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February 20, 2008 | Video | by Erick Jackson - Apes |

Arthur Lee’s band Love combines it all: R&B, rock, folk-rock, and garage, with odd, dark lyrics. Read more

February 19, 2008 | Video | by Erick Jackson - Apes |

Sparks’ album Kimono My House is a demented mix of hard rock, pop, glam, new wave, and baroque pop. Read more

February 18, 2008 | Video | by Erick Jackson - Apes |

Only a band from Akron, Ohio could come up with the whole de-evolution theory. Read more

February 17, 2008 | Music | by Erick Jackson - Apes |

Shortstack are a Washington DC band that not many people know about outside of the the city. They recently released an EP of covers with some sweet choices on there — The Kinks, Captain Beefheart, and The Pupils, among others. Once again a band takes different styles, sounds, and time periods, and owns it like an extra finger.

Listen to the Shortstack track, House On Fire.

 

We’ve invited some of our favorite creative peeps — including Ben Lee and artist Sam Weber — to write posts for Lost At E Minor over the past few months about their favorite cultural things and people right now. Read more

Several years after they disbanded, one of indie rock’s brightest sparks — Ambulance Ltd — are back. Read more

New York-based Japanese artist, Chichi creates elaborate illustrations that are both colourful and exotic. Read more

When Big Brother means nothing more than a new low in television standards, the warnings of Orwell’s classic 1984 are more poignant than ever. Miniluv — or The Ministry of Love in Oldspeak — is where Winston was brutally tortured, brain-washed and ultimately learned to love Big Brother. And no, he wasn’t watching TV. Wear your highbrow literary tastes with pride. Created by graphic-tee fashion label the-affair and printed on soft American Apparel, this tee is available for purchase through our online store.


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You heard it here first. Singer-songwriter Julian Perretta might just become the most exciting new artist of 2008. Read more

Shorpy is a great blog dedicated to digitally restored photos, mostly from the first half of the 20th century, but some from as early as the 1840s. Read more

I love Copenhagen’s Meyers Deli. I don’t know if it’s the giant plates of organic food or the super cool and warm environment. Read more


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The last time we heard from Melbourne label TV, they were busy preparing for their debut at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. Since then, the girls behind one of this year’s most talked about labels have delivered a stunning collection. Read more

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Susan Rudat’s woodblock artwork

Susan Rudat’s pen and ink Moleskin artwork rules. Her lines are remarkably precise, and have the quality of old etchings and woodcuts. Read more

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Melbourne’s Klein Bottle House

I love the interesting lines and clever use of sustainable materials found in the Klein Bottle House, a holiday place in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. The architects, McBride Charles Ryan, based the design around the concept of the Klein Bottle, ‘a descriptive model of a surface developed by topological mathematicians’. Read more

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Friedrich Gray

If you’ve ever wanted to work your alter ego’s dark side without looking like a total emo, now’s your chance. New kid on the block Ben Pollitt is shaking things up with his label Friedrich Gray. And the best part about it? Pollitt’s androgynous range has a little something something for everyone. Read more

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Rich People’s Rooftops NYC

The wealthy of this cramped metropolis we call New York don’t have lavish backyards — they have rooftops. Jwilly’s Rich People Rooftops NYC set on Flickr documents the spaces where the uber-rich of Gotham throw their cookouts, compost their kitchen scraps, or lounge on hot summer days high above our humble heads. Read more

For visual people who rely on shapes and imagination, this eye test t-shirt by Hong Kong-based studio, WEME, is a perfect conversation starter. It’s available through the Lost At E Minor online store for just US$30. Read more

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We have eight Familjen CDs to give away to new Australian based Lost At E Minor subscribers who can tell us what ‘Familjen’ translates to in English. Read more

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  • Nick is reading a new online zine

  • Anisa is watching design

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  • Karl is wearing Ksubi

  • Sarah is listening to Aereogramme

  • Sally is listening to Bush Tetras — Too Many Creeps

  • Christian is watching Salad Fingers

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  • Sarah is going to Bondi Beach

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