January 1, 2012 | New Music | 
by Horatio Baltz |
Feral Foster is a songwriter and performer born and based in New York City. His songs are anomalies: each one a distinct, packaged vignette, tenderly crafted and polished but spilling over the edges to anyone that will listen. They are tiny, intimate stories that linger in the room. A gifted writer and performer, he executes his songs with a veracity that is wildly moving and refreshing. I’ve seen entire audiences captivated by him, I’ve seen grown men reduced to tears, and I’ve seen newborns silenced by his thunderous stage presence.
November 18, 2011 | Video | by Horatio Baltz |
At the height of his career in the 1940s, Spike Jones began to feel trapped by his acclaimed satirical arrangements of popular songs. In 1946, he formed another group, consisting of the same members, called Spike Jones and his Other Orchestra and played only ‘pretty’ music. Read more
October 28, 2011 | New Photography | by Horatio Baltz |
Hooligans, Cranks is an ongoing photo essay documenting the occupation of Liberty Plaza Park in downtown Manhattan. The essay title is derived from labels commonly used to discredit or undermine those engaged in forms of social unrest or civil disobedience. Read more
October 28, 2011 | New Illustration | by Horatio Baltz |
Andrea Dezso’s series of embroidered illustrations and superstitions are perhaps more than they seem. I see a great deal of truth in her mother’s folkloric sayings. I heed their warnings. Read more
October 28, 2011 | New Photography | by Horatio Baltz |
Weegee’s harrowing images of life and death in 1930s New York were given added depth after I listened to his recording on the 1958 record “Famous Photographers Tell How“. Weegee describes his techniques, divulges charming anecdotes, and makes some truly illuminating metaphors about his style of picture making. He describes what he said to a captured jewel thief to convince her to pose for a picture. Read more
October 28, 2011 | New Photography | by Horatio Baltz |
Marc McAndrews’s newest series and book Nevada Rose: Inside the American Brothel is a brilliant portrait study of Nevada’s legal brothels. There is an obvious sense of delicacy and compassion in his images. For such a taboo topic, the photos don’t exude the almost expected air of seediness or depravity, but are wonderfully humanizing and revealing. Read more
October 28, 2011 | New Design | by Horatio Baltz |
Do Icelandic Cheerios taste differently than American Cheerios? I’m sure there are some subtle nuances in taste and flavor. Do they use goat’s milk for their cereal? I read somewhere that often times Cheerios are served in tiny porcelain dishes at the annual mid-winter feast of Þorrablót. I have seen the traditional Icelandic dish Svið (boiled sheep’s head) served with Cheerios. Peculiar, but fascinating. Read more
‘Letting someone stand in the rain’ is not exactly considered a friendship service. Photographer Nicolas Dumont, however, did exactly that when he invited some of his friends into his kitchen to have their picture taken under a cold shower. Read more
After more than ten years using Photoshop, illustrator Daniel Mackie has abandonned it in favor of pencil and watercolour. Recently winning Best in Book in the Creative Review Illustration Annual 2011, judge Kuchar Swara said: ‘I was really impressed with the level of detail and attention to the figure and its distortions of scale’. All of Mackie’s illustrations are now hand-drawn and painted on 300gsm Saunders watercolour paper. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Downtownfrombehind is a photo blog featuring creative types (artists, models, chefs, musicians) riding their bikes around downtown New York City. The goal is to highlight those who make downtown New York what it is today.
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs are primarily remembered for the song Wooly Bully, but I’ve been incessantly listening to Little Red Riding Hood. As a metalhead, any song that features howling makes me happy.
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With the recent financial qualms, a moment of reflection takes over as we begin to wonder how we all became so out of touch with reality. Somehow Luxury lost its way and mistook itself for decadence, joining the Bling-Bling parade and gravitating towards the streets of self-indulgence. Yet, the true essence of Luxury, as the divine Coco Chanel states ‘is not in the richness and ornateness, but in the absence of vulgarity’. Bravo, I say! Read more
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Vaughn de Heart has tees down to a T: keep them simple, keep them sharp, and let the graphics send a message, literally, by stating a message. Vaughn de Heart tees feature brief statements like ‘heart’ or ‘the courageous ones’ (in French, which totally ups the sexy quotient). The sporty elegance of these pieces make them wardrobe staples. Check out assorted Vaughn de Heart shirts in the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more
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