Last weekend, The New York Times hosted its fourth annual Sunday with The Magazine, a series of conversations led by the editors and writers of The New York Times Magazine. The participants in the conversations–political and cultural newsmakers including Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke–were asked to give [...]
Author Archives: Luke Blanch
An Experiment on a Bird In The Air Pump
May 4, 2009 – 3:07 pm
Joseph Wright’s 1768 painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump* depicts a white cuckoo being suffocated in a glass vacuum. Onlookers are alternately transfixed, frightened and apprehensive — the legacy left for a trio of young Londoners who create music which is captivating and at times disconcerting in its brevity [...]
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Anthem’s ‘Bone to Party’
April 29, 2009 – 9:42 pm
Our friends at Anthem are holding a benefit show under the banner of ‘Bone To Party,’ in aid of DKMS, the world’s largest bone marrow donor center. The show goes down at Santos’ Party House in lower Manhattan on May 9 from 7-10 p.m. and features performances from some of our faves, including Cale Parks, [...]
Food for thought on Earth Day
April 22, 2009 – 2:53 pm
If today finds you thinking about ways that you can help the planet, head over to NPG.org, where you can read an article by New York Times columnist and author Mark Bittman, entitled ‘Back To Basics: Good For You, Good for The Earth.’ The article details his lifestyle as a “Vegan Before 6″– a [...]
Kim Gordon’s MIRROR/DASH at Space 15 Twenty in L.A.
April 9, 2009 – 11:00 am
L.A.’s Space 15 Twenty is currently playing host to a pop-up shop centered on Kim Gordon’s MIRROR/DASH fashion line. This Saturday, they’re having an opening party featuring live performances by The Entrance Band and Pocahaunted from 7-10PM. As a special treat, and if you’re so inclined, you can also pick up a piece from Kim’s [...]
Sebastien Tellier begins North American tour in NYC tonight
April 1, 2009 – 1:50 pm
French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sebastien Tellier is about to embark on a 13-date North American tour in continued support of his 2008 album Sexuality. The album, produced by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, is part of what has been a very busy twelve-month period for Tellier.
Around this time last year, a song from Sexuality [...]
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Cheap Monday’s Customized Jeans Tour at INVEN.TORY
March 19, 2009 – 4:39 pm
Having already rocked the skinny jeans off Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin and London, Cheap Monday’s Customized Jeans Tour landed in New York this week to coincide with the opening of INVENT.ORY’s new Lafayette Street store. Dossier was on hand to witness the opening party that featured Swedes, sweet tunes, one-of-a-kind distressed denim pieces and more than [...]
The Journey at Ralph Pucci nine (Gallery)
December 29, 2008 – 11:11 am
Earlier this month Ralph Pucci debuted his new female mannequin ‘Girl’ at the Ralph Pucci nine (Gallery) in Chelsea. In keeping with Pucci’s quest to avoid one-dimensionality, the unveiling — titled The Journey — involved a collaboration featuring the designs of Frank Tell and a site-specific performance from the Buglisi Dance Theatre.
The collaboration with Tell [...]
Steven Soderbergh’s Che: A Revolutionary Life
December 16, 2008 – 1:42 pm
Residents of New York and Los Angeles (and those with frequent flyer miles to burn) have until December 18th to catch Steven Soderbergh’s epic Che Guevara biopic in one sitting. Featuring Benicio Del Toro in the Cannes Best Actor-winning title role, the film clocks in at 257 minutes and is currently being shown in two parts [...]
The Brooklyn Philharmonic with Final Fantasy & Grizzly Bear
November 28, 2008 – 1:04 pm
A quick note to let you know that limited tickets are still available for the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s February 28 performance featuring Final Fantasy and Dossier faves Grizzly Bear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. If the performance is anything like the Philharmonic’s concerts with Joanna Newsom earlier this year or last year’s outing with Antony Hegarty, it’s [...]
