New Trends / Tweet, tweet

September 18, 2009 | New Trends | by Zolton |

If you’re a Twitterer, a Tweeter, or a Twit (in the nicest possible way!), then you might like to follow the Lost At E Minor Twitter feed, which is an extension of the things we post about here. We get access to a lot of tips and information that we don’t always post about. But we will Twitter it, ’cause, hey Twitter is so right now. Follow Lost At E Minor on Twitter. [Illustration by Robert Thompson]

August 20, 2009 | New Design | by Zolton |

This intensely designed promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. It’s all about looking into a black mirror and seeing a creative energy bursting back out at you. Now, where are my 3D glasses?

New Prizes / MIXA Competition

August 4, 2009 | New Prizes | by Zolton |

MIXA is an innovative way for people to make, mix and share their music, photos, videos and other digital goodies on an old school cassette tape with a Twitter-generation twist. MIXA in association with Lost At E Minor and My Secret Playlist are giving YOU the chance to win a MIXA. Read more

New Fashion / Das Monk Skull Fingers tee

July 28, 2009 | New Fashion | by Zolton |

Our friends at Australian t shirt label Das Monk recently released a new range of tees, including this one above, Skull Fingers, which features a cool screen print on a one hundred percent cotton t shirt. We have this tee, and a stack of other Das Monk shirts, available for just US$45 through the Lost At E Minor online store. Read more

New Events / Dalek contributing to Lost At E Minor

July 16, 2009 | New Events | by Zolton |

Dalek’s paintings were originally populated by Space Monkeys, creatures inspired by the artist’s childhood and teenage years in Japan. His most recent paintings have metamorphosed into incredibly complex abstract works, emphasizing his meticulous attention to detail and amazing sense of colour and composition. Dalek’s work has been widely exhibited internationally, and he recently spent a year as an assistant of Takashi Murakami, probably the most famous artist in the contemporary art scene. His latest exhibition Dalek and Delta, runs at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms from August 28 to September 26. He’ll be contributing guest posts to Lost At E Minor over the next two weeks on the art and music that’s inspiring his own work right now. Read more

New Events / Ron English guest contributor to Lost At E Minor

June 12, 2009 | New Events | by Zolton |

We’re pleased to welcome the legendary pop culture artist and father of the Agit Pop Movement Ron English as a contributor to Lost At E Minor, writing about his favorite creative and cultural discoveries of recent times. English has just completed a successful showing of new works called Lazarus Rising at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, in which he paid homage to Picasso’s 1937 masterpiece, Guernica, transcribing it to reflect our troubled times alongside an extraordinary body of new works. Keep an eye out for English’s posts on Lost At E Minor over the coming weeks as he joins contemporaries such as Shepard Fairey and Tristan Eaton as recent guest writers. Read more

May 11, 2009 | New Trends | by Zolton |

We turned it over to you to shape the look of the new Lost At E Minor logo, one that sums up everything this site stands for and rolled up into a design that’s cool and readable. And we had a stack of very clever and creative submissions come in. So now we’d love to know what you think. Check out the entries that we’ve had, and help us decide the winner by leaving a comment under this post or the original design a logo post telling us which of the new Lost At E Minor logos you think we should run with.

January 31, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |

The very talented Jess Snow, the first video artist to be featured by Female Persuasion — the original site for provocative and political female artists — created this ethereal short video for Lost At E Minor. We feel it. We love it. Just like we dug the video that Lifelongfriendshipsociety created. Aw, shucks!

January 22, 2009 | Video | by Zolton |

This awesome promo video for the Lost At E Minor site was created by our friends over at New York-based design studio, Lifelongfriendshipsociety. It’s all about looking into a black mirror and seeing the creative energy bursting back out at you. Damn, this is fun. Now where are my 3D glasses?

Cool Websites / Subscribe to Lost At E Minor

November 4, 2008 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |

You’ve probably noticed the For Weekly Inspiration callout in the top right hand corner of the site, but why should you sign up to receive our weekly email publication? Well, it goes direct into your inbox every Thursday and is a sparkling collection of artwork, photography, music, and other pop culture tidbits that we’ve discovered during the course of the week. It’s easier to digest than a thousand Dunkin’ Doughnuts and more fun than a dinner date with Ricky Gervais. Or Kate Moss. Or both. It’ll add a little cheer to your week. If you sign up to receive it, we think you’ll like what you’ll see.

Cool Websites / DRM-free music downloads

October 31, 2008 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |

We have a thumping track by Chicago-based rocker Tom Fuller [above] available for free download in the Music Download section of Lost At E Minor (pssst, it’s in third column of the site), along with new tracks by Five O’Clock Heroes, Fujiya & Miyagi, and Madlib. Read more

New Events / Not Quite Art, series two

October 31, 2008 | New Events | by Zolton |

There’s an interview with myself and my Lost At E Minor co-founder, Zac, on the latest installment of the always interesting and insightful Not Quite Art television series. In it, we speak about the changing landscape of global popular culture in this increasingly digitial age. Bear in mind when watching it that my interview was conducted via Skype video at around 3.20am. Hence the tired eyes and coffee perky demeanor. This excellent series is produced, written and fronted by Marcus Westbury [above], who has this to say about the inspiration behind his exploration of where our collective creative consciousness is heading: ‘When I was a kid, the cultures I had to choose from were pretty simple. If it wasn’t in a book store, a record store, a local gallery or performance centre, something I could find at a video store or read in a magazine, I didn’t know about it. Kids today have access to virtually all the culture in the world, from comic books to computer games, encyclopaedia and images, to the web as a gallery and reference library, to the history of art. Our culture is shifting from the hierarchical, local and parochial structures, to a global and networked world where Australian artists, musicians, critics and troublemakers have audiences of millions around the world, yet often remain relatively unknown in their local community. Series Two of Not Quite Art shows how the cultures that have great impact on us have less and less to do with where we live anymore or even what country we are in’.

New Trends / The Lost At E Minor job board

July 1, 2008 | New Trends | by Zolton |

You’ll notice a new addition on the site, a brand spanking new job board, packed to the brim with creative positions in New York City. So if you’re looking for a new challenge, a new city perhaps, and you’re in a creative industry, check in regularly to see the latest jobs going.

New Illustration / A name by any other rose

October 1, 2007 | New Illustration | by Zolton |

A lot of people have asked us where the name Lost At E Minor comes from and what the phrase implies. Well, several years ago I came across a compilation of obscure electro music called Famous When Dead, which is off the commendably experimental German label, Playhouse. One of the tracks on the album was by the production duo, Light Fantastic, and was titled Lost At C Minor. Read more