Up in the "Cloudz" with Street Artist Tyler Wallach
For his psychedelic and playful "Cloudz by Ty," Tyler Wallach printed Lisa Frank-meets-Ren and Stimpy characters on vinyl stickers and plastered them around Williamsburg and SoHo. We recently got to...
View ArticleTop of the Pops: Taylor Swift's Red V. Ne-Yo's R.E.D.
She did it again. Taylor Swift's Red stays at #1 for another week, and in the battle between similarly-titled albums, Ne-Yo's R.E.D. goes straight in at #4. Aerosmith -- last week's oldie-but-goodie...
View ArticlePrince Shuts Down Dollmaker + The State of GIFs Today = Eight Items or Less
1. Prince has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the maker of these unbelievable dolls; check them out now before the site goes down on Friday! [via Spin]2. Times food critic Pete Wells explains the...
View ArticleA Man's Story: Fashion Designer Ozwald Boateng
In this video short by Nicolas Jenkins, men's designer Ozwald Boateng -- the first black tailor on Savile Row -- discusses the history of his style, from school uniforms to the 'Afro-pean'...
View ArticleTips for Today: Portlandia at Barnes & Noble + Fishing with John at Nitehawk
BOOKS: Fred Armisen at Barnes & NobleCacao! Fred Armisen will be appearing at the Union Square Barnes and Noble to discuss the new book Portlandia: A Guide to Visitors. The Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor...
View ArticleMorning Funnies: Ellen Makes Rihanna Play "Who Would You Rather?" + David...
Graffiti in Belgium as tagged by Lesley Gore. [via Knusprig Titten Hitler]No, that strapping young football player isn't Biff from Back to the Future, it's Community and The Soup's Joel McHale! (He...
View ArticleBeach House's "Wild" Is Our Music Video of the Day
Beach House goes down-and-dirty for this clip for "Wild" from their Bloom album, released earlier in 2012. Not sure what the message/moral is, but guess that's what director Johan Renck intended....
View ArticleChris Brown: Future Brand Ambassador, Supermodel + Jennifer Lawrence Meets...
Finally we can watch that Barney's x Disney animated short that everyone's talking about! It's actually really, really cute. [via Fashionista]Jennifer Lawrence FTW: According to Page Six, after Anna...
View ArticleGuru(s): Artists Barry McGee and Chris Johanson
Now that longtime friends and artists Chris Johanson and Barry McGee have transcended their underground status to become established figures in contemporary art, it seemed appropriate to see what they...
View ArticleLiz Lemon's Getting Married, Y'All
Liz Lemon, 30 Rock heroine and spirit animal of nervous young women everywhere, is getting married. NBC sent around this amazing save the date earlier this afternoon, announcing that the nuptials will...
View ArticlePAPER's Weekend Guide
Friday, November 16BOOKS: Moby-Dick Marathon NYCHave you always wanted to tackle the white whale that is Herman Melville's 1851 novel? Now's your chance to chase Moby-Dick around New York, with the...
View ArticleYou Should Check Out...Photographer Sean Sullivan's Portfolio Tumblr
Welcome to You Should Check Out..., a new weekly blog in which Chris Black of Words For Young Men and Done to Death Projects tells you about something or someone he really likes and that he thinks...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil's New Nightclub + Rihanna's New Song = Eight Items or Less
1. Crazy photos taken from a crane via our favorite construction website, Construction Graffiti. We wouldn't have wanted to be the person taking these pictures.2. We had such a blast at Sensation -- we...
View ArticleFree Energy's Paul Sprangers on Potato Guns, Cowbells, and Prog
Not long ago, we featured Free Energy's joyfully messy video for "Electric Fever," off their upcoming second album Love Sign (Free Energy records), due January 15th. In the clip, four band members are...
View ArticleMorning Funnies: Extreme Cougar Wives + Betty's White
Our apologies for opening Morning Funnies on such a dark note, but here's a hot new look at TLC's totally real, definitely not-staged, just completely creepy reality show, Extreme Cougar Wives....
View ArticleKeeping Up With The Karkashadzes -- Fashion's Newest It Girls
Despite a linguistic similarity to a more tabloid-friendly set of sisters, Natuka and Likuna Karkashadze share little in common with America's most infamous family. The Karkashadze sisters are,...
View ArticleTyra Banks' Smizing App + Grace Coddington Couldn't Be Cuter in Today's Style...
Smizing aficionado Tyra Banks just made an app to help all of us laymen! For $2.00, you'll see a video of Tyra explaining how to smize and read her written instructions. Then when you go to take...
View ArticleDaft Punk's "Around the World" Is Our Music Video of the Day
This is four minutes of repetitious bliss. Daft Punk released "Around the World" back in 1997 on their Homework album, and director Michel Gondry brought it to life in today's oldie-but-goodie-Friday...
View ArticleNirvana vs. Mudhoney! Sub Pop Founder Bruce Pavitt Dishes About Grunge's Heyday
Few people can lay claim to starting a rock 'n' roll revolution, but Sub Pop Records founder Bruce Pavitt can do just that. In the late-1980s and early-'90s, Pavitt, 53, and his business partner...
View ArticleYour Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach: Part V
Welcome to the fifth edition of our ongoing guide to Art Basel Miami Beach (check out editions I, II, III, and IV HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, respectively). Let's get started:In honor of the late Tony...
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