Vamps
This was the moment I fell for Wendy James:
That was before everyone had a stylist, a hairdresser and a make-up artist to make them a photo-perfect consumable product...you could tell her style was all hers, like Madonna in the early days, I always loved it when she was a little bit off, as you could just tell it was her own mistake....actually that's what I love about Amy Winehouse, she's the first pop star in AGES who doesn't seem to have a stylist and she looks better than anybody else out there.
Anyway, went to see Wendy's new band Racine at the bowling lanes the other night, which was such a fun night as I saw lots of mates I hadn't expected to see there, danced and laughed a lot AND discovered a new band to love!
It was great to see Wendy who is still like a little peroxide pixie with HUGE self-belief and attitude, I couldn't stay for the whole gig due to babysitting duties but I saw the whole show of support act, the Plasticines, an all-girl rock and roll band from Paris and LOVED them!! God, they're all jaw-dropping beauties, in fact the lead singer looks like a very young Nancy Sinatra (and they did a cover of These Boots Were Made for Walking in case we hadn't noticed at first!) and they looked like they might explode they were having such a good time, it was like The Donnas crossed with Brigitte Bardot which is good enough for me!
Wednesday was such a good day because Jasmine took the day off from her Portobello duties and came for a Soho visit, in fact she was so ready for the 'ho (not me, Soho), that she came for breakfast, a cheese croissant from Maison Bertaux of course, and we nattered ALL day, stopped for a fine macrobiotic lunch from the cafe on Meard St (can't remember the name of it, or find in on Google, that's hippies for you, they're too busy eating that expansive food to bother with a website!), had some quality time with Sonja, then picked up an inadequate snack to walk along with to meet Emma, Max, Caz and Paul in the Queen's Larder (or the Queen's Lard was it Jasmine?) for a pre-gig drink...
We met Sonja again at the gig, who'd been yawning and protesting exhaustion then walked in all glossy and amazing...
Emma wouldn't let me photograph her as I think she was protecting her photo-face copyright but Caz had a go at one and I think it worked very well, not typical due to closed eyes but she still manages to look great!
Big surprise of the evening was running into Nikki, who used to be our Saturday girl about three years ago and has had so many adventures since I saw her! She moved to New York, worked at Nylon (both things she used to fantasize about as we nattered on Saturdays so it just shows you, if you visualise your dream....) and evidently became best friends with Wendy:
....and is about to get married! Not to Wendy....
Off I went leaving Jasmine dancing down the front, so good to see her in Soho again.....
Check out The Plasticines....
Madame xx
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That was before everyone had a stylist, a hairdresser and a make-up artist to make them a photo-perfect consumable product...you could tell her style was all hers, like Madonna in the early days, I always loved it when she was a little bit off, as you could just tell it was her own mistake....actually that's what I love about Amy Winehouse, she's the first pop star in AGES who doesn't seem to have a stylist and she looks better than anybody else out there.
Anyway, went to see Wendy's new band Racine at the bowling lanes the other night, which was such a fun night as I saw lots of mates I hadn't expected to see there, danced and laughed a lot AND discovered a new band to love!
It was great to see Wendy who is still like a little peroxide pixie with HUGE self-belief and attitude, I couldn't stay for the whole gig due to babysitting duties but I saw the whole show of support act, the Plasticines, an all-girl rock and roll band from Paris and LOVED them!! God, they're all jaw-dropping beauties, in fact the lead singer looks like a very young Nancy Sinatra (and they did a cover of These Boots Were Made for Walking in case we hadn't noticed at first!) and they looked like they might explode they were having such a good time, it was like The Donnas crossed with Brigitte Bardot which is good enough for me!
Wednesday was such a good day because Jasmine took the day off from her Portobello duties and came for a Soho visit, in fact she was so ready for the 'ho (not me, Soho), that she came for breakfast, a cheese croissant from Maison Bertaux of course, and we nattered ALL day, stopped for a fine macrobiotic lunch from the cafe on Meard St (can't remember the name of it, or find in on Google, that's hippies for you, they're too busy eating that expansive food to bother with a website!), had some quality time with Sonja, then picked up an inadequate snack to walk along with to meet Emma, Max, Caz and Paul in the Queen's Larder (or the Queen's Lard was it Jasmine?) for a pre-gig drink...
We met Sonja again at the gig, who'd been yawning and protesting exhaustion then walked in all glossy and amazing...
Emma wouldn't let me photograph her as I think she was protecting her photo-face copyright but Caz had a go at one and I think it worked very well, not typical due to closed eyes but she still manages to look great!
Big surprise of the evening was running into Nikki, who used to be our Saturday girl about three years ago and has had so many adventures since I saw her! She moved to New York, worked at Nylon (both things she used to fantasize about as we nattered on Saturdays so it just shows you, if you visualise your dream....) and evidently became best friends with Wendy:
....and is about to get married! Not to Wendy....
Off I went leaving Jasmine dancing down the front, so good to see her in Soho again.....
Check out The Plasticines....
Madame xx
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