This morning in the New York Times Style section I read about a blogspot called Advanced Style, with a concept I was immediately drawn to. Street Style photography capturing the ripened fruit of our culture. It is no surprise since I am in my twenties that the two groups of people who catch my eye most in the streets most frequently are babies and well-composed older people. READ MORE

Born from a desire to create artifacts out of their vices, Cast of Vices jewelry, celebrate the inherent design aesthetic of the substances, while at the same time casting a critical eye on pop culture.The collection is hand crafted in the USA with solid .926 silver sterling silver and 14k gold by using the lost wax process. READ MORE

In*Tandem is a cool online magazine, with nice layout, great fashion editorials, interviews, videos and much more. “70s Redux” is their latest issue where they explore the influences of the 1970′s cultural flourishment on present day media…

Women ruling the DJ tables, racial variety in fashion spreads, a Brooklyn-based disco group revealing their ancient production techniques…

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A lot of people have slept on the dark experimental-rock sounds of the Liars. Sisterworld, the bands newest album, was just awarded “best new music” on Pitchfork for their third time in a row… that’s called legit. A definition of respect could be having such names as TV on the Radio, Devendra Banhart, Blonde Redhead and the almighty Thom Yorke appearing on a remixes/covers album accompanying your new release.

On Thom Yorke’s interpretation of the Liars Proud Evolution, he surrounds lead singer Angus Andrew’s vocals in a battle of electronic programming. The track starts out with a basic loop, then comes Andrew’s vocals that evoke a deep isolation and soon Yorke adds a simple but satisfying cord progression and allows for the programming to take you on a trip of its own. Yorke’s ability to focus in on the most important aspects of a track, in this case Andrew’s vocals and Yorke’s chord progression, and keep it simple while then building electronic storms around that to drive the track into new territories is part of his genius. It might not seem like much, but it’s simple and complicated at the same time and that’s not an easy feat to accomplish.

Listen to “Proud Evolution (Thom Yorke 500qd Remix)” here

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There comes a time in all creative minds when  you enter new phases of sophistication, its called growth. Kanye’s new blog marks this growth for his online persona. He puts this transition really nicely in the text he wrote for below. “We used to be the niggas rocking polo shirts, Louie backpacks, paper denim jeans, and exclusive Adidas from Sportie LA.”

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Berlin based and German artist Hans Hemmert is using air as part of his latest work – Not easy to understand but very aesthetic. Balloon Crazy ! READ MORE