December 7, 2009 | Cool Travel | by Gerry Mak |
Tacos are one of my favorite foods because they’re deceptively simple and highlight the quality of ingredients. They also often use offal and other cuts of meat that are usually thrown away, but are considered the choice bits in most other cultures. Having only been to Mexico a couple of times, I can’t say with authority what the real deal is like, but like my anthropologist roommate used to say, “there’s no such thing as authenticity.” I am confident, however, that Tehuitzingo on 49th and 10th in Manhattan is one of the best places to get tacos on the East Coast — it will always have a place in my heart with their goat tripe. Read more
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December 7, 2009 | New Products | by Michelle Wilding |
Cheap Monday not only produce extremely affordable and stylish jeans, but they create amazing accessories, as well. I’m particularly obsessed with their Big Envelope Bag in black. Faux leather, an asymmetrical zip and flap closure, plus a detachable strap instantaneously turning the bag into a clutch? I want it! It’s pure sophistication fused with necessity and flair.
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December 7, 2009 | New Art | by Michelle Wilding |
Kevin Tran’s use of colour, shape, texture and composition throughout his Between Two Worlds exhibition is absolutely enchanting. There’s so much depth oozing out of these simplistic animal paintings. Lovely work from this Sydney-born artist.
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December 7, 2009 | New Photography | by Gerry Mak |
The portraits of small-town America in Timothy Briner’s Boonville series depict a bleak, foreboding landscape populated by dead-faced teenagers and nervous-looking adults. Biner’s photos suggest that maybe the apocalypse has already happened, it was just quieter than expected. Read more
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December 7, 2009 | Video | 
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This short animation by Lois van Baarle, done for her graduation project from the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands, is probably the most convincing commercial I’ve ever seen. Even though it’s for a fictional product that may very well be used by an alien race to control our minds, I still want it.
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December 7, 2009 | New Music | 
by Zolton |
Otherworldly pop songs, both ambitious and engagingly intimate. Breathtaking panoramas of sound with few clear antecedents. Efterklang make music for the inspired. They recently began work on their third full-length album, with a release expected in the spring of 2010. So we checked in with them to get the inside word on the muisc that will be driving their new sound. They started with the Heather Broderick song, Cottonwood Bay [listen below]: ‘Heather is the sister to Peter Broderick, and like Peter did two years ago, Heather will be moving to Europe to join the Efterklang live band starting early next year. We have already played with her several times and we love her and we love her music. This song is from her debut album, From The Ground’.
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December 5, 2009 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
Designer Storm Thorgerson was behind the iconic album artwork for Led Zeppelin’s Houses Of The Holy, Pink Floyd’s Animals, and Black Sabbath’s Technical Ecstasy, amongst many others. More recently, he designed the artwork for Australian band Powderfinger’s new album, Golden Rule. We checked in with Thorgerson and asked him where the inspiration for the illustration came from: ‘The design for Golden Rule comes not from a single song, not just from the overall mood, but more from the general way in which band works. In effect, how they create songs, how they approach the task of making music. Our design attempts visually to represent how Powderfinger’s creative process works. We call it “controlled random”‘. [Read a Secret Playlist by Powderfinger]
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December 5, 2009 | New Design | by Raymond Koh |
For those looking to spend hours under the sun at the beach over summer, David Scomparin has found the perfect solution to tanning in comfort. As all beach lovers know, when you’re lying around soaking in the rays, it’s always such a frustrating thing having to find something to cover your face — from relying on sunglasses to using your shirt or a spare towel. But Scomparin has come up with a design that acts as a comfortable lying mat, with a small cover to shade your face. The cover also has a second usage in its small solar panels which produce enough power to charge your small audio devices.
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December 5, 2009 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |
We’ve been featuring some interesting guest contributors on Lost At E Minor over the past year, including Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Tristan Eaton, Ben Lee, Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene, designer Deanne Cheuk, artist Sam Weber, singer-songwriter Laura Veirs, and Tegan from Tegan and Sara.
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December 5, 2009 | New Food and Packaging | by Caitlin Zaino |
Like maple syrup and ice hockey, nothing says Canada more than poutine: French fried potatoes smothered in cheese curds and then topped with thick, rich gravy. And while most Canadians will argue that the very best poutine can only come from Quebec — where the idea was born — Poutini’s House of Poutine, in Toronto, are looking to give the Quebecois a run for their money. Mon dieu! Here, at Poutini’s House, Nick and Fred Laliberte are serving up what has been voted the very best poutine in Toronto. Read more
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December 5, 2009 | New Trends | by Zolton |
Did I say forget MGMT? Forget me. This Justice remix of the Brooklyn band’s breakhit hit may have been floating around for a while now, but’s still phat. And I mean fat. [listen to Management before they were MGMT]
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December 3, 2009 | New Events | by Tin Salamunic |
About three weeks ago, a fellow professor approached me and demonstrated several sketchbook pages from a student who was taking notes with little doodles. He gave a painting demo and the student was illustrating individual paint tubes, labeling them with the recommended colors, and sketching out any other suggested materials. Several days later, during an in-class lecture, I noticed another student using small iconic exemplifications of the material I was discussing. Read more
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December 3, 2009 | New Film | by Zolton |
When I was just wee speck on the great tapestry of life (yes, an even wee-er spec than I am today), the highlight of my bat day was watching the title sequence to the original batman series. Not only did it herald thirty minutes or so or ‘pwoowwww’ action, but the menacing rumbling of the theme song was usually the perfect panacea to another dreary Wellington morning. But times have changed. Wellington is now one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the planet. And the classic Batman TV series has since been spun off into a handful of tepid movies. Blah. ‘Kttaannnng!’
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December 3, 2009 | New Fashion | by Casper Johansson |
Forget Me Not is a series of Art mode digital prints on scarves and turbans by French designer Coco. All designs are based exclusively on her personal compositions and all elements have been hand-drawn. Her approach mixes several techniques, combining old-school processes such as painting and hand-drawing with digital techniques. And she balances a mix of visual restraint and minimalism with a more leftfield and pop-friendly approach. Read more
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November 30, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
Designed by Vienna-based architecture firm Coop Himmelblau, this small-scale, 300-seat performance space has been submitted on behalf of the Munich Opera Festival, to be held in 2010. As ArtInfo notes:’The approximately 6,000-square-foot pavilion is anchored by a sloping, trapezoidal component, but characterized by an outcropping of pyramidal structures that have been “generated parametrically through the overlay of sound frequencies from Jimi Hendrix’s song Purple Haze and Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. The shapes are meant to reflect and reduce sound’. Read more
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November 27, 2009 | New Eco | by The Uncool Hunter |
Most cultural products are handled within a cyclic structure, so when they reach their highest point of growth, they start to go down and come back to the beginning. Thus a new period starts. Fashion is also attached to these parameters, not only by the revival of vintage, but also by the materials used in the designs. So we find these cardboard cradles, a return to basic and abandoned materials, which can be customized according to our taste. Read more
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Illustrator Jashar Awan now has a new website devoted solely to his butt kicking superhero comics and moody graphic novels. This is the kind of stuff that will appeal immensely to the childhood superhero fanatic in all of us. Read more
Is it green? Is it funny? Is it Halloween? Or is it just a bad luck? I actually think they are super smart and stylish, and would not mind getting one of these beautiful couches next time I move to a new apartment. They are made of recycled (but unused) coffins, after all. Fantastic. Read more
I don’t intend on tempting any grape cravings which some borderline AAs may be experiencing, but everyone deserves some red after a long day. Drop of the Day is an easy way to receive fantastic quality wine at an extremely competitive price. Sure there are places online that offer cheaper alternatives, but Drop of the Day offers quality wine that pleases your wallet and your taste buds, too. Better yet, there is a new drop available to choose from each day for around AU$9 per bottle. Hmmm, I recommend you go for the blends.
The Danes are renowned for their considered and subtle design. However, in these times of change, they must feel they need something with this selection of a bridge building as the winner of a recent architectural competition in Denmark. The American architect Steven Holl designed this building with a pedestrian bridge that links two sides of the harbour in the distinctly low-rise Copenhagen. Read more
Sometimes we need an ad to remind us of what’s important. Normal is beautiful. Keep our oceans alive. Vote. Be more fearless. The Whitehouse Post is an international post-production company whose projects are damn fine. In fact, they are the scary mix of wit and aesthetics that makes any message convincing. Long live Coca-Cola.
Ok, so that’s me up there on the right. Yup, rocking out in the 55DSL tee and feeling a little pleased with how it’s all going down. Well, actually, a disclaimer: it’s not … quite … me. I mean, I’m wearing the same shirt right now as he is, and I’m kinda the same height. But he isn’t the same person. We aren’t one. But I love this 55DSL shirt in the same way that he … ummm … loves himself. So I guess that we’re both damn happy. Read more
Grinning Cat is a beautiful electronic album from prodigious Japanese producer, Susumu Yokota. It borrows liberally from the melodic melancholy of classical music and features subtle drum loops throughout. We interviewed him about the artwork that he creates for each release. Read more
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I live the upbeat, feel good tempo of the new single — A Hundred Hearts — from Philly group, The Swimmers. Off their latest album, People Are Soft, this song is a strangely fitting anthem for the blustery day outside.
Alex Passapera’s dizzying pen and ink drawings are cascades of images melting into one another, often looking like contorting, mutating creatures spewing blood-like ink splatters. Read more
Check out Mike Stimpson’s Lego reinterpretations of classic photographs. Stimpson’s version of Malcolm Browne’s iconic 1963 photograph of the self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc is particularly twisted. Read more
Trip out with Sparrow Vs Sparrow’s retro illustrations, I love their aesthetic, color use and sense of humor. Read more
Designed by Andrea Corson, the Caviars Round Top Ring, is made from sterling silver. The Caviars sparkle like diamonds, sitting upon an organic band. We have it for sale in the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more
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