MY 1990'S PLAYLIST

Happy, happy friday all! i'm hoping you all are enjoying your weekend! i compiled a music playlist full of songs i heavily listened to in the early 90's. some of the songs on the list came out before the 90's but i wanted to include them since it was part of my teenage experience. 

When i was putting it together soo many memories flooded my head and i can still recall where i was when i was listening to certain songs. Janes Addiction and the Beastie Boys were constantly jamming in a car full of my very close girlfriends; as we went off into the Miami night.

Pearl Jam, Radio Head, Hole and MANY more artist were red hot on the music scene at the time in high-school; between the years of 91 through 94. Peter Murphy, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, The Cure and Violent Femmes were some of the artist we were dancing to when we went to the now long gone South Beach alternative clubs (when they were good), in my opinion. it was all about the dancing, i liked that part, don't miss the rest.

And of course i had to throw in some Punk. Fugazi was my absolute favorite punk band at that time. and hole in the wall venues were our favorite spots to check out really great local bands in Miami. the best years for that were the 80's early 90's. i was only able to catch but a glimpse of it since by then i was a teen and most of all the cool local bands had broken up. 

But enough on my reminiscing, i can get lost in it for hours....

Maybe this refreshes some of your memories and for those of you who were younger in the 90's this was what we grew up with if you were not into pop music back then. i do love my pop music now..

GALS OF THE 90'S!

Happy Friday! today is Bieber fever here in my home..oh yeah i said it Bieber fever, it's the life of having a full fledge teenager at home who's goo-goo ga-ga over this boy! she already has her tickets ready for tonights film on him!

So with that segway i continue my 90's week with ladies that i loved both style wise and musically. as a teenager in the early 90's i was really into punk and rock music and totally loved seeing women in rock/punk bands and doing indie music! all of these ladies with the exception of a few i still love to listen too. and although i was already into fashion magazines, my style inspiration came more from them then they did from Vogue or Seventeen magazines. especially because some wore vintage and by that time i had discovered my love for it. oh how i miss those Sassy Magazine days where most of them appeared on their pages. Sassy was definitely the "punk" fashion magazine amongst the others!

Courtney Love. i just loved her vintage baby doll dresses worn with mary janes. she always had the coolest ones and i searched EVERY Miami, Florida thrift stores snapping up all in sight. i built quite the collection of them and SO regret giving most away! if only i new then i would be one day selling vintage!

Shirley Manson of Garbage. when their first album came out i worked at a music store which would play it over and over again, and i did not like them, not sure why. but they grew on me and i could not stop playing their album day and night. love her red hair, make up and rock style. she's so cute.

Bjork. i loved her in the The Sugarcubes, mostly obsessed over 1 song. then her first solo album came out in 93'' when i was in high school and i was immediately hooked. she had a very quirky style when she was in the The Sugarcubes which i appreciated; but in the 90's i was smitten with ALL she wore. i could never do the hair twist like in the picture below and always wanted to. my hair is way too thick! but i later was able to do it on Zoe, and i mostly styled her hair like that when she was a toddler instead of pony tails!

PJ Harvey. boy was she huge in the 90's. her songs were on rotation in my tape player. her voice so cool and her style very much her own. love her eye brows, makes me wish i never touched mine! she just looked like one tough chic!

Kim Gordon. talk about tough chic, she's definitely one. she at one time had her own clothing line and store called x-girl. i wanted a t-shirt but could not get my hands on one in Miami. Sonic Youth sounds like no other band out there, especially with Kim's melodic deep vocals.

Tori Amos. what beautiful music she makes with her pretty soft vocals and piano. i don't listen to her any more, but i was so enchanted then with her music. her style so simple and effortless, with the prettiest curly red hair, lips and porcelain skin.

Hope Sandoval. love, love, love Mazzy Star. and back in the early 90's Sandoval's natural beauty mixed with a vintage / bohemian style was ahead of her time. look at the times now, it's pretty much what you see left and right here in Los Angeles and everywhere. 

source: all pictures taken from several google images and itsthe90s.tumbler.com

FOR THE LOVE OF PUNK!

Good day to you! when i work i tend to be blasting music to get me going and inspired, i think like most of us..as a kid i went through my usual stage of pop music, at that time Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Bananarama..the list goes on..but then i hit 9 and it was the Glam Metal bands, then came the late 80's and my cousin a skater at that time opened me to the world of punk, i fell in love and well although i listen and like ALL types of music, Punk just has a special grip on me..

this music list consist of some of my favourite bands, all who started more then 30 years ago, i can't think of one new punk band i remotely like...they all sound the same to me, manufactured..but if you have any suggestions please leave me some names, i am always open to listening and am curious as to who they are..

not only were these guys innovators, raw and in your face..they also were an influence of the style of the day, original like no other which now carries (with exception to Vivienne Westwood & Betsey Johnson) on the cat walks today..the men mostly influence what i like, i would go digging in their closets first!

mod style, The Jam..



i can never say enough of Joe Strummers style or The Clashes..




that Popeyes shirt is the best The Ramones were simple and held there own..


Poly Styrene is the cutest, here still with her braces..


Generation X, i dig everything these guys are wearing, that red jacket..LOVE!


the original Glam rockers..



The Avengers..Penelope Houston had the cutest haircut, i want those sun glasses..






source: getty images, google images