#Lopez Bas

[soranatus]

Blue Beetle (2023) #3 written by Josh Trujillo and with covers by Mikel Janín, Juni Ba, & Adrian Gutierrez

After the recent attack, Jaime turns to the one person he knows who can decipher the mystical runes left by the Blood Scarab: Traci 13! Can these exes work together and piece together the secret history of Khaji Da?!

[kelvintimeline]

you know what i kindda feel like i lied on the favorite woman post because i just... forgot... all the women?

like cuddy and cameron.........

still santana lopez

like...... i forgot isabela dragon age nad morrigan???

max and ann black sails???

UHURA?????????????? IN MULTIPLE UNIVERSES??

i hate being put on the spot its like when someone asks me what music i listen to and despit elistening to music for like 20 hours a week i'm still just like.......... ever heard of uhhhhh.... 1998's blue (da ba dee) by italian eurodance group eiffel 65? cause i think tht's the only song i know

[frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers]

Frozen 3 and 4 in the works!! (This is not a drill!)

Cover created by me

That's right Frozen IV (4) is happening people! Jennifer Lee and Bob Iger visited the new World of Frozen in Hong Kong's Disneyland and Iger made this announcement:

“Well, I'll give you a little surprise there, Michael. 'Frozen 3' is in the works and there might be a 'Frozen 4' in the works too... But I don't have much to say about those films right now. But Jenn Lee, who created 'Frozen,' the original 'Frozen' and 'Frozen II,' is hard at work with her team at Disney Animation on not one but actually two stories.”

Songwriters:

Kristen Anderson-Lopez also shared a tweet (or an X) indirectly confirming the husband - wife duo as the songwriters for the fourth installment too - more hit songs to come!!

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Returning cast/ characters:

Kristen Bell re-posted an article and video of the Frozen 4 announcement and Idina's indirect confirmation on her Instagram story, indirectly confirming her voice of Anna again.

Idina Menzel did the same but as a post, confirming her return as Elsa:

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A post shared by Idina Menzel (@idinamenzel)

Josh Gad re-posted Idina's post on his story with “👀” which means he's back as the lovable Olaf.

Jonathan Groff's confirmation isn't out yet as far as I know or have seen but I'm assuming he's on board too.

As for Santino Fontana aka Hans, I think now he has a very high chance of returning. There's no way they are expanding the franchise without him, ignoring some of the Hans fandom's plea and that with redemption too. But while we wait for confirmation on the entire cast (which might be a while away), we'll just keep hoping for Santino to give us hints. I know he's staying quiet on purpose.

Santino Fontana we got our eyes on you 👀

Release date:

No confirmed release dates are announced for 3 or 4 yet but in some files there are two release date slots for the middle of 2024 and one on 26 November 2025. I don't think Frozen 3 will be out next year because I'm sure we would have gotten some more Info on it by now and most importantly I think Zootopia 2 is coming out in November 2024. Som that leaves Frozen to have its regular date on 26 November in 2025.

As for leaks of the first looks, the earliest leak we got for frozen 2 was in December 2018 so my eyes are peeled in a year's time.

What this all means:

Frozen 4 may seem frustrating for some for the reason that Disney's just calling for more money and they might not take care of the story and cheering us fans but though it looks like that, it may not be entirely true. Jen Lee has said earlier that she's very excited about the idea for Frozen 3 that she was given to by Marc Smith, an animator in WDAS, though the director is unknown as of yet. She's expressed a lot of excitement about it which I have quoted in this post linked. And what's different about it is that we all know how production for Frozen and Frozen 2 went. Frozen had a last minute plot and character change and Frozen 2 had songs and plot changes too as we can see in the documentary on Disney plus. But this time it seems that everything is going smoothly and really really well. That's what gives me hope about the future of Frozen. And yeah I know some of you aren't too fond of Jennifer Lee and though she's managing the projects that doesn't mean she's going to be directing it. She's like the producer. Some one else will be directing it which is yet to be announced. After all Jennifer will be there in the team as she's the one who made Frozen in the first place. She knows the characters well so it's given she'd be looking over the movies' production.

I'm sure some of you are familiar with the news of the fourth installment and saw it coming when a few weeks back Jennifer also shared in an interview that she had found a new strategy upon making more Frozen films. Her strategy was that if they feel there's more to tell for the story or maybe if we the fans feel it then they'll work on making another movie. But none of us were expecting it to be announced so soon.

Based on this announcement I believe that Frozen 4 is a second part to Frozen 3 in the same way we had Avengers 3 and 4 and Fast and Furious X and 11 and into and across the spider-verse and other movies doing the same. If it's in parts it means the story, the events going down are big making Frozen 3 end in a cliffhanger. They are probably in the process of writing it or early production and they realised that this story needs two parts because the story is of a big event. This new film strategy really works in some of these movies so I'm hoping for the same for Disney. Either way, I'm glad they're expanding the well deserved franchise and realising its true potential. Frozen is the first animated trilogy to be produced by WDAS and then the first to become a quadrilogy to be a Disney Animation movie. Movies like Avengers and Toy Story are from Marvel and Pixar despite Disney owning them or some of their movies but Frozen will be a full on Disney franchise to become a quadrilogy. Frozen just making history 😌

Conclusion:

I'm scared and excited, as we all are but all we can and should do is stay positive and hope for the best. I personally believe Frozen 3 and 4 will be great given the positivity coming from Jen Lee and Bob Iger. I believe in Frozen's potential and in sure Disney does too hence the two new movies announced. But if I can't convince you to believe this is a very good thing for the franchise then maybe Isaac Carlson, who explains Disney theories and opinions on YouTube can. He explains it well and highly recommend you go watch and listen to his video. He originally didn't like the way Frozen 2 went as I did but upon seeing and hearing different perspectives of it he and I too gained a new way to see Frozen 2. Isaac also wanted more films after Frozen 2 time the ending and I think now that Disney is doing just that I think we could be feeling a whole lot better than where Frozen 2 left off at. Trust me Frozen 2 ending haters need to see his video. I'll explain more about the way I see it all in an upcoming Frozen 1, 2 and the shorts breakdown which I'll pin as soon as I post it.

[kaileeandag]

Songs That Isabel May Like

-Wannabe (Spice Girls) -Spice Up Your Life (Spice Girls) -Where My Girls At? (702) -Never Had a Dream Come True (S Club 7) -Graduation (Vitamin C) -Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba) -You Make Me Wanna (Usher) -Friend of Mine (Kelly Price) -We've Got it Goin' On (Backstreet Boys) -Sittin' Up In My Room (Brandy Norwood) -Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin) -She's All I Ever Had (Ricky Martin) -She Bangs (Ricky Martin) -All My Life (K-Ci and Jojo) -If You Had My Love (Jennifer Lopez) -Come On Over (Christina Aguilera) -This Is Your Night (Amber) -Be My Lover (La Bouche) -Sweet Dreams (La Bouche) -Coco Jamboo (Mr. President) -Barbie Girl (Aqua) -Another Sad Love Song (Toni Braxton) -Are You That Somebody? (Aaliyah) -Try Again (Aaliyah) -Aaron's Party (Come and Get It) (Aaron Carter) -There You Go (Pink) -You Make Me Sick (Pink) -The Boy is Mine (Brandy Norwood and Monica) -He Loves U Not (Dream) -Kiss Me (Sixpence None The Richer) -Smooth (Santana featuring Rob Thomas)

-Better Off Alone (Alice Deejay) -Killing Me Softly With His Song (The Fugees) -Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) (98 Degrees) -I Want You Back (N*Sync) -Bye Bye Bye (N*Sync) -Creep (TLC) -Everyday Is A Winding Road (Sheryl Crow) -A Change Would Do You Good (Sheryl Crow) -My Favorite Mistake (Sheryl Crow) -Every Time I Close My Eyes (Babyface) -It Feels So Good (Sonique) -Barely Breathing (Duncan Sheik) -No More (Baby I'Ma Do Right) (3LW) -I Need To Know (Marc Anthony) -She Sang To Me (Marc Anthony) -Fantasy (Mariah Carey) -Bring It All To Me (Blaque) -Beautiful Stranger (Madonna) -Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias) -Rhythm Divine (Enrique Iglesias) -Canned Heat (Jamiroquai) -Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Eiffel 65) -Down So Long (Jewel) -I Do (Cherish You) (98 Degrees) -Faded (Soul Decision) -Unpretty (TLC) -No Scrubs (TLC)

[follow-up-news]

A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ′ personal assets but was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation. He was hearing testimony Friday afternoon on whether Infowars’ parent company, Texas-based Free Speech Systems, also should be liquidated. Many of Jones’ personal assets will be sold off, but his primary home in the Austin area and some other belongings are exempt from bankruptcy liquidation. He already has moved to sell his Texas ranch worth about $2.8 million, a gun collection and other assets to pay debts. A liquidation of Free Speech Systems would mean Jones loses control of the company and its assets would be sold off. He would lose the Infowars studios in Austin and its equipment, the company’s social media accounts, and all copyrights. A bankruptcy trustee would oversee the company and liquidation. The Sandy Hook families also want Jones to lose his personal social media accounts, but he opposes that.

[pli1999]

Party Like It's 1999 4/6/24

The Sign of Swedes Edition

Stone Temple Pilots – “Sour Girl”

Toad the Wet Sprocket – “Come Down”

Counting Crows – “Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)”

The Wallflowers – “The Difference”

American Hi-Fi – “Flavor of the Weak”

Eve 6 – “Inside Out”

The Hives – “Hate to Say I Told You So”

Fall Out Boy – “Dance Dance”

Stroke 9 – “Little Black Backpack”

Deep Blue Something – “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”

Cardigans – “My Favorite Game”

Ace of Base – “Don’t Turn Around”

Robyn – “Show Me Love”

LFO – “Summer Girls”

Spice Girls – “Say You’ll Be There”

NSYNC – “It’s Gonna Be Me”

Backstreet Boys – “The Call”

Christina Aguilera – “What a Girl Wants”

Britney Spears – “Lucky”

5ive – “When the Lights Go Out”

ATeens – “Upside Down”

Nelly – “Ride With Me”

2Pac and Dr Dre – “California Love”

Outkast – “Hey Ya”

Real McCoy – “Another Night”

Haddaway – “What Is Love”

DJ Sammy featuring Yanou and Do – “Heaven”

Eiffel 65 – “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”

Ace of Base – “All That She Wants”

Ace of Base – “The Sign”

Cardigans – “Lovefool”

No Doubt – “Hella Good”

Shania Twain – “That Don’t Impress Me Much”

Sheryl Crow – “All I Wanna Do”

Mandy Moore – “Candy”

Len – “Steal My Sunshine”

Pink – “So What”

BWitched – “C’est La Vie”

Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”

Green Day – “She”

Third Eye Blind – “Semi-Charmed Life”

Bon Jovi – “It’s My Life”

Ace of Base – “Beautiful Life”

Nikki French – “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

Britney Spears – “Oops! I Did It Again”

Jennifer Lopez featuring Jadakiss and Styles P. – “Jenny From the Block”

Juvenile – “Back That Azz Up”

Ginuwine – “Pony”

Big Pun featuring Joe – “Still Not a Player”

Nas – “If I Ruled the World”

Brandy and Monica – “The Boy Is Mine”

Destiny’s Child – “Say My Name”

Next – “Too Close”

Maxi Priest – “Close to You”

PM Dawn – “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”

Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”

Semisonic – “Closing Time”

Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”

The Pretenders – “I’ll Stand By You”

Aerosmith – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”

[tamapalace]

Tamagotchi Mentioned in Blue Beetle Movie

Blue Beetle is an American superhero film baed on the DC Comics Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle.

Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he's bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

It has just recently been released in theaters on August 18th, 2023! We’ve heard from Bandai Namco US that Tamagotchi is mentioned in the film, how awesome is that? Although we have not yet seen the movie, we did find the quote where Tamagotchi is mentioned, and you know when we see the movie we’ll watch this clip over and over again!

‘"Is that the new Tamagotchi?" asks Rocio Reyes (Elpidia Carrillo) when her son Jaime (Xolo Maridueña) brings home a burger box containing a glowing metallic insect with fries. Er, no. What Gotham University graduate turned pool cleaner Jaime has actually stumbled upon is an ancient piece of alien biotech that wastes no time transforming him into a flying bug symbiote with scorpion-like antennae protruding from his back. "You’re a superhero, cabrón!" says his uncle Rudy (George Lopez) gleefully. In a world where Supes and Batman have things pretty much in check, though, is there any need for another?”

[imoim36news]

Karen Gillan, người đẹp "Guardians Of The Galaxy", diện váy cut-out của Công Trí tại buổi ra mắt phim ở Mỹ. Hôm 7/5, trên trang cá nhân, Karen chia sẻ ảnh ngồi trong xe hơi, tới buổi chiếu Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, tại Florida. Ngôi sao 35 tuổi toát lên vẻ gợi cảm trong chiếc váy lụa đen cổ đổ, cắt xẻ đùi. Karen Gillan diện đầm Công Trí tại buổi chiếu ở Florida, hôm 2/5. Ảnh: Disney Bộ đầm thuộc bộ sưu tập Cuộc hẹn rực rỡ của Công Trí ra mắt hồi tháng 11/2022, được làm từ lụa faille và xử lý bằng kỹ thuật cut-out, đắp vải trong suốt ở eo. Trang phục đi kèm găng tay dài quá khổ, đồng điệu váy và đôi bông tay bạc nhỏ xinh. Mỹ nhân Marvel chọn trang điểm tông nude với son hồng tự nhiên để tôn trọn thiết kế.Êkíp diễn viên liên hệ với Công Trí cách đây vài tuần để chuẩn bị trang phục cho các hoạt động quảng bá phim trong tháng này. Theo nhà thiết kế, Karen cảm thấy ưng ý khi ướm vào người bởi mọi đường may được tinh chỉnh, ôm cơ thể song vẫn tạo cảm giác thoải mái.Karen Gillan sinh năm 1987 ở Scotland. Năm 22 tuổi, cô nổi tiếng với vai Amy Ponds trong series phim truyền hình Doctor Who của đài BBC (Anh). Người đẹp được yêu mến nhờ diễn xuất tự nhiên, linh hoạt. Năm 2014, cô trở nên nổi tiếng khi vào vai Nebula, người máy, con gái nuôi của ác nhân Thanos trong Guardians of the Galaxy thuộc vũ trụ điện ảnh Marvel. Để vào vai này, người đẹp phải cạo trọc đầu, hóa trang trong ba giờ. Các sao ở buổi ra mắt 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Các sao ở buổi ra mắt 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Vol 3 hôm 5/5. Video: Marvel Công Trí sinh năm 1978 tại Đà Nẵng, hiện là ủy viên của Hiệp hội Thời trang châu Á. Thành lập thương hiệu từ năm 2009, anh ngày càng khẳng định tên tuổi ở làng mốt quốc tế khi được nhiều ngôi sao hạng A lựa chọn, như Adele, Hayley Atwell, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, Dakota Johnson, Rosé (Blackpink), Katy Perry, Rihanna, Zendaya, Camila Cabello. Bộ sưu tập Cuộc hẹn rực rỡ giới thiệu trên Vogue Mỹ được ví như một dấu mốc, giúp nhà thiết kế tiến xa trong nền công nghiệp thời trang.Ý Ly

[cherrybblossomsims]

Lopez

Celene Lopez

FACE

hair

eyebrows

glasses

lashes

freckles

scar (Werewolves GP)

eyeshadow

eyeliner

blush

lips

BODY

top (Werewolves GP)

shorts

bracelet (Werewolves GP)

nails

tights

shoes (BG)

tattoos (Werewolves GP)

[wendellcapili]

Watch Rosang Taba!, an adaptation of Dean Francis Alfar’s How Rosang Taba Won a Race. The adaptation Kung Paano Nanalo sa Karera si Rosang Taba is written by prizewinning playwrights Maynard Manansala and Rody Vera and directed by José Estrella in collaboration with Issa Manalo Lopez and Mark Dalacat. Lopez is currently DUP’s Artistic Director, while Dalacat is a graduating BA Theatre Arts student from the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts. Kung Paano Nanalo sa Karera si Rosang Taba is a story of how a woman’s courage, cleverness, and determination altered history. In the adaptation, Taba’s feat is recounted by her great-grandchildren in the hope that Rosang Taba’s legacy lives on in modern times. Kiki Baento plays the titular role of Rosang Taba alongside Jojo Cayabyab, who plays Gobernador Heneral. Joining Baento and Cayabyab are equally talented film and theatre actors Skyzx Labastilla, Peewee O’Hara, Victor Sy, Aldo Vencilao, Quinea Babas, Ynna Rafa, Dyas Adarlo, Mari Palaganas, Owel Pepito, and Pau Vengano. The show proceeds will be used for the rehabilitation and renovation of the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater—the home of over 150 Dulaang UP plays in the last four decades. #universityofthephilippines #unibersidadngpilipinas #dulaangup https://www.instagram.com/p/CqP9I33u69P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sarahpetersonruiz]

SARAH RUIZ

BIRTH NAME :  Sarah Sofía Ruíz

ALIAS  /  NICKNAME :  Mariposa (Butterfly in Spanish). Used by her mom when she was little.

AGE : 36

DATE  OF  BIRTH : 4th October 1987 

PLACE OF BIRTH : East Haven, VT

HOMETOWN : East Haven, VT

TIME IN EAST HAVEN : 36 years. Born and raised, baby.

RESIDENCE : Sutherland Park

TW : teen pregnancy, alcohol

EDUCATION : BA (Hons) in American Literature & Creative Writing

OCCUPATION : Manager at Book Haven

GENDER : Female

PRONOUNS : She/Her

SEXUALITY : Questioning

FACECLAIM : Aubrey Plaza

HAIR COLOR : Brunette

EYE  COLOR : Brown

HEIGHT : 5'7

LANGUAGES : English, Spanish

TATTOOS : A quote from her favourite poet, Dorothy Parker, inside her wrist - "To hell, my love, with you"

PIERCINGS : Ears

POSITIVE  TRAITS : Intelligent, fiercely loyal, honest

NEGATIVE TRAITS : Reclusive, intimidating, sarcastic

PHOBIAS : Water, spiders

FEARS : Losing her siblings, dying in East Haven

HOBBIES : Reading, writing poetry, drinking

HABITS : Drumming her fingers, smoking, rolling her eyes

FATHER : Mateo Ruiz

MOTHER : Lucía Lopez

SIBLINGS : Three (two sisters and a brother - all younger)

PARTNERS : None

CHILDREN : None

PETS : A ginger cat called Simon

BIOGRAPHY

Early Life

When Sarah was a child, her teachers used to call her Matilda. She wasn't magical, and she didn't have a principal who would throw her around by her pigtails, but she had a love for education that even the adults thought was peculiar. Instead of grazing her knees playing tag like the rest of the kids her age, Sarah sat at the side with a book in her hand, creating a new world for herself.

Her home life could, at times, be compared to Matilda's. Her father left when Sarah was four. She remembered it vividly, because he had taken her to the park and hesitated to make conversation over a melting ice cream cone. It was the first time they had properly spent time together - she just didn't realise it would be the last. Sarah's mother, Lucía, didn't deal with it well. She drank, cried, and drank some more. At first, Sarah tried to help her, but she knew when she wasn't wanted. Instead, she just fell back into the books. At least the words would never leave her.

Sarah's mom eventually got over her father the way most women do - by getting under another man. And another. And another. It was like a revolving door of men with loose ties, reddening cheeks and tousled hair leaving their small apartment. Occasionally, Sarah would end up eating breakfast with one, staring blankly at them across a plate of eggs.

It wasn't a complete loss, however. Sarah eventually gained three siblings. They all had different fathers, but it didn't matter to her. Sarah was fiercely protective over her siblings, and she felt it was her duty to protect them from harm.

Teenage Years

It was strange how someone could go from being a Matilda in elementary school to being "uncooperative and unkind" in high school, according to her teachers. As Sarah got older, she became more and more disillusioned with the world of East Haven. The people were fake, and her high school was filled with people who would either be waitresses or bank tellers in ten years. But her? She knew she was bigger than East Haven. She imagined writing beautiful books of poetry which would sell millions of copies and make her well-known around the world. She didn't care much about fame, but the idea of making enough money so her family could live comfortably was exciting to her. The cracks were beginning to show in her home. Her mother went on benders which sometimes lasted up to a week or longer. When she did return, she was so hungover she wasn't seen for another couple of days. This left looking after her younger siblings to Sarah. She bathed them, fed them, did their homework with them and dropped them off at school. When her mother was there, she and Sarah often got into explosive fights which usually ended up with one of them leaving with only a slammed door behind them.

It didn't help that Sarah was known as a freak in school. It turned out that being naturally quiet and keeping your nose in a book wasn't as normal as she once thought. Kids would pick on her, often tripping her up in the corridor or stealing her books and ripping pages out. She didn't let it bother her - she just went back to her fantasies about finally getting out of East Haven and leaving the shit-for-brains in high school.

Him.

Despite trying her best not to care about the people around her, Sarah fell hard for one of the people she should hate the most - the captain of the football team. It was like a sad teen movie from the early-2000s. He was called Caleb, and Sarah was head over heels from the moment she laid eyes on him. Maybe it was because he was the only one who didn't pick on her. Maybe it was because he smiled at her in the hallway when everyone else looked through her. Maybe it was because they had been secretly hooking up ever since she had been paired to tutor him. Who knows? He dominated all of her thoughts, and she couldn't wait for the day that he told his friends and they could finally be open about their relationship. Only, of course, that day never came. Instead, he got with Samantha, a cheerleader who Sarah was almost certain was the first human being to possess no human thought. Caleb never smiled at her in the hallway again.

College Days

Sarah had been accepted at a variety of colleges which included Brown and NYU. She had been anxiously debating which to go with, when she got the news. Her youngest sister, who was only sixteen, had gotten pregnant. Instead of fulfilling her wishes of moving to a different state and finally becoming the person she knew she was supposed to become, Sarah stayed in East Haven and went to the local college so she could help her sister. What was three more years, anyway?

Present Day

Sarah never ended up leaving East Haven. She helped her sister raise her nephew with no help from their AWOL mother. She worked her way up to manager at Book Haven despite graduating summa cum laude. Inside, she is itching to get out of East Haven and truly start her life, but at 36 years old and a crippling college debt, the dream seems to be getting further and further away.

[bamudaba]

Los 25+25 mejores discos de Argentina 2022

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Apple Music https://music.apple.com/jp/playlist/los-50-2-mejores-discos-de-argentina-2022/pl.u-xrNbdTpKkMy4 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5KnJ8ZQdjXAXjfkBmMxV5U?si=e2d2061c025e48f1

Babeblade / Llorar en un baño público

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/llorar-en-un-ba%C3%B1o-p%C3%BAblico/1646140147

https://open.spotify.com/album/7z1h9TLRvhebaSIwuLIFFA?si=82AhKeFjSKabmVk1rzu5BQ

Bandalos Chinos / El Big Blue

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/el-big-blue/1614892780

https://open.spotify.com/album/1K6DMhbzgcx1T8e4HPnOX4?si=XdRbSg1KTqK-LLAVvzsXNg

Carlos Aguirre / Va siendo tiempo

https://carlosaguirre.bandcamp.com/album/va-siendo-tiempo

Carlos Aguirre & Juan Quintero / Abrazo (En Vivo)

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/abrazo-en-vivo/1656260893

https://open.spotify.com/album/7Izkmre4xjpx8yZQ8inJsZ?si=mzJIfMbrRBy5SWxpNxX-hw

Clara Cava / Azul Es Donde Siempre Estoy

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/azul-es-donde-siempre-estoy/1649567602

https://open.spotify.com/album/77Vk3uswiePwToPS6yUz1M?si=3aE8zenrSqq8w5C3o7Ie7w

Delfina Mancardo / OCTANTE

https://delfinamancardo.bandcamp.com/album/octante

Dillom / POST MORTEM

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/post-mortem/1596467813

https://open.spotify.com/album/39g3CsFBc9YK9Z6AbvvkgF?si=uTt5HN-pS0WHmFNCmjmrAg

Don Olimpio / Vengo

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/vengo/1650489496

https://open.spotify.com/album/6z0Yr2D5yHVlzhzfqQz2rz?si=dG-fOv5GRsWi4eTPF5B-iQ

Eugenio Reynal / La Estrategia del Fuego

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/la-estrategia-del-fuego/1638439841

https://open.spotify.com/album/4s85FKviVHNWqhZS1FVorl?si=QOix5tyQRkW-BbKFmgO-eg

Fabrizio Colombo / Celedonio

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/celedonio/1643090948

https://open.spotify.com/album/5raqU9XeYbrtLA32iPZ5FJ?si=ZF08fltXSXqjubig3KsVAA

GULI / Si No Hubiera Mañana

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/si-no-hubiera-ma%C3%B1ana/1650492252

https://open.spotify.com/album/1WmcAiuPAtwzxCLzSwFXf4?si=CKjAtgCSReeg0wUMOtflEw

Ine Güemes / Ya No Me Pesa la Campera

https://ineguemes.bandcamp.com/album/ya-no-me-pesa-la-campera

Isla Mujeres / Correr Adentro

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/correr-adentro/1638259109

https://open.spotify.com/album/1xFdj2dVA2nIYnYuU0hUuq?si=VUc28a1GRKijj43QMp8X7g

Juan Fermín Ferraris / Jogo

https://juanferminferraris.bandcamp.com/album/jogo

Juan Lopez / NO MAS PROMESAS

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/no-mas-promesas/1652399426

https://open.spotify.com/album/3I5Io6jrsxPFYAQAghhoFw?si=17r0NS1nSqODuhUO6tobkA

Lara91k / Como Antes

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/como-antes/1611078845

https://open.spotify.com/album/56qAd8JFUBjW7gdAEQinHT?si=tzemyROHTvmjsQwa9c-OPg

Manu Pozzi / Venado

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/venado/1625509381

https://open.spotify.com/album/7a2E9vlqEOtnwU8moXD2VR?si=XDvCyfCvRSulUdWl6DCyAA

Martín Sued & Orquestra Assintomática / Igual Estamos Acá

https://martinsued.bandcamp.com/album/mart-n-sued-orquestra-assintom-tica-igual-estamos-ac

Mi Amigo Invencible / Isla de Oro

https://miamigoinvencible.bandcamp.com/album/isla-de-oro

Nina del Río / What I Loved About You Es Lo Que Amo De Mi

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/what-i-loved-about-you-es-lo-que-amo-de-mi-feat-hern%C3%A1n-jacinto/1657851854

https://open.spotify.com/album/7zDQSBc3t8SeB7PEMedV2g?si=bMjBT7N9SoykaRF3IaCSfA

Pablo Murgier / Gare Du Sud

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/gare-du-sud/1614383135

https://open.spotify.com/album/4RBl4BZkwqXT4uuzJ4a9op?si=RxBOCgNySLyUsFYWGoSHMQ

Sebastián Macchi / Melodía Baldía

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/melod%C3%ADa-bald%C3%ADa/1637116616

https://open.spotify.com/album/1dvagbj4tapLoBt1fFWStq?si=7RSHzAyZRtWljbP0DNoEsw

(sic)Trio / Jerga

https://sictriomusic.bandcamp.com/album/jerga

Sinesis Duo / Hojas Y Rutas Nuevas

https://soundcloud.com/pdis_inpartmaint/rcip0326-01

Sofi Alvarez / Contraluz es un estado de ánimo

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/contraluz-es-un-estado-de-%C3%A1nimo/1648867036

https://open.spotify.com/album/1CDb898FcMEBLQWXKMgBgS?si=RBWgMOe2SEu2rEX45gTnAA

+25

Babasónicos / Trinchera Avanzada

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/trinchera-avanzada/1648339297

https://open.spotify.com/album/5oLaRXGevqs8RYxXhYe9PG?si=zHeYvflDTs6sGun8yiI-Tg

Barrio Lindo & Ignus / Espuma De Mar

https://barriolindo.bandcamp.com/album/espuma-de-mar

Chancha Vía Circuito / La Estrella

https://chanchaviacircuitomusic.bandcamp.com/album/la-estrella

Cítrico / Sentimental

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/sentimental/1645433906

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZXOBiBeqFk17eXfYxeTRd?si=2UsRmbnbQxuAf9MSJ7GNpw

Federico Arreseygor / Jardinería para Principiantes

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/jardiner%C3%ADa-para-principiantes-feat-omar-g%C3%B3mez-mariano/1650465332

https://open.spotify.com/album/1wbhGPSEECZKlPVYqRn67a?si=ZfgOjppFSaSWKE87VvM6dw

Femi / Lonely Fans - EP

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/lonely-fans-ep/1652362761

https://open.spotify.com/album/0jAcrKA6rbQWSQ1eBGo38P?si=fzYE-zemRDWVE8Sfl9XefA

Gabriela Beltramino / El Camello, el León y el Niño

https://gabrielabeltramino.bandcamp.com/album/el-camello-el-le-n-y-el-ni-o

Hernán Jacinto / Hope

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/hope/1636335359

https://open.spotify.com/album/3de8puitnJdwLisWEsQmrl?si=b2KwGBg1TLqawgIRvuLw8Q

Ignacio Amil / Pared Primavera - EP

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/pared-primavera-ep/1633554473

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ALLZpWEk4hokmWj70VMud?si=H9yZbWEsR3yL6ZtPpIhTOA

Juan Pedro Dolce / La Orquesta Arquetípica (Lado A) - EP

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/la-orquesta-arquet%C3%ADpica-lado-a-ep/1637300229

https://open.spotify.com/album/45juvRsyrHlIZ4RJJnFZJj?si=If1V-BpxQ3-ydfd9DZ43TQ

La Valenti / R Chop

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/r-chop/1648526331

https://open.spotify.com/album/5ckfeykmE4MxADAQxGQVJZ?si=iL461MwsRd649f_8vGu8Rw

Lautaro Feldman / Cabeza de Termo - EP

https://lautarofeldman.bandcamp.com/album/cabeza-de-termo

Lucia Boffo / NOMADE

https://luciaboffo.bandcamp.com/album/nomade

Lucio Gagliardo / La Unión

https://luciogagliardo.bandcamp.com/album/la-uni-n

Mai Pedro / LUJO - EP

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/lujo-ep/1654803172

https://open.spotify.com/album/6dmbGBtITBUaOWaZUH9QMG?si=zhoNK18lQXiuFKqv4zYdlw

Manuela de las Casas / Halare

https://manueladelascasas.bandcamp.com/album/halare-2

Melina Moguilevsky / Huecos

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/huecos/1656837718

https://open.spotify.com/album/6s5PlVW7Z5y0Ds2MzO1GiJ?si=F3O3YbeCRTKoqerlwqWq7Q

Minino Garay / Speaking Tango

https://mininogaray.bandcamp.com/album/speaking-tango

Mogue / Parcialmente nublado

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/parcialmente-nublado/1643625389

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ORofRFEKE8XdwPtseVnf4?si=BsC8UbFrQGqFuZISbCXCLg

Natalia Spiner / Axis

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/axis/1624776778

https://open.spotify.com/album/00q0x8KcLoNQr5B5pLfPaT?si=lDNGLQ5PTG-Yf9a0yU5o2Q

Orquesta Sin Fin / Nuevas Canciones Argentinas

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/nuevas-canciones-argentinas/1630860968

https://open.spotify.com/album/6rh04lF9m7tMnLuAMV2hPe?si=sHUlkjHWS8KW03YTl1ob1g

Pablo Ablanedo Octet / Chistreza

https://pabloablanedo.bandcamp.com/album/chistreza

Roxana Amed / UNÁNIME

https://music.apple.com/jp/album/un%C3%A1nime/1634066380

https://open.spotify.com/album/0fNcJtLGiznI3mDSDSXckP?si=FUo7ONCUSvyd3kJZCrCw3A

Vic Bang / Burung

https://vicbang.bandcamp.com/album/burung

Weste / Wish Wish

https://weste.bandcamp.com/album/wish-wish

[arte-e-homoerotismo]

Carlos McClendon (12 de outubro de 1923 - 16 de julho de 2008) foi um designer e dono de loja americano. Ele é provavelmente o modelo "desconhecido" mais famoso de George Platt-Lynes, aquele que enfeita a capa do mais recente livro de mesa de centro de George Platt-Lynes. McClendon teve relacionamentos com Christopher Isherwood , George Platt Lynes e Denham Fouts . Ele teve encontros com Monroe Wheeler , Lincoln Kirstein , Paul Cadmus e Bernard Perlin .

Carlos McClendon nasceu em Bakersfield, CA em 12 de outubro de 1923 e viveu os primeiros anos de sua vida no sul da Califórnia. Ele frequentou escolas em Long Beach e mais tarde obteve um BA pela UCLA. Durante e imediatamente após seus anos de faculdade, ele trabalhou no departamento de design do MGM Studios. Durante esse período, ele também foi dançarino da trupe de dança Marie Bryant.

Christopher Isherwood conheceu McClendon por meio de Denny Fouts e John Goodwin na década de 1940, quando McClendon visitava frequentemente a praia em Santa Monica. A amizade continuou muito depois de McClendon deixar Los Angeles no início da década de 1950.

No início de 1950, McClendon mudou-se para Nova York, onde rapidamente se tornou uma força influente e pioneira no varejo boutique, antes que a palavra boutique fosse de uso geral. Sua loja, chamada Chequer, na esquina da Third Avenue com a 50th Street, era especializada em objetos, móveis e roupas exclusivos de lugares como México, Haiti e Marrocos, que ele escolheu em suas viagens. A loja foi um sucesso imediato, notável pelo "olho" especial de McClendon para o belo e o incomum, e ele contava com Greta Garbo e muitos dos criadores de tendências de Nova York entre seus clientes regulares. A loja também inspirou vários imitadores.

No final dos anos 60, ele voltou para Los Angeles e abriu a Chequer West em Hollywood e duplicou o sucesso de seus anos em Nova York. A exclusividade de seu inventário e o fino acabamento de suas roupas feitas à mão rapidamente atraíram uma clientela de estrelas como Barbra Streisand , Candace Bergen e a bailarina Nora Kaye . A boutique apresentava modas nos tecidos mais fabulosos do leste do Extremo Oriente. Designs exclusivos da Costa Oeste pelo proprietário Carlos McClendon e por JoAnn Lopez. As especialidades eram vestidos longos e sem ajuste requintados para mulheres e belos caftãs e robes para homens, todos de materiais incrivelmente lindos como tecido sari indiano, chiffon tie-dye, seda bordada persa, tecidos antigos e seda com padrões de colagem. Cada um era único. Os vestidos custavam de US$ 120 a US$ 500 e os caftãs e robes de US$ 40 a US$ 300. As camisas masculinas foram desenhadas por Ken Scott e por McClendon em estampas e cores sólidas muito coloridas, com preços entre US$ 20 e US$ 60. Para os homens, também havia gravatas de 41/2 polegadas em estampas de seda e lã pura e coletes bordados do Afeganistão. A boutique era uma delícia para dar uma olhada. No pátio dos fundos, havia peças de mobiliário incomuns pintadas à mão por Micela Livingstone. Nas áreas frontal e superior, havia uma vasta seleção de presentes importados estranhos e maravilhosos, novos suéteres, cachecóis e joias e intrigantes bugigangas de todos os lugares.

A empresa Mendes em Paris se tornou um complexo internacional de produção e marketing que fabricava roupas de nomes como Yves Saint Laurent , Rive Gauche, Givenchy , Nouvelle Boutique, Jean Muir, Christian Bailly, Roland Chakkal e a estrela em ascensão da Terra do Sol Nascente, cujas roupas foram trazidas pela primeira vez para Los Angeles por Carlos McClendon, da Chequer West.

Jobey Baker foi um ator e artista que, na década de 1970, tornou-se joalheiro. Seus pingentes e anéis em marfim gravados com prata, com preços de S190 a US$ 2.000, estavam na Chequer West. Também estava em exposição o rag chubby de Carlos McClendon, uma jaqueta incrível feita de restos de tecidos orientais e costurada com o efeito de pele fofa. Com ela veio uma longa saia jeans, aparada novamente com os restos em babados estilo calipso.

Em 1976, Pamela Dewey criou uma nova coleção chamada "Addables and Wadables" vendida na Chequer West. A designer tinge à mão saias de cambraia de algodão, túnicas e tops em cores de picolé, permitindo que a usuária usasse "a moda como um acessório, misturando-os da maneira que a mulher deseja". De acordo com Carlos McClendon: "Quando conheci a Sra. Dewey em um desfile de moda experimental, pensei que ela tinha um talento especial. Suas roupas são animadas, alegres, muito elegantes, mas relaxadas. Ela tem um feeling para o que as mulheres da Califórnia querem agora. São roupas muito liberadas". O grande sucesso de Pamela Dewey foi uma mistura que ela rotulou de "o meio-vestido", que consistia em duas metades verticais separadas que amarravam nas laterais para se tornar um vestido convencional. As metades podiam ser trocadas para criar diferentes combinações de cores. Cada metade custava US$ 25.

McClendon se aposentou em 1986 e se mudou para Pojoaque, onde continuou como um apoiador anônimo das artes. Ele se mudou para Puerto Vallarta em janeiro de 2008 para passar seus últimos meses no Oceano Pacífico que ele amava.

 Morador de Pojoaque/Nambe desde 1986, morreu de causas naturais em 16 de julho de 2008, em Puerto Vallarta, México. McClendon não deixa sobreviventes na família, mas um grupo de velhos e novos amigos. A cremação ocorreu e suas cinzas foram espalhadas no Novo México de acordo com seus desejos.

Carlos McClendon by George Platt Lynes 

[writemarcus]

Playwrights Selected For Garden State New Play Festival

This collective of writers was carefully selected from an extensive submission and outreach process to honor the mission of JCTC, and to realize the goals of The GSNPF.

By: A.A. Cristi Oct. 28, 2024

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) and The New Jersey Play Lab (NJPL), in partnership with the Department of Theatre and Dance's BA Theatre Studies Program at Montclair State University, have announced the collective of playwrights selected for participation in the inaugural year of The Garden State New Play Festival (GSNPL).

The diverse collective of playwrights include:

Yangzhou (Yao) Bian Sichuan; China (Binghamton University, NY)

Khadija Diop; Jersey City, NJ

Boris Franklin; Highland Park, NJ

Gabriel Diego Hernández; Jersey City, NJ

Vincent Langan; Union, NJ

Rossella Lopez; Bayonne, NJ

Elijah Maldonado; Belleville, NJ

Palesa Mazamisa; Johannesburg, South Africa

Tiffany McQueary; Jersey City, NJ

Cynthia Mellon; Newark, NJ

Francisco Mendoza; Brooklyn, NY

Dave Osmundsen; Denville NJ

Syd Rushing; Raleigh, NC

Marcus Scott; West New York, NJ

Dylan Zwickel; New York, NY

For more information on these writers, visit The NJPL website.

For a Full pass to the festival, visit www.jctcenter.org.

This collective of writers was carefully selected from an extensive submission and outreach process to honor the mission of JCTC, and to realize the goals of The GSNPF: Community, Festivity, Advocacy, Sustainability, and Artistic Equity.

As artistic institutions in a rapidly changing world, it is incumbent upon us to constantly question whether our work is truly being created, developed, and produced in service of our community, and assess whether or not our work is reaching audiences in a meaningful, impactful manner.

The GSNPF was conceived around a new strategy of blending community and artistic development in which community members are given access to create art not just consume art, resulting in an understanding and celebration of the opportunity for individual and collective growth inherent in the process of new play development.

The Collective of Playwrights participating in the GSNPF include both emerging and early career playwrights, Jersey City Community Members working in the non-profit and advocacy sector, International Artists both from abroad and from our local immigrant communities, college students, and high school students. Each of their plays focuses around an aspect of social justice.

The Garden State New Play Festival will take place on May 1st-4th and 8th-11th, 2025 at Jersey City Theatre Center.

Over the course of the six months leading up to the Festival, each writer will embark on an individualized dramaturgical track to further develop their play for presentation at the Festival. Woven into each track will be an interactive forum with a local community group or organization selected according to the lens of social justice through which the play has been conceived.

Concurrently to the individualized play development tracks, a schedule of workshops, exchanges, classroom visits, play readings, and public events, will take place between November and May, and be open to all Festival participants, including writers, actors, dramaturgs, directors, and community leaders.

The goal is that by the time the Festival itself opens, hundreds of artists and community members will have collaborated and contributed to this process of new play development, and personally experienced the power of the written word for the stage.

The GSNPF offers a new model for a new play festival that brings together artists of all career levels without barriers of hierarchy, and blurs the lines between artist and audience, all while respecting the integrity of each individual artist's craft and experience. This model frames the art of playmaking as a means of expression and advocacy, and as a tool for deeper understanding of self and one's community, and dismantles barriers to producing full productions of new plays by cultivating a vibrant ecosystem that values and champions the power of playmaking.

The Garden State New Play Festival is supported by a grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts, Project Serving Artists grant.

[pli1999]

Party Like It's 1999 10/5/24

Holy Shit, That Song is 25 Edition!

*=song that came out or was a hit in 1999

Pavement – “Harness Your Hopes”*

Guster – “Fa Fa”*

Pearl Jam – “Last Kiss”*

Stroke 9 – “Little Black Backpack”*

Le Tigre – “Deceptacon”*

Letters to Cleo – “I Want You to Want Me”*

Blink-182 – “What’s My Age Again?”*

Good Charlotte – “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”*

Tal Bachman – “She’s So High”*

Aaliyah – “Rock the Boat”

The Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”

Ne-Yo – “Miss Independent”

Sean Paul – “Temperature”

Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”

Lou Bega – “Mambo No 5”*

Vengaboys – “We Like to Party”*

Eiffel 65 – “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”*

Fatman Scoop – “Be Faithful”*

DMX – “Party Up (Up in Here)”*

Smash Mouth – “All Star”*

Fountains of Wayne – “Stacy’s Mom”

Hanson – “Mmmbop”

Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”

No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”

Len – “Steal My Sunshine”*

Spice Girls – “Wannabe”

N’Sync – “It Makes Me Ill”

Britney Spears – “(You Drive Me) Crazy”*

LFO – “Summer Girls”*

Backstreet Boys – “I Want It That Way”*

Marc Anthony – “I Need to Know”*

Jennifer Lopez – “Waiting for Tonight”*

Ricky Martin – “Living La Vida Loca”*

Beyonce featuring Jay-Z – “Crazy in Love”

Will Smith – “Miami”*

Digital Underground – “The Humpty Dance”

Juvenile – “Back That Azz Up”*

J-Kwon – “Tipsy”

Santana featuring Product G&B – “Maria Maria”*

Whitney Houston – “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay”*

Outkast – “Ms. Jackson”

Janet Jackson – “Together Again”

Natasha Bedingfield – “Unwritten”

The Veronica – “Untouched”

702 – “Where My Girls At”*

Christina Aguilera – “Genie in a Bottle”*

Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z – “Heartbreaker”

Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip – “Hot Boyz (Remix)”*

Cher – “Believe”*

ATC – “Around the World (La La La La La)”

Real McCoy – “Another Night”

Eric Prydz – “Call On Me”

Haddaway – “What Is Love”

B*Witched – “C’est La Vie”*

Backstreet Boys – “The Call”

Shania Twain – “That Don’t Impress Me Much”*

Sixpence None The Richer – “Kiss Me”*

Semisonic – “Closing Time”

Goo Goo Dolls – “Slide”*

Celine Dion – “That’s the Way It Is”*

Joe – “I Wanna Know”

Baz Luhrmann – “Everyone’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”*

[arte-e-homoerotismo]

Carlos McClendon

Carlos McClendon (12 de outubro de 1923 - 16 de julho de 2008) foi um designer e dono de loja americano. Ele é provavelmente o modelo “desconhecido” mais famoso de George Platt-Lynes, aquele que enfeita a capa do mais recente livro de mesa de centro de George Platt-Lynes. McClendon teve relacionamentos com Christopher Isherwood , George Platt Lynes e Denham Fouts . Ele teve encontros com Monroe Wheeler , Lincoln Kirstein , Paul Cadmus e Bernard Perlin .

Carlos McClendon nasceu em Bakersfield, CA em 12 de outubro de 1923 e viveu os primeiros anos de sua vida no sul da Califórnia. Ele frequentou escolas em Long Beach e mais tarde obteve um BA pela UCLA. Durante e imediatamente após seus anos de faculdade, ele trabalhou no departamento de design do MGM Studios. Durante esse período, ele também foi dançarino da trupe de dança Marie Bryant.

Christopher Isherwood conheceu McClendon por meio de Denny Fouts e John Goodwin na década de 1940, quando McClendon visitava frequentemente a praia em Santa Monica. A amizade continuou muito depois de McClendon deixar Los Angeles no início da década de 1950.

No início de 1950, McClendon mudou-se para Nova York, onde rapidamente se tornou uma força influente e pioneira no varejo boutique, antes que a palavra boutique fosse de uso geral. Sua loja, chamada Chequer, na esquina da Third Avenue com a 50th Street, era especializada em objetos, móveis e roupas exclusivos de lugares como México, Haiti e Marrocos, que ele escolheu em suas viagens. A loja foi um sucesso imediato, notável pelo “olho” especial de McClendon para o belo e o incomum, e ele contava com Greta Garbo e muitos dos criadores de tendências de Nova York entre seus clientes regulares. A loja também inspirou vários imitadores.

No final dos anos 60, ele voltou para Los Angeles e abriu a Chequer West em Hollywood e duplicou o sucesso de seus anos em Nova York. A exclusividade de seu inventário e o fino acabamento de suas roupas feitas à mão rapidamente atraíram uma clientela de estrelas como Barbra Streisand , Candace Bergen e a bailarina Nora Kaye . A boutique apresentava modas nos tecidos mais fabulosos do leste do Extremo Oriente. Designs exclusivos da Costa Oeste pelo proprietário Carlos McClendon e por JoAnn Lopez. As especialidades eram vestidos longos e sem ajuste requintados para mulheres e belos caftãs e robes para homens, todos de materiais incrivelmente lindos como tecido sari indiano, chiffon tie-dye, seda bordada persa, tecidos antigos e seda com padrões de colagem. Cada um era único. Os vestidos custavam de US$ 120 a US$ 500 e os caftãs e robes de US$ 40 a US$ 300. As camisas masculinas foram desenhadas por Ken Scott e por McClendon em estampas e cores sólidas muito coloridas, com preços entre US$ 20 e US$ 60. Para os homens, também havia gravatas de 41/2 polegadas em estampas de seda e lã pura e coletes bordados do Afeganistão. A boutique era uma delícia para dar uma olhada. No pátio dos fundos, havia peças de mobiliário incomuns pintadas à mão por Micela Livingstone. Nas áreas frontal e superior, havia uma vasta seleção de presentes importados estranhos e maravilhosos, novos suéteres, cachecóis e joias e intrigantes bugigangas de todos os lugares.

A empresa Mendes em Paris se tornou um complexo internacional de produção e marketing que fabricava roupas de nomes como Yves Saint Laurent , Rive Gauche, Givenchy , Nouvelle Boutique, Jean Muir, Christian Bailly, Roland Chakkal e a estrela em ascensão da Terra do Sol Nascente, cujas roupas foram trazidas pela primeira vez para Los Angeles por Carlos McClendon, da Chequer West.

Jobey Baker foi um ator e artista que, na década de 1970, tornou-se joalheiro. Seus pingentes e anéis em marfim gravados com prata, com preços de S190 a US$ 2.000, estavam na Chequer West. Também estava em exposição o rag chubby de Carlos McClendon, uma jaqueta incrível feita de restos de tecidos orientais e costurada com o efeito de pele fofa. Com ela veio uma longa saia jeans, aparada novamente com os restos em babados estilo calipso.

Em 1976, Pamela Dewey criou uma nova coleção chamada “Addables and Wadables” vendida na Chequer West. A designer tinge à mão saias de cambraia de algodão, túnicas e tops em cores de picolé, permitindo que a usuária usasse “a moda como um acessório, misturando-os da maneira que a mulher deseja”. De acordo com Carlos McClendon: “Quando conheci a Sra. Dewey em um desfile de moda experimental, pensei que ela tinha um talento especial. Suas roupas são animadas, alegres, muito elegantes, mas relaxadas. Ela tem um feeling para o que as mulheres da Califórnia querem agora. São roupas muito liberadas”. O grande sucesso de Pamela Dewey foi uma mistura que ela rotulou de “o meio-vestido”, que consistia em duas metades verticais separadas que amarravam nas laterais para se tornar um vestido convencional. As metades podiam ser trocadas para criar diferentes combinações de cores. Cada metade custava US$ 25.

McClendon se aposentou em 1986 e se mudou para Pojoaque, onde continuou como um apoiador anônimo das artes. Ele se mudou para Puerto Vallarta em janeiro de 2008 para passar seus últimos meses no Oceano Pacífico que ele amava.

 Morador de Pojoaque/Nambe desde 1986, morreu de causas naturais em 16 de julho de 2008, em Puerto Vallarta, México. McClendon não deixa sobreviventes na família, mas um grupo de velhos e novos amigos. A cremação ocorreu e suas cinzas foram espalhadas no Novo México de acordo com seus desejos.

Back to window | Carlos MacClendon par/by George Platt Lynes 1947