on repeat now.

i posted this video as current tunes back in 2007, but i have to post it again. i have been nostalgic since i have been in tokyo, been attracted to the early 2000s design style all over again.
here is matthew herbert, i used to listen to him all the time back then. this video inspired my portfolio book, if you’ve ever seen it. still so good. (it gets really good by 1:50)

with matthew herbert love,
from reina.

so good.

with hipster hating love,
from reina.

what were you listening to you when you were 13?

i have been very nostalgic lately with my tunes, maybe since i am so excited to go to tokyo, i’ve been revisiting the times when i was a teenager living in tokyo.
i think i was about 13, this is the time i also got my now 14 years old shitzu in 1999, the most amazing loving dog, whom i named “Chara”, after this japanese singer i was obsessed with at the time. if you know me, my AIM name, some emails, usernames on instagram etc all say reinachara.
and yes, that chara comes from my dog, and also from this singer.

ive been listening to her album all over again. i like her early albums from 1998 and 1999, “junior sweet” and “strange fruits”.

with her now ex-husband actor asano tadanobu (from ichi-the killer)

and one of my favorite songs from “junior sweet”

PS. this is my loving shitzu- chara. she lives in motherland tokyo now after living in seoul, korea and cairo egypt… doesn’t she look like the singer chara??

with chara love,
from reina.

so i was shown this video around xmas, and ever since then, ive been hearing this song everywhere.
i’ve definitely graduated from the whole ‘hipster’ subculture, you know the quirky graphic t-shirts that don’t make any sense, cut off denim shorts, vintage grandma sweaters, tattoos, and being overall sooo… “rebellious”.
to me, that stuff is not sexy anymore.

but i read the nymag article on her , and i have to say, not only i love her sarcastic take on the cliche new york ‘hipster’ look, but she is just simply catchy and cute.

rock that micky mouse sweater, girl.

with 212 love,
from reina.

you feel like you missed out on the music scene the year of 2011?
well here they all are. awesome site. thanks to joanna.

with love,
from reina