The word “groupie”–or at least the modern concept–goes back to 1942 when Mary McCarthy described this kind of celebrity-chasing in her novel The Company She Keeps. If a devoted superfan is of age, confident in herself, sex-positive yet also cautious and aware of all the potential consequences of a one night stand, then she should feel no shame in sleeping with anyone, let alone her favorite singer or guitarist. She was really fun to work with. Who better to inaugurate the impending change of seasons than wiissa? A level-headed approach to the groupie lifestyle is also key: being a free spirit is one thing, expecting a famous musician to leave his girlfriend for you is another. Since then, I feel like a lot has changed and we’ve grown so much. It was from the clothing that I wore—I’ve always loved bell bottoms—that we used to style ourselves and our friends.

“Free love” is now “Y.O.L.O,” but the sentiment remains the same.

Plenty of young people follow their favorite bands around the country in hopes of meeting them (and yes, possibly sleeping with them as well) but refuse to call themselves groupies or even Penny Lane-esque “Band Aids” for fear of slut-shaming. All groupies are trying to have sex with the band. What’s your process like when you’re starting a project?VH: A project all starts with one photo, or song, or verse in a song—something very small that will spark it. The last time we interviewed you was back in October of 2014. In a pivotal early scene from Cameron Crowe’s autobiographical ’70s rock film, “We are not groupies,” she assures young William, just in case he had the wrong idea, “Groupies sleep with rockstars because they want to be near someone famous. So I think that also came pretty naturally because that was just our views on it. I think film is more fitting for us because it has a more imperfect and nostalgic quality that is a lot of what we’re trying to get at with our work. We’re both from Miami, Florida, and I think just being surrounded by the sea and sun has made our work very colorful. That's the definition of groupie: someone who has sex with the band (or one of its members).

But it’s usually like a Braun-Nizo S48. That sounds very technical. The first hot day of summer sparks flashbacks of licking popsicles, soaking up the sun rays, and trying to keep cool at the pool. Like in a lot of these memoirs that I was reading, it was so easy for them to just walk backstage to see their favorite musician and talk to them. Lifestyle. We’re both finishing up school right now, and I think we’re probably moving back to Miami next year. Then, after we shoot it, we go through a pretty long process of developing the photos; we scan the photos and get the perfect texture in all of them. I was planning to contact their guidance counselor since they have a website but I did not because it's a waste of time dealing with non-sense things. WP: I can go out and buy like a thousand packs of film, but every time I’d shoot, I’d be too stressed out that I’m wasting it and it’s one of the last ones. I do that not because I'm afraid but because I was pissed off with groupies. It’s not worth it. Logging A Record High, Illinois Tops More Than 6,300 New COVID-19 Cases In A Day. How did you develop your aesthetic?VH: Everyone says that we’re very '70s, and when people started saying that, I didn’t even really know what that meant. How did you both get started in photography?Vanessa Hollander: I think it’s something we always both loved growing up. The encounter may only last for one night—or, a la. But now there're so many different barriers preventing you from getting backstage. ... 14 groupies who f**ked their idols and are willing to tell us all about it. What’s been new since then?VH: We were actually living in L.A. for a bit at that point, and honestly, I think, that’s when things in our life really picked up. WP: We’re just picking up experiences as we go along, and just learning incrementally. Election Officials Stress Other Options. Do you do the styling yourselves?VH: Yeah, for the majority of the shoots, we’ll do the styling ourselves. They are not gods and they are not perfect. Leah Pickett is a pop culture writer for WBEZ and co-host of Changing Channels, a podcast about the future of television. Rock bands are not rock bands without groupies. I think being a groupie is about really loving the music and wanting to get close to the band. VH: A lot of the casting, we actually just do from Instagram. But a lot of the stories that I’ve read are about women. If you think that there are no groupies anymore, think again. WP: We’ll have a good concept and then [we tackle] the logistical side—like hiring stylists or models, finding a location, figuring out what kind of camera I want to use, and what kind of film. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. News. I’ve never even met a musician.” So I started thinking about why people are called groupies just for being serious music fans, and then I was thought about how even if I really was a groupie, it's not a bad thing. Read the whole convo and watch Midnight Ramblers, below. Throughout high school, music’s always been such a big part of my and Wilson’s life, and I have a few favorite bands that I was really obsessed over. I remember everyone at school just calling me a groupie because I loved their music so much, and I didn’t really understand what they meant by it. Wilson and I met when we were 14 and 15; I think that’s when we started to like photography and video more and started to take photos and videos of each other. It's a hate mail. Rock bands are not rock bands without groupies.Few weeks ago, I received a message from someone I don't know in friendster. Ever since we took it seriously, we’ve been together so we’ve never really had any sort of career in photography or video without each other.Â. And since then, we’ve done so many more music videos.

As far as I can recall, she was a friend of a friend of someone who added me because we studied in the same school (the sender's school is in Manila). We can enjoy their music but definitely not worship rockstars. Do you have any favorite stylists you work with, when you don’t do it yourself?VH: For Midnight Ramblers, we worked with an amazing stylist named Amanda Lee Shirreffs, who is so fun to work with. QAnon’s ‘Save the Children’ Morphs Into Popular Slogan, Stuck-At-Home Moms: The Pandemic’s Devastating Toll On Women. Few weeks ago, I received a message from someone I don't know in friendster.

WP: And then it just spiraled down to what it is now. When we first interviewed the duo a few years back, they shared their perspectives on each other. Of course, promiscious and often illegal sexual encounters still run troubingly rampant in rock star culture today; but in the Internet age, groupies actually have more power to protect themselves than ever before. The video has a feminist vibe to it, especially from the quote, “We’re not getting ready for them. Ecards. My violin teacher told me that when he attended one of the band's concert, he and his classmates were saying that the vocalist sing the song full of flats and sharps, making it sintunado.Unfortunately for her, I replied to the hate mail saying I'm not the only one who is saying that the band is out-of-tune and I supported my message with facts. WP: And I spend a lot less time dealing with postproduction if it’s film. You (gnfti, brina) are talking about something … And then there were groupies from the '70s like Lori Lightning—Lori Maddox was her real name. He needs a groupie name. The sender was not in my messenger list. I guess we’re just going to have to deal with losing our favorite format. They are not in the concert stage forever so let's not waste time worshiping them. They all kind of came about naturally. Catching up with one of our fave photography duos. Our aesthetic also developed slowly and naturally. How did they come up with those? VH: We were really inspired by the Girls Together Outrageously, which is a group of groupies from the '60s and their band; Pamela Des Barres was one of them. Memes / Lists / Comics. Wilson Philippe: We just shot each other a lot. I know I’d always steal my parents' cameras. I think a lot of people view groupies as exploited, and I think it was us trying to show how empowering it was for these women. Still from Almost Famous, starring Kate Hudson. Superfans can share their experiences via online forums, cautioning others about STDs or specific jerks/abusers/predators to avoid. WP: I don’t know what we’re going to do. I noticed that most of the girls in the film have different groupie names. From there, Wilson’s better with the logistics. We’re always changing. But Wilson doesn’t have one yet.

The "is he or isn't he" rumors about Drake being Jennifer Lopez's new man are still running … Comprised of Vanessa Hollander and Wilson Philippe, the nostalgia-inducing photography duo creates vibrant photos and films that call to mind picture-perfect summer days. She was saying that the band was the one who wrote the song thus, they know the tone (her point is not clear but I think that's her point). They’re stylists, artists, musicians themselves.” I think my experiences, experiences from movies, a few groupie memoirs I’ve read, and also my friends’ experiences really inspired the film. So you’ve been collaborating together since you started then?VH: Yeah, basically. They’re all pretty inspired by concrete things. It was never on purpose. Rock bands are once agian "in" thus, groupies are everywhere. WP: I guess now you could say we’re professional photographers, but it just happened so gradually we didn’t even see it happening. I giggled after I read that. And it is for these women today, too. Home. We are Band Aids.”, Indeed, this was the mindset of many rock ‘n’ roll groupies throughout the ’60s and ’70s; allegiance to their favorite bands was more about giving themselves completely to the music—mind, heart and soul— rather than just exploiting their bodies for sex. No groupie girl wants to end up like. That idea probably wasn’t even in our head at that point. Instead of slut-shaming these women, modern day groupies (or whatever label or non-label they may choose to describe themselves) should support one another in owning their desires, since the decision to sleep with a rock star does not automatically cancel one’s membership as a card-carrying feminist, nor is it always in direct opposition to feminist ideals.



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