R.I.P. Yves St. Laurent

I wish I could have afforded you...but you are iconic non-the-less......R.I.P.

... you will be missed by the rich and famous, and all us fashion whores !
xixoxooxoxoxoxooxox, Lady Irie

R.I.P. Bo Diddley

You miss be missed Mr. D !! I only saw you play twice but it was amazing !

R.I.P........xoxoxooxoxoxo, Lady Irie

APRIL shows I saw....so dam IRIE !!!!

List if irie shows in April I saw...

Coachella ( I missed a bunch, but saw some great ones !!! )
Prince
Animal Collective
Islands
Hot Chip
MGMT
Jack Johnson
The Verve
Aesop Rock
Tegan and Sarah
The Breeders
Jens Lekman
Battles
Redd Kross
Rogue Wave

Celebrities I saw or touched at Coachella, not including the musician types

Kelly Osborne
Steven Tyler ( fell into me, and got his sweat all over me )
Danny Masterson
Tony Hawk
Elijah Wood

regular shows;

Yelle, Panther, Starfucker
Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes ( Holocene, PDX )
Why? , Starfucker ( Holocene , PDX )
Dirty Projectors, No Kids ( Holocene , PDX )
Thao and Willis, Plants, Horse Feathers ( Someday Lounge, PDX )
Enon, Thao and Willis ( Redlamp, Sacramento )
Xiu Xiu, Thao & Get Down Stay Down ( Bottom of the Hill , SF )
Thao and Willis ( Video Ranch , Monterey, CA )
Panther, Starfucker, Whitefang
DJ Magic Beans , DJ Dog Daze, DJ Night School
Panther, New Bloods, Horse Feathers
Starfucker, Dat'r, Dykeritz

Madonna, Burning Up For Your Love...

Starfucker did a cover of this song at their show the other night...so amazing, and yes, it brought back the good memories of growing up......

more islands and Duran Duran

I think those boys in Duran Duran just filmed videos on Islands so they could chill our and get irie! I mean, wouldn't you ???

Duran Duran..Island vibes

It is cold in Portland, so I thought I would re-live some island vibe with a song from my early musical influences...

irie shows in March 2008

Cuban house band in Puegrto Vallarta , Mexico
Mariachi band at a private party in Sayulita, Mexico
Samba band in Sayulita, Mexico, ( did not get the name of )

SXSW bands I saw-

Panther ( saw 4 times )
Islands ( saw 3 times )
Telepathe ( saw twice )
Juiceboxxx ( my first highlight of SXSW, watching him fall through the roof of Ms. Beas during his performance, and not missing a beat ! )
Free Blood
Shunda K w/ dj
Ninjasonik
The Are Powers
White Denim
White Willams
Pig Out
Tristan Perich
Mika Miko
Jeff hanson
New Bloods
Shy Child
Gil Mantera's Party Dream
High Places
Yeasayer
Simian Mobile Disco
Black Keys
Kimya Dawson
Blitzen Trapper
No Age
Health
Dandi Wind
Jens Lekman
Octopus Project
Port O' Brien
Lykke Li
Dutchess Says
Cadence Weapon
Peelander-Z

Southerly, Headlights, The Evangelicals
Starfucker, Atole, DJ Nate C