Love Was A Dangerous Angel

I went to the screenplay reading of Weetzie Bat last night at Book Soup in LA. I wore this outfit because I thought it was Weetzie-esque. The thing about LA is that wearing anything other than flip flops makes you feel way overdressed. So that happened.


If you don't know what Weetzie Bat is, click here and here. Or I'll just tell you. It was a seminal young adult book series I read in high school. A lot of alernative kids were into it.

This was sort of a big deal. Girls with black framed glasses having only been dreaming about what this book would be like as a movie since 1995. Now those girls are older and wear contacts. Still, Weetzie will always have a cult following. Like this young lady:

This girl showed up too. She looks just like what I wished I looked like in the 90s. I was trying not to be too creepy with the camera.

Here's Francesca Lia Block (author) posing with... guess?

Yup. Dirk, Duck, and My Secret Agent Lover Man. (I KNOW!!)


Does this gal look familiar? She was only Dottie in Pee Wee's Big Adventure, the friend in Valley Girl, and the singer in the band that played at the dance in Better Off Dead.

She sang an acoustic version of "Send Me An Angel" that started out with a douche chill, but ended with just a regular chill.

Look at the girl who played Weetzie! Ain't she cute?


Overall I'd say that the script was actually pretty cute. I especially liked the part when Weetzie and Dirk went to the Jane Mansfield fan club party. I left early though because the girl next to me passed out and I let her mom take my standing room spot. I bought a book and left. Plus listening to people read scripts makes me feel weird.

I'm Going To This

I hope it's not too packed

Her hair was blue, now it's green. I like her mind, she hates the scene.

Elizabeth and I started a new blog about the 90s. The REAL 90s. We're sick of the kids raping our youth and wanna set things straight. Check it out.

ASK ARF NUTZ

So it's 11pm and I'm still at the office with Elizabeth. We got so heavily sidetracked in a 90s conversation that I can't even go into full detail about it because it might just be THE most important conversation I've ever had. Like way bigger than I can deal with right now (note: Urge Overkill and Soy Bomb were mentioned).

But as we were talking about all the places we would see shows (yes to the Academy, no to ABC No Rio--way too scary. Scary as in intimidating. Crusty punks! God Is My Co-Pilot! Too much for little suburban girls). Another place she was scared of was Coney Island High, but I wasn't. I used to go there all the time. They had that soul night that was later moved to Bar 13 but I forget what it was called.

Anyway cut to December of this year. I went to get a tattoo with Judi (we only go to Michelle Tarantelli btw) and there were people hanging out, whatever. At one point someone said my full name and this girl Hilary was like, "Wait, did you say your name was Lesley Arfin?"

And I was like, "Ummm DOYE BOMB!" (No I didn't say that but come on..."doye bomb"? I know.)

And then she was like, "Dude, I have this sign from Coney High Island that I took when it got shut down. It says "Lesley Arf Nuts" on it and I've been looking at it every day for years, wondering who you were."

And so she sent me the sign.


WEIRD BOMB!!

I guess if you look closely you can also see that I wrote "Bottle Rocket" and "Rushmore"??? I don't know. I was being a nerd I guess.

On top it says Dave Eliot.com or something and that was this dude who I thought was cute but he was also really cool and wasn't into me. That's fine.

(SUCK IT)

The dorkiest thing I will ever post

is this TWIN PEAKS RAP.

I know, I know, I know.
My friend Matt Cutler sent this to me. I met him when I was 15 at the Holy Name of Jesus carnival in my town. He wore a gas station shirt that said "Butch" so we all called him Butch (remember when those shirts were cool?)
I used to talk to him on THIS phone like every night

We talked about Twin Peaks, and we talked about...They Might Be Giants. I can't even post a TMBG video because all of them are so douche-chill inducing.
This is the least dorky TMBG video I can find, if that says anything...
(E-dog, REM is not TMI. THIS IS TMI!)

But whatever right? These guys are PAID.
Okay I have to watch a Guns N Roses video now to cleanse my brain palette.

How are you so burnt when you're barely on fire?

(this photo happened after her outfit change)


So I went to see Hole at Terminal 5 the other night and because I'm still in the PMFM (pure motherfucking magic) phase (read here) I have to say I was pretty moved.

Hole consists these days of a bunch of random dudes with glitter and dreads and the same old Courtney Love. She came out wearing a black lace dress, black tights, and silver mary janes. The crowd was kind of old but I still managed to see everyone that attended looking like they were still young and grunge. My PMFM glasses were on and if anyone had some light wrinkles or strip of grey in their hair, I was blind to it. All I saw were flannel shirts and baby barrettes and sloppy knit hats. I saw what I wanted to see.

Courtney Love is an amazing performer. I saw her play years ago at Plaid or whatever that place was called and she was chugging whiskey on stage and the next day that picture came out with some dudes mouth on her tits in front of Burger King. While that has a sort of amazing to it, this years Courtney wasn't that.

She played all the songs I wanted to hear. When she played Violet, Chloe and I lost our shit. The whole room lost their shit. People were moshing and crowd surfing. That still happens! I didn't know that still happened. I feel like people get sued these days for antics like that. She also played 2 Rolling Stones songs and she even sang a slow song that gave me chills. The lyrics were like "I never wanted to be the person you see/I never wanted to be comic relief." I was really feeling that.

She didn't play a long set, but all in all I really enjoyed it and danced around and felt really moved and happy. I like Hole.

Love

All Marisa Meltzer everything.

X Girl pt 2

Today's outfit was inspired by my favorite X Girl and 90s icon and Now icon and one of my favorite people, Miss Chloe Sevs. I was looking for a specific photo that Pat O'Dell took a while ago but I couldn't find it. This is sort of the gist.

T shirt: Given to me by Meryl Smith aka "Merks-Gruber" aka "Merks Fish."
Plaid button down: Sal's Boutique aka Salvation Army
*You can't see my raver jeans but they're just your basic wild boot cuts from The Gap. Sneakers, Adidas Rod Lavers.



There's a whole soundtrack that goes along with it too. It's my Long Island Rail Road playlist. The songs I used to listen to when I took the train into the city. The songs I listened to when I wanted to be cool in the 90s.

1. Quicksand: Dinosaur Jr.
2. 6'1": Liz Phair
3. She Be Wantin' It More: Luscious Jackson
4. Prove My Love: Violent Femmes
5. I Wish I Was Him: Kathleen Hanna
6. My Drug Buddy: The Lemonheads
7. Stick The Fucking Flag Up Your Ass You Goddamn Son Of A Bitch: Propagandhi
8. Puzzle Pieces: Tiger Trap
9. March: Avail
10. #1 Chance Pirate TV: Team Dresch

There are 1000 more. One day I'll add them.

X Girls

It's really hard to capture how hard I'm feeling myself today. I mean outfit-wise. It's totally 90s inspired by Marisa Meltzer's new book, Girl Power. Marisa is the genius behind the Sassy book, and now she has a new book about 90s girl bands.

I wore my X Girl shirt, can you see?
Photobooth does not do wonders for me.

Here's another attempt, plus the "outside" version of the outfit. Note girly thermal worn under the t shirt. CLASSIC 90S.

If you don't buy Marisa's book you're a total poseur!
Guess what I'm gonna do later? Oh just make a list of my top 10 favorite girl bands is all. STAY TUNED MY DUDES!

Top 10 Songs That (Kinda) Changed My Life

You asked for another top 10 list, so here goes. I can probably add 10 more to this list. Maybe I will someday. God, people love lists. So do I. So fun!

1.Chesterfield King, Jawbreaker: I wrote the lyrics down in my diary. I memorized them. Me, Leslie, Alexis, and Farber bought a pack of Chesterfields (they're awful) and smoked them in a 7-11 parking lot, drank a beer, and felt the chill of Fall. Just kidding, we smoked them in the parking lot of the On Parade diner and played this song over and over and over while we all not-so-secretly wished Blake from Jawbreaker would be our boyfriend. Today, Leslie is married to an old guy, I don't know where Alexis is, and Farber is my homie for life.

2. Double Dare Ya, Bikini Kill: Farber loaned me this album (along with Pussy Whipped) and from the moment I heard the first song, my life would forever be changed. I don't think DDY was the first BK song I ever heard, but it was definitely the one that kicked my ass the hardest. I was alone in my bedroom and read the lyrics on the record sleeve and suddenly felt like I had a new purpose in life. Um, I didn't know what it was, but I was a girl and that counted for something. Corny? Yes. True? Also yes.

3. Carry The Zero, Built To Spill: This song reminds me of when I lived on 11th street and Ave A. Me, Ben, and Emily were all laying on my bed, singing this song, all of us knowing the lyrics by heart even though we hadn't grown up listening to it together. Ben grew up in Cali, Emily in Wisconsin, and me in New York, but it was like we had all grown up living in the same bedroom. In a way I guess we did.

4. Ghetto Bastard, Naughty By Nature: When I was in 7th grade I found my favorite friends in the world. They were wiggers. Sort of. We used to listen to this song on repeat and I didn't feel ashamed or "white" or "privileged" because I was 13 and that stuff didn't matter. We didn't intellectualize the songs we loved, we just loved them. And they loved us right the fuck back. And I love this song.

5. Katy Song, Red House Painters: I like this song, but I also love it because it reminds me of Bill and how much a single person can love a song so much. If you could pull a string on Bill and have a song play, it would be this one. And maybe a John Frusciante song after that. This song reminds me of him and how special he is.

6. Nude As The News, Cat Power: It's true that this is an emo list. What can I say, I'm in an emo mood. I love all of Chan Marshall's music but this song especially because it reminds me of when I went to Paris. I was with Ally in a little hotel room and we ate the best food and listened to music. Then we ran into Chan's boyfriend at the time and we hung out with him and just laughed for days. I told him I loved this song and asked him what it was about and he told me. But it's a secret. I can't tell you. (ps it's not that hard to figure out I'm just thick sometimes). Today Ally is a teacher and Chan lives in LA and I have no idea what happened to her ex boyfriend.

7.Can't Help Falling In Love, Lick The Tins, Elvis, and Dead Moon: This is one of my favorite songs of all time, by all 3 of these artists, but the Lick The Tins one comes at the end of the movie Some Kind Of Wonderful and it just captures the whole tone of the movie perfectly. This is why I miss John Hughes! He really worked music into his films in a way that made them seem even more meaningful than they already were. It reminds me of my friend Bobby because he once told me he liked this song, and then he sang it, and if you knew Bobby you would just think that's super cute. And then it would become one of your favorite songs too.

8. I Wanna Sex U Up, Color Me Badd: This song has taken a different shape for me through the years, but I'll never forget how it worked its way into my heart. Fuck have I become the type of person who can't let go of the past? Anywhozzles, for a long time I couldn't hear this song without having a sense memory attack of Marcie Getleman's basement. We were all sleeping over and we invited some boys over. Everyone was hooking up except for me and Ally so we played this song to "set the mood" for our friends. I remember Ally flipping the cassingle over every time the song ended while Collin felt up Marcie. Marcie died a few years ago from a drug overdose, so this one's for her. RIP.

9.Dreams, The Cranberries: I was sitting in the back of someones car with Marlene when this song came on, and Marlene started singing. I had known Marlene for a little while but we weren't really close friends yet. I had never known she had such a good voice and she was singing so small and quiet but it made a huge impact on me. I asked her "Who sings this song? I really like it" and then she made me a mix tape. This was the first song on the mix. Today Marlene lives in Brooklyn when she's not traveling the world and she's probably reading this right now.

10. Helplessly Hoping, Crosby Stills & Nash: One night I had a band. It was a folk band with Heloise, her husband James, and my ex boyfriend Scott. We were called Double Deuce and we all sang this song together. We never played anywhere and I don't even think the 4 of us hung out again after that night, but fuck if we didn't nail this song. We sounded like birds singing at the gates of heaven! That was a good feeling. Heloise and James are in an awesome band that you should go see live called Heloise And The Savoir Faire, and Scott is an artist who goes out with a famous person.

This was fun! I'll do it again another day!

Dee lovely and Dee licious

I'm re posting this from Tibor's blog because everyone needs to watch it right now. It's dee leechay.

Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
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