Every summer a different shorts aesthetic reigns supreme in my not so humble neighborhood of Williamsburg. For the fashion forward, this summer is gonna go two ways- Sweats, or athletic shorts, or loose long board short shapes. Read More
New York
aka The Big Apple, N.Y.C., Zoo York, Capital of the World, Gotham City
Unknown to the Unknown
Callan | May 2nd, 2013
I have talked about Fade to Mind and Night Slugs and their brilliant take on futurism, and talked about L.I.E.S. (I think I have lol) and its retro-punk approach to house music, but right now the most fun (sometimes even silly) corner of the electronic underground is probably Hot City’s label “Unknown to the Unknown,” and its open use of lowbrow dance sounds (ranging from tropical bass, grime, rave, bassline, African kudoro/township) and always made sounding rough and unpolished, yet secretly sophisticated. Read More
The Wine of Beers
Callan | May 1st, 2013
OK so the micro-brew thing is super old news. Portland guys have been doing that since way before I even had a beer. Coffee roasters (also Portland lol) are an esteemed profession all over the place now. In New York there are now Beer Nerds like there are Wine Geeks. Read More
Men With and Without Hats
Callan | April 30th, 2013
There is always one look that kind of plagues me because I don’t have the gear for it. Read More
Harmony Korine does it again
Callan | April 30th, 2013
The film Spring Breakers is an obvious success in its ability to be treated as both fine art/experimental filmmaking and able to appeal to young, dumb teenagers in its “commercial as conceptual” vision. Read More
Jai Paul’s coup
Callan | April 30th, 2013
Seems that last week everyone I know in the industry was either taking jealousy-inducing #selfies at Coachella just to let me know how much I have missed the sunlight or they were tweeting about this long awaited Jai Paul record which was uploaded to Bandcamp instead of being released by XL recordings. Read More
“I neeeeed a coconut water”
Callan | April 17th, 2013
Snacking in Brooklyn as I have witnessed it is heavily regulated by the Korean health food markets that stock items less processed than the typical bodegas. It is actually the surest sign of gentrification once a Millenium market or something of that nature opens its doors. Read More
Food is now as cool as alcohol
Callan | April 15th, 2013
NY Mag’s controversial “What Was the Hipster?” article suggested that the locavore trend was the last vestige of “hipsterdom” as hipsters have lost all of their secret handshakes or whatever. Eating organic local lamb necks is kind of the new “being a vegetarian,” and more and more young adults leaving college and deciding to drop out of law school have chosen organic farming or baking bread is the thing they need to do to feel sane instead of a corporate structured 9-5. Read More
Sporty Spice gives you everything
Callan | April 8th, 2013
Very often lately people have been bringing up the Spice Girls in a mid/late 90′s fashion revival which also includes N’SYNC and the film Hackers (think I already posted that one). Read More
Blu Vapor and the Millennial Artist
Callan | April 1st, 2013
The other night after watching infamous NY doorman Simonez Wolf’s face glow blue in the dark from the light of a BLU electronic cigarette, I realized that the e-cigarette trend had gone from science-fiction to reality.
Berghain
Callan | March 30th, 2013
It seems that everyone is obsessed with Berghain and Panorama Bar these days. It used to be just techno fans, now it feels like everyone interested in independent music is fetishizing the 3 level Berlin techno club that goes for 3 days without stopping and doesn’t allow photography or video. Read More
Twigs makes it next
Callan | March 29th, 2013
Every now and then a music scene can get omnipresent in the underground and never have a “star” to break it to any mainstream audiences. Read More
Crepuscular Electronica
Callan | March 23rd, 2013
I recently downloaded a Boomcat comp that lumped together a bunch of stark electronic music together and titled it “Crepuscular Electronica.” Crepuscular referring to twilight hours. Read More
High off AIR
Callan | March 13th, 2013
I think that it was unanimously agreed that the two most exciting menswear shows this past fashion week in NY were Highland’s weed-den presentation and Hood By Air’s (designed by New York Ghe20 Gothik DJ $hayne) runway show where rap star ASAP ROCKY walked in the clothes. Read More