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Tiny Vipers

As autumn creeps in, the temperatures drop, and the days get shorter, I’m finding myself listening to more morose and introspective music. Tiny Vipers, a one-woman band from Seattle, has been doing it for me lately with her luminous, bittersweet folk.

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Hailing from Queens, NY, The Shivers recently released their latest record, More, via Silence Breaks. The New York cult favorites will be guest writing for Lost at Minor all week.

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Pill Wonder

Seattle’s Pill Wonder seem like the second coming of Elfpower to me. They’ve got the same fuzzed-out, ecstatic vibe, complete with jingle jangly sparkle and too-high-on-vibes-to-see-straight giddiness. Their orchestration and production is decidedly more lo-fi, but the overall anti-depressant effect is similar. Not sure how I’ll feel about these guys when the summer rays have replenished my vitamin D reserves, but for now, they provide some much needed sunshine.

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Arthur and Yu

These very sweet folks from Seattle supported Broken Social Scene on our last American dates of the Spirit IF tour. Although they haven’t quite hit their stride as a live outfit, the tunes from songwriter Grant Olsen have some very lovely moments that fall somewhere between Velvet Underground and The Everly Brothers. I think Arthur and Yu could take over from where Grandaddy left off, though with better songs. No offense to Grandaddy.

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Ben and Andy Kehoe: fine artists out of Pittsburgh

Long time friends and fellow Pittsburghers Ben and Andy Kehoe are two amazing artists. Read more

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Anatomical cross-sections made from Japanese tissue paper

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Overade foldable bike helmet

Designed by Patrick Jouffret of French design studion agency 360, this unisex bicycle helmet folds up into a compact shape small enough to fit in your purse or backpack, so you’re not left wondering what to do with it after you’ve locked up your bike.

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Millennium Falcon fort built for young leukemia patient

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Tammy said | 26 September, 2009

So beautiful, peacefully interesting. Soothed my soul! Off to see if I can buy a cd. Love the cover of the women on the log with the frog doing the back stroke in the back. Hope to hear lots more. Thanks!

george said | 26 October, 2009

so interestesting….

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For the voyeur in us all, comes this see-through doorknob by architect Hideyuki Nakayama, who collaborated with Japanese company, UNION, a manufacturer of door handles, on this ‘glass globe doorknob’ that literally provides a window into the next room. Read more

I’ve had bloodsuckers on the mind lately, which is better than having them on the neck. But that’s a different story altogether, and not one I want to contemplate on this windswept Brooklyn evening with the moon hanging low and the faintest quiver of mid-Fall chill sending all little creatures scrurrying for the shelter of their urban brick palaces. Read more

Produced by our talented friends over at Miami-based studio, Common Machine, this is the first installment of a new bi-monthly series of exclusive Lost At E Minor videos that they will be putting together for us. This one is on marionette maker, Pablo Cano, who uses ‘mundane objects to create magic on a string’. And he does. We hope you enjoy!

Artists Benedetto Bufalino and Benedict Deseille created this cute/kitsch Pac Man light installation for the recent Festival of Trees and Lights in Geneva, Switzerland.

Our friends over at URLesque have compiled a killer selection of priceless Yahoo! Questions and Answers, which ‘may very well prove that there is such a thing as dumb questions’. Read more

I’ve just come across the music of Minneapolis band Cloud Cult, and their song Chemicals Collide in particular. Their sound is a mix of scratchy acoustic guitar riffs mixed in with staccato beats and airy harmonies, all infused with a beautiful sense of lyrical melancholy. Read more

NaCo was created in 1999 by Tijuana’s Edoardo Chavarín and Mazatlan’s Robby Vient, schoolmates at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Read more

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The return of the Brionvega rr226

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Matthew Dear’s Black City album totem

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Mika

A little infectious lollipop rock anyone? Feel free to embarrass yourself singing along at the stoplight. If the other drivers give you that look, roll down the windows and spread the love.

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Never ever, ever, ever, ever park here

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This pendant by Portland designer Stephanie Stimek hangs from an eighteen inch 14 carat gold chain. Made from a Japanese quail egg, the entire shell has been coated in plastic for strength and is available for purchase through the Lost At E Minor store. Read more

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