Archive for April, 2006

Show Your Bones on Stage

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

bones by visualparadox.com
Catch NPR’s authorized bootleg of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in DC on All Songs Considered. I’m a sucker for live performances with their unexpected texture… Karen O sounds particulary raw and wrong in this case. It’s a April 4th Show at D.C.’s 9:30 Club and contains some performances of songs off their new [...]

Twisted Twins

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

Spinx, a new Kate Moss Sculpture © Marc Quinn/Mary Boone Gallery
Marc Quinn, the artist known recently for his neo-classical marble sculptures of para- and quadriplegic people has expanded this series to include a new sculpture of Kate Moss in a twisted yoga position. I discovered this picture while reading “Being Bad: The Career Move”, an [...]

What’s in your Caché?

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Opening scene from Michael Haneke’s film Caché, 35mm, 2005
I don’t ever rave about the movies I’ve seen unless I feel they are somewhat relevant to the current state of things. Such is the case with Michael Haneke’s latest film Caché (official site). From the start the film comes across as being an intimate window into [...]

Desperate Half-Baked Solution for an Ancient Problem

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

Spam at 4x, this and more spam stuff at Love Spam
Every once and a while I find myself trying to solve an age old problem, this one has, I’m sure, been the focus of perhaps thousands of specialists in silicon valley since the early days. I’m talking about Spam. My last email is an example [...]