Many are quick to dub hip-hop’s current state as one of imitation, impatience and over-saturation. For Fly Union, a three-man collective from Columbus, Ohio, they’ve operated by some different mantras. “Good things come to those who wait” and “quality over … Continue reading
Posted in Music | Tagged big sean, chip the ripper, currensy, fly union, hip-hop, jay swifa, rap, tgtc | View CommentsJusten Ladda was born in West Germany, but he has been a staple of the downtown New York art scene since 1978. In 1981 he transformed the auditorium of an abandoned school in the South Bronx with a comic image … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design | Tagged art, design, justin ladda | View CommentsLA outfit Foster the People know the power of the Internet. Relatively unheard of until last year, its music spread quickly through some blog placements placements to the aptly named website Hype Machine and ultimately the charts, landing at number … Continue reading
Posted in Music | Tagged audio, foster the people, mark pontius, music, yanni | View CommentsItalian designer Guido Garotti approaches furniture design as an exercise in social anthropology. “When I design, I study shapes, materials and manufacturing in order to encourage a psychological symbiosis between person and object,” Garotti says. His most recent project is … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design | Tagged art, design, furniture, guido garotti | View Commentsmobilerider.embedVideo(2416, 47333, ”, mr_videowidth, mr_videoheight, ‘osmf’, {extras: ‘muteOn:0,autoplay:0,continuous:0,vs:1′}); New York vs. L.A. Brooklyn hosts Compton. Meet rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Posted in Music | Tagged brooklyn, compton, hip-hop, kendrick lamar, life+times, los angeles, music, nyc, rap, video | View Comments// Top Chef semi-finalist Sam Talbot takes Life+Times through the Imperial No. 9 restaurant at The Mondrian Hotel, discussing his new book The Sweet Life, a guide to both cooking and living with diabetes.
Posted in Leisure | Tagged cooking, food, health, imperial number 9, sam talbot, sweet, video | View CommentsThough they play different styles of music, Washington D.C. punk icons Fugazi and Staten Island’s Wu-Tang Clan are more closely linked than one might think. Both outfits are iconic in respective circles, pioneered the ethos of Do-It-Yourself in independent music … Continue reading
Posted in Music | Tagged audio, fugazi, life+times, mash-up, mixtape, music, wu-tang clan, wugazi | View CommentsDeep in the heart of SoHo, almost bridging on Chinatown, a surf shop opened it’s doors two years ago and has since, not only gained a loyal following of dedicated wave riders globally, but they’ve zeroed in on a market … Continue reading
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Posted in Jay's I | Tagged baseball, derek jeter, homerun, ny yankees, sports | View Comments// Within the last couple of weeks, the New York City Department of Education closed Open Road Park, a sanctuary for area skateboarders in Lower East Side, Manhattan. Yet on a summery weekend just this past May, Santigold, her fiancé … Continue reading
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