Style Icon: Fight For Your Right

Long before my white rapper crushes on Eminem, Dirt Nasty & Riff Raff Sodmg I had major crushes on the Beastie Boys. As a nerdy (as some might have said) little 6th grader Amber Lane knew what was up and I knew the Beastie Boys were more then just Fighting for my Right to Party. They were fighting to change the world actually, and you know I like that.
I was hooked on the Beastie Boys as soon as I discovered who they were. I had their posters on my walls next to Barbie collection. I've always been a true Gemini & professional Dichotomist -- I never put myself in one box or label myself, just the the Beastie Boys. I even remember asking my mom to help make me a Beastie Boys tshirt with my favorite lyrics on it (although I probably never wore it to school because back in middle school people didn't get I could be smart AND cool).
My Beastie Boy obsession taught me a lot about pop culture (their references are second to none), rappin & rhyming (or rhyming & stealin), and being funky (and being a punk...)!
And let's be honest, when I could spit every single lyric on every Beastie Boys album I quite impressed the boys (I'm crafty). If you were rollin with me in my blue Honda Civic in High School there was a good chance I'd be bumping some BBoys (I mean if I wasn't spit tin my own WEAK rhymes).
You'll be missed Adam Yauch, but your rhymes & impact on Music & it's culture will be remembered forever.
Innovators never really die.
Thank you for your influence on my style, music choices, and the knowledge your lyrics taught me!!






If you're not already a Beastie Boy fan go do you yourself a favor and Spotify their Paul Boutique album. Genius at it's best, plus it's cheaper then a hot dog with no mustard!

Things I Love: Holy Childhood Dreams

It was 1995 and I was 13. Pretty much the start of my boy crazy years, and it was also right around the time when my TV didn't budge from MTV. And there he was every afternoon announcing videos like Waterfalls, Scream, You Don't Know How it Feels, and Hootie's I Only Wanna Be With You. And I only wanted to be with him, my favorite VJ, Simon Rex. I thought he was hella fine and hella funny. Have you seen his episode of cribs!? Flash forward to 2007 and Simon Rex had transformed himself in the super foul, nasty as he wants to be, Dirt Nasty. And for some reason I found his totally raunchy, horribly degrading lyrics, and over the top partying songs hilarious. Perhaps because it seems like such a joke to me.
In any case after our recent LA trip where his buddy, Andre Legacy's song "Which Way to the Mondrian" served as our theme song, Vanessa and I decided we needed to get it out of our system and go see them live once and for all. And we had quite the time.

I wore my Unif Flag shirt, you know I like to festive for things, plus I thought a little attention wouldn't hurt.

and it worked...Childhood dreams resurrected.

A little Andre Legacy love in honor of our LA trip.

Also this week I was lunching at the same spot as Tim Lincecum, you know the SF Giants 2 time Cy Young winning picture? Well I garnered up enough up enough courage to introduce myself and thank him for all that he's done for the Giants. I even asked for a picture which resulted in an epic fail...his friend face-timed his own face....
That's Timmy and I behind the camera in his glasses. Bumski!

It's Mr. Rex's birthday today so here's to wishing him a Palatial Regalia birthday!