Rosaline Honeycock

-I’m really digging Beyonce’s new album 4. I get it now. I get the singles, the videos, the direction she’s taken musically, and the inspiration behind the choreography. It’s taken a few live performances, one telling documentary, and a gentle nudge or three to finally get me there, and now that I’m ‘there’, wherever ‘there’ is, my soul is a white chunk of lobster meat and Miss Knowles is the knob of unsalted butter melting oh so deliciously into my ears. Popdust ranked her song ‘Love On Top’ as #24 in their best songs of the year countdown and had this to say:

Can you count all the key changes? (There are six.) This throwback to ’80s jams from Whitney Houston to Dianna Ross is a celebratory, sunny love song made more complex by the plethora of punctuating horns and Bey’s personal revelations. The recently removed veil over her personal life provides ample inspiration for smiling ear to ear ourselves, yet rather than being just a breezy, bop-along track, Bey acknowledges the struggle it took to get her to this place (“Nothing’s perfect, but it’s worth it after fighting through my tears. / And finally you put me first”), evident as she pushes through each and every key change, making the high highs all the more jubilant. 4 is much more an adult album and with it comes Beyoncé’s surrender and conscious decision to represent herself as the mature, confident woman in love she’s come to be, as well as the fierce inspiration fans continue to connect with. Go on, B. We’re listening.

-I’ve been digging Sweet Station for quite some time now and still haven’t managed to dent the head of my metaphorical shovel on bedrock. Unlike other art blogs, it spawns a pretty wide collection of work ranging from illustrations and paintings to art installations. Each post comes with a small paragraph about the artist and their work that’s displayed in a layout which, to much relief, is both scroll-friendly and easy to navigate. Here’s a few artists I’ve bookmarked:


Art by James Blagden.


Art by Ryan Heshka.


eFeet by designer Dylan Kendall.