Here is the video for "Andrew In Drag," the ultra-catchy new tune by The Magnetic Fields. From their website: "Claudia and Stephin rotate on a lazy Susan while Darrell Thorne and Stormy Leather transform themselves with lipstick and pomade." The…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
Hart Schaffner Marx - makers of well-made classic American menswear - is celebrating 125 years with a Fall/Winter 2012 collection. The collection is by Joseph Aboud, HSM's chief creative office, and looks extra handsome and sharp. HSM was started by…
The Djay app was one of the highest acclaimed apps of 2011. It turns your iPad into a full-on DJ system, accessing all the music and playlists from your Music library. The touchscreen interface and "ultra low–latency" come together to…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
After ten years and three of my favorite albums ever, LCD Soundsystem played its last concert on April 2, 2011 in a four-hour extravaganza at Madison Square Garden ("...a marvel of pure craft" - New York magazine; "we may never…
Ah, Volume 4... This is a bit of an odd mix, but, as with all other volumes, I love every one of these songs. It is probably the first time Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" was included in the same list…
Before he began his career as a director of iconic films we love, like Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket, New York City native Stanley Kubrick was a photographer. He sold his first…
Based on the script alone, I cannot believe Bad Santa (2003) ever got made. It is the darkest and most irreverent take on a Christmas tale I have ever seen. The trailer really doesn't do it justice, partly because Billy…