January 6, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Jenn Mierau |
I rarely walk on the sidewalk. I find back alleys far more interesting. My favorite back alley installation is in Montreal, just south of St. Joseph, between Chambord and Brébeuf. There you’ll find a mini paradise, including two fish tanks joined by a transparent water tube, with real fish living inside. The lion statue’s pretty great too.
January 6, 2012 | New Music | 
by Jenn Mierau |
A friend and fellow producer recently introduced me to the Vancouver band, Data Romance. They toured with the Identity Festival last summer, sharing the stage with one of my favorite groups ever, Modeselektor. This gorgeous video of theirs features Lil Buck, who we all saw dancing with Yo-Yo Ma, right? Oh yeah, and Modeselektor’s new album is really, really good.
January 6, 2012 | New Illustration | by Jenn Mierau |
Robots, monsters and villains… oh my! Montreal artist, Tyson Bodnarchuk, makes you love all three of those things. He paints them, but also turns them into pillows and finger puppets. My favorites are his alphabet and Star Wars series.
October 7, 2011 | New Products | by Jenn Mierau |
File the T-Pain mic under guilty pleasure. Yes, the Auto-Tuning craze is waning (or dead). Yes, it’s T-Pain. Yes, it’s a toy that can be bought at Walmart. But not only can you record yourself, you can also Auto-Tune yourself live. I just know there has to be a fun way that this could be used in a live show. Santa, one more thing for my list.
October 7, 2011 | New Products | by Jenn Mierau |
What any MPC-lover needs. A friend and collaborator, Ryan Hemsworth, had recently seen me perform for the first time – I use an MPC2000 live – so when he came across this amazing little timekeeper, he knew that it belonged on my wrist. Santa? I’ve been a really good girl! Read more
Christian Northeast’s work often reminds me of Terry Gilliam’s. It has a much more vaudevillian/Americana feel to it, and he incorporates a lot more original work into his collages. Read more
Phillip Low combines acrylic and lucite to make fantastic gem-like sculptures, which are possibly just as pretty in photographs as they are in three dimensions.
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Oh man! Now I’ve seen it all. An entire blog dedicated to cupcakes, those perfect little bundles of sweet, sweet goodness. Hell, my mouth is watering just looking at them. What will they think of next? A blog about pretzels? Ha! Oh, wait a minute. Damn!
Channeling Justin Timberlake and Alan Vega, or both or neither, Spanish Dancer is on his own axis, spinning to the BPM of a lost drum. At one point, between moving back and forth between Providence, Rhode Island and Miami, Florida, he discovered punk and his uncle bought him a ratty 50 dollar Cruise VMI guitar to mess around with. Subsequently, Spanish Dancer material is a little snarky, self-aware, and fun, while still retaining all the complex spastic freakout moments of his prior band, A Trillion Barnacle Lapse. His debut album, Burned Up, Bred High, is out now and we have the lead single, The Hustler [listen below], available for free download via the Music Download section of the Lost At E Minor site.
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Two of the nicest dudes I’ve ever met own and design the ridiculously cool clothing line, Kane & Unke. It’s pretty much all I have in my closet. They used to be sold exclusively at Metropark, but have recently fired up their own online store which I’m told will be up and running around July.
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