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THE EAST HAMPTON SEAGULLS ARE MORONS (ESSAY)

In Arts & Cutlure, Film on November 30, 2012 at 6:18 pm


I want to read Fourier so that I can be a good conversationalist. At Parties. On the bus. Or even just as an opening.
The characters in Whit Stillman’s 1990 film Metropolitan may not be exactly tolerable but they are fascinating. They have the kind of conversations that I am not sure exist anymore (and possibly never did). They sit in their living rooms in suits and ball gowns discussing Agrarian Socialism and New York in the popular imagination.
Do you have to go to Farmington to speak about Fourier–

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2012 MRKT GIFT GUIDE: UNDRCRWN’S 2PAQUIAO TEE (PHOTOS)

In Sports, Style on November 30, 2012 at 4:59 pm

Christmas is just a few days a way and if you’ve got a friend or family member who’s a Manny Paquiao and a Tupac fan Undrcrwn’s latest offering might just be the stocking stuffer you’re looking for.

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YOKO ONO TEAMS WITH OPENING CEREMONY FOR MENSWEAR COLLECTION (PHOTOS)

In Arts & Cutlure, Style on November 30, 2012 at 11:26 am

Yoko Ono is always ahead of her time. Back in 1969 she created an album of sketches for her new husband John Lennon as a wedding present. Some 40 years later, her wedding gift is now a collection offered by Opening Ceremony.
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RECAP: TONY PERALTA’S A BLACK SEASON AFFAIR LAUNCH (PHOTOS)

In Arts & Cutlure, Latino, Style on November 30, 2012 at 10:45 am

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This Wednesday Washington Heights based artist M.Tony Peralta launched A Black Season Affair, his latest project, to a packed house at Apt178 Lounge, selling out limited edition tees, posters, snapback caps and other items. Friends, well-wishers and supporters of Peralta sipped on cocktails flavored with Hennessy as a DJ spun, and while a looped video of his collaboration with Feed The Rats occupied a wall. You missed out!  Photos below.

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TONY PERALTA LAUNCHES UPTOWN DEFENDERS & BLACK SEASON AFFAIR! CHEVERE (VIDEO)

In Arts & Cutlure, Latino, Style on November 26, 2012 at 2:53 pm

M.Tony Peralta, the 30 something Dominican Andy Warhol of Washington Heights (you should see his silkscreen game) is back on our radar with a new project and event just in time for the holidays: a one night only show titled Black Season Affair at Apt 178 Lounge, one of the livest spots in NYC.

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COLLEGE SOPHOMORE JACK TAYLOR SCORE 138 POINTS FOR GRINNELL (DETAILS)

In Sports on November 21, 2012 at 2:06 am

College sophomore Jack taylor shattered a whole lot of NCAA records last night when he scored 138 points for Grinnell during its match against Faith Baptist Bible.

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CHINA TO BUILD WORLD’S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN 90 DAYS (DETAILS)

In Arts & Cutlure, News, Uncategorized on November 20, 2012 at 8:48 am

It sounds crazy but a Chinese firm is planning to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in 90 days using prefabricated materials.BSB, Broad Sustainable Building, the firm behind the 30 story hotel built in 15 days last year in China, is behind the scheme.

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DOWNLOAD: ACTION BRONSON X ALCHEMIST ‘RARE CHANDELIERS

In Music on November 15, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Commissary King Action Bronson is back with Rare Chandeliers, a new mixtape with the legendary DJ Alchemist. Listening to it as I type, its quite funny and reads like a low budget grindhouse flick much like the video of the first single, “The Symbol”.

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MRKT READS: RICARDO CORTÉS ‘A SECRET HISTORY OF COFFEE, COCA & COLA’ (DETAILS)

In Arts & Cutlure, Latino on November 15, 2012 at 12:18 pm

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Back in August we teased you about Brooklyn bad ass, artist, historian, writer, designer, publisher and Bill O’Reilly defeater, Ricardo Cortés new book, The Secret History of Coffee, Coke & Cola.Cortés, best known for his marijuana children’s book, It’s Just A Plant, and for illustrating last years rabidly popular Go The Fuck To Sleep, sent us a note via e-mail today announcing the book’s launch!
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BJORK’S ‘MUTUAL CORE’ VIDEO IS FANTASTIC, FEMINIST & REPEAT PLAY WORTHY (VIDEO)

In Arts & Cutlure, Music on November 15, 2012 at 9:21 am

Icelandic pop star Bjork has transcended the genre with Biophilia, her album as apps which tackles science and nature via quirky direct lyrics, music and technology. Mutual Core is the video commissioned by MoCa and is the newest single from the album and its remix, Bastards.Mutual Core is also a masterpiece, an incredible achievement that is both art, educational and, possibly, a feminist treatise against patriarchy in creation theory.

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FLY YANKEES BALLER ROBINSON CANO BECOMES US CITIZEN (PHOTOS)

In Latino, Sports on November 14, 2012 at 4:11 pm

Handsome Yankees second base player Robinson Cano is now a US citizen! The Dominican Republic born baseball player, 30, was sworn in yesterday after recently re-upping with the Yankees, signing a one year $15 million contract.
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HOWARD SCHATZ ‘AT THE FIGHTS’ BOOK IS A KNOCKOUT! (PHOTOS)

In Arts & Cutlure, Sports on November 12, 2012 at 4:55 pm

At The Fights is a stunning photography book by artist and photographer Howard Schatz. Published by Sports Illustrated, the book has amazing portraits and action sequences of boxers before and after bouts, and is the artist’s 19th book.

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