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"Like its title — a play on “skin flute,” slang for penis — “Skin..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:35 +0000

“Like its title — a play on “skin flute,” slang for penis — “Skin Fruit” seems determined to affront, disarmingly.”

- Big Time : The New Yorker

Peter Schjeldahl, how I’ve missed you.

Roz Chast: The A-to-Z Cure Kidneys (anything to do with)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:38:15 +0000

Roz Chast: The A-to-Z Cure

Kidneys (anything to do with)

PS22 Chorus - Empire State of Mind (Also, there’s...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:25:00 +0000

PS22 Chorus - Empire State of Mind

(Also, there’s Phoenix’s Lisztomania at Fluxtumblr if you fancy.)

Whitney Museum of American Art: 2010 Whitney Biennial

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:14:38 +0000

Whitney Museum of American Art: 2010 Whitney Biennial:

Good call, Bulicks.

New York folk, thanking you kindly

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Just to ask: are there any exhibitions or plays or other goings-on I should see this weekend? I am not, I confess, interested in Tim Burton at MoMA and am slightly sceptical of the Koons-curated show at the New Museum, but maybe it’s great, despite the title and all. I’ve not even checked to see what’s on at the Whitney or Met or the etc etc. It’s been hectic here, I’ve not made any particular plans, and this is what I get for letting my New Yorker subscription lapse.

So, yeah. Any tips?

"Saturday ostensibly marked the two month mark ahead of the UK vote. Here at FiveThirtyEight we will..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:21:00 +0000

“Saturday ostensibly marked the two month mark ahead of the UK vote. Here at FiveThirtyEight we will now be kicking our coverage of the election into high gear, launching about nine weeks of regular coverage.”

- FiveThirtyEight: New Feature: UK Election Backgrounders

Bring it.

Roxette - It Must Have Been Love This video wins points for not...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:31:17 +0000

Roxette - It Must Have Been Love

This video wins points for not featuring clips of Pretty Woman; it loses points for pretty much everything else, including, but not limited to, Marie’s wonky tooth, Per’s catatonic stare and a dreadful, draped sectional sofa.

distorte: Sparklehorse — Maria’s Little Elbows You are worth...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:49:26 +0000

distorte:

Sparklehorse — Maria’s Little Elbows

You are worth hundreds of sparrows.

It was a wonderful life. RIP Linkous.

Noah & the Whale - The First Days of Spring (live, Portland,...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +0000

Noah & the Whale - The First Days of Spring (live, Portland, Oregon, 20th April 2009)

yodaniel: Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight As featured in the...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:26:50 +0000

yodaniel:

Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight

As featured in the soundbed of today’s episode of Countryfile, ideal Sunday evening viewing for the urban indie elite. Also featured were MGMT’s Kids, VCR by The XX and something that sounded like Mogwai.

I can vouch for the accuracy of this post, as I was watching it, too. (Noah & the Whale were on there, as well, which why I will shortly be posting a video of them.)

Shola Ama - Someday I’ll Find You (ft. Craig...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:57:00 +0000

Shola Ama - Someday I’ll Find You (ft. Craig Armstrong)

This is one of the highlights of the Pet Shop Boys-curated Noël Coward compilation, Twentieth-Century Blues*. I saw Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen singing bits of it on stage today in Private Lives; their performances were appealing, but suffice to say they’ve not quite got the vocal talent of Ms Ama. I couldn’t wait to get home and play this. And so I have.

* Other bright spots include Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry and Suede featuring Raissa. But you knew that.

Archie Bronson Outfit - Shark’s Tooth You want to watch...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:44:51 +0000

Archie Bronson Outfit - Shark’s Tooth

You want to watch this.

Pavement: Quarantine The Past: Greatest Hits...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:14:08 +0000

Pavement: Quarantine The Past: Greatest Hits 1989-1999

I’ve got style for miles and miles
So much style that it’s wasted

People, I want you to give proper consideration to JUST HOW MUCH this mid-priced compilation will improve your life.

One last thing... Sugababes

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:56:44 +0000

One last thing... Sugababes:

Would a spare clone each be handy?

Heidi: Amelle would probably fall out with hers.

Amelle: Why isn’t my food on the table, bitch! Mine would leave for sure!

As the ‘Babes turn…

Tracey Thorn versus Ben Watt in the World Series of Love

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:29:41 +0000

Tracey Thorn versus Ben Watt in the World Series of Love

Erykah Badu - Window Seat No question where Badu stands on the...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:52:15 +0000

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

No question where Badu stands on the ongoing ‘Are tights suitable as trousers?’ debate.

from The World According to Gaga - T Magazine Blog

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:29:51 +0000

from The World According to Gaga - T Magazine Blog:

I have to say that meeting you is rather odd. It’s like interviewing Mr. T. What to call you?

[Laughs] Lady Gaga or Gaga is fine. Everyone calls me one of the two, and it’s very normal. I think it’s mostly about being in my world and understanding what I do. … When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

What does [your spiritual guide] bring to the party?

What I like about him is that he doesn’t speak to me like I am a normal person. He understands that I have an eccentric way of life and personality. And he also understands that I am famous, and I appreciate that.

Don’t you think it’s kind of creepy when you refer to yourself in the third person?

No. Not if you’re an artist, it’s not. I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don’t live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans. And that way, I have to think about not what is best for my vagina but what is best for my fans and for me artistically.

Saint Gaga has forsaken her vagina for you.

Alternate London...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:15:46 +0000

Alternate London signage

(via crackerfinishingschool: thinkaboutthings)

teenageart: Matthew Barney, pre-goo. How I used to look...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:02:17 +0000

teenageart:

Matthew Barney, pre-goo.

How I used to look forward to the arrival of the J. Crew catalogue in my university post box…

Legible London: Can better signs help pedestrians understand an extremely disorienting city?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:44:41 +0000

Legible London: Can better signs help pedestrians understand an extremely disorienting city?:

Part III of Slate’s ‘Signs’ series.

This is the new Observer riding the no 48 bus. First impression: Mariella isn't in the magazine. (Or is she?) [Flickr]

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Mercado Municipal [Flickr]

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Mercado Municipal [Flickr]

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Mercado Municipal [Flickr]

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Mercado Municipal [Flickr]

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Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

[NYT] Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, a Pioneer of Gay Studies and a Literary Theorist, Dies at 58 - Obituary (Obit)

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Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

[Time Out] London's 70 best unsung museums
Alongside the V&A, Science, Natural History and British Museums, the capital has a host of smaller, lesser-known collections. Here's our guide to London's best secret museums

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

[Slate] The top 25 Bushisms of all time. - By Jacob Weisberg
What follows is a list of my 25 favorites. There were many to choose from, but in my opinion, the greatest Bushism of all was delivered on Aug. 5, 2004, when the president declared: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

[Times] Of course Tintin's gay. Ask Snowy
His adventures have sold more than 200 million copies and been translated into 50 languages, and this weekend he celebrates his 80th birthday. But how well do we really know Tintin? One thing's for certain...

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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

[Bitch] Bite Me! (Or Don't)
Stephenie Meyer’s vampire-infested Twilight series has created a new YA genre: abstinence porn

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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

[LRB] Short Cuts
'The Tipping Point is written in clear, readable prose and tells some engaging stories to advance the somewhat bland thesis that little things can make a big difference, and that this is true whether you’re talking about the fall in crime in New York City in the 1990s or the simultaneous (though unconnected, so far as anyone knows) rise in popularity of Hush Puppies.'
[Telegraph] The Turner Prize 2008: Sister Wendy and the froth of the new
'The big autumn exhibitions in the capital have reignited the debate as to the direction of contemporary art. There has been the opening of the new Saatchi Gallery, the display, at the Tate Britain, of works by the four artists on the shortlist for the Turner Prize (the winner will be announced on Monday), and, over at the Tate Modern, a retrospective on one of the 20th century's most celebrated artists, Mark Rothko. Sister Wendy has come to see what all the fuss is about.'

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

[MSNBC] Olbermann: Gay marriage is a question of love
Too bad the No on Prop 8 people didn't frame the choice in terms a bit closer to this