Jockohomo Blood and Shaving Cream

1981 Super Rare Groove from Solo Sound on TJ Swans’...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:48:00 -0500

1981 Super Rare Groove from Solo Sound on TJ Swans’ Express Label

I think of this image when I lift…

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:20 -0500

I think of this image when I lift…

“I Want To See All My Friends At Once”: Arthur...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:10 -0500

“I Want To See All My Friends At Once”: Arthur Russel and The Queering of Gay Disco:

“Disco, it is commonly understood, drummed its drums and twirled its twirls across an explicit gay-straight divide. In the beginning, the story goes, disco was gay: Gay dancers went to gay clubs, celebrated their newly liberated status by dancing with other men, and discovered a vicarious voice in the form of disco’s soul and gospel-oriented divas. Received wisdom has it that straights, having played no part in this embryonic moment, co-opted the culture after they cottoned onto its chic status and potential profitability. With Sylvester and John Travolta marking out the polar opposites of disco’s terrain, it was supposed to be easy to spot the difference. The sequined black gay falsetto, who delivered soul and gospel-charged disco, embodied the movement’s gay roots, while the white straight hustling star of Saturday Night Fever, who was happiest dancing to the shrill pop of the Bee Gees, represented its commercialization and suburbanization. In this article, how- ever, I want to refract this popular analysis through a queer lens in order to explore not just the mixed composition of early dance crowds, which I take to be historically given (Lawrence 2004a: 22, 31, 104), but, more importantly, the way in which both the dance floor experience and disco’s musical aesthetics could be said to be queer (rather than gay). I will also examine how disco producers, responding to the mainstreaming of disco culture from the mid-1970s onwards, took the genre in fresh and unsettling directions. These questions will be explored through the decidedly odd figure of Arthur Russell, whose disco releases stand as an allegory of the unexplored rela- tionship between gay and queer disco.”

Big fan of illustrator David M. Buisán’s drawing style,...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:05:00 -0500

Big fan of illustrator David M. Buisán’s drawing style, here’s his New Video Book Directed & Animated by Mr. Slurp, Music by Röyksopp.

Muji Manifesto, the Japanese based retailer (distinguished by...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:00:45 -0500

Muji Manifesto, the Japanese based retailer (distinguished by its design minimalism, emphasis on recycling, avoidance of waste in production and packaging, and no-logo or “no-brand” policy.) recently published a manifesto of sorts that presents a unique refreshing view of consumer culture and brand consumption:

“We do not create products that lure customers into believing that “this is best” or “I must have this.” We would like our customers to feel the rational sense of satisfaction that comes not with “this is best”, but with “this is enough.” “Best” becomes “enough.””There are degrees of “enough” however. Muji aims to raise the standard of “enough” to the greatest extenst possible. “Best” contains a fair emount of egoism and disharmony, but in “enough” we sense restraint and compromise.”This is enough.” That is Muji’s vision.”

Oh, and that’s a Tamotsu Fujii photograph as part of a Muji advertisement.

The loading image for motaitalic is really sweet…

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:35:07 -0500

The loading image for motaitalic is really sweet…

Love the classical vocabulary contrasted with street art, piece...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:00 -0500

Love the classical vocabulary contrasted with street art, piece by Lucamaleonte

Equalizer T-Shirt: Electro-luminescence (EL) is a technology in...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:57:00 -0500

Equalizer T-Shirt: Electro-luminescence (EL) is a technology in which a small electric current is passed through a phosphorus material. This current causes the material to radiate light. Electro-luminescence generates no heat and requires a very low power source, is light weight, flexible, durable, waterproof and landfill friendly because it’s production uses no hazardous materials. Just turn on the small battery pack that fits snugly in an interior pocket of the shirt and watch it go. Also available as a time piece, rock the house animated, graffiti, love meter and 4d equalizer model.

Part of Slava Mogutin’s curator’s statement for the...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:55:34 -0500

Part of Slava Mogutin’s curator’s statement for the show “Burning the Candle at Both Ends @ Visual AIDS”: “Was it a coincidence that AIDS wiped out some of the most radical and experimental artists of the 80s? And was it a coincidence that they were just as radical and experimental in their private lives as in their art, “burning the candle at both ends”?

It’s been reported that a divorcing couple in Connecticut...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:48:45 -0500

It’s been reported that a divorcing couple in Connecticut spent $75,000 to $100,000 a year to maintain the Jeff Koons artwork titled “Puppy”. Newsprint magnet/media mogul Peter Brant and his wife, former Victoria’s Secret model Stephanie Seymour own an exact duplicate of the Bilbao statue.

Monsters Are Our Friends

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:33:46 -0500

Monsters Are Our Friends:

Monsters are on the rise. People can’t seem to get enough of vampires lately, and zombies have a new lease on life. Today’s idea: We should “thank our zombies,” a philosophy professor writes. Far from being unhealthy vestiges of the past, monsters “play imaginative foils for thinking about our own responses to menace.”

Suzusho Supasse V: “A car that draws inspiration from,...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:18:45 -0500

Suzusho Supasse V: “A car that draws inspiration from, well…everything. The Lotus-sized two seater has a positively McLaren-esque windshield and cockpit, is positively Panoz-like from the side profile, and has unmistakable Ferrari taillights. Looking futher down the Supasse’s list of borrowed equipment, one finds Mazda’s new turbocharged 2.3 liter (sourced from the new Mazdaspeed 3) mounted amidships. Tipping the scales at a mere 850kg, this mini-supercar promises a terrific power-to-weight ratio.”

Legendary graffiti artist Haze launched a new version of his...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:47 -0500

Legendary graffiti artist Haze launched a new version of his website called Interhaze. Artist, designer, cultural phenomenon, he grew up bombing the trains and the walls of NYC. During the 80’s, and his work has been exhibited alongside the likes of Lee Quiñones, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. He’s had a massive influence on hip hop designing the wicked break dancer logo for Tommy Boy as well as logos for Def Jam, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and EPMD.

Drive Across The Bay Bridge During Closure - Driving on the Bay...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:44:45 -0500

Drive Across The Bay Bridge During Closure - Driving on the Bay Bridge, filmed on day five of bridge closure. Kloxboy says; That was extremely pleasant. I could watch that for at least 10 minutes or at least an hour if I was on some form of opiates. (via Fecal Face)

Via acryliccowboy: I’ve uploaded a set of high res Porsche...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:28:48 -0500

Via acryliccowboy: I’ve uploaded a set of high res Porsche motorsport posters to flickr. They’re originally from Dutch site Autokopen and appear to be long gone.

The set is far from complete and omits many stunning examples that can be found in VPRacing.com’s ’60s and ’70s poster archives. They’re well worth a browse.

peepingtomfoolery: I doubt they meant for it to look like that

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:12:47 -0500

peepingtomfoolery: I doubt they meant for it to look like that

These are so simple and gorgeous, reblogged from mbarilla: KN |...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:47 -0500

These are so simple and gorgeous, reblogged from mbarilla: KN | Kitsune Noir » International Year of Astronomy 2009 Posters by Simon Page

nevver: Biblio-Text, The Londonist

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:53:45 -0500

nevver: Biblio-Text, The Londonist

Via boys2men :tapthatguy: PATH Station, NYC

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:37:34 -0500

Via boys2men :tapthatguy: PATH Station, NYC

Shopping Vintage @ Amarcord, Williamsburg, NYC. I hate to...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:10:51 -0500

Shopping Vintage @ Amarcord, Williamsburg, NYC. I hate to recommend, I usually try to keep people OUT of the stores where I discover finds, but I’m not in Williamsburg so I’ll indulge because couldn’t resist these vintage autumn patterns, a cure all to the breakdown I had in the Paul Smith section the other day. That says nothing about me as I’m usually dressed in Carhartt.