Dandy “Dracula” [an Ode to Ishioka]

“They say you are a man of good… taste. “ -Dracula, Bram Stoker’s Dracula As fore mentioned in our last post, we are developing quite the affinity for a certain dreamboat of the dark side, and it seems like more and more of the masses have also come under the dandy wrath of Dracula. With…

+STYLE IDOL+ Dennis Wilson {The Bad Beach Boy}

“They say I live a fast life. Maybe I just like a fast life. I wouldn’t give it up for anything in the world. It won’t last forever, either. But the memories will.” -Dennis Wilson +++ This spring and summer we are all about Dennis Wilson, the infamous bad boy and drummer of The Beach Boys….

{Music Minute} Ennio Morricone, “The Ecstacy of Gold”

Conjuring up all you Ennio Morricone fans out there. Every fan knows that this man’s music can make you soar – and if there isn’t one piece that can make one’s mind soar to the farthest reaches of imagination it’s this one. Makes for a great surge of power and might to kick ass out…

“STOKER” – The Life and Styles of the Rich and Sophisticated . . .

“Stoker” is one of those films that only come out once in a blue moon; when we’ve all done our chores, and said our blessings to the universe – then we get a film like “Stoker”. Complex, beautiful, provocative, wonderfully acted, great dialogue, and stylistically beyond are some words you could use to describe it,…

E.O.F. Snapshot of the Day { May 13, 2013 }

Style Idol for All Time – MARLON BRANDO poses as Stanley K in “A Streetcar Named Desire” {circa. 1949/1950 } Marlon Wears: Black and White Oxford Brogues, Straight Leg Distressed Denim, Distressed White Cotton Wife Beater, and Jaunty Cap.  This is a photograph taken by Warner Bros before beginning production to test the looks for…

Music Minute: “Goodbye to Love” – The Carpenters (1972)

Composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis,  and fiirst released in 1972 on the “Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters” documentary; the song was ispired by a visit to London, where Richard saw an old Bing Crosby 1940 film called Rhythm on the River, where he noticed that they kept referring to the struggling songwriter’s greatest composition, “Goodbye to Love”. He says `You…

THE GREATEST CARS IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY!

In our E.O.F. RULES, I mentioned how I came across a quote that said: “IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE”, and while that may be true, I always think it is much more interesting to have a healthy balance of the two. If you can learn a little, while also stimulating the senses, you really…