July 30, 2010 | New Art | by Ron English |
A collective of mind numbing new surrealists from around the globe, this one stop visual shop is the quickest way to get current on the movement.
July 30, 2010 | New Music | 
by Ron English 
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Marches, dances, boogies, woogies and outrages to his own drummer — himself. A one man rappin’ band, That One Guy is good enough to agitate your parents and your children alike.
June 24, 2010 | New Music | 
by Ron English |
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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June 21, 2010 | New Music | by Ron English |
The Travis Louie cover on Les Claypool’s latest offering Fungi and Foe serves as the perfect lure into a backwoods intellectual playground of the man who graced us with the iconic group Primus. A grovin’ bass player with Captain Beefheart cool and Daniel Johnston soul, Les paints lovingly jagged portraits of something slightly akin to real life in the shadow of an abundant imagination.
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June 21, 2010 | New Trends | by Ron English |
Montana has been the high octane fuel driving the global graffiti revolution for some time now. With the advent of the Alien line they have unleashed World War III weaponry in the battle against the banal.
June 10, 2010 | New Art | by Ron English |
Logan Hicks is the Johnny Appleseed of art. Hicks and his partners curate the neighborhood-engulfing project they call Primary Flight, enlisting the world’s best artists to pit their skills against the walls of South Beach, Florida, for a mindblowing outdoor art gallery.
June 7, 2010 | New Music | by Ron English |
I was first drawn to MGMT by the awesome Ausgang album cover for Congratulations, and they did not disappoint. They are like a secret spaceship hidden in your garage waiting to jet you away to world smoothed over with imagination and magic.
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June 3, 2010 | New Music | by Ron English |
Exquisite harmonic tapestries woven together with pop perfect hooks are the staple of The Apples in stereo overture and the latest release Travellers in Space and Time once again crystallizes their unique brilliance for the ages.
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June 3, 2010 | New Art | by Ron English |
Spearheaded by the young art star Beau Stanton, this is hip art collective stages museum quality pop-up art exhibitions featuring art at cash-machine price limits. While last-generation luminaries are getting off-the-easel prices of a million dollars, the Mod Melange offers an affordable entrance-level ticket on the collecting carousel. Get tomorrow’s stars at today’s prices
June 3, 2010 | New Music | by Ron English |
I don’t know what he’s smoking but I’d be happy to buy him a pack. Singing from the folk side of the fence, Mr. Smolin is a joyous companion to the voices in your head. Read more
June 1, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Ron English |
The original New York porthole into Japanese Kyju and vinyl toy culture, Toy Tokyo is back with a new East Village storefront showcase for cutting-edge designer sculpture. Along with other luminaries such as Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo has filled the void between the comic book shop and the art gallery with some of the most intriguingly beautiful and affordable art ever created.
June 1, 2010 | New Film | by Ron English |
Banksy is Howard Hughes, Mr. Brainwash is Charlie Chaplin and this is not a documentary about A list street artists (although they make cameos), this is a moving narrative with a real point of view. Stop talking about it; go see it, then talk about it.
June 1, 2010 | New Design | by Ron English |
Culture Jamming’s hot new aficionado, Tristan Eaton is armed with a mix of sharp wit, daring and design acumen. He transforms the collective visual environment and the collective consciousness. [Read Tristan Eaton's guest posts for Lost At E Minor]
June 1, 2010 | New Music | by Ron English |
Fronted by a Tourette’s Syndrome Tiny Tim on adrenaline, lead singer Jimmy Urine, Mindless Self Indulgence is pitch-perfect rollercoaster rock for the ages. When I first head these guys, it was reminiscent of my first encounter with Queen: they have the same instruments (and samples) as the other bands, but they are voodooing something completely original out of them. Their recordings are exquisite, but their live shows are the big bang experience. [Listen to a track by Mindless Self Indulgence]
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July 6, 2009 | New Music | by Ron English |
Super catchy old-school pop songs delivered by the enigmatic raspy-voiced Jack Medicine keep The Electric Illuminati on regular rotation here at the English household. Subjects for songs range from a messianic Barack Obama, to MC Supersized (the 500 pound Ronald McDonald), to a sequel to the Beatles song, Fool on the Hill. Jack sings the clever, darkly optimistic lyrics I have always wanted to hear in pop songs with energetic aplomb and a glee that would make Kurt Cobain’s corpse blush. Full disclosure: I am the band’s lyricist.
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Xinjian Lu is a Professor of Visual Communication at South Korea’s Yeungnam University. But he is also a gifted artist in his own right, as evidenced by these elaborately shaped and vibrantly coloured works from his Love series. Read more
Here are some pretty clever stills from iconic films recreated with LEGOs. The one for American Beauty is particularly funny. Read more
If animated wall drawings of severed heads and insect men ejecting their brains from their craniums is what people produce when they have too much time on their hands, then we should do their laundry for them and cook them dinner so they’ll have even more time on their hands.
Somewhere in the Grand Buenos Aires, specifically in the neighborhood of Marcos Paz, Argentina, we found the Boeing House, a typical two sided roof chalet into which some parts of a Boeing 747 were inserted. Read more
When I did the Master Cleanse diet a few years ago — the one where you consume nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper for ten days — I sat at work looking at pictures of food as if they were porn. Scanwiches would have gotten me hot and bothered like nothing else.
It goes without saying that Hip Hop has taken a few very low hits in the past decade. Thanks to the likes of 50 Cent and company, it accounts for around 40% of all music sold in America. It’s a huge industry. So where does that leave Hip Hop artists doing something a bit different? Lord T and Eloise wear wacky outfits, make crazy music and bring a whole lot of fun back into Hip Hop. What’s more, they’ve started a new genre called ‘Aristocrunk’. Watch out!
Can you ever really get sick of red plaid pants? Geography defying brand, Mjolk certainly doesn’t think so and looking at their Autumn/Winter ’08 collection, it’s hard not to agree. Read more
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Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
On this Virgin Mary HaloTech watch, the dial is a modern version of the nineteenth century art form of lithophanes, carved porcelain sheets that, when lit, deliver astoundingly detailed images. When the pusher is activated, the dial springs to life in 3D. The watch features a light-up dial, LED light, and afterglo effect. Read more
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