var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-16910539-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @monaloves)http://monaloves.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz2zw5QzcZ1qan9wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sad young pretty thing + creepy but talented photographer = arresting images. Lindsay is gorgeous and she and Terry have great chemistry. See more here <a href="http://www.terrysdiary.com/" target="_blank">http://www.terrysdiary.com/</a></p>http://monaloves.com/post/17266099857http://monaloves.com/post/17266099857Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:48:05 -0800lindsay lohanterry richardsoncreepy photographersad young pretty thing<embed src="http://cdn.complexmedianetwork.com/cdn/agenda.complex.com/js/playerL.swf" height="385" width="620" bgcolor="0x111111" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="&backcolor=0x111111&bandwidth=9674&file=mp4%3AASAP_SCOTT_FINAL.mp4&frontcolor=0xcccccc&gapro.accountid=UA-30251-57&gapro.height=361&gapro.pluginmode=FLASH&gapro.trackpercentage=true&gapro.trackstarts=true&gapro.tracktime=true&gapro.visible=true&gapro.width=620&gapro.x=0&gapro.y=0&hd.file=mp4%3AASAP_SCOTT_FINAL.mp4&hd.pluginmode=HYBRID&hd.state=false&image=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnl.complex.com%2Fassets%2FCHANNEL_IMAGES%2Fvideo_player_preview_images%2FASAP_SCOTT_FINAL.jpg&lightcolor=0x3366cc&plugins=http%3A%2F%2Flp.longtailvideo.com%2F5%2Fhd%2Fhd.swf%2Cgapro-1h%2Cviral-2h&streamer=rtmp%3A%2F%2Fflash.edgecastcdn.net%2F0002DA%2F2012Q1%2F&viral.onpause=false&viral.pluginmode=FLASH"></embed><br/><br/><p>Mona Loves…Jeremy Scott & ASAP Rocky</p> <p>If you don’t know, Jeremy Scott is an awesome designer…and ASAP Rocky is the trillest hip hop artist right now who reps Martin Margiela and Rick Owens in every other song. Watch and ENJOY.</p> <p>-Ben</p>http://monaloves.com/post/17119821413http://monaloves.com/post/17119821413Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:56:49 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyj1zomFyW1qan9wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“To write a true map of today’s girl land, you need to see not just the vulnerability of girlhood but its performative audacity, the ways that wounds, even sexual ones, can add up to more than pain.” </p> <p>From Meghan O’Rourke’s review of Caitlin Flanagan’s Girl Land. In New York Magazine, here: <a href="http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/caitlin-flanagan-2012-1/" target="_blank">http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/caitlin-flanagan-2012-1/</a></p> <p>(photo by Tereza Vlckova/Courtesy of Danziger Gallery)</p>http://monaloves.com/post/16654924453http://monaloves.com/post/16654924453Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:21:24 -0800<p>I love to speak with Leonard</p> <p>He’s a sportsman and a shepherd</p> <p>He’s a lazy bastard</p> <p>Living in a suit</p> <p>But he does say what I tell him</p> <p>Even though it isn’t welcome</p> <p>He will never have the freedom</p> <p>To refuse</p> <p>He will speak these words of wisdom</p> <p>Like a sage, a man of vision</p> <p>Though he knows he’s really nothing</p> <p>But the brief elaboration of a tube</p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without my sorrow</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Sometime tomorrow</em></p> <p><em>To where it’s better</em></p> <p><em>Than before</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without my burden</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Behind the curtain</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without the costume</em></p> <p><em>That I wore</em></p> <p>He wants to write a love song</p> <p>An anthem of forgiving</p> <p>A manual for living with defeat</p> <p>A cry above the suffering</p> <p>A sacrifice recovering</p> <p>But that isn’t what I want him to complete</p> <p>I want to make him certain</p> <p>That he doesn’t have a burden</p> <p>That he doesn’t need a vision</p> <p>That he only has permission</p> <p>To do my instant bidding</p> <p>That is to <small>SAY</small> what I have told him</p> <p>To repeat</p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without my sorrow</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Sometime tomorrow</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>To where it’s better</em></p> <p><em>Than before</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without my burden</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Behind the curtain</em></p> <p><em>Going home</em></p> <p><em>Without the costume</em></p> <p><em>That I wore</em></p> <p>I love to speak with Leonard</p> <p>He’s a sportsman and a shepherd</p> <p>He’s a lazy bastard</p> <p>Living in a suit</p> <div><br/>From The New Yorker last week. Read more here: <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/search?qt=dismax&sort=score+desc&query=leonard+cohen&submit=" target="_blank">http://www.newyorker.com/search?qt=dismax&sort=score+desc&query=leonard+cohen&submit=</a></div>http://monaloves.com/post/16534648160http://monaloves.com/post/16534648160Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:25:00 -0800leonard cohen<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybbmq7sp61qan9wvo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The question of whether fashion should be protected by copyright is an interesting one, but Louboutin suing YSL over red soles is a bit much. Louboutin did not invent the red sole, I’ve heard it was a French aristocrat thing. And remember Dries’ red heels one season? Someone said red heels originally signified that that the woman was a witch. Read more about the case in The New York Times here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/louboutin-and-the-little-red-litigious-shoes.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=louboutin&st=cse" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/louboutin-and-the-little-red-litigious-shoes.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=louboutin&st=cse</a></p>http://monaloves.com/post/16412420164http://monaloves.com/post/16412420164Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:10:11 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eP0QJ_Ba1Bs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Wes Anderson has a new movie coming out- Moonrise Kingdom.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/16064641631http://monaloves.com/post/16064641631Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:15:21 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tvK_h6RYM5I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Rolling Stones, 1964. Hey Mona. Love the maracas.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/15679604370http://monaloves.com/post/15679604370Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:15:34 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZfiQthNKpC8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy New Year!</p>http://monaloves.com/post/15138258487http://monaloves.com/post/15138258487Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:19:20 -0800<p>Some commentary on Marie Calloway, and a cool website to get lost in.</p> <p><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/all-the-sad-young-pretty-girls/" target="_blank">http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/all-the-sad-young-pretty-girls/</a></p>http://monaloves.com/post/14983404428http://monaloves.com/post/14983404428Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:30:00 -0800marie callowaythought catalogkate zambreno<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwz9pc52VN1qan9wvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Have you heard about the writer Marie Calloway and her story “Adrien Brody”? It’s caused some kind of scandal in the internet writing community, I guess. All the commentary is interesting but sign me up for Team Marie.</p> <p>Read it here on Tao Lin’s website <a href="http://muumuuhouse.com/mc.fiction1.html" target="_blank">http://muumuuhouse.com/mc.fiction1.html</a></p>http://monaloves.com/post/14983028679http://monaloves.com/post/14983028679Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:22:00 -0800marie callowaytao linmuumuu house<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w0YrIPvWC0A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sleigh bells, an ES Christmas song :)</p>http://monaloves.com/post/14739830486http://monaloves.com/post/14739830486Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:53:00 -0800elliott smith<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SNp_21VblyA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Marni coming to H&M in March. Looks good.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/14463068734http://monaloves.com/post/14463068734Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:56:00 -0800MarniH&amp;M<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9gw-aPwn-jU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Spent the last day lost in this book, [sic], by Joshua Cody. Love when that happens.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/14366353106http://monaloves.com/post/14366353106Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:54:38 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L-8IPDR4Khc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Guy: Hey yoga girl, I just wanna get to know ya girl, we could hit up Rawvolution or the Urth Cafe, have a vegan cookie and talk about your day.</p> <p>Yoga Girl: I’m gonna grab a coconut water and be on my way, I wish you peace and blessings, namaste. (with just a slight roll of the eye)</p> <p>The scary/hilar thing is we have all actually heard this conversation.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/14079173022http://monaloves.com/post/14079173022Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:14:48 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvt3evaZ2K1qan9wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Very excited to be entertaining Isis Aquarian this evening in Topanga. She was one of the 14 wives of the late Father Yod. She’s coming by to see the painting of her late husband by Rives Granade that is hanging over the fireplace. Wonder if Isis will have a martini with me?</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13846212215http://monaloves.com/post/13846212215Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:47:18 -0800<p><img height="325" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpe7xxIhg1qa585t.jpg" width="400"/></p> <p>So, I know it looks ridiculous…I know it doesn’t scream intelligent writing…BUT MY GOSH WHAT A SHOW!!!!! Very clever writing with a strong sense of the social stress in Texas football. And with a soundtrack consisting of Explosions In The Sky and I’m pretty sure I heard ISIS in there once, You cannot go wrong!!!!!! I started last Sunday and I’m half way through season 3…</p> <p>-Ben</p> <p>P.S. No other show has ever had such a great soundtrack. FACT.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13752880153http://monaloves.com/post/13752880153Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:57:23 -0800<p><img height="400" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvp84dLKlj1qa585t.jpg" width="400"/></p> <p>Hey people,</p> <p>So completely unaware to me, the new album ‘In Passage’ from Immanu El was released through the cracks. Maybe i’ve been too out of the loop with the genre but this is a great great great 8 track release. Huge step up from the last album from beginning to end and much better mix of instrumentation. Enjoy.</p> <p>-Ben</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13745982140http://monaloves.com/post/13745982140Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:41:00 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31278856?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Raif! We’ll be getting an exclusive-to-Mona order of hand knit cashmere very soon…</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13706377112http://monaloves.com/post/13706377112Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:55:45 -0800<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ym8Umf4byXo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A stripped down version of Passing Feeling from Jan 31, 2003 at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Elliott Smith, in the famous I <3 metal t shirt and his leather wrist band. I’m still not over him. -Lisa</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13594927070http://monaloves.com/post/13594927070Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:53:00 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luzomfnDVL1qan9wvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tilda Swinton rocks Haider. Love.</p>http://monaloves.com/post/13093917140http://monaloves.com/post/13093917140Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:37:00 -0800