Major Lazer x Carnival 2010 Memories....the sun has officially left tha building!!

 (All photos by FlyGirl_JoJo except where noted)

The obligatory 'one foot in' photo of the kicks we knew were in for a beating...



Neon nails and Neon wristbands (Photo taken using my waste-ass iPhone 3 on stupid iOS4 that slowed tha thang down....ahem...too much info..sorry.)

This was around 1-2pm so we still looked fresh....oh how it all changed by the time it got to Rodigan and Major Lazer which was hours later....

  

Keepin' the some of the crowd entertained...apparently...lol...until....

This guy well and truly stole our shine.....he was SICK!!!Although he was about sixty+ years old he spent most of the day dancing on his head or jumping around with people on his back!?!?!(Photo by AymenTV)

Colours'R'Us

Nails'By'Me (Photo by Quincey Thinks)

The day was a lot of crazy fun from start to finish!! The best part is that all of this fun was FREE!!!! Free entry [even though all the tickets sold out in 1 MINUTE, FlyGirlJoJo got Diplo to put us on his guestlist haha which was very nice of him to do for us indeed;)] free/unlimited drinks and food [which by the way was choooong....their potato and bean salad was on point...]! Free Free FREEEEE!!Oh and I got a free T-Shirt which, if you watched the videos, were being printed backstage during the day so it was like a sweatshop behind the decks and a sweatbox in front of 'em! I got a free vinyl but someone took it ....dahwell!!! Anyways, BIG THANKS to Diplo and the Red Bull Music Academy! And to all the DJs on the day who made the freeness even sweeter...this was the line up....

Douster - Electrinic carnival vibes to welcome everybody as the doors opened
Sticky - Lots of old skool garage that made us sweat our hair out way too early haha

Poirier - They played soca....and everybody knows how energetic soca is so this set got the blood pumping and every mouth gasping for air

Drop The Lime - Dropped a rockabilly set on an unsuspecting crowd which quickly turned into a party scene from Happy Days! Luca was our Fonzie!

Joker - Dubstep madness!!! Lots of pogo stick jumping from the crowd

Rodigan - Reggae, jungle and more vibes that were seriously crazy...especially when he dropped Newham Generals!

Major Lazer - Diplo, Switch, Skerrit Bwoy and dancers who climbed on everything and everyone to miami bass drums, house, dancehall and dubstep choooons

 Now, there are loaaaads of videos of the day but I think these are the best ones.....

First up. here's a nice lil video to the song of Carnival 2010 Katy B 'On a Mission'....oh and you may spot our crew dancing in the beginning....as usual :)

This is the official video of the day showing all the carnival-goers, the DJs backstage and the venue in all it's colourful glory!!


Here is a clip from David Rodigan's set....this man dances more than he DJs! He never stands still!! This video best captures the carnival vibes without the slick transitions and editing...just raw vibes ;)
 

Then straight after eight hours of that madness we ventured back out on to the absolutely wrecked streets of Notting Hill....I can't stand litter so trying to tiptoe around smelly mass mountains of trash is always fun :)

Here comes Diplo....

...then we went to The Count and Sinden Carnival afterparty for about two pounds LOL!! Yep another good deal haha! It had already started way before we got there but we did get to hear sets from A-Trak, Jamie XX, Martelo and Bashy .....we met Luca aka Drop The Lime too who was really cool...

....after all  of that, we left and went to the chicken shop...and that's where the party ended...in our mouths ;D

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Finders', Keepers.Losers'....er...a girl with good taste and a bad memory?

Last week, I had this mad craving for a cheap looking arcade machine ring. I couldn't find one so I gave up. THEN...this happened....

While I was at the Major Lazer carnival party, I found, what I have now named, 'THE heart of glass' ring!!! Sparkling like that piece of ice the old lady found on the Titanic. Yeaaaaa mayn!! My knuckles is all FROZE and heavy from tha GLOW!!!LOL!

It was with another equally nice ring that some forgetful girl with GREAT TASTE left...but I left that other ring there for some other girl to claim coz it wasn't what I have been looking for and I felt like I would've been greedy to take it haha! For a second, I asked myself, "Did I just steal?", because I never even steal cookies at the self service counter [like every person in Central London!]. However, I didn't feel at all bad.....it's not like there's a 'Lost and Found' shelf at the Carnival, is there!?!?!

I mean, look at it this way, I was among what seemed like hundreds and thousands of scenesters so if I didn't go home with it someone ELSE would have!!

I wasn't letting Miss 'I work for this really cool Fashion PR company that pelts me with freebies 24/7 just coz they are, like, so cool' take MY [someone elses] ring!!!!!!!!!!! Finders' keepers, losers' weepers as they say...[bit harsh, but hey, I didn't coin the phrase lol!]

When stuff like this happens.....IT'S NICE*BoratVoice*

Here are a number of photos, angles to capture the ring is it's full crystallic glory, my new baby lion ring and my new steel drum looking ring.....they've all added a lil Carnival flavour to my hands...[oohhh gosh this post took tooo long to load so I gotta do the FULL carnival post tomorrow...promise...promeeesss!!!]

If this is your ring....girrrrl....I'm sorry but I am sure God will leave a lovely piece of jewellery some where for you ;) xx

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Chromeo Lovin' Oh oh O-oh!

Chromeo-oooo-o!

A month or so back, [summer has been a haze], I was eating a HUGEEE roast dinner when I got a phone call saying someone had an extra ticket for Chromeo's show at the CAMP in East London! I was literally wheezing from the amount of food I had but I got myself ready QUICK- I wasn't missing Chromeo because of a chicken leg!!! 

Of course, it was sick as usual [it was my 2nd time seeing them], the girls were loving it....and the grown men were even more enthusiastic than normal. It's quite funny actually - the sight of men at least 30yrs and above clambering to get to the front of the show like groupies haha!!!

Here are some memories...[my iphone has the worst video quality so bear with it]

Pic courtesy of Laura Lakam Photography

Later on we met jammed with Dave1 and P-Thugg [who remembered us from their last show....maybe it's coz we are always dolled up in trashy gold ghetto earrings lol] and went to the afterparty which was really fun! They asked US to take a picture so they could post it on their twitter.....and we were like 'errrrr OF COURSE we will take a pic'!?!?!Eighties funk and disco dancing went on til everyone went home...except for us, the DJs, the bar staff and P-Thugg LOL!

Oh and randomly, weeks later......our all singing all dancing diva-extraordinaire, Fatima, showed us this flyer and was like 'Hey look who it is.....'

....a photographer had used a picture of us from the Chromeo gig for their exhibition flyer! Nice!

Can't wait til next time guys!!!

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Guilty Pleasure

Dear Brain,

I have become a fan of Disney Channel's Sonny With A Chance.

Sorry.

I blame my little brother.

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Major Lazer Soundsystem x Notting Hill Carnival 2010

More photos, videos and general chit chat soon!!All these pics are courtesy of Miss FlygirlJoJo

[Miss Rinnie, Diplo filming us taking pics with him!??!, Me and Jodie-Si-Mouse]

[Miss Rinnie, Hannikinz, Amz, Me and Kezia!]

[SceneHeads and Co under the most colourful bridge ever!]

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Drunks O'Clock

I was on my way to watch Inception for the SECOND time [LOVE IT] a few weeks back and as I was topping up my oyster card at my station, my eyes wondered along the pavement and I saw this....

The dude in black is unconscious and his friend in red was joining him in what he thinks is a 'nap'. I call it death. The other bums were trying to sell me tickets. Then I thought, "...maybe they take it in turns to do each others ticket selling shifts...".

Nice.

Or Maybe the dude in black was being incepted and the guy in red needed to wake him up for their next mission to dismantle plans to PPPFFTTTTT AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.....I can't even finish the sentence....oh gosh...I am such a loner at times.

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*Woooo Jarhead is on TV!!! Type'n'watch, people, type'n'watch!!!*

N.ever A.round S.orry A.gain

Shoot a rocket out my nose and call me NASA!!! The Notting Hill Carnival x Major Lazer Party put me in SUCH an energetic mood I gotta do a MAJOR post on it!!!!! But first, I'm going to do more posts in one night than I have ever done before.....it should make up for lost time...I hope.

Now for some post-carnival vibes in the key of dubstep ;P.....enjoy...

We have lift off...

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You? Fantasy?.....No thanks, Bashy. I like Daydreams better.

I was going to write hundreds of posts today but I have just finished doing my hair and I've got 5hrs before I have to get up for work.


I haven't written much recently because it's all been in my head while I'm staring into the ceiling at work and floats away when I sit down to type! I have been doing full time hours for the past few weeks and .....erm ....WOW.....I am soooooooo GLAD I never signed a full time contract!!! Sleep deprivation, much? Someone ask me when I last watched EastEnders......I haven't watched my fave soap in.....ahem...a WEEK and a HALF!!!!!SHOCK HORROR....that's about 4hours catch up I have to do before over the next two days before the new episode on Monday!!!

I got loads to say but for now I gotta just talk about today....


I saw this video and instantly started laughing...I hate to do this because I don't think bashy is a bad artist but really.....WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!?!??!? His new music video for 'Fantasy' [which completely MURDERS one of my favourite 90's songs as a lil 'un, Baby D's 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy']  is straight up cheese on bread. The stills of the video on youtube made me laugh but I thought,' maybe they just caught it at a bad angle' ....

Hmmm.....


Then I watched the video [in silence because I was supposed to be working in the office].

After two minutes, I had to stop watching it......I was trying to hold in the laughter SO MUCH that I was literally sweating and losing my breath ....somehow the humour was heightened by the confused looks I was getting and it all became even more funny. Why was I finding this so funny....I know I find the humour in most cheaply made videos but this one actually had me questioning my juvenile behaviour.........is it because he is what we consider a 'rapper from the streets' all 'Castaway' and bare foot in the sand like some toddler at brighton beach? Is it because he is all washed up.....in both senses?? Or is it because his video looks like it's jacking this dude's steez.....

ALL I gotta say is.....how 'bout you GO COMPARE your life bruv!!!! When your music video starts to look like an insurance advert...it is .....a time to reflect.
 [And that,folks, is putting it nicely.....the sentence I wrote before REALLY boyed it....and I actually like what Bashy is doing with his life with his acting and that so I ain't gonna do him like that.....it was V.FUNNY though....].

It's now 4am....why am I still on this....now I have 4hrs worth of sleep to bang out....

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GLEE is back!! Sue Sylvester recreates 'Vogue' VIDEO!!

I haven't been here in a while because I have recently been trying to Get Dis Money and....drum roll....come up with a TRIBAL themed photoshoot as a fashion editor for Catch22 magazine!!!!WOooooOOOOO!!!I love tribal anything so I am VERY excited about doing this shoot!!

GLEEEEEE!!!! I know my girls will be happy 'bout this but I there are 'hard' guys out there who have already ordered the first season on DVD lol so this post should make everyone GLEE-ful!!!

So, season two of GLEE started yesterday in the US [and I am yet to go online and watch the first episode because I can't wait for the UK to show it!] but in celebration, here is a SICK video of the ex-Cheerios captain, Sue Sylvester, recreating the iconic 'Vogue' video as a teaser for the upcoming Madonna episode. The video has the moves and the cinematography so close to the original its crazy, and Sue has a much softer singing voice than her character would allow you to think.

Enjoy yourselves snitches...it's GLEE

GLEE GLEE GLEE *"Hercules Hercules" Clap* GLEE GLEE GLEE...okay that's enough now....

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Victory Meals ROCK!!!I don't rock all black, heart shaped EVERYTHING!!!

WOOOOOOOO *dizzy spinning*!!! Yesterday, I found out that I got a placement at a magazine!!! It made my day at work go quicker [just about lol] and my mum put together a quick little meal for me to come home to....

I had a roast with stuffing [STUFFING!!! I love stuffing but I hardly ever have it outside of Christmas because it's as exciting as the presents....cringe but I really love stuffing!!] and she baked a beauty of a cake! Although I had a apple & sultana muffin....then a carrot cake for lunch...I proceeded to seek and destroooyyyy this heart-shaped [slightly picked at :O] coconut cake with a hint of lemon.....

If you can't imagine what a coconut cake with a hint of lemon taste like.....DAHWELL!!! LOL! I kinda went crazy as I threw some jelly and custard on to my slice for a makeshift trifle to enjoy my victory dessert to the absolute calorie indulging max!! WOOOO!!!

I also came home to tear the packaging off these vintage heart-shaped Moschino earrings....what I love about these is that the gold peace logo will NEVER EVER go bronze :D another bargain!!*VICTORY DANCE*

Heart shaped cakes and heart shaped earrings make me a smiley shaped gyal...

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EXCLUSIVE: Fatima 'Soul Glo' Music Video

My crazy talented fellow basement gyal FATIMA releases her debut music video 'Soul Glo' to the masses!!! I will do a neater post on this but I am working tomorrow...hopefully with her...lol...all three of us video-gyals work together [yes, I am the girl on the left and miss Stylist Stylissimo is on tha right AHAHAHA!!!]. This girl is gonna be big.... TRUST ME!!!! More of her music below with Shafiq Husayn....she doesn't appear in this video but random American chicks, Erykah Badu and some other familiar faces mime in her place lol!!

Break It Down: Ep 2...coming soon lol!

Miss HoodandProper x Miss SugarWild and more messin' around! We love doin' it and hope you like it! Casstte Playa liked it.....she even gave us the t-shirts for this episode :)

Smarty Boots

Today, I dressed smart. However, I still kept parts of my 'style' using checks, tweeds, black lace, bits of fake snakeskin and gold. Oh and but I had my neon Marc Jacobs bag too lol....! It was different but fun! I didn't know this outfit was hiding in my suitcase of 'give-aways' to my younger friends. Looks like I'm not giving this away after all haha!

The boots I'm wearing [and trying my hardest to get in the shot :S] have a crazy story behind them - long story short, I had Rachie-Pie and her sister stalking these Kurt Geiger boots for me while I was at work on the day they went on sale lol! And with their team effort, I was able to get them....gold chains intact [one KG store tried to sell pair of boots WITHOUT the set of chains!?!?].

LOL someone got a horse at their Sweet Sixteen and one of the party-goers said, 'She needs to throw some D's on'a pony!' HAHA!!

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Hilary...eat your heart out..."I'm in Bel Air trick"!

I love my new jacket! It reminds me of the fabulously, materialistic Hilary from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. It also warms my heart to know that it fits nicely [except for the arms which I now have to take a needle'n'thread to......yawning!]. DAHWELL [in my best Fresh Prince voice]!

*This jacket says* "Daddy.......I need 500 hundred dollars."

Catwalk Cake Walk

Yesterday, everyone at work had fun at our friend's birthday shindig! We all kept diggin' away at THE most mouth-watering Greek food and this yummy, whipped cream almond cake.....as you can see, the B-day gal has a thing for Vivienne Westwood.... ;)

Break a leg....

Click on the link below to check out some behind the scenes photos from the 'Break It Down' dance shoot!!! Fun times....sweating it out to some New Jack Diplo Swing.....

http://www.spinetv.net/blog/2010/Jan/22/break-it-down/

Still in the tribal mood...

My new [week old] iphone case! And my matching [two week old] nails that are shock horror...pink. I have always strayed from shocking pink cos it was too girly for me. I dunno, I just feel like when people look at my nail colour it says 'high maintenance pink' instead of 'hot pink'.

*Kara* sings "ooooooOOOoooh and I like it...."

NuYear....Nu Thangz!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!wooo....whoops....am I late?

Well they do say good things come to those who wait.....but then again if I do JACK, how the heck am I gonna wake up one morning to the alarming but soothing sounds of Trey Songz clawing from inside the boot of a chrome Lamborghini with coral interior that reads 'A11 Yours' on the number plate ......

On the topic of 2010, my New Years resolution was:

"To do the things I have potential for"

I have done some of them in the past but I don't DO them as much as I should.

Sounds simple right? I hope it is.....

Just in case you don't know I love music.

I love making it, writing about it, talking about it, having heated debates about it [;)], learning about it, etc. However, I could be sooooooo much better at making it if I stuck at it when I started out at 16.....by now I could have got past that 'babysteps era' where you've taken the time to experience years of rubbish beats and got to know your 'sound' and equipment blah blah.

I am not there yet but I have been advised to let people hear and see more of what I do and break that fear barrier that is stopping me from progressing!!

Here is one thing I can do, which I plan to further this year with some outside help if anyone is interested ;) ....

And here is the thing I love doing [on good days lol] but know that I should be SOOOOO much better by now that it really gets on my nerves......

www.myspace.com/musikseven

It's still got stuff from three years ago on there hahahaa..aha...ah...uhh...ahooaww man I'm flopping myself!! So yes, you will be hearing some of my beats in between posts but I urge you to comment on them - criticism is always welcomed [as you can see from my posts, criticism is a favorite area of mine LOL].

If you are reading this and want to do something, DO IT!!! Find your passion, relight your fire [lol] no, seriously, what is the point of potential if you do not use it???

Would you buy cookies and not eat them? No - because that would be a stupid ass waste.

Would you buy a cake just to look at it?

You [and I] were born with hidden skills....find them and enjoy them dammit!!

*I AM* back :-$

We did it like that and now we do it like this...

Sooooo....it's 5.17am and what am I doing....go on, guess.......yep - I'M HERE!!!! I'm overly hungry and I'M HERE!!!

[I'm posting just to get me back into the swing of thangs so bare with me]

It's been a busy one, as usual. I came back from spain [my fourth and final getaway] two weeks ago then jumped straight into a two week placement at RWD magazine so I should just slide straight into the blog right? Wrong! I'm rusty! Along with many other 'skills' I have, my writing isn't as speedy gonzalez as it used to be :( Dahwell. It will be in about *looks at watch* 5 posts. Hopefully!

I was just about to post Amerie's new video but I've just noticed they are showing the 300th re-run of Juelz Santana's MTV Cribs. For obvious reasons, I am going to watch it then go to bed with my laptop by my head and wake up to blogging guilt and slight [JR's]writer's block.

See you in the morning for cheerios and iced out milk!

*I am* SOoooooo hungry my ribs are eating themselves and Proper laughing at how Hood Juelz's crib is......all that money and no taste *smh*

Wish I could eat one of these right now but I'd have to go back to Sweden...

....this ice cream place was oh-soo good....I gotta find the best ones out here in London before my birthday and do another 7-day bonanza....ARRGGHHHH TIME IS DOING A RUNNER!!!!!

Update on the waste state

I haven't blogged for a while and I have many reasons/excuses/dilemmas [Boring. Next sentence please...] but lets just fuggedaboutit and keep things moving.

Today I cooked sunday dinner. It was no chicken affair though, instead, lucky pieces of salmon were seasoned in my secret recipe! Honestly, it was very tasty...very!

• Suggested cooking time of salmon: 20mins
• Ditto of small potatoes: 30mins
• Ditto of Roasted peppers/boiled veg: However long I decide to torture the vegetables for
• Ditto of Gravy: 2mins

I'm not very good at maths but if someone can tell me why it took THREE hours to cook that hot-ass meal [by hot-ass I mean the fiery pits of the oven burning my innocent face] be my rhetorical guest. I was going to take an Marks and Spencer type picture of my dinner but couldn't be bothered. I was, and still am, fat[igued] from the last of my jetsetting around Spain. I will do a mini post on the pros and cons on the four holidays I went on this summer....yes, four! Portugal, New York, Sweden and Spain don't pay for themselves you know! I worked so much in between those trips that on one occasion I went to work a few hours after I got back from the airport. Soldier or Slave....or maybe they hooked up.

*I am* HOOD AND PROPER.