to true. 
Save me from FW misery, please.
 
Can't wait for tonight's episode, and how long til Andrew gets a his own dating show?

P FUCKING S.
I JUST HAD A FLASH OF BRILLIANCE.

What.
About.
...K CUTRONE on Millionaire Matchmaker? STANGER & CUTRONE, HEAD TO HEAD! ooomg. I would DIE. DIE!!!!!

WAit.
WAITTTT.

SCRATCH THAT.
CUTRONE & STANGER...in a Cagney & Lacey remake? Kicking asses and putting bitches in jail?? With sweepsweek cameos by Tabatha, as their Aussie friend in town with a special case that only C & S can crack? (For pete's sake, Bravo...call me. I have so many great ideas.)


Whew, all that genius just knocked me out. Gonna go lie down.

WL x MM: Girl Power contest!

I am beyond excited to announce something that I have been brewing on for a bit...the first ever CONTEST on White Lightning, and I have to tell ya..it is AWESOME.

TAVI GETTING HER BLUE HAIR ON, READING SOME GOOD SHIT

Marisa Meltzer's book, Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music comes out February 9th..and she and I wanted to give 3 White Lightning readers a chance to win their own copy.

So tell us:
How do you define Girl Power?

We are accepting the answer in any form you want: words, photos, video, collage, quotes, playlists...it's completely open. Get yr creativity flowin, people.

We are accepting submissions up until Sunday, February 7th at midnight.
Email me your files/links/pictures/whatever: mslightning
We will select our 3 favorite "answers" and those readers will win a copy of the book and I will post their submission here on the blog !

Here is a lil "behind the scenes" video we made for the Girl Power book party flier. I lent my wonky left-handed scrawling and cropped Nirvana tee to the cause. Also, if you were ever curious about what my voice sounds like?...here is your chance to be disappointed. "There is something really pleasant about putting Sharpie on someone else's skin"..I am a nerd. Enjoy!



I know you are all creative masterminds, I cannot WAIT to see what you come up with! Get to it!

xo
WL x MM

photo of tav taken from her twitpicz

they grow up so fast?

WHO WOULDA THUNK that the teenytinypocketsized 11 year old that I encountered when I wrote about her brand spankin newfound interest in this "fashion" stuff for the New York Times LO ALL THAT TIME AGO...

Would now be causing INTERNATIONAL FASHION FRENZIES on TWITTAAAA with her Stepehen Jones feather bow?

TAVS. FRONT ROW AT DIOR HAUTE COUTURE. LIKE A PERFECT EASTER PACKAGE

KILLING IT, TAVI. KILLING IT. I mean, why not. IF YA GONNA BE FRONT ROW, BEEEE FRONNNTT ROWWWWWW.

THEY AREN'T REALLY THAT FAR APART IN AGE, ARE THEY. WHY IS THAT WEIRD?

When she emailed me about being gifted the hat yesterday, I didn't even imagine it to quite that scale. SILLY ME.

REALNESS CORNER: IF STEPHEN JONES GIFTS YOU A MOTHERFUCKIN HAT, YOU WEAR THAT SHIT! Trues n fax. C'mon now.

second pic from here

looking forward

Nothing makes you feel more like an addict than when you a tiny taste of your poison and see yourself go CRAZAYYYY. I am so starved for runway, you guys! So ready for the season to start again...PRE-FALLIN:

PROENZA SCHOULER PRE-FALL 2010

OOOOH JACK AND LAZARO, such dark and goth-y preps! This SHOULD HAVE BEEN what Jenny's character was on GG in the beginning, straight up GOTHIP GIRL. God, that shaggy fur...what a dream. PS has quickly become the bag I NEED NEED NEED IN ALL CAPS PLEASE GIMME GIMME NOW; look at the SIZE of that one. Dreamboat America.

GIVENCHY PRE-FALL 2010

Cropped balloony layers...leather, wool and fur..all the things I want to wear when it's cold, really. That white parka is PERFECT. I will also never not love a Givenchy Nightingale and to have one as a rolling suitcase would be seriousssllyyy BALLER.

BALENCIAGA PRE-FALL 2010

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN BOUT.  Colored tights (with a sheer inner thigh panel!), shoes that look like that were made out of stuff from the Home Depot, trash bag plastic crop tops, stripes and patterns and wrongisright. Why are there NEVER detail shots on Pre-Fall??? So unfair. I want to see every angle of these shoes! If they don't sell these tights, I will be distraught. You don't want that Nicolas..do you? This reminds me of the color combos of the gals in BLOW UP, so 60s future thought. Loving loving love.

Musical accompaniment, P(f)ree Fallin

stop motion addictions in the twenty dime

I have new favorite movie. And you need to see it LIKE, YESTERDAY.  

A TOWN CALLED PANIC, anyone?

HORSE, COWBOY & INDIAN IN THE ROLES OF HORSE, COWBOY & INDIAN

I like to think that if I had the patience, genius and wherewithall this would be the kind of movie I made if I made stop motion French language tales of ridiculousness, complete with attractive lady horses that wear purses, barns full of sheep in pajamas (it was bedtime, duh), a shouting farmer that eats a giant kitchen sponge of nutella for breakfast and a pig n' an octopus as BFFs.

I loved every second of it and I cracked up the entire time. I don't even know how to describe the plot..it starts with a disastrous attempt at a birthday gift for Horse and then...unravels from there? I love cotton used as fire extinguisher stuffs, shiny paper used as water waves, human sized butter knives for small plastic farmer's wife, the sounds of a hourse reading the newspaper and the patter of the sea people's flipper's as they (shhhh) STEAL WHAT ISN'T THEIRS.

The whole thing made me so happy..

I was lucky enough to watch it in my bed under a mountain of marshamallow duvet because my bf had a screener (read his review, if you are so inclined)..but if that is not your reality (too bad so sad)..it is at the IFC Center here in NYC until next Thursday! Please go see it, and then call me to tell me how much you loved it.

you'll eat raw fish but you won't accept a guy's TONGUE in your MOUTH?

Thank JEEBUS I am at an age when things like First Kisses and Losing Your Virginity are just the stuff sentimental moments & hilaritymaking. That being said, I love to discuss those sentimental moments all the time, often.

Let's talk about them, a lot, to everyone. Cmon! You know you want to!

Marisa Meltzer & I are making a one-off zine about first kisses called, naturally, FIRST KISS. And we want to hear about yours.

Send us the story of your first kiss. It can be as long or as brief as you like, but we'd love to know things like where you were, with whom, what you were wearing, what song was playing in the background, if it was a good kiss, how it happened, any emotional fallout, etc. We hope you'll want to use your name, but you don't have to.

Email your submissions by January 31st to mslightning@gmail.com and/or mnmeltzer@gmail.com
Kisses,
Elizabeth and Marisa
 
Hottest First Kiss of all time (or any kiss, for that matter):
 

 
My teenage dream First Kiss (my real one was in 7th grade and so not dreamy):
 

 
This one would've be pretty great too (without having to have my brother die in Vietnam, that is):
 

slayed

I did an interview with Sleigh Bells,  my favorite band of the moment over at...The Moment.

ALEXIS & DEREK! PS, MY HAIR ENVY IS VERY VERY REAL, ALEXIS. VERY. REAL.

They love the Market Hotel and bourbon lemonades and German hardcore and Hall & Oates. Not necessarily in that order. Go read it!

Photo by James Ryang

stomping

So MUSIC HEAVY on the bloggyblog lately! I can't help it, there's so much I'm excited about right now.

SLEIGH BELLS! Brooklyn's latest dopeshow.



I saw 'em this weekend at The Studio at Webster Hall and for a band with only about 7 songs, not only was it RAD, it was buzzbuzzbuzzaaaay. [According to people who know better than me, there was no less than like, 10 rekkid label people there and just FYIIIIIII...The Studio is like..the size of the Mercury Lounge.(translation..this shit is about to BLOW UP, dudes)]

They're some punishinglyloudgood electronic sounds: a boy on a guitar, and a girl bringin the noise.
I am officially a big fan of Alexis (said noisebringer) as she is foxy and her bangs stayed pretty much perfect as she was rocking out and dancing and raging.


How you keep yo hair so perfect, gurl?

CROWN ON THE GROUND! Get into this stompynoise..I am feeling like I need music to bash around to lately and this is totally it.

PS: When yr bff texts you 6 months from now about the sold out Sleigh Bells show at Bowery Ballroom and have you heard of them because they are kinda dope? you can tell them you heard about that shit EONS ago on WL. I am doing you a favor here, it's because I like you so much.

lovesick teenagers will never die

Current favorite walkabout-the-citay-with-this-on-my-headphones jam:
Wholehearted Mess by Bear in Heaven.*

OBSESSED with the album art...Mesmerizing mysticality by Laura Brothers

Their latest record, Beast Rest Forth Mouth, just got BEST NEW MUSIC on Pitchfork, NO BIG DEAL, that's only SORT OF MAJOR OR WHATEVER.


Hi guys, hiii.

Tell me, blogloves...How do you feel about really cute boys with dope jams? OMG ME TOO- so best right? I am personally partial to Adam Wills of the top right mustache, but that is possibly due to my prediliction for SOUTHERN BOYS with JANGLES.

Free show November 20th at Zebulon...I'll be the one in the front with the giant black leather bow. See you there, brahs.

*You can download the song here, it's a really good grey day wandering song...'Lovesick Teenagers' is my 2nd fave and you can grab that one too. Of course, you could just get the whole record but I don't want to tell you what to do, that's just rude.

mystix

I have just discovered my new favorite jewelry line...All For The Mountain !

I mean, I fell in love at the homepage, this is some mystical acidtripping BDonns-esque weirdo stuff, SO DOPE! Look at this, there's a GIF of a hand with a Smudge Stick in it as well.



i am totalllllyyyyy feeling this!


Transformer Cuff


Shoulder Pads


Rock Snake Pinky Ring


Drip V Bolo

Want, need, must-have..Dontcha think?

rosannadannabananaz

Is it ok that I have realized that as time goes on, these are basically my hair icons?



I want to keep my bangs as straight and flat as possible, and then let the rest be a fluffed out frizzcloud of insanity. I am already headed in that direction, but I want it BIGGER.
Halfway between a coddington and a Radner. I am also still dreaming of Karen Elson red for my own head...Gingerkid in 2010? Something to ponder.

"the ringer is the uniform for indie rockers"

I can't fully form sentences after watching this House of Style clip from 1994. (theme of the weekend, apparently)



The launch of x-girl!

Pregnant Kim Gordon ("I hope she's a riot grrl!"), Sofia + Spike Jonze still together and sooo young, Chloe Sevs in the runway show, shoutout to Sofia's friend "Marc Jacobs", Bull in the Heather video, X-LARGE/Liquid Sky shoutout! Oh god it goes on and on, THIS IS EVERYTHING.

If you were ever curious about my 10th grade style and aspirations...watch this video and you will know. Where is all my x-girl clothing?!?

Thank you, THANK YOU for sending me this Marisa, you just made my LIFE.

so bestest

That is IT, I am officially reinstating the Sassy magazine "Cute Band Alert". Here is a realllly good one for ya.
Last night I went to see HarMar at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and was BLOWN AWAYYYYYY by the opening band.

BANG BANG ECHE!


HOW CUTE ARE THEY? Their EP is called Sonic Death Cunttt. Hilars.

They fucking ROCKED...cute kiwis jumping and thrashing around the stage, we were all dancing. GREAT LIVE SHOW! Best new band I have seen in a while, TRUST!

Emily and I were soooo pysched on T'Nealle, the female bass player (DOPE)..she was super rad and had a little white bow in her hair, girlcrush!


I might need to get this tonight

Afterward, I saw said New Girlcrush and as I was going to grab her and tell her how great she was, she ran up to ME and said "Elizabeth??? Are you White Lightning?" GAH, YES I AM.
She and her bandmates told me they love White Lightning and I basically turned fifty shades of red. So cool...Mutual appreciation club!


ADORBZ, right?

I just checked her blog, and I think I fell in love after reading How to Make a Pizza Bagel. Can you tell I am psyched on these kids? Just come see them tonight at Mercury Lounge! I will definitely be there.

Because, REALLY: Do you wanna miss THIS?


Photo from last night, from T'Nealle's blog

I mean..he did BOYZ II MEN, A CAPPELLA! Epic. Veevs and I tipped our 40s appropriately.
Sooo... I guess I'll see you THERE then? Great.

you better be there

Me & Veevers are hosting this THANG for BeautyChannel...So are you coming or what?



RSVP to lgovea@studiobeautymix.com

If you don't come I am like, never talking to you ever again. Be Fri necklace half in trash.
PS- Can I get New York bloggers up in here or what? I want to meet yous !