If Dan Boeckner and Alexi Perry have any shame about indulging in just about every cliché from the rock and roll handbook, they sure do a nice job of hiding it. As Handsome Furs, the married duo essentially lives out every angst-ridden teenagers’ dream. That is, to start a band, run away from home with [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Lomography Sample Sale
January 24, 2010 – 1:12 am
Lomography is celebrating the 1-year anniversary of their store with a weekend sample sale. They’re offering discounts of 10%-50% off their cameras (which are awesome – they include the Diana F+ and the Horizon Perfekt and a bunch of other weird lens, multiple exposure, basic film cameras), a selection of books, bags, accessories, and more. [...]
In Memory, Gerald McCabe
January 22, 2010 – 1:54 pm
The great craftsman, musician, raconteur, yogi and Los Angeles legend died on Sunday. He casts a giant sedua wood, Hawaiian-shirted shadow.
Mendes, Shakespeare, BAM!
January 22, 2010 – 1:42 pm
Oscar and Tony winner Sam Mendes has arrived in Brooklyn with a pair of plays by the grand old bard as part of the second annual Bridge Project, a cross-Atlantic production between The West End’s Old Vic Theatre and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (his street team seems to have arrived well in advance with [...]
Maison et Objet: High Design Hits Paris
January 22, 2010 – 11:34 am
If you’re a design aficionado and you’re not already en route to Paris for this year’s Maison et Objet trade show you might want to check yourself. The annual fair (a self-proclaimed “fashion show” for home furnishings) is a vital pilgrimage for those who are—or want to be—players in the global design industry. Each year [...]
The Year in Pictures at Danziger
January 21, 2010 – 12:00 pm
The exhibition The Year in Pictures is opening tonight at Danziger Projects. It presents a selection of photographs featured on James Danziger’s personal blog, The Year in Pictures. The 15 contemporary photographers featured in the show represent 9 different countries – Saudi Arabia, Korea, Denmark, Britain, Mexico, Japan, France, Canada, and the U.S., and Danziger says [...]
Daily Routines
January 21, 2010 – 11:42 am
Gustave Flaubert rose at 10 and no one in his household could speak above a whisper until he pulled the bell cord for his valet. Colette kept her muscles toned with massage and an active sex life. Charles Darwin took breakfast alone at 7.45 and a walk with his dog at noon. T.C. Boyle starts [...]
Open Ocean
January 21, 2010 – 11:22 am
Our friend Jill’s band, Open Ocean, was featured Monday on Urban Outfitters’ Music Monday blog. They will be playing Monkeytown tonight, and we were going to tell you to go, but word on the street is that it’s sold out. They’re playing alongside Bull Thieves song for song and Shadrach Lindo is providing the visuals. Seeing [...]
Positive Drinking
January 20, 2010 – 3:54 pm
Join the Hipsterati tonight in raising one to help Haiti in the aftermath of its devastating earthquake. At 10pm Mark Ronson is DJing a fundraiser hosted by a coterie of coolness — including his sister Samantha — at Thompson LES to benefit Red Cross relief efforts in the leveled caribbean nation. Go, see and be [...]
