Amy Poehler Girl Crush

These are quite terrifying and hilarious, and make me really love Amy Poehler. Polaroid test shots taken during the taping of the Upright Citizens Brigade 1998 television series. Seen via Got A Girl Crush, with more info here.

Dazed Bjork

I saw an airfreighted copy of this mag yesterday but it was a bit pricey for me. I'll definitely be buying it once it comes out here at a normal price. I'm frugal like that :)

Bjork's new album Biophilia is out next month. Have you seen the video for the first single Crystalline? Have a look here.

Streamers

Brous - Streamers (Extended Version) from Sophia Brous on Vimeo.

I can't stop listening to this song, by Melbourne's Brous.

House Love

The Auckland home of Karen Inderbitzen-Waller and Delphine Avril Planqueel is now up on the Selby, and it's possibly the greatest house I've ever seen! I love the clutter, the backyard, the wallpaper, their pet bunny, the miles of Crown Lynn crockery, and the bedding made from vintage underwear - I love it all!

Vintage Madonna

Photographer Richard Corman met Madonna in 1982,  less than a year before she released her debut album and became the massive mega star she is today. 

"I had to call her from a phone booth across the street, because the neighborhood was full of drug dealers, and they didn't let people just walk in and out. There was a group of kids outside the building, on the stoop, in the hallways, and when I said I was there for Madonna the seas parted…

…When I came back a few days later to shoot her, she said, "You know, we should go up to the roof because I go up there with all the kids from the building." She was like the Pied Piper of the neighborhood - they loved her. They followed her, they danced with her, they sang with her. It was something they did on a daily basis, and it was remarkable. We just walked up and they gathered around. She put the boom box on - it was her music, though I don’t remember which song - and they just started dancing and singing. She was so alive and unpretentious. She was fierce, determined. Nothing was going to stop her. "

Corman only recently told his story and shared these early photographs with the world. You can check out the rest of the series here.

Winter July

Miranda July, not looking like she's dressed for that cold weather. Pictured by Facehunter during the Sundance Film Festival.

Best Frock

Cate Blanchett at the Oscars. I was quite taken by this lilac frock she wore.