I like this phenomenon.

One thing I always lacked on most of the slash that can be read round here is that it does not have any visual company. I am a visual type of person and why the hell can't they stick up some quick photoshop cheap-fluff picture or at least hire an illustrator .D ?!

BUT... when it comes to slash on LiveJournal, I am pretty satisfied with the avatars people come up with - some of them are slashy, some of them only heterosexually sexy enough to make me forget they're not slashy. But most of them = goodness. Lemme show.



Me loves them. The pics. AND Libertines. OF COURSE.

Aaaw...

Tonight I had the sweetest dream about being in an army division that had Carl Barat and Pete Doherty as commanders.
Carl was particularly cute and so very not like him in real at all I guess. Probably some young, idealistic Carl.
I feel like whoring around "Carl Barat's toffees" on youtube once again.

Anyways, today is Big Cheese's last gig, so show up, especially if you hate the whole idea of a bandname change. Starts at 20:00 at Bluesrock club.

I am starting to get overexcited by the London trip.

The instant favorites

I will just mention some vids I added to my YouTube favlist recently, for I WANT YOU to see them. Although none of you is probably going to enjoy any of them. Whatever.

Everything is Average Nowadays - acoustic - you will find acoustic "Ruby" somewhere on the site, too, but EIAN is a better one to show how fun Nick's backing vocals are /"Oooh-la-la-oh-oh"/

Kaiser Chiefs on Popworld - yeah, especially the ending totally got me. Btw. Simon Amstell is my favourite presenter. Because Russel Brand is too hairy.

Pete pretending to be Carl - silly yet classical. Probably not for people who don't realize Carl's awful /sexy/ way of speaking. I just don't understand a word coming from his mouth.

NME moments - I mentioned this one already - probably the vid that made me think Ricky Wilson is great. Kaiser Chiefs music vids made me think he is hot. Anyways, these cut-outs are /mostly/ brilliant - "Razorlight, the only band that can still stand!" and the legendary "I always get Sadie Frost!!!"

Just voted in the NME awards

How comes that in the category "Hero of the year" you can choose Pete or Carl, while in "Villain of the year" is just Pete? .D I've actually voted for Pete in the first one. So I don't wanna hear I am Carl-concerned anymore!
But I really had to vote for Carl in "Best dressed man" and "Sexiest man" /although Matt Bellamy is not that bad/ and for Russel Brand in "Worst dressed", he's weird. Sexiest woman had to be Karen O. Worst album was Robbie's Rudebox and best Muse's Blackholes and Revelations...

Get registered and vote too!!!

Suicide in the Trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again. . . . .
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.

I bet this sound familiar to you guys.

YouTube Highlights Special

Passing through my favorites list, I've decided to post some videos I really love to play again and again - I am sorry I cannot put them right here into The Impropers, some bug in the at-the-first-sight perfectly looking posting system of YouTube.

Robbie Williams - Mr. Bojangles
even the biggest Robbie loathers must at least like this. Outstanding one.

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
So fu*king addictive. I am getting out of it slowly, but I still love the lyrics. Inspirational.

The Libertines - What Became of the Likely Lads
Just like in Sigur Rós' Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa video, this proves children just touch your sensitive side of self. Just with the difference that these two are mischievous and smoking. The Sigur Rós boys are girly and kissing. And Icelandic. Oh.
This influences me massively when writing. I tend to put smoking kids in EVERYTHING.

Sigur Rós - Viðrar vel til loftárása
Cry, you miserable mortals!!!!

Carl Barat's Toffees
Essential vid for Carlitophiles, or the Russelphiles. Or my friends. I use so many terms I've originally heard on this - nosey little fucker, or the Tupperware Party, for example XD

Dirty Pretty Things - Wondering
The video's nothing special, generally. But I love the song /v.m./ and , what caught my eye on the first sight, although , as I said, it's neither original nor funny /except for you guys having fun of Carl/, but in my mind I've always pictured our own music video just like this. And YES, taking place in London suburb. <3

Pete Doherty quotes

I've just surfed into this Wikiquote Pete Doherty site - and found some kinda nice ones! Worth sharing, I think.

Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it?

• NME (New Musical Express), November 2005

If I want drugs, I don't have to do a gig to get them. I do a gig when I feel shit, because I need to be playing. There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music

• July 2004, the Guardian; when asked about the perception that he staged gigs to get drug money

I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man.

• Metro, August 25, 2006

It's not people in bands, is it? Why do people who take drugs, why are they in bands? 'Cos they're trying to prove themselves. To make themselves blank and numb and not able to communicate with other people.

• October 2002, NME (New Musical Express); when asked why people in bands take drugs

No, because it's not like they're the only songs we have. They're like children; you shouldn't really have a favourite. Unless one of your kids develops into a pervert.

• February 2005, Guitar and Bass, on whether publishing Babyshambles songs online would cause legal problems when they were released on an album.

I’m vain because I’m imperfect.

• The Sunday Times, May 14, 2006

Best slash pairing ever

No other band pairing provided so many photos putting my imagination on fire. It's like totally any pic of Pete and Carl could be illustration to a great slash story. I've started with one today, planning to finish it, although am not really sure if there's a 100% chance of translating it. I hope I'll keep it short enough to make it translatable during only single one night.
It's gonna be a reunion fic, the rating's not final yet, but let's say I want it at least BIT erotic. But there's more romance than sex. As you can see from the picture I've chosen as a illustration.

AAAAWWWWWW

Carlos /omg!!/

Let the first day posting frenzy begin! Had a major fight with Al /my bf, not mentioning a quarrel w/ our guitarist came next/ so I have to soothe my mind with few pics of my only beloved Carlito. Excuse it, I know it's immature.

Four times gorgeous.... *nosebleed*

I titled this one "Just can't decide whether I should have a salad or a gin tonic" - duh, just came to my mind. Silliness.

Wish I looked like this when smoking.


This inspires me A LOT. God, I'd love this as my band's promo pics