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found this in our draft section i guess it was never published. better late than never.
jarvis is back! at least on this discodeine mix, better than nothing as we say in french, right? by pp.
clips
boyce & brown: a universe of possibilities
with tatiana cotliar (next). nice clip by ex creative director harrison boyce & director nathaniel brown. you may recall our posts on a similar style of work about a year or so ago, now you can add this to one the mix. with film becoming such an approachable medium and available to so many different disciplines, we are excited about the experimentation and possibilities it holds. something less literal and more poetic awaits us all. by dd
vanessa bruno – kate bosworth
that’s just so nice. another amazing video by stephanie di guisto. by pp
Alain Robbe Grillet: TRANS EUROP EXPRESS
one of my favorite films by alain robbe grillet with one of my all time favorite actors, jean-louis trintignant (also in the film by bernardo bertolucci, the conformist). along with marie-france pisier and nadine verdier, this film is nothing short of beautiful. by dd
Krishnamurti – The Real Revolution
today’s ultimate irony was that i earnestly attempted to watch this series of a documentary on (not philosopher or religious leader) but ‘thinker’ jiddu krishnamurti while multitasking, doing research, and liking images on tumblr. it’s typical for new york to inflict ADD on its citizens, but i don’t like that excuse. i think i have some work to do. step one, sit through four hours of half-speed musings life, or read some of this. by kl
love, it’s the most important quality a revolutionary must possess –ernesto “che” guevara
after that post on hemingway and castro, i ended up watching the 4 hour IFC film “che” directed by steven soderbergh and starring benicio del toro (who won at the cannes film festival for best actor) as a convincing, despite slightly overweight, ernesto che guevara. the film is in spanish with an english subtitle. it’s the best film i’ve seen on che, and despite it’s high budget production, it retains the grit of the era. love the vintage documentary footage mixed in with the grainy b&w mockumentary footage and the high-def muted color film. with the UN in full swing right now it’s worth a watch just to hear che’s 1965 UN speech. beautifully romantic and idealistic. by xy
the can: vitamin c live, Kraut und Rüben
holger czukay is your real daddy boy, they were the ultimate rock art band, and they still sound amazing to this day. by dd
TS… Meet ST
do you have bands or acts that you have said to yourself you need to see before you die? well i have plenty, and this weekend i was fortunate enough to scratch one of these bands off my list: suicidal tendencies. fronted by mike muir, younger brother of jim muir one of the original z-boys from venice beach skate days, suicidal combines many genres from punk/surf/thrash to metal and funk with a cali vato loco vibe. the energy was amazing, the sound was perfect and the band was tight, being that they are all serious professional musicians. a while back, suicidal collaborated with vans to release a suicidal X vans shoe as an ode to the original vans style of pool skating. by jr
playboy: before hef lost his groove
julie newmar in cat like ears backstage
vintage playboy cover from 1968. these were the glory years. this is when every cover showcased the bunny, but somehow hidden in the image, this one is quite obvious but it started a great premise for the magazine as an idea.
playboy club bunnies circa 1960’s
original playboys: dean martin and frank sinatra
the original Playboy Club in 1960’s Chicago is the centerpiece of the playboy club TV show and above trailer. set in 60’s and much like the upcoming pan-am show it’s a coat-tailer to mad men’s success. we’ll see how well it does.
playboy is one of the iconic magazines of the century, and it’s a shame what has become of it these days. magazines like paradis and others tried to emulate the early days of playboy but never as popular or successful as the mag once was. in its early glory days, playboy was much more than just a nudie mag. the clubs were cool, and a place the top liners wanted to be at. it had some of the greatest writers contributing to the magazine and discussing serious progressive issues. it was political, cultural, and it actually had girls you’d want to be with. that changed in the 70’s, and it progressively became worse, where finally it ended up being a truck drivers wet dream. french playboy in the late 90’s-2000 managed to implement a shift and made the french edition a better mag. french playboy used good photographers and models, but somehow in this world of ours; good things don’t sell. it closed down a few years ago leaving us with the horrendous US version. the playboy club TV show that is set to launch this month promises to revamp that era’s image but unfortunately, as displayed at the recent launch of the playboy club in london, the brand’s decay is deeper than imagined. it’s a brand with massive potential and a shame nothing is being done. we need a young hefner in charge. we propose dd for the task ; ) by xy
Agent Provocateur — Always Remember Your Agent Provocateurs
johan renck has done some very witty and interesting “shorts” for brands like h&m. for the first second, i didn’t think this one was quite up to par, but was going to include here because there seems to be a lingerie theme on TS of late. on the other hand, this vid for agent provocateur is actually perfect for them… energetic, funny, and just the right amount of crass and ass. featuring paz de la huerta of course. by kl
Britpop to the rescue: blur’s boys and girls
lately no matter where i go, and mind you i don’t go to too many places, i hear the same tracks from the attics of 90’s britpop. this song was in my head from last night’s shindig, and i have to admit i dug it up just for giggles. but let me tell you, guilt does set in, so now, the real point of this… when i was young, old folks would go to lame places and listened to their lame childhood tunes to feel “young and nostalgic”. herds of amateur violinists would work day and night to replay those very tunes in every freakin’ elevator. well, we barfed at that nostalgia. where i was growing up there was no turning back. now what is it with our complacent lazy bum generation that has made regurgitating herbivores the trend to fend? do we not have anything new to give? well i suppose not, cause when we try, we come up with some self-help crap like: born this way… maybe it’s best we stick to blur for now and just carry on with the aging process… by dd
lanvin dance video: fall winter 2011
hmmmm…lanvin dance contest… i’m sure it will work and do very well given the audience, even though they may not be the actual clientele of lanvin. i saw this, over the weekend when a friend was bragging how great it was. i’m not 100% convinced, but i do like the fact that it breaks with stogy world of fashion and brings some lightness and fun into fashion. now while albaz is a cooky, fun fellow, the brand isn’t. H&M pulled it off well on the lanvin, lagerfeld, and viktor & rolf spots, i think this video which is a complete reference to burning rocks (fassbinders script) which we had posted ages ago. it’s not executed as well as it could have been, and places the lanvin house line quite close to the H&M lanvin line, and that is not very brilliant. by dd
