31 May 2010
SLICE IS DEAD! HABIT IS FOREVER!
HABIT IS FOREVER!
We've moved. We've been saying we would do it for about a year, and we've finally packed our shit and jumped over to the .com era. With that came a name change, but fuck it, we LOVE it.
We appreciate all of our faithful readers love and support but don't stress, you can still find the posts you love over at Habit Magazine (as we just moved all the posts over there--HA). The site is sexy, and we're happy with it.
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LOVE YOU ALL!
xo,
HABIT
07 May 2010
What English sounds like to a non-speaker
It's pretty interesting.
MR. T's MOTHER - HAPPY MOTHER's DAY
Slice
02 May 2010
29 April 2010
Wayback Playback: Strange Disease by Prozzak
Weoo Weoo,
Maria
28 April 2010
Dear Slice: Frankie's Aussie Diaries: The Birds
xoxo,
Frankie
Festival Time
To give you a taste, NXNE has Iggy and the Stooges Headlining, Lollapalooza has Lady Gaga, The Strokes, Greenday and Arcade Fire, Bonnaroo has Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Conan O'Brien and Stevie Wonder, Osheaga has Arcade Fire, Weezer and Pavement etc
We'll put up a detailed guide very similar to the guides we provided last year.
Look for it soon,
Slice
23 April 2010
I Put the Lime in the Coconut
Relieving our belly ache,
SLICE
20 April 2010
Happy 420
So for this reason, we ask all you lovers, smokers and midnight tokers to step into the afternoon glare and blaze one up for ur fellow stoners.
We love you all,
Slice
06 April 2010
Dear Slice: Frankie's Aussie Diaries: It's like a fake version of a designer bag, only the hipster version
After reading the recent "Hipsters are the new Jocks" MESH - (International Electro-rapper, Brooklyn, NY) and then following the link and reading the recent article by Ad busters (which you can read here) I thought 'Am I a Hipster?'
I couldn't decide my answer- if it was going to be a quite guilty nod or a full throated no (which would be full of an air of superiority because unlike everyone else I hadn't given into it.)
Before I made my decision, there were a few things to consider:
1. I own a bike.
2. I have a blog.
3. One side of my head is shaved.
4. I wear a denim shirt with black leggings.
5. I've met Mark Hunter.
6. Vice magazine was my hero from the age of 12.
So this put me at about 85% hipster. The last 15% was empty because of the absence of lo-fi pictures with analog cameras in my life. There were no Polaroid photos on my wall- nor were there Polaroid photos on my facebook. I was worried. How could I become a total 100% hipster without the photos. (And just an after thought- the fact that I was worried and consciously aware of this- adds at least another 10% to me being a hipster. As 50% of being a Hipster is thinking about being a hipster.)
I was too anxious to add those cool kids I met last night on facebook because I didn't have the goods to back up the meeting. I didn't have the photos. I avoided responding to their friend requests for a couple of days and then joy oh joy. I stumbled across Secret Hipster Heaven.
Poladroid is a program you can download free that lets you turn your ordinary photos in polaroid photos. Above is my friend's photo she turned into a polaroid using the program.
Obviously - in hipster reality- we would all like to have genuine polaroid photos but we have to realise this isn't always going to turn out. If we want to live the dream- we're going to have to make a few sacrifices along the way and I am ready and mature enough to make such decisions.
I've already got four new profile pictures and three new totally rad* friends.
Love Frankie
(who is currently 110% hipster)
xxx
*rad is hipster for cool. Not cool in the sense of obviously trying to be cool, cool in the sense of not trying to be cool, just naturally cool (but in this not trying, a lot of thinking and pondering and considering goes into it. So really just not trying in an obvious way to be cool , cool. )
Sky Ferreira's World Premier Video for '17'
So sit tight Sky fans, and enjoy some great stills from her upcoming music video debut.
Love Always,
SLICE
04 April 2010
Wayback Playback- Informer- Snow
Enjoy,
Slice
31 March 2010
Shame, Shame
30 March 2010
Deathpodal
Green Go Remix Project Vol. 2
Happy Tuesday young thugs,
Slice
26 March 2010
Dear Slice: Frankie's Aussie Diaries: Frenemies?
I'll be honest, part of the reason why I vanished from their weekend parties was the revelation of how sad it all was. Trust me, I'm not about to stand on a soap box with an outstretched arm commanding I was the only one to see the 'truth.' Instead I just quietly came to the conclusion that I didn't have to put up with the feeling of not enjoying yourself or the people around you. It's funny thinking that such a thought took so long to 'come to mind'. And the effect of such a revelation? Well I started doing things that I actually liked for a change, instead of just going along with others.
So, of course with all this swirling about in my mind- I was questioning whether I should 'start spreading the news.' On top of this- my departure with this school day scene when I started university meant I came into a clash with some school friends. It all happened suddenly- after a cut of communication I received in a space of about 10 min six abusive text messages regarding things I had said about someone a couple of years ago. The whole thing was rather magnificent in it's orchestration actually. Forget propaganda ministers, teenage girls with vendettas are like Goebbels on steroids.
Within a weekend, one girl had formed a battalion of six heavy Oestrogen hitters. The months following I became the subject of their analysis. I was constantly hearing back their
evaluation on my life. It's rather crude isn't it, that we believe we have the right to assess someone else's choices. In the end we're all as helpless as one another. Eventually, it fell to pieces and they found someone else to gauge.
I wondered, did I want to let myself wander in such a jungle? Weeks passed but with a slab of dutch courage I stepped through the doorway last night.
-I sucked my pride - and dislike of them as people- and went for the smile and nice show. It wasn't too hard actually. Once you get over them as a person and just, well , let them be themselves without thinking how shallow they are, you sort of enjoy yourself. Everything becomes all about the surface but in an easy and perhaps even honest way.
-Reading what I just wrote- I guess I behaved before last night - in a manner exactly the same way as theirs. I mean really- who am I to look down on their french manicures and terrifyingly high pitched voice ways. It's annoying to be that person drunk on their own moral regardless of what you're judging.
-Once this was under way, I became the prodigal son of the group. No sooner was I chatting to them while they puffed away at their menthol cigarettes, to then being trust into the inner sanctium of being asked to come to the toilet with them. I leaned against the towel rack trying to not seem uncomfortable while my companion sat on the toilet seat - her stockings and underwear around her ankles - chatting in a voice which reminded me of a disney animal character. Yes it was rather surreal, it had been three years of bitter tension and now within a space of 45 mins I was in bathroom with her, watching her go to the toilet. Intimacy it seems, is not dependent on time.
Indeed I realised my ability to bullshit has not left me- despite private fears. The night proved it to be well in tact. I am a conversationalist on all topics, be them; boyfriends I've never met, families of boyfriend's I've never met, the dilemmas of facebook chat, whether lady gaga is a man, boyfriend's best friend's I've never met, boyfriend's best girl friends I've met, Rihanna's tattoos, Thailand, what to wear to Nick's fancy dress party, what's considered a slutty costume for a fancy dress party, what's considered slutty but classy slutty for a costume at a fancy dress party, whether that girl over there -finger pointed- has too much bronzer on, followed by- 'Do I have enough bronzer on?' And 'If not could I put some more bronzer on me.' Yes the topics were endless, but I navigated myself through deep waters which occupied their minds.
The night proved to be less strenuous than I expected. Perhaps a little more enjoyable. But certainly the crowd was everything to the last detail that I remembered.
Already I've had text messages of invitations to coffee/lunch next
week. Statements like "it's so good to have the old Frankie back,'' are a little worrying. I've arrived at a point I didn't expect. If I decline and allow the situation to fester back to what it was, it will be an unwelcome end. However if I continue to actively coffee/lunch/powerwalk them I'm putting myself back in the past that is equally unwelcome.
Till next time,
xxxF
21 March 2010
Piano Chat Improv
Enjoy,
Slice
17 March 2010
Star Wars Kid (2002)
The student eventually sued his schoolmates for $250,00 and they settle the matter out of court.
Star Wars kid remains one of the most viewed video on the Internet and gives Americans yet one more reason to redicule their friendly cousins north of the boarder.
With Love,
Slice
12 March 2010
The Ipad is fantastic
For the digital publishing industry, the ipad could possibly present a solution to the ever growing problem; How can you make a living by producing an online magazine?
04 March 2010
Dear Slice: Frankie's Aussie Diaries: I may be Bipolar
So in light of being in one of those 'intense' moods - which has lasted at least one month - i'm taking a new outlook.
* I should add, when using the word intense with the word mood, i'm sounding like one of those Twilight fans who internalizes everything in the film and doesnt say alot but will just say one sentence which will be a variation of the following: Bella and Edward's relationship is just so intensly beautiful. I'm wondering if I've already lost you all. Basically I know this mood is such a cliche but I cant help it- so I thought I'd run with it.
But not in the same way as the last post. BAHAHAHAH, sorry that was a little awkward and out of hand, its been a bad month ya know?
Okay, so today has been one of those wierd, wierd days where everything keeps switching from being really okay and then totally not okay. Its strange. You keep having moments of severe clarity and strength and contentment and then somehow it all comes undone and you feel a wreck. It's strange experiencing such extreme emotions- and most would say its probably the symptom of being a manic depressent. Yes most would say that. In fact thats probably the most logical response, but logic has never been my pal.
So I am responding to such a day with the double list for it all being just the worst and completely the best.
All the things I liked about Today:
1. I had the ultimate playlist to listen to as I made my way to uni. I don't know how it happened- but you know when song choice and geography are so insync its INSANELY PERFECT. Basically what I mean by this, is as I looked out of the train - the perfect song was playing to match the landscape. It became FRANKIE'S SOUNDTRACK. I don't even know how it happened because the ipod was on shuffle. SCARY. But it was perfect and I enjoyed it so so much.
P.S You just know CFCF was all over my playlist. LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE GUYS!!!!!
2. I ran into a friend who was eating blueberries AKA one of MY FAVOURITE FOODS - and I snacked with him and chatted while he scruffled my hair. I love it when people I like do that to me. But it can only be people I like. Otherwise if it isn't, I'll snarl like a bitch protecting her pups.
3. I sat next to the cutiest babe in my art history tutorial. Her name was Emiko and she laughed at all my gags. Plus her writing was so neat- I enjoyed watching her take notes.
4. I noticed an old dentist chair in the hard rubbish pile that I'm totally thinking of taking and putting it in my room. All the wires are exposed down the bottom of it, so you've got this drab grey chair with these brightly coloured wires sticking out. Its tops and I'm wondering what I could use it for besides just looking at it all day long because its pretty creepy but rad at the same time.
5. I went to the toilets at uni and for once there wasnt skid marks and urine all over the seat and floor. Yeah that was pretty nice.
1. I ran into an old pal from school who hates me because she heard I'd said all these real nasty AKA BITHCY things about her. Truth, never said a thing. Reminded me of all those people we have around us who constantly just stab you in the back and lie and you never really sure why it all happens and how to control it. But yeah that sucked, because when you see people who hate you and think you're the worst sometimes thoughts like "well yeah maybe she's right, maybe I am just a total disgrace for a person" creep across your mind.
2. Well this has occupied my mind for the last month- being broken up . Unfortunately as I sat down to study and read all about art in France in 1789 certain songs came on which reminded me of everything, and well yeah nothing more really needs to be said. Actually one more thing, if you've got a broken heart listening to Yo La Tengo, Babyshambles, Bob Dylan, The Middle East, Lady of the Sunshine, Coldplay, Nina Simone and Angus and Julia Stone probably isnt the best idea. Woody Allen films make you laugh because it hurts so they're a good idea.
3. Leaving my wallet in my lecture room BUT then coming back an hour later and finding it lying there like a good cheaboiii. (this probs should be in both)
4. Thinking about my ex, feeling totally angry and hurt- so sending my friend ally a message saying and I quote "I fucking hate ___. I fucking hate him." then realising you accidentally sent it to him. Then thinking that you havent spoken in three weeks and this is the first thing you've said to him and realising how psycho you must sound and also embarrssed because it shows that youre still thinking about him and so that must come across as totally pathetic and so unattractive and therefore that little fantasy you had that you two would get back together will never happen because he has now realised how strange you really are. Let me tell you- there was no ultimate playlist on this trip.
5. Then getting a message from him saying - that was obviously for him, and then explaing to him that you don't hate him, you're just still hurt from the way he treated you. While you wrote that in a message and then waited for a reply you've lost any dignity left, while also realising you sound even more like a pathetic girl .
6. But then to get a reply which said "no its a fair judgment. I acted very dishonourbly I know that for sure," which I know should be a good feeling that he's acknowleding it- but at the same time it still leaves you feeling high and dry, and maybe it would be easier if he was just a dick so then you could hate him instead of him just being understanding. Its worse when people are nice, much worse.
7. But then (and actually this goes in the green column aka things i liked about today) telling my friend about everything that happened and us both laughing - somehow- about it all and thinking mid laugh that maybe everything will be ok, somehow, it just has to be.
xxx,
Frankie
01 March 2010
The only Gold that Mattered
28 February 2010
BLOG CRUSH: Mar's Farce and Melancholy
She'll be posting mainly about photography, but also about music, films and other things that she loves. She'll also be doing some photography "how-to" posts. I.E. how to start your own dark room, and things like that.
Check it out and support her here: http://mariadaniel.tumblr.com/
Proud as Punch,
Slice
GO FOR GOLD CANADA
Tonight every television in the country will be set to the Canada vs USA gold medal men's hockey game.
This is the game that Canadians and Americans live for. The old rivalry between two neighbour nations. Two teams full of NHL All-Stars, the majority of which play side-by-side for their respective teams during the year, but once every 4 years the Olympics rolls around and the men must divide and conquer while draped in their nations colours.
There is no single sport closer to the heart of Canadians than hockey. We live it and we breathe it. We are the birth nation of the sport. It is ours... and only ours.
Sharing a boarder with one of the most self-righteous and self-proclaiming nations on the planet is not easy, which makes CAN/USA hockey games so important to the Canadian identity. We lose our great singers, actors and biggest brains to the US daily. We allow Hollywood to champion north and film their blockbuster hits in our nation while calling it "America". We let them have our game of basketball, we've shared our precious beers, we even allow their 18 & 19 year old teenagers across the boarder to drink alcohol legally, premature of their 21st birthday.
There is only one thing that we refuse to share with our American brothers and sisters. And that my friends, is HOCKEY.
It is ALL WE HAVE LEFT. It is the only thing they have yet to take from us, and we'll be damned if we see them take it from us in our OWN COUNTRY.
WE. OWN. HOCKEY.
With Glowing Hearts,
SLICE
26 February 2010
Dwights Tribute to Canada
Dwight from NBC's The Office gives you a quick rundown of essential Canadian facts.
We came across this video on twitter via @adriennepierce
Love,
Slice
America sends Canada a Love Letter
Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans
In case American's didn't already know... (they probably didn't)Love,
America
21 February 2010
Dear Slice: Frankie's Aussie Diaries: To Be or Not to Be
I feel unoriginal. It's a nagging feeling. It tugs at my chest, knocks at my thought. It's a painful feeling. But worse than that, it's frightening. I overheard a conversation the other day. It was one of those typical coffee shop conversations a girl was having with her friend. As they sipped strong black tea she said she isn't afraid of rejection, because we as people deal with it everyday. Constantly we reject or accept things, all things. We don't even realise we're doing it. I realise this, 'understanding' of such, isn't revolutionary, but I stared to think, and I'm asking which is worse; to feel unoriginal or to be rejected for your originality.
I hate rejection. But I also hate feeling like there is nothing 'sacred' to the individual that is me. If we look at all the people and things that surround us - for something to be completely unique is such a vulnerably beautiful thing.
Despite this, some are at times scared of their rareness. Perhaps due to the fear of rejection. And yet others, appear , and probably feel, electrified by their individuality. Personally, my inadequacies have stronger currents. To feel like everyone else is poisoning to the soul. But to be rejected when you are being yourself would mutiliate any self worth.
I don't know what else to say. Oh, the Winter Olympics are coming along well aren't they?
xoxo,
Frankie
13 February 2010
Toronto Raptor Eat's Cheerleader
I'm about as excited as anyone about the NBA All Star weekend in Dallas, Texas (Side Note - The Slam Dunk Contest is tonight and the game will be on tomorrow night) but in the midst of my excitement I came across a bizarre video which has gone viral recently.
In the video you see a Toronto Raptors Cheerleader being "devoured" by a blow up raptor after the raptor air humps her. It's incredibly disturbing. The only thing I can think is... what are they doing in there? Is she doing a hand stand while he walks off the court with her.. like.. what is going on!?
Anyway, check out the fuckery below...
-Slice
02 February 2010
We are the World Remake to premier at Vancouver 2010 Olympics
Basically he strong armed them into the studio.
I'm kidding, I'm sure they were all happy to be there helping to raise money for Haiti and it had nothing to do with their public image. At all. I mean, why else would Kanye show up? The Grammy's were far too public an affair for him to attend with all those lights and cameras and fans. He was too busy recording in some studio on some island (Hawaii I think). He likes the low-key affairs. Like this one. Nothing but him, other like-minded individuals that get him and his ego.
Joking aside, these wonderful singers, actors, talented people...and Ryan Seacrest, took time out of their schedules to remake Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie's classic hit and they did it for an incredibly worth while cause and they've decided that the perfect time and place to premier it is February 12th at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We agree.
The list of artists collaborating is pretty epic. Every Tom, Dick and Harry in Hollywood was packed into the recording studio for this (actually, the same studio in Hollywood that was used to record the original), so we have no doubt that they will succeed in raising money for the Haiti relief fund.
NB. Not to be over shadowed or anything, Simon Cowell recorded something similar in the UK with a bunch of artists singing R.E.M's "Everybody Hurt's"
We're looking forward to it,
SLICE
01 February 2010
Wayback Playback: Shut up and Sleep with me
I had never seen the video until today but I can remember ever so clearly this womans operatic voice, "You are young, you are free, why don't you sleep with me." Wow... I was just transported to somewhere in the mid 90's...and it was SCARY as hell.
Here is Shut Up and Sleep with me by Sin with Sebastian,
Slice
23 January 2010
14 January 2010
International Development Relief Fund - Haiti
I'm sure you're all aware of the earthquake that hit Haiti a few days ago. For those of you living in Canada and that are looking for a way to send financial relief, the government of Canada has agreed to match donations dollar-for-dollar (up to a total of $50 million) when you donate through the International Development Relief Fund. Read below.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished country of Haiti [Tuesday January 12th 2009] shortly before 5:00 p.m. The quake, centered about 15 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince (Haiti's capital), has been reported to be the strongest earthquake to hit the poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years.Yours,Haiti is reportedly one of poorest countries in the Western hemisphere, with approximately 80 percent of its 9 million residents living in poverty.
The quake has collapsed buildings, buried residents under rubble, and has devastated Haiti residence and the international community at large.
The Red Cross estimates that approximately 3 million people have been affected by the quake. Thousands are feared to be dead and many more injured.
At this time, IDRF is cooperating with Feed the Children in Haiti to make initial emergency relief assessments. Relief aid and assistance will be provided accordingly.
To lend your support to this cause, please mark your donations to IDRF as "Haiti Relief". - IDRF
- Slice
03 January 2010
Wayback Playback: Heart of Glass
They'll be kicking off the start of their North American tour in Philadelphia on Jan 22nd, so check out their tour dates and clear your calendars.
They'll be in Montreal at Metropolis on the 26th of January, in Toronto at the Opera House on the 27th, and on February 5th they'll be at The Venue in Vancouver.
Enjoy,
SLICE
02 January 2010
What in the HELL is going on in Jay-Z's New Video!?
Aptly named, "On to the Next One", the video helped usher in the new year with something as confusing, abstractly conceptual and messed up as 2009 on a whole.
Anyway, have you guy's watched it yet? Did you feel like that fat kid at summer camp with over protective parents that totally sheltered him from pop culture and then one day at a friends house he finally got the opportunity to watch MTV and caught a glimpse of an Aqua video which frightened and confused the fuck out of him!? Like, seriously, what is going ON!? There's some Heath Ledger/Marilyn Manson/Beyonce/Cirque du Soleil/Sexy Milk/Fire Balls aka Crotch Itch/Inkblot references that we're just not understanding.
Care to shed some light?
- Slice
Update: It just occurred to me that they must have been HIGH when they came up with the concept of the video. It's the only conclusion that makes sense!
01 January 2010
It's our New Year Round-Up...
It's the end of a DECADE, but boy was 2009 an epic year. Death, Rescission, Pandemics, you name it, it happened last year. We decided to wait until the VERY END of the year to do our roundup. (Hey, we couldn't be too careful, I mean someone attempted to bomb a plane 7 days ago).
With this year came tragedy, anxiety, job uncertainty and infidelity...but this year also managed to pull something fabulous out of it's toxic ass. It brought us GLEE!
Here are our lists of the top news stories rocking us this year.
Major Headlines
Obama's Inauguration and 1st year in the Whitehouse
Michael Jackson's Death
The Economy
Auto Industry Collapse
Swine Flu
Ted Kennedy's Death
Health Care Reform in America
Judge Sonia Sotamayor on the Supreme Court bench
Beijing Olympics
Miracle Landing on Hudson River
Mark Sanford and his Argentine mistress
War in Gaza
Iran Democracy movement
Bernie Madoff pleads gulity to 11 federal offenses
Balloon Boy
Top Canadian Headlines
Obama Visits Ottawa
18 Tornadoes touch down in the Greater Toronto Area on August 20th
BC Fires
Toronto's Garbage Strike
Tori Stafford Abduction
Olympic Torch
Harper misses G-20 photo-op (he was taking a wiz)
Newfoundland Chopper Crash
Earl Jones Ponzi Scheme
Drake and Justin Bieber blow up on the music scene
Entertainment News Headlines
Chris Brown beats-down Rihanna
Kanye shits on Taylor Swifts moment
Tiger Woods and ALL of his mistresses (11 and counting)
Twilight Madness
Susan Boyle reminding us that ugly people are talented
Michael Phelps Bongs his face off
Lady Gaga (fullstop)
Oprah announces that she goes off the air in a year
Heath Ledger wins Posthumous Oscar
Glee
Oasis Breaks up
John and Kate Split
Octomom
Jimmy Fallon joins late-night lineup
Adam Lambert kiss
Carrie Prejean etc etc etc
Letterman Extortion Scandal
Eminem and Borat stunt???
Angry Christian Bale freak out
Popular Social Sites
Hulu
Bing
Breakout TV Shows
Glee
Modern Family
Cougar Town
Flashfoward
The Good Wife
Castle
Lie to Me
Nurse Jackie
Parks and Recs
Vampire Diaries
The Middle
The Cleavland Show
Major Deaths
Michael Jackson
Farrah Fawcett
Patrick Swayze
Senator Ted Kennedy
Walter Cronkite
DJ AM
Natasha Richardson
John Huges
Brittany Murphy
David Carradine
Billy Mays
Bea Arthur Roy Disney
Ken Ober
Chris Henry
Soupy Sales
Captain Lou Albano
Les Paul
Eunice Shriver
Steve McNair
Karl Malden
Ed McMahon
Dom DeLuise
John Updike
Jett Travolta
So, that's the 2009 year roundup. We leave you with a great video mix. Let's hope 2010 takes a Xanex and chills the fuck out.
SLICE