stolen picasso: What would Inspector Clouseau do?

picasso’s stolen materpiece – the pigeon with the peas

humiliated police officers

wednesday night a lone robber entered the paris museum of modern art and stole five original painting, including a picasso, modigliani, and braque. the monetary damage is estimated to be around 100,000,000 euros. the lone robber entered the museum by breaking a window and smashing a pad lock. yes, as many of you may be thinking, what poor security for a place holding billions of euros worth of famous artwork. but leave it to the french. in their defense, somewhat, their security system was down the night of the heist. was this an inside job? wait, i almost forgot that three guards are on duty at all times and they “saw nothing.” once the robber was inside, undetected, he very carefully cut the five paintings out of the frames. reps from the museum were quoted saying that the burglar was obviously very well organized. that’s a thought… or the security system is obviously under par. but tomato tamato. i wonder what our favorite french inspector, jacques clouseau, would have to say about this? by nk

 

CATEGORIES: art

Puma: the king kong of ping pong

tag it up!

or just wipe your hands…

storage plus a pair of ash legs

hmmm… metal chain link fence? not my favorite bit

that said this is one hell of a ping pong table, considering the details and manufacturing, such as the ceramic chalk surface backed by steel plate and the black ash wooden legs. the table not only looks amazing its guaranteed to perform considering its designer, and our friend, johan liden himself is an avid ping ponger. (the clip link is just like johan… on vacation). chalk – for puma by aruhliden. debuts in new york, early june at the conran shop… bring your black chalk amex. by dd

CATEGORIES: design, perfect gift

you can’t miss “tetro”


sometimes there are things i don’t understand. for instance, i really don’t get why daddy coppola’s tetro went so unnoticed and so untold about. here is the story: i was in paris a couple of months ago and it was getting released there. critics were totally crazy over the movie saying it’s such a great movie, coppola was interviewed on every radio, tv and so on to talk about it. when i get back here, i checked to see when the us release was to see it again. what i saw was a bit strange, the movie was released eight months before, and it had no press at all, nothing! it was featured in two theaters for two days… what’s going on? that’s a really beautiful movie, gallo is very good, black and white is perfect…you can’t miss that, you know what to do this weekend. by pp’

CATEGORIES: clips, must see films

don’t forget to shave: no appointment necessary at the F.S.C. barber shop

men only. no dogs. no cats. no ‘boys’ with long hair.

was never a big fan of straight edge razors, i’ve actually had one for 12 years (and still have) but never dared even try it, that said, under a capable hand, and in such a manly atmosphere… why not! let’s give that a try.

F.S.C. barbershop:
barber services price list: $25 men’s trim, $40 men’s haircut, $40 straight razor shave, $75 shave and a haircut, $25 hangover treatment. 8 rivington street (between bowery & chrystie). hours of operation: monday to friday – 11:00 to 8:00pm, saturday – 11:00 to 7:00pm, sunday – 12:00 to 6:00pm. by dd

CATEGORIES: ny places

man is back: freemans sporting club NYC

from the boys that brought us freeman’s alley and that little tribeca joint, comes: “freemans sporting club (rivington between bowery & christie) was borne out of a gathering of close friends playing pool, carousing, and drinking whisky above freemans restaurant in new york city. the regular meetings led the group to organize trips to camp, shoot, fish, and enjoy time in nature outside the concrete canyons of new york.” o.k. i know it all sounds a bit pretentious, to act like you live in a cabin in the woods, with deer heads on your wall, when you actually live in new york f#@kin’ city but what the hell, i guess a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. lets all go fish, or at least dress up like it… cause the stuff looks damn good. by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion

hollywood bowl


never heard about this place before yesterday but i’ve been instantly fascinated by the hollywood bowl. after checking a bit on the net, i found out it was built in 1929 and it’s having a seat capacity of 17,376. sounds amazing. i love the retro/shell look of the stage.
so, ok i know it’s not looking as good as it used to on the pictures attached but it’s a real piece of great america. would love to see something there (not from the back row though by pp

CATEGORIES: eye candy

the ghost who walk – the model who talk

one would says that a model singing in not very new and surely not very promising exept we’re talking about karen elson who is madame jack white and that was really not deceiving on stage with her burlesque band few years ago. so let’s hope for the best, i already love the artwork around the cd “the ghost who walk” released date is supposedly on the 25th but they seems to play the thrill on us. will check for sure. by pp

CATEGORIES: music

for sale



the most famous house in brooklyn is for sale! located at 70 willow street, it’s the place where truman capote wrote “breakfast at tiffany’s” in 1958. the infamous writer lived in this victorian house overlooking manhattan from 1955 to 1965. the yellow house with it’s spectacular 38 windows, 11 fireplaces, a fresco copied on the white house one and a gigantic garden as only the houses in the south have is on the market at sotheby’s for $18 millions. not exactly a brooklyn hipster house. truman capote rented the basement from broadway art director oliver smith who is remembered for the sets of “west side story”. in his book “house in the heights”, capote wrote that he made smith drink way too much in order to convince the art director to let him rent the basement. friend george plimpton, wrote that capote was waiting for smith to leave and organized fancy parties while acting as if the house was his. giving guests tours of the house, talking how he had it entirely redecorated.
he only left the house to move permanently to the plaza.
anybody? i’m interested in renting the basement by pp’

CATEGORIES: ny places

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP: the criterion collection


two-lane blacktop is a fantastic film from the archives, now available from the criterion collection.  i picked up 3 copies, just to be safe. the issue includes a beautifully printed script book worth the full price alone, plus a whole dvd of additional content like interviews with monte hellman and james taylor. it’s a must see film if you haven’t seen it. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, must see films

la beaute cache des laids se voit sans delai. the sons of lee marvin



“the sons of lee marvin” is a secret society created by jim jarmusch few years ago, he describes it as:

“i’m not at liberty to divulge information about the organization, other than to tell you that it does exist. i can identify three other members of the organization: tom waits, john lure, and richard bose. you have to have a facial structure such that you could be related to, or be a son of, lee marvin. there are no women, obviously, in the organization. we have communiques and secret meetings. other than that, i can’t talk about it.”


by pp

CATEGORIES: lovely

ed ruscha is burning


still a fan of ed ruscha’s artwork and very little reason that will change. so no need good reason to post some ed’s. of course the first one is well known but the second and third ones are a bit less known. putting the three together sounds relevant. the dates are respectivly 1963, 1966, 1968. ed is on fire! by pp

CATEGORIES: art, eye candy