Replicants

La Familia

2010-07-30T20:33:00.004+02:00

Twin Peaks vs. Twilight

2010-06-30T22:06:00.006+02:00

The third twilight movie: Eclipse premieres tonight as does the first episode of the classic TV-serie Twin Peaks on Swedish television, channel 9. It's more than a coincky dinky if you ask me. Let's face it, these two have a lot in common! They're both shot in the rainiest north western parts of the U.S. with magical forests and secrets that lay as a mist over the towns. Both towns have a small population, they also have a cozy dinner were everybody meets. And the handsome James has similar puppy eyes as motorcycle pal and wolf boy: Jacob Black... the list goes on and man have they "inprinted" on me or what?!

Spooky!

2010-06-30T22:02:00.000+02:00

Must see...

2010-06-13T17:37:00.001+02:00

When you were young...

2010-06-13T17:16:00.006+02:00

The day is finally here! We get to see the entire True Blood cast again, and of course some new faces too! The 1st episode of Season 3 airs in the States tonight! Me and my man are going to have a bloody dinner tomorrow at jojo's and her man's pad were we are to see this episode! Can't wait. Here's a clip of a young Ryan Kwaten aka Jason Stackhouse that plays the role of Vinnie in the aussie soap-opera: Home and Away. Enjoy!

Your Love is King

2010-06-02T23:29:00.003+02:00

Sex and the titties 2

2010-06-02T22:12:00.009+02:00

Me and the gals went to see the new sex and the city movie. We laughed our arses off! It was hilarious! Don't know if that was the doing of the 1/2 liter Cosmopolitan that we drank... EACH! Jojo made her nice (read: major spiked!) cosmo mix at home that we later were boozing up in the movie theater. Haha! We must have sounded like hyenas in there, cheers for the tipsy entertainment!

Peek-a-boo!

2010-06-02T21:13:00.013+02:00

I remember when I was one of the few in my school who had a different ethnic background. We weren't many and it was hard at times to fit in. But there's a change today. We live in a more multi-cultural environment where globalization is key and instead of being blinded by über-blond hair and light skin I see a rainbow of colors in my hometown. Stockholm is expanding its horizons and when it comes to burlesque we've come a long way. Take a look at my new-found sweet hearts Chrystelle and Elena-Maria aka Page Three, shaking it!
All pictures by: Replicants

Soundtrack of my life...

2010-06-01T21:30:00.009+02:00

My parents didn't allow me to hitch-hike to Denmark, Roskilde, in the summer of '95. Ha! What a shocker! I was 14 and my only wish was to see Jeff Buckley on Stage. He had this amazing voice that left me in a daze. He sounded like a mixture of my two favorite jazz vocalists:
Nina Simone and Billie Holiday. Today we can hear Robert Pattinson, yes the vampire-actor, with a pipe that sounds a lot like the one of my hero Jeff Buckley. Do hope he gets to play him on the screen one day...
Buckley is known for his debut album "Grace" and this masterpiece has been with me since day one. Through high school, the good and the bad. It held my hand through cheating boyfriends and jumped for joy at my achievements in life. It remains till this day one of my top five favorite albums of all times.

Imperial State Electric

2010-06-01T21:15:00.006+02:00

My good friends have finally got together again on stage and this time Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters) has released his awaited solo album. My man, his gang and I and my girls were in a packed debaser seeing them in action. What a sight!

Strikes again...

2010-06-01T21:11:00.002+02:00

White Nights

2010-06-01T21:04:00.006+02:00

The nights are getting brighter and me and kitty have done the best of it by going out and play...

Fairytale

2010-06-01T20:19:00.005+02:00

R.I.P.

2010-05-29T20:36:00.003+02:00

Rest in peace mr. Hopper!

Higher Love

2010-05-28T17:08:00.003+02:00

toodles!

2010-05-27T23:35:00.006+02:00

Ironically enough the sun did grace us with its presence on the last day of our holiday. My sis told me the following day that the temperature rose with at least 20 degrees the minute we left the country. We were bummed out 'cause we missed out on the london fields picnic in broadway market. But what got our spirits up this particular day was the unforgettable haunted house of Dennis Severe (www.dennissevershouse.co.uk). My dear friend jojo had been there a couple of weeks earlier to visit an old work colleague who's employed there now. She recommended the place as a "must see". I and my man are very much into the occult and I thought I'd surprise him by going there! After that we had a monday burgers for 5 quid at the belgian place beside the Dinner in Shoreditch. Afterwards we hugged my sis goodbye and headed to Heathrow airport with heavy steps, didn't want to leave, with the sun shining and all... I'll come down again this summer and the hot sun better be there then!

East is East

2010-05-27T00:03:00.017+02:00

Sis and sötnos made a tasty sunday breakfast before we went down to Columbia road flower market and it was crowded despite of the shitty weather. But oh so cozy. Wanted to buy all the flowers there! Just before the rain started to pour down we went for lunch at a tapas restaurant in Brick Lane, and ate to the sound of salsa! My feet couldn't hold still! Afterwards my man saw a massage stand on the square and we left him there for 15 minutes. Boy was he gone after that! We ended the evening with dinner on a vietnamese restaurant on old street. You could bring your OWN wine, and did we ever! They didn't have a liquor license and the staff was confused when taking orders, but oh I really loved that place and food was to die for!!

Top of the morning to you laddie!

2010-05-26T22:03:00.014+02:00

The last time my sis and her sötnos were in Sweden they crashed on our couch for a whole week. It was great having them over and in the mornings we used to make pancake breakfasts! We did the same now at their place, delicious pancakes with loads of maple sirup. This day we went to the picturesque Broadway Market just near by their flat in east london. It was still freezing outside. So ironic when it was 23 degrees in Stockholm and only 6 degrees in London! We stopped by Hackney city farm on the way to Broadway Market and made friends with gilbert the goose and bella the sow. She was happy taking a muddy nap! Later we headed to soho for some nice fish'n'chips and some book shopping at Atlantis and Waterstone's. For dinner we went to the belgium place The Dove on Broadway Market for moules frites and strawberry beers and vedett, yummy!

Rock the boat

2010-05-20T00:12:00.012+02:00

My sister isn't missing much from her native country but what she always wants me to bring her is "kalles kaviar" a typical swedish caviar paste for mostly crispbread. Sötnosen wanted loads of licorice candy and we brought the works but we also did "help" them eat it all...
I was keen on seeing The Horace Walpole exhibition on V&A museum it ended with us taking the WHOLE tour around the building! Massive! Later on we went to HMV and found out that the release date for the 2nd season of True Blood was on Monday the following week, so we definitely went back for it days later. Later on the evening we went for pints on the hilarious karaoke pub "the birdcage". The best performance came from a middle aged man with a broad jamaican accent who sang "rock the boat" and to top the awesome dance we soon realised that he also was stone tone deaf, it was brilliant!

England is mine and it owes me a living!

2010-05-18T22:43:00.020+02:00

I moved with my sister to dirty ol' london in the summer of 2001.
We arrived one day before Aaliyah died in a tragic plane crash and two days before the Strokes had an album release at our favorite indie club Trash. It was mixed feelings the first couple of days, but with a feverish Notting Hill carnival that first weekend we soon caught on to the rhythm and pace of the city. I moved back to stockholm eventually but my dear sister stayed behind. She is very happy there and I visit her whenever I can afford it...
When I was checking-in this thursday British Airways asked me if I wanted to be a volunteer.. Translation: "We have over boked your flight, wait for the next flight that leaves 3 hours after yours and receive a 250 euro check! Sure! Well, unfortunately I boarded my ordinary flight, due to leftover seats, but as a reward for my cooperation I got to fly... BUSINESS CLASS!
A seat that could fit an elephant, loads of drinks, warm food ON A plate, gourmet cheese, more free alcohol... aaah life's good when even the airplane loo is fancy!
My sister cooks the best food, she got her skills from our dad. When I got to hers and her sötnos flat I was pampered with a delicious croque monsieur and sötnos made a brilliant pimm's. I was freezing so she let me borrow her cardigan.My man came with a later flight that was a tad delayed so we had to wait for him at liverpool street station. When he finally arrived we went to the mouthwatering Tas Firis for a kebab and other greasy food. With bags of take away and wine we headed home to inflate the giant mattresses, we we're about to pass out inflating those bastards, but they really saved the nights.. we slept like babies!

Lava runs through her veins...

2010-05-18T20:07:00.018+02:00

The mere thought of Iceland always used to bring me such blissful thoughts of Björk. I used to adore the group the sugarcubes back in the day and when Björk went solo I was an instant and devoted fan.
But now a days each and every time I hear about Iceland I just role my eyes and sigh "bloody volcano...".
Björk appeared as an eruptive volcano, much like this current one, but with creative lava running through her veins. Leaving the sugarcubes gave her artistic freedom to do whatever she desired, and boy did she conquer the world!
This year's polar music prize is so justified, both the great Ennio Morricone and Björk are well deserved winners and hopefully Björk has more records and projects to come after this prestigious award.

R.I.P.

2010-05-12T18:15:00.001+02:00

Rest in peace dear miss Horne! Will remember you always...

Daddy long legs...

2010-05-11T23:08:00.002+02:00

Evian is spelled Naive backwards

2010-05-10T23:07:00.002+02:00

The Kooks - Naïve
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Teacher, leave us kids alone!

2010-05-10T22:41:00.004+02:00

Deep Forest...

2010-05-10T22:25:00.005+02:00

I remember when I used to lie on my bed reading "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer", written by Lynch's daughter... I imagined that my room was in the darkest forest and my bed on a checkered floor. Oh how I begged my parents to install a floor like that in my bedroom. But they never did... This summer I'm going to get a floor like that in my kitchen, let's see if I'll stop there...

Got milk?

2010-05-10T22:20:00.002+02:00

Everyday is like sunday...

2010-05-09T21:06:00.005+02:00

Love sees no color

2010-05-09T21:02:00.001+02:00

Paws up!

2010-05-09T17:28:00.029+02:00

After jumping & throwing my right paw in the air for 20 scratches straight I felt a sudden cramp... It dawned on me right there and then that gagaloo is an iron lady, with legs on high heels that could run for miles on the cat walk, without breaking a sweat. This fame monster turned a packed stockholm globe arena into a boiling fountain of youth with magical creatures taking a blood bath in it. I wasn't allowed to see madonna in 1990, that gig was in Gothenburg: too far away, and my parents were concerned that I might get either squashed or whisked away by someone in the audience. Well, the sweltering heat from last night's gig will forever linger in my monster soul that now is healed.
Thank you gagaloo!
All Pics by: Magnus Eriksson aka My Man and Replicants

Gagaloo!

2010-05-08T11:19:00.013+02:00

She's broken every record; including most viewed music video on Youtube (Bad Romance) but she's also being judged by fellow musicians who are calling her a copy-cat (Grace Jones, M.I.A.). If Youtube was around during the 80's Michael Jackson and Madonna would have broken all the records with numbers to show for it. But this doesn't neglect the fact that Lady Gaga has stirred up and resuscitated a genre that once was on another dimension. She has brought it back with style and that's why we salut her! And now I'm counting down the hours! Tonight's THE night and me and my man are going to be right in front of the stage singing the loudest! GAGALOO here we come!

Turn that frown upside down

2010-05-06T18:25:00.003+02:00

Ce soir tu est le roi

2010-05-05T23:55:00.002+02:00

Take a ride with me...

2010-05-05T22:04:00.009+02:00

Chris was this boy who had a moped and was very eager on getting me to ride with him. I wanted to be the driver and he let me. It was such a rush to drive through empty streets in suburbia with a boy on the carrier... Once he insisted on being the driver and as soon as I let him take me for a ride i burned my right knee on the exhaust pipe. I got so mad... at him, poor guy.
The next week he'd changed his moped to a turquoise scooter, with the exhaust intact... I got to drive it whenever... Lucky 13 (-year old gal...)

White Stripes

2010-05-05T22:00:00.002+02:00

look-alike

2010-05-05T19:46:00.008+02:00

Kim Basinger won an academy award for her role in L.A Confidential. In the movie she plays a prostitute making a living as a Veronica Lake look-alike. I was sitting in front of a man in the movie theater that kept on sighing this infatuated sigh whenever she appeared on the screen. Kind of cute but also extremely annoying...

In your eyes I'd like to stay

2010-05-04T23:37:00.002+02:00

Mr Sandman...

2010-05-04T23:29:00.002+02:00

My dear friend jojo has awoken the sweet tooth in me! A couple of weeks ago she bought me Ben & Jerry's cookie dough and I just can't seem to get enough of it! Luckily it's the right season for a delicious sunday... mmmmm

Someday

2010-05-04T23:18:00.003+02:00

Dance on Air

2010-05-03T21:37:00.001+02:00

In Bloom

2010-05-03T21:31:00.001+02:00

The cat's meow!

2010-05-03T20:50:00.002+02:00

The blood is the life...

2010-05-03T19:52:00.009+02:00

...and it shall be mine (Dracula)
Finally you can sink your fangs into a true blood bottle in Sweden!
The sci-fi book store in stockholm is selling this beverage at 99 swedish crones a bottle. Pricey for some grape juice... I know. I remember when my dear friend jojo celebrated her b-day in november last year with a vampire bash. She had bought a bottle of true blood in N.Y. just weeks before the party. No need to fly to the states anymore, huh?...

Jojo aka Lorena, This picture taken by Replicants

Ho no mo'

2010-05-03T19:26:00.004+02:00

She & Him are playing in stockholm in a couple of hours and I didn't get my mitts on any tickets...
Well here'e a clip that will cheer me up, it's when Zooey sings sweet ballad in the movie Yes Man, it's not a she & him song but still a memorable one and here with spanish subtitles!

Who's afraid of the BigBadWolf?

2010-05-02T22:35:00.003+02:00

Give good face

2010-05-02T22:10:00.006+02:00

E-books

2010-05-02T21:51:00.004+02:00

E-books are the new shit and I'm pondering if I should be pro-or con it... I don't know, call me old fashion but I would miss holding an actual book in my hands... Though it would be good for the environment to spare the trees. I wonder what damage it would do to our planet if we started mass producing e-books...
Don't think the emissions would be good there either.

"Sunny"

2010-05-02T21:21:00.010+02:00

My "high school sweet heart" was a cheating bastard from day one. We lasted for 4 years and during the last year I just prepared mentally to leave his sorry ass. I used to call us "Four funerals and no Wedding"... three of his relatives died of old age during this time and our dear friend "slaban" died at the age of 23. This ex of mine used to be hit on by everyone when we were out clubbing due to his Johnny Depp looks. Heck, his looks was the only thing keeping me by his side... I know so sad. Well, this pretty face with no depth to it always brought me sunflowers when he'd cheated on me... I could have filled the whole Taj Mahal with all these golden suns, shame this scum bag just was a giant dark cloud over me... good riddance!

You better work!

2010-05-01T23:18:00.001+02:00

Neon

2010-05-01T22:38:00.006+02:00

My friend Beate threw the best neon party ever yesterday!
I'm still recovering, but ooh what a night!

Where have all the flowers gone?

2010-05-01T22:19:00.003+02:00

Proletarians Unite!

2010-05-01T21:34:00.004+02:00

Speak up!

2010-04-30T11:22:00.001+02:00

Rihanna & Shy Ronnie from Mathieu Carratier on Vimeo.

Anchors aweigh

2010-04-29T14:47:00.010+02:00

Whyred opened a new renovated and bigger flagship store the other day, and this was celebrated with loads of free champagne and every possible alcohol beverage you can think of! My friend Linda and I were very impressed with it all but mostly with our new found crush for the band who played that night: "Kriget" and their hot go-go dancer!

Shake that body!

2010-04-28T14:34:00.005+02:00

People don't know it's about time!
You gotta groove this and move this, shake that body!

Cosmic Girl

2010-04-28T14:08:00.009+02:00

Cab Calloway

2010-04-26T17:43:00.002+02:00

One of my first idols was the crazy zoot-suit swinging Cab Calloway. The first time I heard one of his songs was when i was 7 and watched Betty Boop on the telly. It was "minnie the moocher" and I simply couldn't stop "hidehidehideho"-ing!
Tonight i'm dressing up as Calloway when I hit the masquerade party...

London Calling

2010-04-26T14:38:00.012+02:00

Leaving for london with my man in 2 weeks and hopefully the british pound will still maintain a downward trend...
and those volcanos on Iceland should also keep in check or else my sister's nuking them! Well, this is our to do list while away:

Visit Victoria & Albert museum and see the
Horace Walpole exhibition

Go to Forbidden Planet so my man can buy Fantasy books
and I a Jack Skellington doll

Go to Atlantis so both I and my man can buy a bunch of occult books to add to our collection

Make a stop at Camden town to buy creeper shoes at the Darkside.

Have a nice pic nic at London fields to later go and have dinner in a restaurant on Broadway market.
this picture is taken by petit-bourgeois.blogspot.com

Visit the haunted house of Dennis Severe near Spiterfield market

Show the world!

2010-04-26T00:30:00.001+02:00

Let's make this happen, girl you gonna show the world that something good can work and it can work for you!

Someday

2010-04-26T00:24:00.002+02:00

Color me bad

2010-04-26T00:17:00.003+02:00

Fake it till you make it

2010-04-25T23:24:00.004+02:00

My sister and I had our differences growing up but what finally united us was the sit-com "Friends". I was at the time watching too much telly but got persuaded some how by her to watch this new series. We were hooked from the beginning and still recite jokes from the show by heart... these clips are one of our favorites.

Teaser

2010-04-24T15:40:00.005+02:00

My dear friend kitty teased my hair before hitting the club yesterday.
She took the time to give me a proper 40's hair do. My GOD! I looked like Rachel in the flesh!

All tomorrow's parties

2010-04-24T13:34:00.005+02:00

My parents did seldom allow me to go out/to parties when I was a teen. But this only added more fuel to the fire and made me even more of a party monster... I used to sneak out at times, even if it got me grounded for months to come...

Mariposa libre

2010-04-23T18:41:00.003+02:00

I'm missing every part...

2010-04-22T23:57:00.001+02:00

If I came back as a dolphin...

2010-04-22T21:10:00.011+02:00

There is no place else I rather be than in the water. It calms my inhibitions and lets loose of the pisces in me...

ToonTown

2010-04-22T18:08:00.006+02:00

My friend Saga-Mariah made an illustration of me today and I love it love love it!! Check out her incredible art work at www.sagamariah.se

Cold as Ice

2010-04-22T18:05:00.003+02:00

It's snowing again and we're in the month of April...
Did we skip a season? Time to do the x-mas shopping all over again!

Get a job!

2010-04-21T23:20:00.001+02:00

French Maid

2010-04-21T23:04:00.004+02:00

My man wants to see me in a french maid costume when we clean the flat... he says that cleaning would be a bliss.
I say: "mais oui, mon chéri! as long as you wear one too!"

Into the Wild

2010-04-21T22:58:00.003+02:00

Nebula

2010-04-21T22:47:00.001+02:00

It's in the white of my eyes

2010-04-21T22:26:00.002+02:00

"Vara Vänner"

2010-04-20T15:44:00.001+02:00

Relight my Fire

2010-04-20T15:33:00.003+02:00

I was 22 when I left home to live in a flat built in 1942. I know, I was a "late bird" and was terrified of missing out on my dad's excellent cooking... This new place had a gas-stove that I adored, there was no hassle when cooking and even though I inherited my mom's atrocious way of preparing a meal I did pretty ok in my new kitchen.

La Belle Dame sans Merci

2010-04-20T15:26:00.003+02:00

Someday

2010-04-20T15:21:00.003+02:00

Now the drugs don't work...

2010-04-20T15:19:00.002+02:00

Reincarnation

2010-04-19T16:44:00.004+02:00

When I was 13 I wished that I was the reincarnation of the peruvian pin-up painter Alberto Vargas but then again I also hoped I was Elvis' love child..

Sample this!

2010-04-19T16:26:00.001+02:00

Manish Boy

2010-04-19T16:03:00.002+02:00

Goldilocks

2010-04-19T15:58:00.007+02:00

Book of Shadows

2010-04-18T22:28:00.003+02:00

Why do I smile?

2010-04-18T22:03:00.002+02:00

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
Why do I smile at people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?

When you were young...

2010-04-18T21:40:00.003+02:00

You've seen Tyrese Gibson's latest appearance when he plays Beyonce's obnoxious boyfriend in Gagaloo's video "telephone", but did you know that his break-through was in a coca-cola commercial in 1994?
I was in the States when coca-cola's then new campaign hit the televisions and their catchy jingle really stuck...

Yeah, well you always have to start somewhere. This next clip shows a then model who was struggling with his acting career... Funny when you think about how similar it is to the life of his character Joey Tribbiani in the sit-com Friends.

Любимый Россия

2010-04-17T18:39:00.008+02:00

Beloved Russia, my mom's "third" home.
She moved from Chile when she was 18 to study at Moscow University. After 6 years she was a civil engineer and ended up in Sweden where she eventually met my Peruvian father. Ever since I was a kid I've been to Russia many times with my family and although I know some russian I always wanted to be fluent...

LaChapelle

2010-04-17T14:11:00.008+02:00

The kitschy, plastic, fake tanned deliciously vulgar style this photographer has is what defines the late 90's and this last decade.
David has directed X-tina's "Dirrty" video and the word couldn't define his art work better. It's filthy vulgar with an edge.

Filthy palms reach for the harms

2010-04-17T13:47:00.005+02:00

This is the first single from Jack Peñate latest album. It came out a year ago and it still fills me with an euphoric longing for a world that once was...

The Mighty Jungle

2010-04-17T13:34:00.005+02:00

Hello Kitty

2010-04-16T20:56:00.000+02:00

Don't kiss and tell...

2010-04-16T00:44:00.001+02:00

New Jack Swing

2010-04-15T23:45:00.008+02:00

As a youngling I was introduced to black music and I worshiped it! Blues, Jazz, R'n'B, Soul, Funk, Gospel you name it, i love it!
In the early 90's I was hooked on De la Soul, A tribe called Quest and the list goes on, and then NEW JACK SWiNG came to town and I was doing the running man like crazy! Here's one of my favorites.
The Boys made a hilarious video where they basically make fun of several famous music videos. See if you recognize any...

Love Cats

2010-04-15T22:43:00.006+02:00

Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa, Fashion!

2010-04-14T23:12:00.007+02:00

I was 7 years old when I bought my first record... to be more accurate: my parents bought it for me. I had to sing the song in the record store since I didn't know the title. David Bowie had many albums out there and the song I had heard wasn't on his then recent album, but as soon as I uttered the syllables "fa, fa, fa, fa..." The sales person shouted "FASHION!"...

The New World

2010-04-14T22:53:00.004+02:00

In the nude...

2010-04-14T22:46:00.001+02:00

Age ain't nothing but a number

2010-04-14T22:44:00.002+02:00

We're spiralling

2010-04-13T23:50:00.004+02:00

I'm waiting for a revelation
I'm waiting for someone to count me in
Cause now I only see my dreams in everything I touch
Feel their cold hands on everything that I love
Cold like some magnificent skyline
Out of my reach but always in my eyeline...

The Only Way

2010-04-13T23:02:00.008+02:00

Jasmine Evans from Shepherd's Bush aka Yazz was the tallest women who ever walked the runway. The model, who also was a member of the England under-19s volleyball team soon was discovered by her then boyfriend Jazz Summers and recorded this smash hit. I adored her because she was tall as hell and had the most wicked voice!