Alex and Chloe launches a new line of jewelry entitled, “Tar.” Tiny conches, fertility symbols, and the ever so ubiquitous key, are made from brass and “blackened” in tar. Visit www.alexandchloe.com.
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Alex & Chloe: “Tar”
Music: Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes – “Virginia” (Click Here to Listen)
Os Mutantes – “Balado do Louco” (Click Here to Listen)
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Film Still: “Let’s Get Lost” (1988)
Bruce Weber’s documentary about Chet Baker, the brilliant and one of a kind trumpet player, is conveyed through an astonishing miasma of poetic imagery and jazz. The documentary combines photography & old footage to portray a romantic, handsome, and brilliant young Chet at the height of his career, with an older, down trodden, and ultimately trampled spirit of Chet, the artist disillusioned and destroyed by his genius. READ MORE>>>
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HENRIK VIBSKOV
Henrik Vibskov a prolific Scandinavian designer who utilizes unique textiles to make functional products. Above laptop case and umbrella are available at www.the-v-store.com.
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RICH MAN’S FRUG
If only a night on the town could be choreographed as well as this scene in director Bob Fosse’s, Sweet Charity (1969). Wild and amazingly corky dancing makes ‘The Rich Man’s Frug’ stand out amongst the greatest numbers in musical history, but the elaborate costuming, hair & make-up, and set design make a girl want to stick a cigarette in a ten inch holder and wait, posed for both my close up and a light.
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Music: Fela Kuti
“We have more to learn towards building than from destroying.”
Fela Kuti – “Viva Nigeria” (Click Here to Listen)
Fela Kuti – “Witch Craft” (Click Here to Listen)
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Film Still: “Performance” (1968)
Performance, starring Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg, is a psychedelic rabbit hole in and of itself; a dark labyrinth of rock n’ roll, organized crime, and free love.
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