The Morning Funnies: Usher Has Sex to His Own Songs + Lady Gaga's Wears Cuckoo-Bananas Outfits to London Fashion Shows

September 17, 2012, 7:48 am

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Usher told Oprah that he has sex to his own music. Ursher!! [via Gigwise]


Honey Boo Boo and Mama June stopped by SNL's "Weekend Update" to talk politics. [via Hulu]

Lady Gaga wore a "face wreath" to Philip Treacy's London Fashion Week showcase. Thoughts? [via BuzzFeed]

She then wore this burka-esque number with fur pelts and a "cunt" clutch to Treacy's fashion show a few nights later. Thoughts!?! [via Daily Mail]

Girls in bed, courtesy of Vogue UK. [via Oh No They Didn't]


What Joseph Gordon-Levitt would look like if he hadn't cut his '90s hair. [via Vulture]

In other '90s news, vintage photo of Dylan and Brandon, sans pants. [via OldBH90210]

Christmas trees are already on display at a Kmart in New York. #toosoon. [via Gothamist]

We'd watch that. [via Vondell Swain]


No backsies. [via Knusprig Titten Hitler]

7-in-1 [via Advice Animal]

"Yesss? Can I help you?" [via anthonyguajardoodoo]


No no no no no. [via Troll FTW]


Need this. [via Blink If You Have Eyes]



The trailer for Lincoln, using Pee-Wee Herman's voice, courtesy of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. [via Laughing Squid]

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Frank Ocean's "Pyramids" Is Our Music Video of the Day

September 17, 2012, 9:00 am

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Frank Ocean dropped by the season premiere of Saturday Night Live over the weekend and played "Pyramids" with John Mayer and his guitar-O-face. He also released this video for the track -- again featuring Mayer -- taken from his super-hot Channel Orange album and directed by Nabil (Santigold, Kanye, Antony & the Johnsons). Ocean headlines the NYC edition of All Tomorrow's Parties on Friday, September 21, over at Pier 36 (LES, just north of the Manhattan Bridge). 

Watch the Girls Season 2 Teaser Trailer

September 17, 2012, 10:00 am

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Girls is back, Girls is back, Girls is back, Girls is baaaaack. And by "back" we mean Lena Dunham's comedy about adult female children living in Greenpoint is not really back at all and will return to HBO in January 2013. Which is a long, long time away. It's next year! And there will probably be like 5 more trailers released for this season between now and then to confirm season 2 details we've known for a while ( i.e., Donald Glover's going to be on, Patrick Wilson will play Dunham's love interest, and The New Normal's Andrew Rannells is Dunham's new roommate.) But still, we're not complaining and we'll take what we can get. And from what we can tell from this 30-second clip, what we're getting is a trailer about the fact that Girls is back. (And Adam Driver and Christopher Abbott are apparently still on the show. And some people will be rocking side braids. And Allison Williams has an umbrella.) Check it out above.

[Via PopCultureBrain] 

Lots of London Fashion Week + The Sartorialist Wonders Why NYC Kids Don't Sneak Into More Fashion Shows in Today's Style Scraps

September 17, 2012, 10:45 am

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Sturdy, asymmetrical suits and dresses alternated with wild prints and bionic bomber jackets at Christopher Kane's show during London Fashion Week. [via Style.com]

Love, love, love that Vivienne Westwood -- the designer herself, that is -- never changes.  Here she is at her show during London Fashion Week. [via Daily Mail/Image via Getty]

And, speaking of Westwood, here are some looks from her recent Vivienne Westwood Red Label show, which some have already compared to Mad Men fashion -- except for, you know, the orange, (and yellow, green and blue) faces. [via Style.com]

Check out André Saraiva's new collaboration with Converse -- the artist/hotelier/nightlife king designed three different pairs of Chuck Taylors, including a "Love Sneaker," a "Purple sneaker" -- a shoutout to his pal, Purple EIC Olivier Zahm (above) -- and a not-for-sale Le Baron sneak that's for friends and associates of his famous clubs. [via press release]


Oooh, we like ACME's new collab with legendary NYC artist Ron English on a "zipper" pen and card case, no doubt inspired by the artist's "Dandy Warhol Banana."

Love the chic postage-and-currency-inspired prints seen on Mary Katrantzou's runway at London Fashion Week. [via The Cut]

"I'm a little disappointed that in New York the FIT kids and the Parsons kids don't bring the same enthusiasm. They don't try to sneak into shows," The Sartorialist's Scott Schuman told Fashionologie.

And...here's a video to accompany Lana Del Rey's new ad campaign for H&M. [via Refinery 29]

Watch a College Bro Punk Fox News

September 17, 2012, 11:30 am

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In our latest installment of our "Regular Guys Doing Awesome Things" series (see 'Call Me Maybe Business Card Guy' HERE and 'Snackman' HERE), we present a young man by the name of Max Rice who, for reasons unknown, was booked by Fox News to appear in a segment on Fox & Friends about "Boomerang Kids" (that would be young adults who move back home with their parents after graduating college) that once supported Obama but are now planning to vote for Romney. Now, as you'll see, this was a weird choice by the Fox Booking department -- and vetting department -- for a few reasons:

1) Some digging shows that Rice is a current student at University of Texas-Austin (or maybe Columbia College in Chicago) and not a graduate, which means he's not technically a "Boomerang kid"...yet
 
2) And, after concluding that it's the same Rice who gave this 2010 high school graduation speech in a suburb of Chicago, we assume he's around 20 or so now, which means he was probably 16 in 2008 and, not being of legal voting age, could not have voted for Obama in the election

and finally

3) The budding comedian just straight-up trolled Gretchen Carlson during the segment.

After Rice greets the Callista Gingrich-coiffed anchor with a "sup," it becomes more cringe-inducing by the second. Watch him explain to Carlson that he's switching political allegiances after losing a bet on a basketball game, tell the anchor he met Obama "in third grade," and just generally derail the whole thing.

Daily Intel spoke to Rice -- read what he has to say about his experience and, shockingly, Fox News' supposed disinterest in actually verifying his story before putting him on air, here.

And, Max, we'd also  like to say "sup" to you so please get in touch at wordup@papermag.com.


RELATED:

We Called "Call Me Maybe" Business Card Guy and Here's What Happened
Meet Charles Sonder, Chips-Eating Subway Hero a.k.a. Snackman

[Via Uproxx and Gawker]

Am I Dreaming?

September 17, 2012, 12:30 pm

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View image full-size Jacket by Red Valentino.

Dress by Sonia Rykiel, belt by Burberry, stockings by Falke, head piece by Laura Kranitz and shoes by Robert Clergerie.

(l-r) Sweater by A Detacher, top by Louis Vuitton, skirt by Chris Benz and shoes by Robert Clergerie. • Jacket and pants by BLK DNM, belt by Richard Chai and shoes by Red Wing.


Cardigan by A Detacher, top and skirt by Lover, belt by Acne and shoes by Robert Clergerie.

Top by Marni, skirt by Mandy Coon, belt by Eleven Objects, hat by Creatures of the Wind and shoes by Robert Clergerie.

View image full-size (l-r) Dress by Jill Stuart, earrings by Delfina Delettrez and shoes by Prada. • Shirt by A.P.C.

View imag full-size (l-r) Cape by Creatures of the Wind, top by Preen and hat by Louis Vuitton. • Jacket by Charles & 1/2.

Dress and bra by Carven, bracelet by Delfina Delettrez and shoes by Aldo.

Sweater, blouse and skirt by Dior, bow by Laura Kranitz, socks by Falke and shoes by Robert Clergerie.

Shot at Milk Studios.
Art Directed by Brett Day Windham.
Hair by Cash Lawless using Oribe at The Magnet Agency.
Makeup by Andrea Helgadottir at The Magnet Agency.
Models: Sophie Yall, Quirine Engel, Ella and Malcolm Cills.
Backdrops by Danny Balgley.

Cat Power Goes Blonde & Has Futuristic Laser Fight In New Video, "Cherokee"

September 17, 2012, 12:30 pm

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We nearly didn't recognize Cat Power (a.k.a. Chan Marshall) with her cropped blonde hair in the new video for "Cherokee," but indeed it is the singer -- looking very "badass biker babe" -- whom we see in the desert playing sidekick to a dude engaging in a zombie laser battle.  And, while fashion may have us believe that it's all about the 90s, Power's new video -- along with a slew of similarly-styled clips by Ellie Goulding and Grimes -- gives strong evidence for futurism taking over the sartorial and design landscapes.  Aside from fashion statements, the video leaves a lot to contemplate -- the ending, for instance -- and it's a pretty fun watch. Check it out above.

 "Cherokee" appears on the artist's recently-released album, Sun.

Seuss It or Lose It.

September 17, 2012, 12:34 pm

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Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

Overalls by Jeremy Scott, tops by Edith A. Miller, jewelry by Delfina Delettrez shoes by Nicholas  Kirkwood and hat by Jeremy Scott.

Gertrude McFuzz

Coat by Blumarine and dress by Christopher Kane.

Fox in Socks
Sweater, skirt, hat, socks and shoes by Marc Jacobs and bracelet by Jennifer Fisher.

Zizzy Zozzfozzel
Jacket, pants, top, belt and shoes by Prada and headpiece by HEIDI LEE.

Miss Fuddle Dee Duddle
Jacket by Chanel, pants by Carven, hat by Yuasa and scarf by Jeremy Scott.

Circus McGurkus

Coat and shoes by Comme Des Garcons.

Coat and shoes by Comme Des Garcons.

Birthday Bird
Dress by Marc by Marc Jacobs, pants by Rochas, hat by Gigi Burris, belt by Miu Miu, glasses by Anna Sui, bracelet by Kenzo and Jewelry by Kenzo Bijoux by Delfina Delettrez.

Aunt Annies
(L-R): Coat, skirt, pants, hat and shoes by Louis Vuitton. Jacket, dress, pants, hat and shoes by Louis Vuitton, ring by Michael M. and bag by Kenzo.

Yertle the Turtle

Top and pants by Acne, belt worn as headpiece by Burberry, bracelets by Miriam Salat and shoes by Louis Vuitton.

Colliding Collusions

Blazers, shirts, pants, dickies and ties by Miu Miu and shoes by Marc Jacobs, sunglasses by Louis Vuitton and ring by Michael M.

The Whos Down in Whoville

(L-R) Coat by Calvin Klein, sweatshirt and skirt by Mulberry, clutch by Nada Sawaya, ring by Miriam Salat and shoes by Pollini. Coat by Valentino, dress by Nina Ricci, ring by Michael M., shoes and socks by Marc Jacobs.

The Cat in the Hat


Dress by Calvin Klein, Necklace by Delfina Delettrez, Hats by Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Marc by Marc Jacobs and HEIDI LEE Couture.

Foona Lagoona Baboona

Dress by Oscar de la Renta, sweatshirt and shoes by Jeremy Scott.

Thumbnail: Jacket and top by Kenzo, hat by Deryck Todd and vintage Chanel sunglasses at Depuis1924.com
Photographed at Dune Studios
Hair by Thomas Hintermeier for Art Department
Makeup by Souhi Lee at Walter Schupfer Management using M.A.C.     
Digital Tech: Eric Jukelevics at Versatile Studios
Photographer's Assistants: Thanis Maretis, Joe Toto
Stylist's Assistants: Corinne Krishnan, with Patricia Tremblais, Emma Cusson, Bryan Urena  Prop Assistants: Xavier Ames, Kareem Morgan
Hair Assistant: Maribel Carrero
Models: Liv at IMG, Malwina at IMG, Anabelle at Women Management, Cece at Wilhelmina.  

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In the Fold

September 17, 2012, 1:15 pm

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Ben Folds Five, the piano-based trio (not quintet) known as much for manic, potty-mouthed thrash-fests like "Song for the Dumped" as for sensitive ballads like hit single "Brick," are set to release Sound of the Life of the Mind -- their first album in more than a decade -- on September 18.

Ben Folds, the group's irrepressible leader, has spent the years since the band disbanded in 2000 playing solo, with a capella groups and symphony orchestras, as well as judging on NBC's The Sing-Off. He took a some time from his hectic touring schedule and making Fraggle videos to chat on the phone with PAPERMAG.

 

Chick-Fil-A has been in the news lately due to their stance on gay rights, and the public's response to said position. You sing about the place in "Army." Did you really work there?

No. I thought Chick-Fil-A was just a good, trashy, funny place to put in a lyric. I worked at Hardee's. But I could have easily worked at Chick-Fil-A instead.

What's your take on the controversy surrounding them?

Well, I think they're really mean to chickens. I take offense to that, and I wouldn't eat that shit for all the money in the world.

It doesn't surprise me if any company steps across the line. That, I think, is their right. It is also my right to say they're a bunch of fucking assholes, you know? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they're nice people. But it's my right; I can say that if I want to. It's their right to take the stands that they take. But is it right? [Laughs].

The other thing that I think about is that we don't have time to really take on every issue we'd like to. It strikes me as really interesting what people decide to just go nuts over all of a sudden. Because I would have gone nuts over what they did with chickens, but no one seemed to care about that. And then they actively oppose gay people's rights, and that's horrible, too. But they're not rolling them in their own shit, driving them around scared in a van before they kill them pumped up on hormones, and that's what they do to chickens.

So I don't know. I don't have much interest in a trashy company like that in the first place. I think they have an awesome name, and it's good for my song, you know?

You guys are among many '90s bands to come back lately. What did you like about that era?

I have bands that I really love. I'm always happy if Liz Phair makes a new record. I was always happy if Rage Against the Machine made a record. Sebadoh would be cool. Pavement, Built to Spill -- I mean, there were great bands in that era. What I liked about the '90s is that it was an era where the bands actually had a sound when they started to play, even before the singer came in. It's organic; it comes out of the hands.

Is there anything you're hoping stays trapped in the '90s and never returns?

Well, most of it; but I think it's safe to say that's happened already. That happens in all eras. You hear people do throwbacks to an era, and we're far and away in a time of recapitulation and revisiting. It's like the '80s. There's this overarching sound to the '80s that will never come back. It was the main thing, and it's just so horrible. No one, even ironically, is going to do that shit. When people say: "I made an '80s record," part of me thinks I'd be really interested if they actually did, like, Dirty Dancing-soundtrack '80s. What kind of a hipster would it take to actually pull that shit off? That would be really funny.

The new album has its fair share of classic Ben Folds Five harmonies. Are you inspired to write differently because you're working with Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee again?

I know what's available. I know that Robert's a violin and Darren's a viola. That's the way I've always thought about it. They have such unique tambours in their voices, and we've always sounded a certain way together. I think one way I tend to arrange with Robert and Darren that I don't with others has to do with the way my voice becomes the harmony on vowels, and that's kind of geeky and boring. But if I have a sustained note, and it's on a nine, that's awesome--then, OK, I'm going to give Robert the fifth above, and then Darren's going to come in, like, the seventh below, just for a second--and it creates a really cool three-part harmony where it sounds as if there are three people singing background vocals and one singing lead, when actually it's only two singing background.

Why was this the right time to get the band back together?

It just felt right at the moment. I don't think that we really make decisions [Laughs]. These days, I think people in general are so busy that the things we do are sort of random. If you make a to-do list, you don't get to any of it anymore. Nobody does. Because if you're lucky enough to be working, you're getting paid half of what you used to get paid, and you're working twice as much as you ever thought you could. I think that's the way it works with the band. If we all hadn't been free on the same day to talk on the telephone about coming to the studio, the record might not have even happened.

Where did the album title come from?

That's the title of the song Nick Hornby wrote. Nick's a writer, so I figured that his title was probably going to be better than mine.

Does it mean something to you? Or did you just think, "heck, this sounds pretty cool?"

I think I thought it sounded pretty cool. [Laughs]. It's long enough to command some sort of -- like, I don't know, it must be important, it's got fucking 20 words in it.

But I also think there's something to it. The album is a little bit about the stripping of the ego; the story that one has acquired over a lifetime that you suddenly realize you have to get rid of if you're going to survive. That's a real 40-year-old thought.

I put it together with the album cover, which is by an artist I've always wanted to work with [Eric Joyner]. I was always drawn to the solitude of his robots. They're all going through the same things I feel like I'm going through when I look at his paintings, and his submerged painting of the robot really reflected The Sound of the Life of the Mind. It's all in your mind. It's all there. When I see that title and see the album cover and I hear the strains of the music, it all seems right to me. We're really making this record by feel completely, so I don't know. Maybe there's no reason for it, but it feels like there is.

So sometimes you feel like an underwater robot?

I do! I do! I mean, don't you? I totally do. Like, you just feel like an underwater robot.

Photo by Autumn de Wilde
(L-R): Robert Sledge, Ben Folds, Darren Jessee.

Ben Folds On Harmonies, Chick-fil-A and Feeling Like an Underwater Robot

September 17, 2012, 2:10 pm

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Ben Folds Five, the piano-based trio (not quintet) known as much for manic, potty-mouthed thrash-fests like "Song for the Dumped" as for sensitive ballads like hit single "Brick," are set to release Sound of the Life of the Mind -- their first album in more than a decade -- on September 18.

Ben Folds, the group's irrepressible leader, has spent the years since the band disbanded in 2000 playing solo, with a capella groups and symphony orchestras, as well as judging on NBC's The Sing-Off. He took a some time from his hectic touring schedule and making Fraggle videos to chat on the phone with PAPERMAG.

 

Chick-Fil-A has been in the news lately due to their stance on gay rights, and the public's response to said position. You sing about the place in "Army." Did you really work there?

No. I thought Chick-Fil-A was just a good, trashy, funny place to put in a lyric. I worked at Hardee's. But I could have easily worked at Chick-Fil-A instead.

What's your take on the controversy surrounding them?

Well, I think they're really mean to chickens. I take offense to that, and I wouldn't eat that shit for all the money in the world.

It doesn't surprise me if any company steps across the line. That, I think, is their right. It is also my right to say they're a bunch of fucking assholes, you know? Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they're nice people. But it's my right; I can say that if I want to. It's their right to take the stands that they take. But is it right? [Laughs].

The other thing that I think about is that we don't have time to really take on every issue we'd like to. It strikes me as really interesting what people decide to just go nuts over all of a sudden. Because I would have gone nuts over what they did with chickens, but no one seemed to care about that. And then they actively oppose gay people's rights, and that's horrible, too. But they're not rolling them in their own shit, driving them around scared in a van before they kill them pumped up on hormones, and that's what they do to chickens.

So I don't know. I don't have much interest in a trashy company like that in the first place. I think they have an awesome name, and it's good for my song, you know?

You guys are among many '90s bands to come back lately. What did you like about that era?

I have bands that I really love. I'm always happy if Liz Phair makes a new record. I was always happy if Rage Against the Machine made a record. Sebadoh would be cool. Pavement, Built to Spill -- I mean, there were great bands in that era. What I liked about the '90s is that it was an era where the bands actually had a sound when they started to play, even before the singer came in. It's organic; it comes out of the hands.

Is there anything you're hoping stays trapped in the '90s and never returns?

Well, most of it; but I think it's safe to say that's happened already. That happens in all eras. You hear people do throwbacks to an era, and we're far and away in a time of recapitulation and revisiting. It's like the '80s. There's this overarching sound to the '80s that will never come back. It was the main thing, and it's just so horrible. No one, even ironically, is going to do that shit. When people say: "I made an '80s record," part of me thinks I'd be really interested if they actually did, like, Dirty Dancing-soundtrack '80s. What kind of a hipster would it take to actually pull that shit off? That would be really funny.

The new album has its fair share of classic Ben Folds Five harmonies. Are you inspired to write differently because you're working with Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee again?

I know what's available. I know that Robert's a violin and Darren's a viola. That's the way I've always thought about it. They have such unique tambours in their voices, and we've always sounded a certain way together. I think one way I tend to arrange with Robert and Darren that I don't with others has to do with the way my voice becomes the harmony on vowels, and that's kind of geeky and boring. But if I have a sustained note, and it's on a nine, that's awesome--then, OK, I'm going to give Robert the fifth above, and then Darren's going to come in, like, the seventh below, just for a second--and it creates a really cool three-part harmony where it sounds as if there are three people singing background vocals and one singing lead, when actually it's only two singing background.

Why was this the right time to get the band back together?

It just felt right at the moment. I don't think that we really make decisions [Laughs]. These days, I think people in general are so busy that the things we do are sort of random. If you make a to-do list, you don't get to any of it anymore. Nobody does. Because if you're lucky enough to be working, you're getting paid half of what you used to get paid, and you're working twice as much as you ever thought you could. I think that's the way it works with the band. If we all hadn't been free on the same day to talk on the telephone about coming to the studio, the record might not have even happened.

Where did the album title come from?

That's the title of the song Nick Hornby wrote. Nick's a writer, so I figured that his title was probably going to be better than mine.

Does it mean something to you? Or did you just think, "heck, this sounds pretty cool?"

I think I thought it sounded pretty cool. [Laughs]. It's long enough to command some sort of -- like, I don't know, it must be important, it's got fucking 20 words in it.

But I also think there's something to it. The album is a little bit about the stripping of the ego; the story that one has acquired over a lifetime that you suddenly realize you have to get rid of if you're going to survive. That's a real 40-year-old thought.

I put it together with the album cover, which is by an artist I've always wanted to work with [Eric Joyner]. I was always drawn to the solitude of his robots. They're all going through the same things I feel like I'm going through when I look at his paintings, and his submerged painting of the robot really reflected The Sound of the Life of the Mind. It's all in your mind. It's all there. When I see that title and see the album cover and I hear the strains of the music, it all seems right to me. We're really making this record by feel completely, so I don't know. Maybe there's no reason for it, but it feels like there is.

So sometimes you feel like an underwater robot?

I do! I do! I mean, don't you? I totally do. Like, you just feel like an underwater robot.

Photo by Autumn de Wilde
(L-R): Robert Sledge, Ben Folds, Darren Jessee.

John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha Participate In Gemini G.E.L.'s "Artists For Obama"

September 17, 2012, 3:30 pm

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L.A. artist workshop and print studio Gemini G.E.L. is undertaking a big fundraising push for the President this month, selling limited-edition "Artists For Obama" portfolios of prints by 19 artists at $28,000 bucks a pop. Contributing artists include John Baldessari (whose print may have been inspired by the Romney family dog, Seamus), Frank Gehry, Julie Mehretu, Ed Ruscha and Richard Serra among others. Proceeds will go to the Democratic National Committee, and the Obama Campaign. Between the portfolio's unveiling at Gemini's L.A. location last Thursday and an NYC event scheduled for September 24th at Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Artists for Obama aims to raise $4.2 million for POTUS.

See a complete list of participating artists below as well as few images included in the portfolio:


John Baldessari
Jonathan Borofsky
Chris Burden
Frank Gehry
Robert Gober
Ann Hamilton
David Hammons
Jasper Johns
Ellsworth Kelly
Brice Marden
Julie Mehretu
Bruce Nauman
Claes Oldenburg
James Rosenquist
Susan Rothenberg
Ed Ruscha
Richard Serra
Joel Shapiro
Richard Tuttle

John Baldessari
Double Play: Feelings


Chris Burden
Married

Frank Gehry
In Town

David Hammons
Obama Shrine - 16th Century - Obama, Japan

Bruce Nauman
O

Ed Ruscha
We the People

Richard Serra
NOROMNEY

Russia Reveals It Has a Field With "Trillions of Carats" of Diamonds + What Really Broke Up The Fugees = Eight Items Or Less

September 17, 2012, 5:00 pm

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1. Russia just declassified information indicating a massive diamond field in the country that has "trillions of carats" of gems that could "supply global markets for another 3,000 years." [via Christian Science Monitor]  

2. Grub Street has a great round-up of "secret off-menu dishes" in New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philly and San Francisco. Pictured above is the "large-format pork" at NYC's Craftbar.

3. Thomas Bayrle will be the next artist to display his work on a High Line billboard -- following the likes of Maurizio Cattelan and John Baldessari -- and has chosen his 1970 piece, "American Dream." [via Gallerist]

4. Military officials and police officers will start training for a "zombie apocalypse." [via HuffPo]

5. Here's a new track from Danny Brown and his Bruiser Brigade. [via Pitchfork]

6. Wyclef Jean revealed in his new book that The Fugees split, in part, because of his affair with Lauryn Hill and her leading the singer to believe that her son with Rohan Marley was, in fact, his. [New York Post via Daily Mail]

Morning Funnies: Starbucks' Permpkern Sperce Lahtter + Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle

September 18, 2012, 7:30 am

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We are shocked -- shocked! -- that this video of cats morphing into croissants is purportedly from 2010 and we are only watching it now. It will make you very weirdly hungry. [via YouTube]

Yes it is. [via Facebook]

Even though we've seen these Obama rap mash-ups a million times, this one of the Prez saying "You U Didn't Build That" to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" made us really, really laugh. [via Gawker]

Who isn't? [via Facebook]

Oh jeez, here's a story about "human billboards" or people with tattoos for brands and companies that don't exist anymore. Pictured above is a reference to a site that tried to keep Martha Stewart out of prison. [via Buzzfeed]

Wehr wernt ter ger ter wherever thers Sterbercks ers. Immerdiately. [via The Clearly Dope]

We wouldn't have guessed that Furby was that booked these days. [via HuffPo Comedy]

#3. [via Paris Hilton Sex Slave]

Holy crap! Here's what Gordo from Lizzie McGuire looks like now! [via Mean Plastic]

What you lookin' at? [via Bunny Food]

We'd buy Ezra Miller's whale noises mixtape. [via Buzzfeed]

VICE went to Fashion Week and reported on butts. [via Vice]

Love this "behind the scenes" photo from the set of one of the Harry Potter movies. [via Knusprig Titten Hitler]

Wisely, "Shit Girls Say" has decided to lay low for a little while but now they're back with a new episode and...it's pretty funny! [via The Daily What]

Lil B's "California Boy" Is Our Music Video of the Day

September 18, 2012, 9:20 am

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At least Lil B hasn't gone all auto-tuned-in-Ibiza ravey on us.  He said he was making a rock album and, tah-da, here's "California Boy." Okay, we weren't expecting the Sex Pistols, but we also weren't expecting Jim Croce (sorry, Jim). While we wait for the album, lets crank up the Based God's super-catchy foray into a whole new genre. (The track is now available on iTunes, too.)

Listen to Two New Missy Elliott Songs

September 18, 2012, 9:45 am

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We really hope we're not the only ones who feel like the radio airwaves have been a little less bangin' since 2005 -- or the date of Missy Elliott's last album. Hopefully 2012 will rectify that because, for all of you who, like us, still listen to playlists in which "Pass That Dutch," "Gossip Folks" and "I'm Really Hot" regularly make appearances, Misdemeanor, has two new songs.  "Triple Threat" and "9th Inning," both of which feature Timbaland, are currently available on iTunes and appear on Missy's forthcoming LP, Block Party, expected to come out later this year.

Listen to them above.

[via Billboard]

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Adele's Maybe Designing a Plus-Size Line for Burberry + Leather Track Pants Are a Thing in Today's Style Scraps

September 18, 2012, 10:34 am

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Ooh, Adele is maybe, possibly designing a plus-size line for Burberry. [TheCut]

SHIFT confirms that leather track pants are a trend and gives a convincing argument about why they're on board. Please let cashmere Pajama Jeans be next!

Rihanna tweeted yesterday that she'll be appearing on another cover of  U.S. Vogue, and will be photographed by Annie Leibovitz. And then she deleted that tweet. Oops. Nervous laughter, nervous laughter. [FashionBombDaily]

Cat Marnell is now modeling leggings for Married to the Mob. A press release includes this quote from Marnell: "I write about controversial shit, but at the end of the day, creativity is the fucking drug, man -- it's what downtown, MTTM, and our circle of friends is all about. Get involved! Incidentally, you can start by buying some leggings." [TheCut]


P.S. Gwyneth Patlrow is modeling for J.Crew now. The brand saw an 8% uptick in sales after she posted her eight-look editorial on Goop last week. [Fashionista]


Hester Street Fair's 3rd Annual Stylist Tent Sale is this Saturday, 9/22, where you can shop looks given by 40 stylists, editors, designers and retailers. Labels featured at the sale include: Barneys, Surface To Air, Repetto, Rick Owens, Maria Cornejo, Bolzoni and moooore.


Iggy Azalea stars in the new S/S '12 look book for Dim Mak. (We like her better in a giant purple fur coat and matching glasses, but that's just us.) [HighSnobette]


Karl Lagerfeld is very into Pippa and Kate's mother, Carole Middleton, and gave this quote to Grazia about how great she is for daring to be 50 and still alive. "I think Carole is very sexy. I think the mother is sexier than the daughters. There is [something] full of life about her. For a woman who must be 50 or so I think she's great. Full of energy." [TheCut]

For your files: Here's another ad from YSL's new Hedi Slimane-helmed Saint Laurent Paris ready-to-wear collection. [HighSnobiety]

Trailer Trash: Greetings From Tim Buckley

September 18, 2012, 11:15 am

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Let the Jeff Buckley movie-mania begin. The first to get out of the gate, Greetings From Tim Buckley, which premiered to quite positive reviews at the Toronto Film Festival last week, stars Penn Badgley as the much-beloved singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley -- who after releasing his 1994 masterpiece Grace, drowned tragically at the age of 30 -- and focuses on his complicated relationship with his estranged musician father Tim Buckley, and romance with a young woman named Allie, played by one of our favorite young actresses, Imogen Poots. It takes place over the course of four days in 1991, those leading up to a Tim Buckley tribute concert at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights, at which Jeff has reluctantly agreed to play, and features flashbacks to Tim Buckley as a young father, played by Ben Rosenfield. The filmmakers didn't have the rights to any of Jeff's songs (rights were given to another upcoming Buckley biopic, Mystery White Boy, which stars Reeve Carney), but apparently they were able to secure the rights to Tim's music, which Badgley sings and plays himself. A third movie supposedly in the works, A Pure Drop. What do you think of Penn as Jeff? It's hard for us to think of him not as Dan Humphrey, but he seems to do that tortured musician thing quite well. And apparently he did all the singing in the movie, and his voice does sound very Jeff-life. After watching the trailer above, check out this spine-tingling live version of Jeff Buckley singing "Hallelujah" in Japan.

Our 20 Favorite Freaky Design Objects

September 18, 2012, 1:15 pm

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Inspired by the above photo from This Is Colossal of a "terrifying deep sea angler lamp made from recycled objects" by Justin La Doux, we started remembering all of the creepy/weird/scary furniture and home design objects we've come across in recent memory -- some of which have even popped up in a Morning Funnies, or an 8 Items Or Less along the way -- and decided to assemble a list of our 20 Favorite Freaky/Gross/Oh-My-God,-Why Design Objects. Enjoy.

1. Headless Teddy Lamp by Matthew Kinealy. [via Elle Decor]

2. Human Anatomy Pelvis Rocking Chair. Designer Unknown. [via Feed Furniture]

3. Frog Table by Hella Jongerius. [via Phaidon]

4. You Only Live Once Lamp. Designer Unknown. [via Mental Floss]

5. Vintage Armadillo Basket. Designer Unknown. [via Etsy]

6. Peeing Table. Designer Unknown. [via DeMilked]


7. Dancing Bananas Objet d'Art. Designer Unknown. [via Squidoo]

8. Wooly Chair by Jason Miller. [via Fast Company]


9. Doll Limbs Coat Rack. Designer Unknown. [via Pinterest]

10. Crocheted 'Carrie' Bear by Shove Mink. [Croshame via Laughing Squid]

11. Scorpion Chair. Designer Unknown. [via Pinterest]

12. Literal Grandfather Clock by Jake Cress. [via Manolo Home]

13. Blood Bath by Spinning Hat. [via Spinning Hat]

14. "The Gatekeeper" Tray. Designer Unknown. [via Etsy]


15. Crawling Larva Lamp by Gitta Gschwendtner. [via Elle Decor]

16. Scissors Spider by Christopher Locke (made from scissors confiscated by TSA!). [via All Top]

17. Pooping Dogs Lamps by Whatshisname. [via Fresh Home]

18. Limp Handshake Door Knob. Designer Unknown. [via Feast to the Eyes On the Net]

19. Horror Movie Shower Curtain and Bath Mat. Designer Unknown. [via Geek Stuff]

20. And, finally, a Teeth Mug. Designer Unknown. [via Cluster Flock]

Check Out Jessie Ware's Brand New Video, "Night Light"

September 18, 2012, 2:00 pm

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Jessie Ware is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about acts of late-2012 and for good reason: her sultry vocals are reminiscent of some of the best 90s R&B artists but her use of electronic beats -- included those produced by SBTRKT and Joker -- makes her music entirely contemporary.  Her latest video, "Night Light," hews mostly to the former, though, and the stark, black-and-white video has already reminded some of old Madonna clips (we'd also add Janet Jackson in there). It features striking shots of Ware surrounded by a skirt of legs (literally...you'll see what we mean within the first 10 seconds), dancers in stretchy body suits and alleged cameos by her sister and boyfriend (although we can't tell if her beau is the muscle-y guy she's holding at 0:42 or the super-tattooed dude who appears at 1:31). Watch the video above and read our interview with the singer-songwriter HERE (she's also in this month's issue of PAPER).

"Night Light" appears on Ware's recently released album, Devotion, out now via PMR.

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Bourbon and toasted cornflakes. Peanut butter and curry. Strawberry and candied jalapeños. These pairings may sound like fodder for a $200 tasting menu, but on an unassuming corner of San Francisco's Mission District, they're just three of the 12 listings on the daily flavor board of Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream. Founded four years ago by pastry chef Jake Godby and his business partner Sean Vahey, Humphry Slocombe has a reputation usually reserved for four-star restaurants: Michael Mina awarded it with a Google Favorite Places prize, Todd Selby photographed it and even Ferran Adrià has dropped by for a cone.



"We're very personality-driven," says Godby. While he hammers out new flavors like Jesus Juice Sorbet (with red wine and Coca-Cola) and Elvis (the Fat Years), featuring bananas and bacon peanut brittle, Vahey maintains the shop's nearly 300,000-follower Twitter feed, posting dirty jokes ("Lick some melons!" recommended one endorsement for Salted Watermelon Sorbet) and photos of the cool, heavily tattooed staff. "At any given time, half of our employees are in a band," says Godby; when local rockers Girls blew up, he lost a scooper who doubled as their tour manager.



"Did they manage to sprinkle crack into my scoop of ice cream on my last visit, or am I just being paranoid?" -- Tiffany M., Yelp Reviewer

Humphry Slocombe is so popular that the queue for a scoop has become almost as famous as the shop's innovative flavors. "Any ice cream parlor that needs a dedicated bouncer to shut down their line is clearly powered by something greater than high-butterfat cream," says San Francisco Examiner food critic Jesse Hirsch, who once spent an evening following Slocombe employees as they turned away hordes of customers who showed up after the shop's 9 p.m. closing time. One longtime employee tells us he's heard every excuse in the book, from weddings to engagements to dying friends in the hospital. Customers' devotion to Slocombe's ice cream even extends to their pets: Godby recalls a woman who bought a pint of Malted Dulce de Leche as a last meal for her leukemia-stricken cat, and McEvoy Olive Oil is a favorite treat for dogs, whose owners dish it up to help improve their coats.

Thanks to breathless word of mouth, press and, of course, those 300,000 Twitter followers, the world beyond San Francisco is beginning to take note. Godby and Vahey recently published their first cookbook, in which every recipe can be made with Cuisinart's $60 ice-cream maker. Some naysayers might consider his concoctions too unusual, but Godby's sticking to his guns. "We'll have flavors that are a little bit more divisive than others, that won't sell as much, but they're flavors that we love."

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