November 2009
Is the end of pop-luxe in sight?
Today, Daily Candy’s sample sale site, Swirl, went live. (Is it just me, or is that name kind of terrible?) Anyway, if you’re not familiar with why this is a notable event, the online sample sale is one of the highlights in the otherwise dreary retail economy of late.
There’s a plethora of these sites now online, most of them invite-only to heighten the word-of-mouth buzz,...
“Michal Kascak, lead singer and keyboard player for Bez Ladu a Skladu,...”
– At Poisson Rouge - Rebel Waltz, Bands Parted Iron Curtain, - NYTimes.com
Dear Children of the Internet Era: Not to hammer this point home for the thousandth time, but once upon a time, about 25 or 30 years ago, the acquisition of music could be a socially and politically powerful act. Please...
Although I rent my apartment in Brooklyn, I do not...
—JONATHAN AMES (via youmightfindyourself:tobia / NYTimes)
Let’s talk about this quote for a moment, shall we? First of all, this piece is from 2002. 2002! This attitude was a little more forgiveable then; we were all still blinky and disoriented after 9/11.
But! It’s almost 2010. When Ames wrote this article, he was 38. Now that would make him well into his mid-40’s now. And...
A public service announcement regarding tacky font...
I don’t care if it WAS named one of the most “excellent free fonts for professional designers” by some semi-influential online design ‘zine two years ago, the loathsome Scriptina still makes me think of bad, bad, icky, bad LiveJournal fangirl user icons ca. 2005, and so if you use it as the logotype for your high-end online boutique, I will PROBABLY NOT SHOP THERE.
Just...