CSS ON THE CREATORS PROJECT

CSS have been Yay Or Nay's favourite band since we saw them jumping around like children on Redbull at Glastonbury in 2007. Lovefoxx in a yellow metallic jumpsuit is still our favourite girl crush moment. These guys care less about being taken seriously as musicians and more about having fun and putting on a show with some amazing outfits and set pieces.

The band have teamed up with The Creators Project to explain how digital technology has allowed them to progress from recording music in their own houses to playing to global audiences. Yay Or Nay's favourite part is when their studio is invaded by dogs but they keep the barking on the track because they thought it was funny.

This project is all about how the grand narratives of the 20th century are being replaced by a free and democratic new art form which has been made available by digital technology. In the video CSS have a cut-out of Britney Spears on the stage during a gig. A perfect metaphor, if one was needed, for the freedom of new music in comparison for the "created" acts of the last century.

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JOINING VICE

Yay or Nay is very happy to now be part of our favourite magazine by being accepted into the Vice Blogging Network

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PROHIBITION PARTY

This weekend Yay or Nay slinked off to the countryside for a night of clandestine debauchery. Girls in flapper dresses and feather head accessories partied like it was 1922 alongside dapper gentlemen who smoked cigars and discussed the prohibition. The flapper look is all about displaying a disdain for social norms with excessive make-up and a bad-ass attitude that says "I'm free and easy and I just don't give a f*ck."

The night was spent listening to jazz, doing the Charleston and over-indulging on rum, because misbehaving is always so much more fun when you know what you are doing is illegal.

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SEX AND THE CITY 2

The most painful thing Yay or Nay has ever had to watch by far. This movie is about as close to its roots as SJP's hair colour and any real issues more airbrushed over than the girl's faces in the poster...

The free-spirit and real magic of Carrie's character has been smothered by first class flights and seven star hotels. A much needed reminder to Yay or Nay why they need to stay in economy class, smuggle vodka in a hip flask and share a single bed in hostels.

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ALFIE'S NOSTALGIA SATURDAYS

This weekend we headed over to Alfie's Antique Market in Marylebone with our friends Style Cramp for a day of good ol' fashioned Rock n' Roll. Over the next couple of months the market will be celebrating a different style era and this week it was the 40s and 50s.

The market was a treasure trove of vintage finds including this gorgeous nautical body from The Girl Can't Help It - a specialist store selling 50s pinup and American Classics.

Like any respectable treasure trail, we were given a map to help us along our way. What we found were a wonder of drool-inducing clothes and accessories, leather trunks that recalled a long-gone era of glamorous train travel, a rockabilly band and even a 19th Century Time Lord who told us how he liked to spend his days whipping the peasantry.

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GIANMARCO LORENZI PRESS DAY

Gianmarco Lorenzi showcased his Autumn/Winter '10 collection of lust worthy Italian shoes at Home House today and had the fashion set sighing wistfully over his beautiful creations.

The designer has a huge celebrity following and has designed custom-made shoes for queen of bling Beyonce's last tour. And with the opening the first Gianmarco Lorenzi British store in South Molton street last year the brand is sure to be gaining more attention from the fashion press in the up-coming seasons.

Clearly the only heel to be seen in this year is the pencil heel - anything fatter than an HB just won't cut it. Get prepared to see girls wobbling around in them on a street near you soon...

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WE WENT TO THE PLAYGROUND

The summer of loving continued last weekend with one of the last festivals of season - Playground Weekender. Set in a holiday park amongst the forests and hills of the Hawkesburry river region, Playground is the perfect place for Sydney's free-spirited inhabitants to get away from real life and literally play like lost boys in Neverland.

The location of the festival gave Playground a feeling of being totally secluded and completely without rules. People threw on fancy-dress outfits and got mashed-up with wild abandon. Sponsors Southern Comfort helped the party along by giving out free Indian headdresses, further encouraging everyone to embrace that inner-child and run around with their hands over their mouths making war-cries.

Kangaroos hopped unconcerned around the campsite while people in their tepees tried to figure out whether they were still tripping or not.

Club Tropicana gave everyone the chance to relive Spring Break as young and handsome bodies partied to a DJ around a pool full of alcohol and bodily fluids.

With the emphasis of Playground very much on the ambience and less on name-dropping big acts the organisers focused on experimenting with different styles and genres in the various DJ tents. The Carnival stage featured various DJs playing anything from dance-hall to dub, with the crowd grinding and rolling around under the starry skies above.

Meanwhile the main stage set host to a very random mix of acts with big dance DJs alongside hip-hop, indie, folk and even a local choir who sang classic Aussie tunes including a moving version of the Home and Away theme song during which they insisted the crowd stand to attention with their hands on their hearts.

Bjorn Again, an Abba tribute band may have seemed an odd addition to the line-up, but singing along to Dancing Queen while rolling about with Pacman and Marge Simpson in a beautiful field surrounded by green hills really sums-up just how special this festival is.

Orbital were given the responsibility to close the festivities on the Sunday and not a soul was left unmoved by their euphoric beats and beautiful light show.




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