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holger czukay is your real daddy boy, they were the ultimate rock art band, and they still sound amazing to this day. by dd
Spank Rock: Energy live at the paris social club
the drum beat on this track is awesome. i have it in one of my mixes and i cant seem to find it now but i could swear it was without vocals or at least quite different. so i don’t know if hes sampling this or if this is from scratch. if you know let me know. i don’t know whats up with the heads and tails of the clip here, could have done without it, but skip that to the interior of the club and the music. quite red hot, paris social club. video by bryce ward.
I’m back… couldn’t let is go… just checked…. no wonder this is the base track from the can’s vitamin c. now, how does this guy even know who the can is? the dj must be german, if not its all nicholas jaars fault for pulling this stuff out again for the public. fuckin brilliant. I knew that track couldn’t be from this lame era we live in. regurgitation pays off it sounds great regardless.
by dd
vincent gallo in gstar ads
i don’t own any items from gstar, but i think they did a good job picking vincent to do the ads… unlike belvedere…. he seems to fit in somehow. i believe it. i love the guy and despite his republican antics, i like him and his ego. why not? you need an ego to survive this jungle and he’s used it well. we had dinner once at the standard in LA when he was trying to sell his muscle cars and house. talked about PJ harvey drumming for him and all. lost touch with the boy since but i still listen to his music and i love it. so see folks, we are not such haters we just love to love those, who others hate. also see gstar’s jeans collaboration with vitra on the reissue of limited edition jean prouvé furniture. 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
why so staerk?
the latest ad for camilla staerk, quite consistent with her lovely work… i feel there is horse theme developing here… kl? by dd
I want les essentials de la vie
i’ve never been so willing to reveal how nerdy i am and that i carry my laptop around, but this laptop briefcase by want les essentials de la vie is too gorgeous to be shy about. want is a new canadian leather goods company, and they get it. perfecting what we want as the modern classic. you can find want les essentials de la vie at such places as here and there. by kl
fashion fools week: let’s dance
just remember that, incase im ever caught on the dance floor that is. by dd
I want you and the horse you came on
wow! love this picture of canadian photographer, candace meyer and her arabian horse. now this picture was taken by her intern, just imagine what she can do. by xy
New York Fashion week: many fantastic men, so few gentle women! l’officiel at boom-boom room and fantastic man at cielo
the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
handsome photographer
paper vixen and vogue contributor lynn yaeger
i stole terry’s glasses
lovely yana k sans her usual red lips
karen collins and ucef hanjani
fab photographer hanuk mid-kiss
JLG and his ever present aton camera
joey jalleo and friend
beyonce and pod
lovely mister richard chai sans bike
and my favorite picture of the night
so it was the battle of the magazines night and looks like commercial rag l’officiel won the boom boom room over fabulous mens mag fantastic man which had its party at cielo. not that we are so keen on boom boom room but if you “have to” do something in the retched neighborhood of meat-packing district then you might as well head to the top. i was to meet a friend, and not excusing myself, but i really went there for that. he showed up at 1:30 and after a few drinks we ended up at cielo and then the standard grill at 3:30 for a late night food fest. we are still working on shedding those pounds. in any case not sure why “fantastic man”, which we quite like, would pick a place like that and in that area? but probably the idea was to keep it in the same hood and encourage some party hopping which it indeed did. the parties were fun, and i can’t complain about the music being retro this round, but it still wasn’t right either. i felt like i was in ibiza circa 2006… except i wasn’t. i have to say music is the hardest, and the best i’ve heard was about 2 years ago at the women/supreme management party when chris gay was there. i even got the dj’s name afterwards, i was trying to track down every other song they played. cielo was packed to the gills and unless you were into that “karate class smell” the crowd and the sweat was a bit challenging. after all best to stay home or stick to wooly. all photos by our lovely friend: hanuk. by dd
City by the sea: Surf Pro NY
last friday was the finals for the ny surf pro held in long beach, ny. its a little town a trains ride from the city, with hidden gems and good vibes for a summers day get away. the day was amazing the best surfers in the world, the beach filled with the on looking crowd, great energy and the best waves ny has seen on a day as nice as it was in i can’t tell you how long! these flix of josh kerr are for pp+dd+xy if he is behaving today but a nice re-cap video of the contest and highlights of the epic final between kelly slater and owen wright can be seen at the quiksilver pro website. by jr
ooooh Lucien: jane birkin and serge Gainsbourg
love these outtake snaps from a shoot with the fantastic duo. by dd
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
