You know those defining moments in your life? I remember very clearly the day I first saw the Whitesnake video with Tawny Kitaen doing cartwheels and splits on the hood of two closely parked Jaguars. Looking back, I think this video might sum up the entire feeling of the 80′s for me. Tawny was arrested yesterday [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Spanish Goths Encouraged by White House Photo Op
September 26, 2009 – 8:38 am
This is the wonderful photograph causing an uproar in Spain. This portrait of the Obamas together with the family of the Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez was uploaded onto the US state department’s Flickr page and made its way to the Spanish dailies. Rodríguez had thus far succeeded in keeping his daughters out of [...]
b Store launches b Magazine
September 26, 2009 – 7:39 am
During London Fashion Week b Store launched their new bi-annual publication – b Magazine. The first issue of the Savile Row boutique’s eponymous magazine is London focused and photographer Aitken Jolly has shot thirty of London’s emerging talents in the fields of art, design, fashion, film and music. Other features include an interview with menswear designer [...]
Culinary Love: Le Fooding d’Amour Paris-New York
September 25, 2009 – 11:05 am
I’ve long believed that Paris and New York are jealous lovers-mutually obsessed, covetous, but still fiercely stubborn and, ultimately, true only to themselves. Nowhere is this dynamic more apparent than in the kitchen, where American innovation has borrowed from (and then challenged) the French standard that has dominated for so long. This Friday and Saturday [...]
Oliva Plender’s AADIEU ADIEU APA at Gasworks
September 25, 2009 – 6:41 am
Olivia Plender’s installation AADIEU ADIEU APA (Goodbye Goodbye Father), at Gasworks, is a further exploration of her interest in the relationships between politics, theatre and the popular press. A handbill announces that ringside seats will be available to view the public retirement of The Despot emperor in the year 2012, “henceforth ending all Patriarchy,” and [...]
The Opening Sequence from Argento’s Suspiria
September 24, 2009 – 7:52 pm
The incomparable opening eight minutes and thirty-seven seconds of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. Suzie Bannion, a young ballerina student from the States, arrives from JFK into a stormy German night. Goblin soundtrack, excessively Art Deco sets, and Antonioni’s cinematographer, Luciano Tovoli, combine to create an opening sequence so good it should be watched standing up.
Katariina Lamberg on Acne Studios
September 24, 2009 – 3:31 pm
Katariina Lamberg, half of Dossier’s lovely Art Direction team, is profiled on the Acne Studios blog. Take a look and read what she has to say about Dossier’s beginnings…
Last Supper Festival at 3rd Ward
September 24, 2009 – 3:05 pm
This Saturday, September 26th, 3rd Ward in Bushwick will be hosting the fifth annual Last Supper Festival. There will be 13 bands, 13 short films, 13 dishes and 7 bands and djs. Go to the festival’s website for the full lineup and more info.
Coming Out in Middle School
September 24, 2009 – 1:55 pm
I definitely have moments when I feel hopeless about the state of the world and the people in it. Today, for example. It was freezing all summer and now it’s almost October and it’s 82 degrees, New York is filled with half-built, nasty-ass skyscrapers which, if they’re ever finished, are going to be filled with [...]
