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boulangerie alsacienne
best coffee in the world
michelangelo antonioni
where is my honda (elsinore?)
hope sandoval
Nº 17 etudes studio with ari marcopoulos
jaguar dtype
stop making sense! by uh
Author: tomorrow started
this is america
this is america
by childish gambino
something funny, something real, something truthful, well seems to hit a few chord with me. donald glover aka childish gambino’s music video this is america is worth a listen and a look. by bh
forget vetements, make room for wardements!!
“take pleasure seriously…” prankster and hair stylist ward stegerhoek.
this is the man behind wardements. a brand composed of tongue-in-cheek streetwear approved by the fashion elite, from inez and vinoodh to vogue to gigi hadid to model alessandra ambrosio, toni garrn, and daphne groeneveld… wards view on taking the piss out of vetements is nothing short of total punk attitude. less self serious than vetements, his absurdity has resonated with the times like fire to a hair sprayed wig. shop wardements here at blendstories… sorry most have sold out already.
mister ward stegerhoek above left-just behind raquel zimmermann on the cover of vogue italia.
wardements lookbook designed in the form of a deck of cards. collect all looks! brilliant design by ceft and company new york.
gigi in wardements “orange babies” hoodie. now this must mean so much to you!
wardements NOT juicy!
wards mugshot adorns many of the garments and here on one of the cards – sending you some love and kisses.
model daphne groeneveld sporting a wardements uber sized hoodie. much room to eat.
model georgia fowler in wardements… the line is now available at the V Magazines pop-up shop on mercer street new york or you can buy them online at the v-magazine e-shop here.
model romee strijd in wardements.
photographers inez van lamsweerde and vinoodh matadin.
model katya riabinkina in wardement RUDE XL hoodie.
show em who’s your daddy… follow wardements on instagram and get a couple of pieces before the first season all sells out. by xy
in honor of the persian new year here is a clip of the bygone golden days
above the 2500 year celebration party, “decadence and downfall : the worlds most expensive party”
and now that we are on this topic; here is “the fall of the shah” about the revolution of 1979. this may also be of interest.
the deposed shah of iran had a massive party to celebrate the 2,500 years of the persian empire, inviting the heads-of-state from around the world. it was the party of the century and monarchs, and the like, hustled to insure the right seats at the table. this of course was just a few year before the revolution and the beginning of islamic republic of iran. fun little movie from BBC – documenting the 2500 year celebration of the persian heritage. happy norouz, and for the rest of you happy first day of spring. by dd
Viken Arman live
what an awesome landscape….
viken arman killing it live.. and what a location to hang and grab a drink?
Amok Science: Did the Polio vaccine in congo created the AIDS virus?
hilary koprowski was the target of accusations in the press, an allegation long refuted by “evidence” showing that the HIV-1 virus was introduced to humans long before his polio-vaccine trials were conducted in africa. however, the “evidence” is disputed and targeted in this documentary.
polio (oral) vaccine used in belgian congo as an experiment
I must say that I’m a total supporter of vaccines, and I believe strongly in the opinion of the scientific community. but like all good things that can go astray, I do have serious concerns about the lack of honesty, greed and monetary realities of the pharmaceutical complex. it is very very possible that this was a lapse of judgement, or involved a handful of bad apples, but it had to be suppressed in order to salvage the confidence of the public, save the moral standing of the west and avoid financial disaster for the pharmaceutical companies involved. that is very plausible and this documentary by channel four surely raises those doubts and drills holes into the conclusion of the royal society. watch it, judge for yourself, but don’t form an opinion till you research this thoroughly. by dd
rihanna vs black mirror : the resemblances are uncanny!!
rihanna – love on the brain
black mirror: jessica brown-findlay – anyone who knows what love is
I was wondering why i like this song, when i simply cannot stand rihanna, i can’t help but be intrigued if they actually were influenced to do this song based on the early episode of black mirror from season 1? by dd
whoa! werner “herzog on kenya west” the world is ending
ok i was floored to hear my hero, werner herzog, would spent even a minute on kanye west, but he did, and its not what you think.
“he was impressed” i was told?
he said this video was “fascinating” and contained what he called a “parallel story” a confusion of reality and fiction, “this is very good stuff” and he said if “kenya west” would apply to his school he would consider the film maker of this clip as a student at his school… i realized at that point that my world had ended… but read on…
the video included fake wax figures of caitlyn jenner, bill crosby, kanye west, taylor swift, kim kardashian and amber rose, note that these are fake! unlike kim kardashian, caitlyn jenner and amber rose who are “totally real”.
below: artist vincent desiderio 2008 sleep painting, the inspiration for kanye’s “work of art”
now for the record here, let me clarify that herzog did not go and review this shit piece of a clip. this was shown to him for the first time by a young, eager, editor at the daily beast, jen yamato. why she works at daily beast is beyond comprehension but i suppose we all have to eat.
so here is what werner herzog “actually” said, i will now translate for you in english, so please put on your best german accent and repeat out loud…. “zanx jen for interviewing me on your shit filled celeb blog, im not very sure why i am here, but i can imagine you must be zick of covering pop culture and needed to drag me into this to zave some portion of your lost soul. but ok lets make some converzation zince the camera is rolling… thiz iz an interesting veedeo. it delves into the realm of reality and fiction, nature and man…. and most importantly mans insanity… and his naive dezire to kontrol and deform nature… which of koze he desperately fails at… you may remember fritz geraldo? right. ok… so this is indeed a fazinating film for a young starving artists… and if he or she (cause herzog doesn’t even know about kanye) would ever apply to my zchool i may actually coinzider him/her az a student. i of course say this becauz none of the students who apply to my school can spend more zan $2 on their application films, and thiz film looks pretty damn good for a $2 film, not to menzion a young azpiring film student…”
so lets not get all excited here… herzog is in no way endorsing this self indulged, machismo inspired, naive infantile embarrassment of a work by, as he would call him, “kenya west”. ok? my world has not ended, and herzog has not blessed kanye in any way. you can all go home now. have a good weekend. by dd
collage of the day: egon’s cheeky horn beagle, wants to text ali chain forever
not everything here makes sense but this one surely does… by dd
Birth, fish, bubble, sex, needle, and death… have we intrigued you enough?
a beautifully curious film…
directed by cyrille de vignemont
as a music video for poni hoax (antibodies) the french electro band
featuring controversial diptych of fish/birth, needle/skin and my favorite; naked ikura! enjoy!
poni hoax antibodies music video
a beautifully curious film for an otherwise not so interesting lyrics and mediocre track. a good reminder of how great talent can make anything ordinary into something extra ordinary. the visuals are so curious they draw you in, but they are not just sensationalist fodder, they begin to align and draw parallels in your mind, the needle that begs to penetrate that floating balloon, the fish gasping for air, and saturn devouring its children… like any good piece of literature or film, what they all mean is up to interpretation, so let it all sink in. the world needs more of this and less of byonce’s silly rhetoric and infantile erotic choreography. the above clip reminds us of another great video we wrote about, perhaps one of our favorite music videos for yet another mediocre band; scissor sisters. you may want to check that out as well, your welcome to turn the sound off. by xy
here’s a film on godard written by anna about love: funny how godard only made love stories that had nothing to do with love?
louis garrel and stacy martin as jean-luc godard and anne wiazemsky
and the real GOD (ard)!
redoubtable a film about jean-luc godard by michel hazanavicius
sorry folks, but a movie on jean-luc godard to us, is like a movie about mohammad to the isis crew – we have no choice but to issue a full fatwah against the director. i’m sure we’ll have to go see it, just to rag on it. i anticipate this will be like the serge gainsbourg film “a heroic life”, which won the prestigious gold award for worse title ever… disappointing and somewhat of a shame. by ars + dd
Joan Jonas: New York Performances
joan jonas video performances in new york
recommended viewing at the upcoming anthology film archives in new york. will try and go check it out. by kl
