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Monthly Archives: November 2012

MAG IS IN

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Last night opened the latest of magazine fairs, this time in sunny Torino in Italy, under the moniker of Mag Is In – presenting 65 independent magazines, among them yours truly, in an exhibition, workshop and conference, all going on until Sunday. Wishing we were there ourselves, but alas, no such luck.

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You know Danny Fields.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A documentary by filmmaker Brendan Toller is diving into the life, times and resonance of this American music journalist and author. Danny Fields was indeed a pivotal figure in the music business of the 60s, 70s and 80s – and I’d wager through today – as he managed Iggy and The Stooges and The Ramones along [...]

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LAURENCE ANYWAYS

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A thought-provoking film that doesn’t end where it conveniently could but instead continues throughout the movie to explore complex questions without prejudiced answers in a heart-felt, realistic way.

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MYKKI AND MICHEAL

Monday, November 5, 2012

Here is Mykki Blanco, the alter-ego of Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. Harlem based cross-dresser, rapper is also the writer of a poetry book called From The Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys. Mykki/Micheal who considers herself/himself as a Renaissance woman/man is worth following.

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Unself Portrait

Monday, November 5, 2012
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WIND MAPS

Monday, November 5, 2012

Nature, of course, is amazing and violent and beautiful and many more things, as we all know. In the wake of hurricane Sandy ravaging the east coast of the US, see a live data visualisation by Fernanda Vegas and Martin Wattenberg of where the winds blow right now, and I could just stare at that [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: THE SEA AND CAKE

Monday, November 5, 2012

There’s nothing wrong with a little dreamy nostalgia when winter is right around the corner, so curtains up for The Sea and Cake’s latest, appropriately titled, erm, Harps.

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MONO.LOG #01 / ROBERT MONTGOMERY: ECHOES OF VOICES IN THE HIGH TOWERS

Friday, November 2, 2012

Dear Friends,
Friday is a good day, especially when you can announce the release of your first artist book ever, which is finally and truly: OUT! NOW! It was exactly 236 days ago that we wrote an email to British artist Robert Montgomery saying how much we appreciated his work and would he be interested in [...]

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ALIVE AND KICKSTARTING

Friday, November 2, 2012

As we are about to finally release our first artist book with Robert Montgomery, here is a quick thank you to not just all of you who supported the project in the making, but to the platform who made it happen in the first place: Kickstarter. We can’t stress enough how grateful we are that [...]

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THE PLACE WE LIVE

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968

Burning oil sludge, north of Denver, Colorado, 1973–74
New development on a former citrus-growing estate, Highland, California, 1983
From the South Jetty, Clatsop County, Oregon, 1991
Looking into Pine Valley, Baker County, Oregon, 2003
Images from Robert Adams: The Place We Live, just closed at the Yale University Art Gallery. Catch it, if you can, [...]

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