Archive for March, 2011
One More Word on the Food Truck Scene: Crowds Rule
(Mar 22, 2011) A scene from the Tuesday-night BTTR truck roundup; via the BTTR Facebook page I’ve blogged enough here about the burgeoning ...
Needed Change
(Mar 22, 2011) This is definitely one of my favorite dubstep tracks out right now. Another 12th Planet x Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore, the former f...
The Perfect Modern Version of Vintage Style
(Mar 21, 2011) Say what you will about the former-Mrs. Marilyn Manson, Dita Von Teese is always perfectly turned out. No telltale tattoos, pierc...
CORE-TV Resurrects Music Television
(Mar 20, 2011) Do you remember the last time you watched and listened to music on the so-called music TV channels? It’s been a while, right? W...
Hip-Hop-Soul Jessica 6
(Mar 18, 2011) Last week I saw a Jessica 6 gig. I believe in live performances more than any perfectly mastered recording, but I also love to bu...
The Soviet Answer to Vogue
(Mar 18, 2011) A few days ago I came across an outstanding artefact from the Soviet times. It was a well-preserved edition of a glossy magazine ...
Tiny Furniture and the Do-Nothing Generation, or Whatever We are Called
(Mar 18, 2011) My friend Eugene, who may end up being one of my most famous filmmaker friends should the world embrace his internet-generated li...
Featherlocks Hair Extensions Are Fun, Cheap, and Not Cheesy
(Mar 18, 2011) There isn’t (yet!) a category on this site for general style or beauty trends, but I will post about hair here since, as i...
Flocked Wallpaper is the New Black
(Mar 18, 2011) Everywhere I look, people are making things out of flocked wallpaper. Velvety and old-fashioned, it appeals to our sense of decad...
Believe the Hype
(Mar 17, 2011) Hi Apple. You’ve got enough press already, but I must say the new MacBook Air is my dream come true. Running around with th...
Ulrich Köhler is a Winner
(Mar 17, 2011) Ulrich Köhler is the big winner of this year’s Berlinale. Born in Marburg he directed his first movies while studying visual c...
New Visibility for Canadian Music?
(Mar 17, 2011) Arcade Fire won the Grammy for Best Album of the Year – take that Top 40!!! Now that I have that out of my system lets discuss ...
New Mixtape Series and Who is Arcade Fire?
(Mar 17, 2011) Chicago’s DJ Duo The Hood Internet is back at it again with the fifth volume of their mixtape series, and it does not disap...
Getting Drunk on Art
(Mar 17, 2011) Art Los Angeles Contemporary, like any other annual or biennial event, feels like some weird version of Brigadoon — a cursed vi...