a good one! funny
the above two are rather ordinary/un-terry!
…at least they are not retouched to death! any how, yes, we are a bit behind on the calendar front but the post below made us do it… besides it’s still january, and this calendar belongs in every lube oil change garage from manhattan to dokota city. by dd
olivier zahn and terry richardson, hah ha!
better late than never. terry’s blog is finally up and worth a bookmark. this will give olivier a run for his money, after all, with terry around, it seems like everyone thinks they can take pictures too. granted when you are olivier and have the right people around (as in backstage at chanel) it’s kinda’ hard to miss.but for all that’s said about terry i have to say what is amazing about his work is not the photograph itself, its the situation and the energy he fabricates with such mastery with everyone and anyone, and that’s what is not easy to copy. otherwise yashikas are a dime-a-dozen. check out terry’s diary here. by cc
imagine what it would be like if some stylist, lets say venetia scott, would just pick up nova and start it up again. that would be cool. by dd
love the video color treatment. apparently that’s film color treated via joystick. by kl
best of friends: werner herzog and klaus kinski
“the rogue film school will be in the form of weekend seminars held by werner herzog in person at varying locations and at infrequent intervals.
the rogue film school will not teach anything technical related to film-making. for this purpose, please enroll at your local film school.
censorship will be enforced. there will be no talk of shamans, of yoga classes, nutritional values, herbal teas, discovering your boundaries, and inner growth.”
the first class for the rogue film school will take place on the corner of amazon river, and pirannha pond. best of luck. by cdc
damn pp you posted the wrong picture, where’s your turn table boy? great stuff, thank you mr. kevin krumnikl. by dd
i guess everybody knows about this box set already as it’s not first hand info, but this hedi slimane box set released with french “art & essai” movie theater mk2 is very promising. nothing first hand there either, but a collection of great movies that definitely explains a lot about mister slimane’s obsession for youth and a certain vision of america (as the title can let you guess).
so there are eleven movies:
Rebel Without a Cause by Nicholas Ray; Who’s That Knocking at My Door by Martin Scorsese; Woodstock by Michael Wadleigh; Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni; Permanent Vacation by Jim Jarmusch; Rumble Fish by Francis Ford Coppola; Last Days / Mala Noche by Gus Van Sant; Boys Don’t Cry by Kimberley Peirce; Mysterious Skin by Gregg Araki; Wassup Rockers by Larry Clark. by pp’
berlin based designer kevin kurmnikl is producing a lot of very cool stuffs… but this stereo table is really over the top. i’m a bit jealous of a berlin loft space where i could display this kind of lovely work instead of my nyc rat hole, where even the “none-the-less-lovely ” joey roth speakers (below), plugged into an ipod nano can’t fit… well, how about if mister krumnikl would design a new stereo deck including the joey roth speakers in a single piece? 😉 by pp’
i recently heard the chelsea hotel was to become a luxury condo or something, after being bought by some city gentrifying corp. what’s this all about? anyone knows anything about this? whatever, let’s watch one more time this great piece of new york that is andy’s chelsea girls. by pp
as promised here is the follow-up review to the joey roth ceramic computer speakers available for under $500. we received our review copy about 10 days ago. they arrived in an eco-friendly unbleached corrugated box. right off the bat you could feel the hand made, small production, feel you crave for in an age of mass production and junk culture.
the ceramic unit is lovingly crafted (no bubbles and carefully glazed) and feels solid. the heavy speakers (magnets) signaled a promissing start and the mini volume control amp, made of stainless steel and wood is sturdy enough to out-last new york city’s cocaroches.
all good, we originally loved the look and we enjoyed the craftsmanship, but what about the sound? well, as an audio enthusiast who sports a pair of quicksilver mono block tube amps and audio research preamp at home i was anxious to see what these juniors could do. each year i read and search for small computer speakers as that’s where i spent most of my day. i have so many collecting dust that its becoming a liability in a city where a square foot of space is worth a $1,000. from tube mono speakers, to my portable suitcase cambridge audio unit, to audio engine monitors, as well as a range of consumer monitors… none ever fully fit the bill. so what can i say about these?
well i was pleasantly surprised and happy to see something, that was so well designed, sound so good. i am not a sub fan and i prefer to rely on my speakers for a more natural bass, and in this case, without a sub-woofer these speakers hold their own quite galently. the only bummer was the wood speaker stands, holding the sculptural speakers. i didn’t like the loose fit of the wood pieces and the speakers inside the felt lining. to get a tighter base i had to build my own contraption with rubber nipples to direct the resonance. perhaps version 2.0 will address that. that taken care of, the sound was warm and clean, the highs & lows were not exaggerated as in most consumer speakers, and having listened to them, everyday for the past 10 days, i can say that there is no fatigue associated to the sound. this is not something i can say for any other desktop speakers thus far. in low volumes the sound was full a key point for me. i had in the past recommended the audio engines to most friends, but the joey roth ceramic speakers will be up there on top of my list moving forward.
last the price tag may seem like a chunk of change for many, but if you are into music and equipment that replicates it accurately, you will appreciate the craftsmanship, and quality, making $500 a steal for something that will possibly last you a lifetime. my home pre amp alone sold for $4,000 and that was in the 70’s and i challenge a new model to beat it at any price. i hope that these will be the last desktop speakers i get. well done. by dd
“why can’t I see them now?” is the daughter’s question that’s said to have inspired edwin land to devise the instant camera eventually produced by his polaroid corporation. the camera was announced in 1947 and hit the market in 1948. sixty years later (2008) the company stopped production of its film-based cameras and then of its self-developing film. the last polaroid film expired on October 9 2009. by bh
nice work by typography/illustrator pomme chan and sean freeman, “for me this is heaven”. by xy
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