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Reunited Scottish shoegazers
The Jesus and Mary Chain play tonight at
Irving Plaza. Psychic Paramount and The Vandelles open. [via
Irving Plaza]
Mental Floss Presents the Golden Lobes Extravaganza at
Openhouse Gallery: Trivia and pop science mag,
Mental Floss, hosts their first-ever awards show celebrating "the best, brightest and quirkiest" members of society, which includes a fashion designer who makes garments for chickens. There'll be art on display and free booze but you must RSVP to attend
HERE. [via
Flavorpill]
Respected Chicago-based indie record label
Thrill Jockey celebrates its 20th Anniversary with two nights of parties. Kicking off tonight at Williamsburg's
Death By Audio, you can catch sets by
White Hills,
Guardian Alien,
Man Forever and more. [via
nymag/
Brown Paper Tickets]
Field Report, a new band from Justin Vernon's former DeYarmond Edison bandmate, Chris Porterfield, bring their lyrical, folk-tinged rock to
Union Pool on the heels of their eponymous debut, which came out on Tuesday. [via
Union Pool]
Trey Speegle, an artist "
known for recontextualizing vintage paint-by-number paintings and combining them with words and phrases" will have an opening tonight for his second solo show at
Benrimon Contemporary. [via
Art Slant]
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Aziz Ansari brings his comedy game (and, hopefully, Randy) to the
Orpheum Theater tonight. [via
L.A. Weekly]
Alt band
Silversun Pickups (who, for the record,
do not like Romney playing their music) play a home show tonight at the
Santa Monica Civic Center with indie rockers
School of Seven Bells and dreamy, chillwave Aussies
Atlas Genius (who
performed in the PAPER kitchen!) sharing the bill. [via
Oh My Rockness]
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Bliss out over Goose Island 312s as you listen to mellow folkster
Iron and Wine (a.k.a. Samuel Beam) at an intimate show tonight at
The Hideout. [via
Oh My Rockness]
Head to the
Voice of the City tonight for some original poetry courtesy of the folks at the
Poetry Project Incubator. You'll get a first look at their forthcoming still-in-progress show,
Unnatural Spaces, which premieres in October. [via
Time Out]
Debonair Social Club's Death Disco party tonight supplies exactly what its name implies: metal-tinged dance music courtesy of DJs like Andrew Vonn and SWGGRBCK. Supposedly, there will also be fire-breathing burlesque and go-go dancers, too. [via
Time Out]
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On the eve of the start of London Fashion Week, head to the historically hip Carnaby area for
Carnaby Style Night, when the mod neighborhood's streets will be filled with shopping discounts, live music and free libations. There'll even be complimentary clothing alterations courtesy of a Savile Row tailor and an in-store barber for men at Ben Sherman. Basically, a more contained (and, we hope, less hectic) version of Fashion's Night Out. [via
Time Out]
Punk-rock demigoddess,
Patti Smith, heads to the
The Troxy tonight with her full band. [via
Time Out]
Oh my god, we can't get enough of June Ambrose's seven-year-old daughter, Summer, who's been seen bopping around with her mom during NYFW. Check out that headpiece! [via Fashionista]
And, in related news, we also can't get enough of Alexander Wang's niece. [via High Snobette]
Whoa. Check out this crazy cray braid seen on models at the Emerson S/S '13 show. [via Fashionologie]
Zac Posen wins the award (so far) for booking the most "supers" -- both old and new. Here's Naomi Campbell, Coco Rocha, Crystal Renn and Alek Wek walking in his show over the weekend. [via Styleite]
And...here's Hedi Slimane's first ad for 
New cool-yet-sort-of-scares-us trend alert: car paint on your nails instead of nail polish. [via Refinery 29]
Love this delicate, wallpaper-esque bird print seen on the runways at Thakoon. [via Style.com]
Now you can scope out Anna Dello Russo's entire boonanas H&M accessories collection. [via Racked]
Welcome to You Should Check Out..., a new weekly blog in which Chris Black of 
For the latter part of Fashion Week, dance-pop phenom Wynter Gordon (who has written pop songs for the likes of Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez and David Guetta, lent her vocals to Major Lazer and Steve Aoki tracks and is currently releasing a series of four EPs, called "The Human Condition"), will be sending her reports and photos from the front lines. Here, she DJs a party and eats shows up late to a Dee and Ricky party. 
Blink twice if that outfit is chafing. Rodarte S/S 2013. 
And, finally, Ryan Lochte (
1. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has voiced his opinion to release the imprisoned members of Pussy Riot, saying "the time they have already served is, in essence, more than enough to make them think about what happened." [via 
2. DOWNTON ABBEY SPOILER ALERT! In a new interview, Michelle Dockery (a.k.a. Lady Mary) tells us that "Downton comes into trouble financially and Matthew discovers that he could inherit money from Lavinia's father and he's too proud to take the money because she passed away. Mary's saying, well, you can save Downton if you go through with this. There's a lot of disagreement between them. Whether they get married or not, I'm not going to give that away." [via 
3. The Mondrian SoHo has commissioned a new art project by renowned artist Marilyn Minter. Titled Kicksilver, the piece comes in the form of wallpaper wrapping around the hotel's lobby. Go check it out! [via press release]
4. NYC's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is opening a 'pop up truck' in L.A. from October 23-27. [via 
5. No, no, no, no, no: Bravo is "developing a TV version of Heathers." [via 
6. A French editor who slapped a PR exec at the Zac Posen show is now being sued by said exec for $1 million in a lawsuit that cites "assault, battery, emotional distress, slander and/or libel." At least it wasn't 
7. Yikes: a court has ordered a Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) after downloading 24 songs on Kazaa six years ago! [via 
Reunited Scottish shoegazers The Jesus and Mary Chain play tonight at Irving Plaza. Psychic Paramount and The Vandelles open. [via 
Aziz Ansari brings his comedy game (and, hopefully, Randy) to the Orpheum Theater tonight. [via 
Bliss out over Goose Island 312s as you listen to mellow folkster Iron and Wine (a.k.a. Samuel Beam) at an intimate show tonight at The Hideout. [via 
On the eve of the start of London Fashion Week, head to the historically hip Carnaby area for Carnaby Style Night, when the mod neighborhood's streets will be filled with shopping discounts, live music and free libations. There'll even be complimentary clothing alterations courtesy of a Savile Row tailor and an in-store barber for men at Ben Sherman. Basically, a more contained (and, we hope, less hectic) version of Fashion's Night Out. [via 
Further proof that the folks at The Standard Hotel are geniuses = this new ad. [via 
Al and Bill with McDonald's sodas, pasty thighs. [via 
Have you seen this burrito unicorn? [via 
Clearly some of the teachers on strike in Chicago have visited the Internet... [via 
Not Andrew Garfield's best angle... [via 
Fun new single-purpose-Tumblr alert! 
Fun new single-purpose Twitter alert! 
Run, guy, run. [via 
Levi Johnston named his new daughter, Breeze Beretta, after a gun. [via 
Alison Pill accidentally tweeted a topless photo of herself. We have two things to say about this: 1) She looks hot, and 2) Um, plot-twist for Maggie on season 2 of The Newsoom? [via 
Fun with name tags. [via 
This tomato looks like a butt. [via 
Why yes, yes it is. [via 
The next Met Costume Institute exhibit is going to be dedicated to punk rock. "Punk to Couture" will focus on punk music's fashion influence in New York and London. Designers featured include the founding mother of punk-couture, Vivienne Westwood, as well as Boudicca, Marc Jacobs, Rei
Kawakubo, Alexander McQueen, Rodarte, and Alexander Wang among others. Please, please let Johnny Rotten do something terrible at the Met Ball. [
How does Azealia Banks' get her hair to be such an alluring shade of purple-y purple? Her hairstylist gives the scoop to the 
Fashion PR guru Lynn Tesoro is suing the French fashion editor who slapped her at Zac Posen's show earlier this week for a cool $1 million. And that's why you never F with a fashion PR person. [
Lady Gaga has shaved the back of her head to commemorate Terry Richardson's mother, who 
Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima 
The Art Deco Museum
Gary in the library.
OTB
Plastic surgery clinic.
Betwixt the frosty mint juleps of summer and fall's robust Manhattans, there's the Point Blank, an aromatic Scotch cocktail elegantly acclimating you to the shifting temperature, served at Saxon + Parole.
Photos via Style.com
Vera Wang photo courtesy of Style.com; Parke & Ronen photo courtesy of GQ; Marchesa photo courtesy of Style.com
Photos by Rebecca Smeyne
Rodarte photo (L) by Greg Scaffidi 
People Being Awful 
1. Bon Iver's "fitness guru" -- wait, wait, wait Bon Iver's fitness guru? -- is hosting two free events where participants can try out Justin Vernon's "workout of choice," the On the Road fitness series developed by said guru, Jeff Rogers. These free classes will take place on 9/21 and 9/22 at Urban Plaza at Trump in Hudson Square (246 Spring St.) from 2-3pm. You should go and tell us how it was. [via press release]
2. Beloved Oakland-based (and Williamsburg mainstay) Blue Bottle Coffee has a new book coming out on October 9th and you can take a first look over at 
3. Here are some fascinating facts about Queen Elizabeth from a new book, reviewed on 
4. Whoa cool: Google has a new search tool called the 'Bacon Number,' that is exactly what pop culture-addled brains (and not food-obsessed ones) might think it is: it calculates the degrees of separation anyone is from Kevin Bacon. Damn. For the record, Obama is two degrees away from KB. [
5. You go, grandma! Meet Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old dubbed the "World's Oldest Gymnast." [via 
6. Movie theaters in Britain have started enlisting "cinema ninjas" -- people clad in black body suits that we assume are "
7. The Met's Arms and Armor collection turns 100 this year and 
8. "This is not how we thank who helped us when we needed help the most." Here are some poignant photos of Libyans "peacefully protesting" against the recent spate of violence in the country -- following the release of clips from an incendiary film purportedly about Islam -- and apologizing for the deaths of four Americans killed at the Benghazi consulate, included U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. [via 
