Yet another one of my many latest obsessions, Florence and The Machine. I'm so ready for this album to drop. They create the sounds that tell my blood to rush.
The louder the better. Listen : Florence And The Machine - Blinding
A young artist with a bright future, New Orleans born photographer, Musa Alves, describes her 3 part 'Boys' collection :
"When shooting ‘boys,’ I shared deep intimacies that were spontaneously captured ‘in the moment.’ The intimacy may have lasted years, months or for the duration of the shoot. Regardless, the moment was, and now is the meaning.
My main focus on men is based on sexual manipulation behind and in front of the camera. Using my sexuality in my art, and getting it in return from others."
View her collection online : http://www.musaalves.com/
C A L L I N G - F O R - E N T R I E S!
Incheon Metropolitan City, KOREA,
together with DesignBoom.com promotes an international design competition.
participation is open to applicants from every country in the world,
to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts.
free registration required.
Looking for entries in the following three categories:
1 - green design for humans
products and household items made of organic materials or recycled materials:
green designs to save energy and protect the environment.
IT devices, home appliances, automobiles or packaging:
green designs combined with state-of-the-art technologies to suggest a new lifestyle.
2 - city and green design
green design to improve city environment and its visual components-
street furniture, architecture, interior design, light: green designs for future cities
that apply environmentally-friendly concepts or alternative energy to urban environment.
3 - green design and communication
visual design of promotional materials or advertises for green design.
other forms of green design: movie clips, character designs, animation films or illustrations
Visit the DesignBoom website for more information and contest specifics here : http://www.designboom.com/iida.html
Since last Friday's Iranian Presidential Election, cities across Iran are are up in arms over suspicions of fraudulent voter tallying in order to re-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president. Supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, are taking to the streets with both peaceful and violent protests against the Iranian government. In Tehran, amongst other cities in Iran, police and security are attempting to forcibly control and end all demonstrations. As of right this moment, 19 civilians have been confirmed deceased, but hospitals report the tolls could be as high as 150. News organizations around the world are airing footage of protesters being arrested, beaten and injured by Iranian police forces. Keep in mind, that many of the protests are peaceful and some even silent.
- C.
Read about the current situation here : http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html
Sign the petition urging the United Nations to step into the crisis : http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/omidadvocatescom/
Visit the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran website : http://www.iranhumanrights.org/
Watching this situation the past few days has allowed me distance from any of my own personal troubles, and to reflect on precisely how fortunate I truly am. In a time when there seems to be so many things wrong with my own country, I've never been more thankful to be an American.
One of my favorite up-and-coming indie bands, AMAZING BABY ("the collective specialise in dreamy, self-consciously anthemic yet effortlessly cool reverb-tastic rock with a mix of psych, punk and pop thrown in for good measure") will be playing at the UCLA Hammer Museum on 7/2/09, with guests Band of Skulls & Dazzler. Already making a splash in the UK, their debut album drops in the U.S. on June 23rd. If you're in the L.A. area, I suggest popping in to see their skills live.
Event info here : http://hammer.ucla.edu/calendar/detail/year/2009/month/7/day/2/type/program/id/235
Read an album review here : http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/word-on-the-web-theyre-truly-amazing-baby-952134.html
Listen to a free track here : http://hypem.com/#/track/829128/Amazing+Baby+-+Headdress
I doubt you'll be disappointed.
- C.
...and it sounds a lot like this : Florence And The Machine - Cosmic Love.
I highly advise turning up your volume.
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