Entries Tagged as 'gate-crasher'

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

the do lab at coachella 08

by aaron gautschi (as are most of these, unless otherwise noted).

by JeanineAnderson

by JediWright

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

lucent dossier at the edison ~ downtown LA

Lucent Dossier’s first night as the house band circus at the Edison goes down tomorrow night.
The Edison is re-introducing and reinventing the spirit of cabaret. Reminiscent of Paris and Berlin of the early 20’s, Wednesday nights the venue is transformed into an exploration of the past — a peek into the decadent, sensuous underbelly […]

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

culture seeks its level

In Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter explain that really, there was never any conflict between the two to begin with. Counterculture hinges on, and consumer culture consists of, the expression of your lifestyle/identity. Whether you’re choosing to wear Nikes, Doc Martens, or some crazy obscure Japanese […]

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

yet more from the New Yorker!

“THIS TRACK JUST MADE ME PREGNANT” - Sasha Frere-Jones, pop music critic at the New Yorker, waxes poetic about the Glitch “Lazer-Bass” Scene. Read more…

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

kucoon designs “in your eyes” fashion show

 
by andrea spratt.
so bummed i couldn’t make it to this, looks like it was fantastic!
(andrea, i am SO proud of you!)

Friday, December 21st, 2007

ashton kutcher christmas card

absolutely phenomenal:

Friday, December 21st, 2007

the music industry: destruction/creation

you know, i didn’t even used to care about the music industry. i could vibe on its culturally-relevant aspects, but the industry of the music industry was never all that interesting to me. it was always just this thing…over there. somewhere else. the concert industry, which i have been involved with for a while, is […]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

“cake or death?” and other user experience design options to consider

after mentioning him in the previous post, i ended up going on what can only be described as an eddie izzard bender.
a self-identified “male lesbian,” and “action transvestite” (you know… “running, jumping, climbing trees… putting on makeup while you’re up there”: action transvestite), izzard is also fluent enough in english and french to do […]

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

does your music have a stock symbol?

If you ain’t never been to the ghetto
Don’t ever come to the ghetto
‘Cause you wouldn’t understand the ghetto
~ Naughty By Nature, “Ghetto Bastard”

used to be that if you were a musician the only way you could get ANY kind of significant distribution for your music was through a record label. cassettes and cds made […]

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

user generated promotion

i keep being pressed to come up with alternatives for the word “viral.” since people are supposed to stop saying it, what are they supposed to say in its place, right? (virus-like? virusy? air-borne?)
the point here isn’t really about how to refer to the germ so much as it is identifying that contagion spreads […]