The Lo Zone

A groovy place in cyberspace run by author Lolita Files. Come on in. Bring some Pepsi.

Lo Fun Fact #1

"Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita".

Lo Fun Fact #2

I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes (although obviously I can't eat fried chicken nearly as much as I'd like). If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Church's (that's right, I said Church's) and a pair of Christian Louboutins.

Lo Fun Fact #3

Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi. Better yet, how about not showing up at all?

Lo Fun Fact #4

I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you or take a long time to return your calls. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? (Exception: I will happily take all calls related to business or to share fun/exciting/major news. I'm just not one for jawing on the phone just to be jawing.)

Lo Fun Fact #5

I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!!

Lo Fun Fact #6

I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. I'm always on my laptop and connected to the internet as I work and when IM's pop into my screen out of nowhere, they break my concentration and often startle the sh*t out of me in the process. So don't do it. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position.

Lo Fun Fact #7

I have ~~four~~ ~~five~~ six wonderful, slap-happy dogs and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. I had a bird (a Roller pigeon that I rescued in LA on New Year's Day in 2004) named B-Bird (what? that's a good name!) who passed away in February 2009, which broke my widdle heart in half. He loved me so, as I did him. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs and cat, we'll be instant friends, and if you ask about B-Bird, I'll probably hug you (unless you smell...wash first). If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have ~~four~~ ~~five~~ six dogs and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond.

I Hope You're Up On Her By Now.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

If not, you've been living under a rock, because Amy Winehouse is one of the baddest b*tches on the music scene. An edgy woman known for her devil-may-care attitude and excessive partying, ginormous beehived hair, and heavily-lined eyelids...

...this British Jewish chick's got a voice that is one of the most phenomenally soulful things to emerge since Lauryn Hill's was given broad exposure in her seminal work, Miseducation.

Alas, L-Boogie never seemed to completely fulfill the promise, considering how extraordinarily talented she is. But there's still time and everybody deserves the chance to regroup. Ms. Hill's the type to wear her deepest emotions on her sleeve, and, artistically, I imagine that can be pretty exhausting, especially when you've gone through quite a few major personal changes in the face of huge success. Maybe she's about to break out in an even bigger way. I hope so. I'm a huge fan.

As for Amy, I've been listening to an import of her cd, Back To Black...

...since the fall, and it finally dropped here in the States...

...two weeks ago.

One of our more animated and highly-vocal Lo Zoners (Sheletha) and I spoke briefly about her yesterday, and I mentioned that I'd planned on doing a post about Ms. Winehouse this week because I hadn't seen any talk on The Lo Zone about her in my absence. You should have definitely seen this woman by now on pretty much every late night talk show around, performing her hit song, "Rehab," (a tune that was written as a response to her management's request that she go to rehab and get herself together because they thought she was partying too much). The tone of this cd, her sophomore effort, evokes the Sixties-era singers, and her camp style and big hair plays right into the whole effect. If you haven't seen her perform the song yet, here it is: