Postmodern Hardcore Megazine

If you are a devotee of well-edited magazines filled with pretty and pretty interesting people, you must pick up Kaiserin. It bills itself as a magazine for "Boys With Problems". One of my problems is justifying the 23 dollars U.S. that my local vendeur gouged me for a copy. Fortunately it was worth every penny.

Glorious Discomfort

Thank G-d Tim and Eric have returned. It finally feels good to go insane again.

Times Square South

The 'Hood gets nasty again.

Advice From A Pro

In these difficult economic times maybe we just need to take to heart some lyrics from Ms. Foxy Brown...

If you go broke, it ain't the end
Remember how you did it before?
Let's do it again

You could start from the bottom
Take it to the top
Start it from the Hoopty, end it in the Drop

You are not going to this positive message from reading The Wall Street Journal, that's for sure...

Fighting A Social Ocean

Ninety-nine percent of the time I think that David Brooks is a tool. Unfortunately there is that 1 percent of the time that he is right. This Op-Ed is one of those times.

Please

...God if you love your children in The New York, turn down the heat. I think my soul is melting.

Successories

The first person I spot wearing any of these accoutrements from G&G's show in San Francisco will receive one complimentary kiss (avec tongue). Someone must take me up on this offer.

Beach Look 08

Demanding readers want to know what look I am delivering on the Atlantic Riviera. I am giving much Comme des Garcons collabo...

If You Can Design One Subway Map...

A Shout to Massimo Vignelli for serving up this gorgeously graphic MTA map.

Wherever You Call Home...And Especially When You Travel

Keep Your Sh*t Beautiful People...

The Right Now

Having an extreme Guy Bourdin moment. Feeling detached and disembodied...Ouch

May You Live In Interesting Times...

From today's New York Times business page...

IT’S dispiriting indeed to watch the United States financial system, supposedly the envy of the world, being taken to its knees. But that’s the show we’re watching, brought to you by somnambulant regulators, greedy bank executives and incompetent corporate directors.

Buckle up people...it is just starting to get bumpy.

Deconstruction And Inspiration

Although it has since been removed, I am still drawing much inspiration from this PosterBoy mashup that hung in the 23rd St. A/C/E station.

This cat has technical prowess and great ideas.

Please Give To The Aesthetically Needy...

July is not too early to get your Christmas shopping done. Especially since I already know what I want to find under my tree...

July 7th...A Quarter Of A Century Ago

Twenty-five years ago today, New Order plays a show at Paradise Garage. Although my New Order worshipping period was still a few years away, I would have killed to have been there.

Hate...Random But Real

From a MySpace art forum comes the following comment:

yes i know who he is and I LOATHE HIM. i hate him so much it makes me crazy. i really do hate ****** ******* and everything he stands for. i most of all hate how much of a phenomenon he was. i hate that he was a model. i hate that he was a football player. i hate that he is straight and he was heral...

Anyone who correctly guesses who the object of this rant was will receive a shiny nickel...

All Eras

Put together Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, choreography by master Bob Fosse, beats by DJ Unk and a touch of Andre 3000 and you get this slice of heaven...

Overheard On Bleecker Street

As I walk down Bleecker Street I hear one homeless person say to another:

"There's lesbians, there's idiots, there's the nuts, and then there's the animals!"

I have no idea what this idea shard could be referring to, but the first person who writes a novel revolving around this bit of language will get this shiny nickel...

Virtual Word-A-Day Calendar

The word-of-the-day is Fossorial. If you can use drop it into a casual conversation today I will give you this shiny nickel.

Flip Your Wig

If Henrik says that you wear a wig, then glamdammit you will wear a wig. No questions axed!

Fran Lebowitz On Night In The City

...a clip from a really great documentary PBS has been showing lately called "HOME". The film has New Yorkers talking about why the city is home to them.

A nice love letter to the city...and a great excuse to have Fran Lebowitz offer her insights.

A Plea

Can we all agree that something has to be done about Eddie Murphy? He seems to remain in existence despite my mental attempts to stop him from making movies.

Alienation, Loneliness And No Wisecracking

You haven't lived until you have lived life without Garfield.

There is no funnier comic strip.

View daily for joy.

All This Brutal Beauty

As many of you know my taste in contemporary music runs the gamut from House to Deep House with occaisional forays into Deep Deep House. However a few months ago Laurent Garnier contributed an astounding mix to the Beats In Space series.

Amongst the tracks he included were a couple of devastating Drum&Bass tracks. Admittedly my knowlege of this electronic sub-genre is very limited, but these songs were unignorable in there power...

Somewhere I came across a stellar review of this compilation. Not being a huge D&B fan, I was unfamiliar with DJ/Producer Andy C.

Finally I tracked this mix down and let me say it is absolutely brutal in it's intensity. It is simultaneously perfect for walking down the street in a disgruntled mood and for when you desire some exhiliration in your life. Aurally, every button gets pushed....Not for the faint of heart or mind.