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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
5:48 pm	MORRISSEY: Vienna - Gasometer (July 11, 2009) Vienna - Gasometer (July 11, 2009) Set List: This Charming Man / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy / Black Cloud / How Soon Is Now? / Irish Blood, English Heart / Ask / I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Girlfriend In A Coma / When Last I Spoke To Carol / Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself / Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others / Let Me Kiss You / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / Life Is A Pigsty / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Sorry Doesn't Help / Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want / The Loop / I'm OK By Myself // First Of The Gang To Die Current Music: derrick carter sullivan room 11.07.09 (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
2:38 am	BLUR Hyde Park Re-Union !!!! Band hail hardcore fans for attending massive sell out show Blur played the final English gig of their comeback tour last night (July 3), entertaining 55,000 fans for the second night in a row at London's Hyde Park. Frontman Damon Albarn was visibly overwhelmed at times during the gig, which saw the band play a career-spanning 25-song set. Earlier in the day, acts including Florence And The Machine, Deerhoof and Amadou And Miriam had warmed up the crowd, who were able to bask in sunshine throughout the gig (despite forecasts predicting torrential rain). Vampire Weekend also played, taking to the stage before Blur to perform a 45-minute set which saw the New Yorkers debut two brand new songs. The first unreleased track, 'White Sky', saw singer Ezra Koenig sing the chorus to the crowd a capella, before asking them to join in during the track itself. "We came over here just to play this show," Koenig stated before launching into 'M79'. "This is another new song," he revealed before debuting the punky track 'Cousins'. "It's two minutes 15 seconds long, roughly. You won't know it but hopefully you'll remember it by the end." The biggest cheers for the band came when they played spirited versions of 'Oxford Comma' and set closer 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa', which was preceded by Koenig showering praise on Blur for inviting Vampire Weekend to open for them. As with their other shows on the tour, Blur opened their set with debut single 'She's So High', firing up the massive crowd who included the likes of The Last Shadow Puppets' and The Rascals' frontman Miles Kane, model Agyness Deyn and television personalities Ant & Dec. "This is the first gig we put on sale, so thank you!" Albarn said after playing the track, referencing the fact that when Blur announced to NME that they were to play together again last December, tonight's gig was the show they announced. The band, who were augmented by a keyboard player, backing singers and trumpet section during the gig then launched into a pacey version of Britpop classic 'Girls And Boys', following the track with its 'Parklife' cousin and fan-favourite 'Tracy Jacks'. Gazing over the crowd and into the distance after the track, Albarn commented that the audience looked "So beautiful in the sunset". Mixing their more well known material ('There's No Other Way', 'Country House', 'To The End') with less ubiquitous tracks like 'Oily Water', 'Death Of A Party' and 'Trimm Trabb', the band's set saw the band in blistering form throughout. Albarn also took the time to inform a large section of the crowd that Scottish tennis star Andy Murray had been knocked out of Wimbledon earlier in the day. "Now that Andy Murray isn't at Wimbledon, I guess we're the official Fred Perry sponsors," he said, jokingly mocking the designer t-shirts that have become synonymous with Blur (indeed, both Albarn and drummer Dave Rowntree were wearing the garb during the gig). Eager fans towards the front of the crowd had to be restrained midway through the set, as organisers informed Albarn that a crush could occur unless they were asked to calm down. The frontman used a megaphone to address the audience. "No one must get hurt, so…just enjoy yourselves a little bit more safely, ok?" he said with a smile. The band then played one of the softest songs of the night, 'Out Of Time'. Follow-up track 'Trimm Trabb' saw impassioned performances from both Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon, who ended the song in frenzied style by falling to his knees and playing the guitar outro in a pose that recalled Jimi Hendrix. After playing 'Parklife', which saw actor Phil Daniels join the band onstage to sing his vocal parts, Albarn went up the microphone but seemed lost for words. Gazing into the audience with a big smile on his face, he paused before simply stating "Thank you!"and raising both of his arms in the air. "This is our last gig in London, and England. It's been amazing. We weren't sure if it was possible, but this is something else," Albarn said after the band finished 'Song 2'. The track had seen many fans cheer and chant the name of drummer Rowntree, whose beat started the song. Finishing their set with a euphoric double of 'For Tomorrow' and 'The Universal', Albarn paid tribute to the people behind the scenes who he said had "bullied" Blur into getting back in touch with each other since going on hiatus after 2003 album 'Think Tank'. "I just wanna say thank you to everyone who sort of bullied us and persisted in getting us to do this," he said, adding to the audience "And thank you too!" The band then launched into their final song of the night, an anthemic version of 'The Universal' that saw arms throughout the crowd raised as the mass audience did their best to drown out the band by singing along to the song's chorus. As crowds poured out of Hyde Park following the song, police were forced to quell the rush by stopping traffic around the site. Among those caught up in the melee were Australian actor and popstar Jason Donovan, who was on his push bike outside the park. Despite hundreds of fans noticing, jeering and crowding around the star, he declined to acknowledge them. Blur played: 'She's So High' 'Girls & Boys' 'Tracy Jacks' 'There's No Other Way' 'Jubilee' 'Badhead' 'Beetlebum' 'Out Of Time' 'Trimm Trabb' 'Coffee & TV' 'Tender' 'Country House' 'Oily Water' 'Chemical World' 'Sunday Sunday' 'Parklife' 'End Of A Century' 'To The End' 'This Is A Low' 'Popscene' 'Advert' 'Song 2' 'Death Of A Party' 'For Tomorrow' 'The Universal' Current Music: JB talkin loud & sayin nothing (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
1:55 am	MORRISSEY:: Helsinki - Cable Factory (June 27, 2009) post-show Helsinki - Cable Factory (June 27, 2009) post-show Set List: This Charming Man / Billy Budd / Black Cloud / How Soon Is Now? / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / Ask / I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris / How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Let Me Kiss You / You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby / When Last I Spoke To Carol / Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others / Best Friend On The Payroll / Life Is A Pigsty / Sorry Doesn't Help / The Loop / Irish Blood, English Heart / I'm OK By Myself // First Of The Gang To Die Current Music: carl cox bbc ess mix 2000 pt II (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
3:59 am	ny & philadelphia nightlife march 2008 ny & philadelphia nightlife march 2008 march 1 2008 dj sneak was at love on west 8th st . the sets Ive heard from sneak since 08 [LA, Ireland, Miami etc] are just out of this world, and I cannot WAIT until he plays Fluid in Olde City !! march 2 2008 . believe it or not my 1st night out clubbing in philadelphia !! hurrah/ 2 am strong at medusa. shawn ryan, chris rogy & special guest electrochris from NJ !! I was on pain killers + the dewars & soda hit me too hard after an hour. stayed til 1230. best songs: SOS Band + marvin 'sexual healing' Baltimore remx. *-1/2 of 5 stars. Hurrah remains one of 215's best monthlies. swawn youve got to bring electrochris back! rogy split for south korea ? !! miss you ! * the same night junior vasquez was at cielo. just got his 'generation next' LP today - a bit to much tribal circuit banging for me, but it could poss grow on me - the beats are hard!! listening to it right now. may chk jnr sat at LPR/bootleg. tues march 4 2008 snacks was at woodys 202 s 13thy st- has dave p abandoned this tuesday monthly ? march 5 2008 the stills were at johnny brendas. JBs remains the single best rock venue in philoa in 2009. march 7 2008 danny tenaglia was at pacha. Id still rate DT in the worlds top 10 djs, but his switch to techno from twisted hard house has knocked him out of the top 3 or 4 Id say. * the red romance was at luna lounge in BK. and a memorial for baird jones at plumm. march 8 2008 victor calderone was at pacha. felix hernandez was at roseland. ten commandments was at barbary with kyle m + action wood. march 10 justice was at transit on spring garden st march 11 2008 MSTRKRFT rocked at woodys/snacks. I walked to 202 e 13th. met dave p. took p[ic w/jesse from MSTRKRFT. guests incl ashley from cappriccio + adam sparkles. more pics w/ alyssa, helana & jesse. MSTRKRFT electro bangers + disco down to 215. best track hot chip ready for the floor rmx **** big fan of MSTRKRFT now. march 13 2008 chus + ceballos were at kiss + fly. march 14 2008 paul van dyk was at roseland. march 15 2008 I hit a bunch of parties in center city. started out the night at level on market, dream land. strawberry mansion + turbo station dj-ed. too much watered down R&B. spots: snoop sexual seduction. daft around the world. 'shorty get loose.' tpain 'bartender. daft da funk. gwen holla back. mariah fantasy. tom tom genius of love. ODB wheres my money. fly robin fly. love cats. JB big payback. except for JB that is a WEAK set :(. Lydia from capogiro made the most of it in her adidas sambas. shout out to baby J :) no vibe in this house 1/2* of 5 stars. * next oh snap at medusa, w/phunkt, e603 and scotty 2 dope. the frat rap rock was painful. also same night medusa frat rock, nerd rap from DE. 1/8* of 5 stars . ** the same night peter bailey was at work on 33rd st in NYC, a REAL tribal tech house DJ. march 16 2008 junmior vasquez was at cielo. march 19 2008 michael H's birthday at don hill's. and steve aoki at gramercy hotel. march 20 2008 paul sevigny dj-ed at tribeca grand from 8-11. * and junior vasquez was at pacha. march 21 2008 Good Griday at the Church on Rittenhouse sq + walnut. march 22 2008 DJ VIBE was at Pacha with an extra-ordinary set of tech-tribal house. I stayed from 1130-4 am . hi lites included 'strut-what the fuck' and 'lost in music' remix. ****-1/2* of 5 stars. it was such a great set that It gave me heart failure at 4 am and a week later I would be hospitalized at thomas jefferson for much of april 2008. Thats right how great was DJ VIBE? His music almost KILLED me that night at Pacha !!!!!!! Portugal's Vibe is in my top 5 DJs annually, no doubt ! * the same night Red Romance at mercury lounge. * the same night cystal castles at making time transit. I loved MT at starlight ballrm, april 2009, bring it back !!''' march 24 2008 'fear & loathing in las vegas' was at the trocadero. I far preferred 2008's "Gonzo" docu. march 25 2008 josh wink was aqt fluid. when is josh returning for his wednesday monthly? he throws down !! march 27 2008. started out the night at johnny brendas for the Raveonettes, touring thier 3rd LP 'Lust." its a great noise pop LP & it was a great show, better than their bowery ballrm show I saw in 07. **** of 4 stars. set: hallucinations. dead sound. great love. rave. mary. mst/eyes closed. trashcan. attaan. tornado. bowels. candy. beat. black satin. blush. french disko [stereolab cover]. aly walk with me. sune said: "phila likes to party on a thurs night" say so !! * black acid opened, 1 gu8y from death in vegas, but he copied the Stones too much & was boring & dumb. * stopped at fluid, it was totally dead. met jon king. * went to woodys, big latin gay night. i lasted 4 minutes. I enjoyed the george michael 'amazing' vid in the bar howevs :) * DENIM on walnut [4th club of the night]. it was a U Penn spring fling party & I met 1 really cute brunette prep, jacqueline, [shed lost her purse, unfortunately]. but the rest of the crowd was too drunk & not smart. spots: sexual seduction. sinclar world hold on. i like the way you move. ** of 5 stars. * afterhours ONE at rittenhouse. pool roiom. mijax beat it. SIX clubs in 1 night incl. RAVEONETTES & a week later Id be dyinmg in the hospital with heart failure. PAAR-TAAY !!!! march 28 2008 p[eter rauhofer was at WORK on west 33rd st nyc. now closed. march 29 2008 the spinners were at trump plaza. my favourite band of the 70s. * and exacta was at pacha. my new business card is the hotness: shake ya money maker ching cha cha chang chang ;)))))) not bad for my 1st month clubbing in phila/215/rittenhouse/center city/fishtown/ etc etc :)))) favourite LPs in march 2008 incl autechre's "Quaristice," favourite TV shows included parker posey's "jezebel james," on FOX. some of my favourite models were melody schuster, camila wisniewski, freja ericksen, & honey the boy cat ! my favourite sneakers were tretorns in white and navy. my favourite books were 'ralph lauren' and 'morrissey.' my horoscope lucky colours were white, red & aqua. Current Music: paul weller foot of the mountain (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
11:53 pm	reading list 09-10 S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield. 1975. Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance by Johnny Rogan . EDIE: An American Biography by Jean Stein & George Plimpton. 'wouldnt it be nice' brian wilson's auto-biography Warhol: The Biography by Victor Bockris. Warhol "Motion Pictures" Morrissey by Johnny Rogan . Music for Chameleons-new Writing Including Handcarved Coffin by Truman Capote Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen Book) by Hubert Selby : Vice Dos and Don'ts: 10 Years of VICE Magazine's Street Fashion Critiques new york dolls photographs by bob gruen "hermes shop windows" by leila menchari guy bourdin monograph by gilles de bure. The James Brown Reader by Nelson George & Alan Leeds "The Kitchen Readings: Untold stories of Hunter S. Thompson " Michael Cleverly & Bob Brandis . "Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers" by Barrington Edmonds the clash' by topper headon, joe strummer, paul simenon & mick jones . "1 top class manager rob gretton" by lesley gilbert.... NASA Art:50 years of explration... .. "scrapbooks: an american history" ... Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric" by Bob Dylan & Barry Feinstein...." Juliana hatfield "when I grow up"..." . "We Have Ways of making You Laugh: 120 Swastika Cartoons" by Sam Gross "No wave. post-punk. underground. new york. 1976-80." by thurston moore/byron coley. with strings attached: the art & beauty of vintage guitars . "george lois & his creation of the big idea" (assouline)... the chicagoan: a lost magazine of the jazz age pop surf culture by brian chidester & dominic priore . "Black Postcards" Dean Wareham .. . "Comedy at the Edge" by Richard Zoglin.. "This years model" by carol alt . 'hollywood babylon' misshapes by geordon nicol gonzo: the life of hunter s thompson bob richardson the beatles second album by dave marsh the complete peanuts 1965-66 andy warhol portraits by tony shafrazi the kennedy's portrait of a family: richard avedon & shannon thomas perich. inside the music of brian wilson' by philip lambert lisa ruyter 'one million postcards' 'the fantastic four omnibus' Peter Beard 'scrapbooks from africa & beyond, . 'wrestling babylon' by irv muchnick. the art of the band tee shirt by amber easby & henry oliver. 'the real animal house' by chris miller. the penguin guide to jazz recordings by richard cook. jack kirby's fourth world omnibus. Current Music: ultimate carl cox I (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
9:36 pm	BUDDY HOLLY's Set-List Clear Lake, Iowa 02.02.59 BUDDY HOLLY's SET LIST The SURF BALLROOM's WINTER DANCE PARTY CLEAR LAKE IOWA "Gotta Travel On" "It Doesn't Matter Aymore" "Peggy Sue" "That'll Be The Day" "It's So easy" "Everyday" "Oh Boy" "Early In the Morning" "Rave On" The plane crashed 5 miles North of Clear Lake, just after Midnight, Feb. 03 1959 Also killed: JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Ritchie Valens and the pilot, Roger Peterson. http://the-earl-grey.livejournal.com/ Current Music: danny howells 'renaissance 2008" II (Comment on this)
Monday, January 12th, 2009
10:46 pm	Best Fashion Edits in US Fashion Mags July-Dec 2008 BEST FASHION EDITS IN US MAGAZINES JULY - DEC 2008: #1: W july 2008 lara stone. daria. kate moss by weber in miami. a few times a year, when bruce weber does 'his thing' in W all the way [like kate detroit, and even her new orleans edit] they are arguably the best photo-essays in an american magazine. the model[s]. the styling. the landscape. the "story" told. basically weber's done it again here. as far as an american magazine, its hard to find 3 model performances as good as these in 2008. lara might be the focus, and her body has never looked this good. and as 'iffy' as kate might be in certain 07-08 edits, shes superb [as usual] in weber's hands. and you know what, daria is my favourite of the 3 here. page 97 alone is one of the best mag pages of 2008 from any source. alex white's effortless but brill styling. weber's compositions from individual to off-hand groups. oh sasha is here too, another crush of mine. yoo-hoo gareth pugh. the sumptuous boobs of all 3 girls. and my crush on daria again. lara & a bunny rabbit. the miami sun. who could love you better like this? 11+ of 10. * oh cover daria kate & lara in summer camp bed. no one can love you better like that. #2: VOGUE JUNE 2008 : daria & pierce brosnan by Testino. now THIS is great!!! THEME OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA hITCHCOCK IS SO GREAT, and totally realized with props like the Mercedes, church & Golden Gate. Im a huge Daria fan & her retro perfection here is really something. Pierce is a bit wooden but he's handsome in that Cary Grant-ish way Just superb styling by Grace as usual everything looks awesome ralph, lanvin, prada, marc, thakoon, balen, D&G. this edit is awesome in a thematic way that too few us vogue edits are. LOVE the hitchcock theme, settings & daria !! 9 of 10. Testino's pics all the way there. #3: VOGUE SEPT 2008: trentini, cat mcneil , stam & linchuk [?] in bridgehampton by klein. gotta love this. great swim bodies espec cat & trini. kleins pool is always fun, balloon animals etc. also subtle kinky subtext: lesbians, woman's world, future sex , all that. really hot for usually staid us vogue. 9 of 10 #4:W AUGUST 2008: guinevere by roversi. real surprise in ish. guin is GREAT swim girl. roversi you know how great he is. and here too. guin looks amazing shes still got it, more than turly or gissy as seen here. stunning modelling so sexy. alex white chose AMAZING swim pieces. outrageous edit that steals the mag. 9 of 10 one of best of 2008 #5: VOGUE AUGUST 2008: amber by klein. I think meisel usually shoots amber in 21st century for us vogue but klein actually did amazing here. sure amber is pretty air-brushed last 5+ years but more often than not she still has it, especially here. tonne goodman's styling is so brill, this deserves 1st edit, has look of london 1965 + eggleston's memphis 1969. its just so brill, its like that testino/daria/hitchcock thing, makes me wonder why US vogue cant always be this good. klein is so inconsistent in us vogue but hes top class here. love the way the photo-tones are processed. and amber & especially tonne's styling are awesome. remarkable. 9 of 10. #6:BAZAAR June 2008. agnete hegelund + anabela belikava by tom munro. Open up the june HB & when you see agnete & anabela on the first 2 edit pages, right there you know HB is better than us vogue in summer 2008. I loved both of these girls at first look, anabela's had star edits in HB since late 2007. agnete has been hot in the biz for about a year I guess but shes new, I think, to HB & W too? anyway this is a studio fall edit styled by brana wolf and it rocks top to bottom. 13 page edit brana really scores with the fall looks, hi-lites incl: armani, prada, gucci, chanel, ralph, ck, bottega, balen, ysl, LV, kors, D&G, ricci. I cant even choose betw the two girls I mean maybe anabela is more seasoned and maybe agnete is slightly more beautiful? dont want to choose. munro's studio pics are strong its basic but it communicated harder with the refined palette & makeup than many vogue studios. just a wonderful shoot girls clothes, mood. killer intro edit to june. 8.8 of 10. #7: W JULY 2008: karlie kloss & viktoriya by david slijper. when W gives us front of book edits they usually rock and this one is even harder than usual. I cant believe how good karlie is looking now I thought she was an ED 13 year old when she debuted. this viktoriya is a classy russian/east euro looking blonde - can u believe how many babes that region has turned out the last 5 years? its like the rest of the world cant even compete with a few east bloc countries. shes a little hard almost a jacquetta angular [with valentina genes] but karlie balances her with the "16 magazine" teen spirit. the styling here by marcus teo is actually amazing its like he's channeling grace c or tonne g I swear & I dont even know who marcus is! mcqueen, givenchy. ysl. bottega. D&G [love the menswear on karlie WOW!]. kors . gio. this is a front-book edit that is better than your better bazaar or us vogue lead edits!! the girls, the pics, the styling, its a Major WOWW!! 8+ of 10. W JULY 2008: #8: BAZAAR JULY 2008: anja by tony ward. anja really acts up here its hot. ward's pics are decent but not exactly all-star. yet anja is so great on 126 & espec 132 its actually oddly successful. not as consistent as rhoda shoot but better in parts. 8.0 of 10 cos I like anja more than rhoda. #9: VOGUE AUGUST 2008: maryna linchuk as tabitha simmons by mcdean. wow I like ML in vogue by mcdean! 8 of 10 #10 TIE:: VOGUE AUGUST 2008: karen elson by meisel as grace. youve got to love it 8 of 10. #10 TIE: VOGUE AUGUST 2008: sasha as elissa by inez & Vinoodh. I have loved elissa since 89 & sasha since whenever. it works, baby 8 of 10 ___________________________________________________________________ RUNNERS UP: VOGUE JUNE 2008 : trentini by demarchelier in Patagonia. trini & patrick work together so well. trini is superb here, big crush on her. patrick comes through with the wide-screen pics, theyre quite good but not genius. phyllis' styling gets the job done but the towel pic [of course] wins the day. high marks for trini. 7.5 of 10 for her. VOGUE JULY 2008: daria & raquel by david sims. its so great to see daria regularly in US Vogue, credit to anna for that. raquel has been so great for like 5 years now wow she's a true MVP. love the way daria's body looks here, Im so into arms hers are beautiful and her legs too. make up makes both look a touch odd/alien but not that bad. sims takes a lot of stick for his 'jumping' vogue edits - mcdean had some, really us vogues been doing dopey 'jumping' a lot the last few years - but Im not complaining here I think the girls are good actually. and grace's clothes as usual are excellent, shes vogue's editing MVP. looks i like espec incl prouenza, balen [wow!!!], prada, DK [daria's arms!], ysl, rodarte [brill styling!], lanvin, and chanel. killer styling. really hot 1st edit, give it to daria, grace & sims too. 7.6 of 10. W AUGUST 2008: doha qatar islamic museum by j teller. another brill travel piece by teller [remember his DC lily cole? best shes ever been?]. anyway variety of doha/museum scenes. good portraits. big car at the water front6 is best. supermarket too. teller is so so great. 7.9 of 10 W AUGUST 2008: gisele my mert/marcus. technicaly the pics are great. future effects. colours. alex whites styling is exciting but also a bit 'kitchen sink'? gisele has a bit of her "Im dumb" character here; yet also a super-human body & shes sexy... just dont love her performance say vs turly in edit #1?? but no arguing with her tit on 191 and espec her cultivated ass on 205. just shopot her bare ass all day & youll get a famous edit. 7.6 of 10, nice pics BAZAAR JULY 2008: rhoda by kadel. rhoda is blonde & it works. her work is actually at a very high level since 2007. kadel also shot great here & mossman's styling is the best in the ish so far. 16 pg edit this at least can compare with a strong, classic HB story that you'd see in last 10-20 years. 7.9 of 10 really rhoda & kadel impressed. VOGUE AUGUST 2008: kate moss by testino + retrospective. new kate pics by testino are great, just like amber by klein "Chelsea girl" not the warhol, the London 65 CG. retro pics show that Kate is greatest model ever. anna brings kate back to vogue cover, but with subtle "Age" dig. fuuck anna, kate's the greatest & shes 100000X cooler than anna. great work by kate, testino & grace. 7.9 for retro feature, cover & new pics. VOGUE SEPT 2008: keira by testino. some people call keira too thin but I like her, even in bikinis. theme here is art galleries in Berlin. even if its slightly jarring contrast to grace's typically forward styling, its exciting. & keira really isnt exerting much 'modelling' energy, but the clothes & the pics are so good, it really works. maybe not a home run lead edit for seopt, but its quite good. cover is more typical us vogue of last 10 years, concervative, but adequate. I would have preferred to see sexy keira bikinis like say a charlize but for an actress cover story, mario & grace def pull it off. 7.7 of 10 VOGUE SEPT 2008: sasha by sims. whats here is great stuff, grace edited. Im just a huge sasha fan. magic. 7.7 of 10 Current Music: paul oakenfold ireland 07 #1 (Comment on this)
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
7:22 pm	Best USA Fashion Edits Jan-June 2008: #1 best edit in usa fashion mags jan-july, 2008: W APRIL 2008:: sasha, agnete h, suvi, guinevere by roversi. actually in some ways this edit equals or surpasses weber's. i am so so into sasa & agnete. suvi's a bit of a loose dirty tramp but shes an excellent model. guinevere Im pretty over but she did great stuff like 5 yrs ago. actually roversi's new photo show at pace in nyc is guinevere. i will see that this weekend. the abstracted impressionistic blurred colours here is dream like heavenly and genius. the line up of photogs that W gives us is incredible. teller. weber. mert/marcus. inez/vinoodh. mcdean. lorca-dicorcia. and roversi is arguably as god as any, well maybe i like weber & teller a touch more but its reallly close. and alex white's styling here is worldf class, genius too. youve got to see this dream like edit , sasha, agnete, the clothes, the colours, the blurry... its amazing it might be the best edit of 2008 ALSO ! love it. 11+/12 of 10 !! #2 best edit : W APRIL 2008: new orleans by bruce weber w/karen elson. weber's 2006 kate/detroit edit was my #1 of that year. this is similar, and fairly close. its a subjective and sensitive look at a soulful us city. weber's affection for NO is obvious. his eye is as great, specific & far-ranging as ever. karen's 2008 come-back is amazing. i loved her in 2000 & shes still doing it. how does karen compare to kate in 2006? at least as beautiful, yet not quite as earthy/sensuous or 'actress.' kate REALLY inhabited that edit. karen's great, but kate was a bit better. i like Dr. John here. karen is n amazing singer. i wish W had included a karenj CD, rather than that dumb dvd they gave us for "ART" issure 2007. karl templer's styling here is brilliant, he & weber work hand in glove with karen. love the fats domino. and the native indian chief. this will likely be among top 3 edits of 2008, but i dont think its quite as great as kate/detroit/2006 [think of kate making out with vinyl LPs scattered there!!] but karen's real good & templer rocked the styling. rating : 11+ of 10 its among very very best of 2008. #3 Best edit: W MARCH 2008: "pin up" by mert and marcus. vegas show girl special with supes. shannan, suvi, daria, lara, raquel best. amber D&G her best in years. alex white styles, fishnets & deconstruction. one of sexiest but still tasteful. not raunchy, its sensuous genius edit. 10 of 10. also meghan collison, guinevere, angie, kate. nice to see devon aoki again. raquel dior white tux bare bottom. #4 best edit: W MARCH 2008:: "harlem day" craig mcdean alex white. among best lara stone to date. fifties, sixties make up, hair perfect. even meghan collison not bad here. just kidding, meghan diane arbus-like. harlem brown stones, atmosphere just superb. alex whites 1960 styling beyond great. mcdean here maybe surpasses mert/marcus. retro look, yet perfect 2008 wow !!!! aesthetically this may surpass editorial #1. mcdean, lara, white all earn bonuses. retro futurism here epitomizes harlem 1958-2008. which is best, this or 'pinup'? on pure aesthetics this is best. but overall impact, mert/marcus win. 9.9 of 10. #5 edit: W FEB 2008: lily cole in dc by juergen teller. teller might be the best W photog of recent years. he actually makes lily c sexy here & that is nearly unprecedented [Ive seen maybe 3 great lily edits ever, W years ago & then 1 each in uk & paris vogue i think]. anyway teller really gets creative with the dc momuments/backgrounds here. but what actually makes this edit so genius is camilla nickerson's styling,. as usual she just thinks outside the box in presenting many sexy, diaphanous, transparent looks - and thus lily's sensuous quotient goes way up. really i love every pic & look here but the marc/armani limo & miu miu blouse/shorts pics are partic extraordinary. its another epic length 28 page teller w edit & as youve seen in 2006 & 2007, when teller is at this level hes pretty much delivering the best photos in any us mag, and maybe worldwide [perhaps paris vogue at its best matches this]. youve got to see camillas styling, lilys beauty & the brill DC settings. amazing 9.5 of 10. #6 edit: W JUNE 2008:: heidi mount, elsa sylvan & abbey lee by mcdean. W tous this as a futuristic edit & Id have to say thats accurate. the setting appears to be Bonneville salt Flats in UT & that is quite a lunar /other-worldly landscape, wit the endless flat plane and salty white ground. alex white styled here shes just so amazing in W monthly, I mean grace coddington is super accomplished in us vogue monthly but alex [like camilla nickerson also in W] just thinks way outside the box. these are such cool future looks almost a BladeRunner thing in the desert. every look kicks ass, marc, pugh, balen, jil, ysl, margiela, V&R, Gio, lanvin, prada, giles. when Vogue gave us that stupid 'superheroes' edit with coco it tried to be future, but it was just a mash. this is a future edit & the clothes really tell a story. plus I love the girls here, heidi's looking better every time in W, abbey is gorgeous & elsa is at least as cute as abbey. the way mcdean shoots in W runs rings around his good, but safe, vogue work. this is an exemplary 2008 fashion shoot & is another reason why W is the best in USA. 9.5 of 10. oh the makeup is out of this world too :) #7: W FEB 2008 natasha poly & lily d by thompson. wow totally great night time edit in vegas. deep sexy sapphic set pieces, poly is as great as shes been in a few years & lily d , as usual is a total top 5-10 worldwide supe. in fact in some ways this shoot takes these girls to a diff place than we usually see. karl templer's styling of chic evening looks in white & black is so great - he actually delivers more than thompson's pics, altho for thompson its a strong job, usually he shoots dull actresses. oh yeah these are good evening looks & compositions. similar to that W 2007 edit with rhoda, that was mert/marcus i think? or inez? similar night time pool scene? anyway that 07 W shoot took rhoda where she hadnt previously gone & this does it with poly & lily d. love the clothes & thompson does shoot an excellent fashion edit a few times a year in w - and this is his best in recent memory. Great!! 9.2 of 10 #8: BAZAAR FEB 2008:: julia stegner by solve sundsbo. in 2007 julia was my #2 model behind trentini. looking at these pics im reminded that julia is the best model alive & possibly the greatest ever. these are swim looks shot in the desert. the piocs are fine, altho lindbergh, mert/marcus, richard misrach and many others have done better with this. but george cortina only has to style some sleek & abbreviated b&w swim/resort looks on julia & its the best thing Ive seen in a us mag in months. its pathetic that anna wintour gives us like 2 or 3 julia edits ever in vogue. HB has her every year or so & its the best modelling in any us mag. Im serious julia is the greatest model ive ever seen & whenever i see her in person I am breathless like no woman has ever affected me. for real. 9.1 of 10. #9: W MARCH 2008:: "Fire" by sorrenti and camilla nickerson. cathy mcneil so smoking here, best. toni garrn looks like goddess blonde. poly good but no mcneil, garrn. guinevere flashback this month slightly trite. why cast isabeli, some favour owed? sorrenti's lights and smoke machine rock!! this is true sorrenti, not bazaar. sexy and colourful but with content. mcneil brings fire she is incendiary. garrn classic beauty she speaks english? sorrenti shines here sex and light. cathy mcneil lit, she's the bomb. 9 of 10 camilla style here, and above, peerless. camilla and mcneil make sorrenti go. #10: BAZAAR MAY 2008:: julia stegner by tom munro. jules is the greatest model I have ever seen in my life & her 6'1" goddess frame is never better than when in swim. the hermes pic here is 1 of the best in any US fashion mag of 2008. the fact that Glenda gives us julia every 2 or 3 months in HB while anna hasnt used her in years is enough to make me declare HB a better US fash mag than vogue. arianne phillips edited lots of resort style looks theyre good, the pictures are better than that & julia is the best model ever. more work like this and she is going to top trentini or whomever for best model of 2008 at the end of the year. she is incredibly gorgeous in ferragamo pic. julia is #1 !! 9 of 10. ___________________________________________________________________ RUNNERS UP:::: VOGUE JANUARY 2008 :: trentini & raquel by mcdean. Ok now we're back on track. trini & raqui were in my top 4 girls of 2007. they are amazing here, perfect together. mcdean isnt seen enough in us vogue but when he is, whoa hes good. ed enninful is back on his top styling form hes been pretty mediocre in us vogue the last 1-2 years. love the cheerful prop colours & happy spring looks/vibe. this might not be as profound ad nativ/meisel but its actually more fun for me. all the looks/pages are great the girls, mcdean & Ed e all succeeded majorly here love these girls !! 8 of 10 BAZAAR MARCH 2008:: EDIT #3/cover lindsay lohan by lindbergh. funny pop art comic book costume theme. its a bit like a meisel ital vogue LA thing but lindbergh is at least as good as steven maybe better. I love L Lo the fact that glenda gives her covers, while anna doesnt give L Lo any space in vogue, which makes me like glenda much more. cover is more straight close up and while L Lo is gorgeous 24/7, its not as compelling as the edit inside. she was my #1 actress of 07 & I will always love her. smart edit by lindbergh & brana's styling works better here than on trini edit above. 8 of 10 love you l Lo !! BAZAAR MARCH 2008: EDIT #8 eva h by terry richardson. even if i hate eva h gotta love this sound of music theme edit. terry & ma stephenson totally made it work. brilliant theme & eva is great , better than shes been in 10+ years. great!!! 8.2 of 10 VOGUE MARCH 2008:: EDIT #1 karen elson by mario testino. theres a really great 1950s LA/palm Springs vibe here. karen one doesnt see that much lately yet her power is undiminished from her peak say 5+ years ago. grace's styling is superb as usual in fact the perfection of these 50s looks, and testino's great pastel pics, is a level or more above what us vogue usually gets by with monthly. a fitting march lead edit & its good to see testino working at this level he has recently succumbed to to much us vogue malaise, not here these are 1950s Great! 8.2 of 10 BAZAAR APRIL 2008:: EDIT #6 julia by kadel. as Ive often said julia is the greatest model Ive ever seen. she is goddess like perfection in all 11 of these pics. she can teach masha & even behati quite a bit about model poses. super-simple studiop set pics by kadel and yet they are all more effective than munro's studio work above. although jenny capitain's editing in b&w, khaki & colours is more mainstream than phillips' B&W theme in masha edit, each look & pic here is better to look at. the fact that HB is casting julia in every issue or 2 lately is enough on its own to say that HB is a superior magazine to us vogue. and julia blows me away almost everytime, even with relatively unambitious contributions here from kadel & capitain. julias the Best! 8 of 10 VOGUE APRIL 2008: EDIT #1 raquel by testino. great to see raqui back blonde in vogue. recent brunette short haircuts messed her up. overall raquis been doing fabulous vogue work at least 3+ years now. shes just fantastic here, her lithe form a wonderful contrast to decathelete brian clay. tonne goodman's styling of classical dresses in an athletic context is amazing. the LV page looks just like a roxy music sleeve haha. love the pink jil sander look on raqui. testino works perfectly with raqui & goodman here, this edit is sooo much better than the usual vogue shape dross. really good. 8.2 of 10. raqui is in the top 5 girls worldwide but her work is STILL under-rated! VOGUE APRIL 2008:: EDIT #8 trentini by demarchelier. bikinis ARE trini's forte! THANK GOD a swim edit in us vogue. WOW I love trini!! GREAT! 8.3 of 10 BAZAAR MAY 2008:: EDIT #5 rachel clark by greg kadel WOW a 3rd swim edit in HB!! no wonder Hb is sooo much better than vogue! rachel has a ton of presence & alure here, inly know her workl in passing [LV right?] but hey shes Rocking in these swim looks styled by kate mossman, very chic. and kadel is usually strong, he did very well again here. actually as good as munro's julia pics were, i wish we had a fulls wim edit like this on julia, same suits, same pic style. this is really good & rachel is ROCKING!! 8 of 10 Current Music: dave seaman capetown (Comment on this)
Monday, January 5th, 2009
7:47 pm	BEST LP/FULL-LENGTH DANCE MIX/ CDs of 2008 BEST LP/FULL-LENGTH DANCE MIX/ CD 1. . max graham 'cycles' 2. Carl Cox live at Nature One . 3. Orange Park "Revelations on Future Predictions" 4. Mobius Band 'heaven' 5. "Mind Control" Peter Bailey & Richie Santana , 6. Raveonettes "Lust Lust Lust" 7. lloyd cole 'some mixes are rougher than others' 8. Danny Howells : Renaissance 2008 9. Morrissey Greatest Hits + Live at Hollywood Bowl 10. . brett anderson "wilderness" 11. the jesus & mary chain "the power of negative thinking" 12. . dennis wilson 'pacific ocean blue' legacy 13. The Virgins 14. cut copy "in ghost colours" 15. st etienne boxette 16. paul weller '22 dreams' 17. black kids 'partie traumatic' 18. Brian Wilson "that lucky old sun" 19. "Love Train" : the Sound of Philadelphia 20. Max Graham live on "Global" 21. "Conquer the World - the Lost Soul of Philly Intl Records" .. 22. . dj vibe 'global grooves' 23. ultimate carl cox 24. "The Sound of Philadelphia" Gamble & Huff's Greatest Hits.. 25 Bee Gees "Greatest Deluxe" 26 MGMT. 'oracular spectacular' 27. Mobius Band The Loving Sounds of Static." 28. vivian girls 29. DJ Sneak "Special House Blend." 30. Autechre "Quaristice" . 31. T.I. "Paper trail" 32. 'the rockers story: the mystic world of augustus pablo box' 33. spencer product 'product'... 34. al green 'lay it down' 35. the clash at shea stadium 36. pavement brighten the corners deluxe 37. Lil Wayne "Tha Carter III" 38. neil young 'sugar mountain: canterbury house 1868" 39. The Ting Tings "We Started Nothing" .. 40. danny tenaglia 'futurism' 41 . deadmau5 "random album title" 42. santogold 43 montreal 'skeletal lamping.' ... 44 DeerHunter "Micro-castle/ weird era cont." & "Let the blind lead those who see but cannot feel."... 45 Carla Bruni "No Promises" .. 46 Crystal Castles. 47 The Game "L.A.X." 48 Nelly "Brass knuckles" 49. Hercules + Love Affair... 50. Fleet Foxes... RUNNERS - UP : Mariah Carey "E=MC2" . Tokyo Police Club "Elephant Shell;" . New radicals "maybe youve Been brain-washed too" . . Chromeo "Fancy Footwork" . Ghostland Observatory "Robotique Majestique" . . Yo Gotti "Cocaine Muzik". . All $tar "Street Ball" & "$tarlito's Way" . M.A.N.D.Y "Fabric 38" . Marvin Gaye "Here My Dear" .. The Kills "Midnight Broom" The Sads "pas deux" .. LemonHeads "Shame About ray" Deluxe. Sugar Minott "DanceHall Showcase Vol. II" .. Steely Dan "Countdown to Ecstacy," "Pretzel Logic," "The Royal Scam" "Allive in America" . A Weather "Cove" . Beach House "devotion" . Kanye West "Graduation" . Bob Dylan "Biograph". Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series 1-3" . Spinners "Pick of the Litter" .. George Michael "25" .. Panic at the Disco "Pretty Odd" .. REM "Accelerate" .. George Strait "troubadour" . Fuck buttons 'street horrrrsing' ...the Black keys 'attack & release' . August darnell "Going Places" [1974-83] . No Age 'nouns' .. Bun B "II Trill" . My morning jacket "Evil Urges" .. .. young Jeezy "The Recession" .... .. Joe Gibbs "Scorchers from the Mighty two" ... Black Uhuru "Dub factor" deluxe.. Plies 'definition of real.' .. .. Stark Reality "Now." .. .. Steely dan "Gaucho.".. .. mariah carey "The Remixes.".. Nas "Untitled." .. .. ACR "early".. CSS 'donkey.'... .. Dr Dog 'fate.' ... ludacris/dj drama 'the preview.'....the gaslight anthem "the '59 sound"... the gaslight anthem 'sink or swim.'....US Christmas 'eat the low dogs'..."sprigs of time" honest jon's compilation....jobriath re-issues... neil young 'archives vol I'...missy elliot 'block party'......... .. .. James Taylor Covers .... steve lawler 'viva toronto'... the bad plus "for all I care."... Times New Viking "Rip It Off"... The War On Drugs "Wagonwheel Blues." .... Bullwackie's All Stars "Black World." ... Arthur Ruseell "Love is Over-Taking Me." ... Thelonius Monk "Thelonius Himself." ... ponytail 'ice cream spiritual.' ... the cool kids 'the bake sale.' ... plies 'da realist' ... "the sound of bassline/niche"...Death "for the whole world to see".... ___________________________________________________________________________________ Best LPs/CDs/Full Length DJ mixes of 2007: LPs/CDs/Full Length DJ Mixes 1) bob dylan/the hawks 'live in australia 1966' 'tales of a mexican painter' 2) brett anderson 'brett anderson' 3) rolling stones live in brussels 1973. 4) lloyd cole 'anti-depressant' 5) DJ Vibe from Portugal antena 3 radio every saturday night 6) elton john 'the thom bell sessions' 7) superdrag 4 track rock/the bender sessions 8) lloyd cole + commotions live at BBC 4 CD sets 9) the jesus & mary chain 'munki' 10) prefab sprout 'steve mcqueen' remaster + acoustic bonus tracks 11) carl cox 'global' 2007 + may 2007 BBC essential mix 12) my bloody valentine 'loom' live vancouver 1992 13) john mayer 'room for squares' 14) white light motorcade 'take me to your party' 15) derrick carter live at ministry of sound + live at zentra 2005 16) the damnwells 'air stereo' 17) dj arson/ty boogie 'hitlist 16' 18) Junior Vasquez on XM satellite friday nights 19) miles davis quintet live at 1963 monterey jazz festival. 20) max graham live in russia autumn 2007 + july promo mix 21) david morales live sets on FG radio etc 22) paul oakenfold perfecto on tour live sets summer 2007 23) dj vibe & stephen grondin live at stereo montreal CAN 24) dj demi in portugal antena 3 3/17/07 25) modest mouse 'we were dead before the ship even sank' 26) maroon 5 'it wont be soon before long' 27) rocket house 'rising sun' 28) superdrag 'changing tires on the road to ruin' 29) beach boys 'the warmth of the sun' 30) my bloody valentine 'ecstacy & wine' (1987) 31) 50 cent 'curtis' 32) dj arson/ty boogie 'hitlist 17' 33) kanye west 'graduation' 34) philadelphia ..International '12" singles' . 35) peter bailey spring promo mix 2007 36) feist 'the reminder' 37) the national 'boxer.' 38) band of horses 'cease to begin' 39) panda bear 'person pitch' 40) au revoir simone 'the bird of music' RUNNERS UP: Peter Bjorn & John 'Writers Block.' . sloan 'never hear the end of .it' . fountains of wayne 'traffic & weather' . . frankie knuckles defmix on XM radio . roger sanchez release yourself radio . albert hammond jr 'yours to keep' . Dr. Dog 'we all belong' . the horrors 'strange house' . the pierces '13 tales of love & revenge' . rub-n-tug 'campfire' . the exploding kind 'sugar pill' [shimmy disc 1997]. . dj vibe 'global grooves 3' . Grizzly Bear 'yellow house' .. young knives 'voices of animals & man' . LCD soundsystem 'sound of silver' . nico 'frozen borderline' re-issues . foreign islands 'restart now' . . . optimo 'walkabout' . more 'another shot' . sly & family stone reissues 'theres a riot goin on' 'stand!' . a weather 'feather test' . c. spencer yeh 'solo violins 1 10' . .. dungen 'tio bitar.' 'cold summer mixtape' by young jeezy & USDA. rihanna 'good girl gone bad.' dj khaled 'we the best.' Interpol 'our love to admire'. boys noize 'oi oi oi.' . midlake 'the trials of van occupanther.' UGK "underground kings." lee scratch perry "ape-ology." idlewild 'scottish fiction' best of 1997-2007. pet shop boys 'disco 4' shout out louds 'our ill wills.' chromeo 'fancy footwork.' carla bruni 'no promises.' against me 'new wave.' dinosaur jr 'beyond.' glenn mercer 'wheels in motion.' animal collective 'raspberry jam.' ARE Weapons 'modern mayhem.' junior vasquez live vol. 3. trentemoller 'chronicles.' the glimmers 'eskimo vol 5.' J. Holiday 'back of my 'Lac' bob marley 'exodus' 30th anniversary. luther vandross 'love, luther.' M.A.N.D.Y. '12 great remixes for 11 great artists.' Currently listening : Back to You By Brett Anderson Release date: 16 July, 2007 Current Music: danny howells renaissance 08 disc 2 (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
7:11 pm	BEST TEAS of 2008 BEST TEAS of 2008 1. St Dalfour Strawberry 2. Twinings White Tea 3. Twinings China Keemun 4. Stash Goji Berry Green Tea 5. Bigelow Chinese fortune 6. stash premium white tea 7. twinings vanilla 8. bigelow pomegranate/green tea 9. bigelow green/peach tea 10. stash white/green fusion 11. twinings 5 red fruits 12. twinings peach 13. twinings blackcurrant 14. lipton green/pomegranate/cranberry 15. stash earl grey 16. wissotzky peach tea 17. wissotzky cherry tea 18. wissotzsky earl grey 19. stash orange spice 20. twinings green tea` 21. uncle lee green tea 22. stash premium green tea 23. mighty leaf vanilla bean 24. 2 leaves + a bud white peony 25. yamamoto green 26. harney & sons english breakfast27. wissotzky raspberry 28. wissotzky mango & passion fruit 29. harney & sons earl grey 30. stash english breakfast ___________________________________________________________ AND MY FAVOURITE TEAS of 2006: 1. Twining's Tastes of Summer 2. Twining's Vanilla 3. Lipton Honey/Lemon 4. Bigelow Vanilla Chai 5. Twining's Sunset Rose 6. Revolution Sweet Ginger Peach 7. Twining's Blackcurrant 8. Stash Green/White Fusion Tea 9. Twining's White Tea 10. Stash Chai Green Tea RUNNERS UP: twining's: peach. 4 red fruits. ceylon orange pekoe . greens. afternoon tea. lady grey. breakfast apple cinnamon stash: orange spice. peach black. green. earl grey. chamomile . jasmine green bigelow: greens . perfect peach lipton: lemon decaf. cinnamon apple. pickwick: orange. green. peach. bromley sun sweetened raspberry revolution citrus lemon. taylor of harrowgate vanilla. _________________________________________________ Current Music: nick heyward from sunday to monday (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
8:25 pm	Best RESTAURANTS of 2008 Best RESTAURANTS of 2008 1. YUKO {York Ave.] 2. OYOGU {1st Ave] 3. Genji [Samson St] 4. Dimitri's [South 23rd St] 5. Shiroi Hana [South 15th st] 6. Gotham Pizza [York Ave] 7. Mama palma's [23rd st] 8. Lazaro's Pizza [South St] 9. Pick a bagel [2nd ave] 10. Joe's Pizza [south 16th st] 11. the Coffee bar [Locust St] 12. Tatany [2nd ave] 13. Silver Star [2nd ave] 14. the parc [rittenhouse sq east] 15. A Mandarin [chestnut st] 16. Tuscany cafe [Rittenhouse west] 17. capogiro [south 20th st] 18. fuji mountain [chestnut st] 19. midtown III [18th st] 20. NY bagel [york ave] 21. Tal bagel [86th st] 22. Rachaels [19th st] 23. Manhattan Bagel [18th st] 24. Goldbergs famous [pantigo place]. 25. the spot at rittenhouse RUNNERS UP: Marathon. RAW sushi. rons south st. mizu 20th st. the spot rittenhouse [20th]. fuego [chestnut st]. beanocchio's/ the green bean [york ave] Current Music: haircut 100 live 1982 the ritz (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
11:59 pm	top actresses of 2008: ACTRESS 1. anne hathaway [get smart. rachel getting married, passengers, bride wars] 2. Blake Lively {Gossip girl, sisterhood of travelling pants II] 3. Lindsay Lohan (Chapter 27; 'ugly betty'] 4. Sarah Michelle Gellar ("The Air That I Breathe" "Possession") 5. Mischa Barton ("Assassination of a High School President" , "closing the ring"] 6. Sienna miller [ 'the edge of love' 'hippie hippie shake', "GI Joe," ] 7. michelle williams ('synecdoche NY') 8. Kate Bosworth ["21"] 9. amanda seyfried 'mamma mia' 'big love' jennifers body' 10. sophie monk "sex & death 101" RUNNERS-UP: krysten ritter [what happens in vegas; confessions of a shopaholic]. ....Jessica Simpson [love guru]. .... stephanie meyer 'breaking dawn' ...,..Kristin Stewart (the Messengers, 'twilight']..... scarlett johansson (the spirit)......gina gerwig.....mena suvari 'stuck' .... dakota fanning _______________________________________________________________________ BEST ACTRESS of 2007 : 1. Lindsay Lohan.[Georgia Rule. I know who killed me. Children of Men. chapter 27]. 2. Sarah Michelle Gellar Prinze. [suburban girl, southland tales] 3. Sienna Miller.[Interview. factory girl, camille, mysteries of pittsburgh, stardust, a woman of no importance]. 4. julie christie 'away from her' 5. . hayden panettiere [heroes]. 6. . krysten ritter [veronica mars, RI]. 7. mischa barton [closing the ring, virgin territory, homecoming] 8. bitsie tulloch [quarterlife] 9. keira knightley [atonement] 10. kath heigl [greys anatomy, knocked up] 11. parker posey [broken english, fay grim.]. 12. rie rasmussen 'angel-A' 13. Dakota Fanning [hound dog]. 14. spencer grammar [greek]. 15. jessica biel [next, a woman of no importance]. 16. jessica alba [good luck chuck]. 17. jamie lynn sigler [the gathering]. 18. heidi montag [the hills]. 19.Camilla Belle. 20. lauren conrad 'the hills' RUNNERS UP: kristen stewart [the messengers]. amanda bynes [hairspray] . ashley tisdale [high school musical]. blake lively [gossip girl]. Current Music: danny howells renaissance 2008 (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
8:06 pm	TOP 15 MEDIA EVENTS of 2008 : MEDIA EVENT: 1. USA & WorldWide Economic woes 2. Obama elected. Hillary Clinton . joe biden. also Jeremiah Wright denver convention. 3. Price of Gas/ Oil co. profits / sources of energy 4. Iraq war 5th Anniversary , Maliki. surge results. withdrawal time-table. 5. mccain/palin/ron paul. 6. Iran. ahmadinejad. moktada al sadr. 7. hurricanes, extreme weather. gustav. hanna. ike. climate change. 8. israel's war-like bombing of hamas in gaza. 9. ron blogojevich sells senate seat 10. bernie madoff ponzi scheme. 11. eliot spitzer & ashley dupree 12. OJn Simpson convicted 13. Sean Bell Trial 14. Heath Ledger death 15. Psycho santa XMas eve murders RUNNERS - UP : Jerome Kerviel loses $7.2 Billion from Societe Generale Bank.. Sarkozy & Carla Bruni Marry.. Jimmy Carter/Hamas .. Tornadoes in South, Virginia .. Pakistan/Musharref resigns ... . Baseball steroids/Clemens/Bonds/last seasons yankee & shea stadiums. .. Venezuela & Equador vs Columbia .. Daryl Littlejohn trial .. Fidel Castro & Vlad Putin step down .. Riots in Tibet / Dalai Lama .. Pope USA tour .. China earthquake chengdu .. Beirut cyclones.. Syria/Israel summit . Floods & Tornadoes in Iowa/Illinois/Missouri.: extreme weather. trop storm fay ,... Mugabe violent election in Zimbabwe... brinkley/cook divorce... hurricane bertha.. olympics, phelps, usain bolt.. ..... bruce ivins suicide/anthrax... clark rockefeler & snooks reigh... ... russia invades georgia. ...darryl littlejohn trial....lindsay lohan/sam ronson... NY Giants/Plaxico .. caroline kennedy for governor.... Madonna divorce/A Rod RIP: bo diddley .. .george carlin.. ruslana korshunova. .isaac hayes... bobby murcer .. killer kowalski.. .pervis 12:45 jackson. .. rick wright...paul newman... david foster wallace...levi stubbs...tom tresh... neil hefti... yma sumac... john leonard... Teo Macero. Baird Jones. Wm F Buckley. Bobby Fischer . Albert Hoffman. Klaus Dinger. YSL., Tim Russert. Rocky Aoki.. bettie page.. forrest j ackerman... Paul Benedict [mr bentley]... doc ellis... francois xavier lalanne ... sammy baugh ... eartha kitt... mark feld [deep throat]... suzanne pleshette...robert rauschenberg... heath ledger... harold pinter... ted lapidus...Delaney Bramlett.... Willoughby Sharp.... George Brecht....Gene Upshaw... ___________________________________________________________________________ AND 2007's MEDIA/NEWS EVENTS: 1) Iraq war/ surge/ maliki/ reduction in violence 2) Intergovernmental panel on climate change of the UN 2/2/07. 3) Iran/ nukes/ ahmadinejad 4) obama/hillary/edwards/biden/kusinich/richardson democratic field 5) al gore wins nobel peace prize. 6) republican field incl thompson, giuliani, ball, mccain, romney, huckabee 7) virginia tech massacre 8)assassination of benazir bhutto/ musharref military crackdown in pakistan 9) sean bell grand jury. 10) eliot spitzer & immigration drivers licences/ feud vs bruno 11) hamas vs fatah in palestine. 12) michaelangelo antonioni 1912-2007 13) tom snyder 1936-2007 14) sol lewitt 1928-2007 . 15) cia destroys video of detention torture. 16) ingmar bergman dies. 17) WCBS FM 101.1 back on air. 18) steroids in baseball; RUNNERS UP: anna nicole smith + baby dna. britney, lindsay lohan & paris hilton tabloid hell. stock market breaks 13000 record . scooter libby guilty & commuted sentence. bronx soumare mali fire. greenwich village shootout. Iran seizes 15 english navy. attorney general gonzales & lawyer firings. sanjaya malakar on AI. Imus fired for rutgers remarks/ & comeback. Don ho 1930-2007 . mayor bloomberg's green plan for nyc + congestion pricing. pat tillman death inquiry. vladimir putin cool war remarks. bloomberg for president? chris benoit double murder/suicide. london + glasgow terror plans. gordon brown new english PM. nasa astronaut shenanigans. michael vick dog-fighting arrest. barry bonds home run record & perjury. debates incl YouTube. bridge collapse in MN. 2 firemen die at deutchebank. merv griffin 1925-2007. spencer pratt/heidi montag vs lauren conrad. larry craig bathroom pick up. leona helmsley/trouble will. maddie and her parents. 50 cent vs kanye 9/11. amadinejad visits NYC/UN/columbia. phil spector trial hung jury. blackwater shootings in iraq. sri chinmoy 1931-2007. putin & amahdinejad meet re:nukes. kurds vs turkey. writers strike. broadway strike. evil knieval 1938-2007. led zep reunion. Current Music: morrissey's greatest hits (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
9:10 pm	FIFTY TOP SONGS of 2008 TOP 45s/SONGS/SINGLES/CLUB TRACKS 1. Mariah Carey "Touch My Body" + seamus haji club mix + the dream remix + david morales stereo remix 2. morrissey 'all you need is me' 3. magic wands 'magic love + dreams" ep 4. Kanye West "The Good Life" 5. Elton John "Are you ready for love" remix 6. estelle "american boy" with kanye + jay z remix 7. Sheek Louch "Good Love" 8. black kids "Im not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance" [+ twelves remix] 9. Plies w/Ne-Yo "Bust It baby" pt 2 10. Harley & the Night EP: "Dandelion" / Make Up/ Somebodys Baby/ I Love You Hudson's .. 11. rick ross w/nelly 'here I am' 12 Missy Elliot "Ching-A-Ling/ Shake Ya Pom pom" 13. the game/lil wayne "my life." .14. .jennifer hudson 'spotlight'... 15. ..lil wayne 'a milli.'.... 16. T.I. "whatever you like" 17. the game/keyshia cole 'game's pain' 18. Busta Rhymes ft. Reek Da Villian, Spliff Star, Lil Wayne, Nas, The Game & Big Daddy Kane - Don't Touch Me / Throw water on em remix. 19. Papoose "I Get Gully" [I Get Money Free-Style] 20. LMC vs New radicals 'dont let go'. 21. Ne-Yo "Closer" 22. . Sean Kingston feat The Dey, Juelz Santana "Theres Nuthin" 23. DJ Unk "Show Out".... 24. Mobius Band "City vs country" ep.. .25. ray j/yung berg "sexy can I" 26. TI/rihanna 'live your life.' 27. .john legend & andre 3000 'green light'... 28. Fergie + Nellie "where my party people at?" 29.. . Kenan Bell "Save Your Life" 30. . fat joe w/plies & dre 'you aint sayin nothing/coca money' 31. Jazmine Sullivan "Need You Bad" 32. Baby P "Im Bout Money" 33. . lil wayne "lollipop" + remix with kanye 34. Rocko "Umma Do Me" 35. katy perry "i kissed a girl" 36 st etienne 'burned out car' [2008 rmxs] 37. maino 'hi hater' rmx w/plies, fabolous, swizzbeats + jadakiss. 38. lil wayne got money w/ t pain 39. . young jeezy/kanye 'put on'... 40. Vivian Girls "Fun Pack"/"Girl dont tell me" /"where do you run to?" 41. Lil Josh & Ernest "Jigga juice" 42. Hot Chip "Ready For the Floor".. 43. Cut Copy "Hearts on Fire" 44 Glen Campbell 'these days' 45. Hercules & Love Affair "Blind" 46. MGMT "Time to pretend" 47. Robin thicke "magic" 48. Cut Copy "Out there on the ice" 49. DeerHunter "Nothing Ever Happened" 50. Friendly Fires w/Au revoir Simone "Paris" [aeroplanes rmx] RUNNERS UP : George Michael "Amazing" .. .. George Michael 'flawless (go to the city)" .. Rihanna "Dont Stop the Music" .. . Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction" .. Flo Rida "Low" .. St. Etienne "This Is Tomorrow" The National "Fake Empire".. The Pipettes "Pull Shapes" .. Of Montreal "The Past is a Grotesque Animal" .. Alicia Keyes "No One" {Junior Reid remix] DopeWax pres. Joe Smooth "Promised Land" rmx .. Telepopmuzik "Breathe".. Numero "Hit Pop".. Mary J. Blige with Lil Wayne/Swizz Beats "Just Fine" Sarah Cracknell/Mark Brown "The Journey Continues" .. All $tar "Grey Goose" .. James Brown "Rapp Payback [Where Iz Moses]" (1980) 12" Tinie Tempeh w/Ultra & Agent X "Perfect Girl" .. The Pierces "Bored" .. Santana "Into the Night" .. Adam Green / Ben Kweller "Kokomo" Janet Jackson "Feedback" remixes.. .. Joyce Sims "What the World Needs Now" [Junior's mix] ..Ting Tings "Great DJ" ......Kanye West "Flashing Lights" .. MSTRKRFT 'bounce/ VUVUVU' .. MGMT. "Kids" ... Lil Wayne "I'm Me" ..Eminem ""You Dont Know" .. janet jackson "Freedom" .. Pitbull/Lil Jon "The Anthem"...santogold "L.E.S. Artistes" .. ludacris "down in the dirty".. john mayer "say" ..mariah carey "bye bye" .. agyness deyn/5 o'clock heroes 'who' .. peter bailey & carlos fauvrelle 'bring it on' .. steve lawler 'courses for horses' .. dj vibe/ithaka 'you' [peter bailey mix] .. dj vibe & carlos fauvrelle 'tech9' .. cajmere 'percolator' .. funkagenda 'what the fuck' .. The Ting Tings "Thats Not My Name" .. usher "Love in This Club Pt II" w/lil wayne, young jeezy, beyonce ..... . leona lewis 'bleeding love.' .. metro station 'shake it.' .. .. wink "stay out all night".. ashanti 'good good'.....shwayze corona & lime'...shwayze 'buzzin.' ... . HitMasters 'all summer.'...steve coogan "the pussy song"... 2 Live Crew "we want some pussy"... neyo miss independant.... ......kevin rudolf 'let it rock'.... 'slim 'so fly'.... Aphrodite's Child - 'The Four Horsemen'.... The Pretty Things - 'Baron Saturday'...Marmalade - 'I See The Rain'. Colosseum - 'The Kettle'... .. Slim "So Fly" ...Kevin Rudolf "Let It Rock."...."Lil Wayne "Mr Carter."...The Fray "You Found Me."....ashley dupree 'what we want.'....TI, lil wayne, jay z, kanye 'swagger like us.'...Lady GaGa "just dance." ...Katy Perry "Hot n Cold." ..Death "White Lies" (Crystal Castles remix)"...The Cool Kids "what up man."... Crystal castles "Courtship dating"...girl talk 'set it off.'...chromeo 'my girl is calling me a liar'...CSS 'rat is dead'...hercules & love affair 'hercules theme'... _________________________________________________________________________ top 55 songs OF 2007 top 50 songs OF 2007 so far 45s/Singles/songs/clubtracks: 1) maroon 5 'makes me wonder' + 'makes me rock with you' mashup by sam ronson 2) johnny cash & bob dylan 'girl of the north country' ABC-TV 1969 3) brett anderson 'love is dead' 45 4) 50 cent "I Get Money" 5) rich boy 'throw some D's' . 6) gwen stefani 'sweet escape' 7) hurricane chris 'a bay bay.' + remix w/game, jadakiss, lil boosie & baby. 8) rihanna 'umbrella' { Jody Den Broeder's Deconstruction Mix.; haji/emmanuel mix]. 9) T Pain 'buy you a drank [shawty snappin]' 10) T.I. 'big things poppin' 11) rihanna 'we ride' jamie & leo anthem club mix. 12) brett anderson 'back to you' 45 13) swizz beats feat lil wayne, r kelly, jadakiss 'its me bitches remix' 14) morrissey 'throwing my arms around paris' new live song 15) andy lewis & paul weller 'are you trying to be lonely' 16) r kelly, t pain, TI "Im a flirt' 17) fergie 'big girls dont cry' 18) morrissey 'all you need is me' live 2007 19) superdrag 'live & breathe' new 4 track demo 2007 20) lil boosie feat fox & webbie 'wipe me down' 21) feist '1234' 22) yung joc 'coffee shop' 23) kings of convenience 'Id rather dance with you' 24) T.I. 'you know how it is' 25) mims w/jr reid & baby cham 'this is why Im hot' remix 26) tokyo police club 'a lesson in crime' ep 27) the fray "over my head [cable car]" 28) kanye west 'touch the sky' 29) royskopp 'remind me' 30) morrissey 'thats how people grow up' greatest hits 45 31) modest mouse 'dashboard' 32) sean kingston 'beautiful girls' 33) soulja boy tell'em 'crank that soulja boy' 34) rich boy & keri hilson 'good things' 35) ceevox 'music is my life' juniors 2007 remix 36) da shop boys 'party like a rock star [totally dude]' remix w/jim jones, chamillionaire, & lil wayne 37) McFadden & Whitehead, Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Solitaire's Labour Of Love Remix) 38) the fray 'all at once.' 39) rihanna 'dont stop the music' junior's remix 40) sonny jim 'cant stop moving' 41) nelly furtado 'say it right' [peter bailey remix, junior vasquez mix] 42) huey 'pop lock & drop it' . 43) tiefschwarz feat. Tracey Thorn - Damage (MOGG Man Band Remix). 44) whitney houston '..its not right but its ok' [dj taz 2007 remix] 45) dj simmi 'one time for the underground' [chus/ceballos remix] 46) swizz beats 'money in the bank' 47) bone thugs & harmony w/mariah carey 'L.O.V.E. love' 48) ciara & 50 cent 'cant leave em alone' 49) chris brown / T Pain 'kiss kiss' 50 ) Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix) 51) tiffany evans w/ciara 'promise you forever' 52 ) bob sinclar feat steve edwards 'world hold on' [rosabel remix] 53 ) paul mccartney 'ever-present past' 54 ) muziq soulchild w/fat joe, ja rule & lupe fiasco 'buddy' remix 55 ) the virgins ep RUNNERS UP: . irina lazareanu/pete doherty 'girl of the north country' . fat joe/lil wayne 'make it rain' remix w/r kelly . the game 'its ok/1 blood' remix . new young pony club ep. . young love 'discotech' . domino 'everyone else is boring' . lil scrappy 'money in the bank' . shaggy 'church heathen [big yard]' . dj unk '2 step' . .lil keke 'chunk up the deuce' . cam'ron 'curtis' . CSS 'off the hook' . justice 'phantom' . christina aguilera 'candyman' . robin thicke/lil wayne 'shooter' . killers 'read my mind' [pet shop boys mx] . . lil fl..p & mya 'flippin' . . timbaland 'give it to me' . fall out boy 'thnks for the memrys' . janet jackson 'with u' [chad jack remix] . crime mob 'rock yo hips' . the fray 'look after you'. the secret handshake 'summer of 98'. . bonez/thugs/harmony/akon ' i tried.' rich boy 'boy looka here.' rich boy 'touch that ass.' sean kingston 'beautiful girls.' the national 'fake empire.' .' 8Ball & MJG 'get low.' lil flip & rob..n andre 'find my way.' shout out louds 'tonight i have to leave it.' paul mccartney 'dance tonight.' bob sinclar 'sound of freedom.' ne yo w/remo da rapstar 'because of you' remix. akon 'dont matter' . ferry corsten 'beautiful.' lil scrappy 'gangster gangster.' 50 cent 'straight to the bank.' plies 'shawty.' mims 'like this.' bent 'waiting for you' danny howells remix. panda bear 'take pills'. mariah carey 'bringing on the heartbreak' [altar mix]. green velvet 'shake & pop' sneak mix + shake & wham! mash up . usda 'white girl.' 50 cent 'amusement park.' down 'lean like a cholo.' justin timberlake 'lovestoned' justice mix. gotty boi chris 'dip low.' dj medhi 'signature' [thomas bangalter mix]. tina cox 'forget paris' juniors xbeat dub. soul avengers w/chris lake 'changes.' collie budzz 'come around' . tarot 'everything that you feel' [dj vibe remix]. bone thugs & harmony w/mc jermaine 'lil love.' chris brown 'wall to wall.' paul weller & graham coxon 'this old town.' UGK 'international players anthem.' lil scrappy 'gangsta gangsta.' timbaland 'the way i are.' rihanna 'shut up & dance.' T.I. 'live in the sky.' dude n nem 'watch my feet' gorilla zoe 'hood figga' justice 'd.a.n.c.e. [jackson & his computer band remix].' the virgins ep. sean kingston me love.' britney spears 'gimme more' remix with lil wayne/max methods remix.' T.I. 'you know how it is.' BlackBox 'everybody' [fuzzyhair remix]. gucci mane 'freaky girl.' kraftwerk 'la forme' [king of the mountains remix by hot chip]. baby bash 'cyclone.' hot chip 'ready for the floor.' tokyo police club 'smith' ep . the killers 'shadowplay' snoop dogg 'sensual seduction.' . fergie 'clumsy.' flor rida 'low.' yo gotti/pleasure p 'lets vibe.' the pinker tones 'we are your friends/soul bossa nova' mash up. Current Music: pet sounds sessions box (Comment on this)
12:35 am	12/31 12/31/85. singer rick nelson, 45, and 6 other people were killed when a fire broke out aboad a DC-3 that was taking the group to a new years eve show in dallas, 12/31/97 michael kennedy the 39 yr old son of the late robert f kennedy, was killede in a skiiing accident at aspen mountain in colorado. (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
7:56 pm	BEST DJs of 2008 BEST DJs of 2008: 1. Carl Cox 2. DJ Vibe [Portugal] 3. Derrick Carter 4. Lil Louis Vega 5. Felix Hernandez [rhythm revue] 6. MSTRKRFT 7. Max Graham 8. Peter Bailey 9. Turnaround vs. Immediate! [russ, gregg] 10. danny howells 11. junior vasquez 12. danny tenaglia 13. dj sneak 14. david morales 15. roger sanchez 16. paul oakenfold 17. behrouz 18. dave pianka [making time]. 19. Sorted djs 20. josh wink 21. steve lawler 22. victor calderone 23. adam hook 24. hurrah djs [shawn ryan, chris rogy] 25. sander kleinenberg RUNNERS-UP: 24 Court. Spencer Product. Quentin Harris. DJ Demi. Denny LeNimh. Niko {Vango]. _________________________________________________________________ AND FROM LAST YEAR THE BEST DJs of 2007: 1. derrick carter 2. dj vibe [portugal] 3. carl cox 4. dj sneak 5. danny howells 6. danny tenaglia 7. steve lawler 8. max graham 9. chus/ceballos 10. david morales 11. lil louis vega 12. peter bailey 13. junior vasquez 14. behrouz 15. roger sanchez 16. paul oakenfold 17. frankie knuckles 18. timmy regisford 19. stephan grondin 20. denny le nimh runners up; demi. victor calderone. . choo choo. boys noize . 24 court. spencer product. quentin harris. francois k. joeski. joe claussell. Currently listening : Skintrade By Skintrade (Comment on this)
7:29 pm	ART SHOWS 2008‏ ART SHOWS 2008 1. Jasper Johns "Grey" at MMA 2. "POP Art" at Philadelphia Museum 3. Roy Lichtenstein "Girls" at gagosian 4. "pipe glass bottle of rum" MOMA found art/collage 5. Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown's Enterprise 6. For Your Eyes Only ; Ian Fleming & James Bond at Imperial War Museum London 7. . giorgio morandi 1890-1961 MMA through dec 14. 8. Gee's Bend Quilts at Phila Museum of Art 9 . james castle : a retrospective phila museum of art oct 14. 10. . van Gogh & the Colours of the Night" MOMA... 11. . Reverberations at Phila Academy of Art 12. . the NYC WaterFalls Olafur Eliasson 13. perelman museum of art: quilts/ kansai yamamoto kimonos/ design/ calder jewelry... 14. Diana Thater 'chess' at david zwirner .. 15. . JMW Turner at MMA 16. Buckminster Fuller :starting with the universe." national automotive museum, reno NV. 17. . real men & women of madison ave & their impact on american culture : NY Public Library Science Industry & Business library... 18. stan douglas 'humour irony & the law' at david zwirner. 19. richard prince at gagosian 20. rachel whiteread at gagosian 21. barkley l. hendricks : birth of the cool : studio museum in harlem. RUNNERS - UP : "Colour" at MOMA .. Dan Flavin 1964 Green Gallery at Zwirner/Wirth.. Jeff Koons MMA sculpture garden .. Catherine Lee 'The Mark Paintings' Galerie LeLong .. "Deconstructed Geometry" Vivian Horan .. Morris Louis at Paul Kasmin.. David Smith "Sprays" Gagosian 980 Madison ... "Impressionists By the Sea," Wadsworth Athenaeum . "Colour as Field 1950-75" Smithsonian DC .. Lucien Freud at MOMA .. Charles DeMuth at Whitney.. NY Cool at Grey Art Galery .. Piotr Uklanski at gagosian. .. Ashley Bickerton at Lehmann Maupin .. Tony Feher at pace 57th.. Wayne Thiebaud : The Figure at Allan Stone.. Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine .. adolph Gottlieb "4 Decades" at Pace 57th .. Tom sachs "Bronze Collection" Lever House... . . keith haring at per skarstedt... jack goldstein at mitchell innes & nash... Robert Indiana at paul kasmin 'hard edge" ...joan miro:painting & anti painting 1927-37. MOMA... ...al held at paul kasmin ... S&M: shrines & masquerades in cosmopolitan times at wash sq east... daniel guzman: el sol de mexico at harris liebreman gallery. ... James Wood at anton kern... Shag:voyeur at Jonathan Levine... __________________________________________________________________________ 15 Best ART Shows of 2007 So Far best art shows of 2007 so far ART SHOWS: 1) c/o velvet underground, nyc / warhol show at glenn horowitz 2) ellsworth kelly at MOMA 3) andy warhol black & white silkscreens at larry gagosian 4 jasper johns 'allegory of painting' national gallery dc. 5) philip taaffe at gagosian. 6) richard prince 'spiritual america' guggenheim 7) joseph cornell 'navigating the imagination' san francisco museum of modern art. 8) jeff koons bunny in macys thanksgiving day parade 9) neo rauch at MMA. 10) hirst/thiebaud/chamberlain at gagosian. 11) kara walker at MMA. lawrence weiner at the whitney. 12) the summer of love at whitney 13) robert rauschenberg 'transfer drawings from the 1960s' at jonathan o'hara. 14) unknown monet pastels & drawings @ royal academy of arts london. 15) takashi murakami at gagosian. RUNNERS UP: . george stubbs at frick. karen kilimnick at musee d'art moderne de la ville de paris. jasper johns at art institute, chicago. david hammons at L&M. the real edie sedgwick at MOMI . richard serra 40 years at moma. glitter & doom germany at MMA. edward hopper at museum of fine arts, boston. assume vivid astral focus at john connolly. . eugene boudin at national gallery of art wash dc. richard pousette-dart at guggenheim. raymond pettibon 'heres your irony back' at david zwirner. duane hanson at van de weghe fine art . 'multiple interpretations' ny public library. charles ray at matthew marks. Current Music: nick heyward monday to sunday (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
7:47 pm	PHOTO SHOWS of 2008 PHOTO SHOWS 1. Juergen Teller at Lehmann Maupin 2. wm eggleston democratic camera photo & video 61-08 whitney. 3. Andreas Gursky at Matthew Marks 4. Lee Miller at Phila Museum of Art 5. O.Winston Link at danziger 6. Paolo Roversi "Guinevere" at Pace/MacGill 7. Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids at the Whitney 8. . Irving Penn "Close Encounters/Writers & Artists" Morgan Library & Museum 9. Philip-Lorca DiCorcia at LA County Museum of Art 10. . The Genius of Miles Davis the Columbia Years (Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery). 11. Lee Friedlander "Olmstead' Metropolitan Museum 12. Irving Penn "The Small Trades," The Getty LA 13. "Bill Woods' Business" ICP 14. Framing a Century: Master Photograpers 1840-1940 MMA ______________________________________________________ TOP PHOTO SHOWS of 2007 : 1) cartier-bresson .ICP 1932-46. 2) helmut newton at cook fine art 3) Linder at PS1 contemporary art center 4) stephen shore at ICP 1969-79 5) morton bartlett at julie saul 6) larry clark LA 2002-08 at luhring augustine 7) philip lorca-di corcia at Institute of contemporary art, boston 8) seydou keita/lolo veleke at danziger. 9) gordon matta-clark at whitney. 10) paul strand at work at pace/macgill. 11) jeff wall at MOMA. 12) lisette model & her successors at aperture foundation RUNNERS UP: Ryan McGinley 'Morrissey' at Team. Irving Penn flowers at pace 57th. rineke dijkstra at marian goodman. family pictures at guggenheim. valerie belin at galerie xippas , paris. henry wessel [sf moma]. thomas struth at marian goodman. kevin landers at elizabeth dee. celluloid skyline: NY In the movies at grand central vanderbilt ave. 'making the scene' ny public library. william henry fox talbot at at hans kraus 962 park ave. moriko mori at deitch projects. richard misrach at pace/macgill. Current Music: danny howells live at the end (Comment on this)
Friday, December 26th, 2008
9:17 pm	MY FAVOURITE BOOKS of 2008 BOOKS 1. new york dolls photographs by bob gruen 2. "hermes shop windows" by leila menchari 3. guy bourdin monograph by gilles de bure. 4. The James Brown Reader by Nelson George & Alan Leeds 5. "The Kitchen Readings: Untold stories of Hunter S. Thompson " Michael Cleverly & Bob Brandis 6. "Joseph Cornell; Navigating the Imagination" by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan 7. richard avedon "performance" 8. . edward steichen in high fashion - the conde nast years by william ewing & todd brandow. 9. "Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers" by Barrington Edmonds 10. the clash' by topper headon, joe strummer, paul simenon & mick jones . 11. Body language (1970) by Julius fast. 12. paintings in proust: a visual companion to 'in search of lost time.' 13 "1 top class manager rob gretton" by lesley gilbert.... 14 "basic checkers" by richard fortman 15. "Weather Language " (1979) by Julius Fast 16 NASA Art:50 years of explration... .17 .. "scrapbooks: an american history" ... 18 Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric" by Bob Dylan & Barry Feinstein...." 19. Juliana hatfield "when I grow up"..." 20. . "We Have Ways of making You Laugh: 120 Swastika Cartoons" by Sam Gross 21 The Best Game Ever by Mark Bowden... 22. "No wave. post-punk. underground. new york. 1976-80." by thurston moore/byron coley. 23 "The Body Language of sex power & aggression" (1976) by Julius fast 24 . with strings attached: the art & beauty of vintage guitars 25. "george lois & his creation of the big idea" (assouline)... 22. the chicagoan: a lost magazine of the jazz age 26 "the elvis encyclopedia" by adam victor ... 27. "redemption song: the ballad of joe strummer" by chris salewicz... 28. "coltrane: the story of a sound" by ben ratliff 29 . . le corbusier a life 30. . the new york times the complete front pages 1951-2008. 31. Horoshige: 100 famous views of Edo.... 32 "The Beatles: the Real Story" (1968) Julius fast 33 pop surf culture by brian chidester & dominic priore 34 . "Black Postcards" Dean Wareham .. 35 . "Comedy at the Edge" by Richard Zoglin.. RUNNERS-UP: "The Little Black Book of Rock Lists" ... "Wetlands/ Feuchtgebiete" by Charlotte Roche ... "Comfortably Numb" by Mark Blake (Pink Floyd). "Everything by Design" Alan Lapidus .. "Slash" by Slash & Andrew Bozza.. .. "Skinny Bitch in the Kitch" by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin "Rock Star Babylon" by Jon Holmes. "Willing" Scott Spencer.. "Bright Shiny Morning" James Frey/ terry Richardson/Richard Prince.... "This years model" by carol alt . "sex love & fashion" by bruce hulse. "the adventures of grandmaster flash: my life, my beats." by grandmaster flash. "a romance on 3 legs: glenn gould" by katie hafner. ..'scuse me why i kiss the sky' by david henderson... van gogh & the sunflowers... "something in the air: radio, rock & the revolution that shaped a revolution" by mark fisher.... Hiroshige/Eisen: 69 Station1s of the Kisokaido...Le Corbusier:Le Grand..."The (mostly) true story of Helvetica & the NYC Subway" by Paul Shaw....Giants among men by jack cavanaugh.... The Glory Game by Frank Gifford ... ________________________________________________________________________- AND The Best Books of 2007 : !!!!! FAVOURITE BOOKS : READING LIST 2007: 1) 'peepholism' .into the art of the smiths & morrissey by jo slee. 2) warhol screen tests catalogue raisonne. 3) leroy grannis 'surf photography of the 1960s & 70s.' 4) designed by peter saville. 5) misshapes by geordon nicol 6) STP the rolling stones 1972 US tour by robert greenfield. 7) ralph lauren 8) rolling stones' 'a season in hell' by robert greenfield. 9) gonzo: the life of hunter s thompson 10) josef albers "interaction of colour" 11) bob richardson 12) andy kaufman revealed by bob zmuda 13) the assault on reason by al gore 14) the beatles second album by dave marsh 15) 'confessions from the velvet rope' glenn belverio + thomas onorato. 16) facts on the ground: archaeological practice and territorial self-fashioning in israel society' by dr. abu el-haj 17) the story of tea by mary lou & bob heiss. 18) 'a priveleged life' by susanna salk. 19) 'extreme weather, a guide & record book- climate change edition.' 20) the complete peanuts 1965-66 21) 'the israel lobby & US foreign policy," by john mearsheimer & stephen walt. 22) 'the terror presidency' inside the bush administration by jack goldsmith 23) 'fashion babylon' by imogen edwards-jones & anonymous 24) 'windswept; the story of wind & weather' by marc de villiers 25) 'the weather makers,' by tim flannery. 26) 'the storm chaser a photographer's journey' by jim reed 27) 'palestine peace not apartheid' by jimmy carter 28) andy warhol portraits by tony shafrazi 29) the kennedy's portrait of a family: richard avedon & shannon thomas perich. 30) skinny bitch by rory fredman & kim barnouin 31) inside the music of brian wilson' by philip lambert 32) 'tearing down the wall of sound: phil spector' by mick brown 33) state of denial by bob woodward 34) lisa ruyter 'one million postcards' 35) 'according to the rolling stones' 36) 'the headmaster ritual' by taylor antrim 37) the down to earth guide to global warming by laurie david & cambria gordon 38) 'the fantastic four omnibus' RUNNERS UP: Peter Beard 'scrapbooks from africa & beyond, 'rhonda byrne 'the secret' . 'white bicycles' by joe boyd. 'wrestling babylon' by irv muchnick. the society of s by susan hubbard. 'prep' by curtis sittenfeld. 'teenage: the creation of youth culture' by jon savage. the art of the band tee shirt by amber easby & henry oliver. "margrave of the marshes:john peel" by shiela ravenscroft. james st james 'freak show.' bill evans 'category 7.' 'the real animal house' by chris miller. 'deluxe' by dana thomas . 'wonderful tonight' by pattie boyd. schulz & peanuts by david michaelis. the penguin guide to jazz recordings by richard cook. 'strange as this weather has been' anne pancake. 'edie' an oral history jean stein/george plimpton . jack kirby's fourth world omnibus. Current Music: dave ralph live at love parade berlin (Comment on this)