Blink Kitty Love

FOURTH OF JULY GOMEZ

First, don't blow yourselves up.  No matter how easy the acquisition of roadside fireworks seems, no matter how tempting the application of flame to fuse appears.  Try the iFireworks app instead.

And thanks to "Love You Like A Love Song," Selena Gomez's new 80's inspired video with a kick ass karaoke flair, we're going to acquire our second Selena Gomez album.  And see Monte Carlo*.  Don't scoff.  Don't think of her as just a Disney dreamette or Bieber arm candy.  She's funny, sharp and has increased her singing + performing skill set at a tire squealing, engine revving pace that has been impressive to watch.  And we figure if enough money ends up in the Selena Gomez opening weekend pool, she can pull a Will Smith and start kicking aliens off the planet next Fourth of July -- we seem to need that now that the zombie tide is ebbing a bit (we hope, although you wouldn't be able to tell from the t-shirt world).  

So our Selena Gomez favorite moments:

TK  mood:  can't get enough wizarding

Selena Gomez as Alex Russo (WIzards of Waverly Place) saves the world, her boyfriends and/or her brothers every darn time.   And makes us laugh.  And drop things.

"Magic"  Selena Gomez

 

Tinker:  mood:  mischief, costumes + lightsabers

"I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby

And I keep hittin' re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat"

"Love You Like A Love Song" Selena Gomez and the Scene

 

Ty  mood:  babysitting the nieces and watching the Princess Protection Program

More onscreen saving the girl heroism from Selena Gomez, plus princesses.  The nieces love princesses.  And creepy skeleton animals with bows (make a note of that t-shirt designers, there will be a need for Christmas presents.)

"One and The Same" Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato

 

Tammy    mood:  can't stop her feet from dancing

"And it's not like I'm hurting anyone
But I can't confess my rock, my rock and roll ways"

"Rock God"  Selena Gomez and The Scene

 

*The official Blink Kitty Love stance:  There's room enough in summer for both action movies and charming comic fluff.  And we'll be rocking our Rebellious Stripes shirt because patriotism never goes out of style, although we're tired of politicians absconding with it for questionable purposes.  

 

SUMMER VACATION

And how we want to spend ours:

 

ALL ABOUT EWE (AND OSCAR)

No, that's not a misspelling and we're not having a special Monday Shirt o'The Week post to annouce we've started watching Bette Davis movies.  What we are here to tell you about is the simple, funny and available for a limited time Ewe Boat shirt by JadenKale, artist and Tilteed curator.  Yes, we simply love puns and whenever we play Settlers Of Catan, we are harassed for how much our strategy involves hoarding sheep (Tinker's little brother likes to invent habits we don't have.)  But mostly, we're showing you this because every time we think about it we laugh.  Thinking...yep, still laughing.

Yes, easily amused. It's our middle name. And yes, still laughing. 

As for crushing, we're back to burgers.  And 5 Guys.  And french fries.  

 

Nothing beats natural lighting. If you haven't tried 5 Guys yet, you should find one. They're amazing and affordable. Our burger buddy, @KristynBurtt, frequently taunts us with pictures, sending us heartlessly out into the cold to cure our craving. And then we throw french fries at her.   And kudos to the aforementioned, french fry dodging @KristynBurtt, who is starting her Oscar coverage odyssey for Star Pulse and Mingle Media TV tomorrow. We're looking forward to some inside information. Who are we rooting for? Natalie Portman, Tangled (with a vote or two for How To Train Your Dragon), Colin Firth (Tammy doesn't care what he does, she just cares that he's Colin), Inception (Tinker likes the cinematography), Amy Adams (Ty always a fan) and we're really annoyed that the Joan Rivers doc was skipped over -- although to be fair, we haven't seen it yet, but we like to be unreasonably annoyed about something every once in awhile. Be glad it's not you. Also, Diane Warren's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" which allowed Cher to have the best song in a movie where she was not the best singer. Show stopped, hand over award. And we did like the job Pharell Williams did with the Despicable Me score -- fun and fresh.

HOWLING + VOLCANOS + TRENCH COATS

Seen The Green Hornet?  Nope, saving our money, but between the ads + our late catch of Tron: Legacy (go for the action, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Garrett Hedlund, etc, but not the plot), we have spent the week crushing on costume design.  Yes, we want light up stripes on our clothes so we can skate at night and freak out everybody in the neighborhood.  And The Green Hornet media push made us remember another long coated, slouch hatted, leaping out from the night hero:  The Shadow.  Yes, he of the Orson Welles laugh (finally saw Me and Orson Welles this week; Tammy still thinks Efron looks pretty) and the Alec Baldwin acting.  And the exquisite and perfect costume and art design.  We want to eat at the Cobalt Club, we want to lounge in Shiwan Khan's robe that matches the rotating floor of his hidden HQ, we want to leap out in The Shadow's coat, hat, scarf.  (We already have our ring, please don't ask for details.)  Haven't seen The Shadow yet?  Go ahead.  We'll wait.

 

And the current T-shirt of the week.  Well, the disclaimer:  you might remember we have mentioned our weakness for/obsession with werewolves -- or maybe it actually counts as a habit of howling at the moon (and TK refusing to shave for three days a month).  So, while we might like to be picking an artsy shirt or a vintagey one to tie in with The Shadow, what we have to confess to is our obsession with Sean Anton Husband's The Curse of The Care Were.  It's our five years worth of pop culture reference shirt because they're not really our speed, but we cannot resist this howl of ultimate furry pink cuteness.  

And now that we've gotten that out of our system, how about something a little hotter than pink.  Like volcanos (ha, and you thought we just threw that in randomly) and one of the sexiest music videos ever.  Chris Isaak's Wicked Game dropped on the radio early in the week and we've been humming/singing it at random intervals. Herb Ritts posed Isaak on a volcano, but those shots were cut from the final version, leaving lots of frolicking on the beach. Here's the Wicked Game last.fm page with a live version of the song; we need to see some id before we link you to the actual video.

 

 

NEW CRUSH + SHIRT O' THE WEEK

The Crush:  Nadia G of Bitchin Kitchen.  Yes, she rocks the kitchen, our world and makes burgers that look like this (graphic lifted from her site):

 

And so you don't miss us too much, we're going to do a shirt o' the week.  Remember, none of you are kicking into the pizza fund regularly so you won't be seeing fancy, expensive shirts, but we think the sites we frequent give value for money.  And make great shirts.

The Shirt:  So this week, it's cmdixon2 at Goodjoe with The Last Straw.  We'd like to wear it when we hit the movies over the weekend, but we'll have to wait for a couple of weeks to do that.  We're still hitting the movies though.  Which movies?  Tammy's opting for Black Swan and popcorn, Ty and Tinker are excited about The Fighter and munching on Reese's Pieces and TK, well, honestly, TK's seen Tron: Legacy too too many times (although we did hear a rumor he'd been spotted tearing up at a Tangled screening or two -- and not just during the dying parts.)  TK's snack of choice:  whatever's leftover in his jacket pocket from the last time.  We don't ask to share.

The Last Straw:  

 

And have you seen Joan Jett in The Eyeliners' "Destroy" video?  It's one of our 2010 favorite moments. 

Happy New Year.  Stay safe.  We wish you good times + good friends.

BOOK COVERS

No, not mood: Halloween yet.  We're still laughing over Easy A.  Which had some great tunes but no soundtrack album.  Which got us to thinking about cool movies based on books we're pretty sure some of us slept on instead of read and the excellent cover songs that have appeared in them.

So let's start with the wonderous Emma Stone + Easy A*.  Seen it?  No?  You're missing an actress walking away with your attention like no one else has this century (yes, we are that kind of clever).  And for the cover:  The Dollyrots covering Joan Jett's Bad Reputation, perfect song for the movie.

Next up: Ten Things I Hate About You** where Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger teach us that even people who are bad at dating can be good at passion (and paintball).  And yes, we do watch the movie just to hear the Letters To Cleo cover of  "I Want You To Want Me" some nights (always brings on the dancing + the air guitar.)

Clueless***: Alicia Silverstone and company taught us everything we needed to know about fashion (and driving -- don't do it in LA) in this movie.  Choice cover:  "Kids In America"  The Muffs

And the cover we really want:  Kristen Stewart rocking "I Love Playin' With Fire" in The Runaways**** (yes, based on a book, although probably not one "they" want you to read in school.)  Not on the soundtrack, not available as a single.  Boo.

Speaking of boo, enjoy your October.  We are currently planning our Horrifying Processed Food Product Costumes for Chipotles Boorito charity FUNdraising event.  $2 Burritos, a good cause ($1,000,000 for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution)...there may be pictures.  TK's thinking of going as glowing nuclear yellow processed cheese food dip (we're really hoping someone tries to dip something in him.)

 

And the answers to the quiz you didn't know about:  

*Scarlet Letter

**The Taming of The Shrew

***Emma

****Neon Angel

BEATLES MANIACS (AT LEAST FOR A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)

The only band our official mascot and Twitter peep @tuffycat loves more than us is The Beatles.  Can't really knock a guy for that.  So instead we've started a round the table, pass the saspirilla, tweetnip and pretzels conversations about our favorite things Beatle (or post Beatle).  Join in.  We'll let Tuffy start us off: 

 
 

Tammy  mood:  serious (or even silly sometimes) love songs always

Movie choice:  A Hard's Day's Night because it's just a slice of perfect

"I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her"

"And I Love Her"   The Beatles

"I can wait another day, until I call you
You've only got my heart on a string and everything a' flutter
But another lonely night might take forever
We've only got each other to blame, it's all the same to me love"

"No More Lonely Nights"  Paul McCartney

TK  mood:  Team Drum

Movie:  Help.  Because, and we quote, "These things happen."

"I'd ask my friends to come and see 
An octopus' garden with me 
I'd like to be under the sea 
In an octopus' garden in the shade." 

"Octopus's Garden"  The Beatles

"Gotta pay your dues
If you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout
Or leap about
You can even play them easy."

"It Don't Come Easy"  Ringo Starr

Tinker:  mood:  smiling

Movie:  Life of Brian because it's always good to have friends and fun side projects and laughter

"Somewhere in her smile she knows 
That I don't need no other lover 
Something in her style that shows me" 

"Something"  The Beatles

"Fab! Like this all over, you said to me.
Fab! And you really got a hold on me.
Fab! Long time ago, when we was fab." 

"When We Was Fab"  George Harrison

Ty  mood:  in a different neighborhood and thinking maybe it's all about the performance

Movie choice:  Quadrophenia for its raw energy

"Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can see but you can't hear me
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can try but you can't get near me"

"The Real Me"   The Who

"When everything feels all over
When everybody seems unkind
I'll give you a four leaf clover
Take all the worry out of your mind"

"Let My Love Open the Door"  Pete Townshend

CAPE, MASK OR ARMOR?

Iron Man 2 opens -- well, somewhere there are midnight showings getting out now + the I've seen it buzz will begin.  We loved the first one, we mostly lean toward love when there's a superhero coming live off the page of a comic near you (why isn't there a comic near you, darn it? It's one of the great American art forms -- ok, maybe the French and the Japanese and the Belgians (yes, we've heard of TinTin) have the comic book tradition but we're still claiming it for us.)  And now, comics seem like one of the better ways to catapult your idea to the big screen. Skip the screenplay, go straight to pounding the internet and the convention floor with your graphic novel.  And tell 'em the band sent you.

So, we'll hit you up with some comic movies, inspired songs, graphic novels..we'll start w/ movies and see how far we get.  And the first to bat is Tammy.

Tammy (The Terrific) 

Movie:  Dick Tracy -- he's a comic, we're letting it pass.  

Part:  Breathless Mahoney

Song:  Sooner or Later by Madonna, from the album "I'm Breathless," inspired by Dick Tracy*

Graphic Novel:  Phonogram, Volume 2:  The Singles Club  because music IS magic (and she wants to be drawn by Jamie McKelvie)

*official Dick Tracy soundtrack is a great ride through variety artists

TK (Back in Black)

Movie:  Batman (1989)           

Part: The guy in the suit, who doesn't want to be the guy in the suit

song:  Arms of Orion  Prince with Sheena Easton

Graphic Novel suggestions:  Scott Pilgrim (haven't you read them yet?)

Ty (A Blink and A Wink)

Movie:  Flash, the TV series      

part:  The Flash

"Flash" by Queen**

Graphic Novel:  Whiteout, the original, the first, the only

**yes, that's a different Flash, but Ty wouldn't mind being the guy on the sky sled, either. 

Tinker  (Tinker)

Movie:  Hellboy             

part:  Hellboy, 'cause who doesn't love kittens and kicking ass (he's mostly CGI anyway)

song:  Jimmy Olsen's Blues  by The Spin Doctors 'cause who doesn't love Lois Lane

Graphic Novels:  Hopeless Savages  ultimate cool

WE'VE GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD

Spring is in the air (good), technology is overheating (bad), flowers are blooming(good), the Mets are in the basement (typical) and we have a crazy case of Spring Fever (the good part) and NOT SLEEPING (the bad part)

Tammy   mood:  well, somebody has to pay attention to the fact that baseball's in season.

"The last time you came through
Oh darling, I know what you're going through
The last time you came through
Oh darling, oh darling, oh darling"

"Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Day"  Fall Out Boy

Tinker  mood:  Still in the Jett stream after seeing The Runaways

"You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do"

"Bad Reputation"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

Ty    mood:  rockin' the stadium

"Paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye"

"You Give Love A Bad Name"  Bon Jovi

TK    mood:  remixing + dancing the blues away

"손담비- Bad Boy"*

*and that's all we know about that and possibly all we want to

CAPTAIN AMERICA + CASTING

Yes, we have a comic book geek or two among us, but who doesn't love Cap.  And if you answer "I don't" or don't know who we're talking about, yes, that's our glare you can feel on the back of your neck.  You get a minor pass if your native citizenship is not American, but only a minor because, heck, Cap is all the good things the United States is supposed to represent.

As the people casting the Captain America movie seem to be having MAJOR difficulties of a GENERAL sort* in deciding on an actor suited to bring Steve Rogers/Captain America to the screen and since we ALWAYS have an opinion, we've decided to help them out.  So, here are our casting suggestions (and favorite other bits of iconic Americana).

Tammy   mood:  in the mood for eye candy and apple pie topped with vanilla ice cream.

So her Cap suggestion is Zac Efron, well, because:  

• he's dreamy (yes, rest of band making gagging noises now) 
• has the right coloring 
• Can act (or if you're a studio exec, will bring in the female demographic)

TK   mood:  just wants the Avengers movie to get done...

He suggests Ryan McPartlin aka Chuck's Captain Awesome because:

• he's AWESOME 
• that should cover it  
• the Chuck producers originally wanted to turn the character into a Russian agent (so the DVD extra features claim) and couldn't bring themselves to do it.  Sounds like Cap to us.

Tinker   mood:  skating 'round the corner

Her guys are either of the Zeke and Luther pair because:

• skaters are cool
• it's an origin story so Cap should be young w/ 'tude.
• skaters rock...

Ty  mood:  Listening to Springsteen sing "Born In the USA" 

His suggestion:  Cast ME!

 

*we've been following the fun with the help of @mtvsplashpage