I love a good waistcoat, darling. Brocaded. Elaborate. It makes me think of Dandies. Mercenaries wielding swords in floppy hats. It makes me think of PIRATES. Thank you One of Us Events! Playing B2B with Valentina Schwartz & La Catira was incredibleeeee.
Stomping boots. Everybody should have a pair and that’s the thing about stomping boots. They can take many forms. The ring you slam on your finger as you walk out the door. The coat that makes you feel like an Empress when you enter a room. Those stomping boots making noise as you throw yourself across the room in such a way it looks like you’re gliding. That’s the kind of attitude we need these days. An ease and purpose. I hope this mix brings you that.
ps. A couple missteps but there's always that. This is the moment I actually have something to say, because I finally learned my letters. I finally learned to walk. To stomp.
Don't let the title fool you. Deep dark metal tech house played in a dim club at a late hour. The time when you feel like you're the only one hearing that particular sound under that other sound. That's my space. That's me. That's Malibu Skipperland.
Debutante Walking. Debutante Werquing. Debutante Manifesting. This mix is my debut, Sunday, December 11, 2022, Saigon Blonde. 9pm. The first rest stop on a long journey. Thank you. To everyone who liked, encouraged, scolded, loved or gave me a LET'S GO!
Won't start none, won't be none. By the end you'll be stomping. House which starts hard and fast, and stays there. House which feels like a rock to the face. Because Momma werquing Xmas retail God bless. Sometimes you need a house built of ROCKS.
Hard and fast. Because last week sucked and I don't want to carry it with me. Tech House with a fudge ripple layer of Love Unlimited Orchestra vibes if it was mixed with bones of titanium and whirled around a garage like an industrial tornado. Because you're worth it darling, you really are. Walk on. Let it go. Make it WERQ!
Started oiled bronze with a bit of grey steel then went all Strawberry Bubbalicious on the thing. Sparkly, glittery, like diamonds on the water. Aperol spritz and frozen limoncello. Ending with a shot of Jager. Enjoy my darlings. Toast this BRUTIFUL life.*
*Sure there's a bit of finger painting at the beginning, here and there. It's a process like anything else. But the curation? Yeah. Feels solid.
Arya, darling. Syrio Forel in ballet shoes. Diamonds skip-dancing on my clear blue waters. I've heard it all before. But now it feels different. I see your glitter. I honor it. I bow to it in prayer. To all the boys who showed me how and why to find it...
Bain de Soleil darling. Hawaiian Tropic. Panama Jack with Dark Rum gimme some. It's a beach party on the sand at TRAX. Or we're on the back patio w/cactus juice at The Pyramid #RVA dreaming of TRAX. Dreaming big fat nasty beats you can bite into. Bubblelicious, a burst of flavor with every beat. Booty-shakin, earthquakin’ church rafters raisin’ organ pounding, dancing in the aisles and on the ISLE. Revelation. Sexy stuff.
Just a quickie...bc I'm tired of hearing myself talk. Pivoting is necessary. Welcome House of Nae DJ Salon! Not hair silly, shop talk. With pizza. DJ Luis Martinez is the first guest. Did you know he used to be a chef? Here are the details. Keep shaking.
Get ready. TECH HOUSE. Mama took a 180 degree spin and then did it again and liked it so much she did it again and again and again...
Second Mix. Fielden's, where I spun around many a night, DJ George Bricero at my side. Trying to find out who I was within the beats & mirrors. Mixture of old and new on a more chill, vibe. Like a lazy pool party. Or an after-hours basement.
Soft launch begins. Like any good restaurant, I have an opening for friends and followers only. Welcome to your exclusive! Plus, a small segment on cheerleading for others. The gold and the tarnish. House of NAE begins her orbit today 8/22/22. Big Love.
Whether you're Picard or Patricia at the club, it's important to engage. W/your surroundings, your feelings, your body. Your DJ when she's playing THAT song :D :D :D Srsly tho, ENGAGEMENT is the 3-2-1 contact of everything. Which I learned the hard way.
Surprise! Momma got a wild hair and did her first mix. Expect more. Two per month. Starting today. Because once upon a time I wrote a book. Which became a podcast. Which became a life's purpose. Here's the first chapter to the next volume. A better version with fewer slipups. Life always gives you a redo. Plus I hear home in that bass. www.houseofnae.com This one's for DJ George. Kiss kiss.
Just like Marie Kondo can rearrange your house, a good DJ can create a castle for your mind. If you allow. This is a collaboration and the stories they tell are some of the best narratives ever. Erik Horton, Russ Urban, Luis Martinez, and Alen P are just a few.
...not THAT movie. Because that sh*t is nasty. I'm talking about the dream of a life-long marriage. Eight of my friends are divorcing. Let's take a moment to remember all the love we lost during the pandemic. Before we pivot to a new purpose. HOUSE MUSIC.
This isn't some white lady BS or an SNL sketch from the 80's. This is real emotional medicine. I was taught looking into a mirror was sinful. Vanity. Best avoided. But how else do you get to know yourself? Plus HOUSE MUSIC IN TAMPA IS EVERYTHING BABYYYYY!
I might be many things and wear many labels, but second class citizen is not one of them. If you agree with the Supreme Court's decision? Unfollow me know. Because as a famous meme just said, I've had better Supremes eating a Crunch Wrap at Taco Bell.
Thank you Matt Mac! Yes, his book Greenlights remains in my rearview mirror. Pivoting, making another choice instead of running to hide within your favorite emotional blanket when the going gets tough. Which it certainly did this week. No worries. Pivot.
Do you know your value? A good friend said this to me early on in my divorce proceedings and I FELL OUT. Now I discover my value each moment of each day. In fact, I'm ready to discard the concept entirely. I was born perfect. So were you. Here's why :)
Met a great handyman who told me a story which made me laugh...until it made me angry. Ladies, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRAG A GUY INTO A BATHROOM STALL AND MANHANDLE HIM! Sure, he likes it. It's also assault. A PTSD bomb he'll carry around. TRUST ME.
Yep, I'm meeting her, TRUST. It's follicles and focus with a long diatribe on men who try and tell me how I should wear my long luscious locks. Others who try to touch it when they shouldn't. Just call me Delilah, honey. Because I'm running with scissors.
Just click and give a listen. Then consider becoming a supporter of HAG. A memoir about all the labels we hide within. More info at hagthebook.com. Thank you for your support. © Copyright 2022 by Nae Cole Whitman a.k.a. Jenée Jordan Libby. All Rights Reserved. In other words, be cool. Don’t copy w/out asking please 🙂
I went looking for some peace and some weird sh*t happened. Which made me love Tampa. Which made me love Florida. Which made me love being a human. Happy Easter everyone. Remember to allow. Eat a bunny. Ears first. Always. Save the Reesy eggs for me.
It's a cornucopia of stuff here at HAG. The Podcast. Why Governor DeSantis is a douchecanoe. Why being SEEN in every avenue is so important. How the fact I'm Melungeon helps when the poop hits the fan. How it makes me resilient when I need it. Good stuff.
Here it. is. Fresh off the press for your enjoyment. Just click and give a listen. Then consider becoming a supporter of HAG. The Audiobook. For $5/month you get one chapter a week. Until it's done. That's a promise. Like Bartles and James, we thank you for your support.
HAG. A memoir about all the labels we hide within. More info at hagthebook.com. Thank you for your support. © Copyright 2022 by Nae Cole Whitman a.k.a. Jenée Jordan Libby. All Rights Reserved. In other words, be cool. Don't copy w/out asking please :)
The audiobook is here! At least the 1st chapter ;) I explain how HAG. The Audiobook will roll out. Also, the tower cards of life. What do they mean? Why starting over is the best part. Even if it feels like Groundhog Day. Even if it doesn't feel safe.
Yeah, it's a whole plate of crazy coming at you. Without shame. Do you have Spirit Guides? I do. Why finding them changed everything. Plus, how to quiet that inner bitch who's determined to trip you up in your heels every single damn time. F*ck her.
Whether it's the TV telling you what to buy for happiness or the leaf blower or your inner monologue, the world is full of noise. How do you drown it out? How do you know what's real? What's true for you? Let's talk about it. Plus why Joe Cocker is God.
Self-Care Barbie. Really, Target? You don't need to buy ANYTHING to take care of yourself. Why spending $$$ to find your center is a bad idea. Plus, a lot of "talking it out" with regard to a possibly impending WW3. Stay safe, folks. Sh*t is getting real.
Are there really folks who don't know Virginia Woolf or Alice Walker? Having a space of one's one, NO MATTER HOW TINY, is the most important thing. Knowing HOW you are creative is the second most important. Together these will heal you. I promise it will.
Whatever you call it, a handsome man is a beautiful, precious thing. I look at men and imagine. Just like men do. Women do this, guys. A lot. We just don't talk about it. The Female Gaze, on the podcast. Plus a shout-out to The Sharok. Hey girl, hey!
The planets are a little manic, crazy, and dramatic here at the beginning of 2022 and boy, so am I. It’s okay, we’ll work through it. In this episode I talk about the triumphs and tribulations around starting a new job during a pandemic on Blue Monday and discuss in-depth how I’m going to present the audiobook. Once it’s done. Be patient. Because I want it to be even better than Matthew McConaughey’s, Greenlights, and have you HEARD that book yet? Genius. Yeah, setting the bar high for myself and why not? All right, all right, all right. A grab-bag of topics in this episode. Something for the crazy in all of us during this Mercury, Venus, Aquarius clusterfuck. Hang tight, friends.
I'm feeling pretty cute here during a pandemic. Posted a naked selfie I will not delete later. Because every wrinkle and piece of saggy baggy elephant flesh got me where I am. Sexy and strong has no expiration date. Plus the importance of brain dumps!
Betty White was a ROCKSTAR everyone knows this. Which line made me belly laugh and still does? I open with that. Plus songs as New Year's resolutions and why sound baths have become my new very favorite thing when the caca hits the fan and I just can't.
Disney World. In a pandemic. Instead of New Year's resolutions, here's Nae Nae unpacking how surreal Corporate Christmas with Walt really was. When Mickey Mouse announced, "First floor!" in the elevator, I MAY have squinted. Enjoy. Happy 2022 :D
Peak Florida Man Bumble in the HOUSE! I mean, it's like. Wow. In this episode I wax poetic on guys who pose with Billy Bass and Steve-O as well as offer up thoughts on keeping it calm and very real this holiday season. What's your distraction of choice?
I lived my life fully-directed and full of rules for the front half, now I'm pointing my own way and following the rules I set myself. Parenting my own body and mind. Looking for work while fighting the limitations of labels, and battling enormously dark and black Groucho Marx eyebrows for my first serious job interview since the divorce. Just life in a pandemic and the first scene in my screenplay. I'm thinking Bridesmaids meets Lars Von Trier's Melancholia. What do you think?
Are you experiencing agoraphobia because of the pandemic? I am. How do you handle it? I talk about that as well as the amazing transformation which occurred to my ass when I bought a $10 pair of leggings. Maybe the only time a TV product kept its promise.
The importance of purposefully taking a rest. Or why I desperately needed a vacation during a pandemic. All the meanings of HAG inside and outside of the memoir I just published. I also wax poetic about how alcohol needed to go away for good.
My little memoir helped someone process out some grief. Which makes me very happy. Where does grief occur in your body? Feel it, release it, walk away from it. Just some thoughts on the road. Yes, there is road noise. Because life has noise. So what?
HAG. A podcast for women who find themselves newly-divorced here at the end of the world. In this episode I talk about all the strange things I saw in Key West on the first vacation I've had in five years. Where I got catfished. Which made me podcast.
HAG. A podcast for women who find themselves newly-divorced here at the end of the world. A strange, Covid-filled, scary place full of magic, wonder, and weird-ass Bumble profiles. Come on in and take a minute. Talk it out, laugh it loud, cry it off. There's plenty of room. As that little lady in Poltergeist used to say, “All are welcome.”
