A Late Christmas Gift: The Live Lights

By: LucyRock

‘Twas days before Christmas and before we kept going to more and more posadas and other Christmas parties, we decided to finally and gladly go check a local Houston act that has been making a lot of commotion, not only here in Houston but, also in the city of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico! This local band that has named itself The Live Lights was formed in 2008 by Bryan Khatib and Bryan Higginbotham and later with the additions of Vik Montemayor and Martin Rios, it became the and that we know today an awesome but rare mix of keyboarding new wave indie rock. The Live Lights have participated with local Texas acts like the Caterpillars and international acts like Peter Hook; this last one was their first performance in Monterrey, Mexico. Not only have they played in the big metropolitan cities, but they have also made themselves known in others like Brownsville and San Benito, Texas.

The Live Lights are heavily influenced by British rock among those bands, are my personal favorites The Cure and Radio Head. If you digg bands such as; The Killers, Zoe, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Interpol, then you pretty much need to go and check out this band. The Live Light live are pretty much beyond awesome and go far beyond the three songs LP, which leads us to believe that very soon some new songs and a new LP will be coming out soon (fingers crossed!), but in case you don’t even have this LP you need to get it asap! Go get it now in iTunes, listen to it and let us know what you think, and check them out!

Thanks to our fashion editor: Lizz Flores for tagging along, you rock chick!

Upcoming Shows:

ene 16 2010 8:00p	Jet Lounge w/ Ideophonic	Houston, Texas
ene 29 2010 8:00p	Galeria 409	Brownsville, Texas
ene 30 2010 8:00p	Escenica	Monterrey, Nuevo León
may 8 2010 8:00p	The V	San Benito, Texas

For more info on The Live Lights:

http://www.myspace.com/thelivelights

Holiday Dranks!

By Zuleny

We've already talked about holidays and how we always like to throw parties on a holiday and what not so here's one more drink to your list for those parties.

Provided by Kahlua

Kahlua White Russian

Ingredients

2 parts of Kahlua

1 part of Volka

Add cream or milk, soy milk or skim milk.

Directions

Pour over ice in a rocks glass. Try with Kahlua Hazelnut, French Vanilla or Mocha. For a skinny white russian, add skim or soy milk.

Enjoy!

She puts passion in fashion!

From the first time i saw Lizzie, she's always left me stunned with her style, thoughtfulness and cleverness on everything she wears as well as carries herself , so we so wanna introduced you all who's gonna be the sense of fashion in this blog. Boys and Girls meet Lizz.

By Lizz.

When I first read the questions for this article about 2 weeks ago, I have to admit, I read the questions at least 10 times before answering, why? well this was not a myspace survey or a gossip questionnaire you make boys fill out in middle school, this is an article about me my life in less than 20 questions wow, I thought “What do you do? (In the fashion Industry)?” this question made me realized that I’m nothing but a fashion junkie, I thought of this question for about two days, and honestly I’ll do pretty much anything for fashion flx, let’s see, a Vogue and a Nylon magazine over milk and eggs, or a month on Instant noodles for a pair of shoes from Barney's or Topshop.

I do have goals and aspirations I'd like to accomplish as I shop my life away such as having my own clothing line and become a Fashion Consultant/Stylist, but right now I'm just having fun.I think I was 12 years old when I bought my first magazine and I've been Infatuated with fashion ever since, It wasn't until I got out of High School that I realized that my obsession with shoes and clothes could also be somehow a career choice for me and that perhaps I could make money doing what I love; SHOP!

Last summer my boyfriend and I started our own clothing line for boys and girls called FORSa PINK, we had a lot of fun doing so, he came up with designs and I shopped for all the accessories to complement the whole 80's vibe. We put together 3 fashion shows within a year and had an online store where people from all over the world shopped our products, the line was doing really good but it required a lot of work and time, time which neither one of us had at that point in our lives so it became really difficult to continue with it and with hole in our heart we decided to close the site down for a while. Now I spend a lot of time looking at the runway shows on style.com, this season I'm loving everything from Balmain, Herve leger by Max Azria and Alexander Wang to name a few. My favorite designers the ones I will always go back to are Marc Jacobs and Betsey Johnson, I love everything that man does and Betsey J can do no wrong in my book.

It's really inspiring seeing the models walking down the runway with their designs, I can only imagine what that must feel like, which brings me to the next point, I'm working on getting products for a Japanese Inspired clothing line something like Betsey Johnson meets Sonia Rykiel, dresses, shoes, bags and all the good stuff. I am also taking jewelry making classes my lifelong dream is to start my own jewelry line, classes can get hard but while blasting The Strokes always relaxes me any music really, it all depends on my mood.

Apart from having my own line I'd love to be a Style consultant for guys and girls, It’s really important for me to answer girls’ doubts on their appearance, I mean people from all over the planet express who they are through their clothes, so it would be nice is I can help people do so as well . I wanted to be a style consultant ever since I can remember. . I don't want to pick out dresses for girls and tell them what they need to wear or what they should buy. I want to help them find their personal style and develop an eye for fashion, educate them so they don't feel overwhelmed with all the trends out there. Like a little Miss Sex in the City said "Fashion Is not a Luxury Is a Right”

Speaking of fashion, I personally think every girl should have the perfect LBD a great pair of black pumps and a well tailored black jacket, the things one can never (and should never) have enough of are black shoes and jackets. The colors I love the most on myself are black, black and more black, some navy, gray and nude, a punch of color here and there. But you know every one is different and what works on me may not work on someone else. Everyone is entittled to their own style and look, however I’d love to see less Juicy Couture, sweat pants and flip flops and more high heels and edgy outfits on the streets of Houston, TX.

Overall I am really excited about everything in the fashion world and as soon as my line comes out, I will have a website where you can shop and see my work so you can check it out and hopefully give me some feedback.

I would love to see what you all think, for all your fashion questions and for more tips, you can reach me at lizzflores@aol.com I am beyond excited!!

Meet Stephanie Guajardo!

By Zuleny

I first heard of Dia de las Chingonas by Lupe, the owner of Bohemeo’s, he showed me all the art that was exposed that day which we have showed you before. “Chingonas” means “Bad ass” in this case used as a feminine gender in Spanish that is why they called The day of bad ass girls, which would be the closest translation to Dia de las Chingonas, a day where Lizbeth Ortiz, Julie Zarate and Stephanie Guajardo had an expo showing their work and having some of their pieces on sale. We have now come to show you the work of last but not least Stephanie Guajardo.


Stephanie Guajardo, originally from Dallas, Texas is a self-taught artist who has been drawing off and on since she was a little girl. The majority of her art is graphite and watercolor on watercolor paper.“I love graphite and graphite loves me.” She says.

Most of the art she has on sale at http://stephanieguajardo.etsy.com/ is from her Frida Kahlo series originals and giclee prints that come in two sizes for six different drawings.
“I use the images of Frida Kahlo in her famous photographs. I create a detailed foreground and background that is influenced by Frida’s facial expression, her clothing, the way she carries herself or by what I think she may have been experiencing in her life at the time the photograph was taken” She says.


Her favorite artists or performers are Frida Kahlo, Trent Reznor, H.R. Giger, Diego Rivera, Luis Jimenez, M.C. Escobar and Benito Huerta. She likes MECA as her favorite Visual Art Space.
“Working with my hands is what i do best” She tells us and you can also see crafts, draws, sculpts and jewelry done by her. She uses watercolor on some of her drawings and plan to try painting on canvas sometime soon.

She plans to add more pieces over time to shop as she creates them or decide to sell work she already has on hand.

Check out http://arteabla.ning.com/profile/StephanieGuajardo?xg_source=activity or http://artshouston.ning.com/profile/StephanieGuajardo to purchase Stephanie’s work, be her friend on MySpace here http://www.myspace.com/blue_azul_baby and follow her on twitter http://twitter.com/StephGuajardo .

Xmas goodies!

Little details that count

By Zuleny

When I saw this recipe for Orange rum hard sauce on the book of treats for Christmas I said to myself here is how I can make my Christmas be a little different, some people really look forward to Christmas and look carefully what the menu will be, shop for all the ingredients necessary to cook every meal and succeed! Other people stick to what they know and just cook what’s traditional. If so you wanna dip whatever your eating (turkey, Chicken, etc) in this sauce which is super easy to make, it only takes 10 minutes.

Orange rum hard sauce
Ingredients
4 oz/115 g unsalted butter or substitute (smart balance 50/50)
Brown sugar
1 Finely grated rind orange
Pinch of all spice
3 tbsp of Rum

Cream the butter in a bowl until it is very smooth and soft. Gradually beat in the sugar, orange grind, and all spice. Add the rum, a little at a time, beating well after each addition and taking care not to let the mixture curdle.
Spoon the orange rum hard sauce into a small serving dish, cover with plastic wrap, and let chill until required.