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Fleet Foxes "Grown Ocean"
from Helplessness Blues (2011, Sub Pop)
Friday, April 15, 2011
Fortress of Solitude
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Dinanda H. Nooney, Martha Wieckers & children.
305 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. June 11, 1978.
While we're on the subject of borrowing inspiration, some images from the New York Public Library's Nooney Brooklyn Photographs collection, a document of families and individuals in their Brooklyn homes in the late '70s. (These were all taken in our last hood, Fort Greene, but the collection spans the borough.) Click to enlarge for details.
Diana Feingold. 116 Lafayette St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. January, 1978.
Cornelius & Kathleen Walsh. 309 Vanderbilt Ave.,
Fort Greene, Brooklyn. April 16, 1978.
The Pierres. 120 Fort Greene Pl.,
Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 4, 1978.
Jerry & Linda Schick. 188 Washington Ave.,
Fort Greene, Brooklyn. June 10, 1978.
Spencer & Rosalyn Depas. 227 Cumberland St.,
Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 19, 1978.
Lester & Carolyn Beck, sons Christopher & Johnathan.
h/t to Wary Meyers
Dinanda H. Nooney, Martha Wieckers & children.305 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. June 11, 1978.
While we're on the subject of borrowing inspiration, some images from the New York Public Library's Nooney Brooklyn Photographs collection, a document of families and individuals in their Brooklyn homes in the late '70s. (These were all taken in our last hood, Fort Greene, but the collection spans the borough.) Click to enlarge for details.
Diana Feingold. 116 Lafayette St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. January, 1978.
Cornelius & Kathleen Walsh. 309 Vanderbilt Ave.,Fort Greene, Brooklyn. April 16, 1978.
The Pierres. 120 Fort Greene Pl.,Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 4, 1978.
Jerry & Linda Schick. 188 Washington Ave.,Fort Greene, Brooklyn. June 10, 1978.
Spencer & Rosalyn Depas. 227 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 19, 1978.
Lester & Carolyn Beck, sons Christopher & Johnathan. 189 Washington Park, Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
h/t to Wary Meyers
Image of the Day
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Lillian Bassman: The V-Back Evenings (Model Suzy Parker in a dress by Pauline Trigère, from Harper's Bazaar, July 1955. Courtesy of the artist). From Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920–1980, opening tonight at the RISD Museum of Art.
Lillian Bassman: The V-Back Evenings (Model Suzy Parker in a dress by Pauline Trigère, from Harper's Bazaar, July 1955. Courtesy of the artist). From Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920–1980, opening tonight at the RISD Museum of Art.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Trouble, with a Capital T
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A new online shop from Wary Meyers Decorative Arts?? The blog is already like perusing the best, most impeccably, charmingly curated yard sale ever. (Those who know me understand that that awkward sentence is meant as the highest compliment.)
A few selections from the current inventory:
1930s Handmade Crazy Quilt.
American Denim: A New Folk Art, by Peter Beagle. 1975.
(But so current.)
Vintage vinyl Courreges coat.
(I liberated this coat - in tan - from a
vintage store in Florida a few years ago,
but the black clearly wins.)
Like I said, this spells Trouble.
Peruse all the goods (more on their way) here.
A new online shop from Wary Meyers Decorative Arts?? The blog is already like perusing the best, most impeccably, charmingly curated yard sale ever. (Those who know me understand that that awkward sentence is meant as the highest compliment.)
A few selections from the current inventory:
1930s Handmade Crazy Quilt. 
American Denim: A New Folk Art, by Peter Beagle. 1975.(But so current.)
Vintage vinyl Courreges coat.(I liberated this coat - in tan - from a
vintage store in Florida a few years ago,
but the black clearly wins.)
Like I said, this spells Trouble.
Peruse all the goods (more on their way) here.
Image of the Day
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Ryan McGinley: Midnight Flight, 2011 (C-print, 183 x 279 cm), from the exhibition Somewhere Place at Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, through May 14th.
Ryan McGinley: Midnight Flight, 2011 (C-print, 183 x 279 cm), from the exhibition Somewhere Place at Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, through May 14th.Feel Good Lost
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Broken Social Scene – fan video for "Guilty Cubicles,"
from their debut album Feel Good Lost
(2001, Noise Factory/Arts & Crafts)
Broken Social Scene – fan video for "Guilty Cubicles,"
from their debut album Feel Good Lost
(2001, Noise Factory/Arts & Crafts)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Image of the Day
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Dress and pull-over, Saint Laurent rive gauche, Fall/Winter 1971 – part of the exhibition Saint Laurent rive gauche: La révolution de la mode at Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent through July 17, 2011.
Photo © Sophie Carre courtesy Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent
Dress and pull-over, Saint Laurent rive gauche, Fall/Winter 1971 – part of the exhibition Saint Laurent rive gauche: La révolution de la mode at Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent through July 17, 2011.Photo © Sophie Carre courtesy Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent
Swallowed By Light
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Vans x Seattle promo video by Kahlil Joseph and Luke Meier.
Full credits after the jump.
Vans x Seattle promo video by Kahlil Joseph and Luke Meier.
Full credits after the jump.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Past Is Never Dead. It's Not Even Past
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Matmos "Regicide" from The Civil War (2003, Matador).
Matmos "Regicide" from The Civil War (2003, Matador).
Today is the 150th anniversary of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War. More about that after the jump....
Monday, April 11, 2011
Heavy Metal
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This stuff is like Kryptonite.
Aqua Aura necklace
Crystal Corsage II
Jewelry by Seattle-based artist Debra Baxter. Available at DB/CB and hitchcock Madrona. More Debra Baxter here.
This stuff is like Kryptonite.
Aqua Aura necklace
Crystal Corsage II
Labradorite neckpiece
Jewelry by Seattle-based artist Debra Baxter. Available at DB/CB and hitchcock Madrona. More Debra Baxter here.
Character
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Sidney Lumet, 1924–2011 (photo by Sam Falk/NYT, 1967)
A.O. Scott on Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Serpico (1973)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Sidney Lumet, 1924–2011 (photo by Sam Falk/NYT, 1967)A.O. Scott on Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Serpico (1973)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
All Of Those Things I've Been Through
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Wild Beasts "Albatross" from Smother
(forthcoming May 2011, Domino, and also on a special 7" for Record Store Day, coming up this Saturday April 16)
Wild Beasts "Albatross" from Smother
(forthcoming May 2011, Domino, and also on a special 7" for Record Store Day, coming up this Saturday April 16)