Into the Light
In 2007, singer Shannon Funchess and synth-player Bruno Coviello formed Light Asylum, an aggressive dark wave project that mixes its pop-wise futuristic neons with gothic pure blacks. After last year's...
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"F*ck the Rain" Umbrellas + the Hipster Cop Gets Pissed at JD Samson = Eight...
1. Check out these surreal paintings by German artist Gesine Marwedel using human bodies as a canvas. [via Laughing Squid]2. Watch Hipster Cop yell at JD Samson at yesterday's Occupy Wall Street...
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Win 2 Tickets to See Gossip at Terminal 5 (If You Get the Beth Ditto Trivia...
My fave band, Gossip, is playing this Tuesday at Terminal 5. The last time I saw Beth Ditto and co. play there, it blew my mind. And with their new giant-hand-celebrating album, A Joyful Noise, out...
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Preview Victoria Bartlett + Renée Vara's Second Skin Exhibition, Opening...
Designer and artist Victoria Bartlett has long played with concepts of the human body and shape with the skin-tight, avant designs she produces with her line VPL, and explores similar themes in her new...
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Hennessy Youngman's Latest "Art Thoughtz" Is a Must-Watch If You're Pondering...
Drop out of grad school and save money. That's the latest advice straight from the mouth of art world (and Internet) superstar Hennessy Youngman -- or as he's known to his mom and dad, Jayson Musson....
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Mario Batali Uses Food Stamps + New America's Next Top Model Judges = Eight...
1. Read this eloquent explanation of white, straight male privilege that compares it to playing an RPG game with the "lowest difficulty setting." [via Kotaku]2. A crocheted fish that can turn into...
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Richard Prince in New York + Best Coast & Dum Dum Girls in L.A. + Art...
Here, our daily round-up of cool things to do today in New York, L.A., Chicago and London!New YorkThe legendary Richard Prince presents 14 new paintings in the aptly titled exhibit, "14 Paintings,"...
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The Morning Funnies: Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey + French...
Annnnd, here's Gilbert Gottfried reading 50 Shades of Grey. Hearing him screech "my nipples pucker at his touch" is absolutely how everyone needs to start their Friday. [TheDailyWhat] Happy birthday,...
View ArticleGuns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Who's that hot young dude arriving in New York on a Greyhound bus at the beginning of today's oldie-but-goodie video? Just kidding, we were a lot younger and thinner in 1987, too -- and luckily all...
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Metal Fringe Sandals + Photoshop Banksy in Today's Style Scraps
Victoria Beckham is reportedly planning to open her first store, likely in London. [via Fashionista/CNN]Take a first look at Aerin Lauder's soon-to-be launched debut makeup line, Aerin. It should hit...
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The International Contemporary Furniture Fair's In Town + Fun Satellite...
Yes, it's Internet Week here in NYC. It's also the week the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair comes to town and, along with it, numerous satellite shows and parties. The four-day ICFF...
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5 Under $50: Colorful Home Decor Edition
o ME and o MY ombre wooden spoons, $19, available at Etsy.com.Prof. Peter Raacke smile plate, $31.57, available at theo-theo.com.California rug, $19, available at UrbanOutfitters.com.Ikea shelf, $49,...
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Mr. Mickey Judges the Red Carpet Looks at This Year's Cannes Film Festival
The tres chic Cannes Film Festival is in full-swing and we've recruited Mr. Mickey to weigh in on some of the more amazing and not-so-amazing red carpet moments so far. The festival is a 12-day affair...
View ArticleBeth Ditto Serenades General Aladeen at Cannes
Beth Ditto and Gossip were on a French talk show Wednesday in Cannes and performed for fellow guest General Aladeen (a.k.a. Sacha Baron Cohen dressed up as his Dictator character). The clip is...
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Noah Bernamoff of Mile End Goes Through 4,000 Pounds of Meat A Week
When Noah Bernamoff, 29, opened Mile End Brooklyn in 2010, people went so cuckoo for his Montreal-style smoked meat sandwiches that the deli regularly ran out of meat by mid-afternoon. He and his wife,...
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Lurk Around in Etnies' Lurker
I go through sneakers like gummy bears and my latest obsession is skate label Etnies' light apres-surf/skate kick "The Lurker." It comes in different colors, but I go for the grey model (my color du...
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Donald Glover on Girls + Leonardo DiCaprio Eating Soup = Today's Eight Items...
1. Our mind = exploding. Here's a pic of Donald Glover filming season two of Girls!! [via NY Post] 2. Finally! Mission Chinese Food is opening on the Lower East Side next Tuesday, y'all! (Read our...
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Beth Ditto + Her Mom Get Polka-Dot Makeovers + Crif Dogs and Roberta's Headed...
1. Watch this cool (and really cute!) video of Beth Ditto and her mom getting polka-dot makeovers during a photoshoot for Ditto's new M.A.C. cosmetics collection. [via Jezebel]2. Best English lessons...
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Tips for Today: The tUnE-YaRds in NYC + Santigold in L.A. + The Do-Division...
New YorkSeeing tUnE-YaRds' Merrill Garbus do her thing live... well, you just have to see it to believe it. She's joined by multi-instrumentalist Delicate Steve (Steve Marion), and British...
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Morning Funnies: Honey Boo Boo Child's Getting a Spinoff + Mitt Romney's...
Oh, hell yes. Alana "Honey Boo Boo Child" Thompson is getting her own spinoff show. Work it, smoochie! [Jezebel; GIF by Matt Cherette]Here's Mitt Romney's portrait as governor of Massachusetts, in...
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