The Motel Life
The Motel Life is a heart-warming, heart-breaking book by my fellow Portland-based songwriter and novelist Willy Vlautin, of the band Richmond Fontaine. It’s his first novel and it is absolutely wonderful.
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Cute Overload is a sweet website to check out in those moments of quiet introspection when you’re just sick and tired of the daily grind of life. [see also Sleevage]
The Rock and Roll Camp for Girls is a terrific music camp based in Portland, Oregon. Experienced female musicians teach girls everything from lead guitar to beat making to playing in bands. Programs like this are shaping the next generation of confident, kick-ass women artists. The future is bright!
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Juana Molina’s Segundo is one of my favorite albums. Molina is from Argentina and has an incredibly unique approach to music. I love her sense of rhythm. Hopefully we’ll tour together in the Spring of 2008. [see also Freshcore]
Listen to Yo No by Juana Molina and watch the film clip to her song No Es Tan Cierto.
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I love the sense of escapism and richness of colour that seeps through the work of Shintaro Marky, an Australian-based artist who resides somewhere deep within Braidwood, in remote Southern New South Wales. Read more
MIIIIIIKKKKKKKKEEE SNNNNNNOOOOWWW. Well, actually, Miike Snow. While everyone is obsessed with his track Animal, I’m loving his track Black and Blue from his new self-titled album.
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My favourite cartoon is Home Movies by Brendon Small. Read more
Created in 2003 as a skateboard footwear brand in Los Angeles, Cipher is now an international urban lifestyle brand offering designer products for an emerging group of global hipsters. Now based in Hong Kong, where metropolitan living manifests the dynamic fusion of East and West culture, Cipher is an expression of life in the brave new world. Cipher shoes launched with three different styles, in a range of colours, each with its own story and attitude: Seditionary, Subterranean and Libertine.
Anyone interested in the importance of limitations on creativity should check out the new publication Vormator: The Elements of Design. Begun two years ago, it challenges artists to create a visual by using a very limited palette of shapes and possibilities. Read more
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Trip out with Sparrow Vs Sparrow’s retro illustrations, I love their aesthetic, color use and sense of humor. Read more
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.
Wolfmother. Rock n roll. Mystical lyrics. Heavy riffs. They have a new album out, Cosmic Egg, and we have five copies to giveaway, along with their debut album. To enter, tell us your favorite Wolfmother song and the city you live in. Yo! Two fingered salute. Read more
Illustrating the playful side of sexy, Donna Wilson uses burlesque and 60s pop art as inspiration for her original art cards. Read more
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