Dominique

MIRRORS

2009-11-14T14:41:00.001Z

TWISTED AND DERANGED

2009-11-01T12:00:00.001Z

On a dark, dark night, in a weird, weird part of Reading town in a dirty, dirty disused welders unit, the young and the dead partied hard.

I HATE THE WAY YOU LOVE

2009-11-01T10:00:00.000Z

FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF WINTER...

2009-10-25T16:49:00.003Z

Not so bad.....

MOSTLY WATCHING...

2009-10-25T16:43:00.002Z

REBECCA LAMBERT

2009-10-24T20:28:00.003+01:00

Rebecca Lambert is an English teacher by profession so the girl knows a thing or two about composition. We have her cousin to thank for giving her the push she needed last December to actually perform in public. That and a bottle of vodka discreetly stashed down her bra or tights. The past year has seen her gig all over London town and the South. With the recording of new material and a gigging assault lined up, we should be excited to hear more from this songstress.
I met with her at the Troubadour before her mid week gig. Perched on a stool in their famously enchanting garden, Rebecca smokes her last cigarette before taking to the stage. She’s come straight from school, but is dressed as usual in what she describes as ‘era’ wear – tonight, a yellow and black polka dot dress with her hair in half a bee hive. “I love era. Any era really. I try to vary it. I like a fine blend of all decades,” she states later confessing, “Most things I own are second hand, kind of stuff old ladies might have died in. I jazz all this up with a bit of Primark.”
Rebecca is the kind of girl that upon meeting you instantly want to be friends with. She’s funny, face achingly so but equally you wouldn’t want to get in her bad books – she might write you into one of her songs. Singing about being wronged and coming out better for it the other side, her songs are identifiable and it’s clear she takes enjoyment from outing people who she declares, “should have known better.”
Obvious influences are Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, Beth Orton and Dolores O’Riordon, all of whom Rebecca grew up singing along to. Her own style is a bit more vampy than your average folk ditty, less depressing, more straight up – much like her personality. Take my favourite; Confident Disco, it’s about a state of mind induced by alcohol or emotion – something that gives you a temporary state of being but when it wears off can leave you feeling quite uncomfortable.
“It is a rarity for me not to chuck in a bit of female whinge. I kind of see it as a diary. Very infrequently do I write about anything positive; my music is an expression of things that don't really go to plan.”
Despite this you can’t help feeling empowered by the combination of Rebecca’s strong vocals, smart lyrics and her general persona. Originally from Romford, she recently moved out of the town after having a particularly good weekend in Reading.
“I love doing my thing, its kind of like therapy - fame probably wouldn't agree with me, I might have to start taking last nights make up off when leaving the house or washing my hair or something!”
The Troubadour fills up (with an impressive ratio of 20 people for her to every 1 for other musicians) and it’s clear that it’s Rebecca who brings the party. She should get used this.

GOOD MORNING FROM MY FAVE PROPER EAST LONDON CAFE

2009-10-24T09:00:00.002+01:00

LAST NIGHT

2009-10-19T21:25:00.000+01:00

JAY Z

2009-10-18T20:45:00.000+01:00

Jay Z ROCKED Wembley

Pamela showing her love + respect

Oh + that smug bastard Chris Martin wasn't quite as smug bastard- like as I previously thought. He was good too.

Oh look, it was all yellow

A DAY ON THE FARM

2009-09-27T16:37:00.001+01:00

SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONG

2009-08-19T21:02:00.002+01:00

SEXINESS ON WHEELS

2009-08-19T14:55:00.004+01:00

Not that I don't love my very own sweet, sweet Punto (really Pats, I do), I just have an enormous appreciation for the new Fiat 500 C. I really want one.

Upon the fashionable Montenapoleone in Milan, see 20 fibre glass replicas being used as plant pots for trees in a kind of urban-space-needs-practicality idea created by Fabio Novembre.

They will be there until September 30th.

I'D BE INCLINED TO AGREE

2009-08-14T00:15:00.004+01:00

BLUE

2009-06-13T22:08:00.000+01:00

RING O'ROSES

2009-06-10T15:15:00.001+01:00

These beauties are the labour of my step dad's love in his Berkshire garden. I love sitting in a deck chair on lazy Sundays, reading papers and putting the world to rights with my Mum. (a.k.a talking about the neighbours and latest celebrity scandal.)

GET YOUR (ECOLOGICAL) LEATHER, LEATHER, ON ON ON ON ON

2009-04-27T00:23:00.005+01:00

I heart Stella

THREE CHEERS FOR SPRING!

2009-04-26T23:42:00.005+01:00

NATURES REVENGE

2009-04-01T16:48:00.002+01:00

Wishing I wasn't at my desk and could instead be hurling fruit down at Bank.
Rebel! Rebel! Power to the people! (and the planet)

BE STILL, MY BEATING HEART

2009-03-29T02:39:00.002+01:00

style.com/lanvin

Lush

ARMED

2009-03-29T02:20:00.000+01:00

LONDON: THE SNOW GLOBE

2009-02-03T20:05:00.013Z

God did shake his snow dome and London had a day off thanks to a poor transport system and shortage of salt. Hooray to that!

Falling all night in the yard....

Picture perfect

Our snow man

AMEN

2009-01-25T19:42:00.000Z

The XX

2009-01-23T00:10:00.002Z

My beautiful friend Colette, (lead singer in Vulgarians) introduced me to the vocalist of The XX in the very early hours of last Friday night...I was pretty blown away with her sweet, sweet voice and pure humbleness and so hunted them down on Myspace. Unfortunately there are no real videos of them on YouTube yet but they've just been featured in NME, so I hope success is imminent. I'm listening daily....

Teardrops

2009 AND I'M DREAMING OF...

2009-01-15T00:27:00.000Z

Changing my phone contract so I can join the 21st Century...

Reading more books

Writing more words

Seeing more films

Going to more gigs/festivals

Making more art

Learning to cook properly!

Making the book for my Grandma

Being a brunette for the first time

Accessorising accordingly

Wearing bright pink lipstick

Swimming in my lunch break

Taking long weekends

Sunshine holidays

Being able to use my bedroom terrace in the spring and filling it with flowers

Sleeping with the doors open in summer

Roadtrips through the English countryside

Dancing at the jazz club in Dalston more often

Just 'dancing' more often!

Walking through Abney Park as a short cut

Showing my brother my favourite London hotspots

Starting to drinking tea

Paying off my overdraft (maybe)

Christmas in a new flat with a BIG tree to make up for having no tree this year. Bah humbug!

AND

Spending more time with my favourites*