STONEFIELD rock

a few weeks ago my housemate kiri noted that i am a happily antisocial person every morning, preferring to engage with tom & alex on triple j's breakfast show than my housemates over my morning coffee. when i started talking about triple j hosts as if they were my friends, i realised my obsession with the station was going a little far - hell, i nearly attended tom ballard's birthday party because i legitimately thought we could be really good friends. aside from inspiring stalkers australia wide (see above), triple j also does a pretty amazing job of finding and facilitating the rise of unsigned aussie bands. if you find your ears lacking for new music, get on triple j unearthed and start listening. a new favourite of mine are stonefield - this banging sister act (literally) rock - drawing inspiration from music legends zeppelin, zappa, hendrix, the beatles and pink floyd, the resulting sound is a bit like a rocking blues love child born in a field of canola flowers in country victoria - which is kind of the story of the band. with their youngest member aged just 12 (or 13 - i cant be bothered googling details) stonefield have just been announced on the lineup for glastonbury.. a pretty sweet gig considering these girls were relatively unknown before dominating triple j unearthed high in '09, and only picked up instruments and decided to form a band in late '08... they're bringing in new years at pyramid rock, alongside the temper trap & N.E.R.D, but still play on a sunday at the vic market and really are the sweetest thing to come out of triple j's unearthed comp since megan washington in 2008. if you've been living under a rock, or aren't best mates with tom & alex like i am you may not have heard the song clover by stonefield. get clicking and start listening, they wont disappoint. x

bejewelled blitz

as beyonce once said - if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it.. these blinging double crystal rings from the melbourne sweetheart friend of mine retail for $198.. get in quickly, if you don't buy them i'm tempted to get one for every finger this festive season. x

pictured: nadja, looking supremely cheerful after i peer pressured her into my super professional photo shoot...

booked

DEAL BREAKER: a recent date, who said (and i quote)'so, you're a lit student... cool.. (brushes hair awkwardly) man - i haven't read a book in years.'

one morning, close to two years into a relationship with "bruce", i rolled over and saw the following stacked on bedside table;

scar tissue by anthony kedis

a sporting autobiography by a cricketer whose name i didn't know (and clearly did't care to remember) and

the game (ie. the lame man bible created by a bunch of dudes who learnt sexual strategy from 30 years of playing world of war craft)

as i perused these titles i wondered what i was doing with "bruce".. in retrospect- had i been a book snob prior to entering the relationship, perhaps i would have avoided the heart breaking reality three years in; that perhaps we just weren't right for one another. admittedly my 3 years of education (give or take a few failed subjects and probable summer units) at a wanky university majoring in literature has caused my somewhat irrational hatred for faux reading (by which i am referring to the world of vampires and babes and vampire-babes). if you've invited me to your house recently and wondered where i've disappeared to - it's just to inspect your bookshelf. creepy perhaps, but if i've called you since that inspection it means that you have more of a chance than "bruce" did - and that's saying something. anyway, as you can probably tell, this post has nothing to do with the store - except that i work here and like reading books and criticising things (often unnecessarily). something all the folks at DY are fond of though is the selby project - if you haven't checked it out yet, put aside a few hours of your weekend and have a look at some of the most incredible interiors of the homes and offices of celebs like lagerfeld, roitfeld, the geldofs, dan single, the head office of ralph lauren and more! there's something voyeuristic and marvelous about scrolling through page after page of the selby project.. and now i can criticise not only my friends bookshelves, but celebrity's too! isn't the cyber world rad? get your eyeballs wandering here - www.theselby.com

keen as mustard

i liked mustard on my food before it was cool to wear it as a clothing colour.. new stock from our beloved denim label neuw has just arrived - the banging high rise mustard skinnies (pictured above) are in store now! get in fast - they're sure to be scooting out the door ever so quickly. x

yeah we did

so we may not be as famous as brangelina, but wait - the DY revolution is coming! above is the sydney morning herald article which featured down yonder - wait until we get a rainbow family - we'll be making the front page of every paper.. x

pots of peonies please

i have a bit of an obsession with flowers, particularly peonies.

alexa love and sweet specs

at down yonder, we love all things chung.. this styling brit dates arctic monkeys frontman (appropriately named alex) and - to be honest - doesn't do a heap more that i am aware of. but her fashion sense is so eclectic and delicious that i will admit to googling her at random intervals to see what she's been wearing... she's a big fan of karen walker shades (see above piccies), and we're a big fan of them too.. get in store to see the latest from the nz designer, retailing from $279 x