The tail end of a performance we saw on Thursday night.
8 hours agoAll Things Shining
Oh, my soul. Let me be in you now. Look out through my eyes. Look out at the things you made. All things shining.
November 8, 2009
Guy Fawkes fireworks display, Victoria Park, last night.
Felt the wonder and excitement of a child.
8 hours ago
November 7, 2009
Another Burberry Winter Coat
23 hours agoMy mother writes...
“how’s everything going with you? you look well on the photo and looks like you’ve put on some weight. you look good and much better looking than the director. what’s his name? have i heard of him? he looks like the movie star from a few movies i’ve seen but can’t remember. that was good ha to be there at that time (sic). glad that you are having a great time.”
My Mother (in response to this photo and an accompaning email)
1 day ago
November 6, 2009
I bought this today.
‘Leg Monkey’ By Kirsty Whiten
Gyclee Print From The ‘Monkey Relic’ Series
Limited Edition 3 of 25
Signed and numbered by artist
61 x 89 cm
Artist Bio via Stolen Space Gallery
Well known as a rising star in her native Scotland, Kirsty Whiten has exhibited internationally and been involved with numerous projects over the last 9 years. Her distinctive drawings and paintings have earned a year’s residency in Paris, numerous awards and bursaries and been exhibited as far a field as Cologne, Den Haag, Austria and Melbourne. Whiten initially gained notice for her warped large-scale portrait paintings and highly detailed photorealistic drawings, but her work has diversified in recent years to include performance, publishing and photography. Her solo exhibition ‘Trophy’ at StolenSpace in August 2007 showcased her first ever sculptures and a short film collaboration with Highway Diner (Edinburgh performance group).
More of Kirsty’s work here
1 day ago
November 5, 2009
The Strokes - Take It or Leave It (Live on Letterman)
In 2002, the Strokes played their song “Take It or Leave It” on “The Late Show With David Letterman”. The performance was so incredible it almost seems unfair. In it, a 23-year old Julian Casablancas manhandled his mic stand, eyed the camera with a hypnotic mix of rage and anxiety, and tugged at his jacket as if he was about to burst. At one point, Casablancas swatted his mic down and left the stage in a huff only to return exactly as guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. wrapped up a brief solo. Chaos; control. At the end of the song, the singer tripped, completely wiped out in the middle of the stage, and somehow ended up even cooler for it. The “Letterman” blitz showed the Strokes at full tilt— a rock band that set the pace for what a rock band should look, sound, and feel like in a new millennium.
— Ryan Dombal for Pitchfork, from the album review of Julian Casablancas solo album ‘Phrazes for the Young’
3 days agoMy Favorite - Burning Hearts
I was an architect,
she was an actress.
I drew the Eiffel Tower upon her dress.
So we could see the world..
MY FAVORITE were true New York cult heroes, elusive and enigmatic stars of a secret history.
They crawled from the suburbs of Long Island to the battered boroughs of New York City, all the while managing to belong nowhere. They created pop songs that feel like films, casting as heroes the misfits, hipsters and monsters of modern life. Beneath shimmering walls of guitars, synthesizers, and melodicas, beat the burning heart of a new wave dream gone wrong. They proposed that our age is worth remembering. They redeemed us by caring.
3 days ago