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Gearing up for her debut album release The New Classic, Iggy Azalea has released this in-studio video for her single Murda Business, featuring T.I. who also exec produced on Iggy Azalea’s first long play. Read the full article »»»»
The much anticipated trailer for Roger Gastman’s, Wall Writers, a film firmly focused on the early days of graffiti - 1967~1972 – including super rare interviews with pioneers like Coco 144, Taki 183 and CORNBREAD has hit the tube. The film is an interesting look back at why & how it all began, what the instigotors of such a – now – brad form think of the culture today. Director Roger Gastman – producer of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop – has lavished himself on Wall Writers. The film showcases graffiti in its innocence. Through unprecedented access to a host of legendary writers, Wall Writers tells the story of a time when underprivileged city kids refused to keep lurking in the shadows, when the streets were so wild that fame and infamy became indistinct, when art became a democracy and self-promotion became an art. And the narration is done by John Waters!
You want to know about this night out at the Rattler . . It’sTrashBaggery’s first birthday. TrashBaggery is an awesome local webzine that scours the city, covering the latest alternative media events, festivals, expos, fashion & the locally funky. it’s been a year since they kicked off and to celebrate they are inviting the entire freakin world to the Red Rattler. Caroline and the trashbaggery team know how to throw a party, and they’ve invited many of the performers and artists they’ve covered over the year. This looks awesome.
Want to know more? Check the facebook page here and hit the “Yes I am attending” button.
Being held at The Red Rattler March 17, 2012!
It’s almost impossible to miss, spend 15 minutes on the internet and your sure to bump into some mention or other of Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, a new dystopian novel placing a pot of cyborgs, magical powers and evil stepmothers on the boil.
Cinder is the debut novel of New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer . The story is loosely based on the classic fairytale “Cinderella”. Though Cinder is aimed squarley at a young adult/scifi audience, it’s a surprising good read for those of us who have managed to grow facial hair. Cinder was selected as one of IndieBound’s Kids’ Next List for winter 2012. Read the full article »»»»
Experts at London’s Sotheby’s auction house revealed they have discovered an invisible ink signature made by US graffiti icon Jean-Michel Basquiat on his painting Orange Sports Figure. The work will go under the hammer in London on Wednesday and had been expected to sell for between 3 and 4 million pounds. But it could now fetch more after the chance discovery, which showed up when it was viewed under ultraviolet light.
“Despite the scholarship that has built up around Basquiat’s life and art since his tragic early death … we are still learning new facets of how he worked,” said Cheyenne Westphal, chairman of Contemporary Art Sotheby’s Europe. ”Nobody else probably ever knew about this invisible inscription, and the prospect that he might have left other invisible writings on his canvases that are only visible under ultraviolet light is very exciting,” Westphal added. Read the full article »»»»
George Whitman, the founder of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris – an iconic English-language literary hub and writers’ refuge in the heart of the French capital – has died at the age of 98.
“George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartment above his bookstore,” the store said in a statement.
“George suffered a stroke two months ago, but showed incredible strength and determination up to the end, continuing to read every day in the company of his daughter, Sylvia, his friends and his cat and dog,” it said.
Across the Seine from the Notre Dame Cathedral in the famously literary Latin Quarter, Shakespeare and Company has been known to generations in Paris as a haunt of aspiring writers.
Visiting authors and students would work in the shop, sleep in the stacks, and soak up Paris’s literary atmosphere.
Mr Whitman founded the store as Le Mistral in 1951, later renaming it after the previous Shakespeare and Company owned by Sylvia Beach, which in the 1920s was a gathering place for writers including Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce. READ MORE
The actors of A Better Life and silent-era movie The Artist are among the top nominees for the Screen Actors Guild film awards, with both landing in the category for best ensemble cast.are among the top nominees for the Screen Actors Guild film awards, with both landing in the category for best ensemble cast.
Joining them among the nominees for best cast in a film are the actors and actresses of The Descendants, and director Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.
The Screen Actors Guild awards are among the most-watched honours during Hollywood film awards season leading up to the Oscars, which will be given out in February, because actors make up one of the largest voting groups for Oscars.
For best actor in a movie, SAG voters nominated Brad Pitt in Moneyball, George Clooney with The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar Hoover, Jean Dujardin in The Artist and Demain Bichir for A Better Life.
Best film actress nominees were Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis in The Help, Meryl Streep with The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin and Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn.
The SAG Awards will be given out in Los Angeles on January 29.
Time magazine has chosen The Protester as its person of the year, in tribute to the popular demonstrations that defined 2011. From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street and the recent Russian rallies, Time magazine says protesters have “redefined people power” around the world and been the force behind the biggest news stories of the past 12 months. ”Massive and effective street protest was a global oxymoron until – suddenly, shockingly – starting exactly a year ago, it became the defining trope of our times,” the article, penned by Kurt Andersen, reads. ”And the protester once again became a maker of history.” The runner-up was Admiral William McRaven, the commander of the US raid that killed the Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. READ MORE
There is little more defining than an image, apparently a picture is worth a thousand words, and no other entity defines an image as well as Getty. The behemoth that is Getty Images has a pictorial roundup of 2011 that is worth more than just a peak. The Getty team of award-winning photographers have covered over 8,000 news events, 19,000 sports events and 51,000 entertainment events. Capturing the images and videos that matter, from around the world. Read the full article »»»»
