Born and raised in New York, Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both an illustrator and a singer songwriter. Both his music and comics are permeated by earnest storytelling and often self-depreciating confessions of his many adventures in the world, from heartbreaks to homeless nights on tour. In his self-published comic book series “Fuff” he [...]
It was the evening when Venus and Jupiter were perfectly aligned and reached its closest point to the human eye. I was getting ready for dinner with the “godfather” of American avant-garde cinema – Jonas Mekas. Filmmaker, poet and curator, Mekas is a living monument. He fled his native Lithuania at age 22, trying to [...]
By Alec Friedman
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Also posted in Dossier, Et cetera, Features, Food, Performing Arts, Video
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Tagged andy warhol, Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, Anthology Film Archives, avant-garde cinema, Barbara Anastacio, fragments of paradise, holy madness, Jackie Kennedy, Jonas Mekas, Marcelo Oliveira, Warhol Factory
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Last week, Todd Cole’s agent sent me a link to the new video he did for Kate Spade. So many fashion videos are boring, or cheesy, or just kind of mediocre, that I really appreciate when I see a good one. And this one is really good – so much so that I wanted to [...]
Opening tonight in Berlin, This Land Was Made for You and Me explores the idea of America, through the eyes of young American photographers. The title is taken from the Woody Guthrie song This Land Is Your Land, which was written as a critical retort to Irving Berlin’s saccharine God Bless America. Guthrie meant for [...]
By Skye Parrott
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Also posted in Exhibits, Photography
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Tagged Aaron McElroy, Adrian Crispin, Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer, Anna Moller, Coley Brown, Colin Dodgson, David Schulze, Galerie fuer Moderne Photografie, Grant Willing, Kathy Lo, Logan White, Nicky Lesser, RJ Shaughnessy, Sarah Palmer, skye parrott, This Land Was Made for You and Me
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Ana Roman and Barbara Anastacio Keep it Mellow with some behind the sceens from the Dossier In Conversation interview. With her album, Even Assassins Have Lovers And Romance out this summer, an EP out now, and numerous shows on the near horizon, we were lucky to catch up with her when we did.
By Alec Friedman
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Also posted in Music, Video
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Tagged Ana Lola Roman, Barbara Anastacio, brooklyn, dance, electro, electronic, electronica, Even Assassins Have Lovers And Romance, Keep It Mellow, minimal, pop, Ryan Richmond, soul
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April 10, 2012 – 12:10 pm
Ana Lola Roman is a songstress, but don’t call her a singer. She is a songwriter, but she doesn’t compose ballads. She isn’t concerned with buying infamy; she would like to earn her fame. Her music may be difficult to describe. She is the first to admit it—in fact, she embraces it. The dystopian qualities [...]
By Erin Kelleher
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Also posted in Features, Music
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Tagged Ana Lola Roman, Barbara Anastacio, Chrishabana, Erin Kelleher, Federico García Lorca, henna-pop, Jac Langheim, Keep It Mellow, Mathieu Mirano, Ryan Richmond, Sally La Pointe, ven Assassins Have Lovers and Romances, williamsburg
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March 15, 2012 – 12:28 pm
When Gertrude Stein declared, “A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears,” she was challenging artists to shift their perceptions. The upcoming exhibition at the Fondation d’Enterprise Hermès, opening March 16, takes the assignment a step further, tasking not only the artist but also the subject of the work [...]
By Erin Dixon
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Also posted in Art, Exhibits, Fashion, Features, Photography
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Tagged American Academy, Fondation d’Enterprise Hermès, Hermès, Matt Ducklo, Matt Ducklo & Matthew Monteith: Mind’s Eye, Matthew Monteith, Photography, Rome, Touch Tours
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Who would think a former Miss Teen Wisconsin’s pearly whites would extend from ear to ear when talking about bathing in blood or starting a cult? But this sums up the complex, varied and arguably balanced nature of artist and Ford model Myla DalBesio. The modeling industry has pegged her as the next Crystal Renn [...]
January 30, 2012 – 11:47 am
Molly Donahue, formerly of the band Love Story, recorded her first solo album this year, entitled Metal Alvin, which is due out at the end of this month. In addition to this, Molly also has a photo blog where she records her life separated into different segments- namely, “eats,”(food) “out of doors,”(nature) “animalia,”(animal friends) “noir”(spooky [...]
By Alec Friedman
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Tagged Dolores O’Riordan, Frances Tulk-Hart, ive long and prosper, Kurt Cobain, liz phair, Love story, Metal Alvin, Molly Donahue, Siouxsie
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December 21, 2011 – 5:57 pm
Although the Long Island-based quintet Twin Sister just released their first full-length album, In Heaven, this fall, the band has previously released two EPs (Color Your Life in 2010 and Vampires With Dreaming Kids in 2008), and they have enough unofficial material online to create at least two additional albums. The band’s five members—singer Andrea [...]
By Sarah Moroz
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Tagged Andrea Estella, Bad Street, Björk, Bryan Ujueta, Color Your Life, Cyndi Lauper, Dev Gupta, Eric Cardona, Gabel D'Amico, Kimmi in a Ricefield, La Bionda, Luscious Jackson, Shawn Brackbill, Silent Barn, Twin Sister, Vampires With Dreaming Kids, williamsburg
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