grew up at midnight pt. 5

Tessa 

(ph. Malia James)

Your current location:


los angeles. 


Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
the amazing friends I am staying with are throwing a big party.


What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?

I tend to listen to pretty chilled out music before going out. I love throwing something like "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" on the record player.

What is your biggest guilty pleasure song of 2012?
I don't really get guilty about music, i feel guilty enough about other things. But i do get that "somebody that i used to know" song stuck in my head and it drove me nuts. And in 2012 I really got into Niki and the Dove "the fox" and "mother protect" which I played often and on repeat which probably drove the neighbours crazy.

What are your going out essentials?
good friends, perfume (tom ford), a camera of some sort, the number of a local cab company and sunglasses incase it is light when I head home.

(ph. Malia James)

What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run 

What would you spin if you were the dj?
I'd probably ask  Dan Mancini to dj "with me" and then  just enjoy what he was playing.

What drink will you be holding throughout the night?

Champagne

Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Two people come immediately to mind, one is personal and the other is Eddie Vedder... ( teenage crushes never go away) He is about two feet shorter than me, but as i said to Malia a while back... he's short in stature but tall in talent.

What do you do after the party (go to another location, go home and crash)?
In London I'd end up out all night rampaging from one late night disaster to another or probably end up trying to sleep in the lobby of The Groucho Club. Here (thankfully) i'll just have to slink off to my room.

Your hangover cure?
sadly only time heals. :(

What are you looking forward to most in 2013?

that's a big secret.

Malia

Your current location:

LOLs Angeles

Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
Two of my favorite people are taking me to an intimate party at a stranger's house. 

What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
Tonight, I'm listening to David Bowie's Changes

 What is your biggest guilty pleasure song of 2012?

I feel no guilt over the music I listen to. 

                                                                                               

What are your going out essentials
My phone.... so I can Instagram. 

What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Love Man by Otis Redding

What would you spin if you were the dj?
I'm best suited to DJ a pajama party or maybe an orgy. I like playing slow sexy songs like "The Singer" by Nick Cave. 

What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
I do love a glass of champagne. 

Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Samuel Preston..... or Bob Dylan in 1966

What do you do after the party (go to another location, go home and crash)?
This will be an early one for me. I'm in prep to shoot a music video next week. 

Your hangover cure?

Not getting wasted. 

What are you looking forward to most in 2013?
Romance, shooting a lot, and touring the world with Dum Dum Girls. 

Dee Dee


Your current location: 

 my Upper East Side apartment

Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
I'm not sure yet; champagne at home and then either Motor City or Heather's as friends are djing both spots.

What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
It really depends on the situation. I expect Siouxsie and the Banshees tonight.

What is your biggest guilty pleasure song of 2012?
I don't think in terms of guilty pleasures anymore; just whether I like it.  

What are your going out essentials?
Heels and eyeliner.

What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Anything by Biggie or Slade.

What would you spin if you were the dj?
All sorts. I got hired to DJ at Mister H at The Mondrian recently and was fired only ten minutes into my set.  Management hadn't told the night's promoter I had to play top 40 in consideration of the hotel guests so my Lush, Cocteau Twins, and Rowland S Howard selections did not go over well.

What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Champagne then lemon water.
 

Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
My mom.

What do you do after the party (go to another location, go home and crash)?
It takes a lot to entice me to go anywhere but home.

Your hangover cure?
Marijuana and coffee.

What are you looking forward to most in 2013?
Ch ch ch changes

Myself

your current location:
somewhere in the Midwest.

Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
Originally Nashville, but thanks to mother nature blessing us with snow and ice, I’ll now be at home watching the Twilight Zone marathon and reading generic mass text messages at midnight and not gonna lie, I might be in a onesie...

What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
"Darling Nikki" - Prince, "Edge of Seventeen"- Stevie Nicks, anything No Doubt. 

What is your biggest guilty pleasure song of 2012?
“Boyfriend” – Justin Bieber, “I Knew You Were Trouble” – Taylor Swift, I don’t feel guilty about it either.

What are your going out essentials?
Camera(s), iPhone (gots to be instagrammin’), iPhone charger (all that instagrammin' drains your battery) red or berry lip stain, practical shoes to dance in. 

What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
"Dancing On My Own" - Robyn
"The Bay" - Metronomy

What would you spin if you were the dj?
My tastes are all over the place, so my set would be a hot mess of 90s baby making jamzzz, Three 6 Mafia, Prince, Tears For Fears, New Order, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, The Smiths, Crystal Waters (well, 90s dance in general), and WHAM would somehow get in there...the list could go on forever.

What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Gin & Tonic then Champagne then water

Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Oh there is someone…but I’ll settle for any of the following: Ryan Gosling, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gaspard Ulliel. Then there is my puppy, Atticus!

What do you do after the party (go to another location, go home and crash)?
Definitely home, shower and crash. Shower depends on the level of intoxication and/or pure laziness…

Your hangover cure?
Water and advil before bed and in the morning, toast, lots of coffee, some more advil and some more water

What are you looking forward to most in 2013?
World domination 

take them on, on your own

Quick break from the delayed NYE posts (part 5, the final part coming at chuuuu soon) to share this. 

I have so much love for this band. If it weren't for this band I wouldn't have met some of the people that inspire me and so much of my work today.

Very excited for their new album. 

This is directed by the endlessly talented Malia. 

oh mein m

I have A LOT of photos from over the summer that I have yet to share from my time of being an "honorary Dum Dum Girl" as Miss Malia put's it. 

I was a long-time fan before being lucky enough to finally see them live back in Febuary, but after spending time with them and them not only allowing me to photograph them live but trusting me enough to photograph them behind the scenes and tag along on some of their adventures, I went back home having three new heroes (if you have been reading my blog or know me in real life, you already know my relationship with Malia, therefore she was already a hero/mentor/friend before she joined the band to me). These girls make me want to practice my instruments more and start a band myself. If only I weren't so lazy! My drum kit whimpers in the garage from neglect. 

Here are some photos of the girls getting ready before a Chicago gig and photos that might be included on a series I am currently working on. 

Enjoy! 

xoxo

P

end of daze

The babes of Dum Dum Girls have recently premiered their new video 'Lord Knows' in support of their new EP 'End of Daze'. Watch the video, be bewitched, dazzled and walk away obsessed. 

Dum Dum Girls EP 'End Of Daze' is out now, so get it, get ittt!! (Or at least listen to the stream over here. 'I Got Nothing' is my favorite. 

Coming soon...my promotional photos for the girls. Can't wait to finally show them!

Dum Dum Girls are currently on tour, check out their tour dates here. 

So many new photos to come soon.  

This has to be one of my new favorites though. Love these two ladies. 

american gothic

Saturday at Maha Festival.

post about that soon (so many posts to make!)

bhang bhang

This past Saturday I did a photo shoot with Dum Dum Girls. It was a lot of fun and I am pleased with the outcome. I can't wait to share them with everyone soon! 

Here are a couple of the outtakes! 

this dum life.

Here are some really awesome/my personal favorite photos by Malia documenting her life as a Dum Dum Girl so far. 

view more from the ongoing series here and see if you can spot my face.

by tomorrow I'll be leaving, by tomorrow I'll be gone

New Dum Dum Girls video directed by Malia! 

"if you ever had a real heart, i don't think you'd know where to start..."

meet the muse

Malia James

only in dreams

took some polaroids of the lovely ladies of Dum Dum Girls recently in Texas. 

 

picture me under blood red moon

I was proper photographed by my dear friend Malia whilst in NJ a few weeks ago. 

I'm a fan of her, this photo and her magical hat I am wearing. 

The. End. 

lavender haze

 Whilst back in NYC, I made the short trek to Hoboken, NJ to see Dum Dum Girls play at Maxwell's. I was quite excited being it was my first time seeing them live and I had never been to Hoboken (reminded me a bit of Lawrence, Ks in a way, their Washington St is like Massachusetts St...at I least I think they are a bit similar).

 Now, I have seen Kristin play before in Grand Ole Party back in the day and knew that I should be in for a treat (she has such a great voice). Yet the greatest treat for me was the fact that my friend Malia had recently joined the band! I wish I would have taken more photos throughout the night but as usual nerves/awkwardness/self-conciousness/whatever got the best of me. I suppose there is always next time...

I am not super ecstatic about my photos from that evening but a few did turn out alright. I was really bummed that my polaroid spectra camera decided it didn't want to work that night and then the next day it was working perfectly (okay, after Leia and me messed with it for like 20 minutes and wasted 4 exposures). So temperamental these film cameras...

 

this is probably my one of my favorite photos of the evening. 

Jules = most adorable badass. 

Not only was it great to finally see Dum Dum Girls. It was also really great getting to catch up with Malia. I think it may have been a year or so since I had last seen her, so it was definitely long overdue. I personally can't wait to see all the photographs she makes on her journey as being a new Dum Dum Girl. 

~*Photog buddies 4 eva!*~