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Elvis LIVES!!!: FashionTribes Lifestylist Reviews May 1st CD Release!

I love Elvis.  Costello that is. The ultimate nerd boy doing his stylistic take-off on Buddy Holly -- suits and skinny ties, horned rimmed glasses and plenty of punk attitude.   Hyper-literate songs with well-crafted, witty lyrics pulsating to a punky, poppy beat.

On May 1st, Hip-O/Universal Music Enterprises will release The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years and Rock And Roll Music a rock-themed collection of hits, key album tracks, b-sides and previously unreleased rarities. On the same day, the digital premiere of Elvis Costello's first 11 original albums will be available for download exclusively on the iTunes Music Store (www.itunes.com) 30 days before they are made available to all online partners. The albums will also be released in their original versions as digipaks with booklets and obie sleeves.

In a world where pre-fab pop tarts sing repetitive and shallow "oh baby baby" lyrics, Costello is a welcome change.

"Oh, I said "I'm so happy I could die."
She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy.
That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance.
Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence."
- (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

22 songs are featured on The Best of Elvis Costello:  The First 10 Years including Red Shoes, Alison ("I don't know if you were loving somebody, I only know it isn't mine..."), Watching the Detectives, Pump it Up, Oliver's Army and (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.  Rock and Roll Music also features 22 songs--some of them duplications from The First 10 Years, but mostly additional hits such as Miracle Man, Girls Talk and the demo version of Welcome to the Working Week.   The collection is notably missing one of my all time favorite songs, (You're Not) The Only Flame in Town, but otherwise should make die-hard Elvis fans (Costello, that is) very happy.

The releases come in conjunction with Costello & the Imposters ten city tour presented by Visa Signature®, spanning from the House of Blues in Los Angeles to the Nokia Theatre in New York City. The tour kicks off on May 2, 2007, with performances throughout the month.  For tickets and information about Visa Signature benefits associated with the tour please visit www.hob.com/visasignature .

Visa Signature Tour Dates:

Wed    May 2      House of Blues         West Hollywood, CA

Thu     May 3      Warfield                 San Francisco, CA

Sun     May 6      The Filmore             Denver, CO

Tue     May 8      The Myth                Minneapolis, MN

Wed    May 9      House of Blues         Chicago, IL

Fri      May 11     The State Theatre   Detroit, MI

Tue     May 15     Avalon                   Boston, MA

Wed    May 16     Nokia                    New York, NY

Fri      May 18     9:30                      Washington, DC

Sat     May 19      Electric Factory       Philadelphia, PA

While this may not be a comprehensive collection of Elvis Costello's work, as the man would say himself:

"Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal, I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel." - Everyday I Write the Book

Rock on, Elvis--rock on!!!

Stella Louise

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Dermology Med Spa Brings You Cutting Edge Med-Spa Treatments. Fashiontribes Life & Style Blog

 

DERMOLOGY MED SPA newly located on ultra-chic Sunset
Boulevard in the heart of West Hollywood, is a
fabulous new addition of spa conscience  treatments
and products available in this new location.  Having
recently moved here from Pasadena, the clientele are
finding this wonderful oasis a one-stop-shop for all
of your favorites, including:

7 different types of facials including:
NEW VIBRADERM for progressive resurfacing and skin
polishing (I had this done in a one hour multi-layered
skin resurfacing facial - the best!);
Corrective acne facial;
European facial and tension tamer;
Skinceuticals facial;
Extreme skin rejuvenation combined with
Vibradermabrasion and light peel plus other variations.

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Let's not forget the men!
MEN'S Facial and Tension Tamer;
Skin Tightening and Body Contouring:
"Titan" treatments that  provide skin tightening for jowls, neck, forehead, abdomen, underarms or thighs;
and "Velasmooth Body Contouring and Cellulite Reduction".

Injectables available include Botox, Restylane, and Juvederm.

LASER Treatments include
Laser-Genesis Skin Rejuv;
CoolGlide (IPL);
Levulan Photodynamic Therapy and
CoolGlide Laser Vein Therapy.

Chemical Peels offered include  Amino Acid Chemical Peels from 30% to 60% strength.

LASER Hair Removal is provided with CoolGlide Laser Hair Removal;

Wow! LOTS of treatment options.   Go! Go! Go Girls and Guys! Great one-hour lunch-time facials and procedures, terrific gift idea with 10% off on packages!
Just in time for Mother's Day, Beauty Week in May will coincide with terrific specials for Mom!

The ladies will take great care of you in a relaxing
atmosphere with soothing music and a professional,
caring staff. (Veronica's facials are the wonderful)!
My experience was the best I have had in a long time
among many spa treatments - I highly recommend this
spa for your one-stop-shop treatments and products.

Note that there is an MD medical director and the staff is fully trained for all types of treatments. Their before and after page is phenomenal!

Find DERMOLOGY MED SPA at 8590 Sunset Blvd., West
Hollywood, www.dermologymedspa.com, 310-657-1050.

PS Arts Charity and LA Antiques Show Hang Out at the Barker Hanger for Charity! Fashiontribes Life & Style Blog

PS ARTS CHARITY and The L.A. Antiques Show at the
Barker Hanger opened this evening with a terrific
pre-party preview for the next 4 days of the show.
Dealers from all over the world showed their fabulous
wares, and some stunning estate jewlery to a packed
crowd, which included Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Steven Weber and wife modeling some of the jewelry,Debbie Mazure (wearing a red turban) and (the
model/actress on Las Vegas--- Molly Sims? Terrific
cocktails and passed food kept a very young and
beautiful crowd lively and happy, which led to a very
spirited silent auction, all to benefit the PS Arts
charity.  Runs through Sunday, GO! It's an event NOT to be missed!

Taking place at Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Air Center, show hours are from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on Thursday, 4/26, Friday, 4/27 and Saturday, 4/28. Show hours on Sunday, 11/29 at 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Ticket prices will be $15 for daily admittance, which includes the show catalog.The Antique Dealers Association of California, founded in 1924, is a group of knowledgeable dealers pledged to integrity and fair dealing in the buying and selling of antiques. Members are experts in their individual fields with inventories ranging from 17th century baroque to Americana, from 18th century ceramics to fine rugs and textiles, from fine art to Asian antiquities to 20th century photography and design.

P.S. ARTS mission is to restore arts education programs to public elementary and middle schools in disadvantaged areas, predominantly serving children who live at or below the federal poverty level. This non-profit organization accomplishes this by providing comprehensive, sequential and grade-level appropriate programs in dance, music, theater and visual arts to every child at its 24 partner schools throughout the year from September to June. Since it’s founding by Paul Cummins in 1991 at Crossroads School, P.S. ARTS has positively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of children. Currently, the organization serves 14,000 Pre-K-8 grade students throughout Los Angeles County and California’s Central Valley. P.S. ARTS strives to raise more money to provide even more children with its critical educational tools.

Karina Mediate

FashionTribes Lifestylist parties it up with the Tribeca Film Festival!

In NYC?  Need an idea for something fun to do?  Get on over to the Tribeca Film Festival!

If you're a New Yorker--or in town visiting--you may want to check out the Tribeca Film Festival.  Starting now through May 6th, the the Tribeca Film Festival features over 200 films selected from over 5,400 entries!  But the festival is much more than just movies--with the TribecaESPN Sports Saturday, Tribeca Family Festival, presented by American Express, the Tribeca Talks panel series, music events, special presentations for working and aspiring filmmaker--there's something for everyone!

Just some of the offerings on tap at this year's event:

TRIBECA FOR FREE 

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tribeca-for-free.html

You don't need a ticket to everything! Not only do we show movies, we’re also committed to giving back to the community that hosts us every year by offering these free events (Spider-Man 3 Premieres, Tribeca Drive-In, Film Technology Workshops, and many more!) 

FAMILY FEST

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tff-familyfest.html

Round up the kids and join Tribeca for international family films and neighborhood events including kid-friendly programming and Family Festival   Street Fair with family-oriented activities!   

STUDENT DISCOUNTS:

http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tff-students.html

Another great reason to be in a student! Tribeca is offering half price student tickets that are now available for all Regular, Matinee, and Family Screenings (Valid Student ID required).

For more info and ticket sales, check out Tribeca Film Festival website and if you go and you see Robert DeNiro, tell him Stella says "Hi!"

Stella Louise


 

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New on DVD--martial arts flick "The Challenge"

When I was approached to review this DVD, I thought "Why not?  I loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero--even enjoyed Fearless and Kung Fu Shuffle.  I'm up for watching a kickass karate-chopping judo flip fest."  I should have said I'm up for a GOOD kickass karate-chopping judo flip fest, but ah details, details...

Anyway, The Challenge is a German martial arts flick (aka Kampfansage - Der Letzte Schuler) starring--well, a bunch of people you've probably never heard of since they're all German.  It is set in Berlin in the year 2045 after natural disasters and economic collapse have destroyed civilization.  Vicious warlords rule the planet--without guns.  There are no guns in 2045--a fact announced in the opening voiceover.  Why you ask?  Because everything is about hand-to-hand combat in 2045 and if people had guns, then they'd just pull an Indiana Jones and shoot their opponent as he was crouching in his martial arts attack stance--and what fun would that be?

Actually there is ONE gun which is deployed by Kleo, evil nymphomaniac sister of warlord Bosco (I'm guessing that means something TOTALLY different in German because being named after a chocolate syrup isn't a fearsome thing here in the USA), to assassinate the martial arts master who killed their father as well as his last student (hence the subtitle Der Letzte Schuler).  The incestuous duo (that's right--incest, nymphomania, assassinations, torture--these are REAL bad guys!) steal the martial arts bible from the master and head back to their castle to build their ultimate and unstoppable army. Unfortunately for them, Jonas the student recovers from his wound and sets off to recover the book and put an end to their evil empire.  Along the way he teams up with siblings Vincent and Marie (hereafter known as the NON-incestuous duo) and builds a little army of his own.

I watched this with the English dubbing mostly because I didn't want to use my brainpower reading subtitles.  No doubt something is lost in the translation--although I doubt the dialogue was Oscar-worthy in any language--and the voices of the English speaking actors don't quite mesh with the characters on screen, thus heightening the cheese factor.  So you have a Swiss cheese plot (because it's full of holes--get it?!!!), clunky dialogue, wooden acting--what do you expect for a movie made for about $400,000?  That's less than half of Steven Seagal's paycheck--and unlike Seagal and his paycheck, this movie isn't a bloated mess.  It's a mess, but not a bloated one.  If you're a diehard martial arts fan, you do get plenty of that.  The plot is mainly filler to set up the fight scenes with kickass choreography culminating with a rooftop battle between good (Jonas) and evil (Bosco). 

If you loved the grace and poetry of Crouching Tiger or Hero, this isn't the movie for you.  But if you can sit through a Bruce Lee chopsocky marathon and be hungry for more an hour later, then it might be worth it to add The Challenge to your Netflix list.

Stella Louise

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Want to Give MOM the Gift of Her Dreams? Enter To Win A Trip for Mom & Daughter/Son to the Big APPLE for the DREAMGIRLS DREAM BIG GIVEAWAY!!! Fashontribes LIFESTYLIST DREAMGIRLS Dream Big Blog!

In  honor of Mother's Day and in conjunction with the release of Dreamgirls on DVD, Glam.com  would LOVE to send one LUCKY reader  and their mom to New York City for a day packed with pampering and fun.

What the winner gets:

* A trip for him/her and his/her mom to New York City (Airfare for 2)
* at the luxurious Dream Hotel ( 1 room/1 night)
  * Makeovers for him/her and his/her mom (2)
  *Tickets to a Broadway show (2)

  * Dream Big gift bag
  * Dreamgirls 2-disc DVD
  * Dreamgirls 2-disc Soundtrack
   * Exclusive Dreamgirls Playbill
   *  Dreamgirls Coffee Table book

When?
This  promotion is in progress NOW  and will run until May 31st.

For more  information AND TO ENTER THIS CONTEST, you can go to www.glam.com/dreamgirls

Start DREAMING Chiquitas and ENTER this contest! It never hurts to dream and this is a BIG dream, so dream BIG!

Joshua Radin Sits Down to Answer Fan Questions!!!

Hear Joshua answer never before asked questions. We discuss touring, Bob Dylan, and fans.The interview is very chill and it is like talking to someone you know for a long time. It was an amazing experience talking to one of my favorite artists and getting to know them a little bit better. His music takes you into his problems and most of the time you relate.

Joshua Radin, Q&A

His shows are what you expect. Just him, his guitar and a small band. They focus on his music and brings it to life. Talking to him, it is obvious to see how much music means to him. He is thankful for every fan he has and that really shows.

For the fans over seas, after the interview he said that he really is trying to get over to other countries to tour and he is hoping that maybe this summer it can happen.

I really want to thank everyone who sent in questions, without you other fans this interview wouldn’t have happened. Thank you so much!!

Samira,myspace.com/Joshua_Radin_fansite

Visit Dermalogica on Montana for a treatment that benefits Pink-Link Fashiontribes Lifestylist Blog

Fans of Dermalogica know it’s the go-to place for no-nonsense, serious skincare.

This Friday, April 20th, Dermalogica on Montana, the corporate flagship skin care center in Santa Monica, is teaming up with Pink-Link, a breast cancer support organization.

Pink-Link is an online community for women fighting breast cancer, giving them support, resources and networking opportunities. They do great stuff like help women connect with other patients, survivors and medical professionals. It’s even set up to help family members.

OK, where do you fit in?

Your skin is broken out, bothersome and/or blah….

Get a MicroZone Treatment ($25), which is a 20-minute treatment aimed at your specific skincare needs, and all of that will go to Pink-Link. Or, if you spend $100 in products or treatments, you’ll get a free MicroZone Treatment.

As they put it, “Skin health results and an insanely great experience every time you visit.”

It’s a win-win situation.

Dermalogica on Montana, 1022 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403

Walk-ins are accepted, but for an appointment, call: 310.260.8683.

To find out more about Pink-Link, visit their web site.

Julie Haire

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Rescue Me - Treat Yourself to a Manicure or Pedicure & Support Mariska Hargitay's Charity, JOYFUL HEART! Fashiontribes Lifestylist Julier Haire Tells you MORE!

 

Supporting a cause and supporting your feet … what could be better?

For the month of April, Rescue Hand and Foot Spa in West Hollywood will donate a portion of its proceeds to the Joyful Heart Foundation, Mariska Hargitay’s non-profit dedicated to helping and healing sexual assault survivors.

 

Hargitay, who you know as tough-talking Det. Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, founded Joyful Heart in 2002 after hearing so many personal stories as a result of her work. The organization serves as source of support and inspiration for survivors of sexual assualt, also sponsoring regular retreats to Hawaii to swim with the dolphins – something Mariska did and found incredibly transformative.

 

The mission and philosophy of Joyful Heart resonated with Rescue’s co-owner Yvette Morales, so she wanted to help get the message out. And April is a perfect time to do it since it’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Philosophy is also getting in on the action, donating all of the proceeds of their Joyful Heart 3-in-1 shower gel/shampoo/bubble bath to the foundation. You can find that at the spa, too.

Mariska herself designed two treatments at Rescue, a manicure called “Oh La La” and a pedicure called “Tropical Escape.” I was lucky enough to get the pedicure, done by the expert hands of Debbie, and it indeed lived up to its name.

Rescue is a warm, intimate spa with glass chandeliers, plum overtones and an inviting vibe, so it’s easy to get your relax on. The pedicure starts off with a Dead Sea Salt soak in a copper basin, and the lime sugar scrub they use is great. There is a generous amount of time spent on massage, but the paraffin treatment is the real treat – like stepping into a cozy, warm (mushy!) sock. It’s super-hydrating, especially when paired with the coconutty Kukui lotion they use. To top if all off, the Zoya nail polish color is a pale, pearly white (though you can choose another color if you prefer).

All in all, one hour well spent.

To book a treatment and support the Joyful Heart Foundation, contact: Rescue Hand & Foot Spa, 8001 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 822-1887.

To find out more about the Joyful Heart Foundation, visit their web site.

- Julie Haire

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Waiting to Exhale...FashionTribes Lifestylist explores yoga at the mindbodyspa in Santa Monica!

Combining high-quality mind body fitness classes and therapeutic spa services, Exhale mindbodyspa is an oasis of tranquility in a bumper-to-bumper rush hour world.  With locations in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, two in Los Angeles (Venice and Santa Monica) and three in New York, urbanites across the U.S. now have a place for respite, relaxation and restoration.

I was fortunate enough to experience a yoga class at the Santa Monica location.  The spacious but warmly inviting studio faces the ocean, but the real ambiance came from affable instructor David Romanelli who was accompanied by live music in the form of talented singer/guitarist Matthew Moon.

I found the vinyasa flow class to be moderately challenging without being too strenuous.  The warmth of the room made it easier for me to achieve deeper flexibility in each of the poses.  When I finished the hour long class, I felt not only the glow from the physical exertion, but more relaxed and recharged mentally and emotionally as well. 

If you're interested in experiencing David's accessible style of yoga instruction, he will be conducting a special Yoga+Wine workshop on April 14th and June 16th in addition to his usual Tuesday and Thursday evening classes. In addition, Exhale Santa Monica is offering "Toning Tuesdays" where ALL mindbody classes (Core Fusion, Core Energy Flow and Music Yoga Flow) are only $10.00!!!

The studio/spa features retail space with an assortment of unique yoga wear, skin/body care products and other accessories; healing water sanctuary complete with steam rooms, saunas as well as hot and cold plunge pools; and various treatment rooms.  In addition to yoga and core fusion classes, a full menu of facial, body and healing spa therapies round out the Exhale experience.  For more information on location, class schedules and spa treatments, check out the website at Exhale mindbodyspa.

Stella Louise

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