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July 11 2010 Paul The Octopus was right all along, and Spanish fans were grateful. Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 in extra time for their first World Cup title in the nation’s history. In Mexico City, fans packed La Glorieta de la Cibeles – a replica of the Cibeles fountain in Madrid, and waived flags, drank [...] What started in 2007 as a quest for owner and founder Jenny Beorkrem to find a neighborhood poster she liked, Ork Posters has turned into a collection of 13 neighborhood posters in varying colors, including designs of the heart and the brain. Los Angeles Dodger Blue is what I’m aiming for, but I’d love to [...] Kikkerland’s “Samurai Umbrella” will be there to save me the next time dandruff falls from the sky. At $36 a pop, it should also function as mugger repellent. This I doubt very much. Kikkerland Samurai Umbrella [via Kikkerland Shop] StoryCorps, Cindy Chupak and The Onion are a few of the featured podcasts showcased at Podpourri – an interactive listening event at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, BK. It’s touted as “Podcasts. Digital Media. Live.” and does sound enticing, except for the fact that listening isn’t really a communal experience for me. I prefer blasting [...] This American Life host Ira Glass and famous composer cousin Philip Glass will be speaking and performing together January 21, 2010 at 7pm in the Soho Apple store. From Ira: I’ve been asked to perform a piece that Allen Ginsberg used to perform with Philip, Ginsberg’s great Vietnam-era poem “Wichita Vortex Sutra.” Philip set it [...] Jan 13, 2010 Haiti is the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation. They were struck with a 7.0 earthquake yesterday along with 32 aftershocks averaging 5.0 on the Richter scale. “Thousands feared dead.” Please donate. NPR has information on how to donate here. Our heart goes out to you, Haiti. Occasionally a televised soccer game will display a graphic specifying the mileage of a midfielder. They run a lot. Sometimes the graphic will state 6 miles, sometimes 10. I was fortunate enough to see Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against The Machine perform about 10 times, and I’d guess he bobbed, thrashed, pogoed, quick-stepped, [...] New York City is a bit misty-eyed tonight because two of the city’s coolest residents decided an opportunity to live in South Africa for five months was just to good to pass up. We’re bidding them adios tonight. Flurries have been falling consistently for the last 24 hours and it doesn’t look to be letting [...] I’m not sure my decade started on Jan 1, 2000. It started, more appropriately, on Sept 21, 2001. That’s when I snagged a “Study Abroad In Spain” brochure from my community college, ran home, and told my parents there was no way in hell I would miss the opportunity. I’d say the 90′s ended for [...] Everyone I know is anxiously awaiting Spike Jonze‘s Where The Wild Things Are. It opens October 16th. It’s a film likely to lure fantasies, hopes, dreams, smiles, and a big of magic out of you. Hell, Spike even makes me giddy when I see Fatlip on the screen. This song is “Hidaway” from the movie’s [...] I grew up in the San Fernando Valley’s North end heading towards the Santa Clarita Valley, where the 405 and the 5 converge and create havoc for drivers. Mission Hills is the city I grew up in and it’s Ritchie Valens final resting place, home to the 17th Mission, the epicenter for Tacos Michoacan and [...] Daniel Hernandez points us to Mexican artist Dr. Lakra and his solo show at Kurimanzutto in Mexico City. Grab an elote and venture over there. [via Intersections] Mexican graffiti artist Saner will be heading off to España to douse walls with paint in the way only Saner knows how. [via Juxtapoz] Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is an Electronic-Artist working in Canada, but born in Mexico City in 1967. His large-scale, interactive pieces have been commissioned around the world. Rafael’s work is usually public, fashioned in a manner where casual onlookers, bystanders and the curious can manipulate his pieces by way of voice, motion, heartbeat, shadows, etc. The Guggenheim [...] It’s Friday night, 5pm. Revolution Brewing opens its doors and its taps. They were once Christian Science doors. The growlers are clean, pint glasses filled and peanut shell shucking has a green light. You’ve got four choices: Stout, Porter, IPA and “Sticky Thicket.” It’s only $3.50 so you’ve got a wad full of bills that [...] Los Delinquentes is an Adalucian group formed in Jerez de la Frontera some time in 1998. Billy sent me this track – along with a few others – around a year after we met. I remember the compilation included Nina Pastori, Estrella Morente, Camaron de la Isla, Paco de Lucia and lots of Tomatito. [...] Whether you shoot your tequila (rookie!) or savor your Aztec nectar one succulent droplet at a time, there’s hopefully a soundtrack blistering in the background of your watering hole, cheering you on and making you prance around like an idiot until you drop to the floor, exhausted, dry heaving, with one shoe on. Working in [...] New York City, Boise City, Salt Lake City and now Paonia/Montrose, CO. It’s been a hectic six days. But don’t think I haven’t made time to sift through my RSS feeds. It’s like rummaging through dusty paperbacks at a closeout bookstore…except virtual. Ahem. Links! This is all you need to know about the soon-to-be-hippest-blog-in-town: recent new [...]
Small towns are eerie. At least that’s what I’ve been programmed to think after 28 years of big city living. Setting foot in Paonia, Co — population the size of De La Cruz family in Los Angeles…or 1600 people — my fears of being persecuted for being a foreigner were quickly subdued by [...] |
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