October 25, 2009 | New Music | 
by Sonya Rosendorff |
Midnight Juggernauts are another awesome Australian band. There’s something amazing going on in the land of Oz, with Empire of the Sun, Pnau, and these guys. I really wish they were coming to London to brighten up my dark, mysterious winters. Come on boys, you know you wanna!
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October 9, 2009 | Cool Travel | by Sonya Rosendorff |
I’ll let you in on a secret. If you’re heading East towards Brick Lane and are hungry, forget about all those cheap and non flavorsome restaurants, which surround the area door to door, encouraging you to come in for a cheap bite. Go around the corner, instead, off Bethnal Green Rd and you’ll find a Turkish favorite, Tas Firin. It’s such a nice surprise: even the décor has a charm, with shoes on the makeshift roof, which in turn is the drinks station. The hummus and halloumi are a must. My favorites are the Adana and Iskender dishes, but don’t order them together as the portions are huge.
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October 2, 2009 | New Music | by Sonya Rosendorff |
MIIIIIIKKKKKKKKEEE SNNNNNNOOOOWWW. Well, actually, Miike Snow. While everyone is obsessed with his track Animal, I’m loving his track Black and Blue from his new self-titled album.
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September 30, 2009 | Video | 
by Sonya Rosendorff |
The brilliant video for the We Have Band song, You Came Out, was directed by David Wilson in collaboration with Fabian Berglund and Ida Gronblom from Wieden + Kennedy. The music is a fun electronic mix, and the video was shot over two days using 4,816 still images.
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September 23, 2009 | New Art | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Walton Creel has created art with the use of a rifle given to him by his father as a present. Deweaponizing the Gun is an ongoing series where Walton puts an accent on his subject matter and creates pictures of animals which are traditionally hunted. His first experiment came about by creating a hole on a surface through canvas, though that was too stressed, so he moved on to aluminum, while also understanding how far apart his shots would need to be to create these amazing pieces.
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September 22, 2009 | New Fashion | by Sonya Rosendorff |
I don’t care what any of you say, sequin leggings rock. They are so trashy. Forget about the wet look leggings, it’s so last year, girls. It’s the glamor, the trash of the 80s. I’m not sure how long these will last, but they are shiny and pretty and I suppose it’s better than my addiction to harem pants. Talk about flash in the pan.
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September 22, 2009 | Cool Websites | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Thisisjack.tv has completely rocked my life. It’s an extended wow factor of Who’s Jack Magazine, a new media concept giving the viewers fun personal entertainment with the option to buy the products seen in the shows. All without adverts or pop ups.
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July 10, 2009 | New Events | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Om Records are turning the big fifteen and to celebrate they’re going to release the double disc, Om:15 album, featuring exclusive tracks from Radio Slave, Charles Webster, Crazy P, Atjazz, Fish Go Deep, John Beltran and more. The art on the record was done in collaboration with urban street artist, Sam Flores of Upper Playground, and full versions of the design will also be available in a limited high quality 18″x24″ digital print. The album drops on July 21. Check out the single — Orchestrating Maneuvers In The Dark by Radio Slave below.
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June 18, 2009 | New Eco | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Mission Motors, a San Francisco-based company, has made the Mission One, the world’s fastest electric motorbike. It can zoom up to 150mph and is powered by lithium-ion batteries, which are found in laptops and mobile phones. So its good news for green motorists who have a bit of cash. The first fifty limited-edition Mission Ones will retail for just under seventy thousand dollars. Read more
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June 18, 2009 | New Trends | by Sonya Rosendorff |
I’m bored. Hmmm, what shall I do? I know, let’s cast my hand. Using the I Want One Of Those hand casting kits is simple: get that magic plaster powder, ensuring it’s a smooth liquid, chuck it in a bucket, plunge your hand in the gooey stuff, leave it there for seven minutes, then remove your hand carefully and fill it with mixed Plaster of Paris. Presto, you have a new hand. Now for that much needed third leg.
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June 17, 2009 | New Fashion | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Since coming back home to London from a short sojourn in New York, I’m getting serious hot dog withdrawals. But now I have the answer. Look, it’s a hot dog, no, it’s a bag, wow, it’s both. Designed by Hannah Havana of Garudio Studiage, these fun Hambags won’t kill my hunger, but at least it puts a smile on my face and reminds me of my beloved New York.
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June 16, 2009 | New Design | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Squid London have bright ideas. Started by Viviane Jaeger and Emma-Jayne Parkes, they have launched a range of products which change color, their most popular being an umbrella that changes appearance as soon as rain falls onto the panels, revealing beautiful, colourful designs. You can get them at Beyond the Valley and at the Tate Liverpool in the UK.
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June 16, 2009 | New Trends | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Everyone who doesn’t live in London thinks London it’s a twenty-four hour city. Errr, it’s not. This can be frustrating, especially when you realise it’s the early hours of the morning and you want to carry on with the party. Look no further than Knight Hawk deliveries, at your service, coming to you with alcohol and food snacks from 10pm to 5am. What a wonderful idea, but there always has to be a downside. It only delivers to West and South London. Alas, we need another for the East and North.
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June 16, 2009 | New Fashion | by Sonya Rosendorff |
I stumbled upon these trainers at Classic Kicks in Elizabeth St, New York. Stampd LA was started by Chris Stamp as a creative avenue customising trainers by hand painting pop culture graphics. He soon began collaborating with N.E.R.D and DJ Steve Aoki, making them one of a kind collectible trainers.
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June 10, 2009 | New Fashion | by Sonya Rosendorff |
Marc Jacobs is giving it back by teaming it up with Creative Growth, who are the world’s oldest and largest art studio for adults with disabilities. In the Special Items section of his site, you can buy bags, wallets, trinkets, and help a fantastic cause.
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Riikka Sormunen’s paintings are stylised depictions of fantasy worlds. She also paints novelty figurines to immerse in these beautiful environments, where darkness seeps in, lending them unusual and thought-provoking qualities.
Mexican architect Michel Rojkind was asked to design new spaces for the Nestle chocolate factory outside Paseo Tollocan. Read more
Tarot cards, folk music, Charles Manson, ballet, freaks and geeks, and Patty Hearst can all take responsibility for being some of the inspiration’s behind the Australian fashion label, Lover. It’s all too clever and witty to ignore. Each collection adheres to a specific narrative and a central character. Read more
I’ve been a big fan of Babak Radboy’s designs for a while now. I love how complex and time consuming some of his pieces look and how fresh and original they are.
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
Oh man, my eyeballs feel like they’re dropping out of my head. This clip is pyschedelic in a way that platform shoes and polyester shoes could never be. The Faint are the shizz, and that’s the truth.
Stylistically The Asteroids Galaxy Tour is hard to pin down, except to say that they throw one hell of a party – which may be why those music-loving folks at Apple chose them to help sell what’s being touted as ‘the funnest iPod ever’. Sun-drenched pop melodies collide with Technicolor dreams, anchored by the band’s shared love of the classic soul stylings of Marvin, Stevie and Sly that can be heard in the horns snaking through Around The Bend, as well as the slinky The Sun Ain’t Shining No More [below], the Thomas Gold remix of which we have available for free download in the Music Download section of Lost At E Minor [psst, it's in the third column], along with a stack of other cool tunes. Get those iPods ‘a thumpin’!
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Hong Kong-based illustrator Man-Tsun draws dark and beautiful painterly images that look like they are straight off a high-end Japanese animated film. Read more
Our celebrity-saturated culture makes many of us irrationally hateful of the faces we see on our TV screens and magazine pages. Good thing there’s Celebrity PunchOut to let off some of that steam.
Yum, yum, cupcakes are fun. These creations are so clever, so arty, so damn bizarre that it would almost be a shame to eat them. Almost! Read more
Wheeeeee! This game is so freaking fun! You move your cursor over each dot to make them split into four smaller dots ad infinitum.
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Cambodian born photographer Frederic Chaubin is the editor of French magazine Citizen K. His photo series on bizarre buildings built in the former Soviet Union during the 1970s and 80s is absolutely fascinating. Read more
Thanks to Sony Australia, four Lost At E Minor readers will win personal audio prizes, including the new 8GB Walkman S series video MP3 player and the MDRXB500 Extra Bass headphones. Read more
This cool black unisex t shirt by UK label Client is made in England, printed in Berlin, and beautifully packaged in East Berlin cartonage, especially designed for Client. Read more
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