March 14, 2008 | New Art | by Andres Colmenares |
Something ‘stinks’ on Latin American walls, and we like it. This vivid, powerful graffiti from Stinkfish, a proud member of the Excusado Printsystem collective, recently featured in Japan’s PINGMAG. He is one of the most visible street artists of the region. It’s impossible to ignore his gigantic and aggressive traces and brushes all over Bogota streets. Read more
February 3, 2008 | Cool Travel | by Andres Colmenares |
Chalk cliffs, a cold blue sea, and undisturbed beech woods are some of the amazing landscapes you can enjoy in Rügen, Germany’s largest island, located in the Baltic Sea. The island’s main city is Binz, which is full of seaside resorts and exclusive spas. Kap Arkona is another interesting spot. This beautiful little village has two lighthouses, the smaller one constructed by famous architect, Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1827. [photo via GFX Master]
January 29, 2008 | New Products | by Andres Colmenares |
Postdesigner — aka Gabby Nathan — is a young graphic artist from Tel Aviv, Israel. She was born in Bulgaria, lived in Angola as a child, and landed in Israel, where she studied Graphic Design at the Holon Institute of Technology. Her passion: character design and illustration. Read more
January 15, 2008 | Cool Travel | by Andres Colmenares |
1,660 square kilometers of volcanic landscapes, beaches and extremely comfortable weather emerges in the Atlantic Ocean, just a few miles off the coast of Africa. Welcome to Fuerteventura, one of Spain’s Canary Islands. The island is a martian paradise, where you can experience yellow, purple, and red sunsets, gorgeous wide, shallow beaches — which are perfect for kite surfing — and desert dunes sculpted by fierce winds from the Sahara. The so called Island of Eternal Springs is just three hours from continental Europe. Read more
January 14, 2008 | New Music | by Andres Colmenares |
Hailing from Mexico City, Zoe create sophisticated melodies — as reflected in their song, Love. The group has been nominated for Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album in the upcoming Grammy Awards and just as a fine tequila with lemon and salt explodes in your throat with all passion the flavors can summon, so too does the energetic live set of this rock group ignite emotions across their homeland. Their music is in line with that of other interesting Mexican bands such as Kinky and Plastilina Mosh.
October 19, 2007 | New Music | by Andres Colmenares |
Lucrecia began her musical explorations in Medellín, Colombia. Her first full-length album — Acerca — was released under the Colombian label, Series, in 2005, and was re-mastered and re-released in 2007 by the Mexican label, Mil Records, with some new tracks and new versions of the songs added. She does all her own production, using synths and drum machines, as well as acoustic guitar, xylophone, kalimba, and her beautiful, somewhat mesmerizing voice. [see more creative work out of Colombia]
September 8, 2007 | New Illustration | by Andres Colmenares |
Coco La Coquette is Elisa Rodrigo’s alter ego — a cute Spanish girl who doesn’t want to grow up so she can keep her innocent, childhood perspective. Influenced by street art and Japanese culture, this talented young designer works with photographic backgrounds which form the scenarios for the sweet and tender Coquettes. Read more
August 10, 2007 | New Art | by Andres Colmenares |
Paola Gaviria is an outstanding artist born in Quito, Ecuador and raised in Colombia. In the last six years, she has been drawing in different cities around the world — from Paris to Sydney, where she now lives and sees her life as a foreigner through lines and colors. Her latest exhibition, Drawing Around, which is featured at the First Draft Gallery, captures the eclectic scenarios of Sydney’s red-light district, Kings Cross, where she lives amongst the drug dealers, prostitutes and backpackers of the area.
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August 9, 2007 | New Photography | by Andres Colmenares |
Music is the main inspiration of the Colombian photographer, Karim Estefan (aka The Slow Cheetah). His portraits and self-portraits are updated daily on his Flickr page and show a delicate mix of lights, colors and expressions, all inspired by his favorite song lyrics. Read more
August 4, 2007 | Cool Travel | by Andres Colmenares |
Federico Mammana (aka Freshcore) creates perverted pop design from his base in
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July 31, 2007 | Cool Travel | by Andres Colmenares |
The complex and tender thoughts that your senses experience when you’re in love {and we mean truly, deeply, gut-wrenchingly in love) are inside the lyrics, visuals and beats of Verde 3, a band from Bogota, Colombia, who move between rock, pop, electro and new wave. Created in 2002 by Champi (Carlos Benavides), Verde 3 is now one of the most exciting bands in this eclectic city, playing venues like the Teatro Colón, an Italian style theatre built in 1885. The band recently performed there, delighting the audience with a playful mix of piano, Moogs and RGB visuals. Check out the web broadcast. Their first single, Viernes por la noche, was released in December 2006, shortly after they opened for Ladytron in
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May 10, 2007 | New Music | by Andres Colmenares |
The spicy music of Bruno García — aka Sergent Garcia or Sargento García — is a delicious and fresh mix of Cuban and Jamaican rhythms, from reggae, ska and ragga to salsa, son and cha-cha. The ancestry of the ‘Salsamuffin’ pioneer is an interesting mixture: French mother, African cousins (Algerian), and Hispanic roots. His grandfather was from Granada and his father was from Bilbao, both in Spain. Back in the 80s he was the guitarist with the cult punk band, Ludwig Von 88, and he now lives in Belleville, one of Paris’ marginal neighborhoods where refugees and people from around the world use music to mix up their life within the overwhelming confines of French culture. Mascaras, the latest album from this world citizen, is a bridge between his previous recordings, tour experiences around the globe and a modern urban touch, produced by Toy Hernández from Control Machete, one of the most important influences amongst the Latin American scene. Cumbia, hip-hop, reggaeton, and salsa blend in a colorful album taking the listeners to the streets of cities such as Mexico DF, Kingston, Paris and Lagos.
May 9, 2007 | New Events | by Andres Colmenares |
Buenos Aires, Lisbon, London and now Bogota have been shaken, beaten and enlightened by a group of wild, sensual, acrobatic Argentineans called Fuerzabruta, a project between two former De La Guarda theatre company members. The show takes place amongst and above the audience. There are no seats. Sprinkling water, fake blood, paper, and cardboard boxes may hit you. Everything is unexpected. You may even receive passionate kisses from the crazy performers who dance around you with the rhythm of a live DJ. The energy and sensations you feel are remarkable, as a pool hanging from the roof descends over you, and four dancers smash their almost naked bodies against the transparent bottom. There is no concept, just reality.
May 2, 2007 | Cool Travel | by Andres Colmenares |
From Bucaramanga, a vibrant, hot, beautiful city in northeast Colombia, comes Latin Lover, a cool young t-shirt label with retro-funny designs inspired by the charms of Latin lovers. Like those salsa dancers featured in the Hollywood movies, the brand creators are seducing the local market and promise to do the same with the whole continent soon. [see also Cioomoyoko]
April 30, 2007 | New Fashion | by Andres Colmenares |
‘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
Here are some hilarious comics by 19-year-old Tyler School of Art student Sean Clark. Check out his sketchbook too. There’s some great work in there.
Popaganda artist, and occasional Lost At E Minor contributor, Ron English, has a simple message for us all: ‘Tuna recall? Stock up on Sea Monkey Soup!’ Indeed.
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
As someone who thinks more about traveling than actually gets to do it [damn, it should really be the other way around], it was good to come across the latest batch of Wallpaper* city guides the other day. Living vicariously through the pages of the Berlin edition at least made my next choice of holiday destination that much easier. Read more
Man, I remember shaking my tail to Come on Eileen many moons ago — when rat-tails were a right of passage and Molly Ringwald held both the lock and the key to my tiny pitter pattering heart. Back then it was all ice-skating and fairy floss; skateboards and trading cards. It was bags of chips by the rusty school fence and sunburnt faces on crackling summer days. Read more
The scientists explored the surface of our moon until they stood facing the foreboding presence of The Lunar Crystal. The two men stood in awe of the crystal’s existence. They stared without tact; oblivious to the inquisitive voices on the other end of their earpieces.
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