Kitsune and cute French models in their underwear (and outerwear)

Kitsune is part of the reason I risked death at the hands of fluoro-clad morons at Parklife to see Digitalism, and is the sole reason I got into Tom Vek, Au Revoir Simone, Thieves Like Us, Appaloosa and the Teenagers. With a backlog of compilations featuring Architecture in Helsinki, Hot Chip, Boys Noize, Air, Friendly Fires, Heartsrevolution and Etienne De Crecy, it's likely that if the French indie electronic record label were a Last FM user it would have super compatability with everyone. Add Phoenix to that list and you get Kitsune Maison 7 and a remix of 'Litztomania' by LA's Classixx into an eighties dance track circa 1986.

Not only do the kids at Kitsune have impeccably good taste in music, they also have a damn fine wardrobe. Preppy but chic and adorable but wearable, Kitsune's Spring/Summer 09 Collection 'Somebody Somewhere' is available at its Parisian Flagship Boutique as well as throughout Europe, the USA and Korea. It is soon to be succeeded by 'The Graduate' Fall/Winter 09 Collection launching alongside Kitsune Maison Compilation 7 (teaser below). Yes, Kitsune has proved that it can only get sexier, and I would brave ten thousand Parklifes to get my hands on some of these rags (especially those Pierre Hardy shoes!).

KITSUNE MAISON 7 - 'THE GRADUATE' FW09 COLLECTION TEASER
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Tween love

A great track from one of my favourite bands when I was 12 or 13. The video is pretty bad quality but the song still sends shivers down my spine!

Destiny's child Is She the Reason.avi
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The Peronists

The Peronists are cool for three reasons:

(a) They take their name directly from ex-Argentine President Juan Peron and his wife Eva Peron, who fought to end poverty and promote labour rights.

(b) They are part of the expanding 'neo-cumbia' movement in South America which combines traditional cumbia made by destitutes and slaves with contemporary genres like dancehall, reggaeton, techno and electronica.

(c) They are from Buenos Aires, which means they are probably requested nightly by the kids at the coolest club in the Southern hemisphere - - Zizek Club.

(d) They have remixed Notorious B.I.G. and the Mario theme in cumbia-style - - totally danceable!

The Peronists VS Biggie Smalls - Big Poppa Flow us From the Sky. mp3

The Peronists - Mario Cumbia.mp3

Fish eye shots of Sydney

Here are some of the photos we took in Sydney with the fish eye I bought Dave for Christmas. We had a lovely time at Taronga Zoo - we saw a pair of two male lions 'making love' and a pack of monkeys terrorise another poor monkey to the point that he lost control of his bowels. We were teased by some amazing vintage stores in Newtown and took some very pleasant ferry rides. None of the photos from the Star Wars exhibition came out because it was apparently too dark (which is heartbraking because there were some great shots of us posing with star destroyers, wookies and sand people) and some of the better ones didn't scan properly, but here is a taste...

Dolls

I went to the library to get away from
the lunch rush the other day and came
across a collection of porcelain dolls
clothed in traditional and old-fashioned
miniature outfits. The dolls are made
by Gladys Bush and are part of the
"Dreams of Children in Australia and Japan"
exhibition at the Brisbane Central Library
until 30 April.

I have always loved china dolls - I have
four and would have loved to take these
lovely creations home!

They remind me a little bit of Lover's "Sacred Hearts" A/W 09 collection. It's got something to do with the schoolhat and uniform dress, the plaits, the poses and the pretty simplicity of it all.

Tony Amado, Jean Claude Van Damme and the Creation of Kuduro

Tony Amado - Boa Noite.mp3 (as featured on 4ZzZ's Forcefed Fistfuls)

Argentina has no reason to cry

"Buenos Aires has grown ZZK Records into a full-fledged outlet of mayhem. From long nights of party heat in the capital of South American culture, Zizek brings a blend of old and new, rural and urban, where the first and third worlds share the dancefloor and make plans to hook up after the party."

It has been apparent since the opening of Zizek Club in Palermo that the streets of Buenos Aires aren't just home to the the tango and many a fine futbolista. They are also the proud parents of a new breed of South American electronic music. Zizek, a self-proclaimed 'sonic blender', is at the forefront of global street music, offering to its punters a mix grande de hip hop, cumbia, dancehall, reggaeton, dub(step), bastard pop, mashups and more.

It's from this club in the Argentinian capital, between the ice fields of Southern Patagonia and the steamy home of corned beef in the Pampas Plains, that ZZK Records was born. Hailing from a country whose weather patterns range from sub-antarctic to that of a sauna, it's not surprising that the ZZK concept (which includes such artists as El G, Fauna and Douster [pictured below]) is a collision of cultures, genres and challenging new sounds. The grassroots label has been internationally acclaimed in NME and Rolling Stone and is this month set to give the US a run for its money at Coachella and Miami's Trans Atlantic Festival before moving on to Mexico as part of the ZZK North American Tour.

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***ZZK Mixtape Vol. 6 - Douster***