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BOYS OF FALL: FAREWELL

Its always sad news to hear when bands thrown in the towel. Especially when they are bands that have done the hard work, years of elbow grease, and labored in all the right ways. Our hats off to the Boys Of Fall dudes. We feel like these dudes gave it their best shot and they are off to bigger and better things. Nothing but love for these dude and how they have handled this exit.      

Check this farewell statement 

It's with the heaviest of hearts that today, we announce the end of Boys of Fall. This is one of the toughest decisions we as individuals have ever had to make, but over the last few months, it became clear that this was the right decision for all of us to move forward with.

Instead of drawing things out, we want our fans and everyone who supports us to know three things:
1. We LOVE you.
2. We held on to this as long as we could, not for us, but for YOU, our fans.
3. We will never forget the time we could all share together, and it was all possible because of you and your support.

It seems like everywhere we went, be it Oklahoma City, Monterrey Mexico, Lexington, KY or right at home in Detroit, someone would travel a long distance just to meet us and see us play because they had heard of us through a friend, through Johnny Franck or through Jarrod Alonge. That connection we had with you all inspired us and was the reason we held on for so long. We met so many beautiful people, learned so many lessons and saw so many things just because some people liked singing along with our music and like this little band of ours, and we think that's pretty cool.

We won't go in to detail as to why things fell apart the way they did, and please know that our bond as bandmates is as strong as it has ever been. This decision is not due to any internal conflict with us as band members and if you've ever met us or have seen us together before, you know that we are and always will be a family and love each other very very much. Having said that, one of our biggest regrets as a band is not releasing our music when we should have. We were advised not to release it, and in the end, we feel it was a big mistake. But now that all this is out in the open, we're going out the way we want to, and on our terms. So, we will be releasing a full length album, titled "Thank You & Goodbye." To celebrate this album release, we will be releasing some music videos, one of which you can see below, to support this record, and also will be doing a CD Release / Farewell show at The Crofoot Ballroom on June 10th. (Event page / flyer to be released soon) We want to make this night as special as possible, so please, save the date so we can have one more show together with all of you.

We want to thank the countless supporters and promoters, Jerry at Ricochet management, The Arbor Agency, and our agent Freddy Del Rio for taking a chance on us.

Please check out our new video for our song It's Always Sunny in Arkadelphia, and if you like it, share it. 
The pre-order / album release date as well as a few brand new videos will be made available in the coming weeks, so be on the look out for those.

Thank you for making the last 5 years possible. We will never forget you.

"Thank You & Goodbye."

-Mike, Eli, Bean, Jake, Pat.

then the dudes release one of their best songs to date! 

what a cock tease! make sure you guys all come out to their final show! 

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MONTHLY FAVS

I didn't get to do this post last month because of my Black History Month topic last month, so I'll pick up this month!

BEAUTY

Brown Lip Colors & My New Big Bald Head

Brown lip colors have been so addicting at the moment. Probably because it's an obvious trend throw back to the 90's of days when celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Drew Barrymore and many more could be found rocking the dark lip anyday. I remember my mom having so many different shades of brown and red brown lipsticks! One of the first lipsticks I remember stealing from her makeup box (Sorry mom...,) was actually a liquid matte brown! Which thinking back now, was so long ago for the liquid matte lipsticks being such a huge trend now, like it was new or something.

Also, yes I did it finally. I've had a a shaved head now for a few weeks now, and I'm so happy with it. My mornings take so much less time when it comes to getting ready. My showers are shorter since I don't have to wash my hair for like 20 minutes like before. I could go on forever about it, but I'll just say I LOVE IT, IT MAKES WEARING WIGS EASIER, AND BEING BALD IS FUN. 

FASHION

Baseball Caps / Hat Patches and Buttons

I've seen tons of hats like this from so many clothing and accessory companies recently. The baseball cap is definitely a really big trend at the moment. As someone who wears hats every day of their life, this fits to my tastes very very well! Specifically hats with cute patches, embroidered designs, or buttons on the front are what I'm seeing a lot of. UNIF put out a whole line of baseball caps with little fruit embroidery on the front of each one, also different color caps to go with whatever fruit is on the hat. I've seen a hat similar to the UNIF ones at PacSun (wonder where they got the idea.......) I've taken to thrifting different caps, and putting patches / buttons on them myself to create one of these designs myself!

 

INSTAGRAM

I've been SOOOO obsesesd with this Tomboy Style page on Instagram. Tomboyish style is something I love so much, and I have my tomboyish days for sure, but it's really been taking over my entire style, and it has a lot to do with this Instagram page.

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WCW: Illma Gore

"My latest painting "Make America Great Again" 
Because no matter what is in your pants, you can still be a big prick.

Meet Illma Gore, the brilliant artist behind the infamous painting of Donald Trump hunched over with a micropenis, that has swept the face of the internet within the last couple of months. I've been following following Illma's instagram for quite awhile now, because of her Human Canvas project (I'll get to that in a minute,) and when this piece of Donald Trump started circulating, and finding out Illma was the one responsible for it, it made me sooooo happy! The illustration has cause quite a bit of controversy, and in turn social media pages like Facebook, Twitter, and even eBay have tried to censor and ban Illma and those who are sharing the image from their internet platforms. Watch Illma's response to these internet powerhouses trying to censor her art, below!

“There is something absurd and beautiful about having absolute strangers’ names draped over my pale goth skin, even if half of them are ‘Penis Butt’. Why, you might ask? Simply because I can. I am my own ultimate canvas.”

I first came across Illma when I heard about this artist who was getting people's names and stories tattooed on her body for just $10 through her Human Canvas GoFundMe PageThrough this gesture, people just donate at least $10 and submit what name, nickname, phrase, etc they would want tattooed on her body. Illma has had live tattooing exhibitions of her having these submissions tattooed on her. I'd love to add to her tattoo project! She's inspirational, she won't backdown, even when threatened by Facebook to be taken to court, to defend her art, and free expression.

LA Weekly has said "Artists like her make life beautiful. Well, more beautiful than life is... Without people like her, we would have no creativity in this world."


Follow IllmaGore on Instagram: @illmagore
Official IllmaGore Website
Human Canvas GoFundMe

XO
MEL

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FLINT EASTWOOD: GLITCHES

LOCAL GEM FLINT EASTWOOD IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING NEW AND UNIQUE.  IN THE DETROIT MUSIC SCENE. ANTHEMIC SONGS WITH SWEET SOULFUL MELODIES ARE HER SPECIALTY. CHECK OUT THE NEW VISUALS FOR HER TRACK GLITCHES: 

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Daewon Song

Daewon is one of the few professional skaters taking Skateboarding down a completely unique and undiscovered rabbit hole. It shows that he really doesn't care about anything but pushing skateboarding as far down his own path and it's absolutely insane to me. I imagine the reason he uses the same board/shoes/beanie is the same reason Steve Jobs wore the same turtleneck everyday. One less thing to worry about to focus on his passion. It really perplexes me what drives Daewon to give his entire being into skateboarding when it isn't being asked of him. You just don't see many Pro's pushing themselves so hard for no monetary gain. While Tampa Pro/Street League is making skateboarding look more like Nascar...Daewon is always over somewhere else doing his thing (and by doing his thing, I mean doing things on a skateboard never before imagined) a true inspiration!  

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Your New Girl Gang Goals: CONFETTI CROWD!

The Confetti Crowd is the UK's leading "girl gang of creatives!" These women have all come together to give you excellent, rainbow fashion, create on levels that are absolutely unimaginable, and empower women and girls everywhere about being whoever you want to be, wearing whatever you want to wear, and supporting other women, creating an extremely unbreakable support system, of a girl gang! These ladies are a representation of the strength and determination of women, and they aim to empower young females! With a message like that, I think any girl can get behind these ladies! 

They are a group of five creative, ambitious, goal driven female creatives, who all are working in different parts of the fashion, music, art, and TV industry!

You definitely need to check out all of their individual sites, and blogs! I linked them all below, just click on the image of the Confetti you'd like to visit the page of! 

Snoochie Shy - DJ / Presenter / Model
Instagram - @SnoochieShy

Lulu - Fashion Designer
Instagram - @LuluTrixabelle
(I've been following Lulu for YEARS now. She's the blogger who inspired me to start getting into fashion, and made me want to start a blog of my own!)

Heidi - Singer Songwriter
Instagram - HeidiPetite

Heli - Stylist / Photographer / Owner of Vintage Brand "Sassy World"
Instagram - HeliBells

Tiger - Fashion Photographer
Instagram - TTigerLilly

What I love about these ladies is that they're all in their 20s and they're spreading such an amazing message! 
I'm on a constant personality struggle between wearing all black all the time, or just being super colorful and fun like these ladies, and The Confetti Crowd really inspires me to embrace the rainbow more this upcoming Spring and Summer seasons!

Follow the Confetti Crowd on Instagram: @ConfettiCrowd

XO
MEL

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Obese Ghost Children : Eyelids

From Grand Rapids Mi Obese Ghost Child is making waves in some pretty rad ways. Beyond eloquent poetry and clever hooks OGC finds ways to fuze minimalism with a swelling lows that still fill the car.  Shits rad af but dont take my word for it. Check out their new visuals for EyeLids featuring Mister from Detroit's own Passalacqua.  

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Skate Icon : Rodney Mullen

Honestly id be really concerned if you claimed to know anything about skateboarding but have never heard of Rodney Mullen. Growing up in a city without a decent skate park nor anything bigger than a home made quarter pipe, we basically grew an appreciation for street skating. Personally i was always terrible at tricks but I loved watching the magic flow from Mullen. He was always my pick on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

Mullen pretty much wrote and re wrote the book on tricks that inspired the world. At 14 years old he straight slayed the reigning world champ at the Oasis Pro Comp which inevitably connected him to the freight train of talent in the 80's known as the Bones Brigade.  So this week we give mad props to a legend. To a dude who inspired the world and young skaters everywhere, that you can do amazing things if you work hard enough. -Aren  

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Happy International Women's Day

I know it was yesterday, but my posts go up on Wednesdays so I'm going to post about it anyway.

 

"To all the baby girls who were killed at birth because they weren’t boys. To all the girl children who were sold into “marriage” sex slavery when they were much too young. To all the girls denied an education because they were expected to grow up to be housewives.To all the girls who made it to school but were discouraged from being “too smart”. To all the girls who, even though they needed food as much as “a growing boy”, starved themselves to stay thin. To all the girls and women who have been raped, assaulted and murdered. To all the girls and women who constantly look over their shoulders while walking home from the bus stop at night, or who otherwise have learned that walking alone, even in their own neighborhood, is dangerous while men can walk about with no trouble at all. To all the women who were pressured into or forced to have children they didn’t actually want.To all the women who did work but whose accomplishments were stolen by men who did none of the work and took all of the credit. To all of the women who watched their male coworkers get raises and other perks while they stayed below the glass ceiling. To all the women who were assigned male at birth and who still struggle for recognition as themselves today. 
To all my fellow women–this is a small recognition in the face of what we go through on a daily basis. May it be one push of many towards a better world for all of us." - Shelby Prevatt (Facebook) 

I really do these posts every week, because I love to celebrate women in any way possible, and doing these posts gives me a platform to be able to spread the greatness of the women that I look up to so much, so I can share the badass women, and their ideas, skills, designs, art, business, etc with all of Vile Company's followers! Go celebrate women today, tomorrow, next week, and every other day!

XO
MEL

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Of Cities Metaphysical

Our friends in Of Cities just released a new lyric video for their song Metaphysical, off of their new ep Mirage. We are definitely digging the new direction! check it out here...

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Side Walk Magazine

We first heard about Sidewalk Magazine a few years back after a good friend of ours Morgan Summers started shooting for them. These guys have Nothing but good shit on a constant roll. They are really keeping skateboarding alive. Check out their website, follow them on fb, creep their instagram feed, spam and or repost their shit. You wont be dissapointed! 

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Undercut Hair Tattoos

I know a few months ago, I did a post about Bald Babes, with shaved heads! I've been seeing a lot of something that's called "Undercut Tattoos" in the past few weeks, on Instagram a bunch! Basically what it is, is people are shaving just a little bit of under their hair, and putting cute designs on them, from geometric line work, flowers, mandala designs, stars, and so much more!

I feel like the shaved hair trend has been very big since last Summer I'd say! I know it's nothing new of course, but I'm seeing a lot more recently amongst more than just very "alternative" styled people. A lot of people are doing it for utilitarian purposes like, their hair is really thick, and they want to take it down a notch as far as how much hair they have, so shaving a bit off definitely does the trick, and looks really awesome, and since you're shaving your hair, why not give it some pop, but adding a design, or some color! It looks great when your hair is in a ponytail!

XO
MEL

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SKATOPIA

Ok so there are a lot of skate docs out there. This doc embodies the good that comes from a bunch of skaters fufilling their dreams. 88 acres of pure chaotic skater heaven! Check it out Skatopia!   

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