Oh Chicago traffic, you are the worst! Normally i try to edumacate myself and listen to NPR, but sometimes i need a break from becoming more brilliant to just relax and listen to some country jams. For whatever reason today, like every song i listened to seemed to be about gingers! The first one that caught my attention was "My front porch" by Lonestar. Check it out below
Its a cute enough song, but i hate the term carrot top, so he lost me a little bit there. Plus it is one of those twangy love songs which is not really my jam. Next up was "White Liar" by Miranda Lambert.
Miranda's is a little sassy because she is singing it from the viewpoint of a jilted lover who's man is tramping around town with a red hot ginger. If i've heard it once, i've heard it a million times. Us gingers are irresistible. In fact, the only reason i'm not stealing your boyfriend right now is because blogging is exhausting. (right...)
Lastly is "You and Tequila" By Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter
Ok, you got me. It's not about gingers at all, but i like this song, and i like tequila, and it just makes sense!
I think the universe (or at least Chicago's country music station) Was all about ginger pride today. Or at least they wanted to keep me entertained on my drive home!
Margaritaville bitches! While i don't actually condone listening to Jimmy Buffet, i fully support binge-drinking, bikinis, beaches, fruity drinks, and sunglasses. It was only a matter of time before i ended up at a Jimmy Buffet tailgating party And, because i am a shameless famewhore who will stop at nothing to get people to notice her and want their pictures taken with her, i dressed up as the famed lost shaker of salt from margaritaville! never heard the song? check it out -
So, i spent about two hours of tailgating walking around "lost" and posing for redonk amounts of pictures and enjoying free beverages. I think about 80% of the people got it and totally appreciated my witty costume. About 15% were already too drunk to understand and legit tried to explain to me where i was (although they didn't seem quite sure themselves) and the remaining 5% were uber old and creepy and offered to be the pepper to my salt shaker. (what? ewww.) Tailgating was a blast!
Sadly, i didn't make it into a show until the very end because i was helping an overserved companion that couldn't make it into the show. Looks like the salt shaker really was lost!
I did make it in for the last couple songs however, and did get to hear margaritaville and fins. Which are basically the only two songs i know anyway since i am not really a J-Buff fan, so all and all, i would call it a successful PR outing!
Because sometimes you need a morning off from being a socialite!
The humanitarian that i am, i volunteered to serve beer at the hideout block party this past weekend! The steady flow of free beer and unrealistic sense of importance had nothing to do with it.
Needless to say there wasnt an endless line of people craving beer at 10 in the morning, so at least a couple hours were spent decorating our beer girl shirts, bartering beer for food, tshirts, buttons, etc, and of course periodically sampling the beer for quality control (hey! we care.) Our shirts were so freaking sexy that three people wound up stopping us to stylize theirs! (perhaps gingerfoxxx is ready for her move into the fashion arena!) The best part was, more than 50% of the beer team was ginger! Check Kathy, another rocking ginger beer girl showing off her sexy '76 vespa. Total ginger style!
The Hideout Block Party was a raving success, which i think can only be attributed to the full force of ginger. Headlining the block party? Sexy songbird (and ginger!) Neko case! If you werent there (tragically not everyone can be as awesomely in style as myself) then sample some Neko Case tunes for yourself!
And if your looking for something a little faster check out israeli hardcore band Monotonix which also brought quite a crowd
that drummer is possibly the only person that rocks harder than i do! But definately, what an awesome weekend, you better believe i will be their next year, serving beer to the common folks, representing the sexy gingers, and possibly debuting my fashion line of deconstructed shirts!
So needless to say, Heart is such an awesome band. Gingerfoxxx loves her some 80's hair metal. and believe me, the 80's hair metal loves her back. But you want to know who it does not love?republican vp nominee Sarah Palin. claiming herself to be a barracuda, used the song by heart during the RNC. And nancy wilson went GINGER BITCH on their asses."Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda' no longer be used to promote her image. The song 'Barracuda' was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The 'barracuda' represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there."McCain, the last thing a man in your position should do right now is lose the ginger vote. few realize the political force the ginger party can have. Both McCain and Obama should tread lightly on the ginger front.Ok, enough talk about silly things like politics and the future of our country. that is for ugly boring people! until we see lohan running for office, we just dont care. In much more important political news, did you see cindy mccains oscar de le renta dress??? tres chic! man i love politics........michelle better step up her game!
According to Vanity Fair
Laura Bush Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500 Stuart Weitzman heels: $325 Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500 Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325
Cindy McCain Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000 Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500 Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000 Shoes, designer unknown: $600 Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Finally, the real political issues are being discussed!!
***on a non-political note (not that any of this was political) Heart is currently on tour with cheap trick and journey. how freaking great is that!! check em out!!!
mega sexy ginger axl rose and his boys from guns n roses have been working on a new album for something like 70 years now. well rumor has it that 2008 in the year that chinese democracy will finally be released. I have no idea if this is true or not, but i did stumble upon this leaked track with a cheesy video, and if it IS true, then we all get a free can of Dr. Pepper. I see no losing in this situation!!!
some music to help you attempt to be as awesome as me~ The Saps. this band is totally me new flavor of the week. kudos for the amazing music video that involves birthing PBR~
ok, guilty. this chick isn't ginger. but i am ginger and i like this song.
I dont think you all realize the pressures i face as the ginger socialite, the burden of being the coolest person alive. it leaves me with this inherent need to try and help the rest of you to achieve some level of status, while never matching my own, to ensure you have a more enriching, ginger fabulous life. absorbs these bits of culture, my children......
its time for a gingerfab road trip. My bff and i are heading to Milwaukee today to see CSS tonight, and avoid the lollapalooza crowd this weekend. If you awesome and like to party, you should meet us there. I am sure i will have tons to report back on!
