TUMBLE

Lately I've been reigniting my love affair with tumblr. I've found myself starting my days by getting sucked into the internet void and losing perception of time over my morning espresso while tumbling away. It's easy to do. But as opposed to other social networking sites where people are preoccupied with telling the world what they're doing every second, I prefer to spend my time on a site that promotes inspiration and creativity. Over the past two years of having a tumblr account, I've come across some pretty amazing blogs. Whether it's personal photography or just re blogged photographs of style inspiration, there are some beautiful photos up there. Recently, I've been updating my own style inspiration blog, MOONCHILD. You'll feel a voodoo witchcraft, desert gypsy, undead cowboy vibe with a little 50's house wife and 90's chola thrown in for femininity. Here are a few of my current favorites that I've come across. *All images found on various tumblr blogs. None of these images belong to me.*

LEGIONS OF THE DAMNED

Whenever I feel an existential crisis episode coming on, I try to do as many "Car" things as I can in a futile attempt to ground myself. One of the staple activities for this is to have horror movie marathons. Ordinarily my preferences lie in 70s and 80s slasher gore fest films, but I'm always up for a good serial killer thriller or satanic cult theme. A couple nights ago I investigated what's popped up on netflix instant in this category lately and picked out this gem from 1977 called The Sentinel. The movie stars Cristina Raines as Alison Parker, a successful, yet suicidal fashion model - always a winning combination. After a couple of failed attempts at taking her life, she moves into a brownstone in Brooklyn where her only neighbor is a blind priest, who lives upstairs and spends his days "watching" out his window. She begins to hallucinate and experience strange pains and ultimately learns that the house is a gateway to hell, ruled by a group of excommunicated priest's that wish to absolve her from her sins by making her the next sentinel. There is a great climax scene where the demons are coming out of the woodwork in attempts to drag her over to the dark side. The ultimately achieve their goal and the end scene is Raines as a blind nun, watching out her top floor window in the resurrected building after the demolition of the original brownstone. It's definitely worth a watch and has a good amount of notable actors, Christopher Walken even makes an appearance in his role as a Detective Rizzo. Next up, Slumber Party Massacre!

BAGGAGE

I really don't know what's worse, packing or unpacking. Finally settling in and enjoying the calm after the storm. But amidst all the chaos, I could at least steal a few moments away to dance around all the boxes filling up my tiny studio apartment to this amazing soundtrack, DEATH DISCO. You really can't ever go wrong with dark, synth wave and there are some great current bands reviving the genre that actually nail the old school 80's vibe. Some highlights on this mix include Solitude FX from Würzburg, Germany as well as Nina Belief and Principe Valiente. Also completely obsessed with this track by Berlin based duo, Sixth June. SIXTH JUNE - Back for a day