DeVotchKa’s 100 Lovers will stream at npr.org in its entirety until its release on March 1.
Thanks to Heather Davis for the heads-up. 🙂
An actual working envelope charm hangs with an empty heart charm a carved Czech glass rosebud and a round bronze filigree edged glass charm with an image of cherry blossoms and the Ovid-inspired quip, “Love knows no rules of good behavior.”
Inside the envelope is an original verse on a scrap of paper.
“petals of distraction / layered in defense / around her empty heart.”
Ideally, the buyer will place their own love note inside.
I like it but I think it may need one more small touch. Suggestions?
-ali
Cognac, Cointreau & Lemon juice = delicious. A NICE winter warm up.
Nonsense covers the stuff that has no name, or a name that you feel really awkward and self-conscious saying out loud, like “underground.”
e.g. Street events, loft parties, puppet shows, bike rallys, costume balls, interactive art shows, movies in unusual places, parades, outlaw dancing, guerilla theater, burlesque and variety shows, loser open mikes, cirkuses, and absurdist pranks.
-via Nonsense NYC.
And thanks to Sxip Shirey for the recommendation of this article @ Brooklyn Based:
http://brooklynbased.net/blog/indie-publishers-jeff-stark-of-nonsense-nyc/
I think working mothers of all walks of life can relate to this. The fact that she dances Burlesque just ups the importance of her staying fit, but we all need help finding time in the day to exercise and making it fun as well as practical.
I especially like how this commercial normalizes burlesque dancing. The delination is clear — this commercial never would have been made about a “gentlemen’s club” stripper.
source: The Escapist : News : British Burlesque Dancer Likes Her Wii.
This article in the Christian Science Monitor seems late in the game, but … some good info here nonetheless. -ag
“Steampunk is definitely growing in popularity,” says Diana Vick, vice chair of Steamcon, an annual convention in Seattle that doubled its attendance when it held its second meeting in November. “I believe it is due in part to the fact that it is a rejection of the slick, soulless, mass-produced technology of today and a return to a time when it was ornate and understandable.”
-ag. hill house, edwardsville pa. 01/01/11
In a search for music to listen to while writing Avenging Arachne I went from an inquiry into contemporary experimental Greek composers to the discovery of a fascinating electronic artist named Etten to her band Film, its record label Inner Ear, and another artist on that label, 2L8.
2L8 a project of K the Clown and a team of mucisians and partners based in Thessaloniki.
Astonishingly, they share the same “neovaudeville” aesthetic I outlined in my project in 2009. From the cabaret makeup, to the black and white stripes in their costumes, to the theatricality to their politics.
Under “Media” at the band’s official website you can download their Music for free. The text reads:
“Music is and must be Free! Enough with the tyranny of the industry already that made us hollow and sad!”
You can download all 2L8 releases for free!
Then why bother having an e-shop, you may wonder? Some people, like ourselves, still love packages and booklets.
Also you might as well consider that when you actually buy something you support our next project… “
Go check it out: http://www.2-l8.gr
-ag
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