#MCM.12 = @oobadazzoo

since we were on holiday yesterday, we still wanted to acknowledge a mcm for the week that we find absolutely delicious. real men bend without breaking and that's why this man is our #mcm for this week...check out his awesome videos...

i was even lucky enough to take one of his pole workshops over a year ago when he was visiting off one of his major competition wins and i can tell you he is just as amazing of a person as he is a professional athlete!

IG: @oobadazzoo

#JUNEMOON: I <3 CRACK WHORES

by June Ann D'Angelo

yesterday while I was on my way to Petco with Bear, i happened to end up behind a car that had the most epic bumper sticker that read 'I <3 Crack Whores'. and then i realized i had on my 'Don't Smoke Crack' shirt from Call Your Mother (now on sale for $10...get it HERE). i just had to share because it cracked me the fuck up yesterday...


MOONPAW: A BLUE TRADITION

by June Ann D'Angelo and Bear

My first venture into pet parenthood happened about 6 years ago when I rescued my first cat, Mr. Zen B. Doodle.  Not long after, I decided he needed a buddy and rescued my second cat, Mr. Inky Z. Doodle and then I took a hiatus from the adoption pool. These guys moved from New Orleans to NYC with me and then over to the MidWest where we found St. Louis as our new home. Zen has struggled with bulimia his entire life and after trying different diets, we settled with the BLUE Buffalo diet. We love how BLUE Buffalo really took care in their formulation to use fewer quality ingredients instead of the disgusting processed fillers so many other brands use. This diet switch really helped in decreasing the amount of episodes Zen would have monthly. After I rescued my new Shepherd mix, Bear, I naturally started feeding him the BLUE Buffalo lamb and oatmeal puppy diet. He absolutely loves it just as much as the cats do!

Recently Bear had an appointment at his new vet to get his vaccinations and check-up just a few days shy of his 6 month birthday. Check out the pictures and Bear's experience below that was made all-the-more manageable for me because of the BLUE Buffalo BLUE BITS from Chewy.com that Bear was trying out for the first time!

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my friend that feeds me was rather relieved when she received this package last week from chewy.com. anytime i see this sticker on a package, i get excited, too, because i know it's something for me! at the time i had no idea, but i think it had something to do with the fact that she was taking me to the vet the next day. she had know idea that i knew, but we can totally understand human talk and i totally heard her make the appointment. click the image below and find out all the cool stuff your friends can get you, too!

i like going on car rides, but i liked this one even better because i kept getting BLUE Bits treated to me. i was one super happy puppy! i'm glad this car ride took 30 minutes!

i like going on car rides, but i liked this one even better because i kept getting BLUE Bits treated to me. i was one super happy puppy! i'm glad this car ride took 30 minutes!

more please, ma'am!

more please, ma'am!

well, here it is. here's the vet my friend's been talking about. she said i had to be a big puppy and get my shots like a big dog and then i could have more BLUE Bits. all she had to say was, "BLUE Bits"!&nbsp;

well, here it is. here's the vet my friend's been talking about. she said i had to be a big puppy and get my shots like a big dog and then i could have more BLUE Bits. all she had to say was, "BLUE Bits"! 

i was so excited to meet these ladies in their blue suits. they weighed me out to 32.4 pounds and then brought me to another room.

what is behind this door?

it's my new doctor, Dr. Toepke! he was super nice and gave me tons of love and petting...

well i'm all done and the vet was super fun because i got to eat a bunch of Blue Bits!!!

me and my friend even gave some Buffalo Blue Kitty Yums (which are Blue Bits for cats) and they loved them too and left me alone for a good while!

Hello, World!

#TOTHEMOON: ACTING PAINTING FOR DRIP HEEL

by Paolo Meneghetti

ACTING PAINTING FOR DRIP HEEL

an aesthetics review of an image by Elfie Semotan

Italian actress, Alba Rohrwacher, photographed by Elfie Semotan

According to philosopher Mario Perniola, a fetish does not refer anything, but only to itself. The abstraction of its symbolic meaning remains penned to the level of a mere thing (in the materiality). A fetish is never idealistic. It expresses to us the perfection of a “mere artifice”, happening in a way certainly not full of aestheticism. In fact every thing can become a fetish: a hair, a shoe, a dress, a mask etc… That’s an idol which paradoxically we desire while we “despise” it (denying its “spiritualistic” aestheticism into a model). Alba Rohrwacher poses on a bed, with half-face bust and legs raised “as blades” (that are triangulated as if they have to ensue each other). The white sole of shoe emerges. That is imagined by us in the possibility to be undone, like the typical bra. Often a fetishist like the shoes (even if these have a very high heel). These here would virtually start a “striptease” of the actress. Our look would end in the “turbine” of desire, while the triangulation of legs substitutes the female groin. Is interesting that the wall on the background is amply framed. Through its numerous “striping”, that seems able to “rain”, drenching the body of Alba Rohrwacher. That’s an aesthetics detail already dear to pictures of Francis Bacon. In fact, he used to paint the human body inside a sort of platform. In her photography, Alba Rohrwacher is put to bed. The rainy perception of the wall will confirm the materialism of a fetish, between the soles… “as bra” to be undone.There is no one ascent (idealistically). Over the thighs, the skirt ends with a decoration which seems to many people almost… “carny” (masking a sort of face with a grimace). That’s another concession to the fetishism, maybe.

PITTURA RECITANTE PER TACCO A GOCCIA

Per il filosofo Mario Perniola, un feticcio non rinvia a nulla, bensì unicamente a se stesso. L’astrazione del suo significato simbolico resta confinata al livello della mera cosa (nella materialità). Il feticcio non è mai idealistico. Esso ci esprime la perfezione del “mero artificio”, ponendosi in via tutt’altro che estetizzante. Ogni cosa può diventare un feticcio: un capello, una scarpa, un abito, una maschera ecc… E’ l’idolo che paradossalmente si desideri nel suo “disprezzarlo” (negandone l’estetismo “spiritualizzante” del modello). Alba Rohrwacher posa sopra un letto, col busto di profilo e le gambe alzate “a pale” (triangolandosi come a succedersi). Emerge la suola bianca delle scarpe. Immaginiamo che quella si possa slacciare, come il classico reggiseno. Spesso le scarpe “piacciono” al feticista (magari avendo un tacco molto alto). Qui esse avvierebbero virtualmente lo “spogliarello” dell’attrice. Il nostro sguardo finirebbe nella “turbina” del desiderio, con la triangolazione fra le gambe a sostituire l’inguine femminile. E’ interessante che s’inquadri ampiamente la parete, sullo sfondo. Con le sue numerose “striature”, sembra che quella possa “piovere”, bagnando il corpo di Alba Rohrwacher. E’ un dettaglio estetico già caro ai dipinti di Francis Bacon. Del resto, egli soleva dipingere il corpo umano entro una sorta di pedana. Nella sua fotografia, Alba Rohrwacher è coricata sul letto. La percezionepiovosa del muro confermerà il materialismo del feticcio, fra le suole... “a reggiseno” da slacciare. Non c’è alcuna ascesa (idealisticamente). Sopra le cosce, la gonna termina con una decorazione che a molti sembrerebbe quasi… “carnevalesca” (mascherando una sorta di viso con la linguaccia). E’ un’altra concessione al feticismo, forse.

Bibliography:

M. PERNIOLA, Il sex appeal dell’inorganico, Einaudi, Torino 1994, pp. 67-81

#CASTING: open casting for models for brand partnerships

OPEN CASTING

as our company and blog grow, we are being approached by more brands to produce visual content that can be used for their own promotion and also allowing us to submit the campaigns for publication in some instances. we have a few campaigns coming up that we need models for and so we will be holding a casting call this Sunday from 1-3pm. it is by invitation only, so please send an email to moonmodel@geminijunemoon.com with a headshot and a few full body pics and we will get back to you with the studio address upon approval. we only have a maximum of 5 spots. if selected, please come with a clean face, no product in hair (females) and tight fitted clothing and be prepared for a 5-10 minute test shoot. 

#TOTHEMOON: Happy 'spend a lot of money on margaritas' Day

drink heavily, don't drive...or forget the limes...

today, i hit up El Bronco on Cherokee St. for an beef tongue burrito lunch special which i had to put in a nice little to-go box, because the chips and salsa filled me up. after work, i plan on reconnecting with a long lost magical firecracker at Lucky Buddha, a new pan-asian joint with killer spring rolls and an awesome dog-friendly patio at 3701 S Jefferson, to hit up their $2 Taco Tuesdays! come say hello!

#TOTHEMOON: #FREEPEOPLE COMING TO THE LOU

by June Ann D'Angelo

yes, there's nothing that gets my motor going like #freepeople and Friday when i was perusing the mall with my girlfriend Stacey, i stumbled upon this amazing wall at the Galleria that had the free people logo splattered across it... i knew the boho gods answered prayers, so in exchange I created a little offering. when i was out on my shoot at Elephant Rocks with Steve Yancey, I had packed all my stuff in this free people bag that i was given back when i shopped at the UES store when i lived in Manhattan. so, i told Steve about the store opening and said let's get some kind of fun image and this is what we came up with... (hair by the amazing Kristen Parks, of course)

p: steve yancey &nbsp; &nbsp;m: june ann d'angelo &nbsp; &nbsp; h: kristen parks

p: steve yancey    m: june ann d'angelo     h: kristen parks

#MOONx (NSFW): ILLUMINE (@JRAPHEL + @EINNAHOJ)

ILLUMINE = JOHN RAPHEL + JOHANNIE VALDES

photographer: john raphel (IG: @jraphel / tumblr: johnraphel)

model: johnannie valdes (IG: @einnahoj / tumblr: msjohannie / facebook: johannie.v)