The Red Baron: Aerial Combat Never Looked Better
I know he flew for the enemy, but that plane is sexy as hell. And I wouldn’t mind the coat either. This movie may end up being awful, but it’ll be interesting to see what everything looked like back then. Watch the trailer >
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-0… http://bit.ly/cRaJlO # Why don't we have keychain remotes to lock up our houses? Can someone get on this? I want my house to honk while I'm walking away from it. # New Vampire Weekend – Think: Cape Cod, summer of [...]
The Greatest Art Collection in the World, and the Will to Keep It
The Postman, Joseph-Etienne Roulin (1889) / Vincent van Gogh You’ve seen this painting before—most likely in a book, a poster in a friend’s dorm room, or as a jpeg in your web browser. It’s less likely that you’ve seen it in person, to have been close enough to see the movement and depth of the [...]
Remember when Wall Street was Stylish?
At least in an American Psycho way? If you long for the days of having friends with penthouse duplexes and a regular table at
Cross-branding Makes Everyone Look Sexier
Baracuta G9 Jacket Alden Indy Boots Levi’s 1967 505 Dead Stock Jean Elvis wore the Baracuta jacket. So did the mods. So did your dad when he was hot and single. And what about Alden Shoes? They’re like the Volvo of American footwear. Classic, sturdy, stylish. Crack open an Ayn Rand novel, and these are [...]
A Workaround for Alzheimer’s Disease? Try Art.
I’m all about the Parietal Lobe, and if you’re an Alzheimer’s caregiver, you should be too. One of my readers, S.Donald, pointed me in the direction of the video “I Remember Better When I Paint,” which shows how artistic expression activates a part of the brain that can help to work around the blocked pathways [...]
Introducing: THE SILVER THREAD
Edie Sedgwick / by Gerard Malanga Edie Sedgwick, was an artist, model and muse of Andy Warhol who, in her short life, became a nexus point of collaboration, creative expression and modern media. In the book Edie: An American Biography by Jean Stein, Edie’s friend John Anthony Walker writes: “… there was something expressing itself [...]
Game, Set, Match.
A follow-up to my earlier post… The super fun new video for Vampire Weekend’s “Giving Up the Gun.” If you think the Jake Gyllenhaal’s cameo is amazing, wait for Lil’ Jon to show up. And who is this hot redhead?
Heavy Rotation / February 2010 / I Think Ur a Contra
We’re all sick of the winter. Including Vampire Weekend. Love the photo, the typeface, her expression – I stood gazing at this poster the day it went up. I Think Ur a Contra / Vampire Weekend Think: Cape Cod, summer of 83, listening to Ghost in the Machine on a beach at sunset. Vampire Wekend’s [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07: Digital strategist @ryanaynes. Build… http://bit.ly/biYxGB # Someone is blasting "Lady In Red" and I think it's the Jamaican gas station on the corner. This is why I love Poughkeepsie. # This song makes me want to strut around in gold pants. http://bit.ly/9PUyxA @GrooveArmada # Heavy [...]
Sometimes You Shouldn’t Let a Plan Come Together
Oh Hollywood. What have you done now? The A-Team / 2010 I love my pop culture history, but would somebody please write a character piece for Liam Neeson before it’s too late?
Keep The Streets Empty For Me / Fever Ray
The Swedish doing what they do best: making brilliant music and then setting it to apocalyptic imagery. This is the new Fever Ray video for “Keep The Streets Empty For Me” directed by Jens Klevje and Fabian Svensson, where in an abandoned city, the stray dogs are played by women. It just doesn’t get any [...]
Ladies: Don’t Ask Jamie Oliver to Give You Some Sugar
Because you’re barking up the wrong tree. Outside of his TV career as The Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver is responsible for completely changing the way a new generation of people eat in the UK by working directly with the nation’s schools and department of education—implementing ways of offering healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids actually enjoy [...]
Heavy Rotation / February 2010 / Humdrum Town
Theophilus London Humdrum Town / Theophilus London If Kanye West hijacked a Bruce Hornsby & the Range song, it might sound something like “Humdrum Town.” It’s the kind of track that makes you want to ride your BMX in figure eights in a strip mall parking lot. Theophilus London may be based in Brooklyn, but [...]
Heavy Rotation / February 2010 / Paper Romance
Paper Romance / Groove Armada Modern electro pop meets 80s stadium rock. This song makes me want to strut around in gold pants. It’s also one of the best song titles I’ve seen in a long time. Right now, the track is only available through iTunes Australia. The entire album is incredible, but nothing makes [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07: Digital strategist @ryanaynes. Building your biz via the web? This is who u… http://bit.ly/ae7SEU # What's finding its way into our daily soundtrack if we really listen? And why are those the songs that we choose? http://bit.ly/bSENoG # Heavy Rotation / February 2010: Sparrow Hall Music inspires everything I write. [...]
My Latest Man-Crush / American Pickers on the History Channel
For me, a perfect day involves driving around the back woods of New York State, creeping through dilapidated barns, searching for lost treasures. When friends come up from the city I tell them to leave their good clothes at home and wear some sturdy boots. Then we’ll jump in the car and disappear into the [...]
Three Sheets to the Past
Some people write history. Others retell it when they’re drunk. I recently discovered the Drunk History Series on YouTube, which offers a new perspective on our founding fathers. The first two episodes feature Michael Cera as Alexander Hamilton and Jack Black as Ben Franklin. The dubbed reenactment are pure brilliance.
Heavy Rotation / February 2010
Sparrow Hall Music inspires everything I write. Everything I do. Everything I wear. Even the places I go. It was my friend Darrell Lievense who taught me how to listen to music. Back then, the two of us had about a dozen albums each, and we used to play them on a tape deck in [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07
Digital strategist @ryanaynes. Building your biz via the web? This is who u want. Smart, generous, committed to results http://bit.ly/a0nUzk # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31: Oasis frontman and style icon Liam Gallagher @liamgallagher finds new creat… http://bit.ly/azmCWv # I guess I'll be having nightmares tonight. http://bit.ly/9ZSONM # Literature & Electro Pop: A Collaboration to [...]
Literature & Electro Pop: A Collaboration to Eliminate Alzheimer’s Disease
David Crabb & Sparrow Hall of A Crowd Electric / Photo by Megan Faulkner A Crowd Electric (whom I hold a unique personal attachment to), just released their newest single, “The Waiter,” as part of the Two Blue Wolves Soundtrack – a multimedia collection of music, video and art based on my short story. The [...]
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