All You Need is Now-Duran Duran 4 Ever!

Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Azizi/78/63/26 or direct link here: AziziDDUHere.

(Secret Rehearsal Room)


Fans are still hungry, hungry like the wolf that is for Duran Duran. Most everyone knows by now that Duran Duran the 1980's to current pop hit group established a very public SL presence this year and previously had a sim, band members had avatars, etc., but this summer the Duran Duran Universe officially opened to the public June 15, 2011 and has had strong SL support from a lot of regular fans with frequent parties including SL video footage shown RL. Some sites of interest in DDU include the eyeball mountains, the UFO Club, The Secret Rehearsal Room (one of my personal favorites to play in), Lipstick Tower, The Mediterranean Spa, Tion Love Chapel, and many other special areas of interest. Duran Duran recently began incorporating Second Life machinima into their latest live concert tour, playing it as visuals behind the stage. I was first made aware of the DDU when Hamlet Au of New World Notes blog reported on the group's established SL presence and upcoming sim opening in June.


My friend Sonicity Fitzroy officially interviewed Duran Duran for the August 2011 BOSL magazine soon after the DDU opening and she gained some wonderful information and insight into the group and their SL presence. Soni did a great job with the story and Lowe Runo, LLC got some cool pics for the article, so I will just link it here http://thebosl.com/august-issue or direct link here: DDUBOSLHere.


(Nick at Beach Party)

I have attended a few DDU SL parties including a July 17th beach party with Nick Rhodes, lead keyboardist, co-founder and song writer present, later a party where Roger Taylor dj'd, an October 1st Outer space/cyber party, and most recently 10-14-11 a superhero party. I have missed several great parties too but there are plenty of cool videos and photos all over Flickr of most of the events that often last for hours and draw huge crowds. Their in-world community manager, Chrissy Welinder, has done a great job of keeping the inworld Duran Duran group advised of events. Vixie Durant, a self-proclaimed big DD fan, often dj's for the parties.


(Robot Roger as DJ)


(right to left, Belinda Barnes, Lowe Runo, Kara Trapdoor, Sonicity Fitzroy, and other attendee)



At this point there is a huge SL fan base, some in-world groups, specifically for DDU or about Duran Duran, and multiple Flickr streams and groups with photos and video fans take. See here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36015225@N02/ direct link here: DDFlickrHere and some good Flickr groups here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/thedduinsecondlife/ or direct link here: DDFlickrGroupHere. and http://www.flickr.com/groups/youravatarintheddu/ or direct link here: DDFlickrGroupHere. There have been SL videos made at some of the parties and even shown during RL Duran Duran events. To find Duran Duran RL here is their link: http://www.duranduranmusic.com/ or direct link here: DDWebsiteHere.


(Duran Duran)


(Chrissy)



So, yes, clearly I am a Duran Duran fan, have been since well.. ok I'll date myself, around high school. Since I graduated in 1984 when, as the norm for most teens, music and dancing, including Duran Duran, dominated a big part of life. I'm sure I'll always have special memories to songs like "Hungry Like the Wolf", "Girls on Film", "Rio", "Save a Prayer" and many more. Duran Duran has continued RL success with their recent "All You Need is Now" tour 30 years later to sold out crowds. Wiki states, "Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100 and have, according to the Sunday Mercury, sold more than 100 million records."



(DJ Vixie)

Congratulations to Duran Duran for lasting popularity and success in RL and SL. I appreciate their music and look forward to seeing what more they have to offer both RL and SL. Be sure not to miss out on this SL/RL experience.

Inferno by Rebeca Bashly

Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA6/96/162/625 or direct link here: InfernoHere.


October 1st through October 31st.
INFERNO- at the LEA Full Sim Art Series:
"Rebeca Bashly’s work Inferno is a nine-level work based upon the nine circles of suffering described in the Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri’s Fourteenth-Century poem, the Divine Comedy. The nine circles of the Inferno (or Hell) are located within earth and are separated into three parts, representing three types of sin; self-indulgent sins (the first five circles), violent sins (circles six and seven) and malicious sins (circles eight and nine)."

This is a very impressive exhibit no one should miss... my photos can't do it justice.

Invasion by Champagne Sparkling Fashion for Halloween

Check it out here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Deep%20House%20Island/180/131/23 or direct link here: ChampagneSparklingFashionHere.


Halloween costume meets classy fashionable sexy gown with this new release, "Invasion", by Enzo Champagne of Champagne Sparkling Fashion. I love this mix of elegant gown with Halloween spiders that I took to my haunted house. The gown is versatile enough it can fit in with my silly spider webs and crazy clowns yet gorgeous and sophisticated enough to wear to the classiest ballroom event. Now a girl can still feel elegant while participating in the seasonal festivities.

Their ad reads, "Who says Halloween fashion has to be spooky or silly? How about making a dramatic statement in a divine, sophisticated gown? CHAMPAGNE! Sparkling Fashion's latest release, INVASION, is the perfect gown for the Halloween Season.

This lovely frock, aptly named INVASION, will make you feel decadently fabulous! In your choice of black or white, a body suit is the base of this stylish little number, with a strap of tiny little sparkly spiders encircling your neck and covering the bodice. Short capped sleeves adorn the shoulders, and each has a lovely chiffon drape attached.

From the empire-waisted prim belt, layers of cascading chiffon drape down to the ankle. Little spiders on the upper thigh of each leg peek out as you move. And three rows of the sparkling little critters make a striking headpiece that sits on the front of the forehead!"

Of course I had to check this out last night, as the spiders attracted me...I told Enzo.. I think they are "Trapdoor" spiders LOL.. sorry that was a lame joke/play on my last name, but I couldn't resist. The dress is very pretty and I love the glistening spiders running up the legs, around the neck and bodice and crowing the head.. great design Enzo!

You can see more of Champagne Sparkling Fashion here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/champagne-sparklingfashion
http://www.champagnesparklingfashion.blogspot.com/

So I ran to my Island of Fear, Haunted Mansion on Island of Fame to take a few pics in the dress, since I was getting some nice compliments on it. These are some shots I took in the basement where there are many spiders to play with : ) Have a visit to both Island of Fame and Champagne Sparkling Fashion for some seasonal great looks and some Halloween fun!

Island of Fear Haunted Mansion here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Island%20of%20Fame/128/128/2 or direct link here: IslandofFearHere.




The dress is so sexy... I think the giant spider really wanted me : ) hehe

Riffstock Today!

For a great lineup of music today visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triplefin/202/208/46 or direct link here: RiffstockHere.



Lot's of great musicians and displays. Spiritfire Entertainment also has a booth set up giving away the free musician bears! Check it out.

Visit Island of Fear, Haunted Mansion

For lots of Halloween interactive fun, check out Island of Fear Haunted Mansion here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Island%20of%20Fame/14/145/21 or direct link here: HauntedMansionHere.

Halloween Bizarre at Twomoons Island -Now through October 31st.

Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Twomoons%20Island/87/215/22 or direct link here: HalloweenBizarreHere.

Twomoons Island.. a super cool sim in itself, is hosting a Halloween Bizarre with tons of super cool and fun Halloween and creepy things such as skins, horns, poses, straight jackets, eyes, novelty items, skeleton av parts, toys, o well.. just so much you have to visit and see. Really super cute and some unique stuff to see and buy. The sim is decorated for Halloween with a lot of HUGE spiders, red eyed giant misquite freaky monsters, huts filled with beautiful glowing flowers, beautiful colored skies in Twomoons style and still has many little pose and photogenic spots for posers and phosphors. There are many outlying stores with Halloween and novelty items as well to offer a bit of everything. Did I mention the freebies and dollarbies? Yup.. check them out. A fun shopping, exploring and photo experience.

Porto Delicatessen-Free Meta Body Avatars

Tonight must be my lucky night for picking up free creative avatars presented by artists in SL. I visited the beautiful, interesting and thought provoking sim Porto, Delicatessen for the umteenth time and somehow I clicked on something magical near the piano island area and tp'd to the platform that holds something like 18 free complete meta avatars for the taking. I had previously seen some of this on Flickr but just got around to getting back to Deli and wow, this is a cool gift from the artists Capcat Ragu and Meilo Minotaur. Check it out here and get yours for free: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Porto/148/118/704 or direct link here: PortoMetaBodyAvsHere.


(Me as the "rag doll" av)
Their information reads: "Meta_Body
The virtual experience of the body is not exactly an experience of the flesh. These sensations, albeit having a physical sensorial aspect, continue to be experienced in our bodies behind the screen, not in our avatar body. The virtual body is a metaphorical body, all language, therefore open to experimentation and possibility.
In this new project, Meilo Minotaur and CapCat Ragu invite you, once again, to rethink your bodies through your avatars, making available all kinds of skins, shapes, body parts, clothes, etc. All these items will be fully modifiable, shareable and copyable, thus challenging the audience to become creators and also share their derivative work with us, in the All My Independent Women RL exhibition. While the avatars will be available in the Second Life Sim Delicatessen, the pictures and machinimas of the derivative work will be displayed at VBKOE, Vienna, giving a glimpse in RL of the new creative flux, beyond the concepts of author and work of art, happening online."



(Random Porto Delicatessen Photo)