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Books

Books

I recently read the Road, by Cormac McCarthy and it was fantastic. Seriously. You HAVE to read it. It is a post-apocalyptic story about a father and son travel down a road over the course of a couple of months [...]

February 22, 2009 Art, Culture
I Want This!

I Want This!

Oh My Sweet Lord… I love this! Sweet sweet Louis Vuitton how I love thee. I would use this to carry my stacks of $500 Euro banknotes when I go to do my spy business. This lovely piece is from [...]

February 18, 2009 Art, Culture, Fashion
Music Videos – Ol' School – Slick Rick

Music Videos – Ol' School – Slick Rick

Can’t get this song out of my head! After spending the afternoon listening to some good ol‘ fashioned hip hop I couldn’t get this Slick Rick song out of my head, “Children’s Story” from his 1988 debut album The Great [...]

February 17, 2009 Culture, Music
Name Change

Name Change

Santogold is changing her name to Santigold… sure why not. Check the video [...]

February 13, 2009 Culture, Music
I Want These…

I Want These…

I have the most beautiful passport holder already from Louis Vuitton. It is the monogrammed pattern version with my initials embossed on the inside. It is classic! Makes the whole jet-setting feel more at home. I love it… With that [...]

February 13, 2009 Culture, Fashion
Brand Whore

Brand Whore

Check this out! Justice hasn’t released any new music recently, but are still working hard it seems as they have designed a bottle for Coke Cola. Interesting… very interesting. They have also released a film documenting their American tour last [...]

February 12, 2009 Culture, Music
Thoughts and Musings – The Grammys

Thoughts and Musings – The Grammys

Alright so I know my brother will be writing a huge blog about the Grammys so I just want to say one thing. I thought the “Rap Pack” performance was awesome. I liked how MIA started with the original song [...]

February 10, 2009 Culture, Music
The Grammys

The Grammys

The highlight of the Grammys last night was without a doubt the Chris Martin, Jay Z song “Lost” with a comfortable shift into “Viva La Vida”. This performance did it for me, as I am sure you picked up on [...]

February 10, 2009 Culture, Music
The Grammys – Thoughts and Re Caps

The Grammys – Thoughts and Re Caps

I am not a fan of award shows of any sort. I find them all to be a little to self-congratulatory. Moreover, I really do not enjoy watching terrible top-forty bands perform “live.” I tuned in to watch this years [...]

February 9, 2009 Culture, Fashion, Music, Shoes
Check This Out

Check This Out

Remember back in the day when you liked someone you would make them a mixtape. You would spend hours selecting songs and strategically placing them in a particulaur order so that your message of desire/love/interest would be best conveyed. Now [...]

February 9, 2009 Culture, Music
Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

A Video Game Review – Afro Samurai For my birthday Tristan got me the video game Afro Samurai. Now I fucking love this game. It is so amazing even if you don’t watch the show. It is played out like [...]

February 8, 2009 Art, Culture, Music
Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

So I just watched the Dark Knight (Yes I know I’m a bit late but whatever) and honestly I have mixed feelings about it. Everybody said this movie was amazing but I’ve gotta say it was only amazing because of [...]

February 2, 2009 Art, Culture, Movies
Free Shit – WinterCity

Free Shit – WinterCity

As I had previously posted Toronto is celebrating the subzero temperatures by having a free concert series at City Halls Nathan Phillip Square. Last night was the first show which featured Shad, and Thunderheist. I got there in time to [...]

February 1, 2009 Culture, Music
Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

Guest Writer – Thoughts and Musings

It must run in the family or something but boy am I ever opinionated! My kid sister is a little less in your face about her opinions but don’t let that fool you because she is equally ready to tell [...]

February 1, 2009 Culture
Music Video | Cazals “Somebody Somewhere”

Music Video | Cazals “Somebody Somewhere”

I really do enjoy the Cazal’s musically, but they aren’t the prettiest to look at so I thought I’d post another great song which happens to have an equally great video. There’s a lot of hubbub about this video, and [...]

January 30, 2009 Art, Culture, Music