I am taking a break from Lux Lotus for a little while but first: a contest! Lux Lotus reader Jessie Brown of Cornerstone Promotion wrote in to see if I'd be interested in doing a music giveaway for A Fine Frenzy whose debut album is coming out soon and I said if I liked it, I would. I gave One Cell in the Sea a listen over the weekend and it's pretty good, so here are the rules. You have a week to enter, and I'll be back to announce the winners shortly thereafter. Just send me a list of the top eight things that are driving you crazy in the best way this summer. Here are mine:
1) tracy turnblad doing 'the roach' in the (original!) film hairspray
2) suntory boss "super blend" coffee in a can
3) '70s hippie style jewelry, you know: mostly Talitha with a dash of Heavy Metal Parking Lot-esque van chic
4) the 'giorno horse' totebag by alena hennessy
5) the idea behind wiimbledon (although not quite the execution)
6) beryl markham
7) the fantasy of owning one of lisa yuskavage's works
8) my new favorite andy warhol quote: "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
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