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my beautiful friend Ariana Delawari. i saw her in dance class today and thought that its about time i put her on my blog.
A very talented singer.
listen to her at http://www.myspace.com/lionofpanjshir
PHOTOGRAPHED BY KRISTIN BURNS FOR STYLE SECTION L.A. STYLED BY LEILA BABOI. HAIR & MAKEUP BY JOYCE BONELLI. FASHION ASSISTANT: NOA BEN-YEHEZEL.
c-heads magazine // issue #18
styling and wardrobe // yvonne reichmuthphotography // christoph kostlin
![I went to see PEACHES last night at the Wiltern. She was amazing!!!! and her costumes were awesomely outrageous. I believe Brian Lichtenberg designed them.
The best parts of the night were when Peaches came out in a giant hair outfit..photo to come soon…and the very talented opening act AMANDA BLANK!! pictured here.
FROM LA TIMES: When I catch up with Philadelphia rapper and aspiring pop artist Amanda Blank, it’s on a rare day off. She’s been relentlessly promoting her recently released and refreshingly diverse debut album, “I Love You,” which arrives almost three years after she first thrilled fans with her now legendary X-rated rhyme on the Spank Rock track “Bump.”
“I’m at my sisters’ house with my nephews. It’s my one chance to see everybody before I go back on the road with [indie-pop band] Matt and Kim,” she says. The sound of kids running around is audible over the phone as Blank tries to keep the peace.
It was as part of Spank Rock’s touring entourage that Blank cemented her name in underground circles, routinely hopping onstage to trade verses with the raunchy party rapper. Boasting a fresh street style and rapid-fire rhymes, she was quickly tipped as the next big thing to emerge from the electro underground, following the likes of M.I.A. and Santigold.
But even with a solid album of pop hooks under her belt (her new album’s “Leaving You Behind” invokes the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Blank is not trying to be anyone’s pop star.
“It’s so hard for me to even relate to any of that. I keep getting compared to Lady Gaga, which makes no sense at all to me,” Blank muses. “She’s clearly into all of that — she named her album ‘The Fame.’ That’s cool and more power to her. I don’t know if that’s something I want. I know my record is poppy, but I’d rather just make music with my friends and have fun.”
It helps when your friends are producers and songwriters like Diplo, Switch and Santigold.
“I like that it’s this little scene and we’re all doing it together,” she counters. “We all love each other and stick together. The fans are a part of it too.
“Ultimately, I could really give a …” she laughs finally. “My goal in making this record was not to change anybody’s view of me. I made the record I wanted to hear, something for the ladies. If I don’t want to hear me rapping over 12 Baltimore club tracks, I doubt anybody else would either.”
— Scott T. Sterling](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/nantesantamaria/AmandaBlank.jpg&imgrefurl=http://statusmagonline.com/news/2009/02/&usg=__oh0rXAsIyybMzqz0cBOJiXDQQPM=&h=750&w=500&sz=321&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=hJBUg9fi9aXzVM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damanda%2Bblank%2Blos%2Bangeles%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1)
I went to see PEACHES last night at the Wiltern. She was amazing!!!! and her costumes were awesomely outrageous. I believe Brian Lichtenberg designed them.
The best parts of the night were when Peaches came out in a giant hair outfit..photo to come soon…and the very talented opening act AMANDA BLANK!! pictured here.
FROM LA TIMES: When I catch up with Philadelphia rapper and aspiring pop artist Amanda Blank, it’s on a rare day off. She’s been relentlessly promoting her recently released and refreshingly diverse debut album, “I Love You,” which arrives almost three years after she first thrilled fans with her now legendary X-rated rhyme on the Spank Rock track “Bump.”
“I’m at my sisters’ house with my nephews. It’s my one chance to see everybody before I go back on the road with [indie-pop band] Matt and Kim,” she says. The sound of kids running around is audible over the phone as Blank tries to keep the peace.
It was as part of Spank Rock’s touring entourage that Blank cemented her name in underground circles, routinely hopping onstage to trade verses with the raunchy party rapper. Boasting a fresh street style and rapid-fire rhymes, she was quickly tipped as the next big thing to emerge from the electro underground, following the likes of M.I.A. and Santigold.
But even with a solid album of pop hooks under her belt (her new album’s “Leaving You Behind” invokes the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Blank is not trying to be anyone’s pop star.
“It’s so hard for me to even relate to any of that. I keep getting compared to Lady Gaga, which makes no sense at all to me,” Blank muses. “She’s clearly into all of that — she named her album ‘The Fame.’ That’s cool and more power to her. I don’t know if that’s something I want. I know my record is poppy, but I’d rather just make music with my friends and have fun.”
It helps when your friends are producers and songwriters like Diplo, Switch and Santigold.
“I like that it’s this little scene and we’re all doing it together,” she counters. “We all love each other and stick together. The fans are a part of it too.
“Ultimately, I could really give a …” she laughs finally. “My goal in making this record was not to change anybody’s view of me. I made the record I wanted to hear, something for the ladies. If I don’t want to hear me rapping over 12 Baltimore club tracks, I doubt anybody else would either.”
— Scott T. Sterling
CNN HEROES--worth watching
CNN - Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper revealed Peñaflorida’s selection at the conclusion of the third-annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
The gala event, taped before an audience of 3,000, premiered on Thanksgiving night on the global networks of CNN.
The broadcast honored the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009 and featured performances by Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood, R&B crooner Maxwell and British pop sensation Leona Lewis.
Peñaflorida, who will receive $100,000 to continue his work with the Dynamic Teen Company, was selected after seven weeks of online voting at CNN.com. More than 2.75 million votes were cast.
“Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry,” Peñaflorida said upon accepting the honor. “Each person has a hidden hero within, you just have to look inside you and search it in your heart, and be the hero to the next one in need.
“So to each and every person inside this theater and for those who are watching at home, the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell to my co-volunteers … you are the change that you dream, as I am the change that I dream, and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be.”
