dancing at discos

As you start to get into Hercules And Love Affair’s “Blind”, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d heard it before.

I certainly thought so.

There’s something about it that reminds me of those nights where I’ve had a tad too much of everything to drink and I’m on my own in the middle of the dance floor after losing all my friends, eyes closed, sleepily smiling and arms swaying over my head to the best song I’ve ever heard.

A friend recently described H&LA to me as “a funky Carpenters”.

When I listened, I heard disco. Pure, lovely, dancey, old skool disco. The kind that gets you in the mood for a night out. The kind that unashamedly gives the finger to all that DJ-this-DJ-that, with their sped-up lyrics and uns-uns-uns.



“Blind” is the one I have on repeat. “Time Will” has lovely lyrics like Don’t lie to me/Don’t make it up/Don’t snake it up. “Hercules Theme” (click here for free download) fills me with an urge to don white flairs and strut down the street swinging my paint can á la John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Check out their Myspace. They play Dublin’s Academy on June 1 (aka TOMORROW). I won’t be there as I’ll be shaking my waistline to Santogold in Crawdaddy.



$24.50 from Alloy



$39.50 from Delias



€50 from Office



£15 from Topshop

Check it

I randomly came across this lil lady while doing some mindless Youtubing and ohmyGOSH she is awesome.

African-bornLuam is a choreographer based in New York who has worked with everyone from Ludacris to Kanye West to Ciara.
She launced a clothing line L.U.A.M. (Love Understands All Music) by Wildchild Nation in 2007 and she has her own microseries, Fashion: The Life, on MTV.

Just watch… watch…

Y’know…

It’s my birthday in four months. If someone wants to buy me this dress, please, feel free to.



Oscar de la Renta strapless bubble cocktail dress - €2,823 from net-a-porter.com

I’d settle for this Philip Lim too…



€855 from net-a-porter.com

In other news, I’ve been hankering after this recently…



It’s a little bit Dolce&Gabbana


…might look awful on though. (It’s actually €22.90 here)

Either way a well-deserved trip to H&M is in order methinks…

Pie is home. People always come home.

Pushing Daisies has joined the likes of Gossip Girl, America’s Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance and The Hills on my list of must-not-miss-an-episode-ever.

It is amazing.

I heard a lot about it through blogs and stuff but never made an effort to check it out for myself until it came to ITV. Now I’m obsessed. But not the kind of obsessed that makes you look up every episode online because you have to have to HAVE TO know what happens and you have to know NOW. The kind of obsessed where you’re content to wait all week for the next episode to air and then get all giddy with excitement as it starts.

What’s not to love? I love the quirky Amélie/Tim Burton look of it. I love Chuck’s clothes. I love Anna Friel. I love how she’s finally making it big. I LOVE Lee Pace (Ned). I love Digby the dog. I love Kristin Chenoweth. I love the script. I love the Pie Hole. I love the boxes the pies are delivered in. I love the fact that last week’s episode featured a windmill retirement farm. I love when Ned and Chuck kiss through plastic wrap.



Did I mention I love Lee Pace?