lame lame lame… lady gaga for supreme


now why would you do that? lame on you man… why would a great brand like supreme, which we all love team up with biggest and most successful pop loser this side of mississippi? this is what scientist would call a genetic disaster of crossbreading brands… a donkey with cheetah. the offspring is bound to be slow and chromosomally deficient… even if geneticist involved happens to be dr. terry richardson. take it off or we’re never standing in that stupid line of yours. by xy

CATEGORIES: fashion mens, surf-skate

emak bakia

emak bakia man ray

one place that remains true to its form in new york city is the anthology film archives.  i myself was there a few months ago at their “garage sale” and managed to pick up some essential literature.  this weekend they are featuring some classics from the twenties, including this masterpiece from man ray (with help from our friend marcel duchamp and sculptures by pablo picasso).  the original is silent, so turn your volume down and maybe you can understand why at its first screening in 1926 a brawl broke out.  nothing says fisticuffs like soft-focus and rayographs. by sv

CATEGORIES: art, clips

something to listen to: Gillian Fisher Stabat Mater Salve Regina In Coelestibus Regnis


in case you do get the turntable, here’s one of my favorite albums of all time.  simply divine… if there is such a thing to begin with, its in this recording. the irony of it all, is that  religion (and that of all sorts) was always the one purveyor that had the funding to support the arts.  ironically, religion today is the one discipline that suppresses the very thing that it had helped build. sad indeed. by dd

CATEGORIES: album covers, music

bergmann belt drive sleipner danish turntable: a record player you can fall in love with

while the U.S. still kicks ass on the turntable hall of fame, the danes are not doing so poorly either. i think the problem with U.S. audio industry, is that they simply have no clue about the fact that we have to stare at ‘their’ ugly contraptions on a daily basis while we listen to our  beloved music. the danes on the other hand, are perhaps more used to beauty as a part of life. for one thing, everyone there weighs a fraction of those in the U.S. so streamlining is a part of cultural engraine-ment (sorry that’s a new word i just invented). second, the danes must have discovered material beyond the readily available and disgustingly common natural oak. now of course, the sonic capabilities are to be judged by discerning ears everywhere; but, at approx $4,800 bergmann sleipner sustem gets an “a” for aesthetics in our book. well done… turntable: airbearing design. vacuum hold down or clamp. high precision digital controlled DC motor. belt-driven. tonearm: linear tracking airbearing tonearm. carbon armtube and headshell, moulded in one piece, for optimum stiffness. armtube damped inside. counter weight decoupled from armtube. adjustable in all angles. by dd

CATEGORIES: audio-electronics